As the end of the twelfth lunar month enters the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the whole city begins to be full of the rich New Year atmosphere.

All kinds of goods from all over the world are summarized in Haicheng. As long as there is money, ordinary people can buy almost anything they want to buy.

Moreover, Haicheng's taxes are very light, except for some unique commodities, they are basically around 10 taxes. The State Administration of China has been emphasizing "free trade", which makes these goods not very expensive.

Even if ordinary people cannot afford mid-to-high-end products, many low-end practical products can already meet most needs.

Today is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. The traditional Chinese New Year is happening to be on holiday today, which pushed the atmosphere upwards and ushered in a small climax.

On the way to the Haicheng Hotel, a team of heavily guarded carriages were slowly passing by.

Looking at the lively crowds outside, almost everyone's face was filled with joy, and the dazzling bags of New Year's goods, Sony sighed, put down the curtains, turned to Fan Wencheng and said, "Mr. Fan, time is endless. If there is no result today, we must prepare for the worst."

Fan Wencheng, who was beside him, hurriedly put down the curtains and nodded heavily, but said nothing.

He has actually been to Haicheng several times and has also felt the prosperity of some Haicheng, but it is not as intuitive as it has been during the Chinese New Year.

I have heard and heard in Haicheng these days, although Fan Wencheng has been calm on the surface, he has long doubted life in his heart.

Even if it is such a prosperous capital in the world, how can it be compared with the Haicheng in front of you...

There are indeed many rich people in the capital.

But those rich people were 80% of Manchu and Mongolian powerful people, and the remaining 20% ​​were either powerful Han slaves, or Han wealthy businessmen who had long been in the Qing Dynasty, and the real lives of ordinary people...

Not to mention buying this New Year’s goods, if you can stutter and never starve to death, you will be a very good high-end family.

But in front of me, this sea city...

What else can Fan Wencheng say?

The wealthy people in Haicheng almost penetrated into the bone marrow, and you can almost feel the inner comfort of these Haicheng people with your toes.

‘Are you really wrong in your choice?’

Fan Wencheng couldn't help but have this terrible thought arose again, and he felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

But in a blink of an eye, I saw Sony with a dead aura on his old face, and could only suppress this thought desperately, and then I couldn't stop smiling bitterly in my heart.

The Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the small missionary was intrigue and incredible. Can you still expect to change the general trend?

Maybe, should we meet Xu Changqing privately?

Just as Fan Wencheng's heart was beating again, the Haicheng Official Hall finally arrived.

Fan Wencheng tried his best to suppress the chaos in his heart and maintain his majesty on his face.

...

Xu Changqing's official hall has actually been upgraded to level, but not only did Xu Changqing not upgrade, but even the new official hall that had been built has not been moved.

In this regard, the Political Affairs Office has advised him. But Xu Changqing's reason is also very simple. This is the garden where the emperor lived and should be the emperor's palace.

At this time, Dong'e and Kong Sizhen and others moved to the old official hall.

Of course, the construction of the old official hall has never stopped. In the middle of the year, an artificial lake covering an area of ​​more than ten acres was dug in the back house, which was integrated with the old lake inside, and was no less than the garden in Jiangnan.

Xu Changqing will never treat his wife and children unfairly.

As the saying goes, ‘seeing the essence through phenomena’.

At the entrance of the official hall, when Sony and Li Yan, Yang Zhongliang, Li Hongyun and others were greeting each other, Fan Wencheng was quietly looking at the storefront of the official hall.

Through observation, his heart became more restless.

This person is afraid that he will be pissed to death by comparing others.

Even though Dorgon was a little stubborn, what did he do in the capital? It was almost obvious that it was the emperor's pomp.

However, Xu Changqing's side is...

There is no need to compare at all, and the right judgment is made.

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Especially Dorgon's mind, he is still a little far from the real talent and strategy of Huang Taiji. His Fan Wencheng seems to be highly valued, but in fact, he is just like a eunuch-in-chief...

What else is there to hope for this day?

"Haha, Lord Suo, Lord Fan, Lord Hong, I didn't have enough fun last night. We must have a good drink tonight."

At this time, Xu Changqing's cheerful laughter came, and Fan Wencheng was immediately clever and even his legs became weak.

This Marquis of Haicheng is so bad.

Not to mention cheating during the negotiations, starting the day before yesterday, there was a banquet every night. The key was that he found a bunch of military generals to accompany them just to make their wine...

When he thought of the generals with big arms and round waists and strong faces, Fan Wencheng seemed to have seen the bowls of strong wine, and he couldn't help but want to vomit.

Even though Haicheng Laojiao is delicious, it can't stand such a way to drink it.

Fortunately, Sony saved the scene at this time. He saluted Xu Changqing and stopped pretending. His face turned cold: "Marty, at this time, things can't be dragged on like this. If the Model Army cannot explain to me the Qing Dynasty, then our previous armistice agreement will be invalidated!"

As soon as this said, the scene suddenly became silent.

Fan Wencheng also shivered and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Are you a real Manchu? You have confidence in speaking. But why do you feel that these model soldiers around you are not angry, but are still a little excited?'

The smile on Xu Changqing's face gradually cooled down and he looked at Sony and said, "Mr. Suo, can I understand that this is your Qing Dynasty unilaterally tearing down the agreement?"

Sony sneered: "Marty, it's not that my Qing Dynasty wants to tear down the agreement, but that what your model army does really hurt the morality of a gentleman."

Xu Changqing smiled, but said, "Sir Suo, let's not talk about the gentleman or not. We can't talk about it here today, right? Please ask Master Suo, let's go to the hall to talk. Someone just sent me some Biluochun this morning, so I want to taste it."

“…”

Sony was speechless immediately.

Only then did I remember that Xu Changqing's mouth was equally powerful...

But Sony is not false at this time, he already has a scheming case!

It is indeed difficult to fight in Haicheng and its surrounding areas.

But what about southern Shandong, the two Huaihe Rivers, and even the south of Jiangnan?

Can they all be as strong as Haicheng?

If Xu Changqing refused to submit, then the Qing Dynasty could not blame them for taking ruthless actions!

When they arrived in the hall, the maid had just served new tea. Sony and Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou exchanged glances, and immediately stood up and began to threaten.

"Sony, you are trying to send a safe life, are you looking for death?!"

"Dog Tartars, who is used to your bad habits? If you dare to start a war, I will dare to lead people to recover the capital!"

"Dog Tartar, go back to your hometown..."

Before Sony could finish his words, Zhao Zengjin, Zhang Hu, Mao Tiehui and others who attended the meeting slammed the table and did not give Sony or the Qing Dynasty any face.

Sony was not false, but just looked at Xu Changqing with a cold sneer: "Marty, at this point, nothing is useless to say. My Qing Dynasty has married two princesses to you and has shown her greatest sincerity. It is important to know that there are three kilograms of nails in the broken ship! My Qing Dynasty cannot bully anyone who wants to bully it!"

"Dog Tartar, then you won't get back..."

The generals were about to scold again, but Xu Changqing waved his hand and the surroundings instantly became quiet.

Xu Changqing smiled and said, "Mr. Suo, let go of your position and I fully understand your feelings. But I really don't know how to prove it so that you can believe in my model army, Daming, and I did not make any moves in Goryeo. Since that is the case, I can only respect Master Suo's choice."

“…”

Sony's face turned pale.

Hong Chengchou's face was hard to see, but at this time, he was not qualified to speak, after all, he was just the third deputy envoy this time.

Fan Wencheng hurriedly smiled and smoothed out the situation: "Mr. Marquis, Master Suo, look, this matter is a mess... If you have anything to say, let's talk about it carefully.

Well."

As he said that, he hurriedly looked at Xu Changqing with a pleasing wish and said, "Marty, this matter is really a model army's shadow. I, the Qing Dynasty, have already had a lot of evidence... You see, if you really want to break up, everyone will be unfair. And you want people to live in poverty..."

After saying that, he hurriedly bowed deeply to Xu Changqing.

Even though he had already had contact with Xu Changqing, to put it bluntly, he wanted to leave a way out and defect to Xu Changqing, Fan Wencheng did not cater to Xu Changqing. Instead, he was weak to Xu Changqing, but he rarely had a tough fight against Xu Changqing.

Because he knew very well that if he wanted to defect to Xu Changqing, he had to show his value.

If he is a waste, what can Xu Changqing get if he accepts him?

"hehe."

Xu Changqing smiled: "Mr. Fan is worthy of being a scholar. This is a good word. Military advisor, how do you say that old saying?"

Li Yan also smiled: "The tongue is bright and the lotus."

Xu Changqing laughed: "Yes, that's what it means. Lord Fan is so talented. Since Lord Fan has spoken, Changqing has to give Lord Fan a face no matter how he wants to give Lord Fan. In this way, Lord Fan, Lord Suo, and Lord Hong, I wonder how my model army will prove it so that the Qing Dynasty can believe our sincerity?"

"this……"

Fan Wencheng didn't expect that as soon as he opened his mouth, Xu Changqing used it as a breakthrough, and directly attacked him and hurriedly looked at Sony.

Sony sneered in his heart, Xu Changqing still has times to give in!

"Report—"

"Gory 800 miles in a hurry!"
To be continued...