Xia Zhixin said with a smile: "Zhao Duhu, General Liu's journey, the old man is really worried that someone will come to say, 'The knife catcher behind you is a real hero'!" ”

The "Zhao Duhu" in Xia Zhixin's mouth is not the Ming Dynasty Western Regions Talisman Dajing Zhao Xizhu, who else can it be.

On his side was Liu Jintang, a young general from Western Chu.

They were all figures in the lowlands of Turan and Khorasan Persia who could stop children's night crying.

However, in front of Xia Zhixin, both of them looked like "I am also a scholar".

After all, although Xia Zhixin is not in the court all the year round, his status is too high.

If it is said that more than half of the officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty have to call Zhu Fugui "principal" when they see him, then when they see Xia Zhixin, they actually have to shout "vice principal".

Not to mention, Zhao Xizhu's old boss Mo Bai is still Xia Zhixin's little brother.

Zhao Xizhu said: "Don't joke about the summer festival wine, Xizhu listened to your speech just now, and he also benefited a lot, and the next step is to popularize the Daming Yayan of the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate, and there are also new work ideas."

Liu Jintang is a rebellious temperament, and after joining hands to pacify the Western Regions in history, he had a conflict with Zuo Zongtang, and the historical pattern of this life is very different.

After all, there is one good thing about being a vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, that is, no matter how you train your subordinates, you don't have to worry about the Chen Qiao mutiny.

Moreover, if you want to establish a strong and powerful Sinicization regime in a place like Khorasan and avoid the fate of the collapse of Western Liao, young people who dare to fight are also very important.

Therefore, Zuo Zongtang has much more trust in Liu Jintang than in history.

He was also assigned to participate in this important mission.

Liu Jintang said: "Professor Xia's theory is subtle, but Jintang is a rough man, and he always thinks that it is better to use the long sword in his hand to educate Hu Ren." ”

Xia Zhixin laughed and said: "Of course, this is the truth, preaching with a sword, this is the best good!" ”

After chatting for a while, Elizabeth walked in and said to Xia Zhixin, "Professor Xia, it's ready over there." ”

Xia Zhixin nodded and asked, "Does Miss Vanderbilt want to participate?" ”

Xia Zhixin didn't think that Empress Elizabeth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a higher status than herself, but if there was anyone here who was more noble in terms of status, it was probably Miss Vanderbilt.

Although she is not yet an officially canonized concubine, the world knows that the Son of Heaven has a deep relationship with her.

This can be seen from the length of each Son of Heaven's stay.

Concubine Fan must have something extraordinary.

Elizabeth shook her head with a smile and said, "Julie, she said that she hates to see Russians, especially Chu and Russians!" ”

Everyone laughed dumbly, and Liu Jintang said embarrassedly: "I'll go back and persuade my prince to stop sending Mao Mei to the palace...... But I don't think he'll listen......"

Of course, the real reason why Julie didn't come was that she still felt that she didn't have any outstanding talents other than financial management, so she didn't come to make trouble.

But it is her financial management skills and financial means that have forced the dignified Prime Minister of the British Empire to almost open his stomach and show those foolish people how many bowls of noodles she has eaten.

·

Walking through the long corridor, Xia Zhixin and his entourage arrived at the real destination of this trip to Budapest - the negotiating table with the Tsarist Empire.

Without the handshake between the Ming Dynasty and Russia, it would have been very difficult for Hungary, as an embattled enclave, to join the Ming Dynasty's tributary circle.

The only good thing is that it is not yet the state in which Hungary was partitioned after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Hungary de jure owns northeastern Italy, where there is an outlet to the Mediterranean Sea and can trade with the Ming Dynasty.

If it were Hungary in later generations, as a completely landlocked country, Ming Yuan would really not be able to bypass Russian territory.

In short, the so-called campus speech, although the content of the pie is true, is essentially nothing more than a smoke screen to fool British, French, Austrian, and even German agents.

After all, the negotiations between the Ming and the Russians were not something they were happy to see.

Of course, Zhu Fugui is not ready to pit Brother William.

Gu Daming and the Russians reduced the intensity of the conflict, or even an armistice, which naturally led to a sharp increase in the pressure on the southeastern front of Germany.

However, the Ming Dynasty will also carry out the long-brewing "Sunset Invasion" plan, directly crossing the Atlantic Ocean to attack Britain and France, and greatly relieving the pressure on Germany's western front.

One loss and one make up, Daming is still a big country in charge.

·

The negotiation room is a conference room in the depths of the hotel.

The soldiers at the door of the conference room were not Hungarians, certainly not Ming, but a group of "Roman" soldiers in shorts and Roman helmets.

At the request of Alexander II, this is the latest batch of Janissaries of Tsarist Russia.

Xia Zhixin shook his head.

It's a bit cold in Budapest in October!

The gang was obviously frozen like their grandsons, and apparently did not drink vodka before standing guard.

The reason why the venue for the Ming-Russia negotiations was placed in Budapest was naturally the result of a game between the two sides.

Budapest is a neutral territory recognized by both sides, and it is more appropriate to negotiate.

Xia Zhixin waved his hand, and several military attachés of Honglu Temple wearing flying fish suits drove away the man in Maozi shorts on the left and stood guard in their place.

The security force at the neutral negotiation site is one person and one half, which is in line with international practice.

Xia Zhixin saw at a glance the careful thinking of the Russian side.

When I walked into the house, the fire in the fireplace was blazing, but it was very warm.

Xia Zhixin took off his coat, handed it to the guards, then put on a leather glove for himself, and then walked forward quickly to shake hands with the representative of Tsarist Russia, Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolanavich, the brother of Alexander II.

This was also communicated by the diplomatic departments of the two sides before the formal negotiations.

Neither used Daming's fist salute, nor did he follow the suggestion of Tsarist Russia, the bear hug + kiss indicated that the two sides released their previous suspicions.

Instead, the handshake was used in a compromise.

"My friend, Xia, there is one point I would like to propose to you before the negotiations begin!"

Grand Duke Nikolanavich, with all his might, held Xia Zhixin's hand tightly and said, "We have noticed that your country's name for our country has still not changed from 'Russian Empire' to 'Eastern Roman Empire' or 'Byzantine Empire', which is unintentional for negotiations...... Oops! ”

I had long expected that Mao Zi would be like Chuan Jianguo, and he would take the opportunity of shaking hands to make articles, and Daming had already dealt with it.

To tell the truth, Xia Zhixin is a thin old man, who has lacked food and clothing since he was a child, and his hands must not be able to pinch the big-bellied Maozi Grand Duke.

Therefore, Zhu Fugui specially drew on the advanced experience of a world power and customized a discharge glove.

It is really a fool's dream for that world power to use this kind of thing to deal with the people's soldiers on the roof of the world, and the brain circuit is novel, but this little trick is just right to use a phone call and a power to give a dismount in reverse.

Grand Duke Nikolanavich took three steps back, looked at his slightly blackened palm, and was uncertain.

It's not just "Your Empire", in fact, a country like Tsarist Russia, which lacks entertainment life, has long been infiltrated by the Ming Dynasty.

"Could it be an internal force?" Nikolanavich was at a loss.

Fortunately, Xia Zhixin did not take the opportunity to make him unable to step down, but took the lead, stretched out his hand to the negotiation table, and said:

"Mr. Nikolanavich, please take a seat.

On the issue of country, we also want to talk to you about the use of the word 'Khitan'.

Whether it is the 'Russian' of 'Russia' or the 'Khitan', this is an oolong made up by Mongolian translators, we need to be open and honest to eliminate these misunderstandings, let's get started......"