Huang Jinrong's hope is exactly what Li Yongfa is worried about.

According to the agreement with the Qing government, if the two parties involved in the concession were Chinese and foreign, the case was tried by a Chinese judge and a foreign judge. If the case involves only Chinese, the case will be tried separately. Even if there is a case that can involve Huang Jinrong, it is impossible to involve foreigners, and according to the rules, it can only be tried by a lawyer, and it is in the trial office of the French Concession, and it is only strange if he can be convicted. The Chinese officials are not so easy to handle, and the foreigners have no influence on them, otherwise the concession authorities would not have to think that they want to use political means to seize the trial power of the public party.

"Among the counselors in the French Concession, we can't find any way here, so I don't know if we can ask the directors of the Public Board of Directors to help contact us." Li Yongfa said on the phone.

"Do you know, which case is the most lively in the concession right now?" Gao Yi didn't answer him, but asked a question.

"Uh...... Case? Although Li Yongfa reads the declaration every morning, he is obviously completely indifferent to politics and facts, and even if he reads any major news, he only reads it as a story and forgets it in a blink of an eye.

"It's the "Su Bao" case, who has time to take care of the affairs of Huang Jinrong and these ruffians now, so we don't have to rush to let them go to trial, and they will be locked up for a year and a half first."

Su Bao was originally a tabloid newspaper founded in 1896 and was repeatedly transferred due to poor management. Since Zhang Shizhao was hired as the chief writer of "Su Bao", his words, thoughts, and propositions have become intensely excited, and members of the patriotic society such as Zhang Taiyan and Cai Yuanpei have written articles for him, not only publishing a series of articles advocating the overthrow of the imperial system and the realization of the republic, but also publishing the self-preface of Zou Rong, the author of "The Revolutionary Army," and the "Preface to the Revolutionary Army" written by Zhang Taiyan, as well as the "Introduction" written by Zhang Shizhao himself.

On June 29, Zhang Taiyan published "The Relationship between Kang Youwei and Jueluojun" in the "Su Bao", calling Emperor Guangxu a "clown", saying that he "did not distinguish between wheat", and accused him and the Empress Dowager Cixi of being "Han public enemies".

Therefore, on the same day that this article was published, the Qing government demanded that the public concession arrest Zhang Taiyan and Zou Rong, close the newspaper office, and send them to Beijing for interrogation and capital punishment. However, the Qing government miscalculated the situation, and the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry and the Bureau did not accept it. Although the Ministry of Industry arrested Zhang and Zou due to pressure from the consular corps, and closed down the "Su Bao" newspaper on 1 July, it made a resolution that no matter how the case was sentenced, it must be carried out in the concession. Moreover, the "Su Bao" newspaper was only "sealed," not "closed" as required by the Qing government, and whether it was closed or not would not be enforced until the specific trial verdict was issued.

A week earlier, on August 5, the board of directors sent a letter to the consular corps requesting that the Chinese authorities set a trial date in the court as soon as possible, and reiterated that the defendant would never be extradited to the Qing government.

In fact, in this case, the consular corps was inclined to the Qing government, but the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry withstood the pressure of the consular corps. This is not because the members of the board of directors approve or sympathize with Zhang and Zou, but because the board of directors does not have a good impression of any external forces that attempt to interfere with their own one-third of an acre, even including the consular corps.

As far as Gao Yi knows, this case will continue for at least another year. In the end, the Qing government was forced to make a farce in which the sovereign government of a country accused its citizens in a court set up by foreigners for the plaintiffs. The sensational "Su Report" not only caused the Qing government to lose face, but also disguised the word "revolution" as an advertisement, using this as a dividing line, and the word "revolution" replaced "reform" as the mainstream ideology of the emerging intellectual class.

Therefore, in this year's time, it is impossible for Huang Jinrong and his group to get the attention of the outside world, and the Qing local government, which is the most accessible and most likely to intervene in this matter, that is, Shanghai Dao, is asking for the public concession, how can it be possible to annoy the board of directors in this small matter that only concerns a few local ruffians.

"But, even so, after this year......"

"One year, isn't it enough for you to eat the French Concession? Even if the gold glory comes out, what can it do? It's not up to you to decide? ”

"Oh-" Li Yongfa suddenly realized, "Mr. Gao, it's really better to listen to your words than to read for ten years......"

"Okay, Lao Li, there is no bookbag, I still have guests here, let's meet tomorrow and talk again."

"Okay, then I'll hang up here. See you tomorrow at the Yerson shipyard. ”

After hanging up the phone, Gao Yi returned to the sofa and sat down, at this time he had two guests, sitting on his left and right, one was Mr. Wilson, the other was Japanese, and the three-piece suit was worn on him, it really looked like it was on a monkey, how to look at it and how it was not pleasing to the eye.

"Shiraishi-san, in addition to Japanese polished rice, we also need fresh salmon or other deep-sea fish, and the meat must be cut to a thickness of 1 mm. In addition, the seasoning can be sugar, salt, and wasabi, but soy sauce and vinegar should never be used, and the sourness can be replaced with plum juice. ”

Rokuzaburo Shiraishi is the owner of the Japanese restaurant "Rokusanen". Liusan Garden was opened in the north of Waibaidu Bridge, which was originally a Japanese-style teahouse called "Sanshenglou", which was banned by the concession authorities because it was equipped with a female technician in accordance with Japanese customs, and the teahouse was transferred to Shiraishi Rokusaburo to open a restaurant. This is the only restaurant in Shanghai that Gao Yi knows of that has authentic Japanese cuisine, using Japanese polished rice and fresh ingredients, rather than local indica rice, dried fish and other indiscriminate things.

"Of course, it would be great if Liusan Garden could have a dedicated chef in charge of supplying the prison ingredients. If the chef is willing to provide door-to-door service, we can even consider paying him an additional allowance. ”

The three of them were engaged in a supply meeting at Tilanqiao Prison. Wilson, the new warden of Tilanqiao Prison and a newly promoted inspector, wanted to reform the prison's food, so Gao Yi introduced Rokuzaburo Shiraishi to him as an intermediary.

It was very cool in the room, but sweat was still pouring from Shiraishi Rokuzaburo, a big business for 150 people, three times the average number of customers in his shop. He couldn't understand why Mr. Gao Yi, who had only been to his shop once, was so fond of his shop, and he couldn't figure out why a prison would ask him to serve Japanese meals to its inmates. As far as he knew, there were no Japanese prisoners in this prison, and even if there were, there would not be as many as 150.