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Yi Zhishu clearly knew what kind of disaster the Japanese state brought to the Qing Dynasty after the Meiji Restoration, but he couldn't explain it to Bao Shichen, and he groaned slightly, and he said: "The situation of the Japanese state is more complicated, not something that can be said clearly in three words, for the country, the Japanese country is a potential hidden danger, for Yuanqi, the Japanese country is also rich in silk, tea, is a potential competitor of Yuanqi, and now the Japanese country is still closed to the country, it is a rare opportunity to strangle, and I will not let go of it in public and private." ”

After a pause, he continued: "The dream of the Celestial Empire has been shattered, while we open our eyes to see the world, we should take a good look at these small countries around us, Mr. may wish to learn more about the situation of the Wa Kingdom, Yuan Qi is now actively collecting information on all aspects of the Wa Kingdom, if Mr. is interested, just sort it out and summarize it for me." ”

Bao Shichen smiled when he heard this, "The old man can't be interested in the old man if he can make the lord so interested." As he spoke, he pulled the topic back, "If the lord plans to stabilize for two years, then he must follow the emperor's wishes and actively cultivate those .....children of the clan Jueluo, and the same is true of the children of the Eight Banners in Jingshi, and I think there should be many children of the noble ministers of the Eight Banners." ”

Yi Zhifu nodded and said, "I plan to break them up, train with the seven thousand recruits recruited this year, and send them to Annan to participate in the war at the beginning of next year." ”

"Sir, I've figured it out." Bao Shichen pondered and said, "In this way, these more than 8,000 recruits may be controlled by them. ”

"That's up to them." Yi Zhizu chuckled: "The officers trained by the Yuanqi regiment are all selected on the basis of merit in the training process, fair, open and transparent, if you want to stand out, it is not so easy, it's a big deal, I will train myself." ”

"It would be best if the lord could train himself." Bao Shichen bowed his head and said: "Changing to someone else may not be able to suppress them. As he spoke, he turned his head, "There is one thing, the old man has to remind the lord ......" ”

"Sir, but it doesn't hurt to say that."

"Heir." Bao Shichen said in a deep voice: "The lord is twenty-three this year, but he has not become a family for a long time, there are three unfilial pieties, and there is no queen, and the lord has nothing to do, which is not conducive to the stability and cohesion of Yuanqi's people." ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhishu was also very depressed, although he did not get married, but there has never been a shortage of women around him, and he has been working hard in the past few years, but none of the women have moved, and he faintly doubts whether there is something wrong with this body? Did the previous Yi family have a hidden disease?

This kind of thing, Bao Shichen is not easy to ask in detail, he can only point to the end, and Yi Zhizhi is not easy to say anything, but he said vaguely: "Mr. reminded me." ”

Coming out of Bao Shichen's courtyard, Yi Zhizu was still wondering in his mind, should he take the time to go to Jiangning and find a famous doctor to take a good look, he knows very well that this is not a trivial matter, otherwise Bao Shichen will not remind him that these two things should indeed be seriously considered, and the two elders of Yifu also met once and asked once, but the problem is that he has no favorite woman at all now, and there is no suitable person for marriage.

He thought all the way and walked slowly into the backyard, and then thought that he was going to Dinghai to train that group of special recruits, but he didn't feel that his head was a little big, and he was thinking about it from east to west, Lin Xuan greeted him with a slight blessing, and said, "Sir, Miss Xu is here." ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, Xu Yixuan was called by him, and he casually ordered: "Where are the new girls placed?" All called. ”

In the hall, Yan Kexin accompanied Xu Yixuan to have a match-and-match chat, with a woman's intuition, she felt that Yi Zhixin was a little different from this woman, but the identity of the other party could not make Yi Zhixin Ming Media marry, even if Yi Zhixin was willing, the old man of the Yi family would never agree, what is Yi Zhicontent's identity now, how can he marry a widow who has been divorced?

Seeing Yi Zhizhi come in, Yan Kexin got up with a smile, Yingying was blessed, and said, "The lord is here, and Miss Xu has been waiting for a long time." ”

Xu Yixuan then got up and saluted, and said, "The big shopkeeper is busy with official business, and it doesn't matter if the little woman waits." ”

"Don't be formal, sit." Yi Zhizu smiled and stretched out his hand to give up his seat, and then said: "This time, I brought back a group of girls from Jingshi, not only good looks, but also literate, all of them are smart and clever, I wonder if Miss Xu is willing to take them under the account?" ”

What did the Kyoshi bring back? Xu Yixuan hesitated, there are few maids who have good looks and can read and write in these years, and it is impossible for Yi Zhishu to have the leisure to buy maids for her in Beijing, and after hesitating, she said tentatively: "Someone else gave it?" ”

"Not bad." Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "It's all sent by various palaces." ”

Sent by the palace, no wonder Yi Zhishu refused to stay by his side, and after understanding, Xu Yixuan said happily: "Okay, it should be regarded as solving problems for the big shopkeeper." ”

"What do you mean by problem solving?" Yi Zhishu said funny: "You are cheap and good-looking, but I am considering that you have a serious shortage of people." ”

Xu Yixuan glanced at him, "Finally, the big shopkeeper still knows that the little woman is seriously short of people......." ”

"Stop." Yi Zhifen hurriedly said: "Didn't you buy a batch of girls from Jiangning, Suzhou, and Hangzhou for training?" ”

"People bought it." Xu Yixuan said: "There are a total of two hundred and forty-three people, but how should this little woman write off the silver?" Girls' Academy? Women's newspapers? Women's Union or Almshouse? ”

"Everything." Yi Zhizhi said disapprerovingly, and as he spoke, he frowned and said, "What does big and small mean?" Don't you want to buy the older ones? ”

"It should be to accumulate virtue and do good." Xu Yixuan said: "We don't buy those little girls, what awaits them is a maid or a brothel in a green building, we want to run a Western-style school and a women's school anyway, and we don't care about accommodating a few more." ”

"You can buy it." Yi Zhizhi said: "But you can't buy indiscriminately, especially the young can't buy indiscriminately, otherwise it will encourage the culture of abduction and trafficking of young girls, don't do bad things with good intentions." ”

Xu Yixuan paused, she really didn't think about it, and immediately said, "Listen to the big shopkeeper." ”

Lin Xuan walked in at this time and said, "Sir, the girls have all brought." ”

"Go out and have a look?" Yi Zhifen got up and walked out, all the girls had just taken a bath, all of them were fresh, and their bodies exuded the breath of youth, and they got along with Yi Zhishu day and night on the boat for several days, they all knew that this lord was easy-going and informal, so they were not afraid, and they stared at Yi Zhicontentment with a brush.

Facing a pair of sparkling eyes, Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "I'll introduce you to someone." Saying that, he stretched out his hand to Xu Yixuan and said, "This Miss Xu is the principal of Yuanqi Shanghai Women's School, the editor-in-chief of the women's newspaper, the president of the Women's Federation, and the vice president of the almshouse. ”

Xu Yixuan was embarrassed by his introduction, and said with a smile: "Don't look at the series of titles, there are not many people under my command, are you willing to come to work under me?" No matter where you work, you are all employees of Yuanqi, and you have monthly money, four silver dollars. ”

Yi Zhixiang continued: "If you perform well, you will be free after three years." ”

Listening to the series of conditions prescribed, all the girls felt as if they were in a dream, and they discussed softly, no matter how good the Jue Mansion is, they are slaves after all, they can be free, they can become Yuanqi's staff, four silver dollars a month, where can I find this kind of good thing?

A girl hesitated and said, "Isn't the lord coaxing the slaves and maids to be happy?" ”

Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "Benjue is the treasurer of Yuanqi, he does what he says, before he regains his freedom, you are still the people of my house, you can live in this garden, and you can move out if you are willing, but don't do anything that damages the reputation of my lord's mansion, in a few years, when you leave the cabinet, Benjue will also give each of you a dowry." ”

Before the words fell, Yueming said crisply: "Sir, the slave is the sir's person, and she will not go anywhere." ”

Seeing her sister like this, Yuehua also followed: "The slave maid is also willing to serve the lord." ”

Hearing this, Xu Yixuan couldn't help but glance at Yi Zhicontent, Yi Zhishan pretended not to see it, the conscience of heaven and earth, he could confiscate the twin sisters, but he did like the sisters a little, even if he said: "If you don't want to go out, don't force it, choose freely." ”

Free choice, that is to say, it is not to deliberately drive them out, and all the girls were overjoyed, and they all squatted down and said, "Thank you Lord for your grace." ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at Yan Kexin and ordered: "If you go out to do things, arrange another yard for them, don't let them live in the backyard, so as not to damage their reputation." ”

Yan Kexin hurriedly said: "The concubine will arrange it." ”

The next morning, just after eight o'clock, the English consul Bafour and the French consul Mintiny rushed to the West Garden to pay a visit. ”

Yi Zhizhi didn't end the shelf, greeted the two at the gate of the courtyard, politely greeted a few words, he found out that Min Tini could not speak English, fortunately, the other party brought a translator, a translator who could speak English and French, which made him feel a little troublesome, after entering the house and sitting down, he looked at Min Tini and said: "Shanghai is preparing to build some schools, in view of the fact that French translators are extremely rare, in order to have long-term friendly exchanges between your two countries, I hope that your country can provide a group of teachers to teach French to the new schools in Shanghai and Guangzhou, of course, We also need more teachers in other Western disciplines. ”

Listening to the translator, Min Tini hurriedly said: "Your Excellency's request, we will definitely consider it carefully, and His Majesty the Emperor of our country should be very happy to send teachers to your country to teach Western learning. ”

Barfur continued: "We, the British Empire, are also willing to support Your Excellency in establishing a Western school in Guangzhou and Shanghai, and our Anglican Church is also preparing to build a church school in Guangzhou. ”

Listening to the translator, Min Tini was a little annoyed, England was in a-for-tat situation, and everything had to be intervened, however, he was not in a hurry to express his position, Yi Zhizhi smiled and said: "Welcome, I personally welcome the initiative to spread Western culture, I hope that Guangzhou and Shanghai can become the center of cultural exchanges between the East and the West." ”

Bafur struck while the iron was hot, and said along with the words: "For the convenience of mission, our church is preparing to build a church outside the Shanghai concession....... ”

"Let's put this topic aside for the time being, let's talk about the concession first." Yi Zhishu got up as he spoke, took a simple map of Shanghai, spread it out on the table, and said, "The two of you should have determined the location for the establishment of the concession during this time, right?" Can I mark it with a pen? ”

England chose the north of Pidgin and south of Lijiachang, while France chose the northern suburbs of the county, from the moat to the pidgin from the north to the south, and from the Chaozhou Hall along the river to the Guandi Temple and Chujiaqiao from the east and west, the two concessions are next to each other, from the south of Suzhou Creek to the county seat, all of which are within the scope of the concession.

Yi Zhixiang looked at the map and was silent, judging from the choice of concession location, England is much more atmospheric, and France is a small family, which is obviously determined by the economic strength behind the two countries, but if this choice is made, it is not conducive to his idea of opening up a public concession and developing Shanghai into a concession city.

Seeing that Yi Zhixiang stared at the map silently, Mintini said: "We hope to obtain the land within the demarcated concession at a fair price, neither the land price nor the relocation compensation can be too high, we don't want to have three hundred taels of silver for one acre of land, two hundred taels of silver for a tree, one hundred taels for a room and so on, this is pure blackmail." ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "I remember that there is a famous saying in Europe that the wind can enter, the rain can enter, but the king cannot enter. Our imperial court also protects private property ....... As he spoke, he pointed to the north bank of Suzhou Creek on the map and said, "How is this place?" I can guarantee that there will be no blackmail. ”

After a little hesitation, Min Tini said, "That's a wasteland at all. ”

Yi Zhishu took out a cigar and lit it, and then said slowly: "Then we can't do anything, the concession is demarcated, the opposition of the court and the local government is quite high, and it is inconvenient for local officials to come forward to coordinate this kind of thing." ”

Listening to the translation, Min Tini was a little dumbfounded, the local officials of the Qing State did not come forward, how they negotiated well, they would definitely be extorted, and maybe the price of the entire concession land would rise sharply.

Yi Zhizu looked at Bafur, pointed to the map, and said, "Can your country be replaced to the north of Suzhou Creek?" ”

After a slight groan, Bafour said, "Can Your Excellency give a reason?" ”

"I hope that the concessions of Britain, France and the United States will be separated, and the vacant land in the middle, Yuanqi, will be responsible for the construction." Yi Zhizu pointed to the map and said: "In the future, the vacant land occupied by Yuan Qi will be used as the public concession of various countries, so that the territory of the concession will be greatly expanded, I believe that this will be beneficial to all countries, and your church can also be built in the public concession." ”

Public Concession? Bafur's eyes lit up, this was indeed a good idea, and he groaned a little before he asked, "Is the public concession also allowed to live in your country?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly and asked rhetorically: "Could it be that your country's concession does not allow our people to live in it?" ”

Bafur was asked, isn't the purpose of establishing a concession to isolate it, avoid Chinese and foreign miscellaneous, give rise to disputes, and allow Qing civilians to enter and live, what kind of concession is it? (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.