In the gatehouse of Xibianmen, more than ten candles illuminate the entire gatehouse, a small table, surrounded by six people, two Chinese, and four foreign soldiers.

The atmosphere at the table is relatively harmonious, so that people don't see any problems, but secretly, they have their own ghosts.

"Boss Yang, I have to express my satisfaction with your source." James drank half a bowl of wine in one gulp, and then extended a thumbs up to Ma Sanru.

"If you are in business, this news naturally needs to be well-informed, otherwise how will this business be done?" Ma Sanru smiled, showing an unsurprising gesture.

When Ma Sanru entered Beijing, he entered the city under the pseudonym Yang Ming, so James never knew Ma Sanru's real name.

"If I had your brain, I wouldn't be here now, I think Wall Street is my world. It's just a pity, now I can only come to the army and mix a bowl of rice. James said enviously.

There was a shortage of food in the city, and James only learned about it a week ago, and if there was no large amount of food entering the city, then the entire capital would have suffered countless casualties in the following winter.

Although no matter how hungry they are, they can't starve these foreign soldiers, but now is the time to pay attention to the image. If a large number of people were starved to death in the city, it would still be a serious blow to the image of the Western powers.

Moreover, this time the Western powers are only here to seek some benefits. It wasn't for the sake of eliminating the Qing court, so if they went too far in the capital, it wouldn't be of any benefit to them.

This is also why Wadsey set a three-day deadline for the covenant, although because of Wang Sirui, this deadline was increased a little.

But after three days, the countries were basically going to burn and loot very little anymore.

Just like the United States, they have issued super strict military orders.

However, anyone who trespasses into people's homes or robs people's property without permission can be arrested on the spot and handed over to the US military, and the US military will deal with them seriously.

If a soldier is in possession of a firearm, the people can follow them and go to the patrol house to report the crime, as long as it is confirmed, not only will the foreign soldier need to be severely punished, but the person who reported the crime will also receive a certain reward.

The other countries are also very similar, but the Germans are difficult to control, and wanton burning and plundering often happens in the German station area.

What do foreigners put so much effort into for? And not for their benefit? The elimination of the Qing court did not have the slightest benefit for them, and they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to establish their own image in this ancient country, so as to facilitate their future business layout.

Your Excellency laughed, it is not difficult to do this, but it is very simple, and you don't even need to use any brains to come up with it. Winter is always the time when the price of grain is the highest, high prices mean a shortage of food, in addition, there are also cold items are also very popular, to be honest, after this transaction, I plan to get a batch of cold goods to ship. Ma Sanru was talking nonsense, anyway, James can't see that day, so what can he do?

"Yes, anyway, you businessmen, that's called a businessman who is not a traitor. Ha ha! James laughed.

After three rounds of drinking, Ma Sanru once again took out a few bags from his pocket, and everyone here had a share.

The oldest was given to James, the next three to the three American platoon commanders, and the youngest to the traitor translator who sat with him.

After getting the extra money, several people instantly became excited, and they felt that the relationship with Ma Sanru had become much closer.

"Boss Yang, if you encounter anything in this city in the future, just come to me and promise to let you go unimpeded in the capital." James pulled Ma Sanru with seven points of drunkenness, promising like a good buddy.

It was the first time James had seen such a generous businessman as Ma Sanru, and in just half a day, he gave him thousands of dollars in gold and thousands of dollars, which was not a small amount, and it was worth James to cover him.

"You will naturally ask for help for small things, and as for some big things, I don't want to make your Excellency too embarrassed, but I just hope that Your Excellency will not be idle and troublesome at that time." Ma Sanru echoed and said.

"Rest assured, there's nothing that can't be done in front of me, James. Come, drink! James lifted the empty bowl and was about to take a sip of it, only to find that it was empty.

Ma Sanru quietly glanced at the soldier who poured the wine, the other party nodded knowingly, and then walked to the wine pile outside the door and took out a jar of new wine, and poured a bag of white powder into it while people were not paying attention.

Then he quickly put his hand into the wine jar and quickly stirred it a few times, the time was pressing, and it was too late to find a stick or something to stir.

Then he carried a jar of wine back to the gatehouse, and the whole process took less than half a minute, and a soldier guarding the jar saw this.

After confirming that there was no one around, he also took out the sweat medicine on his body, quietly poured it into a jar of new wine, stirred it with his hands a few times, and then opened another jar of wine.

Menghan medicine, which is an anesthetic drug made from mandala flowers, is one of the drugs with the strongest anesthetic effect in ancient times. Mixing the prepared sweat medicine into the wine can not only block the smell, but also improve the anesthetic effect.

"Huh? I seem to be a little drunk! It was only after James had drunk the third bowl of wine that he had some reaction.

What the novel says is that after drinking a bowl, you immediately feel dizzy like a dead pig, which is completely deceitful. Although the effect of sweat medicine is really fast, it also takes a few minutes to show the initial effect.

"Your Excellency has a lot of money, how can you be drunk? When I come to Beijing next time, I will give you some souvenirs from all over the world. Ma Sanru continued to fool a few people.

"Hahaha, I just like a refreshing person like Boss Yang. Come on, do it! James was coaxed by Ma Sanru for a while, and he didn't know what to do, so he picked up the wine bowl and drank it in one gulp.

And the sweat medicine in the previous bowls of wine also happened to attack, and James and the others fainted on the wine table one after another.

And Ma Sanru's situation is not much better, when a few people were not paying attention to it before, Ma Sanru once quietly drank a sip of thick licorice juice, although there are some effects, but the amount of antidote is insufficient, and it can only temporarily delay the time of Ma Sanru's coma.

After seeing a few people fall, Ma Sanru directly took out the water bladder hanging on his waist and drank nearly half of the thick licorice juice in the water bladder in one gulp.

With a large amount of thick licorice juice in his stomach, Ma Sanru's dizzy head began to stop, and then, his brain became more and more sober, although he still felt a little dizzy, but it was only the effect of alcohol, and the effect of the sweat medicine had long been diluted by the thick licorice juice.

"My lord, all the foreign soldiers have fallen!" More than ten minutes later, a soldier quietly entered the gatehouse and reported to Ma Sanru, who was a little dazed.

"What time is it?" Ma Sanru asked in a daze.

"It's a moment!"

"Signal the code, open the city gates!" Ma Sanru ordered.