Jiang Shifang was not in charge of the work of the Admiralty, and he could not accept Gao Junshan's severe criticism, but he was now the deputy director of the Political Guidance Bureau, and he came to report to Gao Junshan on behalf of the Political Guidance Bureau, so he accepted the criticism very modestly and promised to supervise all the words and deeds of the senior generals of the army after he returned.

When Jiang Shifang said goodbye, Gao Junshan repeatedly instructed him to do a good job of division of labor and cooperation with the General Affairs Bureau.

Not long after Jiang Shifang went out, Li Derong came in with three telegrams, and now, handling the incoming and outgoing telegrams has become Gao Junshan's daily work.

The first telegram was from the bicycle factory, and the director reported to Gao Junshan that the first batch of bicycles had been produced, a total of 800 bicycles.

Gao Junshan knew that this batch of bicycles was already a bicycle in the sense of the times, because the design of this bicycle was modified by Gao Junshan himself, and it was completely produced in accordance with the model of later bicycles.

Gao Junshan has made it clear to the bicycle factory that all the bicycles that leave the factory are equipped with the army, and the promotion of civilian bicycles will be delayed for two years.

Therefore, Gao Junshan only replied to this telegram without giving further instructions.

The second telegram was sent by Jiang Guorong, who is currently the highest military commander of China stationed in the island country, with full authority to handle all affairs on the island country.

Jiang Guorong's call said that North Korea wanted to hand over Ezo Island to them as well.

After reading this telegram, Gao Junshan couldn't help but sneer in his heart, they still treat themselves as a green onion, and they dare to make territorial claims to us, not because the situation in the island country is complicated, and he will not let the northern part of Honju be managed by North Korea.

Gao Junshan called Jiang Guorong back, and the territorial issue was not to be discussed. From now on, it is strictly forbidden for the North Korean side to emigrate to the island country.

The third telegram was sent by Wang Shangli, who is now the plenipotentiary of Huaxia to the DPRK and lives in the capital of the DPRK, and he sent a telegram to Gao Junshan saying that the DPRK side hopes to be able to take the steam-engine steamship of Huaxia Kingdom in the future to pay tribute to Huaxia, because the route of the Korean envoys to China is very rugged, and it will take half a year to make a round trip, and they hope to use the means of transportation of Huaxia to shorten the time spent on paying tribute every year.

Gao Junshan gave a clear reply: If he does not agree, the DPRK must follow the old path.

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Wang Shangli, who was in Korea, received a reply from Gao Junshan, and after reading the reply, he immediately summoned Kim Changji, the Korean envoy in charge of paying tribute to China.

Jin Changji is a fluent Chinese speaker, and he speaks fluent Chinese, and Wang Shangli summoned him to not even need a translator.

Wang Shangli's official residence is in a mansion in the southwest of the capital of North Korea, which is modeled after the Han Chinese architecture, with two stone lions in front of the door, a high black lacquered gate with two large lanterns hanging in front of the door, high steps, and two guards holding mini guns in front of the gate.

This mansion is very large, with a courtyard set of courtyards, divided into three courtyards in the front, middle and back, as well as a number of small courtyards, with seventy-two wings.

Wang Shangli's family also moved here and lived with Wang Shangli.

Wang Shangli was originally Zhang Xianzhong's general, after Zhang Xianzhong's death, he was the first general to stand in the camp of Gao Junshan, and got the greatest trust of Gao Junshan.

Wang Shangli is very satisfied with his current life, although he is far away in North Korea, but his life is more chic than that of the king of North Korea.

Today, after receiving a call from the emperor, he sat on the wide high-backed chair in the main hall of the mansion, which was cushioned with tiger skin, warm in winter and cool in summer, and no one dared to sit on his chair except him.

It also shows the majesty of his power.

Just in front of his seat to the right, there was a seat, which he had set up for his guests, and after the guests had left, he had them removed.

"Golden Envoy to ——!" With a summons, an official dressed in North Korean clothing walked into the hall.

He was a frequent visitor here, so there was not much politeness, Wang Shangli got up from his seat and looked at the visitor with a smile.

This guest was Jin Changji, the envoy in charge of paying tribute to China.

"General Wang, you want me to come back so soon, and the emperor has an answer?" Kim Changji asked as soon as he sat down.

Wang Shangli did not answer Jin Changji directly, he asked rhetorically: "Jin envoy, why didn't you go to China this year?" ”

Jin Changji said: "General Wang, didn't I report to you last month?" Due to my ill health, I did not participate in the tribute to China this year. ”

"Oh, yes, yes, yes. You're talking about it. Your application to take our Huaxia steam engine ship has not been approved by our Huaxia Emperor. ”

"It's a shame." Jin Changji said in disappointment.

Korea is a vassal state of the Huaxia State, which stipulates that the DPRK must pay tribute to the Huaxia every year, and the date of the tribute is set on the New Year's Day of each year. Therefore, the Korean mission to China must start their journey from the capital of Korea in October, and they take a fixed route, from the capital of Beijing - Goyang - Paju - Changtuan - Songdu - Pyongsan - Longxiu - Ruixing - Jianshui - Fengshan - Huangzhou - Zhonghe - Pyongyang - Sunan - Suchuan - Anju - Jiashan - Naqingting - Dingzhou - Guoshan - Yichuan - Tieshan - Yongchuan - Uiju, after passing Uiju, they began to cross the border Yalu River, Then enter the territory of Huaxia.

After they crossed the Yalu River, they entered the capital through Phoenix City - Songzhan Station - Tongyuanbao - Lianshanguan - Tianshui Station - Liaodong - Anshan - Haizhou - Niujiazhuang - Shaling - Gaopingyi - Panshanyi - Guangning.

After they entered the territory of Huaxia, the Huaxia State had a special person to escort them all the way to the capital of the Huaxia State.

It would take them more than two months to complete the journey from North Korea to China, and under normal circumstances, they would be able to reach the capital in mid-December.

This tributary mission would stay in the capital for two months before returning to Korea.

The time they spend so far and back is basically half a year.

When Jin Changji learned that Huaxia had a state-owned steam engine steamer, he very much hoped that their Korean tributary mission would be able to take the steam engine ship to China, so that the fatigue of traveling all the way could be greatly reduced.

"Why can't we take your boat?" Kim Changji asked unrelentingly.

Wang Shangli said: "The route map of your Korean tributary mission to Beijing is stipulated in the text, and we have a reception office along the way, which is responsible for your food and accommodation along the way, and we cannot break the prior agreement between the two sides." If you want to change the route, you have to renegotiate with both parties. ”

Jin Changji sighed: "It is very difficult to complete this route, I have walked for so many years, and I know very well the joys and sorrows in my heart, so I implore General Wang to be sympathetic to our difficulties." ”

Wang Shangli said: "It seems that this matter is difficult to change for a while, but we will soon be able to pass the train in Huaxia, so you can directly take the train into Beijing after crossing the Yalu River." ”

Wang Shangli had a good relationship with Jin Changji, and the two were friends in private, although he sympathized with Jin Changji, but he knew that Huaxia set these rules, and its significance was to show the subordination between the two countries.

Huaxia did not lack the little things that Korea paid tribute, and asked them to pay tribute every year, and prescribed their route, so that they could have a sense of awe for Huaxia.