The middle-aged man smiled and nodded, "Lord Wang is really as wise as a torch, that's right, we are myself!" In the next place, the Minister of Honor Komura Shoutaro in China, these two are my assistants Tsuneichi and Munakata Kotaro! ”

After Komura Shoutaro finished his introduction, Tsuneichi hurriedly bowed and saluted, very tutored. Kotaro Munakata next to him looked at Wang Chenhao's eyes a little unkindly, and he seemed a little reluctant, but under Komura Shoutaro's stern gaze, he still bent down and saluted stiffly.

If you change someone else, you will definitely be confused by the humility of the three. But in front of Wang Chenhao, their true identities are difficult to hide.

Tsuneichi, the head of the Ministry of Spy; Kotaro Munakata, the head of the spy of the Ministry of the Navy. The appearance of the two here immediately made Wang Chenhao more vigilant.

But Wang Chenhao didn't want to expose their true identities and make them think that "the enemy is dark and I am clear" is better for Wang Chenhao.

"Long admiration!" Wang Chenhao returned the salute with a smile, and said a little stiffly: "I don't know what Mr. Minister is looking for me?" ”

Komura Shoutaro didn't care about Wang Chenhao's snubbing, and still smiled and said: "Lord Wang's performance in the First Sino-Japanese Battle really makes me admire, personally, you are my hero!" ”

For his compliment, Wang Chenhao only said the opposite, and sneered: "That's really surprising!" ”

"Recently, I heard that your country is preparing to train a new army, and this new army on the Zhili territory doesn't know what Lord Wang plans to practice?"

"I'm sorry! No comment! ”

Komura Shoutaro hurriedly explained: "Don't misunderstand, Lord Wang! Now that the war between you and us has ended, please don't treat me as an enemy! I don't mean to spy on the military, but I just hope that we Asians can unite and make progress together, and not be invaded by European and American powers again. ”

"Mr. Minister's high righteousness is really admirable!" Wang Chenhao only felt that these words came out of his mouth and made people laugh, he was really a thick-skinned guy, no wonder he could be a minister abroad.

"Lord Wang has won the prize!" Komura Shoutaro bowed slightly, didn't feel blushing at all, and smiled unchanged for ten thousand years.

Of course, it's a prize! Wang Chenhao sneered in his heart, you can't even hear Lao Tzu say the opposite, it's really a pig's brain!

I saw Komura Shoutaro continue: "I just want to tell Lord Wang that this empire attaches great importance to friendship with China, if Lord Wang needs it, we can provide the best instructors in our imperial army to help you train, I hope your army will reach the level of our imperial army as soon as possible!" ”

Wang Chenhao couldn't help but snort coldly, and secretly said in his heart If you hire your instructors to train the new army, will it be strange that you will not be able to cultivate a large group of pro-Han traitors in the future? I think of the group of non-commissioned officers and students who went to study at the military academy in China who used the Gengzi indemnity to help, and after they came back, most of them became Han anniversaries, and the rest were also brainwashed to become pro-Japanese factions, and they did not harm China in the War of Resistance against Japan.

The root cause of this is ideological aggression, which is an invisible means of attack carried out by the aggressor against the object of aggression, and in Wang Chenhao's time, it had a nice camouflage name, called "peaceful evolution".

"More kindness, Mr. Minister! I don't think it's necessary! Wang Chenhao said categorically: "My requirement for the Beiyang Army is to be the same as the Beiyang Navy, and have the strength to destroy your country's navy, obviously your country's instructors can't do this!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Tsuneichi and Kotaro Munakata looked angry, and they took two steps forward impulsively, only to be pulled by Komura Shoutaro from behind.

The corners of Komura Shoutaro's mouth twitched, since he became the minister to China, there had never been such an embarrassing time when talking to the Chinese, and this situation continued in the early days of the Sino-Japanese War, until the appearance of Wang Chenhao began to change.

"Lord Wang, there is a saying in your country that steel is easy to break, and it is pure luck that your country can win this time!"

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "The steel is too easy to break, which can only mean that the steel is not hard enough." In the end, whether we are lucky or not, I think both of us have the next step, and we will naturally see it at first sight! ”

Komura Shoutaro's eyes tightened, and from Wang Chenhao's words, he seemed to feel that he was very clear about the strategic policy of the top level of the Empire.

This time, he deliberately found Wang Chenhao, but in fact, he was in contact with Wang Chenhao, the number one enemy of the empire, and Bentek knew too little about Wang Chenhao's information, so in order to cooperate with Komura Shoutaro's actions, he deliberately sent Tsuneichi and Munakata Kotaro, the two No. 1 spy leaders, to China.

With a loud bang, fireworks rose into the sky, blooming colorful fireworks in the sky, some like meteors hovering in the night sky, some like marigolds blooming happily, and some like fairies scattering flowers, and small flowers falling from the sky.

Li Youyi, who had been concentrating on enjoying the fireworks, jumped up excitedly again at this time, turned around and pulled Wang Chenhao's hand and asked him to watch it together, and share the joy together.

Wang Chenhao smiled slightly and said, "I'm out of company!" He didn't bother with them anymore, Komura Shoutaro really felt humiliated, and Tsuneichi and Munakata Kotaro next to him were very angry and ready to go up and say.

"Forget it! If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan! Komura Shoutaro glanced at Wang Chenhao's back coldly, and then the three of them turned to leave.

The moment the three of them turned around, Wang Chenhao glanced back at them, but he was thinking about things in his heart.

At this time, more than a dozen fireworks pointed straight into the sky, and grains of "golden sand" sprayed out and bloomed proudly in the air. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, all of them, purple and red, decorate the night sky beautifully and gracefully, and illuminate the earth as if it were day.

Over there, "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers" rose, and here there was "Peacock Open Screen"! The whole sky suddenly became a sea of "flowers", dazzling, fire trees and silver flowers.

Wang Chenhao no longer had the heart to watch the fireworks, but his eyes still remained on his wife, looking at her elated appearance, Wang Chenhao didn't know how happy he was.

The fireworks lasted for more than an hour before the curtain ended, and Guangxu and Cixi had already left, so everyone was unrestrained and returned impromptu.

Until she returned to the Earl's Court, Li Youyi was still chattering happily and kept talking, until Wang Chenhao kissed her red lips, and then silenced her.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all the civil and military officials of the Qing Empire had to go to work, and Wang Chenhao was no exception.

Considering that Li Youyi came to Yanjing for the first time, she was always a little disappointed if she didn't play for a day, Wang Chenhao himself also wanted to see the appearance of old Yanjing with his own eyes, so the surname Suo skipped work for a day and took Li Youyi and his wife to visit Yanjing City for a day.

Wang Chenhao likes to look at the buildings of the old Yanjing, because these buildings have already been destroyed in the war or demolished for the development of the city in his time, which are some landscapes that will not be seen in later generations.

Unlike Li Youyi, she focuses on shopping. Wang Chenhao had to accommodate her, so he spent most of his time shopping with Li Youyi.

The most prosperous area of Old Yanjing is Zhengyangmen Street, commonly known as Qianmen Street. From the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the 845-meter-long street became the longest commercial pedestrian street in China.

There are many professional markets on both sides of the street, such as fresh fish market, meat market, fruit market, cloth market, grass market, pig market, grain market, jewelry market, melon seed market, etc. The alleys near the left alley are also quite prosperous, with many artisan workshops, warehouses, carriage and horse shops, hotels, guild halls, as well as Qingle, Sanqing, Huale and other theaters.

Wang Chenhao still has a few thousand taels of silver in his sleeve pocket, and in order to smile at the Pomeranians, he spent thousands of taels of silver on a trip.

Women are born to spend money, and they don't let go until the last two copper plates are left, and they don't let go of each person's rock sugar gourd, laughing and flashing while eating.

accompanied Li Youyi to play in Yanjing for a day, and the next day Wang Chenhao took her back to Tianjin, because Li Hongzhang had sent three telegrams in a row urging him to go back, and he didn't dare to delay any longer.

On February 10, 1895, the Zhili Governor's Office established the Zhili New Army Yamen, Wang Chenhao was appointed to serve as the Zhili New Army Office, Yang Shixiang served as the assistant, and Zhang Peilun could only give advice to Wang Chenhao behind the scenes because he was not allowed to interfere in the government. On the same day, Li Hongzhang issued more than a dozen orders to start conscription in the Zhili territory and withhold all kinds of taxes as training salaries.

On the 11th, after the end of the annual leave, the officials of the Zhili Prefecture returned to work in the Yamen one after another, and after receiving Li Hongzhang's order, they immediately took action, and all the work of the new army in Zhili was launched, and the huge machine of the Beiyang Group was rapidly put into operation.