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Li Jingfang asked: "Mr. Du Nan, where do you think we are going to eat?"

Dunant said, "Let's go to the POW camp to eat."

Li Jingfang was taken aback, and said: "Sir, you are a distinguished guest, how can you go to a place to eat?"

Lin Yuan didn't speak at this time, his eyes swept over everyone, Ilya was expressionless, the person who just answered and the person who agreed with him all had embarrassing expressions, and the others showed approval, Lin Yuan thought to himself : "It seems that those who agree are with Dunan."

Li Jingfang had never been to a prisoner-of-war camp. He was worried that the food in the prisoner-of-war camp would be too bad and the Qing government would lose face, so he was trying to find a way to refuse it. Lin Yuan stood up and said, "Master Li, since Mr. Dunan wants to go to the prisoner-of-war camp, why not?" Just go."

Li Jingfang saw that Lin Yuan was confident and confident, so he agreed, and a group of people 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. !You 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. Fortunately, there were only fifteen people in the investigation team. Including Lin Yuan, there were only twenty Li Jingfang and translators.

But what to eat made Pang Xiude very troubled. With Lin Yuan's confession, these days it's all goulash. This is something the Russians like very much, but the chef's craftsmanship is really not flattering, especially today Well, the man who did it was an old pawn who was blind. He turned around and forgot that he had put salt, so he put salt again, so that whether it was potatoes or beef, it was terribly salty.

At the dinner table, Dunan and his people seem to have no sense of taste, they don’t care about the saltiness of the food at all, and they eat with big mouthfuls; Taking medicine; Pang Xiude was sitting on the chair, knowing that he had offended Mr. Li, worried that Wusha would not be safe, and his whole body was uncomfortable, as if his buttocks were on fire; Ilya and the mysterious man were eating casually; Lin Yuan held back a smile and observed everyone .

Dunan quickly finished his share, and smiled at Lin Yuan: "I really appreciate your treatment of prisoners of war, especially the adequate salt in the food. Salt is an essential thing for the human body. Some countries' prisoner-of-war camps , They don’t put salt in the meals of prisoners of war.”

Hearing Du Nan's praise, Li Jingfang felt radiant on his face, and now he smiled, and Pang Xiude's heart relaxed. When everyone finished eating, Du Nan asked Lin Yuan in English: "Where is the hut?"

Li Jingfang also knew English, and after listening to it, he thought to himself: "Are these foreigners straight-hearted? Why do they have to go to the latrine right after eating?"

Dunant went on to say: "We want to investigate the sanitary conditions of the prisoner-of-war camps, and the hut is the first stop."

Li Jingfang's face suddenly turned ugly, Lin Yuan knew in his heart that there is no such equipment as a flush toilet in this era, so the unpleasant smell in the hut is inevitable, that kind of environment is simply hell for Li Jingfang, Lin Yuanxin I thought: "This Li Jingfang is not bad, and he has helped me a lot."

So Lin Yuan stepped forward to help him out, and said, "Master Li is busy with business, so let me accompany Mr. Dunan."

Du Nan agreed, and Li Jingfang saw Lin Yuan like this, and his affection for him increased greatly, thinking: "Brother Lin Xian is really my confidant, and I will definitely help you in the future!"

Lin Yuan then accompanied Dunan to investigate in the prisoner-of-war camp, and Dunan praised everything. After a day of investigation, the investigation team rested in a nearby military camp. It's time for a big meal.

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

Ilya was very enthusiastic when he saw Lin Yuan. He opened his arms and said with a smile, "Old friend, long time no see." As he spoke, he wanted to hug Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan avoided him, and said coldly: "Who is an old friend with you, don't get close, I hate treacherous people the most!" Lin Yuan was using psychological techniques to put pressure on Ilya, even though there is no international communication. Integrity can be talked about, but this kind of thing happened is embarrassing enough for diplomats. After all, people should communicate honestly with each other is the norm recognized by human beings.

Ilya spread her hands and said shamelessly, "I'm not the emperor, and I can't control many things."

Lin Yuan knew that it was pointless to entangle too much on this matter. He asked, "What did you come to me for? How did you get into the investigation team?" Ilya said, "My current public identity is Russian President of the Red Cross, the reason why I came here anonymously is to do things that are inconvenient for people to know."

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

Elijah smiled and said, "He took my money and won't tell me."

Lin Yuan sneered and said, "Just tell me, what can you do for me?"

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

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

Ilya saw Lin Yuan's indifference from his actions, and he said hastily, "You may have misunderstood me. Our two countries will soon be negotiating. I hope Master Lin can help you a lot at the negotiating table."

Lin Yuan laughed "haha" for a while, and said: "We are a warring country, how can I help you." Ilya said quickly: "As long as you can help us, I will give you 1 taels of silver!"

It turned out that Ilya knew very well about the officialdom of the Qing court, and knew that everything should be done with money. Diplomats also took it for granted that foreign bribes were collected during the negotiation process. Ilya didn't know Lin Yuan's details, and thought he was just like other officials. , so I took this set out.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It happens that a large amount of money will be used for development and construction in the future. Even if the money is obtained from the Qing court, it will be the blood and sweat of our compatriots! It is best to use your money to develop our economy and industry. What happened!" Lin Yuan put on airs and said, "Is that all?"

As soon as Ilya heard that there was a door, he said again: "3 taels!"

Lin Yuan still didn't answer, and Ilya continued to increase the price, saying: "5 taels!" Then with a difficult face, he said: "It can't be more!"

Lin Yuan knew very well that their bottom line was at least ten times this number. In his era, when Russia was negotiating with the Qing government on the concession at Lushunkou, the diplomat Pu Kedi directly gave 50 taels to Li Hongzhang, the negotiating minister. silver!

Lin Yuan said coldly: "You don't have to act for me, don't you think it's troublesome to add 50 taels at a time?" After finishing speaking, Lin Yuan spread his palms and said: "[-] taels, even a penny less!"

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he stared into Ilya's eyes, seeing that the number was getting bigger, and Ilya was struggling very much. Seeing his painful appearance, Lin Yuan was indescribably happy.

Ilya forced a smile and said, "Okay, that's the price."

Lin Yuan said: "If you want to cut off the entire Northeast in the contract, I can't help you!" Ilya said: "How can I! You will accept the conditions in the contract. After a few days, I will ask someone to treat this money as a gift and send it to your house."

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

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It must be those two mysterious people. What will happen to them?"