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Lin Haifeng smiled and walked into the banquet hall, and behind him were three radiant girls.

Burbulon hurriedly greeted him, clasped his hands into fists, and came with a typical Chinese etiquette, "Dear Your Excellency King An, I am very honored that you can accept my invitation. ”

"You are too polite, Your Excellency the Chargé d'Affaires, we are friends, I have to come no matter how busy I am." Lin Haifeng returned the salute with a smile, and then arched his hand high at everyone in the hall, "Thank you very much for your kind invitation, Your Excellency Charge d'Affaires Bourblon, here, I greet all the ladies and gentlemen who have come!" After saying that, he turned around and shook Bourblon's hand, and as he walked inside, he said, "I sincerely thank you for your contribution to the friendship between our two countries, we have cooperated very happily, and other officials of the Celestial Empire will also cooperate with you happily." ”

"Of course, of course." Bourblon smiled, "Why didn't Your Excellency Director Liu Lichuan come with you?" I also invited him in advance, as well as the two commanders, Your Excellency Li Xianchi and Xu Zongyang. As he spoke, he turned his gaze behind him. The three ladies who came with King An, Liu Xianghe and Zhou Xiuying, everyone knew each other, but the other one looked very bright.

"Hehe, Director Liu went to Tianjing to accept the summons of the King of Heaven and the King of the East, and repeatedly entrusted me to thank Your Excellency for your hospitality before leaving. As for the two commanders, Li Xianchi and Xu Zongyang, our Celestial Empire does not encourage military commanders to participate in excessive entertainment, and they all have their own responsibilities, please understand this. Lin Haifeng followed Burbulon to the position of the guest of honor, he did not sit down, but took the arm of Su Sanniang, who was following him, looked at Burbulon with a smile, and glanced at the people present, "Let me introduce to all ladies and gentlemen, this is the newly appointed deputy director of the Military Management Commission in charge of public security in Shanghai by our Celestial Empire, Ms. Su Sanniang." ”

The head of the expatriate district is a beautiful girl, and this time there is the second head of Shanghai, and she is still a big girl. Everyone in the banquet hall was a little confused. Bourblon was also stunned and looked at Su Sanniang for a long time, and forgot to tell the waiter to start serving the food for a while.

Marshali finally found the best opportunity to speak, and he was the first to clap his hands, "Ladies and gentlemen, there are countless heroines of the Taiping Army, let us cheer for Ms. Su's ascension." As he spoke, the banquet hall erupted in applause.

"Don't keep a straight face, others will be afraid. They are congratulating you on your appointment as deputy director of Shanghai. Lin Haifeng whispered in Su Sanniang's ear with a side face.

For the first time, among these men and women with blue eyes, big noses, almost colorful hair, strange clothes, and those men and women who dragged wide long skirts and dressed up with flowers, Su Sanniang was a little uncomfortable. Now that she listened to Wang An's words, the corners of her tense mouth began to turn up slightly, and a faint smile appeared on her face, "Thank you, I will maintain a peaceful and peaceful living environment for everyone." She placed her other hand lightly on the warm, strong arm that His Highness was holding her.

"Welcome, Your Excellency Su." Burbulon said in broken Chinese, looking Su Sanniang in front of him up and down. Like the other two female officials, she did not wear the official hat that the officials of the Celestial Empire normally should have, and her head was tied into a beautiful butterfly shape with a red ribbon, and although she was smiling, there was always an indescribable solemnity and majesty, like the legendary saint. He looked at Zhou Xiuying again, and suddenly, he seemed to understand a problem. The formidable King An must be sending a message to everyone that the future Shanghai government will be a government with feminine gentleness.

The dinner was held in a warm atmosphere.

"On behalf of me and all the American expatriates in China, I wish you a great victory in this expedition. Just as His Excellency Su said earlier, the United States is also a peace-loving country, and only future peace will bring more happiness to everyone. Marshali came to Lin Haifeng with a wine glass.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your kind words." Lin Haifeng stood up, "Every country and people hope for eternal peace, just like all the ladies and gentlemen here today. We in China like to say that being able to sit together is a friend, we love to make friends, I mention yì, for our friendship can last forever, everyone toast together! ”

"Yes, a toast to friendship for a long time!" Jin Nengheng shouted, "We eagerly hope that the Taiping Army will unify China as soon as possible, and the contemptible people will help the Celestial Empire pave the railway in all directions of China, so that everyone will have the opportunity to see this land of ancient civilization." I'm sure many people still have a sense of mystery about this place. ”

Lin Haifeng took a sip of the wine in his hand and smiled, "Jin Taipan said well, the heavens and the earth are vast, and it is impossible to do without developed transportation facilities." Most of you here are the leaders of various business houses, and I still say that as long as everyone is equal and mutually beneficial, and abides by the laws and regulations of the Celestial Empire, then, no matter what country you are, no matter what color you are, the Celestial Empire welcomes it, don't rush, take your time. ”

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, I have read your great work in the newspaper. You are advocating '**', my understanding is that you want to divide a qiē of private property equally, and after dividing the domestic property, you will not share it around the country, right? Aliguo, who had not spoken, suddenly came up with such a sentence.

"Who said I was going to divide up a piece of private property?" Lin Haifeng smiled, "Mr. Aliguo, you must have noticed the agrarian revolution around Shanghai, isn't the land of those law-abiding landlords still in their own hands?" In the whole of Jiangsu, the largest merchant is also the private property of the Gu family, and it has expanded many times compared to the time when the Manchu Qing Dynasty ruled. I can tell you that the Gu family's real wealth is more than the reserves of the Tianjing Heavenly Empire's treasury. To put it simply, ordinary people now have land at home and more or less money in their hands, but look at us? Except for this unstable official hat, there is nothing. Since this king became this prince, he has a lot of money, but this king doesn't even have a tael of silver of his own. If you pay attention, you can notice that we have dealt with some officials who are dissatisfied with the common people before, what is their fate? It is the same with this king. This king now has no land, no house, and no penniless, once he is taken off this hat on his head one day, he can only be the same as the officials in front of him, he will lose his head if he is too guilty, and he will be dismissed with a few taels of silver, and he will not do enough to do anything, so he can only contribute to others to make a living. ”

He said, pointing to Luo Xiaoquan, the new head of Shanghai Angel Commercial Bank, "This is known to everyone as Priest Luo, who came to China to deliver the gospel of God." Our Celestial Empire never publicizes our ideas to the outside world, our beliefs are our own, and it is your business if you are willing to do this, and we will not do it. Some time ago, Priest Luo complained that his parishioners were withdrawing from the church and came to me to complain. Hehe, this king wants to state in advance that the government of the Celestial Empire did not ask the people to withdraw from the church, it was all the people's own behavior. Just like everyone is rushing to learn Chinese now, the truth is obvious. However, since Mr. Aliguo has such doubts, then the king solemnly tells everyone here that no matter how powerful our Celestial Empire is, it will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, let alone seek anything that does not belong to us at all. What we need is peace, eternal peace! ”

Lin Haifeng's words caused a burst of laughter and applause.

"Your Excellency King An, the Customs Department has promulgated a tariff quota of 200 percent on industrial products such as cloth and clocks, which is too far from us only collecting five percent of your country's tea, silk and other products." Bourblon saw that the opportunity was almost over, and asked Lin Haifeng beside him in a low voice.

"You can't say that," Lin Haifeng shook his head, "For your country's heavy industrial products, our tax is the same as five percent, which is called reciprocity." Our industry is in its infancy, and as a friend, we should help us build a complete industrial system, so that everyone can benefit together. It is absolutely not permissible for us to dump their own products as they have done to attack the industry and commerce of the other country. Lin Haifeng glanced at Ali Guo's side, and then smiled again, "It's still the same sentence, it's really good if everyone is okay." ”

Su Sanniang didn't eat enough, firstly, she was used to dancing with the hand of the war knife on the battlefield, but when she used the small silver knife and fork, she suddenly became clumsy and abnormal, and secondly, she was not used to the so-called big meals made by foreigners. However, to be able to sit beside King An, listen to the beautiful voice of His Highness, and think about that intimate touch, she was happier than anything she ate.

In the carriage back, she hugged Liu Xianghe beside her and looked at King An opposite, "It's really strange, Your Highness, why are you so good at even those small knives and forks?" ”

"Alas!" Lin Haifeng sighed deliberately, "I'm stupid, I'm not like you, I can't use a big knife, of course, I can only fiddle with these gadgets." ”

Su Sanniang smiled, "It's really troublesome for this foreigner to eat, and what does that dish taste like, it's not delicious, what do you say, Sister Xianghe?" ”

"Sour!" Liu Xianghe really feels sour today. His Royal Highness kissed the hands of foreign women in front of her, so forget it, it's not once or twice, I've already said what kind of etiquette is that, and I don't understand why foreigners have this kind of etiquette, is it comfortable to ask a man to kiss it? The most infuriating thing is the intimate appearance when he saw His Royal Highness holding Su Sanniang. What does the food taste like? She didn't even eat, she forgot what she ate. When Su Sanniang asked, she couldn't help but pop out such a word. Immediately, she realized that she was wrong, and quickly blushed, looked at the inexplicable His Highness and Sister Su, and then said, "Count...... What's it, thing, you can't get enough to eat at all. ”

"Haha, look at it, people's kind treats have provoked so much gossip between the two of you." Lin Haifeng said, looking out of the car window, "This is not far from the City God Temple, I heard that the snacks there are quite good, and I haven't had a chance to go." Today I invite the two of you to eat, so that you don't have to lie in bed and scold me again. ”

"Okay, it's my first time here, so it's good to go and see it." Su Sanniang nodded happily.

"I'll take care of it." Liu Xianghe pursed his lips and muttered, "What do you use to give people after eating?" I don't have any money on me, and I'm still in for a treat. I'd better go back and I'll do it for you. ”

"Alas, how good it would be if it was in Zhenjiang, there is still a place to borrow money." Lin Haifeng patted his body and smiled helplessly, "It's really hard for a penny to defeat a hero." He set his eyes on Han Muyue next to him.

Han Muyue was stunned by King An's strange eyes, and hurriedly waved his hand and called, "Your Highness, I'm also penniless, unless you take me to the store." ”

Lin Haifeng smiled, "Yes, it should be changed." ”

"Stop!" Liu Xianghe, who had been looking at the car window from time to time, suddenly screamed, and before the car could stop, she jumped out.

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