After a delicious lunch, Xiao Letian enjoyed the rare leisure time. On the front deck of the Zhiyuan, there was a Taishi chair, a coffee table, and a long fishing rod. The breeze blew over and the fishing line was floating in the air. .
There was obviously a fish biting the hook, but Xiao Letian pretended not to see it, and the guards around him didn't dare to say anything. They just formed a semicircle and turned their backs to the head of state, staring warily in the direction of the sea.
"Bite the hook! Why don't you bite the hook..." Xiao Letian crossed his legs and kept yelling at the sea.
"I've already bitten the hook three times. How can a fish take the bait if you don't have a pole?" The sound was accompanied by the familiar footsteps of Sima Yun.
The guard wisely made an opening so that no one would stop the Four Heavenly Kings from meeting the head of state. At the same time, he brought a chair to General Sima and placed it side by side on the other side of the coffee table.
Xiao Letian poured him a cup of tea and said with a faint smile, "I don't need to raise the rod even if the hook is bitten? Look at the fishhook in the water. The looseness and tightness of the hook shows that this big fish doesn't dare to take a big bite. , the most I can do now is to scratch a cut in this beast’s mouth, and it’s very likely that it will escape!”
"Then what do you want to do? Just keep waiting like this? Be careful of running away..."
"My General Sima, don't worry. Sometimes this beast is just like some people and can't stand the temptation of greed. My bait meat has been soaked in sesame oil and distiller's grains for 24 hours. I don't believe in some Can Big Fish not be greedy?"
"As long as he gets greedy, he will have to bite the hook to death. When the time comes, I don't need to lift the rod, and the big fish won't be able to escape..."
While he was talking, the sea water suddenly rolled, the fishing line suddenly became straight, and the fishing rod on the deck suddenly bent into a bow.
The guard next to him quickly grabbed the fishing rod and said, "Führer, a fish has been hooked, can't you get up?"
"Why are you up!" Xiao Letian glared at him. "Let this beast toss, let me toss and see! Tire him half to death first, and then let's get up again!"
Sima Yun smiled, and so did Xiao Letian. Both of them narrowed their eyes as they watched the water splash.
The clever little people among the big people can't understand it, but these guards who have acquired a bit of dragon spirit after following the head of state can understand a little bit.
When they saw the head of state and King Sima staring intently at the French flag flying in Port Said, they thought on their heels and understood that the so-called beasts and the big fish about to take the bait were all equated.
Xiao Letian is very leisurely. Normally, this should not be the time for recreational fishing, but he knows that everything has been prepared. There will always be some special tranquility on the eve of a war. The French are like that big fish, constantly fishing. Being teased by bait.
They want to let go completely, but they are unwilling to do so! They want to fight to the death, but they are afraid of wolves and tigers. At this time, the Chinese people should calm down.
"Sima...how do you think Major General Jason will negotiate with the French?" Xiao Letian asked.
"Negotiation? Haha... Only the French themselves think that the British will negotiate with them. With how cunning and cunning the British are, wouldn't they take advantage of this huge opportunity?"
"Oh, I'd like to hear the details!" Xiao Letian spread his hands and asked for advice.
"First, the British are our escort fleet. The Queen of England attaches great importance to this state visit, but the French are making trouble like this. If the British are not tough, how can they protect the Queen's honor?"
"Second, Major General Jason received an ironclad order. He must ensure our safety. The French almost ruined his career just now. Do you think he can't be resentful?"
"Third, Britain knows the importance of the Suez Canal much better than we do. Something will happen if nothing happens. Now that there is such a good opportunity, do you think they will not take advantage of it? Find a way to station an additional division of troops. An important breakthrough!"
"That's right! This is the key point..." Xiao Letian said excitedly, "It's so obvious that Britain covets the canal. It's Sima Zhao's intention at all!"
"It's a pity that the French are not stupid. They signed a joint-stock contract with the Egyptian Governor. France occupies the majority of the shares in the canal. No matter how many cannons and powerful battleships the British have, they cannot rob the shares of commercial companies because this is a Western credit society. Cornerstone!"
"So the problem of the canal cannot be solved by war. It does not mean that if the British suddenly declare war on France and defeat the French army here, they can control the canal. As long as France is determined not to sell stocks, the British will be in vain. It’s hard work!”
"So if you want to leverage the French's control over the canal, the main battlefield is still in the stock market. The British must find ways to collect scattered canal stocks bit by bit. No matter how small the stocks are, they are worth fighting for!"
"Except the French who have more stocks now, who has the most stocks? Of course it is the Governor of Egypt. The focus of Britain's future actions will be..."
Sima Yun also smiled, "Yes. In the future, the British will have to play a trick with us to put pressure on the Egyptian governor. They must do everything possible to increase the number of garrison troops. This is also a way to put pressure on the Egyptians and show their bravery." good chance!"
"So, Major General Jason will definitely cooperate with us and stand on our side! This negotiation is absolutely wonderful!"
Xiao Letian looked at the churning water on the sea coldly and suddenly smiled and said, "Of course he will cooperate with us. I gave him so many antique gifts. If he dares to accept money and not do anything... then don't blame me for being rude. Obviously he can't I’ll start a war with you, but it’s okay to give you a glass of poisonous wine!”
"Pick up the pole!" At the command, the two guards exerted force at the same time, and a nearly two-meter-long shark rolled and flew onto the deck, and fell to the teak deck with a clatter.
"Führer! A shark, look at it, its mouth is pierced by a hook!"
"Hmph! The end of greed is death, Viscount Ferdinand? You want to eat me, Xiao Letian, alone in Suez? You are so greedy that there is no limit..."
"Sima Yun... you go notify Xiang Ying and ask him to negotiate with the French!"
"Let Xiang Ying?" Sima Yun knew the inside story and he was suddenly stunned. "You just entrusted Xiang Ying with such a big incident? Isn't this a bit indulgent to him?"
"Besides, with his young and energetic temper, how can the negotiation not turn into a full-scale martial arts exercise in the end?"
"It's all about martial arts! The emperor of the Qing Dynasty almost died at the hands of the French. How to settle this score? Let Xiang Ying settle it for me. I'll give him 24 hours to get a written apology from the French!"
"I'm going to Europe to file a lawsuit with France. These are my confessions!"
Note: This is the second update today. Xinjing is going to explode today. Guess how many updates I can explode?
Haha, actually I don’t know. Let’s give it a try and push away all chores and other work. I will squeeze out a day today to code, and finally try to see how many updates I can make in total.
Just thinking about it makes my blood pressure rise!
As the old saying goes, today my book friends are helping me get on the list, so I have to work hard no matter what!
Let me shout again, hit the list on Monday, hit the red envelope list! Please everyone!
