"Come on, let's get the assorted duck hot pot on the table...... Come and try my handicraft Su's cherry meat...... Jade shrimp fish balls ......"

"Master, this is a six-hundred-mile rush in Shanghai, Hu Xueyan sent his daughter Hong, who is fifty years old, and he also said that he will come to visit you after the New Year......"

"This is the new big red robe produced in Wuyi Mountain this year, you can try it...... Also, the old shopkeeper specially ordered hundreds of 100,000 firecrackers from Liuyang, and now they are hanging outside the foreign company, just wait for your order, let's listen to the excitement..."

Tanggu City in the middle of winter, the roof of the Lotte Ocean House near the dock has been noisy today, and Xiao Lotian, who has not returned from Naha for three days, has fallen into the gentle township and cannot extricate himself, not to mention that today is still the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the four years of Tongzhi are about to pass.

No matter how big the matter is, you have to let it go in front of the New Year, and all the official documents have disappeared in the past few days, and no one will not be uncomfortable looking for it for a long time.

"It's really not easy for adults this year, let's stop and stop, let adults have a good New Year......" This sentence has simply become the verbal language of Xiao Letian's subordinates.

1865 is the fourth year of Tongzhi, which is destined to be an extraordinary year for Xiao Letian, in the spring of this year, his Western classic "Westward Journey" was released, and instantly swept the entire Qing Dynasty, bringing him endless prestige.

It was followed by the revenge of the Confucian scholars, Wang Shi was bombarded in Baihualou, Xiang Shaolong was bewitched to kidnap, and then there was the opening of the silver furnace of Taibaiding, during which there were bizarre events such as Long Ye coming to vote, Ermao entering the palace, etc.

Immediately after the beginning of summer, Lotte opened in Tanggu, and Xiao Lotian led a group of bandits to sweep the Tanggu business district, suppressing the troublemakers and single-handedly sweeping away the unconvinced businessmen.

Then there is the bloody struggle between Naha and the Japanese, Xiao Lotian has been on the verge of death several times, and he has played his own prestige on the battlefield, and he has also exchanged his feet for the identity of the prime minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Then the olive branch of the Americans finally stretched out, and Xiao Letian's power finally got a strong foreign aid. Just when everyone thought that the road ahead was sunny, the clear stream began to toss again.

The Tanggu Special Industrial Zone has gone from land requisition disputes to civil wars between the New Army and the Green Battalion, and even the Eight Banners soldiers guarding Tianjin have to start, coupled with the riots in Beijing, the entire winter of the fourth year of Tongzhi has become a pot of porridge.

Looking back on this long year, Xiao Letian himself doesn't know how he survived, many things couldn't be felt at the time, but once he looks back, he will be extremely afraid, not to mention thousands of troops, just a few assassinations are enough for him to reminisce.

"Sir, sir...... What do you think, Madame is waiting for you to sit at the table, you don't want to learn from the old monk to meditate and participate in Zen......" Qingwen's words are spicy, and Xiao Letian, who is stuffed, can't talk back at all.

Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and it stands to reason that a woman who has not passed the door cannot live in a man's house, but who made Xiao Lotian an unruly second devil, in his eyes, there is no difference between passing the door and not passing the door.

The whole Lotte foreign store opened 12 tables inside and out, including two tables in the inner house, and ten tables were placed upstairs and downstairs on the counter, Xiao Lotian and his harem hid in the gentle township to open a small stove, and the guys and the second shopkeepers who didn't have time to go home for the New Year outside drank a dim place under the leadership of Fan Yao.

Not only was Lotte & Co., crowded with people, but even the businesses on the left and right were temporarily borrowed by Xiao Letian, half of the street was brightly lit, and the guards of the torture hall and the new officers and soldiers who stayed behind were all crowded together this night to celebrate the unforgettable four years of Tongzhi.

"Drink this cup to your heart's content... I've been the second shopkeeper for 30 years, and for the first time, I made money so well, and the layout of the popular swallowing mountains and rivers is probably difficult to compare with even the ancient Fan Li and Lu Buwei, I am fortunate in this life, and I am fortunate in this life......"

"The 1st Company of the New Army...... Toast to the New Year to the adults, and to the New Year to our brothers on the Europa expedition..."

Half of the street was full of toasts, clinking glasses everywhere, and the soldiers who drank with white smoke emitting from their brains, put their arms around the little guys who made money and began to toast, chicken, duck and fish, roast whole sheep, beef stew...... Countless dishes flowed to the top of the table, empty plates flowed down, and the atmosphere of the banquet was extremely warm.

Xiao Lotian listened to the roars outside, as if there was a fire in his heart, he wanted to roar despite the cold wind outside to push open the window, but suddenly a hand stretched out next to him and closed the window again.

"Don't take the cold, you are not afraid of the old man, but what about Amber? she is still weak......" It was Fu Hui who spoke, this is the oldest sister in Xiao Letian's harem, she is even two years older than Xiao Letian, a typical royal sister type.

Xiao Lotian looked back at the pale amber in the corner, walked over and sighed lightly, "I wear too little on such a cold day...... Take my white fox cloak and ......" Xiao Letian personally draped the cloak on Amber's body, and gently helped him tidy it up.

"Didn't the Yellow Evil Doctor come?How about the prescription he prescribed, how do you feel after eating it?" Amber is just a woman from the Sect Division, and that little brutality in the past is actually just a way for poor women to survive, in their hearts, the girls in the inner house can't survive at all if they don't fight.

I never thought that there would be a man with such a noble status who could treat the girls so gently, compared to those arrogant Manchu nobles and the perverted Hanchen Confucian students who like small feet, they are simply a group of pigs and dogs.

"Woo...... I'm sorry, sir, I shouldn't have cried, it's not motivating for the New Year...... But I couldn't help it. Much better, much better after taking the medicine of the Yellow Evil Doctor, and the lower abdomen is warm, he said...... He said that as long as I keep eating, I can have a 60% chance of a complete recovery......"

"Ahh That's good news, we need a toast...... You can't drink strong wine in amber, you can drink a few glasses of Western wine, and the fruity flavor is fragrant and does not hurt the body...... Come on, let's drink this cup full, this year has made you suffer, I, Xiao Letian, will accompany you..."

In a word, the girls in the house have red eyes, and the daughter's little bowel cleansing is not like this, men are outside to do big business, and naturally complain that they have less time to accompany them, but if men are tired of being in the inner house every day, they will definitely dislike men and have no interest.

Women are such tangled creatures, especially when a large group of women tie their minds to Xiao Letian alone, the slightest trace of resentment in his gaze, Xiao Letian himself feels guilty.

Looking at a room of women with red eyes, Xiao Letian scratched his head in embarrassment, "Okay, all smile, you will be busy after the New Year, I promise you that I will get married in March, and you will be busy when the two ladies get started......"

One sentence made Hu Niu and Fu Huizhen's faces flush, and they are now left with resignation, this man has almost subverted all the rules of the Qing Dynasty, and there is such a mess in weddings and funerals in Sijiu City. But who else in this Qing Dynasty can beat him?

"Cheers..."A glass of wine entered the stomach, and the atmosphere in the whole room suddenly became warm, girls, you compete for me to pick up your favorite food clips, such as Qingwen and Fang Guan, who are so delicious, simply start a wine order, and lose not only to be punished for drinking but also for singing songs.

Xiao Letian touched his nose on the side, wanting to mention the sticker and take off his clothes, but he looked at Hu Niu and Fu Hui left and right, and quickly dispelled the dirty thoughts in his heart.

Xiao Letian glanced left and right, and suddenly put his hands under the table, and grabbed the little hands of Hu Niu and Fu Hui at the same time, and the two women who were startled almost screamed out, and the two pairs of resentful eyes mixed with sweetness gave Xiao Letian a fierce look.

But Xiao Letian knew, don't look at the two of them whitening themselves with their eyes, but no one's hand was retracted, so Xiao Letian held it. Xiao Letian thinks that the so-called happiness is nothing more than that.

Just when the girls at the wine table were already going crazy, the window lattice was suddenly knocked, and Long Ye, who had just recovered from a serious illness, became Xiao Letian's mouthpiece again.

"Sir, it's past ten o'clock in the foreigner's hour, you have to go and see the distinguished guests on the second floor, a few foreigner friends also want to clink glasses with you......"

Xiao Lotian patted his head and said, Gentle Township is really a hero's mound, and he forgot about Mike, Matthew and British doctor Buck in just a short time, it's really forgetful...

Xiao Letian didn't dare to make eye contact with the girls in the inner house at all, and ran to the front yard in despair, but before he could go to the second floor, he was surrounded by groups of excited soldiers and guys.

"Your Excellency has come out, your adult has come out of the inner house... Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, no matter how big or small, everyone toast the adults...... "Then the wine gall, these brothers who didn't dare to look directly at Xiao Letian in the past, rushed up and were poured six or seven cups before they took ten steps.

"Brothers, eat and drink well, let me for a while, and after I go upstairs to meet the guests, I will come down and drink with everyone, accuse, accuse, accuse......" After speaking, he slipped upstairs under the cover of Long Ye.

Mike, a member of the Carnegie family in the United States, Matthew, the US military attache in China, and Barker, a British doctor, plus Fan Yao, Wang Huaiyuan, and Zhou Mingkui, a fellow governor of Tanggu, plus several high-ranking officers of the New Army, counted Xiao Letian There were exactly ten people, and there was a full table.

After a few polite words, the topic directly turned to the future development of the situation, such as the details of the establishment of the special industrial zone, as well as sensitive topics such as the development of Naha, among which the question of Matthew, the military attache stationed in China, was the most acute.

"Mr. Xiao, not long ago you sent three hundred carefully selected soldiers to Prussian Germany, I don't know why a small Nordic country would make you so strenuous to borrow ships to send soldiers to participate in a war that has nothing to do with China?"

Matthew waved his hand to block Xiao Letian's polite words, "Mr. Xiao, please don't perfunctory me with unnutritious diplomatic words, I still have my own analytical ability as a military attaché." In particular, you awarded Xiao Hexin the remnant flag on the port of Naha, and I know very well the meaning of this flag, which is the ...... of war."

"Do you want your soldiers to fight in Europe?

At this time, the United States had just ended the civil war, and its foreign policy was isolationism, and the Americans at this time wanted to do business with the world, and they had no interest in competing for global hegemony, so they did not attach much importance to intelligence gathering in Europe.

Almost all the Western countries were concerned about the rise of Prussia and Germany, but how did Bismarck lead that weak country to challenge the old powers of Britain and France? Not to mention that the Americans did not know, and even the Germans themselves did not know the bottom of their hearts.

Xiao Lotian has established a close cooperative relationship with the United States, and it is somewhat understandable that he bets on the United States, after all, the American Civil War has just ended, and the West Coast and the Ryukyus can sail directly to the past, so at least they will not lose money in doing business. But what's the use of being close to Germany?

"Mr. Xiao, I would like to remind you that the land communication from China to Prussia is blocked by the Russians and the Turks of the Middle East, and the lifeblood of communication by sea is controlled by the British, and even if you can establish friendly relations with Germany, how much will you get in return?"

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