1850 American Gold Tycoon.

"The Russians are wolves who are ambitious and greedy. How can I not know. Any contract is just a stopgap measure." Liang Yao said.

"Knowing that the contract is useless, why did you force Telaviyov to sign a useless contract?" Deng Yan was puzzled.

"For the sake of pleasure, seeing Telaviov's deflated appearance just now made me very happy." Liang Yao said with a smile.

"You don't seem like a person who is driven by emotion." Deng Yan didn't believe Liang Yao's words.

Let Muraviyov sign the next useless contract just for fun?This is not like Liang Yao's behavior style.

"It's just one thing to be quick." Liang Yao said with his hands behind his back. "As long as we have this contract in black and white, if the Russians try to get involved in Ezo in the future, we can justifiably send troops, and Britain and France have no excuse to interfere."

"So, speaking of it, I believe it." Deng Yan said.

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A middle-aged Caucasian man with a high hairline, a bushy beard, and a bad face walked into a Hong Kong smoke den called Mian Yun Ge,
The middle-aged white man was followed by two men in black putty coats and beaver fur bowler hats.

The three of them wore leather boots with steel spikes, and the leather boots made a crisp and powerful sound when they stepped on the stone slab.

The white man who came to the smokehouse was none other than Pinkerton, but Pinkerton did not come to Mianyun Pavilion to smoke big cigarettes, but to complete the task that Liang Yao entrusted to him. Shoushan took it back to Pontianak for trial.

The private room in Mianyun Pavilion is quite spacious, there are four people in total in the private room, one is "Liu Jing", one is Liu Jing's entourage, and the remaining two are prostitutes who accompany and play with each other.

"Liu Shoushan!" Pinkerton waved his hand to fan the smoke in front of his eyes, and shouted Liu Shoushan's name loudly.

The other party is a foreigner, or a foreigner working for the Governor of Hong Kong. If they offend these foreigners, their boss may not be able to continue driving even if someone is behind him.

"Which private room is Mr. Liu Jingliu in? Take us there."

The three masters are both new and rare customers. It is a great honor for us to visit our store for the first time. These three cans of high-quality Bengali smoke cream are regarded as a meeting gift from our store for the three of you. "

However, high-end tobacco halls often disdain to use these relatively clichéd words to name the smoke halls. They prefer more elegant names to attract smokers.

Middle and low-grade smokehouses like to use auspicious characters such as Ping, An, Fu, Long, Xing, Wang, Xiang, Rui, etc. to name them.

The low-end opium dens that mainly provide services for peddlers are naturally dark, noisy, filthy, foul-smelling, smoky, and even the environment of the boxes is unbearable.

However, Liu Shoushan was not used to living in hiding, which was akin to imprisonment. He still often went out to have fun, but he was afraid of being recognized, so he used the identity of Liu Jing, a Cantonese businessman, to deceive others.

The main source of customers for these tobacco halls are wealthy businessmen, gentry and officials among the powerful and powerful, and high-end tobacco halls are often more particular.

This is not the case for high-end tobacco halls. High-end tobacco halls, like teahouses, are high-level social places for the people of the Qing Dynasty.

Gradually regaining his senses, Liu Shoushan replied subconsciously.

The clerk at the counter looked Pinkerton and the others up and down, seeing that the three were dressed in expensive clothes and they were foreigners, so they immediately greeted them enthusiastically.

Now, only Liu Shoushan, who is hiding in Hong Kong, is the only senior leader of Lanfang Company who is at large.

"Delaying the affairs of His Excellency the Governor, can you bear this responsibility?"

"Liu Jing" is a frequent visitor of Mianyun Pavilion, and every time he comes to the same private room, the order clerk knows which private room "Liu Jing" is in without looking at the registration form.

One of the two prostitutes accompanied "Liu Jing" to burn cigarettes, and the other knelt on the couch to pinch "Liu Jing's" legs.

Pinkerton didn't give the guy any time to react, and while the guy was still in a daze, he forced him to ask in a tone that could not be refused.

"What's the matter with me?"

"It's none of your business, you go down."

The guy at the counter was stunned, standing there at a loss.

"The three are new customers? If the new customers don't bring bongs, the shop can provide bongs for new customers."

It was the first time that people from the Governor's Mansion came directly to pick up people from their opium hall.

Liu Jing is Liu Shoushan's pseudonym. After arriving in Hong Kong, although the governor of Hong Kong, Wen Xian, saw that he was still useful, he accepted Liu Shoushan and promised to provide Liu Shoushan with protection.

As he said that, the clerk took out three bongs and three small cans of tobacco paste from the counter, and continued: "According to the usual practice, the three of you need to pay a deposit of 9 shillings for each bong. When the three of you leave the store, Return the bong and we will refund the deposit.

"Rules? This is Hong Kong! Is it the rules of a smokehouse like you, or the governor's rules!" Pinkerton was furious. He lifted his coat, revealing the revolver holster at his waist.

Pinkerton raised the bead curtain and entered the private room.

After the "Pontianak Treaty" was signed, the Dutch and Indian authorities handed over Ye Tingfan who was hiding in Batavia.

"Small shops have their own rules. Without the consent of the customers, we cannot disclose the private rooms of the customers." The guy said very embarrassed.

"Liu Shoushan!" Pinkerton raised his voice.

Liu Shoushan is much more cunning than Ye Tingfan. If the Hong Kong businessman hadn't provided them with Liu Shoushan's information, Pinkerton estimated that it would take a while to find Liu Shoushan's trace.

The shop assistant didn't dare to say anything, so he backed away.

The store clerk led Pinkerton and others to the door of "Liu Jing" private room, and was about to lift the beaded curtain of the private room, but Pinkerton stopped him.

The difference between the two can already be seen from the name.

Liu Shoushan smoked a little too much, and he was still immersed in his imaginary world. In his imaginary world, he was still the head of Lanfang Company, still reaping the benefits of gold mines in Dongwanlu, and living a luxurious life. life.

"We are not here to smoke opium, we are here to pick up people under the order of the Governor." Pinkerton said expressionlessly.

Seeing the other party's posture, the shop assistant didn't dare to say anything more.

Smokehouses are also divided into grades and grades.

But soon, Liu Shoushan seemed to realize something, and immediately changed his words: "You are looking for the wrong person, I am Liu Jing! It is not Liu Shoushan."

"Oh, is that so? The Governor asked us to invite Mr. Liu Shoushan to come to the house immediately to discuss matters. It seems that we have found the wrong person." Said, Pinkerton gestured to leave Liu Shoushan's private room.

"Stop! You mean the governor is looking for me?" Liu Shoushan heard that the governor was looking for him, so he immediately stopped Pinkerton and patted his numb head with his hands to wake himself up.

"Why did Your Excellency the Governor seek me?"

"It's not something I can ask. I only heard vaguely about Borneo, and I don't know anything about other things." Pinkerton said.