Li Jingfang asked, "Mr. Dunant, where do you say we are going to eat?" ”

Dunant said, "Let's go to the prisoner of war camp to eat. ”

Li Jingfang was stunned for a moment and said, "Mr. is a distinguished guest, how can he go to some kind of place to eat?" ”

Lin Yuan didn't speak at this time, his eyes swept over everyone, Ilya was expressionless, the people who answered just now and the people who echoed him all had embarrassed faces, and the others were in agreement, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It seems that the people who are in favor are all with Dunan all the way." ”

Li Jingfang had never been to the prisoner of war camp either, he was worried that the food in the prisoner of war camp would be too poor, which would make the Qing court lose face, and he was thinking of refusing, Lin Yuan stood up at this time and said: "Lord Li, since Mr. Dunant wants to go to the prisoner of war camp, let's go." ”

Li Jingfang saw that Lin Yuan was confident, and he also had a bottom in his heart, so he agreed, and the group came to the prisoner of war camp, Pang Xiude never dreamed that Lin Yuan and Li Jingfang would directly lead the investigation team here, and they would eat as soon as they came! I still have to eat with prisoners of war.

Pang Xiude could only vacate a corner in the dining place of the prisoners of war to entertain the investigation team, but fortunately, the investigation team only had fifteen people, including Lin Yuan, Li Jingfang and the translator were only twenty.

But what he ate made Pang Xiude very difficult, with Lin Yuan's explanation, these days are potato roast beef, which is something that Russians like very much, but the chef's skill is really not flattering, especially today's meal, the person who did it is an old and dizzy old pawn, he turned around and forgot that he had already put salt away, so he put salt again, so that both potatoes and beef were salty.

At the dinner table, Dunant and his people seemed to have no sense of taste, and did not care about the saltiness of the food, and ate in large gulps; Li Jingfang, who never got tired of eating, and the accompanying interpreter laughed and chewed in small bites, as if they were taking medicine; Pang Xiude sat on the chair, knowing that he had offended Master Li, worried that the black yarn would not be safe, and his whole body was uncomfortable, as if he was on fire under his buttocks; Ilya and the mysterious man ate casually; Lin Yuan couldn't help but smile and observed everyone.

Dunan quickly finished his share and smiled at Lin Yuan: "I appreciate your treatment of prisoners of war, especially the food is full of salt, salt is a necessary thing for the human body, and in some countries' prisoner of war camps, they don't put salt in the prisoners of war's meals. ”

When Li Jingfang heard Dunan's praise, he felt a light on his face, and he had a smile, and Pang Xiude's heart was also relieved, and when everyone had finished eating, Dunan asked Lin Yuan in English: "Where is the thatched house?" ”

Li Jingfang also understands English, and after listening to it, he thought: "Are these foreigners all rectums?" Why do you have to go to the thatched house just after eating? ”

Dunant continued: "We had to investigate the sanitary conditions of the prisoner of war camps, and the hut was the first stop. ”

Li Jingfang's face suddenly became extremely ugly, Lin Yuan knew in his heart that there was no equipment like flushing toilets in this era, so the unpleasant smell in the thatched house was inevitable, and that kind of environment was hell for Li Jingfang, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This Li Jingfang is still good, and he has helped me a lot." ”

So Lin Yuan stood up to relieve him and said, "Lord Li is busy with official business, so I will accompany Mr. Dunan." ”

Dunan agreed, and when Li Jingfang saw Lin Yuan like this, his good impression of him increased greatly, and he thought: "Brother Lin Xian is really my confidant, and I must help him in the future!" ”

Lin Yuan then accompanied Dunant to investigate in the prisoner of war camp, all things made Dunant praise a lot, and at the end of the day's investigation, the investigation team rested in the nearby military camp, Lin Yuan vaguely felt that the appetizers had passed, and it was time for a big meal.

Sure enough, that night, Ilya walked into Lin Yuan's tent.

When Elijah saw Lin Yuan, he was very enthusiastic, he opened his arms and said with a smile: "Old friend, I haven't seen you for a long time." As he spoke, he wanted to step forward and hug Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan avoided him and said coldly: "Who is an old friend with you, less close, I hate treacherous people the most!" Lin Yuan is using psychological skills to put pressure on Ilya, although there is no integrity in international exchanges, but this kind of thing happens enough to embarrass diplomats, after all, people should be honest and honest is the norm recognized by human beings.

Ilya spread out her hands and said ashamedly: "I am not the emperor, and I have no way to control many things. ”

Lin Yuan knew that it was pointless for Lu Dao to dwell too much on this matter, and he asked, "What are you doing when you come to me?" How did you get into the Mission? Ilya said: "I am now the president of the Russian Red Cross, and the reason why I have come incognito is to do something that is inconvenient for people to know. ”

Lin Yuan smiled disdainfully: "How can you come incognito?" Li Jingfang must know you. ”

Elijah laughed and said, "He has taken my money, and he will not tell me about it." ”

Lin Yuan sneered: "Just say it directly, what's the matter with coming to me?" ”

"I'm here to discuss with you about the return of prisoners of war," Ilya said. ”

Lin Yuan didn't speak, but took a sip of the tea on the table, and then said, "Return the prisoners of war?" So that they can continue to beat us? ”

Ilya saw his indifference from Lin Yuan's actions, and he hurriedly said: "You may have misunderstood what I meant, our two countries will negotiate soon, and I hope that Lord Lin can help a lot at the negotiation table." ”

Lin Yuan laughed for a while and said, "We are belligerents, how can I help you." Ilya hurriedly said: "As long as you can help us, 10,000 taels of silver, both hands will be served!" ”

It turned out that Ilya knew a lot about the officialdom of the Qing court, and knew that everything had to be done with silver, and diplomats also took it for granted that they received foreign bribes during the negotiation process.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It just so happens that a large amount of money will be used for development and construction in the future, and even if you get money from the Qing court, it will be the blood and sweat of your compatriots!" It would be best to use your money to develop our economy and industry! Lin Yuan pretended to say, "Is that all?" ”

When Ilya heard that there was a door, he said, "Thirty thousand taels!" ”

Lin Yuan still didn't answer, and Ilya continued to increase the weight, saying, "Fifty thousand taels!" Then with a look full of difficulty, he said, "No more!" ”

Lin Yuan knew very well in his heart that their bottom line was at least ten times that of this number, in his time, when Russia was negotiating with the Qing court to negotiate the concession of Lushunkou, the diplomat Pu Kedi directly gave the negotiating minister Li Hongzhang 500,000 taels of silver!

Lin Yuan said coldly: "You don't have to act for me, isn't it too troublesome for you to add 20,000 at a time?" After speaking, Lin Yuan spread his palms and said, "500,000 taels, not a single point less!" ”

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he stared at Ilya's eyes, and saw that this number was getting bigger, Ilya was struggling, looking at his painful appearance, Lin Yuan was indescribably happy.

Ilya smiled reluctantly and said, "Well, that's the price." ”

Lin Yuan said: "If you want to cut off the entire Northeast in the contract, I won't be able to help you!" Ilya said, "How can you!" The terms of the contract promise that you will accept it, and in a few days, I will have this money delivered to your house as an ice tribute. ”

As soon as Ilya left, someone came to report: "Two people in the investigation team want to see you." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It must be those two mysterious people, what will their affairs be?" ”