Moment, just the pavilion, the heat of the sun is not very much with Wen is indeed Fan Zhou can't be separated. It's a new day in the city, and the streets are getting more and more pedestrians.

A very ordinary Western four-wheeled carriage turned from the corner of the flap road, and there was no sign to judge the identity of the owner of the carriage, and even the coachman was dressed very ordinary, generally speaking. The people who owned such carriages were usually small compradors of foreign banks, managers of small banks, and the like.

But in fact, the owner of this carriage is not a comprador or a manager, in the former Qing Dynasty, the owner of this carriage can be described as "covering the sky with one hand." It's just that after the republic, I can only helplessly let the flowers fall.

Sitting in this carriage with little decoration, Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang were surprised by the low-key curtain of the owner of this carriage, in their opinion, Yizhu, as the former prince of the Manchu Dynasty, can now "hide in the city" and be content with the current low-key life, which seems to explain why Yili was able to call the wind and rain above the court back then, because Yizhu is a smart person, he knows when to keep a low profile.

As a symbol of low-key life, this very ordinary four-wheeled carriage is Yizhu's usual means of transportation, and now it is lent to Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang. And because Yizhu only owns this carriage at present, once Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang go out on business, Yizhu can only use the rickshaw as a means of transportation, in fact, he also did this, early this morning, when Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang borrowed this carriage to meet the peace messenger of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Takao Heng. Yizhu instructed the housekeeper to call a rickshaw that was often packed. Under the protection of two British patrolmen, he went to the Chinese realm to listen to the play, and he looked natural when he left. I can't tell that he was a powerful prince at the beginning.

Ministry Tingbi and Liu Renxiang were very emotional. The former prince has become today's concession residence, these things are impermanent, people's hearts are unpredictable, and people do have mixed feelings, and many times, low-key may be a wise choice.

At present, Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang must also keep a low profile, and they go to consult with the Japanese Chamber of Commerce about the Sino-Japanese peace talks, which is a top secret, and they cannot tell anyone about it, nor can they do it in a big way, but can only do it quietly, and at least until the high-level political circles of the two countries officially express their stance, the matter of secret contacts between China and Japan must be kept secret.

It is precisely for this reason that when they went to the Japanese Concession in Tianjin today to meet with the peace representatives of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, the Ministry Tingbi and Liu Renxiang did not bring many people, but only brought two assistants sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they disguised themselves as servants of the two, and at this moment they were also sitting in this ordinary four-wheeled carriage to give advice and formulate negotiation tactics for Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang.

The president's telegram made it very clear, one word: drag.

As for how to delay and how to delay, this requires the assistance of the two assistants of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the specific negotiation tactics are formulated by them.

After leaving the Yili Mansion, Ministry Tingbi and Liu Renxiang and the two assistants of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to formulate today's negotiation tactics, and by now they have worked out detailed tactical details.

Since the outbreak of the war, the squadron not only forcibly took over the Japanese concessions in Hankou and Chongqing, but also surrounded the Japanese concessions in other places, but did not block the roads, so the carriage drove smoothly into the Japanese concession in Tianjin, and stopped in front of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce.

Ministry Tingbi and Liu Renxiang stepped out of the carriage, but there was no one at the door to see, and both of them were a little strange, because just the day before yesterday, the Japanese peace talks representative Takao Heng also swore that as long as the two rushed to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce for negotiations, he would personally lead the staff of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce to stand at the door of the business hall to greet the Chinese peace talks, so as to show off and show a dagger.

"This Japanese is just unreliable, and he talks like a fart."

Ministry Tingbi and Liu Renxiang didn't say anything, but the two foreign ministry assistants who followed behind the two expressed their dissatisfaction with this, no wonder they were angry, they used to deal with formal diplomatic occasions, unlike now, sneaking around, the other party is still a representative of Japanese businessmen, not a government representative.

Ministry Tingbi and Liu Renxianghu laughed, the two came here to negotiate, not to show off, low-key has always been their motto.

Walk into the Japan Chamber of Commerce with an assistant. Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang took Takao Heng's business card and found an assistant, and the assistant led them to the reception room, where they waited, and the wait was almost half an hour.

"It's a pity that today's meeting was canceled by the Chamber of Commerce, please go back, if you need to change the time of the meeting, I will inform you again."

As soon as Takao Heng entered the reception room, he issued an eviction order to Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang, which angered the two diplomatic assistants sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they immediately protested to Takaotei.

"You said that you are here today to negotiate, and now you are going back on your word, so capricious, how can you win the trust of others? Don't forget, it was you, the Japanese side, who requested the talks

An aide to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stood up and lodged a verbal protest to Takaotei.

Takao shook his head, obviously not accepting the other party's protests.

"Unfortunately,

If you want to know why the Japanese businessmen have changed their minds, I would like you to go to the German Concession and see what happened. ”

After speaking, Takao Heng bowed slightly. Then he exited the reception room, and before leaving, he pretended to order the assistant to serve tea to the guests.

Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang naturally wouldn't sit in a Japanese merchant house and drink tea, both of them were strange in their hearts. I don't know why the Japanese side suddenly decided not to hold negotiations, just now Takao Heng asked them to go to the German concession, but they also made them a little confused, and they didn't know what had happened.

"Brother Gao, why don't we go to the German Concession?"

After leaving the Japanese Merchant House, after boarding the carriage, Liu Renxiang suggested to Gao Tingbi.

Ministry Tingbi shook his head and said, "He told us to go, let's go?" Wouldn't that be too exalting to the Japanese? Let's not go to the German Concession, let's go back to the mansion first and return the carriage. Then go to the hostel. Take a telegram to the north. ”

Seeing Gao Tingbi's resolute attitude, Liu Renxiang didn't insist anymore, anyway, the instructions given to them by the top are a "drag" word, and now the Japanese don't talk about it themselves, that's right, happy and pure, but the longer they stay in Tianjin, the more delayed this business thing is, but I don't know if the president has already greeted the United States, so is the real estate transaction in Manila yellow?

In this way, Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang returned to the Yizhu Mansion in a carriage with their assistants, and the two originally planned to return the carriage to the housekeeper and leave. But what surprised them was that Yipu, who had originally gone to Huajie to listen to the play, actually rushed back one step ahead of them and was sitting in the living room drinking tea.

Out of politeness, Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang naturally couldn't pat their buttocks and leave, so they sat in the living room for a while and told Yizhu the scene of being born in a Japanese merchant house.

Who knew that Yiwa, hearing this, Liwei patted his thigh and stood up.

"Hey! Feelings for this. You don't know yet. Just now, I heard people in the theater say that today there is going to be a founding ceremony in the German Concession, and that the North Koreans have organized the "Independent State of Korea." The establishment of the German Concession was to be proclaimed, and perhaps it was because of this that the Japanese were not happy. To say that it is also something that the Japanese are not happy about. We Chinese are happy. No, I didn't hear my play today, just because a few famous actors in the theater also went to the German concession to see the excitement. I had to come back. ”

Listening to Yipu's words, Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang were stunned.

"What does this North Korean establishment of a country have to do with us Chinese? The Japanese are even annoyed. I can't bother us Chinese. Gao Tingbi said twice.

"The Independent State of Goryeo? This thing hasn't been reported, I'm afraid it's fake news, right? Liu Renxiang was also a little puzzled.

Isuke squinted his eyes and played with the jade wrench in his hand. "Of course the Japanese are annoyed by the suspicion that China supports Korean independence," he said. As for the lack of newspapers, I am afraid that the Koreans were worried that the Japanese would sabotage them, so they did not publish the newspapers in advance. The inaugural meeting of the Independent State of Korea will be held today. That's when the news gets out. ”

Only then did Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang figure out why the Japanese Chamber of Commerce had canceled today's negotiations, and they couldn't sit still, so they got up and said goodbye, left the mansion with their assistants, called a few rickshaws, and rushed directly to the German concession.

The German Concession in Tianjin was just south of the British Concession, and the two Concessions were close together, and it didn't take long for Bu Tingbi and Liu Renxiang to rush to the German Concession, relying on the special passports they received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they entered the German ancestral realm without much difficulty. After inquiring about it, I learned that the "Founding Conference of the Independent State of Korea" organized by the Koreans was held on the banks of the Haehe River.

So Gao Tingbi and Liu Renxiang hurried over. When I arrived at the place, I saw that it was not crowded. However, the scene was also lively, watching the lively Chinese and foreigners rubbing shoulders one after another. Many reporters were still dangling their cameras on their backs, and many of them were wearing Korean national costumes, and many of them were so excited that they cried and screamed at the venue.

When the Ministry of Tingbi and Liu Renxiang arrived at the venue, the founding conference was basically coming to an end, and the protagonist also left the conference site with a cool corner, and his whereabouts were unknown, but there were still some flyers on the scene, and the Ministry Tingbi and Liu Renxiang got some flyers.

According to the leaflet, the "Independent State of Korea" was not only officially proclaimed today, but also elected the president and cabinet members. And the first president of this independent state of Goryeo was none other than that. It was the assassin Yasushige who assassinated the Japanese political veteran Hirobumi Ito.

After Ahn Chonggen was arrested, he was kept in prison, and then he was sentenced to a "suspended death sentence" by the special court of the United Front government, and he remained in prison until the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war, and Chinese President Zhao Beibu pardoned him and released him, and then his whereabouts are unknown. The President issued a call for Korean residents from all over the world to return to Korea to participate in the war of independence against the Yakuza and to win the independence of the motherland.

Of course, the Japanese were annoyed by such a situation. Annoyed not only the Chinese, but also the Germans.