The news that the Qing Dynasty and the envoys of the Six Nations collapsed soon spread, and the Manjing Division immediately became noisy, among which there were those who accused Hongqing of acting recklessly, but there were few, and the mainstream of thought thought thought that the Six Nations were nothing more than barbarian clowns, and they dared to threaten our Huanghuang Celestial Empire, and their actions should be punished, especially the children of the Eight Banners, who almost unanimously condemned the wolf ambitions of the Six Kingdoms, and shouted that there were not a few people who wanted to raise troops to crusade, and the public opinion between the government and the opposition was almost one-sided. Many people who originally planned to take advantage of this turmoil had to stop dissipating.

The turmoil between the government and the opposition, Hongqing has a lot in his heart, but he doesn't care, the situation is under control, even if someone wants to make trouble, he can't afford to set off a lot of storms, besides, as the prince of the prison country, Hongqing also disdains to pay attention to the caution of the forces of all sides, and after sending the envoys of the six countries away, Hongqing immediately entered the palace and informed the truth to Emperor Chengde on the sickbed, the emperor did not have much will for this, only said that everything should be decided by Hongqing.

"Lord Yu, Prince Yu is here."

The words of self-determination are just one sentence, it is easy to say, but it is not so easy to do, don't look at Hongqing is extremely tough during the negotiation, but in fact, he is very cautious about the possible war with the six countries, even if he has prepared the relevant plans many years ago, but when he completely tore his face with the six countries, Hongqing still did not dare to take it lightly, after coming out of the Qianqing Palace, he did not go to the military aircraft to handle official business as usual, but went directly to the General Staff to convene the generals of the navy and army to discuss the strategic deployment of the enemy, I was busy until it was already dark before I returned to my house, and before I had time to have dinner, I saw Zhao Fushun, the head of the palace, hurrying over, and respectfully reported a word.

"Well, open the door and greet you."

Upon hearing that the old fifteen was arriving at this time, although Hongqing was tired and hungry, he still gave the order to receive him with the highest standard.

"Wow."

Hearing Hongqing's instructions, Zhao Fushun didn't dare to delay a little, so he hurriedly responded, and hurriedly withdrew from the West Flower Hall, and went to arrange related matters without mentioning it.

Well? What is the old fifteen?

The old fifteen is one of Hongqing's most important allies, even if they are already very familiar with each other, but at the reception ceremony, Hongqing never reduced half a point, not only ordered the door to be opened, but also personally went out to greet him, just walked out of the door, and saw the old fifteen in civilian clothes standing leisurely beside the carriage, and he was also accompanied by a tall man wearing a veil and hat, a group of mysteries, as soon as he saw this, Hongqing's brows couldn't help frowning, and he really couldn't help muttering in his heart.

"Fifteen uncles, little nephews are late, Haihan, Haihan."

Although he was suspicious in his heart, Hongqing's actions were not slow at all, and he went down the steps in front of the mansion with a smile and greeted him very politely.

"Prince Ren is polite, Uncle Wei has brought you a guest today."

Lao Fifteen did not smile and talk to Hongqing as usual, but replied with a serious salute and nodded meaningfully.

"Oh? Okay, then please talk to the inside. ”

Seeing the serious appearance of the old fifteen, Hongqing's heart couldn't help but move, but he didn't ask carefully, smiled and waved his hand, and let the old fifteen and the tall man wearing a veil and hat into the mansion together, and entered the inner courtyard study all the way.

"Okay, Prince Ren is here, if you have anything to say, just say it directly."

After all the subordinates retreated and went out, the old fifteen didn't talk nonsense, looked at the man wearing a veil and hat standing beside him, and ordered without being salty.

"Anders Luis Sousa, the secret envoy of the Kingdom of Portugal, has met His Royal Highness Prince Ren of the Qing Empire."

Hearing the words of the old fifteen, the hat man chuckled, reached out and took off the hat, stood in front of Hongqing in a big stride, touched his chest with one hand, and made a greeting in stiff Chinese very respectfully.

"It's you, so if you have something to say, just sit down and say okay."

Hongqing's memory is outstanding, and he recognized at a glance that this guy who claimed to be a secret envoy was the interpreter of the envoys of the Kingdom of Portugal, and his brain immediately ran rapidly, but he did not rush to ask about his intentions, but politely gave up his seat.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, in accordance with the secret order of His Majesty King João V of our country, to come to consult with the prince on the world situation, in good faith, I can first disclose a military secret, as far as I know, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Russia and other countries have secretly reached an agreement to threaten the Qing Empire with force from both land and sea, and I am afraid that it is not very optimistic for your country."

Anders Louis Sousa's Chinese is quite stiff, but he is still fluent in expression, and his choice of words and sentences is almost the same, which shows that he has worked Chinese.

"A group of jumping clowns, how to say, there is no need to go around in circles with this king, let's say, what role does your Portuguese kingdom play in it, and what do you want from my Qing Dynasty, huh?"

Anders was very alarmist, but Hongqing didn't care at all, there was nothing else, the six countries wanted to be unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty as Hongqing expected, so why did he need to come to tell him.

"I have heard for a long time that His Royal Highness the Prince has the courage to skip people, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary, okay, hehe, I will not hide it from His Royal Highness, my Kingdom of Portugal is also in the Six-Nation Alliance, but this is not the original intention of my Kingdom of Portugal, it is really the trend of the times, I have to do it, however, my Kingdom of Portugal does not want to really meet with your country on the battlefield, if a war breaks out in the future, even if the fleet of my Kingdom of Portugal goes to war, it will not be possible to do it with all its might, and even secretly help the Qing Fleet is not impossible, of course, It all depends on whether you are really sincere in cooperating with our country. ”

Anders can be appointed by the King of Portugal as a secret envoy, naturally he is not an idle person, if it comes to negotiation skills, it is obviously higher than the boss of the envoy on the surface, and the trick of fiction and reality can be described as a smooth game.

"Sincerity? Oh, I don't know how sincere your country needs, and let's listen to this king. ”

If the Qing officials heard that the Portuguese were willing to secretly help the Qing Dynasty, they might really be led by the nose, but Hongqing didn't care at all, no, the Portuguese were also one of the Western powers, and they also belonged to the enemies of the Qing Dynasty, and their so-called kindness was actually not worth mentioning at all. How could Hongqing be moved by Anders's seductive words, but Hongqing didn't refute him directly, but chuckled, and followed his words and asked.

"Ha, the prince asked well, then I will say it directly, your country's attitude is so tough, war is inevitable, of course, it will not come immediately, although it is not easy to say when it will break out, but it is conceivable that it will be within two or three years, once the war breaks out, the trade road will be cut off, and your country's goods are afraid that it will be difficult to sell them abroad, and my Kingdom of Portugal is also powerless to do anything about it, but before the outbreak of the war, my Kingdom of Portugal intends to eat your country's bulk goods, If His Royal Highness the Prince can allow it, all the commodities of your country this year, my Kingdom of Portugal has all been contracted, I don't know what His Royal Highness wants? ”

After Anders went around in a big circle, he finally showed his fox tail, daring to think of taking advantage of the fire to rob and hoard, playing the trick of making war money -- the goods of the Qing Dynasty have always been best-selling goods in various parts of Europe, even if the price is high, but the quality is good, and many of them are unique goods, if the war breaks out, because of the severance of the trade routes, the price of the goods of the Qing Dynasty will not only not fall, but will continue to rise, if you can hoard a large number of goods in advance, it will be difficult to make a fortune at that time.

"Your Excellency Viscount Anders is calculating, at a time when I am fighting for life and death with the countries of Europe, but your country is secretly making a windfall, is it very pleasant, do you think that with such a few light words, you can expect this king to agree to your request? Where is the sincerity of your country, huh? ”

Anders's nonsense can only deceive those scrap officials who don't understand business, and when he shows up in front of Hongqing, he is obviously looking for the wrong person, and now that he has figured out the true purpose of the Portuguese, Hongqing is not so easy to speak, so he asked unceremoniously.

"Your Royal Highness, don't worry, I haven't finished my words, hehe, as long as the Qing Empire can meet our requirements, in addition to the above conditions, there is still a confidential matter that I can tell the prince."

Anders's face is extremely thick-skinned, although he was exposed by Hongqing in person, he was still leisurely without blushing and heartbeat, but when he saw him smile, he threw out a temptation, but he didn't tell the truth, but deliberately sold Guanzi.

"Confidential? That's good, this king will listen to it. ”

Hongqing has never lacked patience, and when he saw Anders pretending to be there, he was secretly amused in his heart, but he didn't bother to bother with him, so he just asked indifferently.

"Before I say anything, there is a small thing I want to ask His Royal Highness the Prince to take a look at, I wonder if you can recognize such a thing?"

Anders obviously planned to sell Guanzi to the end, but seeing that he mysteriously took out a small box from his arms, held it in both hands, and handed it to Hongqing.

Well? This is......

Hongqing took the box nonchalantly, opened it and looked at it, and his eyes instantly sharpened......