- Summer Palace.

New willows and green buds, flowers blooming, Yanjing City in April is the season of recovery, this newly built, magnificent royal garden has also ushered in its owner.

Li Lianying bowed her body and carefully supported Cixi to walk on the bluestone path, while Lei Tingchang, who was in charge of the construction, bent down slightly, pointing at some scenery from time to time to introduce the scenery in the garden.

Behind him, Sun Yuwen, the minister of military aircraft, also accompanied him, and praised from time to time, causing the old fayette who was in power behind the scenes of the Qing Dynasty to nod again and again.

In the end, he is old, and he has been pampered for many years, although this Lafayette is in high spirits, he still feels a little tired, Li Lianying saw this, and hurriedly said: "Lafayette, there is a pavilion in front, don't you put it there to rest for a while, and slowly look at it again?" ”

"Hey, the mourning family is getting old, so they can't go through these roads." Cixi sighed, nodded and agreed. When Sun Yuwen heard this, he hurriedly took a step forward, patted his ass and said: "Lafayette, you are not old, you have a lot of things to worry about this time, isn't it tired, just rest in this garden for a few days." ”

"Laishan, you have this mouth, hehe, you can really coax people." Cixi squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "But now I just want to worry about it, I'm afraid that some people won't be able to listen to what this old bone of the mourning family said." ”

Although it is early spring, but the breeze still makes people feel a little cool, after entering the pavilion, the palace maids and eunuchs immediately brought the brazier, Sun Yuwen helped Li Lianying to help Cixi sit down, while saying: "Lafayette, you are too careful, this Qing Dynasty up and down, who must not listen to your words." ”

After taking the hand stove handed by Li Lianying and holding it in her arms, Cixi felt a lot more comfortable, and suddenly asked: "Laishan, the mourning family heard that the emperor has often been walking around with a person named Kang Youwei recently, you can tell the mourning family about this person." ”

Sun Yuwen didn't like Kang Youwei as a reformer, and when he heard the Queen Mother's inquiry, he immediately added fuel and vinegar to introduce: "Lafayette, Kang Youwei is a native of Guangzhou, studied under Zhu Ciqi, a famous scholar in the South China Sea, and his father sat in Jiangxi Alternate Governor. ”

"Although he was born in a family of eunuchs, he did not think about loyalty to the monarch these years, and advocated new learning, advocating the unity of the world, when he came to Beijing to take the test last year, he also encouraged hundreds of people, and wrote to the emperor to coerce the imperial court not to negotiate with Yueben, and should take the opportunity to subdue North Korea. The whole thing is to advocate the reform and strengthen learning, and also say that they want to learn from the British. ”

"Humph!" After hearing this, Cixi snorted coldly: "The world is the same?!" Does he still want to encourage the emperor to move back to Shengjing and let him be in charge? ”

"yes."

Hearing Cixi's displeasure, Sun Yuwen hurriedly added fuel and said: "The words left by this old ancestor can be cured by foolish people, but he Kang Youwei is now an official of the imperial court, but he advocates to open up the wisdom of the people and run a new school, isn't this against the ancestral teachings!" And these eight shares are the essence of Zhu Xue, the world is looking hard to solve these eight shares, in order to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, he is good, the instigator emperor is going to be abolished! How does this make the imperial court select talents in the future? How else to sort out the government and politics?! ”

Cixi hugged the hand stove, nodded slightly twice on her head, and ordered: "Laishan, if you give orders in a while, this strong society mourners think it's better not to do it." ”

"Huh." Sun Yuwen hurriedly nodded in agreement, and the corners of his mouth flashed with joy.

Seeing Cixi's unhappy face, Li Lianying hurriedly glanced behind her, leaned over and said with a smile: "Lafayette, don't be angry, the emperor and Lord Sun are involved in the affairs of the imperial court." But these two minions got a new thing, and it happened that they came out to play today, do you want to taste it? ”

"Oh? Or a eater? Cixi's face softened a lot, and said with a smile: "Xiao Lizi, you don't want to fool the mourning family with those foreign devils, those personal foreigners are really not particular about food." ”

"Hehe, how dare a minion." Li Lianying turned around and ordered, "Fude, don't hurry up and bring the toffee." ”

"Toffee?" Not only was Cixi slightly stunned when she heard this, but even Sun Yuwen was interested, and joked: "Gonggong Li, where is this toffee to eat?" ”

Li Lianying smiled, but did not answer, just at this time I saw a thin young man walking in with a tray, and after seeing Cixi and Sun Yuwen, he hurriedly knelt down and said hello: "Slave Fu, please say hello to the Queen Mother Lafayette, please say hello to Lord Sun." ”

"Yo, isn't this the blessing of Gonggong Li's family? It's all so big. Sun Yuwen recognized the young man at a glance, it was Li Lianying's adopted son outside, and hurriedly smiled and helped him up, looked at the grains in his hand that seemed to be wrapped in rice paper, and hurriedly asked, "Fude, this is toffee?" ”

Li Fu knew that this was a good opportunity to tie up Lafayette and Sun Yuwen, and hurriedly said: "Lafayette, this is from a foreigner when the slave went to Tianjin not long ago. ”

"Foodie! What Great Britain and Citigroup, that was the name in the early years, now they are called Britain and the United States. Li Lianying scolded, but no matter how she looked at it, she was a little happy, and hurriedly set up a toffee with two fingers, slowly opened the candy paper and handed it to Cixi: "Lafayette, this dog cub can't speak, but this toffee is really good, can you taste it?" ”

"Taste it." Cixi took the milk candy and just wanted to put it in her mouth, but Sun Yuwen suddenly found that there seemed to be a thin layer of clothing wrapped on it, and hurriedly said: "Lafayette, this hasn't been peeled off yet." ”

Li Lianying hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Sun, this layer is made of glutinous rice, and it melts in your mouth." ”

"Oh."

Cixi put the milk candy in her mouth, and after a while, her eyes lit up suddenly, and she smiled with sugar: "Little Lizi, tell the mourning family quickly, how is this thing made?" It's sweet, and there is a milky fragrance, and it's smooth and glutinous in your mouth, good, good! ”

"Quick, Defu, let Master Sun taste it too."

To be appreciated by Lafayette, Li Lianying's smile on her face became even bigger, and she hurriedly introduced: "This is all thanks to Lafayette, Defu happened to go to Tianjin last time to buy things in the garden, and happened to meet a British ship from Hawaii, seeing that this thing is exquisite and delicious, I hurriedly bought some and came back to honor you." ”

"Oh? Is this from Hawaii? ”

"Hmm." Sun Yuwen just put a grain of milk candy in his mouth, and hurriedly said: "This slave knows a little, I heard that sugar is produced in Hawaii, and this thing should be made there." ”

Li Defu saw that Cixi was getting happier and happier the more he ate, and hurriedly pretended to introduce Sun Yuwen: "Lord Sun, there is indeed sugar in it, but I heard that they also transported the white sugar to that place in Australia first, and then added milk there to process it before selling it." ”

"Yes! Circling in such a big circle? That's a lot of money. Sun Yuwen looked at the candy paper in his hand, praised it, and suddenly said: "By the way, I heard that the fugitive slave recently gave the emperor a discount, saying that he wanted to come to our Great Qing Kingdom to trade, is it to sell this thing?" ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Let's talk about it. ”

"Huh."

Sun Yuwen didn't have time to taste the toffee in his mouth, and hurriedly said: "Lafayette, the Hawaiian queen recently gave the emperor an excerpt, saying that she wanted to build a mansion, and she wanted to buy some land in Shandong to grow grain, and also asked to open Tianjin, Lushun and Weihaiwei to allow them to come to the Qing Dynasty to trade, but this matter was suppressed by Li Hongzhang, he said that Tianjin is the gateway to Gyeonggi, and Lushun Weihaiwei is also a Beiyang important land, and it must not be opened. ”

"It's also said that this trade mansion is in the past, but why do you need to buy land?" Li Lianying hurriedly asked.

"That's because Hawaii is a small island, and the land is basically growing sugar cane, so there is a shortage of food.

"This can't be done, the land of this Great Qing Kingdom is all owned by the emperor, how can it be sold to those states!" Li Lianying hurriedly shook her head and said.

"What my father-in-law said is right, the slave also thinks so, but Kang Youwei has been making trouble with the emperor recently, saying that grain should be mobilized and sold to Hawaii, in exchange for them sending sailors to ensure the safety of my Daqing Haijiang!"

"Nonsense, I am a dignified Qing Dynasty, Nanyang Beiyang, Fujian and Guangzhou, and I still need outsiders to protect them?!" When Cixi heard this, she snorted slightly, and after a pause, she said: "Laishan, you tell you to go down, it is okay to build a museum through trade, but it is not possible to buy land." ”

"As for trade."

Cixi pinched a toffee, looked at it twice, and said: "What Gradual-Fu (Li Hongzhang) said is also reasonable, Lushun and Tianjin are absolutely impossible, and Weihaiwei is not very good for the British to lease land, I think it is better to choose a place in Jiaodong and Yantai to allow them to open a port for trade." Speaking of this, she suddenly asked again: "Laishan, I heard that the Germans also want to lease Jiaodong recently?" ”

"It's good that Lafayette remembers his surname, and the German minister went to the emperor a few years ago, but this matter has not yet been decided."

"Then go to Jiaodong, choose Yantai directly, and open a small port to let the people of the Qing Dynasty in the world also taste the taste of this milk candy." After speaking, he peeled off the candy paper and ate another one, glanced at Li Fude who was standing next to him, and said: "Fude, this kid, yes, you can think about mourning when you go to Tianjin on an errand, Laishan, you will ask the Ministry of Officials later, give a real errand, don't delay the child." ”

"Thank you Lafayette, thank you Lafayette."

When Li Fude heard this, he hurriedly ran forward and kowtowed, and Li Lianying on the side also smiled even more.

After resting for a while, eating toffee again, Cixi regained her spirits, greeted and walked around the garden again, Li Fude breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ran to the side door, and after going out of the door, he looked around twice, and suddenly got into a small alley.

As soon as he entered the alley, he saw a man, Li Fude hurriedly walked over, and said with a flattering smile: "Lafayette agreed to the matter of trade, but he chose Yantai, as for buying land, I'm afraid it can't be done." ”

After hearing this, the man not only did not get angry but smiled even more happily, took out a small pack of pills from his arms and handed it to Li Fu, and said with a smile: "Well done, this is the heaven of this month, and please Brother Fude help inquire more, if there is anything, you can go to the old place to find me." ”

Seeing the pill, Li Defu's eyes turned green, and he nodded again and again to say that he would definitely help speak, and then he took the small bag and swaggered out of the alley again-

On the sea, the waves are dotted, the boats come and go, and from time to time some curious fish follow the freighter and frolic on the freighter.

Looking at the Tianjin Port in the distance, Feng Qi suddenly felt a sense of heroic red blood in his heart, especially at the moment when the Russians entered the Far East in a big way, he, the first Honolulu Minister to the Qing Dynasty, will definitely become the center of everyone's attention in the coming period!

Following his father's footsteps, he left home at a young age and worked hard to complete his studies at the University of San Francisco. After staying in the United States for 20 years, he was accustomed to seeing the misery and misery of the Chinese, and his father himself finally died on the railway line, he was originally ready to leave the United States and return to China to serve, until he met Li Enfu, he devoted himself to the struggle for the status of the Chinese, but unfortunately no matter how hard he tried, those Americans still regard him and all the Chinese as demons, barbarians!

Barbarian!

The corners of Feng Qi's mouth twitched, it seems that those adults in the Qing Kingdom often like to use this word to describe those foreign powers, and I don't know when it was also used by foreigners to describe Chinese!

Facing the sea breeze, I feel that the whole person is much refreshed, and thinking of everything I have seen and heard in Hawaii in the past few years is like a dream, a beautiful dream!

As the first generation to join the Honolulu political axe and be appointed to the government council to assist Lord Lee Eun-fu in handling government affairs, he can indeed be proud, because no one can erase the contributions made by these people in Honolulu! As the young master said when encouraging everyone: "Fighting the country depends on the soldiers, shocking the four seas, and creating a great reputation!" Although the people who govern the country cannot deter the outside world, they are the indispensable cornerstone pillars of the country! ”

"Without you, the army is just a bunch of pies on paper!"

The last sentence made everyone laugh, but everyone also understood that the young master was not the Far East arsonist in the mouths of those foreigners today, he had a lofty dream that made everyone crazy and wanted to fit in!

Let the Chinese return to the top of the world!

This is what the young master said when he appointed him, and it is precisely because of this sentence that Feng Qi feels that even if he dies, he has no regrets! In addition to the excitement, I also felt the heavy expectation from everyone, so I immediately rushed to Tianjin non-stop.

Commerce, Tianjin, Weihaiwei and Lushun!

Buy land to grow food!

Thinking of this, Feng Qi couldn't help but want to laugh, this is all an illusion, it was Mr. Li who deliberately made a trick! Tianjin is the gateway to Yanjing, and even if the Qing Kingdom is at ease, it will never open this place to the Pacific Army, which has a huge armament in its hands!

Lushun is an important place in the North Ocean, and Weihai is a British leased land, and it is impossible to open it at all.

Then the rest ......!

Only, Yantai!

Yantai not only has the East Customs, but now there are 17 countries to open consulates here, and it has long been a relatively open port city, which is not as important as Lushun, and does not accept British restrictions, and is the best treaty port.

But will the Great Qing Dynasty open the port of Yantai to Hawaii?

The corners of Feng Qi's mouth bulged and a smile quickly disappeared, for this mission, to be honest, he was very worried! Once the Pacific Army lands in Liaodong, his envoy will become the object of fire!

But he has no regrets, in his own words, he is at the forefront of the Qing Dynasty and Honolulu! For a long time to come, this will be his battlefield!

"They will call the young master a thief!"

Thinking of Mr. Li's self-deprecating words, Feng Qi smiled at the corner of his mouth, the young master is a thief, so what "nickname" will I have? Accomplice number one? It should be Master Li and General Chen! At most, I should be counted as an overseas annihilator.

Thinking of this, Feng Qi suddenly laughed, watched the boatman throw down the cable, and knew that his time to get off the boat had come

(To be continued)