Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Very good, thank you for the gift from His Majesty the Emperor, there is an old saying among the Chinese: 'If you don't have merit, you won't be able to sleep and eat.'" 'Your Majesty the Emperor must have given me such a valuable gift, surely he wanted me to do something?' If things are too big for me to do, how can I have the face to accept this gift? ”

Matsumoto Yunqing Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled and said, "Is there anything in this world that Lin Shuai can't do?" Let's go to the house and talk. Lin Yuan then asked people to send Princess Yunlan's mother and daughter to the post house to rest, and he and Matsumoto Yunqing returned to the outpost, Lin Yuan asked the guards to go out, and only he and Matsumoto Yunqing were left in the house, Lin Yuan said: "Now you can talk about confidential things, right?" ”

Matsumoto also regained his seriousness and said: "I have two main things, the first thing: Prime Minister Ito wants to restore diplomatic relations between Japan and China, and if you allow it, we will set up a consulate in Mukden, and your country can also set up a consulate in Tokyo." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "If there is a consulate in Japan, we will have a base for conducting intelligence." So Lin Yuan nodded in agreement, and then asked, "What's the second thing?" ”

Matsumoto Yunqing took out a document from the bag next to him and handed it to Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan took it and saw that it was the "Japan-Korea Protection Agreement" that Shen Wanqing had shown him, Matsumoto Yunqing said: "Mr. Lin Yuan, you take a look at this first." ”

Lin Yuan swept it over and said, "What do you want me to do?" ”

Matsumoto said, "I hope that Mr. Lin Yuan will not interfere in the affairs between us and North Korea. ”

Lin Yuan sneered and said: "North Korea is a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, your country has blatantly occupied it for two years, and now it wants to use the form of a treaty to take North Korea as its own, how can I accept it?" ”

Matsumoto Yunqing smiled: "Even if you don't agree, you don't have the strength to drive the Japanese army out of Korea, but if you agree, you still have a lot of benefits." ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Benefits? What are the benefits? ”

Matsumoto Yunqing replied: "First of all, our Japanese side has withdrawn the Japanese troops on the border line by 50 kilometers, and now our two sides can be described as sabre-rattling on the border line. Matsumoto Yunqing pointed out with his finger as he spoke, and then said, "Did you see that?" There are so many troops stationed outside, people and horses are fed, and the daily cost is a lot of money, and we have withdrawn the troops fifty kilometers, and you have saved a lot of expenses. ”

"Secondly, we agreed to open up the commercial trade between China and North Korea, and the tariffs will be negotiated and agreed upon by both of us, I know that the Northeast is very prosperous under your rule, and now we open the North Korean market to you, isn't it very beneficial to you?"

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "These things are big things, I can't make a decision now, you need to give me some time, a day later, we will talk here again, and I will give you an answer when the time comes." ”

Matsumoto Yunqing agreed, the two sides went back, Lin Yuan went to see Princess Yunlan first, as soon as the two met, without waiting to speak, Princess Yunlan's tears flowed, crying while crying, Lin Yuan looked at her thin shoulders and shook pitifully, couldn't help but gently hugged her in his arms, and comforted: "Don't cry, it's okay." ”

Princess Yunlan cried for a long time, and asked softly, "It's been more than two years, Brother Tang Fan got married, right?" ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This little mandarin duck is still unforgettable." So Lin Yuan smiled and said, "No." ”

Princess Yunlan was overjoyed when she heard this, and said coquettishly: "You liar, he is so old, how can he not get married?" ”

Lin Yuan was silent for a long time, and said leisurely: "I once turned the sea into water." ”

Princess Yunlan smiled sweetly, and then asked, "The Japanese will never send us back for no reason, they must want you to do something, right?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Of course, I'll tell you about this, you can't say it to anyone, not even your mother, the Japanese want to annex Korea, let me not interfere." ”

Princess Yunlan thought for a moment and said, "Just with me and the queen mother, it is definitely not worth such a big price, they must have given you other benefits, right?" ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This Princess Yunlan is really smart. Lin Yuan knew about her and Tang Fan, so he regarded her as his own, so he didn't hide her, so he said: "The Japanese gave me two conditions, first: the border garrison retreats fifty kilometers; Second: open up the North Korean market. ”

When Princess Yunlan heard this, she asked, "Then did you agree?" ”

Lin Yuan replied, "I plan to agree." ”

Princess Yunlan didn't think about it and said, "You must not agree, these are all traps!" ”

Lin Yuan asked, "What are the traps?" ”

Princess Yunlan said, "What if the army retreats fifty kilometers? Now that the DPRK has built a smooth road to the border, it only took us two hours to get here from Pyongyang, and if they have the intention of aggression, they can rush back to the border in the blink of an eye, while the Chinese side, whether it is from Shengjing or Jilin, is very slow. ”

"It's even more dangerous to open the market, because the Japanese have grown a lot of opium in Korea, and there are several opium factories, and they will definitely ship opium as a commodity, and in the factories opened by the Japanese in Korea, the workers are like slaves, so their production costs are very low, and the prices of their products are naturally low, and I don't think your products can compete with Japanese products."

After hearing Ha Lu's laughter, Lin Yuan said, "Can the little devil's little bit of caution escape my eyes?" I know how many farts they let out when they pout their butts! Don't worry, these seem to be traps they have set for me, but the little devils don't know that they are trapping themselves. ”

Princess Yunlan looked at Lin Yuan curiously and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Let's talk about this retreat of 50 kilometers first, with the combat effectiveness of my troops, the depth they gave me 50 kilometers is enough to build ten forward bases, and these 50 kilometers are enough to support me all the way to Pyongyang." ”

"Let's talk about the market and trade in the back, you have been in Japan for too long, you don't know our situation, what I am doing now is the business of foreigners, my products are basically unique in the whole world, foreigners can only buy from me, the people of the Northeast are used to our good things, and they must be dismissive of the things of the little devils, and their goods are no threat to me at all."

Yun Lan nodded in surprise, and Lin Yuan said: "Okay, don't say much, you go back to Fengtian first, see Tang Fan first, and then I don't care if you stay or you go to Ryukyu together." ”

Yun Lan smiled shyly, Lin Yuan then asked people to send them back to Mukden, and the next day Lin Yuan agreed to Matsumoto Yunqing's request, Matsumoto Yunqing smiled: "Do we use a contract to write down the results of our negotiations?" ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "The little devil still wants to set me up, if these things are put on paper and stabbed out by the little devil, it will be strange if the king and the people of North Korea don't hate me to death." Lin Yuan then said: "I suggest that our contract be signed by the specific departments below, and the matter of withdrawing troops will be handed over to the military, and the matter of opening up the market will be handed over to the commercial department." ”

Matsumoto Yunqing had no choice but to agree, the two sides ended the talks, and the rest of the matter was for the officials of the two sides to discuss the specific details, and Lin Yuan did not need to ask, and the time soon came to February 20, Lin Yuan led the aircraft carrier battle group and set off for Petropaplovsk, the last military port of the Russian army in the Far East.