Chapter 234 - Signing of the Treaty
After a while, Xiao Lori returned to the room after being busy, and saw that Ren Chao was still asleep, so she sat obediently on the side, and quietly looked at Ren Chao on the bed with her hands on her cheeks.
I don't know how long it took, Ren Chao finally woke up from his sleep, got up and stretched, the feeling of sleeping enough was cool, if every day could be like today, sleep until you wake up naturally, how good it would be!
"Husband, you have finally woken up, I have already instructed the kitchen to prepare meals for my husband, and my husband can go to eat after he has finished washing! I'll call someone to fetch water. Little Lori was very happy to see that Ren Chao had finally woken up.
Looking at the little Lori who turned around and left the room, Ren Chao couldn't help but smile bitterly, what a gentle and virtuous wife! It's a pity that I'm too young, according to Ren Chao's Lori cultivation plan, this piece of fat to the mouth can only be temporarily held in the mouth, and I will eat it in a few years!
Ren Chao is still not used to letting people serve and get dressed, so whether it is the maid in the house or the little Lori who wants to serve Ren Chao to get dressed, Ren Chao decisively refused. After Ren Chao passed the clothes by himself, he washed his face, and then simply ate some breakfast.
Ren Chao smiled and said to Xiao Lori, "My good wife, my husband is going to work in the Yamen, you stay at home obediently." If you're bored, go play with your two sisters, and if you go out, you'll be sure to take your guards to protect you, you know? ”
"It's two sisters!" Little Lori loudly defended her position as an eldest woman, and Ren Chao had two concubines, and Little Lori knew about it. Although the little Lori is young, according to the rules, the little Lori is the main wife that Ren Chaoming Media is marrying. Large families pay the most attention to the rules, and this rule naturally cannot be abolished.
"Yes, it's my sister, it's me who said it wrong, you stay at home obediently, I'll go first!" Ren Chao was stunned at first. Then he said with a smile. Looking at the cute little Lori in front of him, Ren Chao couldn't help but reach out and touch the little Lori's head, and then left with a smile.
Looking at the back of Ren Chao leaving, little Lori couldn't help but feel a sense of loss, how could she still treat others as children! It's really not small!
If it is in the future life, after getting married, you have to go out for a honeymoon or something, but in the current society, you can't do this. What's more, Ren Chao is really busy now, and Ren Chao's letter requesting the construction of the Jiaoji Railway and the Zhiji Railway has been approved, although there are still many people in the DPRK and China who oppose the construction of the railway. But Emperor Guangxu was not affected by these diehards this time, and agreed very readily, after all, this is not the first railway, since the Jinyu Railway and the Taiwan Railway can be built, why can't the Jiaoji Railway and the Zhiji Railway be built? Everything is difficult at the beginning, in this matter, Ren Chao would like to thank Li Hongzhang and Liu Mingchuan, the two pioneers, if they had not laid the foundation, Emperor Guangxu would not have agreed to build these two railways so readily.
But building a railway is not so easy. From early fundraising, surveying and mapping, to starting construction and building roads, he was overly busy with big and small things. Fortunately, most of the Zhiji Railway is located in the territory of Zhili, which is in charge of Li Hongzhang. Ren Chao is only responsible for this section from Jinan to Dezhou. But the Jiaoji Railway is all in Shandong, and Ren Chao is naturally responsible for this, and these things are enough to keep Ren Chao busy.
In addition, Ren Chao also launched a large-scale mining and factory construction campaign in Shandong. As early as when Ren Chao had just gone to Shandong. Several exploration teams have been sent to various parts of Shandong to explore minerals, if the initial results have been seen. The exploration team lived up to expectations and successively detected several iron ore and coal mines. After Ren Chao learned about it, he was naturally overjoyed, and Ren Chao immediately ordered the opening of the mine and the construction of the factory, so in the land of Shandong, a large-scale mining and factory construction movement kicked off.
In addition to these, Ren Chao's request for the training of the new army was also approved. Emperor Guangxu basically adopted some of Ren Chao's suggestions on the formation and training of the new army, and ordered Ren Chao to focus on the tiger army and train a new army with strong combat effectiveness, but Emperor Guangxu only gave Ren Chao a quota of 60,000 new troops, which made Ren Chao inevitably a little disappointed. Moreover, Ren Chao was not the only one who organized and trained the new army, and Yuan Shikai, under the strong recommendation of Li Hongzhang and others, also began to prepare for the training of the new army at a small station. Ren Chao, who is quite familiar with modern history, knows that Yuan Shikai only began to rise from small station training, and Ren Chao has to pay attention to this dangerous figure, and Ren Chao even has to doubt that Yuan Shikai will become one of the biggest stumbling blocks to his unification of the country in the future.
Ren Chao guessed that the reason why Li Hongzhang strongly recommended Yuan Shikai to train troops in the small station was because Li Hongzhang had lost trust in Ren Chao, especially in the matter of fighting against Japan, Ren Chao's actions had aroused Li Hongzhang's disgust, and Li Hongzhang was probably afraid that he would not be able to control Ren Chao in the future, so he recommended Yuan Shikai to train the new army at the small station, so as to play a certain role in restraining Ren Chao.
Whether it is building a railway, opening a mine or building a factory, or organizing and training a new army, one thing is needed, that is, silver for white flowers, and a large amount of silver for white flowers. But what Ren Chao lacks most now is undoubtedly silver, although the court agreed to allocate silver, but so far Ren Chao has not even seen a single hair? But these things? Which one is imminent, because there are still many things to do after Ren Chao, and Ren Chao is anxious! In order to raise money these days, Ren Chao can be said to have tried his best to do everything, and he is busy.
Just when Ren Chao was busy in Shandong, the negotiations between Li Hongzhang and Ito Hirobumi in Tianjin finally came to fruition. After some verbal exchanges, the two sides finally made concessions and finally reached an agreement. Subsequently, Li Hongzhang signed the contract on behalf of the Qing government, and Ito Hirobumi on behalf of the Japanese government, which was the "Treaty of Tianjin" for the Qing Dynasty. Of course, the two signed only a draft contract, and both of them need to report to their respective courts for approval, and the treaty can only take effect after the jade seal is stamped.
After the treaty was signed, Li Hongzhang couldn't wait to send a telegram to the imperial court in Beijing, asking Emperor Guangxu for approval. Shortly after the signing of the treaty, Ren Chao in Shandong finally saw the treaty that Li Hongzhang and Ito Hirobumi had been talking about for more than half a month.
Ren Chaozai read the content of the treaty carefully and word for word, and saw that his face was already cloudy at the end, "Bang!" With a bang, Ren Chao slammed his fist on the table and stood up suddenly, "This Li Hongzhang has been talking with the Japanese for so long, and finally came up with such a thing?" It seems that this Li Hongzhang is really old and confused! At this time, Ren Chao was furious, and couldn't help but scold. (To be continued......)