In the dazzling white of the flickering magnesium lamp, Minister Rou Keyi, who is the plenipotentiary representative of the US political axe, and Guan Mingtang, the minister of finance of the Chinese political axe, and Guan Mingtang, the plenipotentiary representative of the Chinese political axe, crouched in front of the case and signed the "Sorting out the New Tariff Treaty between China and the United States."

When the two signed, the representatives of the Chinese side in the room watched them with bated breath, and they were even afraid that their breathing would destroy the sacredness of this moment!

Perhaps this is the only word that can describe the "Consolidation of the New Sino-US Tariff Treaty", which is the first equal treaty signed between China and a foreign power country since the "Sino-British Jiangning Treaty", in which the United States recognizes the abolition of unequal treaty tariffs, and China's political axe is completely independent of the power to pay taxes. Despite caution, at the request of the United States, the treaty states that "the treatment enjoyed in its territory shall be indistinguishable from that accorded to other States." But for China, this is the first relatively equal treaty signed by China in decades, and it is also the beginning of the revision of the new covenant.

It wasn't until after the exchange of treaty seals that the two shook hands and the palms thundered, and after ten days of negotiations, China got the tariff autonomy it needed, even though it was only one country.

“…… The Chinese people are pleased to see the fact that the United States was the first country to respond sincerely and in good faith to the policy of revising the Treaty of the Ruling Axe. This kind of frank cooperation between the political axe and people of the United States and the political axe and people of China will not only build the traditional friendship between the two countries on a more consolidated and noble foundation, but will also be conducive to world peace......"

At the celebration reception, Guan Mingtang, as the host, made an enthusiastic speech in fluent American English.

“…… May the friendship between China and the United States last forever! May China and the United States work together to create a new era in the Pacific! ”

At the same time, he held the champagne glass in his right hand and raised it high.

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Ding!"

The crisp sound of the glass bottle was lit up, and applause rang out in the conference room of the Peking Hotel, which was attended not only by members of the Chinese and American delegations, but also by well-known businessmen from the two countries in the Pingjin area, as well as ministers, counselors and their wives from the embassies of various countries in Dongjiaomin Lane.

And in the midst of this applause, the faces of several people were extremely ugly, and the faces of several Asians, there would be no smile on the face of Yasuya Uchida, and even the professional, false smile of a diplomat disappeared. This was especially true when he saw the smiling conversation between the Minister and the British Minister.

Holding the wine glass, he could imagine their pride when he saw the Chinese with happy faces.

"Your Excellency, you see that Chinese is very proud now!"

"They won't be proud for long, as long as a country insists, they can't restore tariff autonomy!"

Yasuya Uchida replied coldly, and when he saw the German Minister Mougins, he hurriedly squeezed out a professional smile and walked towards him.

"It's too early to rejoice!"

Shaking the telegram from Beiping in his hand, Chen Moran shook his head.

"This is just the beginning, there are a total of fifteen countries that have signed the relevant tariff agreement with us, and now it is only the consent of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Ben, only a few of these fourteen countries have expressed their willingness to negotiate a new treaty with us! And that's just the beginning! ”

"In power, the United States took the lead in recognizing China's tariff autonomy, the purpose is to strive for diplomatic superiority over China, and other powers are bound to be unwilling to let the United States come from behind, and Britain has expressed its willingness to negotiate with us, and among these thirteen countries, the book is the most stubborn, but I believe that in the end, the book has to follow the crowd."

Looking at his administration, Liang Dunyan had a lot more confidence than in the past, and the success of the revision of the covenant brought about by the struggle encouraged his confidence in revising the new covenant.

"Therefore, in the next three years, that is, during the period when only the additional tax is implemented and no tax is increased, we will certainly be able to reach an agreement with the other thirteen countries, and the present has become isolated on the tariff issue at this time, and there is a lack of back-up, and all we need is to rely on the consensus of all countries to force the treaty to make concessions, and then the treaty will expire next year, according to Article 25 of the treaty: if any country wants to rebuild the treaty in the future, it shall be limited to ten years from the date of the renewal of the treaty, and shall be notified within six months after the expiration of the period, and the change shall be made at its discretion. If neither of the two countries declares the change, the terms tariff will continue to be processed as before, and the change will be repeated for ten years, and then the change will be carried out in this way. Next year, I will have to change my contract whether I want it or not! ”

Chen Moran, who was smoking a cigar, nodded, it is a fixed policy to increase taxes in addition to no additional tax within three years, and it is also written into the new treaty signed with the United States.

"The British have loosened, go to negotiate with them, the reciprocal agreement cannot exceed three years, and after three years, we will have to raise taxes!"

Spit out a puff of cigarette, this will Chen Moran finally breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the tariff issue has made a good start, as for the book, he has never considered the book from beginning to end, and even in his heart he still hopes that the book will be tough, the economic benefits obtained by the rejection and delay of China's tariff autonomy are only short-lived, but what will be left in the future for a long time is the hostility and distrust in the memory of the Chinese people, and this is what he needs, and the book is the real enemy of China, It's a pity that no such consensus has been formed from the ruling axe to the people, and they are even obsessed with the so-called fantasy of "China and China working together for common prosperity".

To break this illusion, I can only rely on myself to help! I hope that the short-sighted Xiao Yue instinct will stick to it. Thinking about it, Chen Moran looked at the time, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening, stood up, and stretched.

"Song Sheng, these days, you guys have worked hard, I'm going to Shanghai to pick up the ship! Give yourself a few days off! ”

At this time, Chen Moran's face was full of smiles, and they finally came back, and they returned to China safely without danger.

"Please convey the respect to Mrs. Dai, the ruling officer!"

After Liang Dunyan bowed, he withdrew from the ruling study, but at this time, Chen Moran had a slight smirk on his face, tomorrow! Tomorrow my wife and daughter will be back to me!

Thirteen days ago, when the situation was suddenly tense, almost every day there would be warships sailing into Wusongkou from the sea, but it was not the Chinese warships that sailed here, but the warships of Germany, Britain, France, and the United States from Qingdao, Weihaiwei, Hong Kong, Saigon, the Philippines, and Singapore, ranging from armored cruisers of several thousand tons to as small as one or two thousand tons, and they came here to make the people of this land submit to the pressure, but in the face of the threat of war, this land did not give in, It was the first time that the whole country was unanimous.

"Only the whole country is unanimous and goes to the national disaster together, which is the only way to survive!"

In the face of deterrence, there was no compromise, but-for-tat mobilization of troops, to prepare for war, and the people even used parades and donations to support the political axe to safeguard national power, and finally the tension seemed to be on the verge of breaking out, with the United States and Germany two [***] ships successively evacuated, and eased, the Shanghai municipal axe also proposed that the people wanted to visit the British, French and Italian three [***] ships, and then the Chinese naval officials visited the ship, and held a banquet to each other to make a seemingly imminent war disappear.

The Chinese took care of the face of Britain and France, and after several balls, the powers ended their visit, and those who should return to Hong Kong and Singapore returned to Hong Kong and Singapore, and those who should return to Saigon returned to Saigon, and everything was over.

Although the victory that is not a victory is worthy of celebration by the people, for the political axe, the night of the imminent war of the past thirteen days has remained in the hearts of everyone, and even the people who cheered "the power of the country is strong" are doubly ashamed of the "visit" of the [***] ship.

Today, both sides of Wusongkou are crowded with people from Shanghai and even all over Jiangsu, many of whom came to the riverside with gongs and drums, and many climbed trees. They were waiting, and at the Wusong Battery, the naval artillery soldiers were pulling the fire rope and waiting for the last moment of the order.

The reason why it is so lively today is only because of the ...... of two warships Go home! The two warships, "Zhenhai" and "Dinghai", which made the navy and the people look forward to it, went home.

On the one hand, the reason why the navy and the people are looking forward to it is that these two warships will be the starting point for China to re-enter the naval power and maintain coastal defense. On the other hand, people expressed their gratitude to the lady who had vowed to live with the warship and never leave the ship in the face of the threat of interception.

In the past thirteen days, through newspapers and word of mouth, Chinese have seen the courage and fierceness of this blonde and blue-eyed "foreign woman".

"Never leave the ship, don't avoid outsiders, if intercepted, you will repay the country with death!"

Even the people who oppose her the most can't say anything now, and at the same time, the newspaper has turned out the fierceness and affection in the words and sentences when the lady married to the ruling party, and was opposed by outsiders, which made the masters and people who have been entangled in the identity of the lady embarrassed.

"Madame, a strange woman in the world! A model for all peoples! ”

Chinese are always like this, when the direction of public opinion changes, their views also change, standing at Wusong Wharf, looking at the banners pulled by the people around them with words such as "Welcome Madame Home", Chen Moran knew that Ji Li won the bet, when she bought the ship, what she won was only the acceptance of the people, and now she has won the approval of the people with her life.

And for a woman who is willing to give everything for herself, even her own life, do you have any other thoughts? Thinking of Liu Jingxuan outside Nanjing, Chen Moran felt guilty about the two of them in his heart, shook his head and sighed lightly, people always have to make choices.

Standing on the deck with her daughter in her arms, Ji Li's face was full of smiles, this smile was not only happiness, but also from the ease in her heart.

"Qin'er, we're going home, do you miss Dad?"

Looking at the daughter in her arms, Ji Li stroked her daughter's face from time to time, and at this moment the whistle sounded, this is a merchant ship out of the Yangtze River estuary saluting.

"Look...... Here it comes! Here it comes! ”

On the treetop of a big tree in Wuqikou, a young man pointed to the mouth of the Yangtze River and shouted loudly, the people below raised their toes, put their hands on their eyes and looked at the mouth of the river, they only saw a few faint puffs of soot, in this anxious waiting, finally, the figure of "Zhenhai" and "Dinghai" appeared in people's sight.

The warship is getting closer and closer, and people are more and more able to appreciate the size of the warship.

"Is this Zhenhae?"

"It's a lot more warships than foreigners!"

"This is what Mrs. bought from her family!"

"Foreign devils don't dare to bully us anymore......"

Just when the welcoming people were full of emotion for the "Zhenhai" and "Dinghai" ships, the sound of cannons suddenly rang out, and the Wusong Fort fired a cannon salute to welcome them home.

The battery was shrouded in smoke, and the rumbling sound of cannon echoed in the air.

When the cannon sounded, Ji Li saw the beautiful blue eyes inherited from her mother in her arms with her daughter in her arms, and excitedly stretched out her hands to scratch in the direction of the fort, and the cannon sound did not frighten her, but made her a little excited.

After the 21 salutes of the Wusong Fort were fired, Ji Li reacted that this salute was not only to welcome the two ships "Zhenhai" and "Dinghai", but also to welcome herself.

As she got closer and closer to the dock, she could almost see the figure standing in front of everyone, and her eyes shone with tears of excitement in her jewel-like blue eyes, which hazy her eyes.

Chen Moran, who was standing on the dock, also saw Ji Li standing in the bow of the ship, as well as the daughter in Ji Li's arms, they were his wives and daughters!

In the eyes of Ji Li of the Navy "Zhenhai", she only had her husband, and Cheng Biguang and the others were stunned by the grand welcome ceremony in front of them, including the British and German crew members, who were stunned by the scene in front of them.

There were no less than 100,000 people on the Wusong wharf, all waving various banners. A deafening naval march echoed over the docks. After a cursory look at the various slogans below, Cheng Biguang saw that half of them were slogans welcoming his wife, and most of the people's cheers were to welcome his wife's return.

There is no doubt that at this moment, Cheng Biguang believes that Mrs. has paved the way for the queen's position with her own strength and courage, in the cheers of all the people, Yang Du, who returned home with the ship, is on his shoulder, he clearly knows that his suggestion has become a joke, if the original ruling really marries two wives, not only the lady is grateful to herself, but the other queen in the future is also grateful to herself, but now?

Ay!

Yang Du couldn't help but sigh at the grasp of fate, at this time the battleship had docked in port, and the gangway had been lowered, after the gangway was lowered, with the command of the honor guard, Ji Li, who was holding her daughter, slowly walked down the gangway.

Chen Moran, who walked quickly towards his wife and daughter, looked at Ji Li and was about to give her a hug, but saw the daughter in his wife's arms, stretching out her hand.

"Daddy...... Gotta ......"

The daughter's indistinct milk voice only made Chen Moran's eyes hot.

At this time, Ji Li had already jumped into his arms with her daughter in her arms, and tears flowed from Ji Li's eyes.

At this time, there were not many words, just a trace of guilt and the comfort of his wife and daughter returning safely, gently patting his wife's back when hugging his wife and daughter, and whispering comfort in her ear.

"Alright, go home...... Let's go home! ”

The people on the pier were stunned by this scene, which subverted their consciousness, while the reporters were around, filming the family hugging on the pier with their cameras, and gradually these polite Chinese people seemed to understand the family.

And Zhang Zhidong, who was standing next to him, coughed lightly and reminded the ruling party and his wife, after all, their actions were not in harmony with etiquette, and he didn't want to see his wife just win the hearts of the people and be criticized by the people for her "excessive" actions.

Listening to Zhang Zhidong's cough, Chen Moran let go of his wife and daughter, but stroked his daughter's face again. Cheng Biguang took a few steps forward and saluted.

"The two ships of "Zhenhai" and "Dinghai" have returned home safely, please give instructions to the government! ”

"It's been a hard journey!"

Just nodded, Chen Moran looked at the two warships, at this time on the four gangways, sailors in British and German naval uniforms were disembarking, and on the dock stood two squares, these two thousand-person teams were carefully selected officers and soldiers by the navy, and Ye Zugui, who was the minister of the navy, was at the head of the team.

Looking at them, Chen Moran walked towards them.

When the ruling party came, Ye Zugui and the naval officers and men of Lizheng performed a military salute at the same time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the two ships "Zhenhai" and "Dinghai" have returned to China safely, and I will live up to the name of the ship, and we will defend our coastal defense and set our maritime frontier! ”

"Please rest assured that we will live up to the expectations of the government and the people, and we will defend our coastal defense and our maritime frontier!"

In fact, in the past, in the dead of night, Chen Moran was always there to think about the military music and badge of the army, and even the name of the future army.

In the end, I drew inspiration from the magazine, and directly applied the "Glorious Guard", "March of the Guards Cavalry", "March of the Guards Soldiers", "March of the Guards Navy" in the computer, and even the military emblem is a reference to the military emblem of the Soviet Guards, the difference is that the red flag has become a tricolor flag, and the red star has become a black Han-style feudal dragon, and the flag also has "Guards" written on it, and recently it is also considering awarding the title of Guards to those troops.

In the march, the officers and men of the navy began to go up the ramp to pick up the ship, at this time under the sun, the round copper core and gold-clad angry dragon bow pattern at the bow of the ship flashed golden light in the sun, this is the bow coat of arms brought by Cheng Biguang and others from China, although the angry dragon with teeth and claws is not big, but it is a reminder that this dragon's fleet is about to set sail again.

(To be continued)