Feng Zicai has a lot of opinions on dealing with ethnic disputes, and often goes to Yunnan as a special envoy of the military department, and writes several strategies to solve the problem of dividing the Miao tribe, which is quite praised by Ye Zhao.

And Nanzhang State suppressed the rebellion, the same Feng Zicai led 3,000 patrol troops into Nanzhang, 3,000 soldiers and horses, and 2,000 riflemen.

When the battle report came, Ye Zhao was preparing to go to Yuben to visit the matter, of course, it would be a secret visit, Ye Zhao was ready to find an opportunity to announce it after he arrived at Yuben, after all, there were only a few gunboats to escort him, if it was known by the Russians in advance, it was not impossible to create an accident and murder himself halfway on the way back, and if he waited until Yuben announced it to the outside world, and when the news reached the ears of the Russians, even if his fleet in Rovsk wanted to rush to intercept, it would be beyond the reach of the whip.

Negotiations with the Dutch in Hong Kong reached a stalemate, and although the Dutch gave up the interests of Borneo, they insisted that the Chinese withdraw their troops from Penang, after all, the Chinese [***] squadron and fleet in Penang were like a nail, nailed to the islands of Sumatra and Java, and posed a great threat to Batavia and Palembang, the two most important port cities of the Dutch in the East Indies.

The Southern Korean mission, on the other hand, demanded that the Dutch give up several ports on the island of Sumatra, and it can be said that there was a huge gap in the price of the negotiations between the two sides, and the British wanted to obtain several gold-producing areas in North Borneo, the negotiations were destined to be a marathon.

What Ye Zhao didn't expect was that on the eve of his visit, two unexpected guests came from North Korea, the Korean princess Kim and her brother Kim Byung-ji.

That night, Ye Zhao naturally held a banquet to entertain the two, and arranged for the two to live in the Tongwen Pavilion after the banquet.

The second said, Ye Zhao personally accompanied Concubine Jin to visit Jinling, Ye Zhao wore casual clothes, and the beautiful and bright Concubine Jin also changed into a southern costume, a purple plum blossom buckle lapelt jacket, a flowing black thousand-pleated gauze skirt, white socks embroidered cloth shoes, a slender figure, and unspeakably pretty.

After getting off the carriage in front of the five-story department store in Jinling, Concubine Jin's snow-white hands shaded the sun, squinting at one of the two most luxurious commercial buildings in the Far East, and her eyes were full of admiration and envy.

The retro-style small palace-like shopping mall has just opened, and with Ye Zhao's eyes, it is antique.

"Father, I don't know when Seoul will have such a high-rise building."

Her "father" is called smoothly, Ye Zhaoke is a little unaccustomed to it, last night Concubine Jin said "Mother" to Rong'er, almost scorching Ye Zhaolei's exterior and tenderness, but Concubine Jin called her a serious and serious person, Rong'er also responded with a lot of grace, Ye Zhao was embarrassed to laugh if he wanted to.

"There will always be." Ye Zhao smiled and walked up the stone steps.

There were a dazzling array of goods on the counter, and Concubine Jin was also dazzled, Ye Zhao smiled and said: "Buy a pair of shoes, you look good in leather shoes." ”

Concubine Jin was elated and asked, "How to buy it?" "She has always asked people to make shoes, so naturally she doesn't understand.

Ye Zhao said: "If there is a size, give it a try, and if you think it is suitable, you will spend the silver directly." "In fact, in the south, the shoes of large households, even leather shoes, are custom-made, especially women's shoes, and a small number of people buy them directly.

There is a special shoe fitting room in the women's shoe counter, but Concubine Jin is not shy at all in front of Ye Zhao, as if Ye Zhao is really her father, and repeatedly begged Ye Zhao to enter the shoe tasting room to help her see which pair of shoes are beautiful, Ye Zhao had no choice but to follow up to help her choose shoes.

The saleswoman's eyes are straight, Ye Zhao is not sticky to her beard, how do you look at it, it doesn't look like she is more than ten years older than Concubine Jin?

When she came out of the women's shoes counter, Concubine Jin had already changed into a pair of delicate black leather shoes, and she was even more pretty. For women, this spending money is really poison, and it is extremely enjoyable.

"When you first put on leather shoes, it may be a little uncomfortable, tighter than cloth boots, and the upper is a little harder." While walking Ye Zhao, she looked at her beautiful little leather shoes, and was really afraid that the princess's soft little feet would not be able to stand the rubbing of leather shoes.

"Then the father will carry his daughter for a while?" Concubine Jin was watery.

Ye Zhao was speechless and shook the folding fan.

"Ah, father, you gave your daughter a pair of shoes, and I will give you some gifts." Concubine Jin saw the goldware counter in front of her.

Concubine Jin naturally has a lot of silver, but the positioning of the department store does not include the most upper-class class, if you want to talk about jade jewelry, you still have to go to a franchised store, the department store does not have rare treasures, and she can't look down on a single concubine, let alone buy it and give it to her most powerful father-in-law in the south and even the Far East.

Walking on the second-floor tiles, Concubine Jin said regretfully: "Wait a while to go to the gold stone shop and choose a few good things for my father-in-law." She also just inquired where there were 120,000 taels of jewelry to sell.

Ye Zhao smiled: "No need. ”

Several guards followed around, but Kim Byung-ji walked behind, Kim Byung-yi was the brother of the Kim Concubine, who was now the senator of North Korea and was in charge of the forbidden army.

Korean clan politics is like this, no matter what the talent is, it is really called cronyism, and the relatives who have gained power are desperately trying to stuff people in the center.

After taking two steps, Concubine Jin's pretty face darkened, and said: "Father, the king is bedridden, and the imperial doctor said that he can only barely hang himself, and he is afraid that he will not survive next year." ”

Ye Zhao knew that Concubine Jin must have an important mission in China here, and sure enough, it seemed that the Anton Jin family needed the support of his own backer, and now the power of the Anton Jin family came from Concubine Jin, and if Li Yu died of illness, the Fengyang Zhao family, who held the real power of the foreign domain, was afraid that it would be difficult.

Especially Zhao Bingkui, who is really a powerful person.

Li Yu has a vague impression of this Korean king, as if his lifespan is in the past three or two years, but he may have been frightened because of the chaos of his future, and his body and bones are obviously worse than he expected.

Ye Zhao groaned and asked, "What is the relationship between the Li family disciple you adopted and you?" "Although Seoul has an intelligence network of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, these things are not so easy to explore, after all, the child of the royal family is only four years old.

"It's not good." Speaking of which, Concubine Jin is a little listless, and the small courtyard is closer to the eldest princess, that is, the lord of the harem, the beloved concubine of the former king, the adoptive mother of her husband Li Yu, and the backbone of the Fengyang Zhao family.

"Father, if not, I'll come to Jinling, right?" Concubine Jin looked at Ye Zhao hopefully.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "You can't all your clansmen come to Jinling for refuge. "Concubine Jin's surname is really a little weak, but it's not a vertical and horizontal role, but it's okay, it's easier to grasp in the palm of your hand.

After pondering for a while, Ye Zhao said: "Don't worry, no matter what, I will support you to listen to the government." ”

"Draping curtains?" Concubine Jin was stunned, and then overjoyed, she had the idea of retiring because according to the tradition of the Korean royal family, after Li Yu died, the new king was young and not his own child, so the princess must hang the curtain and want her turn, unless the princess died, not to mention that the princess had been curtained when Li Yu had just succeeded to the throne.

"Father, my daughter will listen to you in the future, and I will do whatever you tell me to do." Concubine Jin smiled diligently and looked as beautiful as a flower.

Ye Zhao rubbed his nose, in the history books of later generations, it will not be recorded that Concubine Jin is a concubine, and she is embarrassed to betray the interests of North Korea for the annihilation, right?

However, the Lee dynasty of North Korea has always had a vassal mentality towards China, and if there is no major change, there should be no more splitting into two countries, and both of them promoting de-sinicization for their own reasons.

When we think about the tremendous sense of identity and superiority that Chinese civilization has gained in East and Southeast Asia today, and compare it with the hostility and contempt for China of those small countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia in later generations, we can't help but feel embarrassed.

Shaking the folding fan, Ye Zhao said: "In two days, I will go to my country, you will play in Jinling for two days, and the councilors will arrange to escort you home." ”

"Say?" Concubine Jin's eyes lit up and she said, "Father, shall I go with you?" ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said: "The lord of the country is sick, it is not good for you to be abroad for a long time, it is better to return to China quickly." ”

Concubine Jin's bright color darkened, and she said, "Yes, my daughter listens to you." It's just that the king is now short-tempered, and he has been scolding his daughter, saying that his daughter has emptied his body. ”

Ye Zhao didn't squeak, and when he went down the stairs, he said: "Then go to Yuben to relax, and then transfer from Nagasaki to Seoul, it won't take much time." ”

Concubine Jin said: "But it is up to my father to decide." ”

So on the third day, when Ye Zhao boarded the steamer to Nagasaki, Concubine Jin also followed the boat and pretended to be his maid.

Although there were few pirates in the East Asian waters, it was very common for the Pingyuan Naval Division to escort the merchant fleet, and it would not be suspicious.

The three merchant ships, two of which were trading ships of legitimate merchants, did not know that the third merchant ship was on board the regent, even if the five hundred heavy infantry commandos of the land service regiment on the third ship, except for Liu Mingchuan, no one knew that the man who could often be seen from a distance at that time, wearing a black trench coat blowing the sea breeze on the deck, was the regent.

In addition to the heavy infantry of the land service regiment, Ye Zhao also brought fifty guards with him, all of whom were Miao Dao hands, and Bai Laoheng, the deputy head of the palace guards, served him.

Said that I like to play with knives, like swordsmanship, Ye Zhao patted his head, and selected fifty elite fast knife hands from the Miao warriors of the palace guards, these Miao people, even if they become the palace attendants, but they do not touch firearms, the whole is to practice knife skills, Ye Zhao also has them, just use good steel to create a batch of hair-picking and broken hair Miao knives for them, speaking of hand-to-hand combat, talking about knife wounds and gun deaths, that is, the power of knife cutting is not as good as the power of stabbing, and the weapon is an inch long and an inch strong, but nothing is absolute, For example, the current naval warfare is completely different from the pattern of naval warfare in the first 20 years and the next 20 years, and it cannot be generalized on paper.

The land of Yueben, Ye Zhao looked at the sea and sky in the east on the deck, and the feeling in his heart was complicated and difficult to understand, as an invader who landed on the land of Yueben, what would he face?

(To be continued)