Zhang Tianwen and Shen Youlong went to Hong Kong by boat on the night after their meeting, because Zhao Shijie, who arrived from China and was in charge of negotiations with Siam, had secretly arrived in Hong Kong by boat yesterday.

This visit to Hong Kong was carried out in secret and was not well known, and the reason why Zhao Shijie came to Hong Kong first and did not go to Siam was because of a reason.

As one of the main leaders of the centrist faction overseas, Zhang Tianwen and Liu Yun joined Zhao Shijie's faction at the beginning, and this time they were summoned mainly to discuss countermeasures.

According to the information gathered, the probability of success of this negotiation is very low, and it is a group of Siamese nobles who are currently over-controlling the price of food, and they have taken a fancy to the food needs of the Australians, so they are holding on to the price.

If you want to directly use military means, this is what Australia is unwilling to do at present, because this does require a military expenditure, and this money may not be able to be recovered if it is invested, which is equivalent to a waste.

Therefore, the intention of the Congress and the president is mainly to negotiate, and it is really not too late to use force in the end, which is a bit of a salute before the soldiers.

Zhao Shijie's arrival was mainly to discuss how to use the Siamese merchants who used the economic warfare to store these grains.

If you want to suppress grain prices, you must first have grain, so that Siam, which is rich in grain, will fall into the point of food overflow, in order to do a good job in this food war, Zhao Shijie began to let Zhang Tianwen buy grain in Liangguang a week ago.

Although there was a famine in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the south was much more peaceful, and the grain harvest was also very good, at least this can be seen from the grain shops in Liangguang.

In the local area, Zhao Shijie has already discussed with Hu Xijing the grain dumping plan for Siam, dumping action below half the market price to suppress those profiteers.

According to the situation, it was learned that the grain in their hands was purchased at a high price, and the purpose was to hoard all the grain and not be purchased by the Australians.

However, this situation is to bet that Australians must definitely buy it, otherwise the Australians will not have enough food in their hands, and the value will depreciate when the new grain comes out in the second season.

If at this time there is a batch of grain dumped into its country. The impact on them can be imagined, the grain in their hands cannot be sold, and they cannot be sold locally, which will inevitably cause a backlog, and this situation will collapse.

So what Zhao Shijie had to do was to mobilize two ships of grain to Siam to dump it and bring down the price of grain.

The food procurement plan is already underway, and the required amount has not yet been fully completed, and this plan is also risky, and the president has given so much money to approve. If the other party completely adheres to it, then Zhao Shijie will lose money, in fact, this is a psychological bottom line of playing, to see who can have the last laugh.

Zhao Shijie secretly entered Hong Kong because he was afraid that the news would leak and be known, so he secretly raised the price, so he asked Zhang Tianwen not to buy too much grain in Liangguang and Guangzhou, and it was best to complete it within two weeks.

Now that the task is only half completed, he actually has other things to do when he summoned Zhang Tianwen. Zhang Tianwen has been in Guangzhou for two years and nearly three years, and it is time to transfer back to China, because there is a shortage of talents in China, especially such qualified talents.

This proposal was suggested by Liu Yunhe. Although Zhang Tianwen is from the Department of Homeland Security, he has worked in the government much more than he did in the Department of Homeland Security, and is mainly responsible for foreign trade.

At present, the position of deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade is about to become vacant, and this position must not be taken by other factions. You have to have your own people to have a firm grip on power.

Zhang Tianwen is currently the most suitable candidate, and with Xiao Baitu becoming mayor, there are fewer and fewer talents within the centrists. If he is not transferred, there will be basically no one to go back.

In the Governor's Palace in Hong Kong, Zhang Tianwen was already waiting in the living room, waiting for Zhao Shijie's arrival.

"Lao Zhang, sit down, everyone is their own people, don't be so polite, how is the food matter now, how much is still missing."

Zhang Tianwen saw that Zhao Shijie was a little restrained, after all, the relationship between the two was no better than that between Liu Yun, and they were also superiors and subordinates, so it was inevitable that they would be more restrained than usual.

"At present, there are still about seven or eight tons of grain short, and it will be loaded directly from Guangzhou in the next few days."

"Very good, let's put down the food matter first, I believe you have also received the news, we are ready to transfer you back to China, what do you think of the position of deputy minister of foreign trade."

The position of vice minister of foreign trade is actually very suitable for Zhang Tianwen, because the vice minister often has to travel abroad, and he is the most suitable person who has done diplomatic work.

In terms of level, it is considered to be a second-level promotion, and the level of the consul is only the deputy department level, and some have not, Zhang Tianwen is a deputy department because of the special situation, but it is not so easy to mention such a thing as two levels, I believe that this time the centrists should have reached some kind of agreement with the radicals.

Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for such a thing to happen, and this time the conservatives are completely depressed because Zhou Ke's matter is completely depressed, so they don't have any mind to care about such a thing.

According to what we know so far, there is a clean-up operation going on within the conservative faction, and those who are dragging their feet will be completely kicked out of the hierarchy, so there is no time to care about these things now.

Returning to China and going to the Ministry of Foreign Trade, although Zhang Tianwen has some news, he doesn't know which department to go back to, and he still wants to serve as a vice minister when he hears this meaning, which is at the vice ministerial level, with great power, and it can be said that he has really entered the core circle of rights.

Compared with the current consular position, he is at most a senior peripheral manager, and it is different to serve as a deputy minister, which can decide and discuss all major matters.

Therefore, it is inevitable that he will be a little hesitant and excited.

"That's right, is there a problem, don't you want to go back to China, or is there a girl in Daming who fascinates your heart." Zhao Shijie asked jokingly.

"No, I'm willing, Brother Zhao, I'm willing to go back to China, but who will handle the affairs here when I return to China."

"You don't have to worry about this, we have already arranged it, and we may have to give up the position of the consulate, after all, we can't get all the benefits, and we have to give others a sip of soup."

As soon as Zhao Shijie said this, Zhang Tianwen almost understood what he meant, and it is estimated that this is an exchange condition with the radicals, otherwise the radicals will not get any benefits, how can they make concessions and support the actions of the centrists.

Now it seems that the two factions have entered a honeymoon period of cooperation, and there will be a lot of cooperation between each other, and this is just one of them. (To be continued......)