Chapter 227 Zalantun

Although Minxiu is the emperor's sister, she was given to Zhou Charter by the Empress Dowager!

Minxiu's heart is very sad. It turns out that it is just a chess piece in the palm of the empress dowager's hand.

What's more sad is that she can't refuse this marriage!

The Empress Dowager Buddha saw through her mind and took her key points. She couldn't resist at all!

It was only now that Minxiu woke up. It turned out that her hatred for Zhou Charter for such a long time was all because of love!

She has long fallen in love with Zhou Charter! Cherry knew this, and the Empress Dowager Buddha also knew it, but she was the only one who was confused.

Now, the Empress Dowager gave her to Zhou Charter, which is exactly the wish in her heart!

However, this marriage is so sinister and dirty!

Will Zhou Charter agree?

If Zhou Charter agrees to this marriage, it means that the emperor has completely failed! When the Empress Dowager mastered Zhang Jun, she would not hesitate to abolish Emperor Guangxu!

Emperor Guangxu is Minxiu's brother!

Minxiu felt that she had fallen into a huge whirlpool and could not extricate herself!

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January 3, 1895, Zalantun.

Ten years ago, Zaratun was still an unknown small mountain village, bordering the Greater Khingan Mountains in the north and the Songnen Plain in the south. The local people made a living by fishing and hunting, and could only maintain food and clothing.

However, the current Zaratun has become a small Moscow in the northeast. Gothic buildings rise from the ground, the streets are flat and wide, there are many shops, and the crowd rubbing their shoulders. In the cold of minus 20 degrees, there is a prosperous scene.

Zhalantun, located in the northwest of Heilongjiang, has become a transit station for Qing-Russian trade. The arrival of Russians has completely changed the lives of the local people. They learned Russians to build Gothic spires, speak Russian, eat Russian black bread, wear Russian fur coats, and even learn from Russians. Alcoholism. In winter, drunks can be seen everywhere in Zhalantun. Some people are drunk and unconscious on the roadside. Early the next morning, they become zombies.

Sometimes, material determines culture. A culture that lacks material support can be easily defeated by foreign prosperity. Three hundred years ago, the golden horses of the Manchus were destroyed by the bamboo songs and dances of the Han people. Today, fishing and hunting in Zalantun were replaced by Russian vodka, which is actually the same.

When Zhou Charter, Guo Erbar and Zhang Zuolin came to Zhalantun, Zhao Zhenglun and others had not arrived yet.

According to the address on the expensive letter, the three of them came to the Oriental Hotel.

This is a Russian-owned hotel, and you can stay here if you have expensive money. The Russian hotel is different from the Chinese inn. It is very gorgeously decorated. There is a bare-ass woman's oil painting on the wall and piano accompaniment in the restaurant. The waiter wears a snow-white uniform, which makes Guo Erbar very dissatisfied - that uniform is more powerful than Zhang Jun's military uniform.

When they saw that the money was expensive, they thought they had met a rich man on the rich side.

Compared with the poor munition minister Zhang Jun, this boy has completely changed. He wears a shiny robe and horse coat, wears a civilized stick in his hand and a leather hat on his head. The leather hat is valuable at first glance. Although Zhou Charter doesn't know the goods, he is definitely not a dog's skin, but a little like bear skin!

When Zhou Charter walked into the hotel, Qian Yougui was raising his cane and shouting at several Russian waiters with a high-spirited style. These days, Westerners have seen more than half of the officials in the Qing Dynasty, and people in the Qing Dynasty have always nodded their heads and bowed when they saw Westerners. Today, the expensive money actually aroused the Russians, which made Guo Erbar feel fresh.

"Young master, the money is expensive and promising. Dare to call the old man!" Guo Erpole said behind Zhou Charter, "It seems that our Zhang Jun has played a power in North Korea, and even Lao Maozi bows his head when he sees this dog's money."

Zhou Charter took a look at Guo Erpole and shook his head: "I think money is not the light of my Zhang Jun, but the light of money!"

The money raised his hand and threw a piece of silver to a waiter, who nodded and bowed and left gratefully.

"See?" Zhou Charter said, "Foreigners are also human beings, and they love money."

"Damn it! How did he get so much money!" Guo Er pole scolded fiercely, "Is this boy embezzling our military expenses?" Aren't the Russians still short of 300,000 taels of silver?

"I'm afraid it's hard to say." Zhou Charter said, "I gave him 100,000 taels worth of Korean gins of silver. He also returned 100,000 taels of cash and 200,000 taels worth of materials, which has greatly exceeded our expectations. Everything else was earned by him. What he wants to use is his business."

"Young master, do you mean that the 300,000 taels of silver are all his expensive money?"

Zhou Charter nodded.

"How can this work!" Zhang Zuolin shouted, "There is no reason in the world. Money is expensive..."

Guo Er's voice was so high that the people in the hall stopped and looked at the three shouting outsiders.

Zhou Charter is wearing a robe, a horse coat, a top hat, and a white face, and looks like a serious businessman. Guo Er pole and Zhang Zuolin were wearing short clothes and leather trousers, wearing dogskin hats on their heads, leggings on their legs, bearded faces, and banditry all over their bodies.

Two tall and strong Russian waiters came up, stood in front of the three, and said in blunt Chinese, "I'm sorry, this is a noble club. I'm not well dressed. I won't accept it!"

The two Russian waiters are at least 1.85 tall, half a head taller than Guo Erba, blocking the passage to death. Obviously, they look down on these three Qing people.

Guo Erbar was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and was about to break through. However, Qian Yougui came out from behind the waiter, muttered a few words of Russian to the two, and still gave them some scattered silver.

The two waiters looked at Zhou Charter and the other three suspiciously and made way.

Qian Yougui wink at Zhou Charter and turned around and left. The three followed Qian Yougui to the third floor and came to a suite. Qian Yougui closed the door and then saluted Zhou Charter: "Master! You are here."

Zhou Charter took the opportunity to sit on the sofa and waved his hand: "Money is expensive. Thank you for your hard work on this trip. The materials you sent back have helped my Zhang Jun a lot. Zhang Jun can stand on the foothold in North Korea, and you are the first achievement!"

"Thank you for your cultivation!" Qian Yougui said attentively.

What's wrong with the Russians? What do they want to do?" Zhou Charter goes straight to the topic.

Qian Yougui looked at Zhang Zuolin behind Zhou Charter.

Zhou Charter laughed and said, "They are all his own brothers. He is Zhang Zuolin and will also be a member of our Zhangjun in the future."

Qian Yougui arched his hand to Zhang Zuolin and then said, "Master, the Russians are nagging about things. That Balaofu took me to Zaratun, and I have never seen him again."

"What? You didn't ask him to sell it, did you?" Guo Er pole said.

Money is expensive and shakes its head: "No, no. Although Palau did not appear, his secretary Ye Menlioco often. They arranged me here to eat and treat me every day, and also gave me 200 taels of pocket money..."

Zhou Charter laughed and said, "Two hundred taels of silver? Money is expensive, isn't it too stingy? With that, he winked at the money.

Qian Yougui said in a hurry, "Master Mingjian is actually 500 taels."

"500 taels? My quartermaster of Zhangjun is worth 500 taels?" Zhou Charter sneered.

Qian Yougui had to lower his voice: "Teacher, to be honest, they gave me a thousand taels of silver!"

Zhou Charter stood up: "Money is expensive. You came out of the pile of dead. I, Zhou Charter, are your brother, and you don't treat me as a big brother!" Well, you can enjoy it here. Let's go!"

Qian Yougui was so scared that he knelt down in front of Zhou Charter: "Master! Big brother! As expected, I don't dare to lie anymore! The younger brother told me honestly, Ye Mian Liao Ke gave me 5,000 taels of silver! He also said that when the matter is done, he will pay me 10,000 taels of silver!"

Guo Erbar shouted: "15,000 taels! Money is expensive. You fucking live in a luxury hotel and make 15,000 taels of money! Do you fucking know that thousands of brothers in Zhangjun rubbed their backs and feet to serve the North Korean people in the ice and snow in order to eat and wear? In order to cross the Yalu River, our teacher sent water to others! The gap between this person is so big!"

Zhou Charter waved his hand to stop Guo Erpole's roar and said, "Money is expensive. Stand up and talk."

Qian Yougui timidly and stood up.

"Ye Mian Liaoke gave you so much money, what did he ask you to do?" Zhou Charter asked.

Qian Yougui said, "Master, Yemenko said that he was superficially the secretary of Palau, but in fact he served the Russian government and was directly loyal to the Russian tsar. He asked me to persuade you not to stay in North Korea anymore. Please lead Zhang Jun back to the Yalu River and seize Liaodong. If you agree, Russia will provide all weapons and food.

"What about their conditions?" Zhou Charter asked.

"They have no conditions. Yemen Liaoko said that doing so mainly takes into account the humanitarian spirit of international morality. The Japanese occupied Liaodong and occupied Lushun, which is a serious violation of international morality. The Russian government is willing to help the Qing Dynasty retake Liaodong in order to maintain justice. Master, the younger brother thought that what Yemian Liaoke said is also reasonable. Anyway, we will not suffer losses. Master, we are all from the Qing Dynasty, and the court does not care about us. It is not a long-term solution to stay in North Korea. If we can return to China and fight against Japan, isn't it the best of both countries?

Guo Erzao praised: "These old hairy people are quite righteous!"

Zhou Charter looked back at Zhang Zuolin: "Zhang Zuolin, what do you think?"

Zhang Zuolin frowned: "Brother, Russians are all iron roosters, and they will never suffer losses in business."

Zhou Charter nodded: "Not to mention Russians, even I wouldn't do this kind of loss-making business!"