"Mr. Prime Minister..."

Outside the door of the banquet hall, just as Li Liang and the others were walking out, Zhu Erdian and Lei? Kopa suddenly stopped them.

"Mr. Minister..."Coming back to his senses, Li Liang nodded slightly, and at the same time guessed their intentions in his heart.

In fact, they are now looking for Li Liang and their hearts, because even if they don't find them, Li Liang, Duan Qirui and the others plan to go to see Zhu Erdian and Lei later? Copa.

Although it was not clear what Yan Shao could put on a nonchalant attitude, Duan Qirui and the others couldn't do the same after all. Different from history, even Duan Qirui, a member of the former Beiyang faction, has gained a great understanding of the international situation in the past six months, and knows very well how serious this incident is. Even if China is located in the farthest part of Asia, I am afraid that it will be implicated in this war, and they will not be able to act as casually as Yan Shao...

Therefore, for the next thing, it is inevitable to make some preparations in advance.

With the attitude of the Nationalist government in the past, it was undoubtedly in the interest of the Nationalist government to get closer to the Entente countries. What's more, there are too many people close to the Entente in the national government, and most of them are very optimistic about the advantages of the Entente in this war, so there is no need to say anything about which side to stand on...

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"Mr. Prime Minister, let's go out and talk?"

Seeing Li Liang, they seem to have talked to themselves and others, Lei? Copa asked softly.

"There seems to be a living room in this presidential palace, let's go there and talk..."

Although the presidential palace is like Yan Shao's home. But this place is nominally an official building after all, so Li Liang and the others still have some rights. And at the moment, they do want to communicate with Zhu Erdian and others—————— even if they can only be regarded as second-rate diplomats in their respective countries, but even so. This is also the highest-ranking Allied official they can contact at the moment.

Hearing Li Liang's words, Zhu Erdian and Lei? Kopa gladly accepted.

"Of course..."

"Please..."

"Please..."

Standing together, Li Liang walked in front to lead the way, and led everyone to a living room not very far from the banquet hall, and in the distance, seeing this scene, Marzan's heart became much heavier.

"War. After all, it broke out..."

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Just as Li Liang and Zhu Erdian were walking towards the living room, Yan Shao and Elano were also walking to the living area in the back.

Before the wedding, although Yan Shao and the others had already done almost everything that could be done between husband and wife. It's just a matter of having a child yet, but after all, they are just lovers, not husband and wife in name, so they have always lived in the manor in the past. And it didn't move directly into the presidential palace—————— and it was the same after the presidential palace was completed...

But now. Since the wedding has ended, then they are considered a legal couple (in fact, legal couples are only counted if they have a marriage certificate, but are they......... In the eyes of most people, it seems that the number can only be counted after the ceremony, at least in this day and age), and naturally there is no need to return to the manor.

In fact, a few days before the wedding, the people on the other side of the manor had already moved some of Yan Shao's usual belongings to the Presidential Palace, so the Presidential Palace is now considered their home.

By the way. Along with Yan Shao's wealth, Yan Shao's wealth was also moved. Since there is a considerable amount of cash in it, it is at the time of handling. The Guards Regiment can be said to have poured out of the nest, and 3,000 soldiers of the Guards Regiment and people from the Secret Service Bureau surrounded Yan Shao's safe, which was spectacular...

And unlike last time, most of the soldiers of the Guards Regiment already knew what they were escorting, but almost no one among these soldiers had evil intentions—————— and even if they did, absolutely no one would dare to do it.

So the road was very smooth...

"But..."Still wearing a snow-white wedding dress, Elano turned her head to look at Yan Shao, and the two ocean-blue earrings shook slightly. Is it really okay? If you don't deal with it..."

"yes..."Caterina's face was also a little serious, but unlike Elanon's earrings with navy blue gemstones, the gems on Caterina's earrings were red, just like her long red hair. After all, this incident is not trivial, if it is not good, I am afraid that half of the world will have to fight, if you don't go, is it really no problem? ”

At this time, even Lu Ying, who had been silent on the side, also looked over.

By the way, it wasn't a gem on her ear, but a colorless diamond...

Needless to say, Elinor and Caterina were French, the other Spanish, both European. Especially Elanon, Catalina is nothing, after all, Spain has nothing to do with this war, but Elano is different, her France is the protagonist in this war, not to mention that Bertrand is still a lieutenant general in the French Army, and it is very likely that she will go to the front, so how can she not worry?

Even Lu Ying should have been the one who didn't know the most, because she had more contact with the two of them, and she also understood the seriousness of this matter...

"Don't worry..."Yan Shao smiled. We can't fight for the time being, after all, we always have to negotiate, and this time is enough time for us to complete the last step, not to mention ......... How do you know that I didn't do anything? ”

Speaking of this, Yan Shao's face revealed a trace of confidence.

Not long ago, Yan Shao had secretly instructed Wu Qianqiu to send a telegram to the troops in Shandong. The message was also very simple: all troops were immediately put into combat readiness and acted on the orders of the government.

In addition, arsenals in various localities have also begun to change the direction of arms and ammunition delivery to Shandong.

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After hearing that Yan Shao had made arrangements, Elaline and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

And this time. Yan Shao and the others had also passed through the living area and came to the room that belonged to them.

"So, next. It's time for us to get down to business..."

After waving his hand and signaling the maids who followed him to disappear quickly, Yan Shao looked at Ileno and laughed softly.

If it was a newlywed, Elaline and the others would probably have blushed at this time, waiting for Yan Shao to pamper them. But they are standard old husbands and wives, even if they are skin-to-skin, they don't know how many times they have spoken, and they don't know what shy is. So after seeing Yan Shao's appearance, while looking forward to it, he pouted with some disdain on his face.

"Lower body animals...", he said. Caterina raised her right hand and wanted to take off her wedding dress.

But before she could really do it, Yan Shao had already stepped forward to stop her.

"Don't...", smiling slightly, looking at the snow-white wedding dress. Three people who appear unusually holy. Speaking of which. We haven't tried a wedding dress yet..."

Saying this, Yan Shao had already walked up quickly, hugged Lu Ying, who was the most petite, and threw her directly to the bed not far away. Immediately followed by Elano and Caterina, and after the three of them were thrown on the bed, Yan Shao also began to gently untie his clothes...

"Since I've never tried it before, let's wear it and see it."

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Not to mention how Yan Shao achieved 1V3 yesterday, anyway, on the second day, Li Liang and they came to the door. When he wanted to talk to Yan Shao about Europe, Yan Shao walked out with a pale face.

Looks like. He must have been very tired yesterday...

Li Liang and the others had already been mentally prepared for this, so they didn't seem particularly surprised, but soon after meeting Yan Shao, they came to the conference room and talked to Yan Shao about Europe.

"The atmosphere in Europe is very tense at the moment, even more tense than before, especially not long ago, the secret service has just received information, Austria-Hungary seems to be planning to get the support of the Germans, I'm afraid war is already inevitable, President, now we have to make a decision early..."

"Yes..."Duan Qirui also nodded. Now that war is inevitable, although we are far away in Asia, I am afraid that this war may not implicate us......... Or did it earlier, yesterday we already had Minister Zhu Erdian and Ray? Minister Kopa has carefully talked about it, if war breaks out and we choose to join the Entente, then we only need to pay a small price, and we can get extremely rich rewards..."

Hearing Duan Qirui say this, everyone else nodded in agreement, obviously Zhu Erdian still had Lei yesterday? Kopa: That's exactly what they said to them.

In fact, this is indeed the case, and in Duan Qirui's opinion, there is nothing better in this world than not needing to shed blood to get benefits.

"It's not that simple..."Yan Shao shook his head. If you do join the Entente, then there are always some responsibilities, such as......... Give the three most valuable dreadnoughts of Selao to the Allies to use against the German High Seas Fleet. ”

"Putting aside the fact that if we do this, will Sa Lao take out his gun and chase us, what about the three dreadnoughts? Even if the British and French promise to use it well, this is not their own thing after all, and they will definitely not care about using it, and they may be used as cannon fodder at some point, and when the war is over, the most they can do is to apologize and give us some money, which is not impossible, not to mention..."

Speaking of this, Yan Shao smiled bitterly. "If we choose to join the Entente camp, then we will definitely get some benefits afterwards, but it is difficult to say how much."

"So, what do you mean?" Hearing Yan Shao's opposition to joining the Entente, Duan Qirui and the others all felt a little strange.

After all, at this time, everyone knew that Yan Shao had excellent relations with the Entente, especially France, and if the war really broke out, then France would definitely be the main force on the side of the Entente. Duan Qirui and the others had such a lively conversation with Zhu Erdian and others yesterday because they felt that Yan Shao would definitely choose to join the Entente camp, but now it seems...

"Me?" Yan Shao smiled. "What do I mean, just ignore these for the time being, let's get Qingdao back first..."

"The Entente, the Allies. Although our country is very large, it cannot be compared with these two behemoths, and this war is real. It's really hard to say who will die in the end, although the advantage of the Entente is indeed great now, but the Allies may not have no hope of victory, so it is not a wise thing to stand in line so quickly..."

"Moreover, the icing on the cake is better than sending charcoal in the snow, and now both sides are strong. You send yourself up, and people may not care, so it's better to wait until both sides are exhausted and bleeding. By that time you're going up, you're definitely going to get more. ”

"But..."Xu Shichang hesitated. According to some experts in Europe and at home, this war will take at most one or two years of effort, one or two years. In case both sides don't end up as you say. Are we going to just..."

"A year or two?" Yan Shao smiled. "You can't help but underestimate the Germans, yes, yes, the British do have an advantage at sea, but don't go, this war is still on land after all, and there are few who can beat the Germans on land..."

Speaking of this, Yan Shao shook his head. "Okay, let's not talk about it yet. The most important issue at the moment is the issue of Qingdao, haven't we signed some secret agreements with the Germans? As long as the war breaks out, Qingdao will be returned to our country, and for this we have also paid for a large number of arms from the Germans, and now it is time for the Germans to fulfill their promises..."

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"Germans..."Hearing Yan Shao say this, Duan Qirui and the others nodded. Indeed, at the moment, it is still more important to be in Qingdao..."

Qingdao, Jiaozhou Bay...

This is one of the many territories that China has lost, and it may not be easy to regain it according to the situation. But now it seems...

It seems like it's time to get the land back...

"I'm going to contact Minister Marzan..." Standing up from his seat, Wu Qianqiu said to Yan Shao and everyone present, and then turned to leave.

At this time, Malzan was also very concerned about the attitude of the National Social Government, so he stayed in the legation all day and did not leave, because according to his judgment, it would not be long before someone from the National Social Government would come to his door and talk to him about something that had already been decided.

And things did go as he thought, and it didn't take long for the phone call from the presidential palace to come.

Marzan has been waiting for this call for a long time—————— in fact, since the wedding ended yesterday, Malzan has been waiting, and for a while he even fell asleep on the couch.

And after getting the call, Marzan also hurriedly took a car to the presidential palace.

Naturally, his figure has also been noticed by the British Legation and the French Legation next door, but after getting the news, in addition to frowning, Zhu Erdian and Ray? Copa didn't say much.

At the same time, in distant Japan, a debate has begun within the Japanese government.

For example...

"Qingdao..."

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"Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, and other gentlemen..."Walking into the conference room where Yan Shao and the others were, Marzan said to everyone with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Minister—" stood up from his seat, and Yan Shao and the others also said to Marz. You may be seated..."

Pointing to the seat, Yan Shao and the others sat down again.

"I believe the purpose of coming here this time is very clear to Mr. Minister."

After everyone present sat down, Yan Shao took the lead in speaking.

"It's for Jiaozhou Bay, right?" Hearing Yan Shao's words, Marzan chuckled softly.

"That's right." Yan Shao did not deny it. "In the past, China and Germany signed an agreement that as long as the war broke out, your country would unconditionally return Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao Fortress, although the war has not yet broken out, but we all know very well that this is only a matter of time, so I want to confirm here that your country should not break the treaty."

To be honest, Yan Shao was really a little worried in his heart, after all, he heard that His Majesty the German Emperor was a little abnormal, even if an agreement had been signed between the two countries, saying that His Majesty the German Emperor would break the contract, Yan Shao really couldn't believe it...

"I'm here this time, in fact, there is one more thing I want to ask Mr. President and all gentlemen..."

Not in a hurry to answer Yan Shao's question, Marzan asked rhetorically. "I would like to know what your country's position would be if war broke out?"

This is also what he is most worried about at the moment, although China does not seem to have much strength now, but ......... Having lived in China for so many years, Malzan also knows that if China was too big in the past, then China has begun to tap its terrifying potential...

Those three dreadnoughts? The British and French may value these three steel behemoths more, but Malzan values something much more important than that.

"Stand........." They looked at each other, and Yan Shao laughed softly. In fact, not long ago, we talked about it, and finally we have an answer, which is not to choose either side for the time being, in other words, we are neutral..."

Neutrality...

Marzan frowned slightly, usually neutral is not easy to be. Because the neutral side is vulnerable to being attacked by both sides of the war. Of course, if you're strong enough, that's fine, or if you don't even have any value, of course that's fine.

Another point is that both sides are exhausted and don't have that much effort to trouble you.

And for China at the moment... (To be continued......)