The plaque of "Tianxiang Pavilion" was removed, and it was replaced by three ink-drenched fonts of "Side Yuan", which were written by Zhang Taiyan after he was drunk, just like his wild and uninhibited person, with a little madness. The private room on the second floor is separated from the outside world by a bamboo curtain, the curtain is gently raised, a young woman walks out, and two smiling girls support her left and right. She wore no shoes, her bare feet were fair and delicate, and she wore a string of small silver bells on her ankles, which made a pleasant sound as the lotus steps moved gently.

With only a pair of feet exposed, she has already taken away the aura and creation between heaven and earth, and her walking posture seems to be in line with some kind of mysterious music, and every step seems to be stepping on people's hearts. She didn't bind her feet, but her delicate little feet were fair and well-proportioned, much more attractive than the so-called three-inch golden lotus.

The petite and delicate figure makes people can't help but rise to protect the **, the expression on the face is happy and disgusting, but the innocent face is bewitching!

Living and fragrant, I see pity!

Chai Dongliang has to admire, Yan Xi is worthy of being a red man who has hung up the top card, and the trained girl is indeed extraordinary. Even I was a little tempted, and I couldn't help but want to take a few more looks.

This girl is the top brand begonia of the "Four Virtue Courtyard", and the average guest wants to see the last side without a hundred and ten silver dollars, so they can't even think about it.

Haitang Chun smiled lightly at Chai Dongliang and the others, with three points of shyness and seven points of charm in his smile. It seems that the schoolgirl in the school is looking at the lover of the crush. makes people forget her identity as a daughter. Chai Dongliang secretly sighed, I don't know how many disciples will get drunk to death in this smile.

Haitang Chun pressed her hips to her feet and knelt in front of the coffee table, and her expression suddenly became solemn. There was no expression on his face, he took out a set of tea sets attentively, gently pulled out the stopper of a pastel porcelain jar, used a small basswood scoop to hold some tea leaves, poured it into the Yixing purple sand stone scoop on the table, and poured the hot water in the Western warm pot on the outside of the pot and scalded it, before opening the lid of the pot and pouring water into it. When the water was full, he closed the lid again, shook it for a while, and poured the tea into the tea bowl. He opened the lid again and filled it with water before pouring it into a small teacup and holding it in front of Nelson with both hands.

A series of movements were light and smooth, every detail was explained clearly, but with a kind of Nelson had long seen it, he asked in awkward Chinese: "This is for me?" ”

Haitang Chun smiled and said, "Please use tea." Then he slowly stood up and left the room.

Nelson smelled the scent of tea and said intoxicatedly, "It's so beautiful." ”

Everyone was secretly funny, what was he talking about tea or begonia spring for cooking tea.

After watching the wonderful tea ceremony performance and drinking tea, Nelson's interest was high, and he talked about his anecdotes along the way.

The advance army and himself were about to break out in Manchuria, Chai Dongliang was concerned about the changes in the situation ahead, and he was anxious, and he was a little tired of seeing his mouth full of tongues.

"Mr. Nelson, if you come to Anqing just to drink tea and chat, please forgive me for not being able to accompany me, I have a lot of things to do, and it is impossible to waste time on boring entertainment." Chai Dongliang said very politely.

"Alright then, I can ask HSBC to write you a check now, the only thing Harriman Railroad wants from you is that you will guarantee that in the future, all the construction of the railroad in your area under your rule will be exclusively contracted by Harriman, and I believe you will agree to this small condition, won't you?" Nelson had a faint smile on his lips, and he was sure that the young governor would agree.

Chai Dongliang smiled: "I don't agree!" ”

Nelson's eyes widened suddenly: "Why?" ”

Chai Dongliang said coldly: "I will not allow the existence of a commercial society without competition, and obtaining a monopoly position through power is a destruction of the business order, so I can't agree." ”

Nelson said unwillingly: "Then you don't need those five million dollars?" You know, that's a lot of money. ”

Chai Dongliang said disdainfully: "In my eyes, business order is more important than money. What's more, I can get the same amount of money from so many sources. I don't believe it. Without this rotten egg, I wouldn't be able to make a trough cake! ”

"Your Excellency, General, don't be angry, this is not the attitude of talking about business." Nelson pulled Chai Dongliang's sleeve and said.

Chai Dongliang said coldly: "I express deep doubts about your company's sincerity!" Your country has promulgated the anti-monopoly "Sherman Act", and your company is openly demanding that your monopoly position be guaranteed with the power of the political axe in China, which is a contempt for China's sovereignty, and I absolutely cannot tolerate it. ”

Nelson drooped his head stupidly, he never dreamed that a Chinese warlord would know so much about the United States, and even know the anti-monopoly laws clearly.

Chai Dongliang continued: "China has not yet enacted an anti-monopoly law, and I myself am not against monopoly. ”

As soon as Nelson heard that there was a door, he suddenly became energetic: "So, you mean, there is a possibility that our business will continue to be discussed?" ”

Chai Dongliang sneered: "With China's current economic situation, it is unrealistic to fight monopoly within twenty years, my Guanghua company itself has the surname of monopoly, but this monopoly is naturally formed through technology and capital, not through my army and my own status." I absolutely cannot allow power to intervene in business to form a monopoly. ”

Nelson nodded like a chicken eating rice: "I completely agree with your opinion, Harriman Company's technology and capital are competitive enough." ”

Chai Dongliang picked up a cup of tea and said with a smile: "In that case, then why do you want to ask for privileges from China's political axe?" ”

Nelson was instructed in the United States to complete the loan agreement with the Jianghuai Army, as long as Chai Dongliang promised to fully open the door after the occupation of Manchuria, and Nelson was a bit self-defeating to get more benefits for Harriman Company.

"Your Excellency, the contemptible and coercive company fully agrees with you, I think there is no barrier between us anymore, and the five million dollars you need can be cashed out at Citibank at any time. You see, is our contract ready to be signed? ”

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In the second year after the Russo-Russian War, he established a consulate general in Mukden. At the beginning of this year, I moved the Consulate General to the vicinity of the Russian Consulate and built a European-style building covering an area of 50 acres.

Next to the Consulate General is a Honki-in, and in a room on the second floor, three people in khaki uniforms and one in a dark gray kimono are lying on the ground with their buttocks on their buttocks, staring intently at a spinning silver coin. Next to him, there was a man about thirty years old wearing a gray cloth robe and a black silk horse coat, sitting on a chair and watching them with great interest. This person's short eyebrows and round head make it feel like the face is drawn with the nose as the axis and a compass. At first glance, this person is an authentic rich man in the Chinese countryside, but with his straight back and the sharp light that flashes in his eyes from time to time, he clearly tells others that he is a standard soldier. This man was Baron Kuroda Saburo of Mitsui Trading Company, who was entrusted by Toyama Mitsuru to calm the internal turmoil within the Kwantung Army.

However, Mitsui Trading has its own ideas, and Saburo Kuroda has its own ideas. Between the powerful Yamaprefecture Aritomo and the stinking and hard Mitsumi Toyama, Mitsui Trading and Kuroda Saburo both chose the former. Hirobumi Ito is dead, and Toyama has lost his backer, so he won't be an opponent of Yama Prefecture Aritomo at all. Yamaguchi Aritomo had long had ambitions to annex Manchuria, and Kuroda Saburo, who knew his thoughts, knew what he should do.

The silver coin on the ground staggered and fell down, and on it was a human head. The faces of the four people lying on the ground were like ashes, and they were speechless for a long time.

A forty-five or six-year-old Dazuo stood up with a gloomy expression and muttered to himself: "The head is facing up, and the head is facing down, and it stops????? Providence, providence. ”

Wearing a dark gray kimono, he grabbed the ground with his head and cried, "That's it? And that's how it all ended? I'm not reconciled! Unwilling! ”

A young man wearing a captain's uniform, who had been kneeling on the ground, suddenly jumped up, pulled out his sword from his waist, and roared angrily: "If you don't do it, I'll do it alone!" ”

"Slap, slap, slap????? Captain Matsui is truly courageous! ”

Saburo Kuroda, who was sitting on a chair watching the excitement, slapped his face with a smile.

Captain Matsui's eyes gave off a strange look, and he looked at the round head and said, "Kuroda-kun, you are our brain, and we listen to you in everything!" ”

The other three also widened their eyes, waiting for Kuroda Saburo to give orders.

Kuroda Saburo smiled indifferently and said, "Isn't it just the opposition of the political axe and the old decay of the military department?" They're all guys who just want to mix up the pension, and the future of the empire is in our hands! ”

Captain Matsui's excited eyes lit up, and he said eagerly, "Kuroda-kun, do you mean you can do it?" ”

Kuroda Saburo looked at the expressions of the people in the room, he enjoyed the feeling of the stars holding the moon, and said with a smile: "Of course." ”

Captain Matsui remembered a thorny question, and he said respectfully, "Kuroda-kun, if the Imperial Political Axe and the military department interfere, then what should we do?" ”

Kuroda Saburo pointed to the robe and horse coat on his body, and said lightly: "If that's the case, even if the Kwantung Army breaks away from Yuben en masse, it will occupy the entire Manchuria!" Big deal let's build a new state in Manchuria! We can't wait any longer, the international investigation mission organized by the Western powers is about to come to a conclusion, and once the conclusion is published, it will be extremely detrimental to the Empire! Moreover, the reinforcements of the Chinese will also arrive in Manchuria one after another, if we cannot defeat the Chinese people in the first place, once the war is prolonged, the political axe and the old decay of the military department will take advantage of the problem, and the consequences will be difficult to predict! ”

Everyone present understood that the bombing of Xinmin Mansion could not have been carried out by the advance army at all, and the biggest suspect should have hid in the Russian consulate, but this did not prevent them from tacitly cooperating with the Russians and splashing this plate of dirty water on the heads of the advance army.

Captain Matsui's eyes were full of reverence, he straightened his clothes, bowed a standard forty-five degrees with the hilt of his sword, and asked, "Kuroda-kun, do you want to inform the Kanto Prefecture Governor of our plan so that the Kwantung Army can have time to prepare for battle?"

Kuroda Saburo said disdainfully: "Wait until the fight starts, and then notify those old people who are mixed with retirement pensions!" Notify them at this time, it will scare them into peeing their pants! ”

After that, he took a narrow war knife from the wall, pulled the knife out with a "cang" sound, held the handle of the knife with both hands, and waved it in the air.

"My emperor is prosperous, thousands of generations; gravel into rocks, covered with moss; Long-term peace and stability, the country is rich and the people are ?????????"

The people present clapped their hands and sang in chorus, their eyes bloodshot with excitement. Saburo Kuroda drew his sword and danced in the light, his figure projected on the snow-white wall, the shadow contorted into a monstrous monster, and the long knife was its bloodthirsty fangs.

(To be continued)