Vilnius City Hall, Zagoev continues to work as usual every day, since Witt left Vilnius for more than half a year, the time has also crossed from 1896 to 1897, but there is no news of his transfer, from the first hope to disappointment to forget, Zagoev has once again become a neglected place in this town hall. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As soon as I arrived at the office that day, I heard Krinsky, the secretary general of the city hall office, come to his desk and put down a stack of papers and say: "Zagoev, today you go to Grigishks and deliver these documents." ”

When Zagoev heard that he was going to Grigishks, which is 17 kilometers from Vilnius, and it would definitely take a day to go back and forth, he replied: "Secretary-General, I haven't finished processing some documents from the National Police Agency yesterday, and the mayor will see ...... tomorrow."

Before he could finish speaking, Klinsky said, "Why are you dissatisfied with my arrangement?" If you're not satisfied, you can quit and go home. Oh, I forgot, you were ordered by His Excellency Witt, you should go to His Excellency Witt, I heard that he is now going to Qingguo, you can go too! ”

Zagoev listened to Klinsky's sarcastic words, and had to sit down in silence, and Klinsky continued: "Why do you need me to invite you again?" Hurry up and get to Grigishks, you have to rush back tonight to deal with the documents that were sent by the police station yesterday. Zagoev had no choice but to pack up, put the papers on the table in a bag, walked out of the town hall, got on his bicycle and left.

As soon as Zagoev left, Klinsky was roaming around the city hall with a high spirit, and a staff member hurriedly came over and handed a telegram to Klinsky and said: "Your Excellency, the Legation of the Qing Kingdom is calling, and they want to transfer Pavel. Anisimmović. Mr. Zagoev went to work at the Consulate General in Shanghai. ”

When Klinsky heard this, he picked up the telegram and looked at it carefully, his face changed slightly, and he immediately said to the staff: "Where is Zagoev now?" ”

The staff replied: "I just saw that Mr. Zagoev has already ridden out of the city hall, and I don't know where he is now. ”

"Quick, go catch up with him." "Just say I said it, let him put down all the work he is doing and come back immediately to go through the transfer procedures." After finishing speaking, Klinsky also whispered: "Don't have an accident, don't have an accident!" ”

Without going into details, what happened in Vilnius was that after more than half a month of rest in Beijing, Witte finally left for Shanghai. During his half-month stay in Beijing, Witte not only met with ministers from various countries, but also met with the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, Yamen officials, and Wang Wenshao, the minister of Beiyang and the governor of Zhili. In contact with Qing officials, Witt's fluent official language became a matter of praise from Qing officials, and Witte also learned some of the attitudes of the current Qing Dynasty government through conversations with these people.

After a month's time, I returned to Shanghai again, although Beijing is still cold in spring, but Shanghai already has spring, but the spring rain is glittering, adding a few coolness. The staff of the Consulate General is still the same person who came to greet him at the pier last time. Vikentievich. Vladislav, a native of Tsaritsyn on the lower Volga, now serves as a senator at the Consulate General in Shanghai and is the most important secretary of the consulate.

"Your Excellency Werther, Consul Dmitriev is already waiting for you at the consulate, and he has booked a ticket to return to Europe the day after tomorrow." In the carriage Vladislav said.

After hearing this, Witte asked: "How is the health of His Excellency Dmitriev?" Is there no way to heal Shanghai? ”

Vladislav replied: "The medical conditions in Shanghai are limited, and it is really impossible to completely diagnose and treat. Witte did not say more, but closed his eyes in silence in the carriage and rested, and Vladislav could not say anything more when he saw this.

After the handover with Dmitriev, Witte began to choose a unified office for the Russian Consulate General in Shanghai. Speaking of Russia, it is also a tragedy, I don't know if it is Lao Maozi's temperament, or it is particularly big in these things, so that the Consulate General has been established for almost a year, and there is not even a fixed unified office, compared to the consulates in Shanghai, such a huge empire as Russia, it actually has five local branches in the Shanghai concession, so that some documents have to spend a whole day in order to find someone to sign, From this point of view, Dmitriev's incompetence is also vividly manifested.

Witte remembered that the Russian Consulate in Shanghai was located on the bank of the Suzhou Creek, along the Bund Landscape Road of Zhongshan East Road, past the statue of Chen Yi, and then through the Waibaidu Bridge on the Suzhou Creek to the Consulate on Huangpu Road, so Witte first came to the location of the Russian Consulate in his memory.

The spring rain in Shanghai was just like Witt's previous life when he went to school here, and it took several days to get up at once, and in this rainy day, Witt came to this plot of land that is still a rocky beach. However, the location here is really excellent, it is located in the Beiyan Public Concession, opposite the Licha Hotel, on the south side of the Suzhou Creek, and across the Garden Bridge (the English name of the Waibaidu Bridge) to the Bund Public Concession and the French Concession, which is also the main residence of consulates in Shanghai.

"I think the location here is good, close to the Suzhou Creek, the construction materials can be transported here by boat, saving a lot of inconvenience, and you can also dock some yachts and small boats, which is convenient for us to travel. The proximity to other consulates also facilitates our communication. What do you think, Mr. Vladislav? Witt spoke eloquently.

Vladislav looked at the surrounding environment, and it was indeed ideal, so he asked: "Your Excellency, I am afraid that the land price here is very high, and our budget is limited!" ”

Witt smiled and said, "There is no need to worry about money, I will ask His Majesty the Emperor for my life." But I hope that when our consulate is built, it will be the most beautiful and stylish of all consulates, so that we can show the splendor of our Russian Empire. ”

Vladislav nodded, and then said: "As far as I know, this land is not terra nullius now, it belongs to Mr. Hartung, and we must get his consent to build a consulate here." This Mr. Hartung is a Jew, and he has always been very dissatisfied with our country's policy towards the Jews, so it should be difficult for us to get this land. ”

"Oh, Hartung? The same Jew who made a fortune in Shanghai during the Sino-French War? Werther asked.

Vladislav said: "That's him." Born in Baghdad in the Ottoman Empire, Mr. Hartung later moved to Mumbai, India, with his parents, and became a British citizen. He came to Shanghai at the age of 22 and now works for Sassoon. In 1884, when the Qing-French War broke out, the Qing army won one after another on the battlefield, and the people of various countries in the concession were worried that the Qing government would regain the concession, so they sold their properties on a large scale. Mr. Hartung bought it at a low price at this time, and everyone thought he was crazy at the time, but it turned out to be how wise Mr. Hartung's choice was. After the end of the Qing-French War, the price of land in the concession began to rise wildly, and Mr. Hartung also made a huge profit, surpassing Mr. Sassoon to become the richest man in the Far East. ”

After hearing this, Witt thought for a while and said: "Since we have come to Shanghai, the purpose is naturally so that the empire can obtain rights and interests on the southeast coast of the Qing Kingdom, then we must deal with people from all walks of life. Since Hartung is the 'richest man in the Far East', he should be our friend, not our enemy. In this case, you will send an invitation letter on my behalf to the gentlemen of the Board of Directors of the French Concession and the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession, represented by Mr. Hartung, and I will hold a banquet at the Licha Hotel. ”

Vladislav nodded in agreement, and then he heard Witte say: "Mr. Vladislav, the work of the Consulate General in Shanghai in the previous year can be described as no improvement, since I am here, I will have to change." The construction of the consulate will definitely take some time, and I don't want to see any more branch offices before the consulate is built, so I hope you will choose an excellent place in the concession as soon as possible to become our office space. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency the Consul, I will definitely expedite the process." Vladislav immediately responded to Werther's admonition, but after Werther finished speaking, he stared at Pudong on the other side of the Huangpu River, which is still a vegetable field, but it is indeed the most prosperous place in China in later generations, and it also represents the re-emergence of China!

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