Very late, Yu Zixun retreated from Sun Shifu's house. He did not ask Sun Shifu for help on the "Four Blades" plan. The reason why he decided so was because Sun Shifu praised the recent constitutional move of the Qing Dynasty - that is, the five ministers went abroad. According to the information in the previous meeting, 99% of the wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen were royalists. If they informed Sun Shifu of such a secret matter, then Sun Shifu would definitely inform the royalist party. If there were Japanese spies in the Tongmenghui, wouldn't the royalist party be there?

On July 25, Yu Zixun returned to Tokyo, but he encountered some trouble when he entered the port. The boat he was on was restricted from docking. When Yu Zixun was worried on the boat, several cannons came from the shore. He squeezed from the crowd to the railings, but he didn't see anything. He just waited on the shore and discovered that the American delegation was at that time.

"What are the Americans doing?" Yu Zixun sat on the tatami and asked at Zhang Shi opposite him.

"What else can I do? Let's share the spoils with the Japanese." Zhang Shi saw the police clearing the dock when he was on the shore during the day. The Japanese around him cheered for the arrival of the Americans, and everyone shouted "Long live the emperor". As a Chinese, Zhang Shi had to respond a few times, "Long live the emperor". While shouting, he felt uncomfortable when he thought that they were cutting China's land.

"Oh." Yu Zixun didn't know that this time he came to the US Secretary of War William Hodward Taft. Although his consensus with the Japanese was only targeting North Korea and the Philippines, it was also crucial for China. "Let's talk about what to plan?" he said.

"As before, I can only find a needle in a haystack," Zhang Shi was not anxious at all. However, he wrote a few words on the table. After Yu Zixun looked at it, he began to ponder. After a while, he also wrote a few words on the table. After Zhang Shi wrote again, he did not move after reading it. After a long time, he arrived: "Then according to your opinion, please ask the headquarters first. This matter is not an ordinary difficulty. The more links there are, the greater the probability of error."

Zhang Shi nodded and said, "I will try my best to do things well."

*

Hongmen Main Hall, Sacramento Street, San Francisco, USA.

"Jizan, have you not contacted Yang Jingcheng?" said Huang Huang Sande, the boss of the chief hall.

"It's related, but it's just a talent plan." Situ Meitang's forehead was a little sweaty, because last year Sun Wen's tit, Huang Sande had been committed to re-registering hundreds of thousands of members of the Hongmen and borrowing the registration fee as a means to collect huge sums of money. The money was either for the revolution or for the government government fund. Huang Sande was happy about it. For him, this not only could collect money, but also changed the situation of the Hongmen in the past. At that time, Zhigongtang might really be able to command the world, and no one dared to refuse to obey. However, the owners of each hall in each hall did not agree with this plan, and An Liangtang of Situ Meitang did not object. It was just that Huang Sande obviously wanted An Liangtang to serve Sun Wen and vigorously promoted the merger of the Revival Association and the Tongmenghui. This was something Situ Meitang did not expect.

"Oh. Sun Wen's Tongmenghui is the largest anti-Qing group in China. At that time, the Revival Association and the Tongmenghui merged, and then cooperated with the Zhigongtang inside and outside to overthrow the Qing court together?" Huang Sande thought of Sun Wen's promise and was very anxious. Through previous interactions, he knew that the Revival Association had power, and it was impossible to spend so much money to carry out any talent plan. If the Revival Association also joined the Tongmenghui, then the revolution was really just around the corner.

"The Revival Society and the Tongmenghui have different purposes and are difficult to coordinate. Even if it is a forced merger, it is not beneficial to the anti-Qing incident." Situ Meitang had known the Revival Society's centralization theory, and deeply agreed that this was the way to save the country, so he dared to oppose Huang Sande in person.

Huang Sande suddenly laughed, "Haha. Jizan, you have already entered the Revival Society, are you?"

"No!" Situ Meitang was very anxious. If he entered the revival, he would betray the Hongmen. This would require three swords and six holes. "I just think what Yang Jingcheng said makes more sense. It is completely different from Sun Wen's idea of ​​saving the country, so he said this."

"It's good if there is no. In history, only others have joined the Hongmen, and we have not joined the others." Huang Sande said softly after drinking tea. Seeing An Liangtang becoming more powerful with the support of the Revival Society, he still wanted to use the rules and merger of the branch to knock on An Liangtang. "When will Yang Jingcheng come to the United States again?"

"I don't know." Situ Meitang just breathed a sigh of relief. He was not aware of Yang Rui's whereabouts.

"Then let him take the time to come." Huang Sande said, afraid that Situ Meitang would not obey, so he said again, "The people in the talent plan are all from the Hongmen. If he wants to take these people away, he always has to give us an explanation."

Situ Meitang only has Nuonuo, and he is also very thoughtful when he leaves the main hall. He just waits for him to return to Boston. Ruan Benwan, the brother in the hall, asked: "What do you say? What do you say? Are our churches merged?"

Situ Meitang was exhausted and said, "There is always a marriage between the two halls, otherwise foreigners would inspire us to fight like crickets, and death would be in vain. The trouble now is that I don't know what benefits Sun Wen gave to the boss. Now he is just standing on Sun Wen's side. He also wants me to find Brother Yang and ask him to merge with Sun Wen."

Ruan Benwan smiled and said, "The last time Sun Wen went to the bu, I felt that this man was arrogant. He must have promised the benefits to the boss, otherwise how could the boss support him?"

"But Brother Yang also gave him benefits?" Situ Meitang was still unclear.

"You. Give you ten thousand dollars, and promise to give you one million dollars after the revolution. Which one is more touching?" Ruan Benwan saw that he was confused and had to make another example, "Yang Jingcheng is too serious. You see, Sun Wen didn't spend a penny and just proposed a plan to merge the branch. The boss was so happy. If it was really merged, the registration fee alone would be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Do you think Yang Jingcheng could give him hundreds of thousands of dollars? Besides, as long as Sun Wen promised a position with an official position of the boss, it would be more attractive than hundreds of thousands of dollars."

"Will the boss believe it?" Situ Meitang can fight, but he also values ​​loyalty, but he is not a match for the bosses at all.

"Why don't you believe it? Jizan, you think a lot of things too simply. Look at how much effort he has spent on Sun Wen. And this Yang Jingcheng did not join the Hongmen like Sun Wen, and is not from Guangdong. He did not think about the benefits of the big boss promised to succeed in the revolution. Who would you say the big boss go to?"

What Ruan Benwan said makes sense, but Situ Mei's cousin felt that Yang Rui was polite and knowledgeable. With the two of them talking, they naturally felt that Yang Rui was better than Sun Wen, but Huang Sande had only met Yang Rui once, but he had traveled with Sun Wen for more than half a year. In addition, what the boss thought was completely different from what he thought. Naturally, he would lean towards Sun Wen.

While Situ Meitang was pondering, the gangster outside knocked on the door, "Big Boss, someone is coming to the Fuxing Club."

"What?" Situ Meitang and Ruan Benwan were both shocked. Could it be that Cao Cao would arrive?

The person who came this time was Yu Zixun, who was considered an intercontinental liaison officer of the Revival Society. He ran wherever there was something to do. The whole world flew around. He hurriedly came with the newly formulated "Four Blades" plan. The Japanese-Russian peace talks have begun. He can no longer delay, so he came to the meeting overnight regardless of the fatigue of the journey.

Situ Meitang, Ruan Benwan and Yu Zixun have been familiar with each other for a long time. After a few people were polite, Yu Zixun said: "I have a big plan to come this time, I hope..."

Situ Meitang said without hesitation: "If there is something we can do, then I, Anliangtang, will definitely help."

Seeing that he was happy, Yu Zixun didn't talk nonsense. He went straight to: "The meaning of "Zhencheng was like trying to hurt someone or a Russian in Portsmouth." After that, he handed him the photos and information of Sergei Yurivich Witt, the representative of the Russian peace talks, to him.

The Japanese-Russian peace talks started on August 9. Yu Zixun and Zhang Shi and others took the fastest ship, and they arrived on August 17. Although they asked members in the United States to go to reconnaissance and the situation was discussed, this was just a reconnaissance. If you really want to take action, you need An Liangtang to help. Situ Meitang rarely reads newspapers. When she heard that Yu Zixun wanted him to hurt someone, she only felt that this was a small matter. Even if she heard that it was a Russian, it didn't matter. However, Ruan Benwan heard about it and took photos and found some newspapers in the room. After reading it, she said nervously: "This is a big man!"

Situ Meitang grabbed the newspaper, and after reading it, he asked, "Why do you want to kill him?"

Yu Zixun laughed, "It's not killing, it's injury! It's best to be seriously injured! Moreover, it's not us, but Japan's actions."

Situ Meitang was puzzled, and Ruan Benwan next to him thought about it and suddenly realized: "Oh——I, okay! OK! OK!" After being surprised, he said to Situ Meitang: "Big Boss, you must do this matter! You must do it!"

However, he was excited, and Situ Meitang pointed to the information and said, "It's hard to start. They were all negotiating in the naval base. I went to the Wentworth Hotel when I was a naval sailor. There were only rich people who could go there. It was difficult to start either. How could I pretend to be a Japanese?"

Yu Zixun smiled and said, "Don't worry, there is always a chance. The Japanese are already in Portsmouth."

When Yu Zixun spoke, Oda Saburo, who followed Lord Xizhu, enjoyed his happiness. He didn't want to sleep every night, but he was afraid that it would be a dream when he woke up. Lord Xizhu had been looking for a samurai in the dock for so long, but who knew that no one wanted it in the end. He just thought that he was capable of doing things and brought him to the West as a follower. Although, although he had to copy some inexplicable documents every day, it made Oda who was half-literate, what was this worth compared to this wonderful journey, the beautiful maid, who was always respected by others. Lord Xizhu is really my lucky star. I hope I will never leave him! Oda Saburo prayed devoutly before turning off the lights and going to sleep.

"How is it?" Zhang Shi asked.

"All of the negotiations are done, Situ is very supportive!" Yu Zixun said.

"Are you the candidate?"

"Well. Situ originally wanted to do it himself, but later he was persuaded. He found the most neat maid below, and I brought him the person."

"Haha, how powerful is it? I'm afraid something goes wrong."

"It's okay. Everything has been explained. Situ said that the maid valued loyalty and was completely reliable! How about you? Are you a chance?"

"Maybe there."

"What does it mean maybe there is?"

"It is God who wants us to succeed and not let us succeed and not. Sir, please leave immediately, otherwise it will be very troublesome if something goes wrong."

"Well. I know, you must take care of yourself!"

"Yeah. Take care!"

*

Baron Sergei Yurivich Witt finally understood what Li Hongzhang felt back then, and he was caught in a great contradiction and could not sleep for it. He wrote in his later memoirs: "It was not the treaty of the winner, but the treaty of defeat. Russia has not signed such a treaty for a long time... On the one hand, reason and conscience tell me what a happy day it would be if I signed a contract tomorrow, and on the other hand, the inner voice reminded me: 'If the God of Destiny does not allow you to sign the Portsmouth Treaty, you will be happier, otherwise others will push everything to you, because no one - even the Russian Tsar, especially Nicholas II - is willing to admit his faults and sins in the face of the motherland and God.'"

The mental torture at night did not prevent Baron Witt from his serious, careful and sharp words during the day. He tried his best to stop the attack of Japanese foreign ministers Komura and Gao Ping, bargaining with the Japanese word by word to save interests and face for Russia. However, this matter was very difficult, and the land battle was defeated and the naval battle was wiped out. Although the Russian customs had lowered tariffs on American products, Roosevelt was still faintly on the side of Japan. Faced with such a situation, the only thing that Witt could expect was newspapers and public opinion. Before the negotiations, Witt set five precepts to the delegation, three of which were related to this. For example, "In view of the huge role of newspapers and magazines in the United States, we should be particularly polite and kind to all the people in the newspaper industry." At the same time, he also asked "to bring democratic American residents to their side, be very simple and democratic to them. Don't have a little arrogant attitude."

On Sunday, August 20, the negotiations have reached the seventh round. Although in the second round, Vette performed a show - in response to Japan's demands and Petersburg's forced, he deliberately shouted to Krostowitz to ask him to check the tickets for his return, and newspapers in Boston and New York published Japan's excessive demands, pretending that the negotiations were over. Japan could only compromise and reconsider the requirements for the first article - but no matter how much performance was performed, it would be useless to the facts. On August 18, the negotiations were deadlocked due to the reparations and the cedents of Sakhalin Island, and it seemed that it had inevitably broken.

"His Excellency Baron, today is Sunday. Are we going to the Anglican Church for Mass?" said Krostowitz. Last Sunday, the Russian delegation went to the nearby Anglican Church for Mass at the request of Witt. He believed that this would create a good impression.

"Oh..." Baron Witt frowned as he looked at a command from Petersburg. "Yes. Today is Sunday and we should go. This will give everyone a good impression of us."

After Witt finished speaking, he threw away everything in his hand. After returning to the room to change his clothes, everyone in the delegation was ready. He took everyone out of the hotel. When he arrived at the church, he found that the first mass had begun. For this reason, he could only wait for the second. Although he was standing outside the church, he could hear the voice of the choir inside because of the radio outside the church:

"Lord, save us from all disasters and give us the age..."

The mass seemed to be coming to an end, and Baron Witter prayed in the devotional song, waiting for everything to be done, and he sighed, "It's a genius idea who put this thing in the church." Obviously, he was talking about the radio.

"It is said that this was invented last year, and then John Rockefeller bought it and finally installed such an east for every church..." Before Krostowitz finished speaking, he heard two gunshots of "bang" and "bang", and then the Baron fell down with his stomach. The scene was extremely chaotic for a moment. Later, he said in an interview with the New York Times, "The evil Japanese man was tied with the Japanese flag on his head and rushed over savagely. At that time, we were doing a pious mass outside the church. When he fired the first shot, I wanted to block the Baron behind him. But the Japanese were too cruel. He must have heard from somewhere that the Baron was the representative of the delegation, so he must kill the Baron... I call on the white people all over the world to unite and all the Christian saints unite to denounce this barbaric and bloody behavior..."

The assassination of the Russian negotiator Sergei Yurivich Witt caused a condemnation of the entire public. Although the Baron's ultimately rescued in time and did not die, this kind of barbaric assassination, especially when the Baron's devout mass, was almost a declaration of war on all the saints of Christ.

At the beginning, the Japanese delegation strongly denied that the assassination was related to Japan. They guessed that this might be the actions of some criminals, but soon, Sheriff Mike of Portsmouth responded to the Japanese with practical actions. On the day of the assassination, he found a suspicious yellow man while inspecting the assassination. When he ordered the other party to stand, the other party shot him, so he immediately shot the suspect with superb shooting skills. By searching the suspect's belongings, the police station found the key to a small hotel. When the police opened the door, the truth was revealed: in the room, there were photos of the Russian delegation and details of the action. There were also maps near the Wentworth Hotel. Of course, the most shocking thing was the suicide note left by the murderer in the room.

From the suicide note, he learned that the Japanese who assassinated the Russian Baron was named Saburo Oda, from Kawasaki Prefecture, Japan. His two younger brothers died in the Japanese-Lu War. He was extremely disappointed with the government and the Luguo peace talks. He could not change everything. He won a lot of money in the casino through hard work and then planned the assassination of the Luguo negotiator. What is surprising is that in addition to assassinating the Luguo representative, Saburo Oda also believed that US President Roosevelt was also a white man who discriminated against Japan. He deceived the Japanese government and dragged Japan into the negotiations. After assassinating the Luguo people, he also planned to assassinate US President Roosevelt.

The shock of suicide notes made the whole of America a mess. In the midst of the noise, people have made the newspapers forget to praise the brave Sheriff Mike. Of course, the forgetting of newspapers is irrelevant. Sheriff Mike has been promoted to deputy director of the Portsmouth Police Department.

Somewhere in Boston, Yu Zixun looked at Sheriff Mike's bright smile in the newspaper and couldn't help but curse, "It's really cheap, 5,000 US dollars, it takes more than ten years for ordinary people to earn. And the key is to win both fame and fortune. Not only did he collect money, but he also gained fame and promotion. It's great to be a policeman in the United States."

Zhang Shi smiled and said, "Haha, things would not be done so smoothly without him. At least, his words would make Oda Saburo the murderer."

"Ko Anliangtang's brothers look completely different from this Saburo Oda." Yu Zixun was still a little worried.

"It's okay. The only ones who saw that brother was doing it, I believe they wouldn't be that stupid."

While Zhang Shi was speaking, after a day of rescue, Baron Sergei Yurivich Witt woke up. As soon as he woke up, Krostowitz discovered him. He held the Baron's hand with force and said, "Your Excellency, it's great. You finally woke up!"

Witt was confused. It took him a while to remember what happened yesterday. He asked, "Has that murderer caught?"

"Catched," Krostowitz brought the New York Times and pointed to the photo above and said, "It was him. The police had shot him dead. In addition, evidence of assassination was found in his room. By the way, this crazy Japanese man would also assassinate President Roosevelt!"

Victing looked carefully at the photos in the newspaper. After being surprised, he didn't speak. He was silent for a while, and then asked, "Who was I standing together during the Mass yesterday? Call them all over, I have important things to explain..."

The assassination in Portsmouth, USA, interrupted the negotiations between Japan and Russia for a while, and because there was real evidence that the murderer was going to assassinate US President Roosevelt, the passionate Yankees of the United States spontaneously organized to expel the evil Japanese. However, the matter ended quickly with Roosevelt's intervention. Although Roosevelt was angry, while condemning Japan, he also gave Russia support, and suggested that the content reached in the previous seven rounds of negotiations should be based on the contents of the two sides to sign a contract immediately.

Witt had no big objection to signing the treaty immediately, because what he had promised was occupied by the Japanese, and it was impossible for him to ask for redemption. On Japan, Kobayashi and Gaoping could only agree to this, given the current international public opinion and the domestic economic situation in Japan. Therefore, on August 25, the Treaty of Japan-Russia Portsmouth was signed. In addition to giving the Russian assets of South Manchuria, which was now occupied by Japan, Russia officially recognized Japan's interests in North Korea. As for the others, Japan got nothing.
Chapter completed!