In recent days, Tokugawa Ieshige has been in a very good mood, everything has been negotiated, and the shogunate has successfully issued 500 million Chinese yuan of government bonds in China, which is directly endorsed by China's central bank, and the sales in the market are very good.

Tokugawa Ieshige, who landed at Shimonoseki Pier ten days ago, has not been too comfortable these days. He was the heaviest vassal leader of the ceremonies, and it can be said that there were high-level banquets every day, and Tokugawa Ieshige never returned to the hotel before midnight every day. Therefore, in the past few days, he always sleeps until dawn every day, and it can be said that he sleeps lazily until he wakes up naturally.

Tokugawa Ieshige still got out of bed at half past eight o'clock today, and after breakfast with his wife, who had arrived in China with him, it was almost nine o'clock. As usual, Tokugawa Ieshige was not to be seen in the front yard of his residence before nine o'clock in the morning.

Chen Han's state guesthouse is not a high-rise luxury hotel outside, it is a group of luxury villas with a single courtyard, and mansions with various national styles are like beauties, quietly located on the shore of Xuanwu Lake.

The guards and attendants of the shogunate were free to stay in the front yard and wait, and these days not only Tokugawa Ieshige is comfortable, but they are also very comfortable.

The attendant, Tadamitsu Yasudo, was sitting down in the front hall to read the newspaper, but saw Sakai Tadajini running over with sweat on his head.

"What about the General? What about the Shogun? ”

Sakai asked Tadamitsu Ando eagerly, and looked around the courtyard.

"Your Excellency Shogun, I'm probably still eating. Sakai-kun, you're running here in such a hurry, shouldn't there be any more people from other countries who will come to protest? ”

Ever since Japan officially announced its intention to crusade against the Kingdom of Merina on the island of Madagascar, the Japanese government has always received letters of protest from Europeans, whether it is Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, or Spain, claiming that Japan's move has harmed their interests on the island of Madagascar.

"Protest? Not really, but the envoy sent by His Majesty the Emperor has already arrived at the embassy and will soon come to see the Shogun. Now that the general hasn't shown up, I'm afraid that someone will have to wait. ”

Sakai said with a wry smile. He is very clear about the general's opinion of the Chrysanthemum family, if the general is not concerned about the protests of Britain and France, and has no respect, then he can simply ignore the Chrysanthemum family. So yesterday he reminded Tokugawa Ieshige that the envoy of the Chrysanthemum family was coming today, just hoping that Tokugawa Ieshige would not forget about it.

Although the Chrysanthemum family does not have any rights in Japan, even if its reputation has fallen a lot over the years, the Chrysanthemum family is still nominally a symbol of Japan, and the emperor above the shogun. Sakai Tadashi didn't have any respect for the Chrysanthemum family, but just hoped that Tokugawa Ieshige wouldn't go too far.

Today, the envoy sent by the emperor has arrived, and it is the head of the Konoe clan, Konoe Keimae, although the territory of the Konoe clan is only a small 3,000 stones, which is not as good as a famous family elder, but his status in the public family is indeed very high. From generation to generation, there are one, two, and two high-ranking officials, although such high-ranking officials do not have half of the real power.

Konoe Ki's father's father died early, but his daughter-in-law was Kotohime, the adopted daughter of Tokugawa Munemu, the lord of the Owari domain.

In a sense, this status is more important than his current envoy to the emperor.

At that time, it was half past eight o'clock, and Sakai Tadashi saw that Tokugawa Ieshige had not yet appeared, and he felt that something was not good. He arranged for Konoe to rest, rested first, and then got into a carriage and ran to the state guesthouse of Tokugawa Ieshige. Sure enough, the general was still enjoying his breakfast in the small courtyard.

Sakai Tadashin was a diplomat, and as far as foreign affairs are concerned, this is the most important etiquette.

Now that the Shogun has made it clear that he wants to snub the Chrysanthemum family's envoy, Sakai Tadashi has to come over and ask in person, so that the Shogun can put an end to this 'little action' as soon as possible, because he feels that this matter is very embarrassing for him, and it is embarrassing for outsiders to know about it.

Now there are so many vassal states and foreign envoys in Nanjing, and now they will be thrown directly to the whole world as soon as they are embarrassed.

After all, as the leader of China's subordinates, Japan's weight and status are still very important, and no one at home or abroad can completely ignore Japan.

Sakai Tadashi wanted to go into the backyard, but Tadamitsu Ando wouldn't let him in, and when the two were doing tai chi, they heard the shouts of the shogun from the courtyard.

"Tadamitsu, call Sakai over, just give me a staff officer."

Whether it is Tadamitsu Ando or Tadashin Sakai, the relationship with Tokugawa Ieshige is very close, and Tokugawa Ieshige speaks very casually.

When he entered the wing, Sakai Tadashin found that the Shogun had finished eating, and there was a thick newspaper on the tatami mat in front of him, which was a very Japanese manor. Tokugawa Iesshige called him 'Staff Officer', which did mean Staff Officer.

This morning, some newspapers in Nanjing City have already carried the news of the special envoy of the Chrysanthemum Family.

Sakai Tadashi sighed, this is a serious matter. The general's wife has already made way for it. People are also very busy, and when she comes to Nanjing from Edo, there are many places waiting for her to visit. She is not without acquaintances in Nanjing. If we don't talk about China, let's just talk about Japan, and the Japanese businessmen in Nanjing are not as many as those in Shanghai and Ningbo, but there are also a lot of them, and their value is generally higher, which is very rare for the general's wife.

Tokugawa Ieshige was lazy in the mansion until half past nine before leaving, and as he walked, he still disapologetically said to the anxious Sakai Tadajin: "As far as the current situation is concerned, is it still possible for the shogunate and the chrysanthemum family to coexist peacefully?" ”

Tokugawa Iesshige's question was very polite, which made Sakai Tadashi choke.

"The shogunate and the chrysanthemum family are fundamentally in conflict of interests, and there is an old Chinese saying that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. As long as the conflict of interests between the shogunate and the chrysanthemum family continues, it will be impossible for the two sides to be evenly matched. "One or two hundred years ago, the Tokugawa shogunate had a harmonious relationship with the chrysanthemum family, and the nominal Tokugawa shogunate also added a lot of money to the chrysanthemum family, so that the chrysanthemum family had a bite to eat and a few new clothes to wear.

But since the Tokugawa shogunate changed its attitude towards China and began to spy on the throne secretly, this contradiction between the two sides has become irreconcilable.

"General, Junjian! There are many envoys inside and outside the capital, and if this is known and poked out, the adult's face may not look good. ”

Sakai Tadashi will only think about the combination of public and military forces when the egg hurts, and the samurai family can already devour it all with the support of China, and only when the brain is flooded will they give a piece of benefit to the public family. All he wants is a face-saving job. Japan is seeking to become a first-class power in time, and if it makes a mess of its domestic politics, it will not have a good international impact.

This is like the envoy of the Holy See and the envoy of France coming together, no matter how unhappy the Holy See is with France, for the sake of face, the two sides will definitely not 'insult Sven'.

Sakai Tadashin analyzed it carefully, but his answer did not satisfy Tokugawa Ieshige.

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The midday sun casts on the black soil of Ukraine. The fertile black soil seems to have a layer of grease after reflecting the sunlight.

Chernomyrdin bent down, grabbed a handful of dirt from under the pillars of the barbed wire, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it. That's the taste of home. The outcome of this war was unknown, and he really didn't know if he would be able to ask about this smell in the future.

The cold snap of the Arctic Ocean has shrouded the north of Eurasia in a world of ice and snow, but as prisoners of war in this war, Chernomyrdin and they have to work hard in the bitter cold.

They are building the roadbed, and the area between the two barbed wire fences on the left and right is the road surface. Although the work efficiency is not high, the project is always going on little by little. Every day Chernomyrdin and they will be exhausted, and naturally they will not have the time or strength to make external moves. This is also one of the management strategies of the Chen-Han prisoner of war camp.

It had just snowed a few days ago, and the soil was as hard as pig iron, but after digging the outer layer, the black soil underneath still exuded a faint earthy smell. Although he was not a farmer, Chernomyrdin could tell that the soil was extremely fertile, and that if you were willing to work on this black land, you would get a harvest if you were willing to put in the toil and sweat. His family had lived on the land for hundreds of years, and the lowly serfs produced food, timber, livestock, dairy products and other wealth for their family year after year. At this point, there will be no difference between Russian or Chinese rule in this land.

Chernomyrdin was a very trendy man, he did not value land, but was very interested in new factories and new industries. If he had been the head of the family, Chernomyrdin would have sold all the land and used the money to open a mechanical factory in St. Petersburg. But he wasn't the head of the family, and he wasn't even his father's eldest son, so he could only watch his grandfather and father, and the other elders cling to the land. Chernomyrdin was once very disgusted with the land, but now he is not at all disgusted, he loves the land to death.

The Chinese fought west from Rostov-on-Don, launched an offensive along the northern shore of the Sea of Azov, and captured Taganrog, where they stopped. Chernomyrdin's hometown was in Taganrog, and he was captured on the battlefield, and the only thing he was glad for was that his relatives had already left Taganrog, when Rostov first fell.

Why do I always have tears in my eyes?

Because I love this land so much......

Chernomyrdin didn't know that there was Ai Qing more than a hundred years later, and he didn't know "I Love This Land", otherwise he would definitely have taken Ai Qing as a confidant.

However, the fertile black soil of Ukraine really makes the high-level officials of the Chen Han government blush, this is simply another northeast. After these years of development, the Northeast can produce grain, raw materials, and all kinds of metal wealth every year, which is an astronomical amount.

And Ukraine is also a black land, such a land can really be used to produce oil, as long as you work hard, you can use this black land to feed hundreds of millions of people. It's a pity that Chen Han really doesn't have the ability to take the whole of Ukraine now. Otherwise, the issue would have been hotly debated in China for a long time, even though Ukraine is part of Russia's 'inviolable' interests.

Who made the land too precious in the eyes of the Chinese? And such a good piece of land, if you don't get it, you will be cheap to the enemy.

With mixed thoughts, Chernomyrdin sat down with his back to the pillar of the barbed wire fence and rubbed the handful of dirt with his hands until all the dirt turned into fine particles. He clapped his palms and looked up behind him.

Taganrog, his hometown, a city on the Sea of Azov, is also a bridgehead for the Chinese to attack Donetsk.

Yes, winter is coming, and large-scale battles have stopped. In the past time, the Chinese offensive on Donetsk has not yielded successful fruits. They put more energy on settling down the empty North Caucasus.

Rostov is on the western side of the North Caucasus, and only by taking care of the rear can the Chinese be assured and bold to fight in Ukraine.

As a Russian army officer, Chernomyrdin knows that the Chinese are not dead set on Donetsk, or rather they are not dead on the Donbas coal fields.

The current Donbass coalfields should be called the Donbass industrial zone, where guns and ammunition are supplied to the Russian Empire every minute.

After the destruction of the iron-making bases in Siberia and the Ural Mountains by the Chinese, Donetsk is one of Russia's new military-industrial zones, an ideal heavy industrial zone because it has the richest coal resources in all of northeastern Europe. There is no shortage of iron ore, and it is completely a unique place.

In today's Russian Empire, Donetsk is its most important coal metallurgical base and one of the major military production areas.

The Chinese, of course, want to destroy the area, while Russia and the entire coalition are sworn to defend it.

It can be expected that in the coming year, this area will be full of war and corpses.

Chernomyrdin is not worried about the coming year's fighting, and he will soon be leaving. The roadbed here has basically been repaired, and Chernomyrdin needs to move to the next construction site.

Thinking of this, Chernomyrdin couldn't help but turn his head and glance to the right, which was a prisoner of war camp and his current 'home'.

The prisoner of war camp was located southwest of Taganrog, not far from the city of Taganrog, but quite far from the front lines. Their 'special cars' have already arrived, and in the past few days, dozens of large carts have been transferred one after another, pulled by four horses, and one cart can fit dozens of people.

And the prisoner of war camp where he was located was only one of many, and the total number of prisoners of war held was only 1,000, which was really something that could be done by thirty or forty wagons.

However, this prisoner of war camp does not look big, but the facilities are very good. Not only were there trenches, watchtowers, and barbed wire, but there were also special wells and cisterns, and the wooden prison houses were built sturdily, and if the prisoners were to be transported elsewhere, the place would be at least slightly renovated to be a standard camp.

It can be seen from this that the Chinese have invested a lot in this war. It is expensive to build such camps one by one.