Chapter 653: The Paris Peace Conference (3)

After smiling at Yan Shao and them, Jiang Baili left the house.

As I said earlier, the long-distance trip is very tiring, even if Yan Shao and they have been sitting on the boat, but for more than a month, they can only move within the scope of one boat is very boring―――――― fortunately this time Yan Shao brought his family, and the entertainment facilities on the ship are also relatively complete, such as swimming pools, usually accompany them, and do some things they love to do at night, and the days are quite pleasant...

Just outside the house, the consul of the Consulate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Marseille, Liu Guangyuan and others were standing there waiting quietly, seeing them, Jiang Baili hurriedly walked to their side, and then asked softly. "It's all arranged..."

"Don't worry, general..."Hearing Jiang Baili's words, the consul said with a smile. From the time the president and them set off, we had already started to arrange, and the whole house was almost all new, except for the floor and some tables and chairs that the president used to use back then, including beds and bedding, etc., to ensure that there would be absolutely no problems..."

Hearing the consul say this, Jiang Baili nodded slightly. "That's good, the president rarely comes back to Marseille, and he must be in a good mood..."

"Naturally," the consul smiled, and said something that seemed a little casual. By the way, General, there should be no problem with security..."

"Basically, there won't be any problems..."Jiang Baili certainly understood what he meant, and said with a smile. I have already communicated with the French government, the surrounding roads are guarded by Marseille police, and the commanding heights around the area have been controlled by the snipers of the troops. With the hundreds of soldiers and the president's personal guards that I brought with me, there will be no problem..."

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that it would seem like a bit of a fuss. I'm afraid that Jiang Baili and they will even drive tanks over. This is not surprising, no matter how popular Yan Shao is in China, there will always be some people in this world who hate him to the core.

Not to mention, in Japan, there are probably no less than a million people who hope that Yan Shao can die as soon as possible. Fortunately, this novel is historical, otherwise such a powerful resentment alone would have been enough for Yan Shao to live for ten years after its essence.

As for anything else, except for the Japanese. There are naturally a lot of people who hate Yan Shao left, but the main ones should be Russians. After all, Yan Shao's surprise attack had scraped off at least two-thirds of Russia's territory, although it was the most 'desolate' part. But it was enough to keep the cautious Russians grudging for a long time.

What's more, after the establishment of the Soviet Russian government, although many people joined the troops of Denikin and Kolchak and united with the intervention forces of the Entente to deal with Soviet Russia, a large number of people did not stay in Soviet Russia. Instead, they came to other countries. France is also a major destination.

So far, as the largest port city in France, Marseille has definitely a large number of Russians in exile, according to preliminary statistics from the city government of Marseille, I am afraid that there are thousands of people.

If there is one of these exiles who hates Yan Shao's 'doing' in Russia, then Yan Shao must be careful about his own safety―――――― although the westward expansion strategy was implemented by Cai Yi, everyone knows that this strategy was proposed by Yan Shao, and there are unjust debtors and owners. Even if the Russians want to find someone to settle accounts, they must find Yan Shao to settle accounts.

So in order to ensure Yan Shao's personal safety. Jiang Baili and they can only be cautious. Just like Jiang Baili just said, there are not many guards around Yan Shao, there are hundreds of soldiers he brought alone, and the commanding heights around him are also controlled by snipers and other troops, so there will definitely be no problems...

What's more, in addition to these on the surface, there are also people from the Special Affairs Bureau hiding in the shadows.

However, where those people from the Special Affairs Bureau are hiding, even Jiang Baili and them don't know, after all, the Special Affairs Bureau and the army are not the same system at all. Even if Jiang Baili has the rank of general, which is as high as the rank of Katarina, the director, there is no way to control the head of the Special Affairs Bureau...

"Okay, let's withdraw first, let the president and them have a good night's rest." Saying that, Jiang Baili yawned slightly. "By tomorrow, the president won't be so idle."

Today, in order to wait for Yan Shao and them, Jiang Baili and his party stood at the dock for a full day.

Hearing Jiang Baili say this, the others also nodded, and then followed.

After a few minutes, the place, which had been full of people, suddenly became empty.

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Although they have been away for many years, the layout of the room is the same as when Yan Shao and the others left, with almost no changes, which makes Yan Shao and Elano feel both strange and familiar.

"Speaking of which, I've really been away for many years..."Gently sliding his hand over the table that was often used to code words back then, Yan Shao's eyes flashed with a trace of nostalgia.

Back then, he used a typewriter to code words on this, and Elano was in charge of urging and translating on the side, naturally, after the relationship between the two was determined, the two would occasionally linger on it, but when they finally broke through the relationship, it was on the island.

"Yes..."Walking to Yan Shao's side, Elano also sighed a little. It's been fifteen years..."

"Fifteen years..."For anyone, fifteen years will not be a time that can be ignored, looking at his hands, Yan Shao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Fifteen years, when he was immersed in coding words here, Yan Shao was only a young man who had just 20 years old, but now he is in his 30s, if the standard is lowered, he can even be called middle-aged. Although Yan Shao's appearance still looks very young because of proper maintenance, his mentality is still very different from back then...

Just when Yan Shao and Eleno were still standing there reminiscing about the past, looking at the two people standing side by side, a complicated look flashed in the eyes of Caterina and Lu Ying, but this complexity quickly disappeared without a trace. Soon Caterina said casually. "It's pretty clean, it looks like it's being cleaned a lot..."

"yes," Elaline was the first to reflect from her memories when she heard Caterina say this. Then he chuckled softly. "Didn't you see it when you came in? There's a sign next to the house, and it seems to have become a sight to behold after we left..."

Hearing this, not only the corners of Katerina's mouth turned up slightly, but even Lu Ying and Otsuki Kaoru couldn't help laughing.

There was indeed a sign on the outside of the house with a very simple line of text written on it.

Lu Ying and Kaoru Otsuki have been with Elano for many years, and it has been such a long time. He naturally understands French and French. It may be too difficult to understand, but the line of text on the sign is very simple, and the most important point is that it is under that row of text. It is also written in Chinese, English and Spanish languages...

Even if they can't read French, they can always understand Chinese...

And the above row of words is actually very simple, so simple that even a primary school student can understand it―――――― [Yan Shao's Former Residence]

As Elano said, after they left. It seems to have become a Marseille attraction. But that's not surprising. Putting aside Yan Shao's literary status when he copied out in Marseille for the time being, it is still very common for him to get a former residence based on his current status in the world.

In fact, if it weren't for his original home in Anhui, which still belongs to him, I'm afraid that some people would have been eager to give it the name of a 'former residence' and then charge tickets.

But...

"I heard that the original landlord here did make this an attraction after you left, and even started charging entrance fees. In the beginning, it was only visited by locals or other admirers, and after the outbreak of the European war. It was a lot of Chinese who came here, and then the embassy in France bought the house from the landlord, and it became what it is now..."

Standing aside, Caterina explained softly, after all, she was in charge of intelligence, and Caterina knew a lot about it, so she quickly explained the matter.

In fact, after Yan Shao and Elaline left here, the cunning landlord quickly regarded the place as an attraction, and then used it to collect tickets, which, according to the landlord, made more money from collecting tickets than from renting them out.

And the fact is indeed as she thought, because Yan Shao's literary status copied out at that time, after it became a scenic spot here, there were often Yan Shao's fans who came here, some of them even came from the United Kingdom, the United States or Russia, and even some Chinese who passed through France also ran over―――――― At that time, there were often some students who chose to study in France, after all, France at that time was an advanced revolutionary country and one of the main countries for many young students to study abroad. And this also brings a lot of ticket revenue to the landlord.

After the outbreak of the First World War, more Chinese came to France.

In addition, this is also the place where Yan Shao once lived, and the first port where the expeditionary force landed at that time was the port of Marseille, so it was impossible not to come to Marseille. But at that time, the consulate in Marseille was already very prescient enough to buy the house from the landlord and then renovate it...

Ahem, so the person who collects the ticket has changed from a cunning landlord to an equally cunning embassy.

Seriously, the consulate in Marseille was very cunning, as they bought the house from their landlord before China officially entered the war.

How to say, since the war has broken out, even if the war has not yet reached Marseille, Marseille will still be affected in some way. Especially the attraction made by the landlord can be regarded as tourism more or less, right? If it's peacetime, forget it, but in wartime tourism or something......... It's better not to count on it...

After all, there is already a war, and how many people still have the heart to travel, or visit a certain attraction?

In particular, France, as the main belligerent country, even if Marseille was not affected by the war, this does not mean that Marseille can stay out of the situation. Marseille, as the rear of the country, not only provided a large number of young people to the front line to fill the trenches, but also undertook a lot of production tasks...

Therefore, the landlord's ticket income is cold, and it can be predicted.

At this time, the consulate came running and claimed that it wanted to buy the house from her. And promised to give a not very small sum of money, the landlord thought about it, and now it seems that there is no business. In addition, the war does not know when it will end, so it is better to sell the house than to throw it away, and the two sides naturally hit it off.

And this, too, is where the consulate is cunning ...

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Unlike landlords, if China is going to war, even if it doesn't inform others, it always has to inform the consulate in France. Therefore, the consulate has long known that the national government is about to send an expeditionary force, although it is now the off-season for tourism. Even the French themselves don't have the heart to visit the sights of Marseille, but what if they're coming from China?

How many people are there in the expeditionary force. The consulate is not very well understood, but one thing is certain, and that is that it will definitely not be less than 100,000 people. Of these 100,000 people, even if only 10,000 people choose to visit the attractions. That's a huge amount of money...

What's more, considering Yan Shao's status in the hearts of the Chinese people. It's not impossible that 50,000 or 60,000 out of 100,000 people will come to visit...

It can be said that the consulate's abacus is still very shrewd.

And this is indeed the case, with the arrival of a large number of expeditionary forces in France, because of Yan Shao's status in the hearts of the people, most of the soldiers chose to visit here. At that time, the salaries of the Wehrmacht were still very high, even during the training of recruits, so there was no problem in taking out some of them as tickets.

This scene is definitely not a small stimulus for the landlord. Especially after the Chinese laborers also arrived in France, the total number of Chinese laborers and the expeditionary force was almost one million. And as the first stop for these people in France. It's impossible to say they're all here, but it's not a problem to say that four or five out of ten...

Although the money given by the consulate to the landlord was not small, every time he thought of such a large amount of income and actually slipped out from under his nose, the landlord would always feel uncomfortable and breathless―――――― of course, these are not what Yan Shao can know.

However, as the director of the special affairs bureau in charge of intelligence, with the large-scale landing of the expeditionary force in France, although China and France are allies, intelligence should be collected as much as it should be collected, and there is an expeditionary force to cover, the secret service has some aspects when it is operating, and this information is collected by the people of the special service when they are active in France...

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After listening to Katarina's words, there was a burst of laughter in the room, and even Yan Shao couldn't help laughing. For the landlord, although more than ten years have passed, Yan Shao still has some impressions, in his memory, it was a very greedy lady, and her love for money even exceeded that of her husband, and now such a large sum of money was given up by her, which was definitely not a small blow to her...

"I didn't expect to encounter such an interesting thing just after I arrived in France, maybe this can be regarded as a good sign..."

Just when Yan Shao was thinking so in his heart, Da Yue Xun on the side asked softly. "By the way, is the bed big enough..."

Hearing Kaoru Otsuki say this, Lu Ying and Caterina were stunned for a moment, and then looked at Yan Shao and Elanon. The five of them sleep in one bed at home, even when they are on the ship―――――― which is also one of the reasons why Yan Shao chooses to take a cruise ship, after all, if it is a warship, even the captain's cabin will not be particularly large, and there will definitely not be a bed that can sleep five people.

However, this is the case at home and on the ship, so you can't sleep separately here.

Well, the most important thing is that this house doesn't seem to have so many guest rooms, if they sleep separately―――――― Yan Shao plans to sleep in the same room with whom, this is what Katerina and the others are most concerned about.

For a moment, almost all eyes were on Yan Shao, even the youngest Fumiko.

But looking at their appearance, Yan Shao said with a smile. "Don't worry, although there are a little more people, and the bed is not as big as the one at home, but if you squeeze it, five people can still squeeze it..." But when I first lived here, the conditions were relatively simple, maybe you were a little unaccustomed to it..."

"Don't worry about this..."Caterina waved her hand, her long fiery red hair swaying lightly behind her. When I was on the island, I didn't even have a bed. What are you afraid of..."

Although Lu Ying and Kaoru Otsuki have no experience on the island, they also suffered a lot in their early years, so they also said with a smile that there is no problem...

Seeing that everyone had no opinions. Yan Shao said with a smile. "In that case, let's go to the room early to rest..."After speaking, Yan Shao patted Fumiko's head again. You too, rest early, or be careful that you won't grow tall in the future..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, Fumiko wrinkled her nose with some dissatisfaction, and then snorted.

However, Yan Shao smiled, and then asked Elaline to lead the others to their past bedrooms first. Then he took Fumiko to the guest room, and after arranging Fumiko almost, he returned to the room belonging to the 'adults'...

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The bed is not very big. But just like Yan Shao said, if you squeeze it, it's no problem to lie down five people, and in fact they do the same.

Wait until dawn the next day. Yan Shao got up from the bed.

Just like Jiang Baili said before. By the time the next day, it would be difficult for Yan Shao and them to have any free time.

The next day, just after dawn, Yan Shao and the others had just finished breakfast, and someone had already come to the door to deliver invitations, which were sent by the Marseille city government, and the purpose was to invite them to a banquet specially held for them.

In addition to these, there were some other people who also came to invite Yan Shao to them.

This is not surprising, although fifteen years have passed. But after all, Yan Shao and the others had lived in Marseille for almost a year, except for the Tharis couple. There are by no means few people who know each other, and now it is normal for these people to come over and invite Yan Shao.

After calculating the time and making sure that there would be no problems, Yan Shao and the others also stayed in Maceif for many days with confidence and boldness, until they couldn't move anymore, and then left Marseille by train and headed for Paris.

However, Yan Shaozhi is not worried at all, after all, this peace meeting will take a long time.

Historically, the Paris Peace Conference was held on January 18, 1919―――――― at least according to Baidu Encyclopedia.

And this era is different from history, because the end of the First World War in this era is about a month later than in history, considering that the leaders of various countries, such as Yan Shao or Wilson, it is not easy to cross the ocean, there is always some free time, which is also one of the reasons why Yan Shao can stay in Marseille for so long...

On the other hand, when Yan Shao and the others boarded the train to Paris, on the platform, the citizens of Marseille were warmly farewell. Unlike other places, at least the residents of Marseille still have a very good sense of Yan Shao and his party, after all, the war was taking place in France at that time, and these French people naturally have a great affection for China that helps them.

What is particularly important is that Yan Shao set off here, and the French here will naturally have a certain sense of closeness to Yan Shao.

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At the position of the window, Yan Shao waved his hand outside, and soon the train started.

After the car gradually drove away from the train station, Yan Shao put his hand down, and then looked at Elano with some concern, after all, it was winter, if they didn't wear more, it would be easy to catch a cold, and the Spanish flu had just passed for a while, and they really couldn't help but believe it.

However, just as the car was gradually moving away, standing on the platform, some people who had met Yan Shao and them 15 years ago felt a little strange in their hearts.

"Fifteen years......... Those ladies, especially Mrs. Elinor, seem to be in their 30s, right? ”

Looking at the departing train, one of them frowned at the other person standing beside him.

"It seems to be 32 years old..."For this Marseille flower of the year, a young man in his early 30s from the same college as Elano naturally remembers it vividly, after all, I don't know how many pursued her at the beginning, and from a certain point of view, he is also one of them, but just when he was about to pursue, Elano eloped with Yan Shao, which caused a sensation in Marseille at the beginning, so after hearing his words, the young man nodded and said.

"Soβ€”" Hearing the young man's words, the man seemed to be sure of something. Then it is strange why the lady is already in her thirties. But she only looks like she's in her early 20s, and I've seen her before......... Although more than a decade has passed, the memory is somewhat blurry. But it seems that the lady's appearance has not changed much, if anything, it is only a little more mature temperament, if it were not for this, even if she is still seventeen years old, I am afraid that no one will doubt it..."

"This..."Elanor's classmates were tempted to say that he was mistaken, but .......... looked at the other female classmates who were in the same grade as Elano back then, but are now aunts. But he couldn't say anything...

If someone who doesn't know anything passes by here, even if Elinor is their daughter, some people will believe it, but in reality. Elaline was only their age, and in some ways maybe even younger than them...

If it's just a little younger, people in their 30s like people in their 20s, then it's nothing. But like Elaline, he's in his 30s. But it's no different from 17 or 8 years old, it's just that the temperament is more mature, and they have never seen it before...

And it's not just Elaline, it's even Katerina and the others around her, which is really a bit shocking...

"Could it be that there is any miracle medicine in China that can make people look unchanged?"

Touching his chin, a man spoke.

"Or like those Xianxia novels, there are exercises that can be cultivated, which can make people look old or something. I remember that there is no fairy sword inside?! Someone else speculated.

With Yan Shao's blessing, not only a large number of epic novels of later generations were created in advance. Even some Chinese culture spread to Europe through Yan Shao. It's not surprising, after all, Yan Shao was still very famous in Europe at that time, such as the [Dark Elf Trilogy], as well as [The Lord of the Rings] and [A Song of Ice and Fire], which can be called epic fantasy novels, even in this era, there may not be any author who can create a novel of the same level.

Yan Shao has created so many in a row, and it is natural that some people will want to see what kind of [Xianxia] novels related to Chinese culture Yan Shao wrote. Especially in Marseille, the city with the most Yan Shao fans outside of China, there are many people who have read it.

One of the most memorable to them is naturally the exercises that can make people immortal in the novel―――――― naturally, there are many Catholics who scoff at this kind of novel, but now after all, it is no longer the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, as usual, for a little thing, people are tied to the pillar to make barbecue, this kind of thing is no longer possible...

What's more, Yan Shao's current identity is also extraordinary, even the Vatican may not be willing to make enemies with Yan Shao―――――― in fact, Yan Shao is planning to learn from China in the future and cancel the right to appoint the Vatican, of course, these are just a secret for the time being.

After all, China has not yet reached the point of invincibility in the world, and the Vatican is a holy place in the hearts of all Catholics. At present, China has become hostile to many countries because of the Russian affair, if it fills in a Vatican...

Even if the Vatican doesn't have any strength, it's not necessary, not to mention that the Vatican doesn't have any strong strength, but its influence is something that no country dares to ignore...

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Although some guys with too big brains think that it is Elaline that they have practiced some legendary exercises to maintain their youthful appearance, and there are still many people who are willing to believe so―――――― one of the very convincing points of view is that the so-called Xianxia novel was produced by Yan Shaochuang, of course, if you don't count Journey to the West or something...

It is precisely because of this that there are many people who are convinced that Yan Shao has any exercises in his hands.

In this regard, Yan Shao could only say that their brains were indeed too big, and Yan Shao did not have any martial arts secrets in his hands.

But even if he did, he wouldn't believe anything.

However, while the local residents were still whispering there, someone raised a voice of justice on the sidelines. "If they really have any exercises in their hands, then why are only those ladies still maintaining their youthful appearance, but that Mr. Yan Shao is only slightly younger than his peers?"

It was a young man in his early 20s who spoke, and his question was realistic.

Elaino: They are indeed very young, and they are not even the slightest different from back then, but what about Yan Shao...

Although he is properly maintained and often exercises, Yan Shao still has the appearance of 25 or 6, if Yan Shao really has any exercises in his hands, then this is obviously unscientific.

In fact, it is precisely because of this that Yan Shao's side did not cause any trouble.

Don't forget, people have selfish desires, generally speaking, when human beings are young, they are greedy for money, power, and desire, but what about when people are old? What is coveted is time and youth...

The power of time is unimaginable to those who are still very young...

The people who followed Yan Shao in the revolution back then are now in their 30s and 40s, and they have reached the age of fear of time. If Yan Shao has always been maintained at a very young age, then they must wonder why Yan Shao is so young, out of fear of time, and even find a way to seek the kind of thing that does not exist in Yan Shao's body at all...

This kind of thing may even threaten Yan Shao's rule, even the most loyal subordinates...

Because they will think that I am so loyal to you, but you are not willing to teach me this treasure that can last forever.

But if Yan Shao is aging like them, just a little slower because of maintenance, then it's nothing...

At the same time, listening to the conversation of these people, the Tharis couple not far away returned to their home after looking at each other, and in their home, a photo of Yan Shao and Elano was hanging on the wall, and on it, Yan Shao and Elano had smiles on their faces.

It's just that as those people say, there are hardly any signs of aging in Elanor today compared to 15 years ago...

No one knows exactly why this is happening...

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Yesterday, I don't know why I want to review it, so I can only send it 0-0 in reverse (to be continued......