Tianjin, the Japanese Embassy, the scorching hot weather made the envoy to the Qing Dynasty, Ono, take off his shirt and keep shaking the fan in his hand.

Damn weather, Ono cursed, walked over to the table, picked up the sake placed on it and drank it in one gulp.

"Your Excellency, Lord Yang of the Tianjin Governor's Mansion has requested an audience?" A guard military attache walked in, glanced at Ono who was cursing constantly, and said respectfully.

Tianjin Governor's Palace, Ono frowned, in all fairness, since the restoration of relations with the Qing Dynasty, the Tianjin Governor's Mansion has always been a Japanese legation that does not exist, every year for the New Year, the legations of various countries will receive a beautiful gift, that is, the Japanese Legation can not receive it, for these, the rough skin and thick flesh Ono also directly ignored it.

And today, the people from the Governor's Mansion came to see him for the first time, which made Ono feel very strange, strange and strange, Ono still got dressed, adjusted his mood, showed a smiling face, and walked out.

After seeing Li Hongzhang's thunderous roar, Yang Shixiang immediately turned around and went out, wrote the documents, and stamped the seal of the Governor's Palace, and hurried out of the Governor's Mansion and came to the Japanese Legation to submit a reminder.

Of course, the reminder book will not be as tough as Li Hongzhang, and after Yang Shixiang's lubrication, the reminder on it has become a different look.

The general content of this reminder is that our Qing Dynasty has always been a benevolent country, some time ago, you asked to postpone the payment of indemnities for one year out of humanitarianism, and we agreed, but there are unforeseen circumstances, recently, there has been a severe drought in the south, floods in the north, and it is difficult for our country's finances to pay, and I also ask your country to return all the indemnities within half a month, so as not to hurt the peace.

"I don't know if Lord Yang is here today." With a smile on his face, Ono looked at Yang Shixiang, who was standing there.

Yang Shixiang smiled slightly, said a few words to Ono politely, and then handed over the document in his hand.

Ono opened it and looked at it, and suddenly felt bad, and the smile just now suddenly turned pale.

Half a month to return the compensation, so as not to hurt the harmony, any word, make Ono feel a lot of pressure.

It's a soft threat, but you know it's a threat. Ono can't get angry yet. After all, this question is not something he can decide, and with a slight smile that is more ugly than crying, Ono closed the document: "Please also ask Lord Yang to go back and tell Governor Li, can you postpone today, and let me report to the country." ”

Yang Shixiang knew that this Xiao Ye couldn't be the master, so he nodded, and then turned around and got into the sedan chair, he didn't want to deal with this kind of person.

Tokyo, in the past two years, Japan has come out of the shadow of the last war, and business has gradually returned to the period of the Sino-Japanese War.

After losing the war with the Qing Dynasty, Japan bought loans from Britain and France several times, and the Japanese government used one-tenth of them to compensate the Qing Dynasty, while the rest was invested in economic construction and other construction.

Now that Japan has passed through the most difficult period, Ito's cabinet is rapidly rising in the hearts of the Japanese people......

The Prime Minister's Office, Ito Hirobumi looked at this morning's newspaper with an excited face, this newspaper is nothing more than talking about how his policies are and how they have brought benefits to the people. Ito was even happier with these than the secret telegram in his drawer.

The telegram was sent back from the Japanese minister to Britain, and it said that the two battleships had been launched, and the British would deliver the goods after paying for the goods.

It's been a few years, and I've been looking forward to it night and night, and I've finally waited for the news of the launch of two battleships, how can this not make Ito Hirobumi happy.

There is hope for the revival of the United Fleet, there is hope for the revival of Japan, and all of this will be realized in his own hands, and this great honor will make him the most popular figure in Japan for the Empress of Heaven.

"Your Excellency, something has happened." Inoue walked in three steps and two steps, and suddenly lost a trace of Ito's interest in reading the newspaper.

"What happened to make you so flustered?" Hirobumi Ito glared at Inoue Shin.

Inoue Shin glanced at Hirobumi Ito, who was sitting in his seat, and took out a document from the folder: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, Ono sent an urgent call. The Tianjin Governor's Office asked us to return all the compensation within half a month. ”

With a poof, Hirofumi Ito, who pretended to hold the teacup elegantly, hadn't swallowed it yet, and suddenly spit it out after hearing Inoue's words.

With a snap, before Inoue could wipe the tea off her face, Ito Hirobumi suddenly snatched the telegram from Inoue Shin's hand and looked at it.

The Qing State asked our country to return all the indemnities within half a month, otherwise it was possible to meet each other in arms.

Yaga, the angry Ito Hirobumi looked at this telegram, became more and more angry, and immediately cursed a few times, tearing the telegram to pieces.

The Great Qing Kingdom is adding fuel to its own fire, the warship has already been launched, and it is waiting for payment, but at this critical moment, the Qing Dynasty actually wants all the repayments at this time, how can this not make Ito Hirofumi mad.

Inoue Xin finally wiped the tea on her face, stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Your Excellency Prime Minister, what should we do now?" ”

"What to do, I know what to do?" Ito's eyes widened, and he began to yell at Inoue Shin.

Under the grape trellis of the Lushun Headquarters, every year, Liu Jun will take refuge here at noon, and Zheng Yiqian will always be by his side.

Now, Zheng Yiqian, who has become his wife, makes Liu Jun enjoy the life of an emperor.

Look, if you close your eyes and don't move your hands, Zheng Yiqian next to her will stuff the peeled fruit into Liu Jun's mouth.

"Head ......" gave an earth-shattering shout, which suddenly made Liu Jun, who was enjoying it, almost fall off the Taishi chair.

, Liu Jun muttered dissatisfiedly, and Zheng Yiqian next to him also straightened her military uniform, and then stood in front of Liu Jun.

"Head, what's the matter, it's been ten days, and there's still no news from Japan?"

Zhong Lin was very anxious, after sending a telegram to Tianjin ten days ago, Zhong Lin had been looking at the telegraph office with a blank eye, hoping that Tianjin would give a quick reply, but now, ten days have passed, and not a single telegram from Tianjin has been received, and the Japanese side has not received the issue of compensation, which makes Zhong Lin unable to sit still for a while, so he came to Liu Jun today to discuss countermeasures.

Liu Jun slowly opened his eyes, indeed, it has been ten days, and there is no letter at all, which is indeed a little strange.

Even if Japan received a telegram the next day, and then Rory held a meeting to discuss it, and calculated it in a miscellaneous manner, it would have been five or six days to come up with an answer, but now, ten days later, he still hasn't received any news.

"Go ahead, Li He will call Lao Tzu."

The soft ones don't work, but the ones that seem to come are hard. Liu Jun thought faintly in his heart.

"Okay." Zhong Lin shouted, turned around and ran outside the headquarters.

"Do you really want to do something to Japan?" Seeing Zhong Lin go away, Zheng Yiqian frowned and handed an orange in her hand to Liu Jun again.

After looking at Zheng Yiqian, the only one of the four wives who was in the army, Liu Jun smiled slightly, and then waved his hand: "No, I won't do anything with Japan now, but I still have the ability to threaten him to hand over the money." ”

Hearing Liu Jun say what was in her heart, Zheng Yiqian nodded reassuringly, and then snuggled up to Liu Jun's side, waiting for Li He's arrival.

Zhong Lin has always been super efficient in doing things, especially for money and threats, and in less than half an hour, Li He, who was wearing a white admiral's uniform, ran over with a sweaty face.

"Dashuai, are you looking for me?" Taking two breaths, Li He looked at Liu Jun with a puzzled expression.

Liu Jun nodded, looked at Li He and said with a smile: "Does the water master have any tasks in the past few days?" ”

Task? Li He frowned, now that the main forces of the Beiyang Naval Division are anchored in Lushun Military Port, where are there any tasks.

Seeing that Li He didn't speak, Liu Jun stood up suddenly: "No task?" Okay, I'll give you a mission, take your sailor out for a walk tomorrow. ”

"Dashuai, where are you going?" Li He has always resolutely carried out Liu Jun's orders.

"Sea of Japan." Word by word. Liu Jun said these three words lightly.