Volume 1: The Empire Awakens Chapter 64: Naval Attaché (Part 2)
Tan Renhao and his friends settled right next to the old Edo Castle.
That year, civil war broke out in Japan. After the Tang Empire sent troops to assist the emperor in quelling the rebellion, Edo was renamed Tokyo and became the second capital of Japan.
The old Edo Castle has been preserved, but now it has become the imperial palace of the Japanese Emperor.
In the afternoon, Tan Renhao took the time to have a nap. When he woke up, someone had already delivered the dress he needed for the party.
This is a navy uniform with a white base and black trim. Even the shoulder straps and armbands are the same as his rank of captain.
It seems that Nie Renfeng is still very careful. At least Principal Nie Renfeng's adjutant is very careful and did not forget to prepare a dress for Tan Renhao.
The banquet was held at the official residence of Prince Hiroyuki, the Japanese Minister of the Navy and Chief of the Naval General Staff.
The prince's official residence is next to the imperial palace, separated only by a moat.
The entire building complex was built in Japanese style, and one can even see the shadow of the architectural style of the Tang Empire hundreds of years ago.
This is an unchangeable fact. No matter how dissatisfied Japan is with the Tang Empire now, they cannot deny that hundreds of years ago, they have been learning from the Tang Empire, not only learning the advanced culture and technology of the Tang Empire, but also learning the various styles of the Tang Empire.
It wasn't even until a few decades ago that the Japanese had their own writing system.
There are quite a few Chinese characters in the Japanese language today.
Those who came to the banquet were all big shots, real big shots.
In addition to the generals of the Japanese Navy, representatives from the eight contracting parties to the Treaty of Songjiang, including the Tang Empire, were present.
The foreign envoys attending the banquet all wore the uniforms of their own country's navy. The colors varied, but mainly white, blue or black.
These are the three most common colors used by navies around the world.
In the crowd, Tan Renhao can only be regarded as one of the most inconspicuous little characters.
He always followed Marshal Nie Renfeng closely and paid close attention to the generals from other countries who came to attend the banquet.
The person sent by the British Empire was a short and fat man who did not look like a soldier.
Later, Tan Renhao learned that he was Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty during World War I, and would become the Prime Minister of the British Empire in the future.
The person sent by the Kingdom of France was a tall, somewhat thin, middle-aged man wearing a tall hat, the iconic symbol of France.
Tan Renhao didn't know him, but that wasn't very important.
The United States sent an admiral in his sixties, Admiral King, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
The representatives from other countries were all very distinctive, but Tan Renhao only really knew a few of them.
When the banquet officially began, Prince Bogong arrived at the scene wearing a Japanese kimono. Perhaps he was the most uncoordinated one among the group of people. Everyone else was wearing military uniforms, but he was the only one wearing casual clothes, and those were casual clothes with ethnic characteristics, rather than the popular suits or short Tang suits that were popular in the world.
However, Prince Bogong was just a figurehead , and the power of the Japanese Navy was actually in the hands of Admiral Nagano Miyoshi.
Nagano Miyoshi also soon appeared at the banquet. After Prince Bogong gave a speech thanking the many guests who came to the banquet, the banquet officially began.
"Principal, are these people here to participate in the negotiations?"
Nie Renfeng nodded and whispered, "Watch carefully. The negotiations will officially begin the next day. Then you will know their identities."
Tan Renhao nodded, and then stopped asking these seemingly idiotic questions.
"Captain, can you dance?"
Tan Renhao was slightly startled. After hearing the not-so-fluent Chinese, he turned around and saw a Japanese woman in a Western evening dress standing next to him.
At this time, Nie Renfeng had already left the banquet. Perhaps the chief naval representatives of the nine countries needed to confirm the negotiations at the banquet.
"Why, are you afraid that I will eat you? I heard that all the young officers in the Tang Empire Navy are masters of dancing. Isn't this rumor true?"
Tan Renhao laughed and then bent his arms.
"Miss, you heard me right, but dancing also depends on who you're with, right?"
"Captain, your words are very interesting."
The young Japanese woman laughed, "My name is Hanako Umezu, you can call me Miss Hanako."
"You can call me Mr. Tan, but of course I prefer to be called Captain."
Tan Renhao had a clue in his mind, this must be a Japanese female spy.
In order to spy on other countries' intelligence, Japan trained a large number of female spies who were both beautiful and charming. The task of these women was to seduce foreign diplomats or government officials to have sex with them, and then use sex, threats and other means to extract intelligence.
The empire would dispose of a number of officials every year for this reason.
The lights on the dance floor dimmed, and Tan Renhao felt the Japanese bitch's breasts rubbing against his chest.
He really wanted to kick this bitch away, but he couldn't do that, and he had to greet her with a smile.
This is the most basic etiquette, and he cannot afford to lose face for the Imperial Navy on this occasion.
"Captain, are you free tonight?"
This seduction is too direct.
"Of course I'm free, but someone has already made an appointment with me in advance."
Tan Renhao naturally knew what she was going to do. "I will stay in Tokyo for a while. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future, right?"
"Of course, I really want to talk to you alone!"
Hanako stuffed a business card into Tan Renhao's hand, and at the same time grabbed Tan Renhao's hand and placed it on her big, round buttocks.
Tan Renhao laughed and said, "Me too. I heard that Japanese women are gentle and virtuous. I think this rumor is not false, right?"
Hanako immediately started laughing.
Soon, the first dance was over.
Afterwards, Tan Renhao took the initiative to invite several other female guests to dance. He didn't want to dance, but wanted to avoid that Japanese bitch.
If Tan Renhao did not have much aversion to Japan before, at least not in his personal feelings, then now he is very disgusted with Japanese women.
Before the banquet ended, Nie Renfeng appeared in the venue.
It was clear from his expression that the secret talks with representatives from several other countries were not going very smoothly.
Tan Renhao seemed to have seen a savior. He immediately took the opportunity of the end of the dance to say goodbye to the female companion of the French military attaché and followed Nie Renfeng out of the yard.
