Yanagihara Maemitsu sighed, "Lord Li Zhongtang, we in Japan were deceived in your country this time, and we ask Lord Li Zhongtang to uphold justice in this matter." ”

Li Hongzhang smiled with his index finger, scratched the void in front of him, as if he was writing, and said with a smile: "Oh? What is Minister Yanagihara talking about? I don't understand it at all, but today is a celebration of the signing of a treaty of trade between our two countries and the formal establishment of diplomatic relations. ”

Yanagihara Qianguang said: "Lord Zhongtang, do you just let Klinsmann deceive us of six million taels of Chinese official silver?" Our Lord Date Jongjo just died? ”

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "I don't know about these things, at the beginning, the headquarters has been clarified to the outside world, and it is clearly said that there is only a little coal mine in the mine, and there is nothing else, you just don't believe it, now that the business has been done, how can you let the headquarters help you?" Life is like a gambling game, if you gamble, you must be prepared to lose, if you don't bet, you won't lose, hahaha. ”

With Li Hongzhang's long smile, two or three sentences sent Yanagihara Qianguang, and Young Master Meng sincerely admired Li Hongzhang's knowledge and eloquence.

Hirofumi Ito is a China expert, and he won't be as stupid as Yanagihara Maemitsu, and at this time, he still thinks about the money, where in the world is there any lost money, and then he wants to get it back?

Ito Hirofumi glanced at Young Master Meng standing behind Li Hongzhang, and did not call him, but said to Li Hongzhang: "Lord Zhongtang, your Prime Minister Yamen has agreed to the establishment of an embassy in your country by our Imperial Japan, and I hope that Lord Li Zhongtang can facilitate it in Tianjin." ”

Li Hongzhang nodded, "This is easy, on the edge of the British Concession, that row of streets is specially set aside for the embassies of various countries, you go and choose a vacant land to build, turn around, and let people come to Beiyang Yamen to report, you can do it." ”

Xuan Yuemeng knew that the matter of the Japanese Legation in the Great Qing Kingdom was to keep abreast of the situation in the Great Qing Kingdom in the future and keep abreast of the military and political dynamics of the Great Qing Kingdom.

Ito Hirofumi nodded, looked at Xuan Yuemeng behind Li Hongzhang and said, "We will build an embassy as soon as possible, there are still many places in my Japanese Empire that need a lot of attention from Lord Li Zhongtang!" ”

Li Hongzhang looked back at Ito Hirofumi's gaze, and saw Xuan Yuemeng smiling, and pulled Xuan Yuemeng's chubby paws, "Come here, where is Jingshou?" ”

Young Master Meng smiled: "She doesn't like to play here, I'll let people take her first." ”

Li Hongzhang nodded, "Originally, I said that I wouldn't let her come, she had to play with you." ”

Young Master Meng looked at Ito Hirofumi and said with a smile: "The Japanese Empire didn't catch a big fish this time, maybe you still want to catch a big fish in our Great Qing Kingdom!" ”

Xuan Yuemeng is reminding Li Hongzhang, how could Li Hongzhang not understand, it's just that Li Hongzhang didn't take the Japanese to heart, this attitude made Xuan Yuemeng very worried, and when he ate the big loss of the Japanese, it would be too late!

Although Master Meng didn't know in which direction the Japanese would attack China first, he knew that no matter what, he couldn't escape North Korea and Taiwan!

Korea is a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and Taiwan is the territory of the Qing Dynasty!

Li Hongzhang didn't think so, and Young Master Meng couldn't help it.

Hirofumi Ito: "Thank you, Lord Nakado. ”

Xuan Yuemeng: "Lord Zhongtang, why do foreigners have consulates in my Qing Dynasty, we can also go to foreigners to get consulates, right?" ”

Li Hongzhang shook his head, smiled bitterly, sighed, and did not answer Young Master Meng's question.

Young Master Meng also sighed, his heart is so tired, Lao Tzu, a one-year-old person, has to worry about the foreign diplomacy of the Qing Dynasty, is it easy? I, you don't care about yourself, it's my business.

Zhao Qingluo led Li Jingshou over, "Miss Li is sleepy." ”

Young Master Meng smiled: "Okay, Lord Zhongtang, I'll send someone to send Jingshou back first, right?" ”

Li Hongzhang looked at it, blinked his eyes, like Li Jingshou who was about to fall asleep, and said with a smile: "Okay." ”

Xuan Yuemeng looked at Li Hongzhang and smiled, in general, he was still very happy today, helping Li Hongzhang to complete such a big thing, the most important thing is that this matter is helpful to the country, and it has greatly improved the self-esteem of the nation.

Young Master Meng hasn't left yet, Hurd and McMarfoy have come over.

Master Meng looked at McMauff's face, and he also admired McMarfoy, the old fat man actually stood up?

The loss of four million taels of Chinese official silver at once was able to withstand it, and it also made Young Master Meng admire the old fat man's ability to resist attacks.

When McMarfoy saw Young Master Meng, he wanted to pounce on him and strangle him to death, this time, Young Master Meng had lost most of his life savings, and the thirty years in the Great Qing Kingdom were all in vain!

The current Xingtai Xingyang Bank is only an empty shelf all of a sudden.

Young Master Meng suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Mr. McMarfoy, don't look at me like this?" Didn't I tell you earlier, there is nothing in the mine, just a little coal mine, and you have to buy it yourself, do you? ”

McMarfoy and Hirofumi Ito didn't expect Xuan Yuemeng to dare to mention this matter themselves.

Hurd hurriedly grabbed McMauff's arm, for fear that McMauff would not be able to control himself and would go up to beat Xuan Yuemeng.

Xuan Yuemeng has such a one-year-old small body, where can she withstand a beating? It must be beaten into meatloaf.

Young Master Meng smiled slightly: "The mine and the power plant, it's impossible to make money at all, I have a proposal, I'll invest again, buy it back from the two of you, and let you return to your capital, how about it?" ”

McMarford's eyes lit up, and no one else could have imagined that Young Master Meng would say that.

Even Li Hongzao and Zhao Qingluo were curious.

Timothy Li also came over, and when he heard Young Master Meng say this, he was even more anxious and almost fainted, what is Young Master Meng going to do? Do you want to give the money back?

McMarfoy said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Yuemeng, can you pay for it back?" Do you want to return the four million taels of Chinese official silver to me? ”

Yanagihara Maemitsu also hurriedly asked Ito Hirobumi to ask on his behalf, "Are you really willing to return to us the six million taels of Chinese official silver of our Great Japanese Empire?" ”

Young Master Meng smiled: "Don't worry, I made this proposal based on the friendship between the three families and the possibility of cooperation in the future, if you think it can't be done, then forget it." Just when I didn't say it. ”

McMarfoy hurriedly said, "Mr. Yuemeng, please speak." ”

Xuan Yuemeng said with a smile: "To be honest, I invested in the construction of power plants and mines, the total investment was less than 500,000 taels, I am now making a little bit of money, I can contract another mine to Lord Li Zhongtang, and re-open a power plant, now, our Klinsmann foreign company's manpower and technology, can open another power plant in a short period of time, however, I think that with the current degree of digestion of the market, it is a waste to open another power plant, so I want to open a price of 500,000, How about buying back the power plant and mine from the two of you at a price higher than the price we originally invested in? ”

McMarfoy and Yanagihara Maemitsu were simply not mad, and Young Master Meng Balabala said a bunch of things, the mines and power plants they bought with 10 million taels of Chinese official silver, and you are going to buy it back with 500,000 taels of Chinese official silver now? Are you fools when we are?

McMarfoy said angrily: "I'd rather throw it away!" I'd rather put it there as a garbage dump and never sell it to you again! Don't dream big! If you have the ability, you can open another power plant. ”

Yanagihara Maemitsu didn't speak.

The Japanese have no choice.

The Japanese are really miserable now, and more than half of the six million taels of Chinese official bank are usurious loans borrowed from foreign banks of various countries, and they must be repaid, and how much money can be recovered, at least, the Japanese are more practical than the British.

Young Master Meng smiled: "Mr. McMafoy, don't get excited, if you don't want to, don't want to, just because I didn't say it." You know, I made this request from the standpoint of friendship, and is the power plant still a matter for our Klinsmann & Co. now? Moreover, the money we invested in mines and power plants was less than 500,000 taels of Chinese official silver. (To be continued.) )