The Shanghai office of the Traveler is located in the north of Shiliupu, outside the small east gate of Shanghai County. It is a two-story brick-wood mixed structure house.

Shiliupu Wharf was once the most famous wharf in Shanghai. It was located along the Huangpu River coast to the east of Shanghai County. It turned out to be a defense against the Taiping Army's attack. Shanghai County established a joint "shop" for joint protection and defense of the shop. The "shop" was responsible for the public security of the shop, and the business was jointly undertaken by the shop. It was originally planned to divide 27 shops, but in the end it was only divided into 16 shops. Among them, Shiliupu is the largest in the 16 shops, including outside the Dadongmen Gate of Shanghai County, Chenghao in the west, Huangpu River in the east, Xiaodongmen Street in the north, and Wanyu Wharf Street and Wangjia Wharf Street in the south. This is the origin of the name Shiliupu, and it has been used until the crossing.

Before the Opium War, Shiliupu was located in the most lively place in Shanghai. It was once the largest dock in the Far East and the water portal of Shanghai. Merchants from all over the country opened shops and set up shops, engaged in inter-port trade business along the coast and Yangtze River Basin. Passenger and freight transport were concentrated, with docking ships one by one, and merchants on the shore were concentrated, with all kinds of business names, shops, warehouses, and cars coming and going.

Although with the establishment and construction of the Shanghai Concession, the location of Shiliupu is too deep and has a narrow area and limited space. The Huangpu River waterway is shallow and cannot be parked in large and medium-sized ships. The center of gravity of Shanghai has also shifted to the concession area, and the status of Shiliupu has also declined. However, Bizhang is a time-honored brand. At the same time, since Shiliupu is not in the concession area, it has received key support from local officials in Shanghai. Moreover, Chinese businessmen will most likely operate in Shiliupu. Therefore, the Shiliupu area is still one of the important docks and commercial areas in Shanghai. In the 1930s of the old time and space, Du Yuesheng, a famous Shanghai celebrity, first arrived in Shanghai at the age of 14, and was an apprentice in Shiliupu Hongyuansheng Fruit Store.

This house was originally owned by Zhao Weizhong's business friend in Shanghai. Because the business requires funds, he wanted to sell the house. Zhao Weizhong took a fancy to the location of the house and wanted to sell it as his shop in Shanghai. However, the price of the house sold was beyond the scope of Zhao Weizhong's ability to bear. He wanted to go back to Tianjin to borrow some money. At this time, the time traveler needed to buy a property in Shanghai for office use, so Zhao Weizhong recommended the house to the time traveler.

After seeing this, Liu Lantao, who was responsible for finding a house, thought that the location of the house was good and belonged to an important commercial district in Shanghai. It was not far from Shanghai's county town or the concession, and was close to the wharf. The transportation was convenient. The house was divided into two floors, and there was a small building on the roof, with a total of 12 rooms. There was also a small courtyard of over 100 square meters downstairs. The front yard was about 300 meters away. It was the wharf. Therefore, it could also be used for commercial operations in the future, which was completely in line with the requirements of time travelers, so he bought the house.

But now more than 50 people have been squeezed in at once, and the house seems very crowded. However, after reporting to Tianjin yesterday that the negotiations broke down, the Executive Committee sent a 318 boat from Qingdao to Shanghai and took the negotiation team back. It is expected to arrive in the early morning tomorrow, so it will only deal with the house for one night, and it will not have much impact.

After arriving at the house, Qin Zheng immediately recruited the main personnel to hold a meeting, mainly to arrange the work arrangements for the next stage of Shanghai. First, he determined the personnel who stayed in Shanghai. Although the time traveler sent a working group to Shanghai before the negotiation, the main task of the working group was to carry out preliminary work for the negotiation, not to be sure to stay in Shanghai. Moreover, there is indeed a certain danger to stay in Shanghai now, because the time traveler in the next stage will definitely have to fight. If all countries are embarrassed and angry and take their anger on the people who stayed, it is hard to say what the consequences will be. Therefore, Qin Zheng decided to follow the principle of personal voluntaryness and never force it. At the same time, he said that Du Yingyi, the only woman in the working group, must leave Shanghai and return to Tianjin, and cannot leave women in a dangerous place.

Liu Lantao and Li Hongbing first expressed their willingness to stay in Shanghai. Both of them were soldiers. They knew that at this time, someone in the Time Travel Group really needed to stay in Shanghai to work, so they were both willing to take on this dangerous job.

Qin Zheng was also very satisfied with their performance. After all, he was a soldier and had the courage to take responsibility.

At this time, another person from the working group, Gao Lei also expressed his willingness to stay in Shanghai, which surprised Qin Zheng a little, because Gao Lei was one of the first three people to be punished by law among the time travelers. Strictly speaking, Gao Lei is still serving his sentence and has not finished his sentence. However, in the old time and space, three generations of his family were native Shanghainese. Gao Lei knew very well about the situation in Shanghai and the history of Shanghai, so when recruiting the working group, Gao Lei also took the initiative to sign up.

Now when time travelers need to make the best use of their own, even for prisoners, the same is true for the three people who were punished did not really serve in prison, but instead worked for guilt, so Gao Lei joined the working group. Gao Lei is now very clear that he is a person with historical stains. If he wants to gain a foothold in the time travel group in the future and not be marginalized, he must have outstanding performance. Although there will be certain risks in staying in Shanghai, it is very beneficial to his accumulation of qualifications, so he also requires staying in Shanghai.

Chen Zhaosheng, the last member of the working group, originally did not want to stay in Shanghai, but the other three chose to stay and were embarrassed to ask to leave, so he also chose to stay.

Seeing that everyone in the working group decided to stay, Qin Zheng was also very happy because the Time Travel Group now needs such people who dare to act and take responsibility instead of waiting to open the golden finger and click on the technology tree.

At this time, Li Sanjie said: "Political Commissar, I also want to stay in Shanghai for a while."

Qin Zheng was stunned for a moment. This was really beyond his expectations. Qin Zheng did not consider letting Li Sanjie stay in Shanghai, because although Li Sanjie was not a member of the Executive Committee, he was also one of the leadership of the Time Travel Group and a rare state cadre in the old time and space. His qualifications and experience were all needed for Time Travel Group. If he stayed in Shanghai, he had an accident, but it was a considerable loss.

Li Sanjie said: "Political Commissar, it's not that I don't believe in the work ability of these comrades, but our work in Shanghai is mainly to strive for public opinion positions and maintain communication with consulates from various countries. We can no longer rely on Li Hongzhang to contact various countries. These work are diplomatic work. Therefore, these comrades obviously lack experience in this regard, and there are not many urgent work in Tianjin now. I think it's better for me to stay in Shanghai."

In fact, Li Sanjie asked to stay in Shanghai to consider himself. Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was one of the most important departments in the old time and space, in the current time and space, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was one of the marginalized departments. Because the current time and travel group does not have much diplomatic relations, and some major foreign affairs, such as consultation and cooperation with Germany, the negotiations were handled by the Executive Committee. Of course, these matters are related to the major strategies of the time and travel group, and of course it is impossible for the Foreign Affairs Department to take charge. But in this way, the Foreign Affairs Department has become an optional role in the current time and travel group. It was just that there was no *** in front of the front, so the Ministry of Service was somewhat inferior to the top and more than the bottom.

Just before the Shanghai negotiations, after working hard, *** obtained three projects: newspapers, established news agencies, and radio stations, which made the news and made a lot of lively. Although *** cannot be said to be very popular now, at least it has successfully counterattacked and completely removed the title of the soy sauce department.

But the Foreign Affairs Department was very sad to see that he had gotten rid of the bottom position and became a strong competitor in the new generation of soy sauce department titles. At this time, the staff of the Foreign Affairs Department also felt huge pressure. If they continue to do so, the Foreign Affairs Department will really become the second.

This Shanghai negotiation was also regarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an important opportunity to expand its voice. However, although Li Sanjie also actively engaged in activities after arriving in Shanghai, the entire negotiation process was dominated by Qin Zheng, and Li Sanjie was just an auxiliary and had limited roles. Therefore, Li Sanjie was also secretly anxious. If this continues, even if the negotiation is successful, the achievements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be limited.

Of course, Li Sanjie worked so actively not only for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also for his own political future. The current executive committee and administrative department have temporary institutions, and a new and formal leadership organization will be established in a year. If he wants to have a place in the formal leadership organization a year later, then he will make significant achievements during this period.

Now that the negotiations have broken down, Li Sanjie realized that his opportunity has finally come. Because Li Sanjie is the leadership of the Time Travel Group, he naturally knows that after the negotiations have broken down, the Time Travel Group will definitely take military action to attack Beijing. However, Li Sanjie also knows that military means are all for politics, and the military strength of the Time Travel Group is not strong enough to see who will destroy whom. The ultimate goal is to put diplomatic pressure on all countries to accept the conditions of the Time Travel Group at the negotiating table. Therefore, the next step of the Time Travel Group will be in the military and diplomatic battlefields, and neither of them is indispensable. As one of the current leaders of the Time Travel Group, Qin Zheng will definitely return to Tianjin to preside over the overall situation. If he stays in Shanghai, then he will be at the highest level in Shanghai and become the leader of his work in Shanghai. He also has room to use his full play, so the achievements he has naturally belong to himself.
Chapter completed!