Chapter 33 There is no inconsistency of thought
The terms of the negotiation are very generous, and there is really no need to ask for it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Time is pressing, don't stop, hurry up after the thing is done.
There is no long-term concern and near-term worries, and the layout is a hundred years ahead of schedule.
Cold pills are like beans, and you want to have them in your eyes.
Wang Kai was naturally full of joy after listening to the result of the discussion between Michael, the head of the English envoys, and Barna, the head of the French envoys, conveyed by Thomas. I don't know if it was because he was too excited, or if he controlled his residence because of a cold and sneezed three times in a row.
However, the three sneezes that Wang Kai sneezed all hit the face of Thomas, who was standing only one step away from him, and sprayed his face with saliva.
After seeing Thomas stretch out his sleeve and wipe the saliva he sprayed on his cheeks, Wang Kai explained a little embarrassed and said: "Thomas, I'm really sorry, I was a little cold last night and contracted a wind chill, which is what you Westerners call 'cold'. When I woke up early this morning, I was sneezing one after another, which was annoying. ”
Thomas, who was already a little mysterious about Wang Kai's life experience and origin, was greatly surprised to hear that Wang Kai could explain the same disease from the perspective of Chinese medicine and Western medicine on the same disease as Westerners.
At the same time, Thomas was even more convinced that the fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man standing in front of him not only knew the language of their Westerners, but also knew a lot about the customs and habits of their Westerners.
After listening to Wang Kai's explanation, Thomas returned to the topic again and continued to ask: "Lord Wang, where do I still have some cold medicine that I brought from our native England, I can bring some to you later, Lord Wang, it will definitely work faster than your Chinese medicine."
"By the way, Lord Wang, how do you feel about the proposal I just made, if you have any different opinions, you can put them forward again, and I will go back and convey your opinions to the two heads of mission, and then negotiate a result. ”
As soon as Thomas's voice fell, Wang Kai felt that there was not much time left for him to stay in the inn, and if he raised any objections to the already generous enough conditions they offered, I am afraid that this back and forth would definitely be more than worth the loss if it was delayed for more than half a day.
Therefore, he decided to accept the agreement reached by the two heads of the envoys for the time being, and wait until later to discuss the details in detail.
In addition, after Wang Kaifang heard Thomas say that he brought a cold medicine from Western medicine, his eyes immediately lit up, and he felt that if he could get the formula of this Western medicine cold medicine, then he would definitely make a windfall with the formula of this Western medicine cold medicine in the future, and he would definitely be able to make a lot of money, and at the same time, he would also be able to benefit the people of Li at that time.
After all, in ancient times, people suffered from a small cold, and many times it became one of the causes of death. If this cold medicine of Western medicine is vigorously promoted throughout the country, it will naturally be able to greatly reduce the mortality caused by colds, which can be described as a great thing to kill two birds with one stone.
After thinking about this, Wang Kai pretended to be a little reluctant, and said seriously: "In this case, this official can also see that you have also made great concessions, and come to us with a good faith to seek to open a treaty port along the coast with our government, so as to promote commercial trade between the East and the West."
In this regard, the official also expressed his recognition and support. Then I would like to ask you to go back and give you the Lord of the English Legation, His Excellency Michael, and the Head of the French Legation, His Excellency Barna, and the two of them, and say that I have basically agreed with the unanimous agreement reached by the two of them.
Half an hour later, let the two of them come here for further detailed talks, and initialed a letter of intent for cooperation, and when I return to the palace to meet the saint and explain the situation to our emperor of the Qing Dynasty, I will come here again to sign a formal contract with these two heads of the regiment. ”
As soon as he said this, Wang Kai added another sentence: he said with a smile: "Hehe, what, Thomas, after you go back and inform the two heads of the envoys of what I just said, I won't bother you to run in person, and send a soldier from one of your envoys to bring two more boxes of the cold medicine you just said." You have to take the words on this medicine box with you, and send them to the official as they are. ”
Thomas, who originally thought that Wang Kai would not agree to the consensus they reached so easily, after hearing that Wang Kai agreed relatively readily, he didn't care about wiping the saliva hanging on his cheeks, and immediately faced Wang Kai standing in front of him, bowed, and nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, while agreeing: "Lord Wang, don't worry, I will call your original words to the two envoys and their Excellencies." At the same time, as soon as I got back to the room where I lived, I sent someone to bring you the two boxes of cold medicine you wanted. ”
After speaking, Thomas said goodbye to Wang Kai and trotted all the way back to the place where he came.
And Wang Kai, who was standing in front of the guest room, looked at Thomas's back as he walked away, and he smiled heartily, feeling that this was a big bargain, and without effort, without moving a single soldier, let the two robbers who had burned the Old Summer Palace, England and France, the heads of the envoys of the two countries, obediently take out the manufacturing technology of guns and ammunition more than 200 years ago.
Moreover, at this time, Wang Kai thought that with the opening of the coastal treaty ports in the future, he would collect taxes from these Western devils, buy them the technology of making strong ships and cannons, and carry out a "Westernization Movement" as soon as possible to develop the capitalist economy, and then achieve the goal of mastering the skills of the Westerners.
When that time comes, without waiting for those foreign hairmen who covet abundant products to form some so-called "Eight-Nation Alliance" to invade China, they will first form more than a dozen ocean-going fleets and loot the Palace of Versailles and the British Museum.
After lusting in his heart for a long time, he didn't know if Wang Kai was too excited, or if he was blown by the sudden cool morning breeze in his face a few times, so he "snorted" again...... Azine...... Acrazine ......" sneezed several times in a row.
After sniffing, Wang Kai turned around, walked into the guest room, closed the door of the guest room from the inside, and walked to the round table, but he was shocked to find that during the period of time when he went to the door of the guest room to talk to Thomas, who came to report the news, Princess Jianning actually drank the two bowls of ginger soup she called "hard to swallow", and did not leave him a drop.
However, Wang Kai was not angry about Princess Jianning's behavior of drinking the ginger soup he had that night, but he was surprised and delighted.
Because he was going to take the Western medicine cold medicine sent by Thomas later, if he first drank the ginger soup with the nature of Chinese medicine, and then took the Western medicine cold medicine, he was afraid that there would be any adverse reactions, but now he has no worries about this, and has been solved by Princess Jianning.
After sitting down on the round stool directly opposite Princess Jianning, it didn't take much effort for the master in the kitchen to come to deliver breakfast, and Wang Kai, who was in a good mood, actively cleaned up the two white porcelain bowls that had just been filled with ginger soup, and exchanged them with the kitchen master who placed the breakfast on the round table.
After the kitchen master left the guest room, Wang Kai and Princess Jianning had breakfast together. In the process of eating breakfast, neither of them spoke, which completely followed the modern scientific basis that "not talking during meals is conducive to gastrointestinal digestion".
Having just finished breakfast and had cleaned up the dishes on the round table by a handyman outside the room, Thomas sent an entourage of soldiers from the English legation to bring two boxes of "original imported" cold medicine.
After sending the soldiers of the English mission who sent cold medicine, Wang Kai put the box that had not yet been opened in front of him, and sure enough, the packaging on the outside of the box was written in English about the ingredients of the medicine, how to take it, applicable diseases, shelf life, production date and other relevant information, and Wang Kai of Le almost couldn't straighten his waist.
With a glass of boiled water, Wang Kai opened the box, took out a cold pill from it and ate it. Because the biomedical technology was not particularly developed at that time, there were no other forms such as capsules and granules that are now popular.
After taking the cold medicine, it took about half a pillar of incense, Wang Kai's snot no longer flowed out, and he no longer sneezed, but his throat was a little lower and a little dry, so he poured a glass of boiled water from time to time to drink it to moisten his dry throat.
Princess Jianning, who was sitting on the side, was still sulking, and saw Wang Kai take two boxes from a foreigner, and took out something the size of a bean from the box and ate it with a glass of boiled water, she was puzzled and surprised, but she didn't ask questions, but sat there silently.
Princess Jianning, who pinched her nose with her hand and drank two bowls of ginger soup in one go, was suddenly surprised to find that Wang Kai, who had just eaten something the size of a bean grain with boiled water, no longer sneezed, but she still sneezed once or twice from time to time.
As a result, the smart and clever Princess Jianning secretly concluded in her heart that the thing that Wang Kai ate just now was the size of a bean grain, and nine times out of ten it was closely related to Wang Kai no longer sneezing.
After thinking of this, Princess Jianning became indignant in her heart: after this princess drank two bowls of ginger soup, although she no longer sneezed as many times as before, she also had to sneeze once or twice from time to time. However, after Wang Kai ate the bean-sized thing given to him by the foreigner, he didn't even sneeze anymore. Why does he Wang Kai accept foreigners' things and not give them to me, no, I must find Wang Kai to reason, I also want to eat that thing, so I don't sneeze.
Princess Jianning, who became more and more angry the more she thought about it, finally faced Wang Kai, who was sitting opposite her, and said confidently: "Wang Kai, you stopped sneezing after you ate the thing sent by the foreigner just now. No, this princess also wants to eat the things from the foreigner, don't sneeze this princess, Wang Kai, you quickly get one for me. ”
Wang Kai, who was sitting on the round stool and had just drunk another glass of boiled water, after clearing his throat, smiled slightly, and said in a very calm tone: "Ahem, Your Royal Highness Princess, what I ate just now is not called 'something', it is called 'cold medicine' in Westerners, and it can be called 'wind and cold medicine' in our place." Your Royal Highness, I can give you a pill of wind and cold medicine, but you have to grant me a request. Otherwise, I won't give it to you. ”
Seeing Wang Kai's smug look, Princess Jianning was angry, but people had to bow their heads under the eaves, now after all, they are asking Wang Kai, and she is no longer in the palace, or a woman disguised as a man and secretly followed Wang Kai out of the palace, she has a lot of handles, naturally she can't come to blackmail Wang Kai, she can only consider herself unlucky and fell into the hands of this little eunuch.
Princess Jianning, who was helpless, gritted her teeth for a while, bit her red lips lightly, and reluctantly agreed: "Okay, Wang Kai, you make a request, my princess promises you." ”
As soon as Princess Jianning's voice fell, Wang Kai was afraid that her temperament would change again, so he took over the conversation and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, in fact, this request I made to you is very simple, that is, I hope you can leave this room for an hour, and then you will come back here after an hour."
"When I went out to the kitchen to get ginger soup before, I saw that the backyard of this post house was a garden, Your Royal Highness Princess, you might as well go to the garden in the backyard to enjoy the flowers, it is the early spring season, it is a good time to enjoy the flowers. What do you think, Your Highness the Princess?"
When Wang Kai made this request, Princess Jianning breathed a sigh of relief, she originally thought that Wang Kai would take advantage of the danger of others and ask her what kind of unwanted request. For the simple request he had just made, she nodded her head without thinking.
So, Wang Kai took out the medicine box from the cuff and took out a cold medicine to Princess Jianning, who couldn't wait.
After taking a cold medicine, Princess Jianning fulfilled her promise, went out of the guest room alone, and hurried to the backyard of the post house to enjoy the flowers.
After opening Princess Jianning, Wang Kai sat on a round stool, facing the door of the large open guest room, quietly waiting for the arrival of Michael, the head of the English mission, and Barna, the head of the French mission, who were to negotiate with him.