Takeshita Junichiro's invitation made Xiao Bei very happy. When he heard him mention the construction of the swimming pool, he immediately said, "There … there seems to be a problem."
Takeshita Junichiro, who was looking forward to it, almost choked when he heard Xiao Bei's words. He tried his best to suppress his desire and not let it show. He asked, "There's a problem?"
"Yes, yes. As for what the problem is, we need to have a meeting to discuss it." Xiao Bei sat up straight in the stands and tried his best to look at the swimming pool.
"What … meeting?" Takeshita Junichiro felt that Xiao Bei was not normal. It was as if he was hiding something.
"What meeting? Yes, what you asked is exactly what we need to discuss. There are three points in the meeting. First, what kind of meeting we are having. Second, why we are having this meeting. Third, how to hold this meeting. You … you know, right? "
Xiao Bei tried his best not to blink as he spoke.
Takeshita Junichiro: "…!"
"Look, the 5km swimming preliminaries are about to begin. You guys watch first. We'll excuse ourselves for a moment and go to the meeting." Xiao Bei stretched out his little finger and pointed at the swimming pool. He tried to make his smile as sincere as possible before getting up and leaving.
Takeshita Junichiro was confused. Weiwei nodded, indicating that she understood. She muttered, "There's a preliminaries for the 5km swimming?"
The group of children left the stands and found a gymnasium's lounge. Xiao Bei let out a long breath. "Aiya, I was almost exposed. Zhang Fang, did you pull me from behind?"
Zhang Fang nodded vigorously. "He has bad intentions. He wants to steal our technology. We'll build it and leave it to them in the end."
"Ah? Didn't Brother's story say that if you can build something for the competition outside, you usually have to give them money? This is a good opportunity to promote us. "Xiao Bei tried to put the matter into the story.
"In the story, they have their own technology. Moreover, there are others who can spend money to buy the product. Even if the Japanese have the money to buy the product, we can't sell it to them, right?" Zhang Fang reminded.
The other children nodded at the same time, including Pan Er and her sister. As for whether they understood or not, it was not important.
"Oh! Wow, the Japanese have such a bad conscience. They almost fooled me. They clearly underestimated my diplomatic wisdom and went too far. I treated them like humans, but they actually played me like a monkey. we have to think of a plan. If we don't teach them a lesson, they won't know how many eyes we have. "
Xiao Bei put his hands on his waist, feeling extremely indignant.
All the children deeply agreed. Xiao Bei had been schemed against in diplomacy, so it was the same as them being bullied. If their group of brothers and sisters couldn't beat others in their field of expertise, wouldn't that mean that the others were even more useless?
Thus, the group of children began to discuss this matter. Directly rejecting them was the simplest way, but the children felt that this was not the style of the Zhang Family and Wang Family, and would weaken the reputation of their older brother and sister.
Since the Japanese wanted to scheme against him, then he would play a scheme within a scheme, a chain of schemes, and beat them at their own game, so as to relieve the hatred in his heart.
"Xiaoyuan, what's the most brilliant of the Thirty-Six Stratagems?" After discussing with his brothers and sisters, Xiao Bei got a general plan and turned to ask Wang Xiaoyuan.
"Leave first," Xiao Yuan answered.
"You can only run when others chase after you. Would the Japanese dare to chase after you? Change it. "Xiao Bei was dissatisfied.
"That's the first stratagem of the Defeat Stratagem, the beauty trap. The beauty must be beautiful, to the extent that she can topple a city with one look, and then topple a country with another. Once this stratagem is used, the other party usually ends up with the destruction of the country, but … I can't bear to send you away. After you leave, who will bully me?"
As Xiao Yuan spoke, he saw that Xiao Bei's expression was not good, so he quickly added a few more words.
"Let's get down to business." Xiao Hai saw that Xiao Yuan was speaking glibly to his sister, so he couldn't take it anymore.
"That's loosening the reins in order to grasp them better, creating something out of nothing, pulling the ladder out of the house, and turning the guest into the host. We have to cooperate with Brother and Sister's plan." Xiao Yuan, who had a photographic memory, opened his mouth and listed four stratagems.
However, he didn't get the admiring gazes of the other children around his age. All the brothers and sisters nodded normally, indicating that they wanted him to talk about the details. It seemed that if he couldn't say it, others would show a surprised expression. They were too familiar with each other, and sometimes it was a kind of sorrow.
Thus, the nine older children and the two who joined in the fun started to whisper together again.
Two hours later, the hungry Japanese finally saw the officials in charge of receiving them again, and the buffet-style lunch also began.
Takeshita Junichiro and the others were not in the mood to eat, so they randomly picked up some food from the broken plates. Their eyes were always on Xiao Bei, wanting to know the results of the construction assistance for the Games.
They were not stupid, and they knew very well what Xiao Bei was going to discuss in the meeting when he went back. It definitely had nothing to do with the messy 'what kind of meeting was going to be held', 'why was this meeting being held', and so on.
"It's not easy to fool children nowadays," Yamamoto said with emotion.
"You couldn't fool children in the past either," Yamamoto said.
"Time, luck, and fate. Don't mention it, don't mention it." As Yamamoto spoke, he saw that Xiao Bei and the others each chose two vegetarian dishes, two meat dishes, a bowl of soup, and a fruit plate. After finding a place to sit, he walked over.
Takeshita Junichiro sat opposite Xiao Bei and ate two mouthfuls of food without any mood. Seeing that Xiao Bei also stopped eating at the right time, he quickly asked, "How was the meeting?"
"Yes, it was to discuss going to Japan to provide technical support for the Games, but there was a problem," Xiao Bei said with a regretful expression.
"What's the problem?" Takeshita Junichiro asked anxiously.
"Regarding technical personnel, you know that Tang Dynasty needs many skilled craftsmen to do things. It's not worth it to suddenly go to Japan and waste a lot of time for a Games. In addition, there are many precious materials to use, so the cost is too high."
After Xiao Bei finished speaking, he continued eating, so Takeshita Junichiro, who wanted to speak, could only wait for Xiao Bei to stop eating again.
It was not until he finished half of the food that Xiao Bei drank a mouthful of soup and stopped. He looked at Takeshita Junichiro and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"
"I …." Takeshita Junichiro, who did not expect to be questioned, was stunned. After thinking hard for a while, he suggested, "I think the first problem is easy to solve. The technical personnel are not always in charge of the construction of the Games. When they are on the road, they can still think about what they like. Even if they come to Japan, we can provide them with a very good place to do their research."
"That's right." Yamamoto interrupted, "In terms of cost, Japan is willing to take out anything we have, as long as you like it."
"Really? Then there's no problem. You can choose a time, and we will arrange for the personnel. However, the previous matter has to be resolved first. "Xiao Bei agreed readily.
Takeshita Junichiro asked in surprise, "What previous matter?"
"One is to send war criminals to Tang Dynasty for us to educate, and the other is to cede land as reparations. What? Have you forgotten? You have already forgotten the harm that Japan has caused to the people of Tang Dynasty so quickly? Many people's wounds have not healed. Even if the injuries on the body are healed, there will still be scars left. There is no need to talk about the trauma in the heart. "
Xiao Bei stared at him, as if he was holding his heart. He felt as if he had angina.
Takeshita Junichiro hurriedly nodded, "I remember, I remember. I never dare to forget. Yes, yes, yes. Send the people over and compensate you with the land. We will also compensate you with money, as well as the seeds and abalones that you provided. We will think of a way to rush it and complete it as soon as possible."
"Very good. Let's eat. Don't waste. Although the buffet provided by the stadium doesn't require you to spend money, it is precisely because it is a buffet that the guests need to cherish the food. Take as much as you want. If it's not enough, the kitchen will prepare more."
Xiao Bei pointed at the plates in front of Takeshita Junichiro and the other two. There was still a lot of food that had not been eaten.
Takeshita Junichiro and the other two were not in the mood to eat. Their minds were filled with the thought of tricking Tang Dynasty's technicians to Japan. When they arrived in Japan, no matter how much they had to pay, they had to find a way to make the technicians stay. If they could not make them stay in Japan in the end, they had to at least let the technicians stay in Japan for a while.
Looking at the food in front of them, the three were immediately worried. There were many dishes that they did not like to eat.
"The buffet I saw a few days ago was not eaten like this." Takeshita Junichiro, who really did not want to eat, said to Xiao Bei.
"Oh? Where did you see it? How did they eat it? "Xiao Bei was curious.
"Quanzhou. When I passed by Quanzhou on my way from Japan, the officials of Quanzhou held a banquet in Army Officer Cao's house. It was a buffet. The dishes were placed on a very long table that was pieced together, the kind that was half a circle.
Then, they filled glasses with wine and drank while chatting with others. However, no one touched their chopsticks to eat. There were no chopsticks, only knives and forks. One of their people who participated in the banquet told me that it was a very embarrassing thing to eat under such circumstances. Patrol Inspector Zhang, what do you think? "
Takeshita Junichiro could only say this to Xiao Bei because he did not want to eat.
"Oh! Very good. That's something that was mentioned in my family's storybook. I used to treat some people to that kind of buffet, but I didn't expect that someone would learn it and even learn it to this extent. Quanzhou's Army Officer Cao, right? Not bad. Thank you. Let's eat. After eating, there is still a competition in the afternoon. "
Xiao Bei laughed sinisterly. Takeshita Junichiro felt his stomach cramp and his heart clench. He knew that he had accidentally sold out the officials of Quanzhou.
"Okay." Takeshita Junichiro agreed and began to stuff food into his mouth. In his heart, he mourned for Quanzhou's Army Officer Cao. There was no need to think too much. He was definitely going to die. Not to mention that he was just an Army Officer, even if he suddenly became a provincial governor, it would be useless. There was no need to mention any backing.
When he finally finished eating the food on his plate, Takeshita Junichiro rubbed his stomach and looked around. He found that everyone else had also finished their food. They seemed to be very self-aware. Only Pan 'er and her sister had not finished eating. However, they could take the leftover fruits to the stands to eat.
*****
Just like that, a month passed quietly by in the various competitions between the Japanese and the Tang Empire.
There was really nothing to compare. Moreover, the Japanese war criminals that were sent over by the Tang Empire's gunboats had also arrived at Jili Prefecture.
Takeshita Junichiro and his group decided to temporarily go over and take a look. Then, they would prepare the abalones. When they went to Japan together for the competition, it would be time to confirm the matter of ceding territory.
No matter what, Japan had temporarily avoided the threat of war. Takeshita Junichiro and his group were very happy.
After sending the Japanese away, Xiao Bei had to receive the people from the Southwest who had just arrived.
"Sigh, is it so easy to be a diplomat? I always say things that don't mean. The psychological pressure is very great. " Xiao Bei pretended to sigh sadly. Then, he excitedly waved his hand and led his people to the dock.
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