After the yellow curtain of the Yin'an Palace, Ye Zhaozheng explained to Li Xiaocun about the telegram sent to the mission.

"Tell the countries that mediate, don't try in vain to sell arms, especially ships, in the name of balancing the combat power of the north and the south, I heard that Yixin is ready to organize a mission to various countries to inspect and purchase gunboats, you want Zou Kaizhi to tell them that if they want to seriously reconcile, they must dispel unrealistic illusions, all the trading houses that sell weapons to Yanjing will be regarded as enemies by the Pingyuan army, and the ships sold to Yanjing will be intercepted or sunk by the Pingyuan army at all costs, and the resulting loss of personnel and property will not be responsible."

Li Xiaocun listened while recording in his notebook, and he gradually realized that this was a good way to avoid confusing the meaning of the official.

Ye Zhao pondered and said: "Also, I will emphasize to Zou Kaizhi that the north and south divide the river and govern it, and compensate 50 million taels of military expenses, this is the condition for the start of peace talks, not the bottom line, if you can't start negotiations on this basis, there is no need to talk about it." ”

Li Xiaocun nodded again and again, although it is said to be a peace talk, in fact, there are wars everywhere, especially in Zhejiang and Fujian, the battle between the fourth town and the Huai army has entered a white-hot stage, and the siege of Dinghai by the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty has not relaxed for a moment.

The Pingyuan Army Marine Corps was dispatched in turn to Dinghai to defend the city, Dinghai, a thorn in the throat in the eyes of the Northern Dynasty, but became the training ground of the prince, there were newly built batteries and dozens of artillery pieces that arrived one after another, Dinghai is really as stable as a rock, the Northern Dynasty suffered heavy losses under the Dinghai City, and the casualties were afraid of no less than 10,000 people.

"You drink coffee." Hua Ji saw that Li Xiaocun's cup was empty, timidly sent a cup of coffee, she was wearing a small orange short windbreaker with a belt, orange and yellow cloth pants, goose yellow embroidered cloth shoes, delicate and timid, pure and delicate, seeing her wearing Ye Zhao couldn't help but think of the night before yesterday, her heart was hot, Xiao Nizi was ruined by herself in this dress, thinking about it at that time, she was really anxious, but in fact, this little Nizi's delicate body, she didn't see the whole picture, I really want to hug her over now and have a good pity.

But after all, this is Yin'an Palace, a serious place for office, Ye Zhao just thinks about it, even if there was no one just now, he didn't say a word to Hua Ji as a joke.

Hua Ji and Shawa, Ye Zhao arranged for them to live in the Shawa Hotel in 13579, the two little Nizi can go to accompany Shawa's mother and Grandma Hua Ji, and 24680 live in the Bauhinia Pavilion of the Wangfu, of course, we have to wait for things to stabilize and stabilize first, at least when Rong'er comes back from Guanyin Mountain.

Regarding the flag nationality, Ye Zhao never thought about giving the two of them a flag at all, turning a blind eye to one eye is also a small weather vane, and after all, the two are Gege and the concubines of the palace, they will not be so conspicuous, in fact, in Guangzhou, the marriage of the flag people has long become a commonplace thing under the stage, but there is no yamen to take care of it.

As for work, the two little girls who danced in the big theater naturally did not have to quit, and now Shawa went shopping with her mother, and Ye Zhao called Hua Ji to Yin'an Hall on an errand.

Seeing Hua Ji deliver coffee, Li Xiaocun hurriedly stood up, don't look at this little girl who looks like a frightened rabbit, timidly and beautiful, but I heard that she is the prince's bedroom Gege and Aiji, how dare Li Xiaocun hold it?

Ye Zhao smiled, looked at the self-striking bell, and said, "It's time for dinner, so you can go." ”

"Yes." Li Xiaocun bowed and said goodbye.

Ye Zhao immediately looked at Hua Ji and smiled, and said, "Let's go to dinner too, and go shopping by the way, I love shopping with my little sister the most." ”

I did have a faint meaning of treating her as a sister in my heart, but after the night before, this thought seemed to have become dirty, and the little sister became a love sister, and it was particularly nice to bully.

"What do you want to eat?" Ye Zhao smiled and took Hua Ji's soft little hand and pulled Hua Ji's small body to his side.

Hanahime lowered her head and whispered, "You, what you eat, Hanahime, Hanahime eats." ”

Ye Zhao laughed and nodded.

…… In the restaurant of the three-story suite of the Sava Hotel, Hua Ji was sitting at the mahogany dining table with her grandmother, while Ye Zhao gently pushed open the window, stood at the window and smoked, watching the two black-uniformed patrols on the long street riding bicycles and hanging clocks slowly galloping by, Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and in the distance, the wooden frames and the sound of tinkling buildings were almost the epitome of the entire Guangzhou City, and even the entire Guangdong and Jiangxi cities.

On the mahogany table, there are all Yi delicacies, dry-fried sea cucumber, sauerkraut soup, spicy chicken, tea and rice, etc., which are very rich, which are all delicious dishes that can only be enjoyed by the toast of the clan.

Hua Ji didn't know when the domineering Brother Ye invited a chef who could cook Yi cuisine, and sent the hotel to cook for her grandmother, and Brother Ye was overjoyed to be able to bring her to have a meal with her grandmother.

has been secretly looking at Ye Zhao's back, Grandma Hua Ji saw her granddaughter's small appearance, a smile appeared on her vicissitudes of life, and her eyes softened, saying that she was blushing, but she didn't expect that her granddaughter would know His Royal Highness, and she could see that her granddaughter liked him, probably because her granddaughter's kindness touched the gods, so she would bless her, but I don't know if this great blessing will break her granddaughter's lifespan.

However, even if you can live such a life for a day, as a woman, she is willing to die, I only hope that the gods will have mercy, and Mahei Ayi can enjoy a few more years of blessings, and don't take her life early.

The movement of Grandma Hua Ji and Hua Ji getting up to clean up the dishes and chopsticks woke up Ye Zhao, who was thinking about the problem, and turned around and was slightly stunned, Ye Zhao smiled: "Why do you eat so little?" Ye Zhao took a few bites of grass, hoping that the mother-in-law and grandson would not be restrained and could enjoy this meal well.

"Your Highness, the old woman has eaten." Although Grandma Hua Ji was a little restrained, she looked at Ye Zhao's eyes and was extremely kind and close, she could see from her granddaughter's small movements that her granddaughter must have become this man's person, and looking at Ye Zhao, she had a little taste of looking at her son-in-law.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Then, Hua Ji, go and wash up with grandma, here I will call someone to clean up." ”

"Oh" Hua Ji nodded her little head and helped her grandmother and said, "Grandma, let's go rinse your mouth." ”

Grandma Hua Ji patted Hua Ji's hand, and the grandfather and grandson walked out slowly.

After Ye Zhao finished smoking the cigarette, the waiter had already cleaned up the restaurant, and Hua Ji also walked in, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Grandma is resting?" "I knew that the elderly had the habit of taking a nap, and today I will take a lunch break.

"Yes." Hua Ji agreed, and when she saw Ye Zhao waving to her, her little face was slightly red, but she didn't dare to disobey, and walked to Ye Zhao's side cautiously.

Ye Zhao pointed to the spider web-like city of Xiguan and the faintly visible Guangzhou City outside the window, and said with a smile: "Hua Ji, do you know that if this development continues, Paris and London in the extreme west may not be comparable to our Guangzhou." ”

Hua Ji saw that he was happy, and he was a little happy, although he didn't understand much, but he also nodded his little head.

Ye Zhao just smiled and said, "Brother Ye is in a good mood and has done another errand, how should you reward Brother Ye as a younger sister?" Hanahime said, "I, I don't know." Seeing Ye Zhao's strange smile, Hua Ji's little face immediately turned red, and he knew that Brother Ye had that shameful mind again.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Why don't you know, grandma takes a nap, and she also wants you to reward me, isn't it?" ”

Hua Ji didn't dare to look at Ye Zhao, and shook her head vigorously.

Ye Zhao smiled and said in a low voice: "Let's go, go to your and Sava room, Sister Sava will not come back until night, right?" Originally, I just wanted to tease her for a few words, but it can be seen that Hua Ji is delicate, orange and pure, and then I think of her obedient appearance in bed, Ye Zhao said and spoke, and his voice began to be weird, with a strange trembling.

Took Hua Ji's hand out of the dining room, the living room is richly decorated, two bedrooms by the oil painting corridor, the east room is the grandmother of the flower hime, and the west room is the room of Sava and the flower girl.

Hua Ji didn't dare to disobey, and was pulled into the bedroom by Ye Zhao, the room was lightly fragrant, pink wallpaper, similar to Simmons's big bed, and there were colorful oil paintings of Hua Ji and Shawa dancing together at the head of the bed, which was extremely beautiful.

Hua Ji took off her embroidered shoes, went to bed pitifully, and listened to Ye Zhao's command: "Come, like this, kneel, to ......" Kneeling lightly on the gorgeous and soft big bed, her pretty face was hot, buried in the quilt.

Ye Zhao's nosebleed was about to spurt out, he stood behind Hua Ji, only to see that under the tight orange pants, Hua Ji's small hip curve was extremely tempting, a pair of soft little yellow socks rubbed uneasily, and the timid gesture of wanting to welcome and refuse was simply life-threatening.

Ye Zhao swallowed mouthfuls of saliva and wanted to pounce on her and ravage her from behind, but he didn't know why he couldn't move, so he suddenly shook his head and sat down dejectedly, how did he feel that he seemed to have become a slave owner?

Yes, in this era, my moral concept has changed a lot, but I can't really become a tyrant with no money.

"Hanahime, get up, come, come and sit." Ye Zhao opened the bottle of Dutch water on the table, poured a few sips, and the heat in his heart was slightly extinguished.

Hua Ji obediently got up, put on her shoes, and cautiously came to Ye Zhao's side and sat down, she didn't know what she had done wrong, and her little face was a little pale.

"Hua Ji, do you think your big brother Ye is getting worse and worse?" Ye Zhao looked at Hua Ji.

Hanahime hurriedly shook her head.

"Tell the truth." Ye Zhao looked at Hua Ji and said: "You say, am I a big villain, I just want to enjoy your body, and I don't know how to take into account your feelings, no matter the time and place, call you like this and that, Brother Ye is not a thing, is it?" ”

Hua Ji's little face was pale and almost transparent, and she stammered: "Hua Ji, did Hua Ji do something wrong?" Ye, Brother Ye, you, what you just said was too fast, I, I didn't understand how to kneel......"

Ye Zhao squirted out a mouthful of soda, and looked at this little girl helplessly.

Hua Ji lowered her head timidly again, and said, "Hua Ji, Hua Ji won't be next time, Brother Ye, don't be angry......

Ye Zhao was a little helpless: "Then, you didn't feel uncomfortable or unhappy just now?" ”

Hanahime shook her head blankly.

Ye Zhao was even more helpless, and said, "Then tell me, do you know what happiness is?" ”

Hua Ji lowered her head and said for a long time: "Brother Ye is happy, Hua Ji is happy." These words lingered in my heart for a long time, and finally I mustered up the courage to say them.

Ye Zhao was stunned, a tenderness gradually rose, gently stroked Hua Ji's black and soft long hair, and said softly: "Hua Ji, Brother Ye promised you that he would be good to you in the future." ”

Hanahime's eyes flashed with joy, but she didn't dare to say anything.

"Alright, let's go!" Ye Zhao got up with a smile, saw Hua Ji look back at the big bed, and said with a smile: "Brother Ye doesn't have this mind today, don't worry, it's not that you didn't do well." ”

Hearing that it wasn't that he swept Brother Ye's interest, Hua Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Zhao smiled again: "If you have time in the future, Brother Ye will teach you to read and write, and travel around the world with your sister Rong'er and Sister Hongniang, okay?" ”

Hanahime didn't understand much, but just nodded.

…… Ye Zhao's idea of leading a large family to travel to Yingying Yanyan had just risen, and in the afternoon, the American consul McChason came to visit the county king's mansion.

Ye Zhao also doesn't know how to translate these Western names nowadays, and some of them deliberately want to get closer to Chinese surnames to translate into Chinese-style names, but the conventional names can only be called like this.

Macchason was a tall white man in his forties, with sharp brown eyes and a shrewd look.

After meeting him in the flower hall and exchanging a few words, Macchason cut to the chase and said very sincerely: "Your Royal Highness, I have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, I am here to ask you for help." ”

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "Mr. Consul's Chinese proverb is quoted very correctly, unlike Mr. Sir in the United Kingdom, who has no goods in his stomach and has to pretend to be a China expert." ”

The most famous person who claims to be a master of China today is the British Sir Bahrain, the chief representative of the three countries' diplomatic missions who advocated peace talks between the north and the south.

When communicating with figures from Western countries, sometimes there is no need to hide it, Ye Zhao is still a little subtle, but he also shows his dissatisfaction with Bahrain.

With a wry smile on his face, McChason said, "I have never had any expectations for your country's north-south peace talks. ”

Ye Zhao smiled and asked, "I don't know if I have anything to help Mr. Consul?" ”

"That's right," said McChason, "a merchant ship in the Korean sea broke down and had to dock, and was attacked by those barbarians at the mouth of the Pyongyang River, and two crew members were missing, and I was anxious to get the help of His Excellency the Prince to find the crew." ”

Ye Zhao was slightly stunned, but he knew that the so-called ship's failure and having to dock was just an excuse, and it must be that the American businessman Li Lingzhi was stunned and wanted to trade with the North Koreans, but he was attacked. Even after the defeat of the Great Qing Dynasty in the Opium War, North Korea still adhered to the policy of closing the country to the outside world, and the West called it a hermit country, just because of its barrenness.

It's just that the owner of this American merchant ship is not dizzy, how could he think of knocking on the door of North Korea, and this time he will suffer a loss.

"Mr. Macchason, first of all, I would like to correct one point, refusing to trade with your country does not mean that you are a barbarian, it is just a cultural tradition, I think I have been absorbing the world's silver from the east, if I don't open the door to do business with you, this situation will continue forever, I still understand the economic account. Of course, that will also make China fall further and further behind the world, and in the long run, the economy will eventually collapse. ”

Mcchason was a little embarrassed and smiled: "Yes, Your Excellency, I said it wrong. ”

Ye Zhao said again: "It's just that Mr. Consul would think of asking me for help?" You know, North Korea is still going to Yanjing to pay tribute, and it has been ignoring my note. ”

Macchason said seriously: "Because I believe that His Excellency the Prince can really help our crew, and His Excellency the Prince is our friend of the United States." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and shook his head. As a matter of fact, at least in the 19th century, the policy of the United States in the Far East was still different from that of the other powers, different from that of Tsarist Russia and the United States, and different from that of Britain and France.

Seeing Ye Zhao shaking his head, Macchason was a little anxious: "Your Excellency, as a member of a civilized society, I hope you can help me." ”

Ye Zhao laughed, many times the Chinese shook their heads, but it does not mean that they are refusing.

In fact, Ye Zhao can also understand MacChason, not to mention the Far East now, even in the United States, its naval strength is extremely weak, and the crew has an accident in Korea, and the one who can turn to the British Far East Fleet for help is the British Far East Fleet; The second is the Chinese.

The transfer of the British Far East Fleet, especially to the sovereign countries for provocation and demonstration, is not something that the fleet commander can decide privately, not to mention that the British have no vital interests in Korea, because they are afraid that there will be a long coordination process, and MacChason naturally cannot wait.

Chinese? Although North Korea has always paid tribute to Yanjing, it is obvious that Macchason has dealt with the officials of the North Korea, and he does not have any hope for them, but the South Korea, with its fleet, has civilized values, and has a relationship with the North Koreans.

Ye Zhao sipped his coffee and pondered, in fact, although North Korea has always been a tributary state of the Qing Dynasty, the so-called tribute is only a trade relationship, and the canonization of the king is only good-looking, but every time the North Korean envoy pays tribute and brings Korean native products, China has to pay several times the value of silver in return, and the actual benefits are full of money.

Like the Qing Dynasty, Korea was extremely panicked about the outflow of silver, and it had always adopted a policy of closing itself off from the rest of the country, and even the silver that members of the Qing mission could buy goods had been banned and turned into barter.

And now that there are more and more industrial products in Guangdong and Jiangxi, Ye Zhao has long been eyeing a close state like North Korea, so he has to exchange some gold and silver from these two countries.

Now Ye Zhao understands the mentality of the European powers, just like his current self, he desperately wants to open the door of Korea and Yuben, dump industrial products, plunder gold, silver and raw materials.

These were originally on Ye Zhao's agenda, and it was good to say that they did not resist the so-called southern barbarians, and the country was also opened by the Americans, but the forces of the Southern Dynasties had no time to take care of it, and North Korea was in a lot of trouble.

Take the opportunity to infiltrate influence into North Korea? Also demarcate the concession and let the merchants go to draw silver? It can also deter the North Korea, and if the navy can have a foothold in the North Korean seaport, the pressure on the North Korea will be unprecedented.

It's just that the stakes are big, and it's completely different from Vietnam's, and it is possible to meet the North Korean soldiers in every minute, but we have to think carefully about the pros and cons. It may not be a good time to go to a foreign country to provoke a war that is still in the middle of the war at home.

Thinking about it, Ye Zhao slowly took a sip of coffee.

(To be continued)