What a shrewd person Li Hongzhang is, and he can't hear the implicit meaning of Qin Zheng's words just now. Qin Zheng repeatedly emphasized that he is a descendant of China and is known to the Qing Dynasty as the Qing Dynasty. This is a reminder to Li Hongzhang that the Qing court has not yet recognized the identity of overseas Chinese. In other words, the current overseas Chinese actually has nothing to do with the Qing court. If you want overseas Chinese to help the Qing court in this negotiation, you must recognize the identity of overseas Chinese as soon as possible.

However, Li Hongzhang came prepared and held the imperial edict from the court in his arms. Therefore, he was confident and said with a smile: "Although your people are wandering overseas, they are concerned about China, and can resist external obscenities and promote the power of China. The loyalty and righteousness are commendable. The court knows everything. He has issued an edict to commend the imperial edict. The edict will be read in public when I accompany you. Just wait until you settle down and gather your minds. I can read it in public."

Qin Zheng nodded. Li Hongzhang was indeed well-known. He understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, so he said, "In this way, there will be a lot of trouble in the middle of the hall."

At this time, the Haiqi and Hairong had already been docked. Sa Zhenbing came down from the Haiqi to the dock and came to Li Hongzhang. The observation team also came down from the Tai'an. Li Hongzhang introduced these entourages to Qin Zheng one by one, and Qin Zheng shook hands with them one by one to greet them. Zhang Peilun was already an acquaintance, but Li Jingfang and Sa Zhenbing met for the first time, and these two people were not unknown people. Because they were Sa Zhenbing, the most important naval general in the Qing court after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and they also experienced the Qing court, Beiyang government, the Republic of China, and the Four Dynasties of the New China. They were one of the important figures in the history of the Chinese naval. In a sense, Sa Zhenbing could also be regarded as Qin Zheng's predecessor.

Therefore, when we met, Qin Zheng also paid special attention to Sa Zhenbing, and while greeting, he also said a few words like Admiral Sa's name for a long time. When he met with McClelly, the leader of the observation group, Qin Zheng greeted him in English and talked a few words, which surprised McClelly.

All those who should be greeted have already been greeted. Qin Zheng was about to call everyone to leave the dock. At this moment, Shen Su, a reporter from [Shengbao] who was accompanying him, squeezed in front and shouted: "Political Commissar Qin, here is the [Shengbao] reporter. Can you say a few words to us?"

Li Hongzhang was slightly stunned. When he was about to scold Shen Su, Qin Zhengji smiled and said, "Okay, let's just say a few simple words." After hearing this, Li Hongzhang didn't say anything and stepped aside. Shen Su didn't expect Qin Zheng to be so easy to talk. After a moment of being stunned, he hurriedly took out paper and pen to prepare for recording. After hearing this, the reporters from the other two newspapers took out paper and pen, waiting for Qin Zheng's words.

Qin Zheng said: "First, we welcome Li Zhongtang and his party, as well as observation teams composed of various countries. The reporters visited Tianjin and wish all the best of your activities in Tianjin. Everyone knows that China is in an extraordinary period. It is the northern part of China and is still in a war situation. Beijing is still occupied by the Eight-Nation Alliance. We overseas Chinese are all descendants of China. Since we came to the land of China, we have been working hard to safeguard China's sovereignty and territory, defend the people, and fight resolutely with hostile forces. But we are also peace-loving and hope to resolve the war situation in northern China through equal negotiations with all countries, rather than using war means. Therefore, we hope that this visit to Tianjin can promote negotiations and restore peace in China as soon as possible."

After saying that, Chen Su immediately took the lead in applauding. When the other reporters saw it, they all applauded. Li Hongzhang nodded slightly, feeling that what Qin Zheng said was quite appropriate, and even the observation team could not find any fault. This person was indeed a little capable of ranking second among overseas Chinese.

Qin Zheng said again: "Okay, this is not a place to talk. Please come to Tianjin with us. We have prepared a place to rest for you. If you have any questions, let's talk tomorrow."

Then Qin Zheng came to Li Hongzhang again and said, "Li Zhongtang, we have prepared the vehicle, please move onto the vehicle."

Li Hongzhang was slightly stunned, but immediately reacted because he heard Zhang Peilun say that Zhang Peilun visited Tianjin twice, and took a small boat at Dagukou, and arrived at Tianjin via the Haihe River, and then took a bus to the hotel he was staying at. Moreover, Zhang Peilun admired the overseas Chinese very much, saying that it was very different from the train, shaped like a bridge chassis, small and flexible, without fire, smoke, and steam boiler, but it was like flying. Overseas Chinese called it: car. It seems that overseas Chinese did not plan to follow Zhang Peilun's routine this time, but took a bus from Dagukou to Tianjin directly.

Although Li Hongzhang was a little confused, if he hadn't used a steam engine, he was quite curious about this kind of car, so it would be nice to get from Dagukou to Tianjin.

So, led by Qin Zheng, everyone left the pier and walked not far along the coast. When they arrived at an open space, they saw three buses parked on the open space.

Li Hongzhang was also a little surprised, because these three cars were not as shaped like a bridge chassis as Zhang Peilun said, and they were as small and flexible as the size of the train chassis, but the wheels were larger. Therefore, they looked back at Zhang Peilun. Zhang Peilun hurried forward and said, "Zhongtang, the last time Peilun took the seat was not such a vehicle." Li Hongzhang nodded slightly and his expression returned to normal. The observation group and the reporters were all surprised when they saw these three buses and did not understand what it was. Although cars in this era have been revealed, they are still in the most primitive stage, and it is the first time that the members of the observation group have seen such a vehicle.

At this time, Qin Zheng came to the next side of the first bus, and saw the door open. A young woman got out of the car, wearing a double-breasted robe, stood by the door, bowed slightly, and said, "Political Commissar, has the person been picked up?"

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "I'm picking it up." He turned to Li Hongzhang and said, "Li Zhongtang please get in the car."

Li Hongzhang hesitated slightly, lifted his feet and stepped onto the bus through the car door. After entering the car, Li Hongzhang realized that there was a female in the car, dressed like the female in the car. When he saw Li Hongzhang get in, the female in the car bowed slightly to Li Hongzhang and said, "Welcome to take a ride, please come with me."

It turned out that the interior of the bus had been specially renovated to receive important guests. First, all the seats in the car were removed and the car was divided into two large and small rooms. The large room was renovated according to the style of the living room, with a circle of sand in the middle, and more than ten booths with small tables were arranged around it. There was also a small bar in the corner. The small room was used as a lounge or room for other staff. The two waitresses were specially found from the passenger boat.

The waitress led Li Hongzhang to the front of the sand and asked him to sit down. Qin Zheng also got into the car and sat opposite Li Hongzhang. Zhang Peilun, Li Jingfang, and Sa Zhenbing were also sitting in the booth under the waitress's guidance. Qin Zheng also brought four guards, so this bus was loaded with them.

The other two buses were not renovated, but were in their original style. The observation group got on a car, while the reporter and Li Hongzhang's entourage got on another car, with a waitress and 10 soldiers on each car.

More than ten minutes later, everyone got on the bus and got on. Qin Zheng then ordered the drive. So the three buses started one by one, left the Dagukou Wharf, and joined the two warriors waiting at the exit of the wharf, drove onto the Jingu Highway and headed towards Tianjin.

Although the Jingu Highway was only considered a second-level highway in the old time and space, and the road surface could only be considered a third-level road, it was just built, the road surface was very flat, and the car was not fast, so Li Hongzhang and others sat in the car, which was very stable. The waiter also brought tea and snacks, and the few people ate and drank, which was very comfortable. Zhang Peilun also sighed in his heart that the Zhongtang Lord was still worthy of the face. He came to Tianjin twice and had never taken such a car. This time he was considered to have benefited from Zhongtang.

Li Hongzhang ate two snacks, took another sip of tea, and looked at the scenery outside the window, but was very shocked. He served as the Governor of Zhili for many years. The Governor of Zhili was in Tianjin and also handled the Beiyang Fleet. Therefore, he traveled to and from Dagukou to Dagukou hundreds of times. Of course, he knew that there was no such way from Tianjin to Dagukou. Although Li Hongzhang left Tianjin after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he knew that the successor of Zhili was impossible to build this road, so this road must have been built by overseas Chinese after they arrived in Tianjin. However, in just four or five months, can overseas Chinese build such a wide and flat road be built?

In fact, the crossover can complete the construction of the Jingu Highway in a short time. On the one hand, the technical level of this road is not very high, and the crossover also has modern construction machinery and equipment. Not to mention, just a few light wheel rollers can greatly improve the efficiency of road construction; on the other hand, the crossover still has a large amount of free labor in his hands, which is the captured prisoners.

At this time, Zhang Peilun couldn't help but say, "Political Commissar Qin, did you build this road?"

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Of course we built it. Although there are railways from Tianjin to Dagukou, logistics and transportation cannot rely solely on railways. Moreover, there are many villages along the way from Tianjin to Dagukou. Therefore, as soon as we arrived in Tianjin, we built this Jingu Highway to facilitate personnel exchanges along the way. However, this road was just completed, so we did not arrange for Mr. Youqiao to take this road when he visited Tianjin the first two times."

Zhang Peilun said: "And the cars I take are different. These cars are much bigger."
Chapter completed!