Chapter 66: The Female General Got Jealous

  Soaking in hot water, two little maidservants massaged and scrubbed, Li Zhen's skin was slightly reddened.

  After taking a bath, Li Zhen felt refreshed and invigorated.

  Although he was seduced by the two little maids, Li Zhen was not an easy person. Li Zhen took a deep breath and calmed down the desire in his heart after a while. Putting on his clothes, Li Zhen pushed open the door to leave, but found that someone had been waiting outside the house already.

  The attendant respectfully said: "General, Consul is requesting your presence."

  Li Zhen waved his hand, indicating for the attendants to lead the way.

  Under the guidance of the attendant, Li Zhen arrived at the study in Ali country.

  Ali Guo, Ai Tang and Ma Hui had been waiting for a long time. After the three of them took a bath and bullied the woman, they sat in the house refreshed and waited for Li Zhen. Seeing Li Zhen enter the house, Ali Guo smiled and asked: "General, are you satisfied with the gift I prepared?"

  Li Zhen nodded and smiled, saying: "Mr. Ari Kuni has gone to great lengths, everything is very good. I've never seen anything so good, it's really exciting. However, I have a presumptuous request."

  Ali's eyes sparkled with amusement as he said, "What are your terms? Name them."

  Li Zhen said: "Alice and Guiyili have gentle personalities, pitiful lives. The two of them are like old friends to me, quite compatible, I want to take them away from the consulate, can I?"

  Ali's eyebrows rose slightly, somewhat reluctantly.

  Even if Li Zhen had a sexual relationship with the two girls, at least two twin beauties were still in the consulate, and they were still his concubines, so he could still have fun later. Especially with the twins by his side, one on the left and one on the right, it was all a delightful thing to think about. Now Li Zhen opened his mouth to ask for two chicks he hadn't touched before, extremely unwilling in his heart.

  Ai Tang interrupted and said: "It's just two women, General, take them if you need them."

  Ma Hui also said: "Mr. Ali, the general is asking you for twins, this is your honor. We have a lot of things to cooperate with the general, why hurt feelings for women?"

  Ah Lei's face wore a smile, but in his heart he secretly cursed Ma Hui and Ai Tang for being jealous of him, which was why they were doing this.

  Twin beauties, what a pity!

  Arinori knew the weight of things and no longer hesitated, saying straightforwardly: "General, you have an interest in Alice and Kuiyuri, so take them away." After a pause, Arinori said: "General Li, the bandits in Shanghai have been dealt with, and trade should be restored. British, French, and American merchant ships will continue to come to China for business, so I think we should discuss tariffs."

  Li Zhen suddenly realized that this was actually Ali's true intention.

  Everything Ah Li does is in preparation for now.

  Li Zhen's eyes rolled around and he said, "Three consuls, Britain, America, and France coming to China for business is a normal thing, tariffs also need to be carefully negotiated. However, the current situation in Shanghai is still unstable, it may cause trouble again."

  Ai Tang said: "General, I think Shanghai is safe now."

  Li Zhen shook his head and retorted, "Mr. Ai Tang, we have taken down the Small Knife Society and eliminated the internal threat in Shanghai. As the saying goes, 'A person without a long-term plan must have near worries.' The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is eyeing us from Nanjing, and at any moment they may send someone to kill us, so Shanghai is not safe. I think it's necessary to strengthen Shanghai's defensive measures. To protect the interests of Britain, France, and the United States, please each of you consuls provide ten cannons and four hundred rounds of ammunition, and let me station troops to protect Shanghai. What do you three gentlemen think?"

  Ai Tang had already seen Li Zhen's big mouth, and immediately retorted: "General, the defense of Shanghai is something that Qingguo should do, not us."

  Mr. Ah Re said in a cold voice: "Mr. Ma Hui's words are reasonable, I agree with his views."

  Ma Hui said: "General, you can't guarantee Shanghai's safety, but we can protect Shanghai."

  Li Zhen loudly said: "Shanghai is the territory of Qing country, no need for you to station troops."

  Li Zhen shrugged indifferently and said, "If the three of you don't cooperate, if something happens in Shanghai or to the foreigners in the concession, I won't be responsible. At the same time, I am the Shanghai Customs Supervisor, appointed by the Emperor with full authority over Shanghai's customs duties. Your merchant ships come to China to do business, and you'd better examine them carefully to avoid any problems."

  Ali's face turned iron-green, very unhappy.

  "General, this is a consulate, if you don't agree, you may not be able to leave."

  Li Zhenbang stood up, saying nonchalantly: "Mr. Ai Tang, this is indeed a consulate, but it's also the territory of the Qing Empire. If I can't leave, by tomorrow morning, the consulate will be in ruins. Let me remind you, Mr. Ai Tang, if you act recklessly, you might not be able to leave Shanghai either. It's getting late, we'll discuss this further another time, goodbye."

  Li Zhen turned around and left, taking Alice and Gu Yili away.

  In the study, Ali Guo, Ma Hui and Ai Tang stared at each other with wide eyes, all deep in thought.

  After a long time, Ma Hui spoke up first: "Mr. Ali Guo, Li Zhen took away the twins and will definitely have fun with them. As long as you grasp it well, everything about Li Zhen is under your control. You are also at an age, don't think about romance, but consider the interests of the country more. What do you think?"

  Ah Lei said: "Li Zhen's news, I'm afraid it's not good to pry into."

  Ai Tang said, "Women are most likely to gather information in bed, it's absolutely possible. As long as we get the first-hand information, it will be much more convenient later." After a pause, Ai Tang continued, "Li Zhen is the newly appointed supervisor of Jianghai Customs by the Qing Emperor, and our merchant ships must go through inspection. If Li Zhen doesn't cooperate, we'll have a hard time operating."

  A Li Guo said in a cold voice, "Today I discussed this matter with Li Zhen, but he avoided talking about it. I think we must test him out. The profit from ordinary merchant ships is too small. We can let someone smuggle opium into the customs and see what Li Zhen plans to do. If he firmly prohibits opium, even if he's like Lin Zexu, we won't be able to win him over anymore, so as not to waste our thoughts. If Li Zhen is smooth and willing to cooperate, or chooses to turn a blind eye, then we'll slowly pull him in."

  Three people reached a unanimous opinion and then dispersed separately.

  Li Zhen brought back two blonde-haired, blue-eyed women to the mansion, only to find Zhou Xiuying still waiting at the gate. Zhou Xiuying's gentle face was covered in frost, and she hummed a tune, saying in a low voice: "Men are all no good!"

  After finishing speaking, Zhou Xiuying huffily returned to the backyard.

  Zhou Xiuying walked while scolding Li Zhen as a lecher in her heart. When Li Zhen went to the consulate for a banquet, she was worried about his safety all along, but unexpectedly Li Zhen indulged in dissipation and even brought back two foreign girls, which made her furious.

  Li Zhen secretly thought it was not good and did not pursue for the time being. He looked at Alice and Gu Yili and said, "You temporarily stay in the mansion, I will consider arranging things for you."

  "Master, we will listen."

  Two lovely twins are being cautious and dare not be careless, appearing somewhat prudent.

  Li Zhen said: "Here, you are no longer slaves, nor are you inferior people. Don't call me 'master'. My name is Li Zhen, you can call me by my name. If it's not convenient, then just call me General."

  "General!" they exclaimed in unison

  Li Zhen nodded and instructed the housekeeper to arrange for the two women, then went to Zhou Xiuying's room. The female general was jealous, he had to comfort her, otherwise the backyard would not be stable.

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