Hirobuki Ito wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Kun Komura, thanks to you who helped me to clear the siege, I don't know how to answer."

Komura Sutaro said: "Ito-kun, these words were taught to me by Miyamoto, and you should thank him."

Ito Hirobumi looked at Naotao Miyamoto again and said, "Miyomoto-kun..."

Naotao Miyamoto said: "Mr. Ito, these are all small things. You don't have to be polite. We should settle down first and then negotiate countermeasures."

In fact, Naotao Miyamoto was not very optimistic about the negotiation plan formulated by Hiromoto Ito, because he knew very well that time travelers were very pragmatic people, and coupled with historical factors in the old time and space, it was impossible for time travelers to make concessions to Japan, whether it was moral kidnapping or public opinion kidnapping. Moreover, the ability to control the time travelers and guide public opinion is far beyond this era. Hiromo Ito's little tricks are useless at all. The best strategy for this negotiation is to respond to changes in the same way, not to be humble or arrogant. You can be soft-tempered in the negotiation. It is a little less, and there is no need to lose your dignity after losing your money.

But Naotaku Miyamoto knew that these words were useless to Hiromitsu Ito. He would only know if he touched a wall. However, just now, he saw Hiromitsu Ito was forced by a reporter and had no choice but to help Hiromitsu Ito. However, his position was too low and he could not interrupt when Hiromitsu Ito answered the reporter. In addition, he was also afraid of attracting Li Songchen's attention, so he asked Sutaro Komura to come forward.

However, although Komura Sutaro announced the end of the answer to the reporter, the reporters were unwilling to end it like this, so they all turned their targets to Li Songchen, questioning Li Songchen in a verbal way, asking about the negotiation attitude of East China **.

Li Songchen smiled and said, "Dear reporters, you have just obtained a lot of valuable news information from Mr. Ito. I think you have gained a lot today. I'd better leave some for tomorrow. I believe you will definitely gain a lot during this period."

Many reporters laughed when they heard this, so they stopped asking questions and left one after another. Li Songchen then said to Hirobuki Ito: "Mr. Ito, I will send you to the rest place first. A welcome banquet will be held tomorrow, and it will be a meeting between the negotiators of both sides."

Hirobuki Ito nodded and said, "Okay, everything has bothered you."

After Li Songchen arranged Ito Hiromitsu and his party, he immediately went to report to Qin Zheng and played the recording of Ito Hiromitsu's answer to reporters to Qin Zheng in full.

After listening to the recording, Qin Zheng thought for a while and said, "Can you hear Hirobuki Ito's intention?"

Li Songchen said: "Ito Hirobuki's attitude is very apologetic, and when answering reporters' questions, he also gave us a high hat of etiquette. It seems that he intends to use this humble and respectful attitude to pretend to be weak, so as to win our sympathy, or influence public opinion, and achieve the goal of making concessions."

Qin Zheng nodded and smiled, "It's right that the Japanese are the best at disguise and are good at forbearance. When the situation is unfavorable, they can act the most humble and respectful way to make people relax their guards, but it would be too naive to deceive us with this."

Li Songchen said: "However, when Ito Hirobuki answered the reporter again, he repeatedly emphasized that the war between Japan and us was caused by misunderstandings, and did not admit that it was Japanese invasion. This attitude of not admitting mistakes was exactly the same as in the old time and space. I think we can take advantage of this and make Japan uncomfortable, and we can't even pretend."

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "Yes, this is a solution. Are tomorrow's welcome banquet ready? This cannot be careless. Didn't Ito Hirobuki say that we are a country of etiquette? We must show the demeanor of a country of etiquette."

Li Songchen said: "Don't worry, everything is ready."

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The next day, the negotiating delegation from East China ** and Japan met at the Trade Center in Shanghai New District. The consuls in the United States and Germany in Qingdao accompanied him as a mediator. In fact, it was to introduce both parties and then do nothing.

First of all, of course, it was to introduce Qin Zheng and Hiromitsu Ito. Just after the introduction, Hiromitsu Ito immediately bowed deeply to Qin Zheng and said, "Speaker Qin, I have heard of Daming for a long time. I finally met today. It's really a great honor."

Qin Zheng owed his body and said, "Mr. Ito is so polite. We have also admired Mr. Ito's name for a long time in China. He led the Meiji Restoration for Mr. Ito, eradicating old ills, implementing new policies, breeding industries, and building up countries and strengthening troops. Finally, Japan has completed the transformation to a modern civilized country. I admire it very much."

Hirobuki Ito heard it, and hurriedly bowed again, saying, "Speaker Qin is too rewarding. He is really sorry. He has only been returning from overseas for seven years, but he has been able to establish such a powerful regime from scratch. This time, the victory of the Far East War is entirely due to the fact that the leaders of the Qing Dynasty are good. Please be honest, the Qing Dynasty is now difficult to return, and it is difficult to survive. In the future, the East China National Congress will be replaced by the Qing Dynasty. I believe that China will become prosperous and strong under the leadership of the people. I hope that when the people unify China, China and Japan can join hands to meet the challenges of the new era together."

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "Mr. Ito has also been over the award."

Hirobuki Ito also said: "China and Japan are neighbors with a belt of water. They have the same culture and have been able to live in friendship since ancient times. The eminent monk Jianzhen of the Tang Dynasty and Zhu Shunshui of the Ming Dynasty are all pioneers of China-Japan friendship and have always been respected in Japan. We descendants should inherit the will of these ancestors and continue to strengthen the friendship between China and Japan."

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Mr. Ito said it well, but unfortunately what Japan does not seem to be strengthening the friendship between China and Japan."

Hirobu Ito hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, these are all caused by misunderstandings between China and Japan. We came to Shanghai this time to eliminate misunderstandings, strengthen understanding and mutual trust between the two sides, and restore peace and friendship between the two sides."

Qin Zheng smiled again and said, "Very good. If the Japanese side can fully recognize their mistakes, sincerely apologize, and sincerely correct their mistakes, of course peace can be restored."

Hirobuki Ito's face changed. He always said that there were misunderstandings between the two sides, but never said that Japan was wrong. Qin Zheng defined Japan as the wrong party as soon as he spoke, which was obviously beyond the scope of Hirobuki Ito that it could bear and absolutely cannot admit that Japan was wrong. However, it is not a formal negotiation now, and Hirobuki Ito is not easy to argue with Qin Zheng, so he hurriedly ordered Sutaro Komura to submit the letter of the Japanese delegation's letter to Qin Zheng, which disconnected the topic.

Qin Zheng smiled slightly, but did not say it out loud, and handed over his proof documents to Ito Hiroman. Then he introduced the main personnel of the East China ** negotiating team to Ito Hiroman, and Ito Hiroman's attitude was still very humble, and he bowed first to everyone and then shook hands.

After introducing several people, one person came out of the crowd and came to Hirobuki Ito, and smiled and said, "Speaker Qin, no need to introduce it. Mr. Ito and I are old acquaintances, but I don't know if Mr. Ito still remembers it."

Hirobu Ito was stunned for a moment. Seeing this person, he did look familiar, but he couldn't remember that he had seen him there for a moment, so he was frozen there.

The man didn't keep it in his arms and smiled and said, "Mr. Ito is so noble that he forgets so much. I'm going to remember Li Jingfang."

After hearing this, Hirobuki Ito remembered that this person was Li Jingfang, the son of Li Hongzhang. During the negotiations in Maguan, he participated in the entire negotiation process as Li Hongzhang's assistant. However, Hirobuki Ito only saw Li Hongzhang in his eyes and did not pay attention to Li Jingfang, so he did not expect it to be him.

At this time, Qin Zhengji smiled and said, "This is Mr. Li Jingfang, and it is the consultant we specially invited in this negotiation."

Li Jingfang also smiled and said, "Mr. Ito, we haven't seen each other for 12 years after we parted in Xiaguan."

Hirobu Ito felt quite awkward, because he was in a strong position during the negotiations in Maguan and was not very polite to Li Hongzhang and Li Jingfang. Now that the two sides have changed positions, although Li Jingfang is not the main role of the other party, it still makes Hirobu Ito feel like Hedong has been in Hedong for 30 years and Hexi for 40 years.

In fact, the East China ** brought Li Jingfang into the negotiation team, on the one hand, it was indeed to disgust Hirobuki Ito, and on the other hand, it was also to express it as Li Hongzhang, and it also made a sigh for the Sino-Japanese War of 1895. The defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 was not only a personal shame for Li Hongzhang, nor was it just a shame for the Qing Dynasty, but also a shame for the entire China and the Chinese. The negotiations between East China ** with Shanghai were to give this anger to the entire China and the Chinese. In addition, although Li Hongzhang was dead, he still left a large number of old subordinates, descendants such as Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhou Fu, Sa Zhenbing, Li Jingfang, Zhang Peilun, and even Yuan Shikai and others, all had a certain influence. The East China **'s move was also showing goodwill to these people and attracted them all.

After exchanging official documents and introducing personnel, today's business was over. At this time, Qin Zheng invited Hirofumi Ito and others to attend the meal. Hirofumi Ito was of course inconvenient to refuse, so he went to the banquet with several major personnel such as Sutaro Komura. In this case, Naotaku Miyamoto was not qualified and went back first with the others.

After the meal, the food came up quickly, and it was a mix of Chinese and Japanese dishes, and even the wine had Japanese sake. Hirofumi Ito was a little surprised and had a good intention for the East China **.

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "We are afraid that Mr. Ito will not be accustomed to Chinese food, so we specially prepared some Japanese dishes for you."

Hirobu Ito hurriedly said, "Speaker Qin is so polite."

Qin Zheng said: "The raw materials for these Japanese dishes were specially shipped from Kyoto, Japan. Even the chef was invited by Kyoto Seondocho. I wonder if these dishes are in line with Mr. Ito's taste."
Chapter completed!