Before Li Hongzhang came out, he was already angry, and felt that Xuan Yuemeng was so public to put a gun at the gate of the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, which swept the court and his dignity, "The headquarters still has something to ask, was it Mr. Timothy Li who asked him to shoot at the gate of my Beiyang Yamen just now?" ”

Timothy Li was stunned, and secretly blamed Xuan Yuemeng for being too reckless, what did she shoot for? Li Hongzhang is about to start settling accounts!

Xuan Yuemeng was also secretly shocked in her heart, as Li Hongzhang, asking this question was about to have a seizure!

He did this on purpose today, he just wanted to test where Li Hongzhang's bottom line was? Anyway, Xuan Yuemeng felt that as long as he didn't go out of the American Concession, now the king of heaven would have no problem with him.

Xuan Yuemeng said calmly: "It has nothing to do with Mr. Timothy Lee, and no one let me release the gun, the quality of this gun is not good, and I went off the rails." Hehe. ”

Seeing Xuan Yuemeng's answer, Li Hongzhang snorted silently, maintaining his demeanor.

Lord Li Hongzhang saw that Xuan Yuemeng did not continue to embarrass the Beiyang Yamen, and had already regained some face in front of his subordinates, so he turned around and entered with a cold face.

Xuan Yuemeng smiled, waved his little hand, and motioned for his subordinates to wait outside, and he and Timothy Lee went in.

Xuan Dali said uneasily: "Young master......"

Xuan Yuemeng knew what he was going to say, and smiled, "It's okay, just wait outside, within an hour, if we don't come out, you know what to do, right?" ”

Vigor's eyes turned red, he stared, and nodded, "Know!" ”

Although Timothy Lee was terrified, he still hugged Xuanyue and entered according to his words.

Xuan Hongtao nervously put his hands on the car window, watching his son enter, and his heart rose to his throat.

Xuan Yuemeng has been to the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili many times, and this time he is in a particularly bad mood, because he has already stood on the opposite side of Li Hongzhang. He is a person who probably knows a little bit about the direction of history, and he knows very well what it will mean to offend Li Hongzhang!

Xuan Yuemeng wanted to reverse this situation, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, he was not a person who accepted death.

However, he wants to develop. If you have to grab meat with foreigners to eat, and you have to grab meat with foreigners to eat, it will disrupt the existing order and break the inherent rules, which is destined to offend Li Hongzhang, he can't get around this bend, and all he can do is to reduce the contradiction as much as possible.

Entering the inner courtyard, hundreds of British and French troops were sitting on the ground resting. This made Xuan Yuemeng more relieved, if he wanted to do it, he would definitely be treated solemnly, it seemed that these foreign soldiers were just here to protect Wei Tuma and Luo Shuya, Xuan Yuemeng secretly laughed at the cowardice of the two ministers.

I was almost frightened by these devil soldiers brought by Wittoma and Loshua. (It seems that I don't have much courage.) ）

Xuan Yuemeng and Timothy Lee entered the hall.

Wittoma and Loshua were sitting and drinking tea.

As soon as Wei Tuma saw Xuan Yuemeng, she immediately stood up and roared, "Timothy Lee, what are you going to do?" Do you want to confront our British Empire and the French Empire? Don't forget. You still have the nationality of our British Empire! ”

Luo Shuya also stood up, very emotionally unstable. The voice was very loud, "Timothy Lee, I am now officially telling you that if anyone makes trouble in the British and French concessions, we will deal with you!" ”

Timothy Lee was taken aback, he didn't expect that Wittoma and Loshua would be so tough! This is a blatant threat. Timothy Lee was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

Xuan Yuemeng's heart was full of anger, and she smiled faintly: "I thought that Minister Wei Tuma and Minister Luo Shuya invited us to come, just to drink tea and chat?" Is this to raise the teacher to ask for sin? Do you have the master Li Zhongtang in your eyes? ”

Li Hongzhang snorted softly, and Lao Cheng sat on the top and never spoke. didn't stop Wei Tuma and Luo Shuya from getting angry because of Xuan Yuemeng's words.

Wei Tuma looked at Xuan Yuemeng, "You demonic child, you must be instigating the relationship between our friendly countries in China, if there is no support from the American concession, will a few thieves dare to attack the British and French barracks?" What exactly are you going to do? Do you think you have the strength to go against our British Empire? ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled and said: "Minister Wittoma, I don't understand your words at all, your British and French barracks were beaten, what does this have to do with our American concession?" ”

Luo Shuya rushed over violently, pushed Timothy Lee, and hurriedly said: "Don't pretend to be confused anymore, I don't want to listen to you as a child anymore, Timothy Lee, you say, what do you want?" I can kill you right now! ”

Xuan Yuemeng was furious, she didn't expect that as a minister, she would be so rude, and she looked down on Luo Shuya and Wei Tuma even more in her heart!

Timothy Lee was pushed by Luo Shuya, and almost retreated to inquire outside, "Mr. Luo Shuya, calm down! ”

Li Hongzhang finally couldn't help it, stood up and said, "Minister Luo Shuya, please sit down first, let me say a few words, what do you think?" ”

Wittoma also came over and grabbed Luo Shuya, who was about to fist each other, and persuaded Luo Shuya to sit down.

Li Hongzhang said in a deep voice: "Yue Meng, everyone here will not be stupid if they can sit in this position, do you understand this?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng nodded lightly, "I admire Li Zhongtang very much, Zhongtang is a first-class smart person in the world, I have never doubted it." ”

Li Hongzhang listened to Xuan Yuemeng's sarcastic words, and said quietly: "The horse team must be removed immediately, I don't want to see any similar behavior in the Zhili Territory again, otherwise, the imperial court will severely punish it!" Mr. Timothy Lee, Yue Meng, did you hear me? ”

Xuan Yuemeng didn't want to talk anymore, but when she saw that Timothy Li had been frightened by Luo Shuya's roar, she didn't say anything for a long time, so she could only go on her own.

Xuan Yuemeng smiled, "Lord Zhongtang, I heard it, but we don't know anything about the horse team or something!" ”

Li Hongzhang glared, "You! ”

Xuan Yuemeng snorted coldly, "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add!" Zhongtang, do you have to put all the dirty things on our Klinsmann firm? Also, Wei Tuma, Luo Shuya, if you think that our American Concession is developing too fast, you should think more about developing the British Concession and the French Concession, why do you want to spread rumors everywhere? And to encourage all the British and French merchants to boycott our Klinsmann firm? Can you tell us about it? ”

Wei Tuma snorted and said coldly: "If you are so capable, you just don't have to deal with us British and French businessmen, what is there to say?" You can also encourage businessmen from other countries not to have dealings with our British and French concessions? ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled and nodded, "Okay, I hope you remember what you said today, there will be such a day!" Originally, it was a situation where everyone made money, but you had to make the fish die, and I have asked people to submit the situation in Tianjin to London and Paris in detail, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the two of you will not be able to afford it! ”

Luo Shuya sneered: "You can go and report, you have raised the land price of the concession without authorization, and abandoned our British and French to build a large wharf in the American concession, which has seriously damaged the rights and interests of our Britain and France, and we have reported the situation in Tianjin to the country many times!" ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled and shook her head, "Originally, I didn't want to say it, I was afraid to say it, you still thought we were afraid of you, but your IQ is too low, I'm afraid that if I don't say it, you will keep messing around!" We built a large wharf in the American Concession, and it used our own money from Klinsmann & Co., and we did not let you pay for it, and after our wharf was repaired, it will not only be used by British and French merchants for free, but will also be open to the use of the Qing Kingdom for free. ”

Li Hongzhang, Wei Tuma and Luo Shuya were all surprised, they didn't expect Xuan Yuemeng to say such a thing.

Luo Shuya frowned, "After your dock is repaired, will it be free for us to use?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "Is there any problem?" The three-way wharf was built in the Qing Dynasty, haven't you been using it? I haven't seen you give a little silver to Daqing, have you? ”

Loshua and Wittoma looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

After thinking for a while, Wei Tuma said: "However, the repair of your wharf will completely shift the economic center of gravity of the concession to the American concession, is there no loss to our British and French business circles?" ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "What you say is ridiculous, is your development based on the non-development of others?" We have a saying in the Qing Dynasty that the poor family hopes for the neighbor to be rich, don't you understand this simple truth? The British Concession and the French Concession, as well as our American Concession are next to each other, and our development will never cause any loss to you, and it will add a lot of convenience! If we're still a wasteland, wouldn't that do you any good? ”

Wittoma and Loshua were speechless, feeling that something was wrong, and they couldn't say anything about it.

Li Hongzhang saw that Wei Tuma and Luo Shuya's mood eased, this is the situation he wants to see, and he does not want the three parties in the concession to disturb the peace around Tianjin because of the conflict of interests, Tianjin is the gateway to Beijing, and any bit of wind and grass here will affect the capital and the Forbidden City.

After a short silence, Xuan Yuemeng nodded to Timothy Lee, "Mr. Timothy Lee, don't you have a gift for the three adults today?" Li Zhongtang, just outside the door, your guards must search our bodies, we don't dare to bring us in, Minister Luo Shuya, Minister Wei Tuma, do you think it is permissible to search our bodies? We were invited, not by ourselves. ”

Wei Tuma nodded and said, "Lord Li Zhongtang, you want to search your body, this is not right, Mr. Timothy Li and Mr. Yuemeng are both guests we invited, how can we search their bodies?" ”

Li Hongzhang was so angry in his heart, you put it in my place to negotiate, and finally joined forces to talk about me? (To be continued.) )