"Then there is naturally nothing to hurry," Wang Kaiyun said, "France now does not know whether the new government has been elected, if the prime minister is not in place, a consul in Guangzhou does not have special authorization, the level is too low, Guo Daren went to Guangzhou, degraded to see a sesame big official, it is inevitable that he looks up to the consul in Guangzhou, as for the French in Asia, there are also high-ranking people, that is, the governor of Saigon, but he is now sitting on pins and needles in Saigon, and he has to consider whether the war in Vietnam will burn to Saigon. What's more, this governor can be regarded as a military dignitary," Wang Kaiyun said jokingly, "If you don't tell the Nanyang Naval Division, if you are rashly on your back, if you accidentally sink the boat by artillery, you will not even lose your life." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Empress Dowager Cixi smiled, this Wang Kaiyun is really afraid that the world will not be chaotic, "Then you still can't be so rude, I am a heavenly kingdom, a big country, how can I block negotiations like this?" No matter how young this consul is, it is also a person from the French government, and he can more or less spread our meaning, of course, he doesn't need to pass on this meaning directly, what does it mean, I have already asked the people in Paris to talk, and the meeting in Guangzhou is just for others to see. If you don't sing this play, others will have opinions, saying that we are rude and don't know how to treat foreigners preferentially, so they want to see, let's sing it, it's always right. ”

Guo Songtao's visit to Guangzhou, is not a strange thing, the previous governor of Guangzhou, Zeng Guoquan's level, and Guo Songtao's official is not much different, but Guo Songtao has the title of cabinet scholar, and he enjoys the treatment of the prime minister, so he is majestic in Wuyang City, this majesty has a lot to do with his mission, with a great victory to Guangzhou, the original very arrogant businessmen from all over the world are honest a lot, through a Manchester tea merchant in London in the past and Guo Songtao got along, please come forward, A welcome reception was also prepared, and businessmen from all over the world welcomed the presence of Premier Guo Songtao and the co-organizers.

As for the very angry and depressed consul in Guangzhou, he had already been waiting for Guo Songtao at the consulate, but from morning to noon, he had not seen Guo Songtao coming, he couldn't help but be a little confused and uneasy, what should the Chinese do? Could it be that this negotiation was canceled?

It wasn't until a little more than three o'clock in the afternoon that Guo Songtao arrived at the consulate in a hurry, saw the consul, and expressed his apologies with a smile, "Oh, I'm really sorry, in the morning, at the behest of our queen mother, I went to the Foshan Guild to reward the righteous businessmen, and sent a plaque of the royal pen to reward them for donating money and steel for the war in Vietnam, and subscribing to so many Vietnamese bonds. When I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation," Guo Songtao said to the French consul with a calm face, "Mr. Consul should have a lot of time in Guangzhou, right?" I don't know if this Cantonese food is to my liking. ”

The consul said stiffly, "We French people will never forget our own traditions anywhere, and my consulate has always only served French cuisine. ”

"Then it's a pity, what song is sung on what mountain," Guo Songtao shook his head, "If you don't follow the customs, how can you appreciate the advantages of other countries?" ”

Guo Songtao had something in his words, and the consul didn't want to say such nonsense, "We just need our own food." ”

"You have no worries about food and clothing here, so the French soldiers on the front line of Langsheng," Guo Songtao raised his eyebrows and said, "but I don't know if there is such persistence as yours?" They don't have the conditions you have to be picky about food. ”

The consul was taken aback, could it be that there was already a shortage of food at the front? According to the grain reserves, it should be impossible to be unsustainable in just a few days, he didn't know at this time that Li Yunlong had already burned more than half of the grain and grass of the French, but he knew one thing very well, that is, on diplomatic occasions, the words of diplomats could not be believed, but they could not be completely disbelieved, "Lord Guo, what do you mean by this?" ”

Guo Songtao avoided speaking, "We've been talking at the door, it's not good, let's go in and talk about it in the conference room." ”

The two groups of people entered the conference room together, Guo Songtao sat down, lowered his head and looked at the silver wrench in his hand, turning it from time to time, Wang Yangbing, the French stock Zhangjing, sat next to Guo Songtao, and said to the consul, "Today we came for the first time to conduct preliminary negotiations, of course, because Mr. Consul, you have not been authorized by your government to be a special representative, that is, you do not have the status to formally negotiate with us, so today, we are an informal meeting," Obviously, Guo Songtao is not ready to waste any words today, So he played with his wrench and didn't speak, and let Wang Yangbing sort out everything, "Let's talk about things that are not very important." ”

"I have received instructions from the previous government, and now the outgoing foreign minister, I have no decision-making power, but my job is to smoothly convey your country's demands to the country." The consul in Guangzhou said patiently, at this time, he didn't dare to compare anything with Guo Songtao, so he could only say to Wang Yangbing with compromise, "I can listen to the conditions of your country, if it is the conditions proposed by Lord Guo of your country in Shanghai, I think this condition can be negotiated." ”

Wang Yangbing let out a silent chuckle, "I'm sorry, Mr. Consul, I found that you haven't figured out the current situation, the current situation is completely different from the situation during the negotiations in Shanghai, since our Lord Guo negotiated in Shanghai, how much has changed?" The naval battle of Haiphong Port, China won, the battle on the Langsheng front, we also won, now your army has been surrounded, it is estimated that it will not be long before they surrender to our army, I just received two news before I came here, I might as well tell you in advance, that is, the two cities of Xuanhua and Bac Ninh have been recovered by us, and then, the recovery of Thang Long is also a matter of time, now in such a situation, why should I re-determine the conditions proposed in the Shanghai negotiations? I'm sorry, it's an impossible thing to do. ”

The most crucial point concerning Vietnam's affairs put forward in the Shanghai negotiations was that China and France were both suzerains of Vietnam, and Vietnam was a vassal of both countries. (To be continued.) )