The restaurant is not big, it is full of Chinese elements, wooden tables and wooden stools, and the names of bamboo dishes are hung on the wall, and some of them are turned over, which means that there is no such dish today.

A few Chinese plainclothes with six-wheeled guns sat at a table by the window, and they were a detective team under the Public Security Maintenance Association, with more than 100 people, most of whom were Russian annihilators selected from the southeastern plains, and there were also a small number of Chinese armed personnel.

As soon as Ye Zhao and the others came in, the eyes of a pockmarked face in the plainclothes lit up, and they hurriedly stood up and ran over, and then they were stopped by Zheng Aqiao, he still nodded and said hello to Ye Zhao: "Hello, are you eating Chinese food today?" He took out his ID with both hands and showed it to Zheng Aqiao.

Zheng Aqiao took his film, he was the captain of the detective team, surnamed Huang, and said that this kid's eyes were quite poisonous.

Captain Huang had seen Ye Zhao from afar, although the official duties of maintaining the meeting were handled by Secretary Zhang, but he knew that this Mr. Wen was the one who was really in charge.

Ye Zhao nodded to Captain Huang with a smile and said, "Captain Huang, you're okay too." "No matter how far the imperial civilization progresses, even after one or two hundred years, people like Captain Huang are still indispensable.

Captain Huang immediately had a light bone, but he felt that Mr. Wen was the one who did great things, Corporal Lixian, this is a big man.

I was going to say that he was in for a treat today, but when he saw the number of guards on Ye Zhao's side, his heart suddenly sudden, but he didn't dare to mess around, the price here is much higher than that of the big cities in the Central Plains, and this can be done hard, and his monthly salary will be gone.

Moreover, the High Command has already issued a document a few days ago, demanding that all military personnel should not be allowed to owe money in Russian stores, and that they should be supervised by the military police in the army.

Russian shops are not allowed to eat for nothing, let alone Chinese restaurants.

Ye Zhao sat down at a table against the wall, and said to the shopkeeper who ran out to greet him: "Captain Huang, a table, put it on my account." ”

"Okay!" The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man in his forties, slightly fat, and a natural businessman.

"What's the matter?" Captain Huang was smiling and polite, the curtain of the tavern was raised, and a beautiful and noble Russian girl stepped in, and under her beauty, the tavern was lit up.

Looking at Catherine's exposed white and tender breasts, towering breasts, and slender waist, Captain Huang immediately felt a little out of breath, and involuntarily took two steps back, his eyes retracted, and he didn't dare to blaspheme that nobility.

When the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of the Russian stunner sitting at Ye Zhao's table, Captain Huang admired in his heart, a big man is a big man, there is really a way.

Ekaterina came in with Anfia, and before she could speak, Ye Zhao had already said: "Sit down, Chinese food, that's what it means if it doesn't suit your appetite." ”

Ye Katerina glanced at Ye Zhao gratefully with blue eyes, thought about it, reached out and took the wine glass and saucer in front of Ye Zhao, wiped it with a snow-white silk scarf, and she couldn't care about Anfiya's shocked gaze. I have to say that Mama Li's rattan education still worked.

Zheng Aqiao beckoned to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, what delicious food do you have here, report to my master." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and asked the shopkeeper: "The shopkeeper's surname?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Oh, I don't dare to be, the small one is free of noble surname Jia, master, the small shop has coarse tea and light rice, and today there is cold sauce meat and pine flower eggs, five corners per plate; Stir-fried vegetables include loin and fried beef, one yuan per plate; Three bowls: meatballs, button meat, rice noodles and meat, two yuan a bowl, one large piece: braised elbow, six yuan a piece. Master, what do you look at on the hour? ”

Nowadays, the merchants of the empire are settled in paper money, and Ye Zhao smiled: "It's not expensive." She glanced at Sophia in surprise, the price of the restaurant is indeed expensive, twice as high as the price of the civic tavern in the big cities of the Central Plains, such as the capital, but why can't it be the turn of these noble ladies to pawn clothes to live, right?

Zheng Aqiao also asked, "Is the price of food in the city at this price?" "The master originally said that he wanted to properly adjust the grain to the city, and if the price is like this, then there is no need to worry.

Shopkeeper Jia smiled and said: "How is that possible, I heard that the Russians can't buy black bread if they have money, aren't we just doing the business of the military master and the masters?" The meat and vegetables have to be exchanged with the cooking class of our headquarters, how can they make black money? ”

The names of soldiers by the civilians of the empire have undergone a change from "military master" to "chief master" and then to "boss", but these businessmen who are wandering outside still prefer the old name.

Ye Zhao ordered braised elbow and a few vegetarian dishes, and asked the shopkeeper to serve a few tables of meat and vegetarian tables to the guards, and the shopkeeper Jia happily went in to prepare, and some of the guards followed.

Seeing that Sophia kept licking her lips, Ye Zhao called the shopkeeper to serve the Songhua eggs first to satisfy her hunger.

Canned Songhua eggs, it really can't be said to be delicious, but Sophia swept away after a while, at first she was still reserved, waiting for a few pieces of stomach but didn't care about anything else, after eating, she saw Yekaterina's surprised gaze, her face turned red, and she was even more embarrassed to look at Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao frowned slightly, if the supply of black bread was insufficient, it was really not a good thing, but the Russians were easy to make trouble.

Half an hour later, the treasurer Jia personally brought the braised elbow up, and Zheng Aqiao said: "The treasurer, open a tavern here, you are the first of our Chinese, and you are not small!" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "At first, I was scared, but at night, next to the church of God at our door, did you see the stone pier?" Then there is a sentry set up by our military master, and the more I sleep, the more solid I become. Speaking of this, he shook his head and said, "Old Maozi and Long Maozi both worship God." Naturally, he did not understand the difference between Orthodoxy, Protestantism and Catholicism.

The rich juice and green lettuce on the plate make the brightly colored elbow meat even more mouth-watering.

Ekaterina said: "Shall I divide it?" Seeing Ye Zhao nodding, he picked up the knife and fork and carefully removed the meat, the first plate was given to Ye Zhao, the second plate was given to Sophia, and finally he was himself.

Sophia bit her lip and whispered to Catherina: "Katyusha, I want to bring the meat back to Boris." ”

Ekaterina looked at Ye Zhao, and Ye Zhao said, "You eat yours, go back and bring one to your husband." ”

Sophia glanced at Ye Zhao, then lowered her head and said, "Thank you." "She is extremely afraid of the Chinese, and they are all villains who have been abducted and plundered.

Speaking of which, the chef's craftsmanship is really not flattering, this is almost the most unpalatable braised elbow Ye Zhao has ever tasted, but Sophia is relishing, no matter how fat or thin the piece of meat is, it goes down quickly.

Catherine also felt that Chinese food was not as delicious as the Chinese food cooked by the villa chef.

Ye Zhao asked Ekaterina: "What kind of industry did Sophia's husband engage in before?" ”

Ekaterina said: "It's a newspaper reporter. He hurriedly explained: "He has not done anything bad to the Chinese." ”

Ye Zhao couldn't help laughing, this Russian queen is sometimes quite interesting. said: "In your face, I can't be embarrassed for him, right?" ”

Catherine was stunned, her blue eyes flashed a trace of panic, she lowered her long eyelashes and didn't dare to look at Ye Zhao, she was grateful to Ye Zhao, but many times she was also worried that Ye Zhao wanted to possess her so good to her, but when she heard the hidden protection in the words of this mysterious oriental man, she had an indescribable feeling in her heart.

Ye Zhao continued: "After dinner, let's go see Mr. Boris together." Seeing Sophia raise her head in a panic, Ye Zhao waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, I won't embarrass him." ”

After the Chinese entered the city, Sophia and her husband fled the luxurious mansion and lived in the home of a former maid. The large wooden frame structure, the roof is sloped on both sides, and the rough Russian style is full of this kind of wooden house brick and stone dwellings in this area.

Sophia, who was full of anxiety, had no choice but to lead the group of Chinese to her residence.

Captain Huang of the detective team also followed and ran errands to serve. Ye Zhao also let him, after all, Captain Huang has been in Yekaterinburg for a long time and is more familiar with the situation here.

When the noisy children in the living room of the wooden house saw the Chinese standing outside the door, the noise stopped abruptly, and they hid behind wooden chairs and closets, and their little eyes were full of panic.

The maid, who was already anxious, did not have time to take care of the Chinese, and said to Sophia anxiously: "Madam, you quickly think of a way, Mr. was captured by the security army, and I was about to look for you, but I couldn't find it." ”

The security army was the armed force of Commander Yakov, and although the Central [***] Ministry strictly forbade its armed forces to enter the city on a large scale, he often sent people to the city to arrest and rectify the old nobles, and I heard that falling into the hands of the security army was worse than falling into the hands of the Chinese.

Who called Yakov a villain before, he was sentenced to death for trying to annihilate the noble lady, I don't know how to become a revolutionary party on death row, because of the outbreak of the war, the death row prisoners were released and distributed weapons to resist the Chinese, but he turned into a team of armed emperors in the Yekaterinburg area, and the persecution of the nobles who had offended him before intensified, and the ** officials who sentenced him to death were hanged alive by him.

The Governor hated him even more, and the Governor's son-in-law could still be good if it fell into his hands?

Hearing the bad news, Sophia's body trembled and she almost fainted on the spot.

The interpreter asked there, and the maid said that Boris wanted to go out to find a job to make money when he saw that his family was out of food, and he went to the bakery with the maid's husband, but somehow, he was recognized by Yakov's people and tied out of the city.

Ye Zhao said: "Go and ask for someone." ”

Captain Huang on the side volunteered: "Sir, the little one has a little friendship with this Yakov and can speak, so I'll go and bring someone to Mr." ”

Ye Zhao snorted and said, "You go with Zheng Aqiao." ”

Seeing Zheng Aqiao's seven disobedience and eight resentment, Captain Huang was startled, he knew that Yakov was not a master to be messed with, even if the detective team brought all the more than 100 guns, it was not an opponent, and the military department was still relatively attracted to Yakov's armament, which also made Yakov very arrogant, and he never looked at the detective team in his eyes.

Captain Huang muttered in his heart, but he could only follow Zheng Aqiao on the horse, and when he arrived at the Russian territory, he tried not to make things stiff, no matter how bold Yakov was, he would never dare to detain the Chinese.

After Zheng Aqiao and Captain Huang left, Ye Zhao was invited into Sophia's small room by Catherina.

Qu Nuan and Ye Zhao entered the house, and the room was very chaotic, except for a wooden bed, there was almost no place to stay.

The hanging windows, influenced by the Earman style, protruding from the wall, hung Sophia's underwear, and I think that this aristocratic lady has never been so embarrassed in her life.

Sophia sat on the bed in tears as Catherine whispered beside her: "Promise you in the name of God that he will bring Boris back." As she spoke, Catherine faintly felt that Wen seemed to have a reassuring and mysterious temperament than Alexander, and she did not know when she had trusted him very much.

Immediately Catherine felt ashamed, she shouldn't have thought that, she shouldn't have compared any other man to Alexander, should she?

…… Yakov's forces were entrenched in a small village on the outskirts of Yekaterinburg.

When the Chinese messenger delivered the letter, Yakov was fooling around with his concubine in bed, the sheets were in disarray, the wooden bed creaked, and his mountain-like body pressed the enchanting blonde woman who had been a memoralist woman crying and screaming.

Just when he was disturbed by someone, he was naturally angry, and when he heard the adjutant outside say that the Chinese who maintained the meeting came to ask for someone, and he wanted to arrest the governor's son-in-law who had just caught oil and water, Yakov gasped and shouted while enjoying the flattery and wailing of the blonde beauty under him: "Tell them to get out!" ”

The adjutant listened to the sound of the waves in the house, but could not leave, and carefully reminded: "General, the Chinese have sent troops, you better talk to them." ”

"The Chinese's detective team? Dear Mr. Nurgaliev, you are getting emboldened! Yakov's tone grew more and more impatient.

The adjutant hurriedly said: "No, no, it's the regular army of the Chinese, I wonder if the Chinese have begun to doubt us." ”

Yakov's body froze violently, thought about it, turned over and got out of bed, the misty eyes on the bed wanted to pull him, he pinched him the chest, screamed in pain, and cursed Yakov in his heart to go to hell, but he still had to pay for his charming smile.

"Baby, wait for me." Yakov only wore a pair of trousers and opened the door, and he didn't care that the adjutant saw the snow-white ** wave of his concubine through the crack in the open door.

Adjutant Nurgaliev, who was an extremely cautious man and Yakov's number one staff officer, helped Yakov to bring the door and whispered: "Outside the village fort, the Chinese came with about the strength of an infantry battalion, which is a regular army. Nurgaliyev's face was a little ugly, because he knew that with their 1,800 men, they would not be able to fight back in front of the infantry battalion of the Chinese regular army.

Yakov said: "Did they make this one request? ”

Nurgaliyev nodded slowly.

Yakov thought for a moment and said, "Then give them people, and say that I am not there, and I don't know about the arrest." He patted Nurgaliev's face again and said, "Dear major, the Chinese will not know about us, and if they know, they will no longer be so polite to us, will they?" ”

Nurgaliyev nodded slowly, he knew that this commander seemed rough, but in fact he was extremely cunning, but his talent had not been shown, the invasion of the Chinese gave Yakov a chance, and in a short time, he gathered an army and survived under the rule of the Chinese.

Now Yakov and the Western republicans have been in secret correspondence, and what Yakov wants to do is to secretly sabotage Yekaterinburg's economic order and keep Yekaterinburg in chaos.

"Well, my dear child, don't be afraid, when the people in the city have no bread to eat, they will rise up against the Chinese, and when our allies return, I will be the new governor here." Yakov kissed Nurgaliev's cheek and muttered to himself, a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.

…… Ye Zhao took Sophia and Boris back to Villa Ipachev.

Boris was in his early thirties, handsome, and was released shortly after being captured by Yakov's armed forces, and had not yet suffered the real hardship, but his face still had blood stains from leather boots.

Mama Li arranged for Boris to take a comfortable hot bath, and after washing, Boris changed into Ye Zhao's three-piece suit, which Ye Zhao rarely wears, and Boris still fits well.

In the lounge, the solemn and coordinated, Western-style living room, Western sofa, Russian coffee table with a slight stone texture, and the silver-gray tapestry of the French Gobelin cover the four walls, and the shepherds and trees on the tapestries are lifelike.

Captain Huang said goodbye more respectfully, he didn't expect that Zheng Ye went directly to the barracks, obediently, transferred a whole infantry battalion to ask for people, and the battle was too big, who else would come? Even if you destroy those unruly Russians, it will be more than enough.

In the past, Captain Huang had only been to the outer gatehouse of the villa, which was used as the office of the maintenance association, but when he entered the villa, he realized that the bungalows that had been temporarily repaired were all occupied by soldiers.

Also, in charge of the affairs of the Russians, Mr. Wen said that he could not be higher than the official position of the prefect of the Central Plains, and when he came to this chaotic territory, he was designated to be protected by soldiers.

Captain Huang was naturally more cautious about serving Ye Zhao.

Talking and doing things all the way, Ye Zhao also felt that he was clever and a good "land snake", so he ordered Zheng Aqiao to reward him with a letter of fifty silver dollars.

Ye Zhao asked Zheng Aqiao to take more than a dozen Chinese cigarettes, and asked Captain Huang to give them to the brothers of the detective team to smoke, and Captain Huang was very grateful.

Zheng Aqiao solemnly told Captain Huang that these cigarettes should be distributed to the detective team agents, one box per person, especially the cigarettes given to the Russian agents, and they were not allowed to be deducted.

Captain Huang patted his chest again and again to guarantee, he was clever, he took such a generous reward, how could he deduct a few boxes of cigarettes? Isn't this self-conscious?

Sending Captain Huang away, what Ye Zhao had to deal with was a tearful Sophia's repeated thanks, this noble lady had obviously never received such great help, and this kind of gratitude was something she had never experienced.

Boris was much calmer, he was even a little vigilant, sitting opposite Ye Zhao, politely thanking him, and also looking at this Chinese, while guessing the relationship between Empress Catherine and Ye Zhao.

In any case, Boris always felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the glamorous queen pouring tea for Chinese men, and even looking at the faces of Chinese men.

"Mr. Boris, why are most bakeries shut down, is it true that there are no workers?" Ye Zhao tasted the tea and asked as if he didn't care.

"There were many workers, mainly because there was no wheat and flour, and there were some mill owners who refused to work in order to wait for the price of bread to rise to the highest." Boris knew everything about Ye Zhao's questioning.

Well, hoarding. Ye Zhao muttered a sentence in Chinese, tasted tea and pondered for a while, and said: "We must restore Yekaterinburg's economic order." ”

Boris knew that the Chinese man, who was probably similar to a mayor or other official, had come to Yekaterinburg, naturally, to calm the chaotic disorder in Yekaterinburg.

Ye Zhao said again: "First of all, we still want to let the citizens of Yekaterinburg eat bread, and I am going to transfer some grain to come in and sell it to the bakery at a price slightly higher than the official price of the Lianghe Plain to stabilize the price of bread." ”

Sophia exclaimed, "That's great, if it goes on like this, I'm really worried that the citizens will starve to death." ”

Although Boris knew that the Chinese were not kind, he couldn't help but be excited when he heard such news, and said: "I hope that your [***] side can also agree with Mr. Wen's approach." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Boris, I don't talk empty words." ”

Boris glanced at Ye Zhao twice and nodded silently.

Ye Zhao said again: "So I want to ask Mr. Boris to help persuade the owners of the bakery and oil mill to resume production, of course, Boris will have my strong support behind him, and I can tell you very clearly that if they refuse to cooperate, they will be severely punished." Therefore, if Mr. Boris is willing to intervene, with the influence of you and Miss Sophia, and the Russian friends who maintain the association, it will surely be a happy outcome. ”

Boris didn't hesitate and nodded: "I will do my best to convince them, but I will not join your country's stability maintenance committee." ”

Ye Zhao smiled and tasted tea and said, "I won't make impossible requests." Turning to Sophia, he said: "Miss Sophia, I hope you can write a letter to your father, although our country recognizes the Narodnaya people's political power, but we do not want the new regime to bloody massacre of dissidents with artillery fire, and if possible, I would like to meet with him." ”

Sophia was stunned, and then looked at her husband, and then at Catherine, who had always been pampered, and had no idea, let alone whether to write the letter.

Ye Zhao said: "During the current peace talks, the use of force is prohibited, if Mr. Governor is not at ease about coming to Yekaterinburg, we can choose a neutral place acceptable to both sides to meet." ”

Boris pondered for a while and said, "I and Sophia can write this letter, but we can't guarantee whether Governor Berekov will meet with you. ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly and said, "I understand." Alright, let's have a good rest here tonight. ”

Waiting for the guards to send the two back to the room, Ye Zhao turned to Catherine and said, "Maybe you should also write a letter to Mr. Berekov, if you want to end this bumpy life." ”

Ekaterina was stunned and looked at Ye Zhao suspiciously.

Ye Zhao smiled mysteriously and said to Ekaterina: "I know you have a lot of things to say to Sophia tonight, so I won't bother you." "Get up and step out.

(To be continued)