After Bakshi and the other four resigned, Foreign Minister Zou Kaizhi and Minister of Education Guo Liangjun came to Xiyin Academy again and signed a peace treaty with the Northern Kingdom, and Zou Kaizhi also returned to Nanjing.

The Southern Dynasties were raising arms for the North, and when these arms arrived in Shanghai, it was naturally the time to receive the so-called pension money from the North.

"A silver bill of exchange is OK, but it must be one of the three lines of Standard Chartered, Liru, Shenghe." Ye Zhao's white fingers gently flicked the tea bowl, looking relaxed.

"Your Majesty understands." Standing at the bottom of the bookcase, Zou Kaizhi bowed slightly, he naturally knew what the prince meant, and he couldn't let the northern kingdom play new tricks in military compensation.

In Shanghai, these three banks are the absolute leaders, monopolizing more than 90 percent of the large-amount financial business.

Zou Kaizhi is just over 40 years old this year, but he has become the head of the Southern Dynasty, he is really a young man with ambition, high spirit, others can do it, and he is well versed in foreign affairs, to say that the only criticism is that he has served in the Hong Kong church for many years in the past, although this experience made him set his sights on the country early, but now it is widely rumored in the officialdom that he joined the Jesuit Church and was a member of the Jesuit Church, and it is said that there are not a few people who blow wind in the ears of the regent.

Zou Kaizhi knew that there was a powerful boss in the Southern Dynasty who wanted to beat him down.

Zou Kaizhi didn't know if the regent believed these rumors, but he could feel the increasing pressure. Recently, I heard that there were rumors that Hong Renxuan was able to escape from Nanjing because he secretly helped him, because when he was in Hong Kong, he was a close friend of Hong Renxuan, and Hong Renxuan wrote him four or five secret letters when he first came to Tianjing to participate in politics.

Looking at Ye Zhao who was slowly sipping tea, Zou Kaizhi knew that this young and handsome prince regent was unpredictable, and he seemed to be very serious about you, but in fact, no one knew what he thought in his heart, just like the governor of Jiangxi, Lu Han Dynasty, was recommended by Li Hongzhang, a big celebrity in front of the regent, when he stepped down, but a few days ago, the regent said that he would withdraw his errand, and it was a stroke to the end, and he was sent back to his hometown for the elderly.

And Shen Baozhen, who has been under house arrest for several years, was released a few days ago and appointed the magistrate of Shangyuan County, Nanjing Prefecture, but I don't know what signal it is.

"The envoys to Britain, France, Prussia, and the United States have been finalized, right?" Ye Zhao asked lightly.

"Yes, the list will be presented to the prince." Zou Kaizhi bowed slightly, when he was in Guangzhou, the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen had already sent people to the Taixi countries to fight the front station, and only now did he really send a permanent minister who could represent the Southern Dynasties.

Ye Zhao said: "Be faster than the northern mission." ”

"Yes." Zou Kaizhi bowed down and promised that the north country would send a mission to Europe to travel in a few days, in fact, the most important errand was to buy warships, I heard that the north country was going to buy three or five steamship warships, maybe from the Europa shipyard, or directly buy the ships in service with the Europa Navy, in short, it was inevitable.

Ye Zhao said again: "At that time, I will add a few people to go in, and these people will go to your foreign ministry to report first, and experience and experience." ”

"Yes." Zou Kaizhi replied again, what are these people doing in Europa, Zou Kaizhi will not ask, and vaguely feels that it may be related to the purchase of warships in the north, but it is not very accurate.

Ye Zhao looked at Guo Liangjun and said, "The apprentices who are selected to go abroad will also report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow." ”

Guo Liangjun bowed down and answered.

…… Sitting in the carriage back to the cloth line, Ye Zhao silently shook the folding fan, and on the carriage, Rui Si was reporting the movements of several local officials in a low voice.

Rui Si knows better than anyone else that the officialdom of the Southern Dynasties is now surging, especially after the news that the master is preparing to set up two vice prime ministers to assist in the administration of the DPRK has spread, the political arena of the Southern Dynasties has become lively, and over the years, the Southern Dynasties have gradually formed several political groups, such as the Minister of Justice Li Jianchen, the Minister of Supervision Zhou Jingshan, the Vice Minister of Education Zheng Zhen, Yu Quyuan, and other representatives of the economic faction, all of whom are relatively old-fashioned old courtiers, and the actions of Li Xiaocun, Li Hongzhang, and others have gone from being blind to-for-tat, and the attacks on each other have gradually increased. For example, the former governor of Jiangxi, Lu Han Dynasty, was greedy for tens of thousands of taels of agricultural silver, and was found out by Zhou Jingshan, although Lu Han Dynasty quickly filled this amount, he still had to go into the wilderness, among them, the old school and the new school are naturally indispensable.

Among the new faction, there are several hills, such as Li Xiaocun and Li Hongzhang, all of whom have their own small circles.

And Li Xiaocun and Li Hongzhang don't know why they have a grudge, they are real rivals.

There are also Guizhou Governor Yuan Jiasan, Minister of Health Mao Changxi, Minister of Communications Ihaqi and other Hou Party, in fact, the Hou Party is just Rui Si's speculation, in the Southern Dynasties political group, Yuan Jiasan and Li Jianchen and others are relatively close, Zhejiang Governor Feng Dengfan is also a Northern Toucheng official, but he has followed Li Xiaocun all the way, rising step by step, and is a member of Li Xiaocun's camp.

In short, no matter how downtrodden Li Xiaocun, Li Hongzhang, and Li Jianchen were in the past, after a few years, they have gradually become important political giants in the Southern Dynasties.

Perhaps these people are all cautious and cautious in front of the regent, and each of them is as respectful as a slave, but in the southern kingdom, which one is not a thriving giant?

Even I heard that in the Pingyuan army, they also have their own supporters, such as Li Jianchen and Harwich are close friends, and Li Xiaocun has married Han Jinchun with children.

The big ship of the Southern Dynasty is really only the master who can hold it down, and can ring the rudder.

Now the news of the establishment of two vice prime ministers in the Government Council has been revealed, and these people naturally have crossed the sea to show their abilities, striving to be the first to go further, and I have heard that some people lobbied on Guanyin Mountain to obtain the support of the two palaces.

What about the master, and to whom do you want? Rui Si didn't know, and the master had never revealed the style of speech in front of him, but the situation in the Southern Dynasties was no longer the situation in Guangzhou, and Rui Si sometimes couldn't help but sigh, the master was afraid that he was getting more and more tired, these minions, why didn't any of them make the master worry?

Halfway through the carriage, Ye Zhao ordered the carriage to turn to the Xicheng Patrol Bureau, to be honest, the bigger the stall, the longer he was gone, maybe only after the ya, can he really relax.

In the past two days, she hasn't returned to Buxing, and it seems that it is not possible to wait for her to take the initiative to change her mind, so she can only continue to be a bully herself.

Thinking of Zhu Sisi, Ye Zhao's mood brightened, and the haze seemed to be swept away. The open and secret struggle between the political bigwigs of the Southern Dynasties has been left behind.

Dressed in a black police uniform, Zhu Sisi, who was heroic, got into the carriage, and strangely found that Ye Zhao did not force her into his arms, but leaned on the carriage slightly tiredly, looking at her and laughing.

"What's wrong with you?" Seeing this pervert for the first time showing tiredness, Zhu Sisi even wondered if he was beaten with iron.

Ye Zhao said: "What can it be?" Intrigue with a bunch of old guys, exhausting individuals. "Think about it and laugh, there are not many of these officials under him who are too old, and even more, such as Li Hongzhang, who became a hot minister before the age of forty, but compared to Ye Zhao, they are naturally old guys.

In the past two days, political affairs have been troubled, Taiwan has refused to surrender, and the Nanyang area has not been worried, and the Dutch have been extremely tight in checking Chinese merchant ships, and there has even been an incident of beating Chinese merchants; Britain and France began to buy gunboats from the north again; The treasury of the Southern Dynasties was dry, and the five-year plan to be formulated was quite a bit of a feeling that it could not be wielded; Gradually, we have to figure out the minds of these officials. The lord of a country is really not so easy to do.

I've been lazy for 20 years, and now this string is getting tighter and tighter, but I'm also enjoying it, and it seems that I'm really not a faint gentleman.

"Did you talk to someone about business today?" Zhu Sisi asked.

"Sort of." Ye Zhao smiled.

Zhu Sisi said, "What then? Let's go back to the cloth shop and rest early. It can be seen that the pervert is not faking, he is really tired, and it seems to be a very tiring kind, Zhu Sisi couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and then thought, how can I feel sorry for him? Obviously a bastard.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "That's no need, if you let me hug me, I won't be tired." ”

Zhu Sisi was silent, she was grabbed by Ye Zhao's arm and dragged her, and her soft delicate body was embraced by Ye Zhao.

Hugging this beautiful female police officer and smelling the fresh breath on her body, Ye Zhao gently kissed her white forehead, then hugged her and slowly closed her eyes.

Zhu Sisi went back to the cloth store to change her clothes, and when she got into the carriage, she asked Ye Zhao: "You haven't been cheated out of your silver, have you?" She naturally felt that Ye Zhao was depressed, and said that he was intriguing with a bunch of old guys, where could he fight others? Maybe someone cheated out the money in the middle set.

Ye Zhaoshi has been thinking about Taiwan, does he really want to attack Taiwan by force? That would be at least tens of thousands of lives, and if it was a last resort, it would be fine, but just because a few officials in charge of Taiwan set off a bloody storm, and the most bitter people were the ordinary people.

Zhu Sisi's question evoked another matter, yes, silver, the five-year plan not to mention, this railway, the survey team only roughly estimated, Nanjing to Fuzhou line at least twenty or thirty million taels, now has ordered the survey team to explore the Nanjing and Shanghai line, the north of the loss of 10 million taels of silver, can only build the Shanghai-Nanjing railway first, then there is still a surplus, as for the conceived north-south artery, can only find a way to raise silver.

"Silver?" Ye Zhao shook his head and sighed.

The carriage set off slowly, and Zhu Sisi said, "Let's go play billiards." ”

Ye Zhao was stunned, raised his head and asked, "Will you too?" "Zhu Sisi's cheeks are light and powdery.

It is said that nightclubs and clubs are already being planned on the banks of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, and it is no wonder that the city with a population of more than 400,000 people, coupled with immigrants from all over the Southern Dynasties, and the central yamen of Zhulu have been relocated here.

However, there are really few leisure and entertainment places in Nanjing nowadays, the regent bans smoking in Nanjing, and the big smoke hall has not been able to enter the city of Nanjing.

In fact, some simple pachinko rooms can't be said to play billiards at all, the billiard table is shoddy, the table is uneven, and even the pull back rubber is not there, and the wooden balls are light and fluttering without feeling, but there is no way, the rich have the rich man's play, the poor have the poor man's things, a few copper plates in an hour, and there is no way to be simple.

Ye Zhao and Zhu Sisi naturally went to a good pachinko room, with an elegant environment, and tea and snacks were also included.

Zhu Sisi's light green uniform small leather shoes, beautiful and compelling, very fashionable, almost attracted the spicy eyes of all the men in the audience, and there was no shortage of women in the luxury pachinko room, but those beautiful courtesans wearing cheongsams were immediately eclipsed under Zhu Sisi's unique temperament.

Zhu Sisi's ball skills and Ye Zhao's half a catty and eight taels, the two of them were inseparable, and they had a lot of fun.

"What's this young lady's surname?" A man in a white tuxedo came over next to him, with a dashing demeanor and a chic temperament, and he had cut his braids, which made him look very energetic. He made no secret of the enthusiasm in his eyes, and it seemed that he had been with Western characters for too long, and he had long forgotten the subtlety of the East.

Zhu Sisi ignored him, he saw a lot of people like this in Xiguan, and even a young talent sent a bouquet of flowers every day for a year, but every time he asked Zhu Sisi to touch a nail, he finally had to give up.

Personable but not necessarily bearing, it seems that the man in the suit rarely touches the wall, blushed, looked back at the bar not far away from his companion who was squeezing his eyebrows, and couldn't get off the stage, coughed, chased Zhu Sisi, and said: "Miss, the contemptible is a first-class clerk of the French Consulate, surnamed Ye, this is the contemptible business card." ”

Zhu Sisi didn't answer his business card, bent down to hit the ball, the club almost stabbed Ye Gongzi, Ye Gongzi jumped down, and then dodged, and there was a burst of laughter at the bar.

Ye Gongzi's face gradually turned pale, so he turned to Ye Zhao, looked at Ye Zhao wearing a silk robe with a look of disdain, and said: "Hey, you are still worthy of playing with this girl for your skills, let's gamble, ten yuan Yinyang, you win, Yinyang takes it, loses, lend this girl an hour to me, and I will teach this girl her skills well, it's cheap for you!" ”

Ye Zhao rubbed his nose, and said in his heart How did my ancestor have such a character, listening to the accent is from my hometown, but it is not my relative, otherwise it will be boring. He said, "If you want to say ten taels of gold, I can consider it." ”

Zhu Sisi rolled her eyes angrily and glared at Ye Zhao fiercely.

The ratio of gold and silver in the London market is 1:15.12, and one tael of gold can be exchanged for more than fifteen taels of silver, and ten taels of gold is more than two hundred silver dollars.

Ye Gongzi smiled when he heard Ye Zhao's words, and said, "How about twenty yuan?" If you ask for a price, I'll pay it back on the spot. ”

Ye Zhao's heart shone, and he said in his heart that this kid is not a good person, who is the most angry person when bargaining like this? That must be Zhu Sisi.

Sure enough, Zhu Sisi was already angry, but she said to Ye Gongzi: "Are you playing with marbles very well?" Let's make a bet. ”

Ye Gongzi immediately became interested, and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, I don't know what the girl's bet is?" ”

Zhu Sisi said: "Just bet ten taels of gold!" ”

Ye Gongzi was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "Okay! It's just two hundred silver dollars. ”

Ye Zhao coughed, and when he saw Zhu Sisi glaring at him again, he had no choice but to stand aside and wait for a while to lose the money. But it's a calculation, this surnamed Ye works in the French Embassy, he is so impetuous, it is easy to set up a trap to win, and he turned around and informed Rui Si that he had done this, and it was not bad to be an eyeliner.

Ye Gongzi didn't know that he had become his secret agent in the eyes of others, and he was full of interest in softball, and he said in his heart that it would be best if the bearded man couldn't get the silver for a while, and he could ask him to keep this girl, but he had to take his time, don't be in a hurry, invite her to dinner later, and then send her home, won't he move her immediately?

Who knew that when the ball was opened, Ye Gongzi was immediately poured cold water, Zhu Sisi seemed to be a different person, and almost didn't give Ye Gongzi a chance, two shots, and cleared the stage.

Ye Zhao was also dumbfounded, daring to love this little girl who had just let herself, she didn't even see it, ah, yes, she changed her hands, it turned out that she was left-handed when she played billiards, and she couldn't even see it.

Thinking that it was inseparable from him when people changed hands to play, Ye Zhao was immediately embarrassed.

"Take the money." Zhu Sisi stretched out her small snow-white hand.

Ye Gongzi's face was pale, and he still went to collect money with his companions, it seemed that he was a regular customer, and he even borrowed money from the owner of the billiard room, so he collected enough two hundred silver oceans and handed them over to Zhu Sisi.

Zhu Sisi just took it, who knew that a man came over among Ye Gongzi's companions, showed his ID, and turned out to be a plainclothes patrol, and said to Zhu Sisi and Ye Zhao with a grin: "Someone reported that you two set up a bureau to deceive people, it is an immortal jumping party, come back to the patrol room with me." ”

I'm waiting for them here.

Zhu Sisi frowned slightly, showed her ID and gave a look at the plainclothes patrol, the plainclothes patrol was stunned, her face turned white, she hurriedly saluted, and smiled and wanted to say something, Zhu Sisi and Ye Zhao had already left.

"What's going on?" Ye Gongzi ran over and asked dissatisfiedly.

The plainclothes patrol officer cried and said: "It's over, Second Brother Ye, I'm afraid I won't be able to do this patrol errand, you, you don't know, she, she is the deputy director of our Nanjing Prefecture Patrol Bureau." ”

"Huh?" Ye Gongzi was stunned for a moment, looking at the delicate figure of Zhu Sisi, who had already arrived at the mahogany gate, but his eyes were even hotter.

After getting into the carriage, Zhu Sisi threw the bag of silver dollars and silver tickets to Ye Zhao, and said, "Here you go, I know that you have a big business, and this money is nothing, but it's enough for you to spend a few days, right?" What the hell are you doing to see if I can help? You have to be willing to be supervised, I'll find someone knowledgeable to watch you, and I'll help you with a loan when it's over. ”

Ye Zhao rubbed his nose and said, "How much can you borrow?" I'm worth tens of millions of taels of silver. ”

"Not a word serious." Zhu Sisi glared at him with clear eyes, turned her head in anger, and ignored him.

Ye Zhao smiled: "What kind of son is angry?" ”

Zhu Sisi didn't say anything, only listened to the clattering of horses' hooves and the squeaking of wheels.

"You have no money, you want to sell me, don't you?" Zhu Sisi suddenly turned her head and glared at Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Do you believe it?" Don't say sell you, even if that kid gives 100,000 taels of gold, I won't let you play with him! ”

"It's strange to believe you, if someone wants to give a thousand taels of gold, it is estimated that you will have to sell me." Zhu Sisi calculated, it is estimated that a thousand yuan of ocean in the heart of this pervert will not sell herself, ten thousand yuan, but it is really uncertain.

Ye Zhao had no choice but to rub his nose, why was he so unbearable in Zhu Sisi's eyes? Alas, I think so, I haven't bumped into myself doing good things, and I have half forcibly possessed her, what good image do I want?

"To be honest, even if you lack a lot of silver, you are not allowed to sell Hua Ji and Sava to others, you know, otherwise I won't be able to spare you, I can say it, I can do it." Zhu Sisi said to Ye Zhao very seriously.

Ye Zhao almost vomited blood, and said angrily: "Am I so cheap?" ”

Zhu Sisi stared at Ye Zhao a few times and said, "I hope you are not." "It's really strange in my heart, how can such a person be unhappy when he sees him frowning? At the beginning, he despised himself several times, but he was submissive, is it because? No, no, how could I fall in love with him?

Ye Zhao coughed and said, "If I sell them all, I'll marry you, isn't it?" ”

Juss glared at him, turning her head to ignore him.

(To be continued)