After Yao Kaizhi left that day, Wang Yi had just finished work and was closing his eyes to recuperate, when Han Xiujing came over at this time. Wang Yi didn't open his eyes, so he smiled and said, "Xiujing, come and help me press my head." ”

"How do you know it's me?"

A pair of jade hands pressed lightly on his head, and Wang Yi pretended to be mysterious, smiling but not answering.

"Say!" Han Xiujing didn't follow, that is, when she was alone with Wang Yi or two, this girl had such a coquettish appearance.

"What's so difficult about this, you and Tae-hee have been by my side for a few years, if I can't even distinguish your footsteps, won't I become deaf?"

When Han Xiujing heard this, she laughed.

"By the way, don't you usually read books in your room at this time? Why did you come to me today? ”

"Oh, by the way, there's a foreigner out there asking to see you."

"Which country?" Wang Yi was stunned, although his affairs in South Vietnam were not secret, but he had never come to the door directly like this. "Why did you find this?"

"I don't know...... Is that to see, or not to see? ”

Wang Yi thought for a moment before saying, "See." ”

Under the service of Lim Tae-hee, Wang Yi changed his clothes before going to the living room. A white man in his forties, with a big beard, was sitting there waiting. Seeing Wang Yi, he immediately put down the teacup in his hand, then got up and came to Wang Yi, and said with a slight salute: "Below is McDonald Woodson, who was commissioned by Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, the Vice-Chancellor of India, the Viceroy of India, the first Earl of Daferlin, to send a special envoy to your country to ask to meet Mr. Chairman of Dashang. ”

Wang Yi looked at the Englishman in front of him, the other party's height was slightly shorter than him, so Wang Yi looked at him from a top-down perspective. To be honest, there was something provocative about this kind of action, but Woodson was not angry, just looked at the young man in front of him with a slight strangeness.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Wang Yi!" Wang Yi sat down by himself, and Lin Taixi walked in from outside at this time and brought green tea.

McDonald Woodson was slightly stunned, then reacted, and then smiled: "It turned out to be Mr. Chairman, I didn't expect Mr. to be so young, as your country said, since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, and I can't do it." ”

Woodson speaks English, Wang Yi's English level is good, and there are many English-speaking foreigners working for big businessmen over the years, and his English level has also improved greatly under frequent communication, and there is no problem in communication. It's just that now this guy picked up the shelf, and when he heard Woodson's words, he didn't speak, and Han Xiujing sat behind him at this time and acted as a translator.

Woodson sat down across from Wang, and he was alone, with his retinue waiting outside.

"Cheng Meng made Mr. praise, Wang was ashamed. I wonder what Mr. Special Envoy is doing when he comes to South Vietnam Province to look for him? ”

Wang Yi doesn't like to beat around the bush, the two sides are not familiar with each other, and they don't have much in common, so he goes straight to the point.

For Wang Yi's directness, it was somewhat unexpected by Woodson. Although he had never been to the Qing Dynasty and did not know much about the Qing people, the staff of the British Embassy in the Qing Dynasty would pass through India on the way back to China, so he had also heard about the habits of the Qing people. However, Wang Yi's straightforward attitude is very inconsistent with his existing impression of the literati in the Qing court.

"Recently, I heard that your country has revolted in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and East Thailand, among the five provinces in Southeast Asia. I have come here to express the position of our British Empire on this issue. ”

"Say it!"

Woodson peeked at Wang Yi and sat there, with no expression on his face, and he didn't know what his attitude was towards what he had just said.

"First of all, we hope that the Northeast Autonomous Region can maintain peace and stability in the Indochina Peninsula, and for the Longwangjiao uprising that has already occurred, I hope that the two sides can proceed from the overall situation of the Indochina Peninsula and solve the problem through peaceful negotiations."

Wang Yi picked up the teacup, took a sip gently, and did not say anything. Han Xiujing's face showed a hint of anger, but as soon as Wang didn't speak, she didn't say much.

Special Envoy Woodson continued: "Second, we hope that you will be able to ensure that our interests in the five provinces of Southeast Asia are not compromised, and that we will also be able to station observers in the port cities of the disputed provinces and, if necessary, troops. ”

After the clash with the Spanish navy in Da Nang during his visit to South Vietnam, Wang Yi had informed all countries that foreign warships would not be allowed to dock at the wharves in the territory of the autonomous region unless the Northeast Autonomous Region allowed it. In general, Wang Yi's statement on this matter is not tough, but his attitude is very resolute. Britain, France and other countries protested against this, but the Northeast Autonomous Region refused. The only thing that makes the British happy is that, compared with the previous free entry and exit, although there is an additional application procedure for warships to enter the ports of the Northeast Autonomous Region, the process is not complicated, and there are few cases of visa refusal.

It's just that this still makes the British feel uncomfortable, don't look at the formalities are not complicated, but it represents a right. Once one day the Northeast Autonomous Region gets serious and British warships enter the ports of the Northeast again, it will be a military invasion.

The second request made by Special Envoy Woodson was in fact the response of the British to the matter.

Speaking of which, it is not Wang Yi's turn to speak in this matter, after all, there is a Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by Zhao Liewen in the Northeast, and there are corresponding subordinate institutions in Beiyue Province, as well as consulates in a small number of countries. But today Woodson came directly to the door, and Wang Yi could only show his attitude.

"Mr. Special Envoy, I need to make a correction first. The Dragon King Cult is not an uprising, but a rebellion! ”

Woodson didn't care, shook his head and said: "There is a good saying in the ancient books of your country, which is called the official force * the people to rebel, and the people have to rebel." In this large-scale flood in the Mekong River Basin, you have not fulfilled your responsibility for disaster relief, so in order to survive, it is understandable that the followers of the Dragon King Sect have stepped forward to lead the people. ”

Wang Yi sneered: "It's a pity that the law is unforgivable!" ”

"The life and death of thousands of people are all in the thoughts of Mr." After all, the Northeast Autonomous Region is different from the weak Qing Dynasty, and Woodson does not dare to force it too much.

"I appreciate Mr. Woodson's peaceful attitude, but ...... The five provinces in Southeast Asia are the five provinces in Southeast Asia of the Northeast Autonomous Region, and they are not owned by the Dragon King Sect of unknown origin, and any move to challenge this principle is an infringement of China's territorial sovereignty. The five provinces in Southeast Asia are the core interests of our Northeast Autonomous Region, and there is no room for compromise in this regard. ”

Woodson seemed to have anticipated Wang Yi's statement, so he was not the slightest surprised to hear the above words.