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The secret telegram read: "Appoint Lin Yuan as the imperial envoy, and Li Jingfang is the negotiator to discuss the truce with Russia." Lin Yuan was not surprised to see this secret telegram. Ilya had already told him that the truce negotiations were about to begin. Moreover, the country's finances are already stretched, and the war situation has calmed down, and the truce negotiations will be a matter of course.While Lin Yuan ordered people to burn cement to build the road, he was also preparing for negotiations. Monetary drive was always more efficient than administrative drive. Stimulated by Lin Yuan's money, many people joined in the road construction.The news of making money from building roads spread to Shandong, which is across the sea from the Liaodong Peninsula. Many people traveled across the ocean to make money and came to Yingkou and other places to build roads. area population growth.

Negotiations are scheduled to take place in Vladivostok, which is where the Russian Far East Fleet is located. The Russians also want to show off their force and put pressure on Lin Yuan. Show some color to the Qing court mission during the negotiation.

Although there was a need to negotiate, Lin Yuan did not dare to relax in the slightest, because the two sides were only in a state of truce, and this state had not been solidified in legal form. The Russians might launch a counterattack at any time, so Lin Yuan carefully deployed defensive forces, Then they rushed to Jilin to join Li Jingfang and his party.

Starting from Jilin, heading east, we arrived at Hunchun, which controlled the Sino-Russian passage, and was still occupied by the Russian army. The Russians built the railway here to Ussuriysk and Vladivostok. Under the protection of everyone, Lin Yuan, Li Jingfang and his party boarded the train.

As the train passed through the lush forest, Lin Yuan asked Li Jingfang, "Are there any instructions from above regarding our negotiation?"

Li Jingfang said: "The meaning above is: Let Russia return the land obtained by this aggression, and the border between the two countries will maintain the status of the "Aigun Treaty" and the "Beijing Treaty."

Lin Yuan asked: "Isn't there any intention to abolish these two treaties?" Li Jingfang said: "Those are just wild lands, and it doesn't matter if they are given over to the Russians."

Lin Yuan nodded without speaking. The train finally arrived at Vladivostok, where the Russian Far East Fleet is located.

The group of people got off the train, and the chief Russian negotiator, Grodek, led a person to greet them outside the station. They briefly answered a few words of greeting, and just entered the naval base, when they heard a loud "bang", Li Jingfang was frightened, "Hey! With a sound, there was a step at the bottom of his feet, he stepped on the air, staggered, the official hat fell off his head, and rolled away for a long time.

An attendant had already stepped forward to pick up the hat, dusted it off, and put it on for Li Jingfang. Seeing this, Grodjeko laughed loudly and said, "What's so scary about the sound of the artillery, our Emperor is not a coward who is afraid of the sound of the artillery. After finishing speaking, the people in the Russian mission laughed.

Seeing being ridiculed, Li Jingfang was annoyed, but he had no choice but to sneer twice. Lin Yuan looked at his watch, and it was already twelve o'clock. The Russian naval fortress had time-telling cannons, which would fire at twelve o'clock every day. , Lin Yuan saw Grodjeko laughing at Li Jingfang, and thought: "This negotiation seems to be full of gunpowder! If the morale at the beginning is suppressed, it will be difficult to handle in the future."

So Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Our cannons are always fired when we see the enemy, and we have never fired cannons to embolden ourselves, so Mr. Li was surprised. I don't know which coward made this rule." The person who tells the time and cannon is the Russian Tsar Peter I. He holds a very important position in the hearts of the Russians. He is honored as Peter the Great by the Russians. There are only a handful of emperors who can be called "Emperors". He called him a coward, and Grodek's eyebrows rose in an instant.But the diplomacy of the two countries is not a fight between rascals in the market, how can they fight because of a disagreement!Grodjeko had no choice but to swallow his anger, holding back his strength to embarrass the Qing court mission.

Grodjeko whispered to his subordinates: "Change the meeting place for a while to Qianli Pavilion."

This attic was built on the top of the mountain. It was originally built by the Qing court. Later, Vladivostok was seized by Russia, and it naturally fell into the hands of the Russians. Seeing the beautiful scenery here, the Russians expanded on the original basis.

Grodjeko wants to negotiate in the attic, the purpose is to embarrass the Qing court mission. Although this mountain is not too steep, it is tiring enough to climb up. Among the Qing court missions, except for Lin Yuan, the rest Those who are not pampered on weekdays, to climb this mountain is enough for them.

Sure enough, when Li Jingfang and his entourage arrived at the foot of the mountain, they looked ugly. Grodjeko looked at Li Jingfang hesitating, and felt happy in his heart. Culture, but I also know that many literati love famous mountains and rivers, and the scenery on the mountains is beautiful, why don't you go up there?"

Lin Yuan walked up to Grodjeko and said with a smile in Russian, "Since your Excellency understands my Chinese culture, you should know that these literati climb mountains in groups of three or five. Now we have a large group of people, and it's really cool to go up together." It’s indecent, how about this.” Then, Lin Yuan turned his head and said to the members of the Qing court mission: “You guys wait here, I’ll go up alone.”

Lin Yuan is the head of the mission, and what he said was an order. As an outsider, Grodjeko naturally couldn't object, so he had to agree. Today's negotiation is just to exchange government documents. Lin Yuan took the official documents and headed towards the mountain road. He made a "please" gesture, and then went up the mountain road.

Grodjeko followed with a few entourages. Seeing Lin Yuan go up the mountain first, he couldn't help laughing secretly. Grodjeko loves mountain climbing and is also good at it. He decided to pass Lin Yuan for a while, and then go ahead of Lin Yuan. Telling him to go quickly, taking this opportunity to laugh at him, Grodek made up his mind and secretly quickened his pace. The mountain road was not narrow enough for him to pass Lin Yuan.

What Grodjeko didn't expect was that he and Lin Yuan were more than one meter away. He accelerated and Lin Yuan also accelerated, but he couldn't get past him. Lin Yuan turned around and smiled at him: "Your Excellency, General!" Why don't you go faster? There is a beautiful view on the top of the mountain!"

Lin Yuan was born as a pilot, and the physical fitness of a pilot is unmatched by ordinary people, so Grodjeko chased after him hard, but he couldn't catch up with Lin Yuan.

After going up a section of the mountain road, Lin Yuan looked back and saw beads of sweat on Grodjeko's forehead and face, so he quickened his pace. As soon as Lin Yuan sped up, Grodjeko couldn't catch up no matter what he said, and was pulled directly It was more than ten meters away.Lin Yuan reached the top of the mountain first, and waited for Grodjeko with a victor's smile. Grodjeko was secretly angry in his heart, but it was hard to show it on his face. Trying to get back a city.

Taking Lin Yuan into the attic, Grodjeko did not take a seat, but opened the window of the attic, smiled and said to Lin Yuan, "Won't General Lin come and see the scenery?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What new tricks do you want to use?" When he came to the window, he immediately understood Grodjeko's intentions. It turned out that from here he could overlook the Vladivostok military port, where more than a dozen warships were moored neatly. Rogerko pointed at them and said with a smile: "Look! Those are the warships of our Russian Empire." Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What do you have to show off, your Vladivostok naval port will be mine sooner or later." Enviously said: "I don't know when we can have such a fleet!"

Seeing the smug smile on Grodjeko's face, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It's time to fight back!"