Chapter 182: Russian Street
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Advance. Xingqing Xuan of Huachun Palace, Ye Zhao slowly tasted tea, looking through the folds and messages on the table. Qin Wanjun, who was sitting quietly on the side, changed into a red gauze court dress, which was even more graceful.
Since the night before, Qin Wanjun seems to have changed as a different person, and she is very obedient.
But now Ye Zhao's brows are tightened, staring at the letter in his hand for more than half an hour, and he hasn't even looked up at her, but Qin Wanjun doesn't care at all, the first taste of ecstasy and bone-crushing love, her whole heart melts.
In Ye Zhao's letter, there was news of Prince William's safe arrival in Berlin, as well as a war report from the South African Boers.
What made Ye Zhao frown was the news from the Balkans, yesterday, Romania officially declared war on Bulgaria, and the Second Balkan War was unveiled, with an alliance of Romania, Montenegro, Serbia and Greece against Bulgaria, which had just recovered its former territory.
Austria-Hungary had unequivocally expressed its support for Bulgaria, and the Balkan powder keg could trigger a larger conflict at any time.
At the same time, the London newspapers revealed the "sincere agreement" signed by Britain, France, and Russia three months ago, in which the three countries agreed to understand and support each other, and also made concessions to each other in the disputes of some colonies in the past, forming an understanding agreement.
It is reported that Russia and France, and between Russia and Britain, have reached a secret military alliance, and according to secret reports from Moscow, the Russian-French agreement mainly includes: First, when France was attacked by Germany or Italy, or Russia was attacked by Germany or Austria-Hungary, both sides supported each other with all their forces. 2. If Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, or one of these countries mobilizes troops, France and Russia, as soon as they are aware of it, shall immediately transfer their forces to the frontier without any prior agreement. Third, the forces of France against Germany should be 1,100,000, and if China had not entered the war, the forces of Russia against Germany should be 700,000 or 800,000. These armies were to be fully engaged in the battle as soon as possible, forcing Germany to fight on both the eastern and western fronts. The agreement is valid for 10 years.
The Anglo-Russian military secret treaty is mainly aimed at China, although the internal affairs agencies have not been able to obtain a copy of the treaty, but they have also heard many clues, the British and Russian military secret treaty is mainly to stipulate the military obligations that both sides should bear after Russia or Britain and China enter a state of war.
A three-nation entente and two military secret treaties thus formed a chain of links, closely linking the three countries of the entente, forming an alliance with the meaning of a military alliance.
"English people, it's not easy to send it!" Ye Zhao sighed and said in his heart, if the problems of Hong Kong, Nanyang, and Malacca can be solved without going to war with Britain, Ye Zhao really doesn't want to go to war.
Qin Wanjun had read the novel "Jane Eyre" by an English female writer, but if she said that she couldn't intervene to deal with the English, and in the past few days, she didn't know what to say to Ye Zhao, remembering that she shouted Ye Zhao's name to divorce him at that time, but half a year later, she became his rightful concubine, and she was always twisted in her heart.
Ye Zhao raised his wrist and looked at his watch, stood up and said, "Let's go, go out for a walk." Glancing at Qin Wanjun's court-style long skirt, he said, "You change your clothes, this skirt is too eye-catching, let's go for a walk on the street." β
Although Novosibirsk is the distribution center of Chinese goods sent to Russia and even Europe by land, but in Dihua, there are also many Russian merchants, not to mention that Dihua is the hub city of the Central Plains to the Western Regions and Central Asia, and a large number of Chinese goods have to go through Dihua in West Asia. β¦,
With Ye Zhao casually dressed on the street, Qin Wanjun only felt indescribable novelty, although her family was enlightened, she was never a canary in a cage, but following Ye Zhao to visit the largest prosperous city in the western part of the empire naturally had a special taste.
I bought a bunch of impossible cosmetics at the Beijing Road Department Store, such as alabaster and lip red, and went to a halal restaurant to enjoy a large skewer of roast mutton, and I also went to a small shop of the Khivan people to buy some hand-woven tapestries and other accessories, and by the time I arrived at the neighborhood where Russians gathered on Friendship Street, the sun had already set.
Qin Wanjun saw that it was not early, so she said that she would not go shopping and go back.
Ye Zhao saw that she was in good spirits, and said with a smile: "Since you're here, let's go around." β
Qin Wanjun smiled, people are more delicate than flowers, and he reached out and grabbed Ye Zhao's arm, in Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities with the most active thoughts, it is occasionally seen that couples are so intimate, and there are many such pictures on the streets of the capital, but there are many ethnic groups in the northwest of Dihua, the folk customs are open, and the male and female couples are more enthusiastic and bold.
This neighborhood is called "Russian Street" by the Dihua people, and the chauvinists with strong civic complexes of the Great Empire are disdainfully called "Maozi Street", this street of several hundred meters is actually dominated by oriental buildings, with shops on both sides are Chinese-style attics, and occasionally Russian-style buildings can be seen, such as Orthodox churches, diaspora primary schools, and so on.
Looking at Qin Wanjun holding herself by her side, she had a delicate bun like a flower, an elegant black pink flower small slit cheongsam, revealing her delicate calves in stockings, and a pair of small satin-faced high heels like black jewels clicked, modern and beautiful.
How can I feel like I am on the beach, and next to him is a famous courtesan, Ye Zhao didn't know why this feeling suddenly arose, and shook his head self-deprecatingly.
"What are you laughing at?" Qin Wanjun asked delicately.
Ye Zhao said: "It's nothing. "If Qin Wanjun heard that she was associated with a courtesan, she didn't know how depressed she was.
Looking at Qin Wanjun's delicate face glowing slightly, Ye Zhao knew that she was extremely happy now, but to say how much she liked her, it was naturally far-fetched, and she had already passed the age of love and love, even if she liked it, she also liked her sultry body.
"Oh, the Russians' restaurant." Ye Zhao pointed to a dome on the second floor of the restaurant in front of him, which was already lit up, which was extremely eye-catching among the oriental lofts.
Dubbed the "Moulin Rouge", this luxurious restaurant is famous in Dihua for its authentic Russian cuisine, where most of the Chinese who are hungry for fresh food have visited, of course, most of them only visit once and never come back, and now the restaurant is also improving its menu to cater to the tastes of the locals.
"Well, I just want to try the brown bread of the Russians." There is no doubt that Qin Wanjun is the kind of restless person, of course, this kind of restlessness does not refer to the affairs of men and women, but anything new, she wants to try it, and the movie calls in the palace have opened her eyes.
Ye Zhao smiled: "You are not allowed to leave it, back then, I ate black bread for half a year, and I wanted to vomit when I ate it." β
As they spoke, the two walked towards the dining room, and the waiter in the white shirt and black pants on the steps ran down early, seeing that this pair of beautiful Chinese gentlemen and wives had no hat or jacket or anything to need his service, and the two were followed by five or six servants, and the waiter was slightly disappointed but still courteously led the way.
When Ye Zhao and Qin Wanjun entered the restaurant, Wan Dequan, who pretended to be a housekeeper, threw a tip of ten yuan to the waiter, and the Russian waiter's eyes lit up and thanked him repeatedly.
Sitting down at the window table and asking for bread, cheese and potato soup, Ye Zhao looked at the excellent decoration of the restaurant around him, the gorgeous chandeliers were brilliant, and the snow-white tablecloth and blooming vases on the table were also ingenious. β¦,
There are many customers in the restaurant, most of them are white-faced Russians, and the Chinese guests are at the same table as Ye Zhao and Qin Wanjun.
The waitress was to introduce the restaurant's specialties, and apparently with the dΓ©cor and size of the restaurant, if it was only for Russian business and there were no Chinese customers, it would close sooner or later.
"This Chinese is really tough!" There was a burst of laughter on the table next to him, and all the people sitting were rough Russian men, all dressed in blue cloth shirts, who should be workers.
They spoke in Russian with an Odinburgh accent, apparently not expecting the Chinese guests sitting at this table to be understood.
Ye Zhao frowned, there was no squeak, these people were all bitter haha, useless because they lost their interest.
Outside the window, a beautiful little face suddenly appeared, with deep sunken eyes, blue eyes and high nose, a slightly cold temperament, a standard Russian little beauty, but her clothes were a little ragged, and a wooden box with cigarettes hung around her neck.
Stomping her feet, the little Russian girl looked at Ye Zhao with blue eyes, pointed to boxes of cigarettes in her wooden box and said loudly, the glass sound insulation effect was excellent, and she couldn't hear her words clearly. The waiter guarding the steps over there was walking over to catch her, and Qin Wanjun also saw it, and said, "Ah, look at her freezing, it's really pitiful, I'll buy her some things, right?" β
Ye Zhao bowed slightly, and Wan Dequan hurriedly gestured out of the window, and the waiter hesitated for a moment, and then let go of the big hand that was grabbing the little girl's thin arm.
"Sir, madam, buy a box of cigarettes, there are any brands, old knife brand, I will only charge you five cents a piece." The little girl was led to the table of Ye Zhao and Qin Wanjun by the waiter, and hurriedly sold her cigarettes, the Chinese words are correct and round, it seems that she was born in Dihua, the little girl is very beautiful, and her clothes are clean, but she has chilblains on her hands, and it is almost summer, and she is still red and swollen.
Ye Zhao said to Qin Wanjun: "You are in charge." Seeing this kind of thing now, he didn't feel anything in his heart, what he had to consider was not the situation of ten people or thousands of people in front of him, but the well-being of hundreds of millions of people in the empire, not to mention that the little girl in front of him was just an immigrant.
"You don't know this little girl? The daughter of that old prostitute on the 13th, her mother is my sweetheart, she is also a little sweetheart, and I touched her little ass. The whispering table over there was louder again.
The little Russian girl could hear it naturally, her face flushed, and her eyes shone with anger, but she didn't dare to look back.
"Be quiet!" Ye Zhao finally couldn't help it and said something to the table in Russian.
The conversation and laughter stopped abruptly, and the Russian worker in the blue cloth shirt at the table immediately fell silent, you look at me, I look at you, they are all bored.
However, the matter was not over, Wan Dequan had long suspected that they were talking about their master, and at this time he sat down, strode over at the moment, and snapped his mouth according to the Russian man who had just laughed the most, and scolded: "What the are you guys, whose tongue do you dare to chew?!" β
The whole restaurant fell silent, these Russian big men stood up and looked at Wan Dequan angrily, but no one dared to fight back, they didn't dare to talk back, they were just workers who came to China to pan for gold, although they had just come to China for a short time, they didn't know the depths, but in a foreign land, how could they dare to offend the locals?
"What about the boss here, call the police, report to the patrol room, I want to see, these bastards are all goblins!" Wan Dequan shouted loudly.
None of the Russians in the restaurant made a sound, and the waiters who knew Chinese tried to persuade but did not dare to persuade them, and they were also stunned to find that the butler had entered the restaurant with more than a dozen young men in black tunics, and they did not know where they came from. β¦,
Ye Zhao said helplessly to Qin Wanjun: "That's why I said that it is difficult to get out of the palace. "I don't complain about Wan Dequan, if he knows that someone insults him verbally and doesn't keep quiet, then according to the past rules, he should also lose his head.
On the side, his own guards gave the little girl a few bills and escorted Ye Zhao and Qin Wanjun out of the restaurant.
After returning to the Spring Palace for a long time, Ye Zhao was talking to Qin Wanjun about today's affairs after dinner, Ye Zhao said that there were more and more immigrants, and when the legislation should be used to prohibit black work, Wande Quancai came to tell him, saying that several people had been sent to the patrol room, and he showed the post of the Zongren Mansion Purchasing Office, and no one would think of the Great Emperor Yunyun.
Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "They are all poor people, and it is not difficult for them." He also said: "Tell Yan Fu and Kang You to come early tomorrow for a few of them, and discuss something with them." "Nowadays, there is no black labor in the empire, foreigners smuggled into the empire can usually live as long as someone is willing to give them a job, but they do not have an imperial household registration, they do not belong to the citizens of the empire, and they do not have the rights of imperial citizens, so their labor is sold cheaply, and there are many merchants and factories who like to use smuggling workers, and it is time to govern, after all, the empire is different from Europe and the United States, labor resources are scarce, and they have to look for cheap workers everywhere.
Wan Dequan suddenly knelt down again, and said: "There is another thing, the slave became the master without authorization, and the slave brought Lilia, the little girl who sold cigarettes, back, and the slave saw that there was no one around the mother to serve, and the mother fell in love with her, so she boldly returned to the master, if the mother felt that it was okay, she asked Lord Bao to turn over the bottom of this Lilia, if the mother did not wait to see her, the slave sent her." β
Obviously, Wande is all exquisite, and when he saw that Qin Wanjun had been ordered at that time, and the upstart who had just been favored, he hurriedly stammered, in short, don't let people say that he is not, and turn over the old accounts.
Ye Zhao looked at Qin Wanjun and said, "What do you mean?" β
Qin Wanjun lightly slapped her cheeks at Gonggong Wan: "That little girl is very good, since Gonggong Wan brought people here, let's stay." β
Ye Zhao nodded slightly, waved his hand and said, "Go and call the orb." "I want Baozhu to find out the origin of that little Russian girl, although it is impossible to deliberately approach myself and the Qin family, but I must always be cautious.
"Wow!" Seeing that he had done an errand, Qin promised his wishes, Wan Dequan agreed, and went to ...... οΌ