Although it is an old house built forty years ago, the facilities inside the hotel are in good condition, which shows that the daily maintenance work is very attentive. Rose Hotel has two highest-end royal suites, which can only be checked in by VIP guests with a certain status. Of course, the price is also quite expensive. The rent for one night is almost equivalent to the salary of an ordinary worker in London for two months.

The room layout is full of Victorian British style, with ancient and heavy carved oak furniture in style, pastel vases with Western porcelain paintings, brass-covered self-tone bells ticking, hollowed-up yarn curtains hanging from the window lintels, and exquisite lace lace sewn on the linen tablecloth with green flowers.

On the elevated bed with bronze bed posts at four corners, silk sheets as white as snowflakes were covered with thin blankets with standing lion emblems, and thin blankets with standing lion emblems were neatly stacked in front of the pillow, and the mosquito nets were gently swinging in the breeze rolled up by the ceiling fan. Every inch of the arrangement in this room showed the guests the exquisiteness of the early industrial era, the British unflattering and implicit luxury temperament.

The owner of this room was Randolph. The staff who cleaned the room even cleared out a lot of private miscellaneous items left by the lieutenant colonel. It was obvious that he was going to return to here to continue living after finishing the front line. No one had thought that the head of state would come to this hotel before, and of course the best room would be left for the officer with the highest rank.

There are two superior suites, Randolph's condition is better than the other one. In theory, the head of state must have the best living in, so there is no need to argue about this issue.

After obtaining the approval of the head of state, the service staff replaced the original bedding in the hotel. The hygiene situation in that era was simply beyond imagination by later generations. Even in some high-end hotels at that time, fleas and bed bugs were still fleas. The reason why silk bedding was sought after by the upper class in Europe was not only the smooth and delicate touch, but also because the silk thread was fine, fleas and bed bugs could not survive in it.

Don't think that the author is too exaggerating. The best products sold in Europe in the early 20th century were various insecticides and lice removal powder. The poison used to massacre Jews in Nazi history, "Ziquelon B", is itself a publicly sold civilian insecticide, which can be bought in any community drugstore in Germany. The US Customs used this drug for a while to quarantine the lice removal of European immigrants who went to the New World to hunt for gold.

The German Army's individual equipment had special lice removal powder, but in history, the German army on the Eastern Front still caused a large number of non-combat attributable to fleas due to flea-borne typhoid fever and other diseases. In fact, even in the 21st century, Europeans still did not get rid of the problems of lice and fleas.

After the service staff prepared the room, Xu Jun and Weirle left the lounge and returned to their respective rooms to rest. As mentioned earlier, the head of the empire was woken up in the morning and was already quite tired after running all the way.

"Are you really going to hire that housekeeper? My head of state." Weirle asked. The general had just finished a comfortable shower and was only wearing a nightgown.

"Let's not talk about this for now, what do you think of this telegram?" Xu Jun had just taken a shower and was wearing the white silk pajamas given by the secretary.

"Earl Stauffenberg, he has given us a problem." Weirle said, scratching his forehead.

"No matter what, our attitude must be tough and give the Japanese a clear signal." Xu Jun walked to the round table and sat down, and took a cigar from the cigar box.

"I fully agree with your decision, my head of state." The chief of staff nodded.

If you don't break this group of Japanese people and make it clear, they will add random comments after your words, and think you have understood the other party's true thoughts. Weiller has experienced the Japanese's brain-sucking ability many times in Hiroshima.

This telegram was received by the head of state when he was taking a bath. Because the communication level was relatively high, it needed to be submitted to the head of state as soon as possible. So when Emperor Seshenhofen sent the telegram, Xu Jun was still soaked in the bathtub happily.

"Japan must open the trade routes from Shanghai to the Kuomintang-controlled area, which is not allowed to bargain at all. The last time Marshal Brenberg was assassinated and the invasion of the concession was not over yet. Does the Japanese cabinet think it can get through this easily?" Xu Jun lit a cigar and bounced the matchstick into the ashtray.

"I think it is necessary to deal with the Count's request carefully. It is not wise to overstimulate the Japanese's nerves." Weirle took off his monocle and placed it on the table with the telegram.

"This is not a simple military or diplomatic issue, it should be viewed as a political issue. Weller, we don't need to care about what the Japanese would think. Now Britain and France are waiting to see our attitude on this incident. The handling of this matter has touched the core foundation of the European Union. If we don't stand with Britain and France, then what is the meaning of this alliance?" Xu Jun stood up with a cigar in his mouth and began to pace back and forth on the Persian wool carpet in the living room.

"We have no objection to the Japanese want to continue to maintain the land military blockade against Shanghai. But they must ensure that European companies have free right to pass on Chinese territory. Don't forget that the Japanese government has not officially declared war with the Chinese government. We have full right to operate outside the military conflict zone." Xu Jun's mood became a little excited.

During this period of history, because both China and Japan did not declare war, the Japanese government could not openly annex the occupied areas. In order to bypass the constraints of international law, the Japanese military established a number of puppet regimes in China.

These pseudo-regimes claimed to be local regimes established by the Chinese themselves and signed a treaty with Japan, allowing the Japanese government to station troops in their controlled areas, thus avoiding the possibility of international interference.

Although the great powers knew in their hearts that the Japanese were playing tricks of stealing the bells, none of them was willing to stand up and expose these scams. Japan's absolute military advantage in Asia led to countries with interest-related interests to choose to sit and wait and see, waiting for new changes.

Therefore, in the legal sense, Shanghai should be under the management of the Chongqing government. Germany still recognizes the legitimacy of the Chongqing government at this time. Japan claims that Shanghai is a municipality directly under the Wang Puppet Regime, but so far, except for a few countries such as Siam, no Western power is willing to recognize the Nanjing regime. But no matter which side is chosen, it is certain that it does not belong to the territory of the Japanese Empire, and Japan does not have the right to rule here.

Therefore, before the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan actually controlled the only Japanese concessions in Shanghai. Other urban areas such as Shanghai, Xidatu, were managed by personnel from the Wang Puppet regime. Japanese military and police could not publicly appear in these areas, and the British and French concessions troops could not cross the line at will.

In history, because Britain, France and other countries were trapped in the European battlefield, the great powers did not retain much power in Asia. As a result, the Wang Puppet Government relied on the support of the Japanese and made the concession authorities bow to them frequently.

But now Xu Jun has come to this time and space. The military strength of European powers in Asia has not only not declined, but has increased significantly.

The impact of this change is still unaware of for a while, but one thing is very clear, that is, the slap in Nanjing Wangpushi will have a hard time in the future.

ps: Thank you for your support, the author will continue to work hard.

The style of painting is back.o(〃'▽'〃)o
Chapter completed!