Tasting Vietnam's unique sweet rice wine, Li Delong on the side was patting his chest and promising that he would definitely help his good friend buy the best fish sauce, and Wan Dequan smiled and expressed his gratitude.

On the stage, the singer sang the songs of the Central Plains, her voice was soft, the lights were bright, Wande was slightly drunk, and suddenly he was a spirit, but it was the bewitching Yue Nu who accompanied him to drink to touch his lifeline, Wandequan's face changed color, and he pushed the dancer away and scolded: "Cheap and rude!" ”

Seeing Wan Dequan's angry appearance, the dancer was so frightened that her face was pale, Li Delong was even more stunned, his face was also gloomy, and he said to the dancer: "You offended my guest, are you guilty?" ”

The dancer was so frightened that she trembled, her teeth were knotted and she couldn't speak clearly, and at this moment, suddenly there was a scream at the door of the hall, and then several men and women ran towards the hall in embarrassment, and then, they heard the sound of muskets "bang bang", and several Frenchmen rushed in with short guns, the first one was the French merchant who had just been expelled, and at this moment he was splashed with blood, extremely hideous, and his eyes swept into the hall, obviously looking for his enemy.

Then, there was a loud burst of gunfire in the hall, but it was the Vietnamese guards in the ballroom who rushed out, were knocked down by the French, and finally drew their guns and fired back, and the screams and screams in the ballroom continued.

Wan Dequan was dumbfounded, the coffee table in front of him had been kicked by Li Delong, and then he was pressed behind the coffee table by Li Delong, and Li Delong also pulled out his musket and comforted Wan Dequan: "Mr. Wan, don't worry, I guarantee your safety." ”

Wan Dequan, who was just here to buy goods, never expected to encounter the beginning of a big event.

In the summer of 76, the French merchants in Phan Thiet were angry and shot and killed many of the Vietnamese because of disputes with the Vietnamese, and then they were shot dead by the Vietnamese in the dance hall, and then, the whole city of Phan Thiet broke out a wave of expulsion of the French, and a few days later, it spread to the whole of Vietnam, and the Phan Thiet incident was rumored to be a legal person who oppressed the Vietnamese civilians, picked their noses and mutilated them, and the Vietnamese people were excited, and in the chaos in various cities, they had their own radical acts of killing the French, and even as long as the Europa people were affected, the Europeans left the port cities of Vietnam one after another.

The French Emperor Napoleon III blamed the Chinese for all this, believing that the Chinese were stirring up the national sentiment of the yellow race, and called on European countries to impose sanctions on China.

If the nearly seventy-year-old French emperor became increasingly paranoid and irritable, his eldest son, Dauphin Eugène, also showed extraordinary anti-Chinese sentiments, and during a review of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the French Guards, Dauphin Eugène openly declared that China was a great threat to Europe, quoting his uncle and grandfather, saying that "this savage sleeping lion has awakened and bared its shining fangs." ”

The French parliament passed the notorious so-called Patriotic Bill, also known as the "West Act" because the current president of the French parliament is West, and in Paris, some businessmen were even convicted of treason because of their perennial trade with China.

The Paris branch of Taihe Bank had to temporarily suspend its operations.

One by one, the messages were sent to the capital and sent to the desk of the imperial study.

"The trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop!" Ye Zhao flipped through the telegram and felt it.

The Bonaparte family relied on the genius Napoleon I to rise, and his descendants seem to have Napoleon's adventurism, but Napoleon III is as mediocre as his uncle, but in the end he was rated as a clown-like figure, as for the crown prince Eugène, Ye Zhao remembered that if it wasn't for memory error, he should have been killed at a young age when he was in exile in England, and his bones were also full of military adventure, which led to the tragedy of being shot by the British [***].

Sitting at the head of the throne is the chief minister of the House of Representatives, Du Boqi, who has just approved the special project for the appropriation of the navy, but it is the first time that there have been more than 30 votes against a bill submitted by the House of Representatives, that is, about 10 percent of the members voted against, especially when it comes to military spending, Du Boqi can not help but feel uneasy, because he has listened to the emperor's teachings, and also hopes to explain the reason for the excessive number of votes against.

Ye Zhao patted the fold on the table again and said, "If Europa is like France, there is no need to worry. Although in modern times, including the United States, there has been a reign of white terror that suppressed dissidents, but the overall trend has been enlightened and progressive, even if its political system has all kinds of deviations, but it is also a kind of template for a kind of boiled society, and now France's approach is against the trend, after all, the two countries have not declared war, not hostile countries, this kind of destruction of the West advocated spirit of trade freedom, in fact, is a kind of retrogression.

Du Boqi didn't know if he understood what Ye Zhao meant, but he just sat upright and listened.

Ye Zhao said again: "Go to the army to fight and plot and allocate more silver, it is the soldier who hopes not to fight and surrender." ”

Du Boqi bowed and said, "Yes, Holy Wisdom. The micro-ministers talk about the government in vain, which is really unreasonable. ”

Ye Zhao turned the Buddha beads in his hand, and said lightly: "It's not necessarily good to say that it's good, the speaker must dare to speak, dare to tell the truth, the bill of the Government Council is not a golden rule, if you can't convince the official, you always have to find the reason yourself, this is called the truth." ”

"Yes, Wechen understands." Du Boqi got up in a panic, he had more contact with Western studies, and he knew very well the magic of Western parliaments to clamp down on the ministers and even the lords of the country, as the speaker of the Imperial Parliament, he couldn't help but tremble, for fear of being labeled as disrespectful.

In the Navy appropriation bill that has just been passed, the Ministry of Finance will allocate 200 million yuan (20 million silver dollars) to the Navy in a special special fund, of which 150 million yuan will be used to purchase new ships, and the Navy Department plans to add a Maputo fleet in the Black African Sea of the Indian Ocean, and in two years, the Empire will have three major fleets, and of course, the annual naval military expenditure will also increase accordingly.

After Du Boqi left, Ye Zhao went out of the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, and when he was about to drive Jingren Palace to see Jin Feng, he remembered that Rong'er accompanied Jin Feng, who was in good spirits, to go to the Old Summer Palace this morning, and wanted to live in the Old Summer Palace for a few days to relax, August is the time when the summer is very hot, a few days ago, the red lady led the concubines and little princesses of the two palaces of Xianfu Palace and Chengqian Palace to go to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer, perhaps because of some origins, the relationship between the palace master of Xianfu Palace, Reed Moon Iori, and the palace master of Chengqian Palace, Misaki, is more or less close.

After thinking about it, he ordered to drive the Yonghe Palace, and he hadn't seen Hua Ji for a few days, Sava was active, and he often saw it on the tennis court, but Hua Ji was the most peaceful person, if he didn't go to Yonghe Palace, he really couldn't see her.

Yonghe Palace belongs to the East Sixth Palace, the face is wide and five, the yellow glazed tile rests on the top of the mountain, the eaves corner beast looks solemn, the mahogany bucket under the eaves, the dragon and phoenix and the seal color painting are painted, the palace is so big and magnificent.

The little princesses all went to the Old Summer Palace, it was noon, Sava and Hua Ji were drinking cold drinks and chatting for a while, Ye Zhao did not let people report according to the old rules, and went straight into the room, step by step brocade branch windows were erected, the breeze was breezy, and the room was cool.

Sava and Hua Ji hurriedly got up to salute, the two girls were overwhelmed by the scorching heat, their faces were flushed, the snow-skinned and blue-eyed Shawa combed the oriental hairstyle had a unique charm, and she was wearing a purple embroidered split cheongsam, revealing her long snow-white legs with a high sense of surname, the neck was unbuttoned, and the white and delicate neck oozed crystal beads of sweat, which made people's hearts beat faster.

Hua Ji also wore a split cheongsam, delicate pink, the cheongsam is one size smaller than Shawa, and the person is also one smaller than Shawa, with slender and soft snow-white legs, looming in the cheongsam, the petite and cute surname is more and more pitiful, and it will provoke men's desire to conquer.

"Get up." Ye Zhao sat on the sofa of the concubine embroidered with gold silk dragon and phoenix, took the iced sour plum soup handed by the palace maid, took a sip, and immediately went to the stomach with a trace of ice line, and felt that his whole body was much more comfortable.

"You will enjoy it, but on such a hot day, why don't you go to the Old Summer Palace to escape the heat?" Ye Zhao stretched out his hand and took Hua Ji in his arms, and took a sip of incense on her delicate face, and the palace maids had already retreated at this time.

Sava giggled and said, "I'm afraid that when I go to the Old Summer Palace, Sister Hua Ji wants you to cry." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Don't you want me? ”

Sava had blue eyes like water, and said, "Yes." "She has always dared to speak, and she has never been shy.

Ye Zhao pinched the tip of her towering nose, and said, "Let's go to the province in a few days, go to St. Petersburg, and see your father and grandfather." "Grandpa Sava is old and frail, and now the Principality of Petersk is under the supervision of Sava's father, although Sava and his family are indifferent, but they always have to go back to see, not to mention that the Moscow regime is about to move, and the empire also needs the Principality of Petersk and the Ural Principality to be restrained from the east and west to counterbalance Moscow's ambitions.

Sava asked, "Do you want to take your daughter with you?" ”

Ye Zhao said: "Whatever you want, but pay attention to safety and take the sea route." "The so-called sea route is to go halfway around the world through the South Sea, Malacca, and the Indian Ocean and then to Europe.

Although the empire and St. Petersburg have a direct railway, but to pass through the entire territory of Russia, if the news of the Chinese imperial concubine taking the train to this railway spreads, it may cause some trouble, many Russians under the Moscow regime are extremely hostile to China, but Moscow, in order to consolidate the legal surname of the regime, low-key handling of land reparations, to some extent alleviate the national sentiment of the Russian people.

The new Russian regime is now hoping to promote industrialization with all its might, but the contradictions among the various strata within the territory are acute, the leaders of the popular coalition struggle for power, in the absence of a strong leader, this change is full of setbacks, if from a technical point of view, Russia has almost become the most backward country among the European powers, because of the convenient transportation, China's industrial products flood the Russian market, and it is also the most favored by the rich, and also in some Russian cities, there are often burning Chinese products, which is a full of contradictions, Countries with high self-esteem but a growing sense of inferiority, both in Europe and in China, now want stability, although it will be difficult for the Russians to change their hostile attitude towards China in the short term.

Touching Hua Ji's satin-like long hair, Ye Zhao said: "I haven't gone out for a walk for a long time, but now that I'm thinking about it, I feel embattled, it's better to nest in the capital, safe." ”

Hua Ji and Shawa naturally thought that Ye Zhao was laughing, and they both giggled, but in fact, Ye Zhao was motivated by feelings, but no, the empire is strong, and the more potential enemies seem to be, as for the people who want to put him to death or violent organizations, it is even more incomprehensible, some European politicians are only afraid that if he is dead, the empire is torn apart and in turmoil, which can make the world feel safer than now.

Sava suddenly said, "Ah, aren't you going to see Sister Fucha?" She's in a bad mood these days. "Fucha lives in the side hall of Yonghe Palace, with the surname of Shawa, you can get acquainted with it if you want to come a few days, the surname of the palace owner where several new nobles live is good, if you follow Jin Feng, you like to talk about the rules and put on a shelf, the old man is like Mei Saki She doesn't dare to bully, but when the newcomer enters the palace, and Ye Zhao is not favored, she naturally wants to be powerful, these upstarts don't know how difficult it is. It's just that then again, the concubine Niangniang, of course, lives in the same palace, if Zhu Sisi likes to live with her sister, it's a different matter.

Hearing Sava mention of the nobles of Fucha, Ye Zhao's eyes flashed with a beautiful image with a soft surname, and he smiled: "Why is it difficult?" ”

Sava said: "Her father has resigned, and her brother has been investigated by the inspectors, isn't it the end of the day? Then he saved, stuck out his tongue, and said with a hippie smile: "Don't be angry, I accidentally said that I leaked my mouth, but it wasn't her exchanging news with the outside world." ”

Although the ban on the palace of the Ye family is not strict, it is also taboo for the concubine to communicate with her relatives, and she has done it in the arbitration and supervision departments, and Ye Zhao also talked to her about the method of supervising and innovating when she was bored.

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Call her to eat some ice water." ”

Sava agreed, since the call of the palace maid to call someone, about the time of tea, the sound of small footsteps came, the palace maid picked up the bead curtain, wearing a snow-white gauze skirt and the glamorous Fucha clan hired Ting entered, and Fu bowed down to ask for peace: "The concubine asks for peace for the long live lord." "The voice is unusually delicate.

When the ideas collided, the beautiful woman of the three from the four virtues wore a fashionable and gentle court skirt, revealing the embarrassment of snow-white stockings and small feet in front of the young man, and in the face of the shyness of the nominal husband, the unique style really made Ye Zhao also moved.

Seeing Ye Zhao again after a long time, the Fucha clan was both expectant and scared, and he kept cheering himself on the way here, and he couldn't talk nonsense like the last time.

The two mothers of Yonghe Palace, one surnamed cheerful and the other coward, seem to be very good, and the two are extremely close, I heard that they often sleep together, Fucha is careful to get along with them, but also hopes that one day they can meet such a close sister in the palace, as for Duanfei Niangniang and Jiefei Niangniang, after all, the status is very different, and it is really not high.

"Get up." Ye Zhao stretched out his hand and motioned to the palace maid to promise a bowl of sour plum soup for Fucha.

Ye Zhao said again: "Your father's business, it doesn't matter, be cautious in your words and deeds, there will always be a time to use it again." ”

Fucha's hand shook, the bowl in his hand almost fell to the ground, and then he knelt down.

Seeing her frightened pale face, Ye Zhao knew that she must be worried that she thought she was secretly communicating with her family, and was about to speak, when the phone on the coffee table suddenly rang urgently.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, Sava took two steps and picked up the earpiece, Ye Zhao could hear the woman's hurried speech in the earpiece, but he didn't know what he was talking about, Sava looked up in horror and said to Ye Zhao: "Sister Jinfeng vomited blood again......

Ye Zhao froze, and suddenly felt that his chest was breathless.

(To be continued)