gnawed off the hard bone of the amount of compensation, and then there is another hard bone, that is, the boundary demarcation between the two sides. Last time, East China ** asked the Amur River to be the boundary, and the Temple Street, including Sakhalin Island, was classified as East China **. However, this request was rejected by Russia, and as a result, East China ** not only sent troops to occupy Temple Street, but also occupied Hailan artillery, so the demarcation of the border must be redrawn.

Of course, the first thing that is determined is that Sakhalin Island is owned by East China, which Russia has no objection to, and now even Temple Street is occupied by East China, Sakhalin Island is already lonely overseas, and it is impossible for Russia to hold it. As for the division of land boundaries, Russia advocates that the west is bounded by Hailanpao, the north and south are bounded by the Trans-Siberian railway line from Hailanpao to Boli, and the east is bounded by the Amur River from Boli to Miaojie, and at the same time, the north of the Trans-Siberian railway line from Hailanpao to Boli and the range of 10-15 kilometers west of the Amur River from Boli to Temple Street are all classified as East China.

However, this proposition is obviously not satisfactory to East China, because the Trans-Siberian Railway line from Hailan to Boli and the Amur River from Boli to Temple Street are now occupied by East China, and Russia is just generous, even if it is launched within a range of 10-15 kilometers, there is not much place. The plan proposed by East China is to take Hailan Pao to the west, still to Heilongjiang River as the boundary, starting from Hailan Pao, to the Jingqili River-Xilin Mudan River-Arsani River-Tuhule River as the boundary, to the west to Russia, to the east East China**.

The Jingqili River is a tributary of the north side of the Heilongjiang River, known as the Jieya River in Russia, which joins the Heilongjiang River near Hailanpao, the Xilin Mudan River, known as the Sheremza River in Russia, is a tributary of the Jingqili River, which joins the Jingqili River in Suchuna (known as New Kievan Rus' in Russia), the Tuhul River, known as the Tugur River in Russia, is located on the west side of the Mahu Mountain, about 200 kilometers west of Temple Street, and flows into the Sea of Okhotsk (known as the Beihai Sea in ancient China), and the Arsani River is a tributary of the Tuhul River.

These four rivers are bubbled from Hailan and run slightly eastward from south to north until they enter the sea in the Gulf of Okhotsk. The demarcation of the territory with these four rivers can be more clear, first, the Bijing River is placed there, and there is no need to spend a lot of energy on surveying; second, the area occupied by the first in East China is almost 200,000 square kilometers more than the Russian plan, and at the same time, Russia is basically squeezed out of China's northeast region, and it also provides a depth guarantee for the Trans-Siberian railway line from Hailan Pao to Boli and the Amur River from Boli to Temple Street.

In the face of the plan proposed by East China, Witte could only smile bitterly, but he didn't want to be too entangled with East China on the territory issue, Bi Jing is now Russia's general trend in the Far East, and he can basically only let East China ** Slaughter, and after the loss of the Trans-Siberian Railway line from Hailan Pao to Boli and the Amur River section from Boli to Temple Street, two important transportation routes in the Far East, other places are all chicken ribs, and the actual value is not great, mainly because it is not good-looking, but what Russia needs most now is to end the war and restore domestic economic stability, not to talk about face.

Of course, the final result is still to be decided by St. Petersburg, and Witte does not have this power, so Witte sent the boundary demarcation plan proposed by East China ** back to St. Petersburg for domestic adjudication.

However, at this time, no one in Russia shouted anything like "although Russia is big, but not an inch of land is superfluous", Bi Jing everyone knows that the situation is stronger than people now, so another remark appeared, that is, "first promise East China**, and wait for Russia to recover its national strength, and then recapture these lands" In fact, everyone knows that these lands are ceded out, and the possibility of regaining them is not very large. Because East China is not the Qing court, and Russia is no longer the European rolling machine.

In any case, Russia accepted the boundary demarcation plan of East China, which also made a great breakthrough in the negotiation process between the two sides, and according to this boundary demarcation plan, East China will recover all the land east of the Ussuri River and including Sakhalin Island ceded in the Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing signed in 1860, and in the Sino-Russian Treaty of Aihun signed in 1858, the ceded land south of the Outer Khingan Mountains, About half of the 620,000 square kilometers of land north of Heilongjiang have also been recovered, totaling about 750,000 square kilometers of land, which is actually much larger than East China expected. At the time of the first negotiations, East China's plan was only to recover about 430,000 square kilometers of land east of the Ussuri River and including Sakhalin Island ceded in the Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty, and the Sino-Russian Aihun Treaty only intended to recover about 10 square kilometers of land east of the Amur River.

The two major difficulties of reparations and land cession have been broken, so the subsequent negotiations will be much smoother, and then Russia agreed to transfer the sovereignty of the Trans-Siberian Railway east of Hailan Pao and the entire line of the Middle East Railway to East China**. In fact, this is also a routine clause, Bi Jing is now under the control of East China**, and it is impossible to return them to Russia.

Subsequently, the two sides reached an agreement, after the conclusion of the negotiations, Qingdao restored the Russian consulate, Russia sent diplomats to take office, and at the same time, East China ** also opened its own consulate in St. Petersburg, sending diplomatic personnel to sail, and both sides also agreed that although the diplomatic level of the two sides is the consular level, the duties exercised are equivalent to the minister level.

Russia originally opened a consulate in Qingdao, which is basically equivalent to the Russian embassy in East China, after the end of the war, the operation of the consulate was resumed, which is also a normal operation, and according to the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, the establishment of a consulate in Russia in East China is also a completely legitimate requirement, and after the war in the Far East, it is an indisputable fact that East China has officially become a powerful force in the region, so it is completely necessary for Russia to maintain effective diplomatic communication with East China.

Next is the economic and trade exchanges between the two sides, tariffs and other affairs, the war is over, although Liang Zi has been settled, but the business still has to be done, China is an important market for Russia in the Far East, Russia wants to restore the economy after the war, and the development of economic and trade exchanges with East China is also very important, and East China has always attached importance to economic development, communication and exchanges with foreign countries, so there is no objection between the two sides. However, the main content of the talks is to end the war and restore peace, and economic and trade relations are only a small part of the content of the talks, and they are of a principled and framework nature, and the specific contents and details are to be dispatched after the talks are concluded, and officials in charge of the economy will be dispatched to conduct detailed consultations in accordance with the agreements reached in principle reached in the talks.

As for the treatment of prisoners, the two sides exchange prisoners according to the principle of reciprocity, and East China ** in the landing in Japan, hired a group of Russian soldiers to form a mercenary army, this group of soldiers will be unconditionally released and returned to China, in addition, Russia will also pay to redeem a senior officer, and the rest of the Russian prisoners will be tried by East China **, after the expiration of the sentence, according to the soldier's own voluntariness.

In the Far East War, Russia captured about 2,000 KPA soldiers, and East China captured nearly 400,000 Russian officers and soldiers, including a large number of officers at the rank of colonel. In the landing of Japan in East China, about 30,000 Russian soldiers and middle- and lower-ranking officers were hired to participate in the war.

Of course, East China ** is unwilling to give up this group of excellent labor, and Russia really does not have the economic ability to redeem so many Russian soldiers, so except for the Russian soldiers who were exchanged as prisoners and participated in the landing in Japan, the rest of the Russian officers and soldiers can only give up, of course, if the families of Russian officers and soldiers are willing to pay for ransom, it is still possible. However, this is only limited to a very small number of people, mainly officers, because the officers of the Russian army are mainly from the aristocracy, and their families have some assets and can afford to pay for them, while the soldiers are basically from commoners or broken nobles, so what about the money to ransom people?

In this way, about 350,000 Russian prisoners can be left in East China, which is still a considerable number of laborers. And Russia can redeem the aristocratic officers, and there is also an explanation for the country, as for the ordinary soldiers, in the eyes of the Russian high-level, they are gray animals, how many or how many they want, and what do they do with their life or death?

Finally, East China put forward a request for Russia to formally recognize Mongolia as an inalienable part of China's territory since ancient times, and promised not to support Mongolia's separatist forces again. China here does not specifically refer to the Qing court, nor to East China, but to all the legitimate regimes that rule the land of China, that is, that regime rules the Chinese region, and has legitimate jurisdiction over Mongolia.

This request is obviously somewhat unexpected by Werther, Russia has been infiltrating Mongolia and agitating ****, these Werther are all aware, because this is Russia's usual method of dealing with each other, Werther has also participated in a lot, but now East China is on the strong side, of course, these things can not be recognized, and Russia can not refuse strongly, after all, if for such a little thing, the negotiation breaks down, it is obviously more than worth the loss for Russia.

So Witte also played Tai Chi, first of all, said that Russia has never supported the Mongolian separatist forces, although in the Far East War, Russia used Mongolian cavalry, but that is the mercenaries in the Russian army, which is a common thing in Europe, East China ** also used Russian mercenaries to fight, so this does not mean that Russia is involved in Mongolian affairs; and this negotiation is to discuss the relationship between East China ** and Russia, and it has nothing to do with Mongolia; now Mongolia is still subordinate to the Qing court, East China ** At the same time, Witte also suggested that if East China really wanted to discuss Mongolian affairs, after the conclusion of this negotiation, Russia, the Qing court, and East China would form a tripartite meeting to negotiate and deal with Mongolian affairs.