When King Shangtai finally decided to contact Gong Cheng and tried to negotiate, in a hidden military warehouse, Liang Kun, Fan Yao, and several Lotte foreign shopkeepers and managers, including more than a dozen officers in the new army, had already gathered together.

This is already all the people in charge of Xiao Letian's current stay in the Ryukyus, if the French warship gets this information, as long as there is a salvo, Xiao Letian's command system in the Ryukyus will be completely paralyzed, and Xiao Letian may not be able to turn over for ten years if this group of people dies.

"Why do you make it so bright, put out two more oil lamps. The old shopkeeper Fan Yao was rarely stingy, there were only four horse lanterns in the warehouse, and now two more were extinguished, and the remaining faint lights made the atmosphere in the warehouse extremely tense.

Dozens of top-of-the-line Cuban cigars were divided, and almost all of them, regardless of whether they smoked or not, were divided into one, one by one, and one end was lit against each other, and in a short time the warehouse was filled with thick cigar smoke.

No one spoke, everyone was thinking, and in the darkness they saw fire points flickering in mid-air, and those who didn't know the details thought that this place was haunted.

After being silent for a long time, the old shopkeeper Fan Yao spoke: "Brothers, now the situation in Ryukyu has reached the most critical moment, our enemies are not only the French, but also the dog thief Gong Cheng...... Don't think that this old thing is easy to deal with, not only can he use the power of the British, but he is also inextricably linked to the Manchu court......"

"Hey, Gong Cheng can still hook up with the imperial court, isn't he a traitor recognized by the Manchu and Han dynasties, and he didn't lead the way to burn the Old Summer Palace. The officer asked in the dark.

"Ahem, ahem...... There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests...... "General Liang Kun, who was lying on the blanket, coughed a few times, "I have heard of Gong Cheng before, after he followed the British to live in the Shanghai Concession, he did not give advice to kill the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom, do you remember Sir Gordon in the UK, there is the shadow of Gong Cheng matching behind him......"

"Now the demons also understand that although Britain and France burned the Old Summer Palace, lost a lot of silver, and signed an agreement between the young and the old, but in the end they got the strong reinforcements of the Western devils...... Many of you don't know, the British mercenaries are really powerful, the knife will storm the concession, how many people have died, and in the end they still can't beat it......"

"When the foreign devil named Gordon came, this group of foreign soldiers began to train the foreign spear team for the Qing Demon, but they didn't kill our brothers in the kingdom of heaven, and the kingdom of heaven was finally destroyed, and one-third of it was destroyed in the hands of these foreigners......"

Liang Kun is a typical fierce general, I hope he will definitely not be able to analyze these things, the above are Xiao Letian's knowledge points in the small class, but Liang Kun is a first-hand witness, and he feels the deepest.

Gong Cheng betrayed the country, destroyed the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens, and let the Manchu Qing pay for the face and the inside, and the silver was lost and the harbor city had to be opened, on the surface, this seemed to be a big loss, but within a few days, the Manchu court suddenly found that things had developed unexpectedly.

Originally, the royal family thought that the foreigners were a group of robbers, and they didn't go home to spend the money if they were strong, but as a result, these foreigners were dead-eyed, and they actually said that if they submitted a treaty with the Qing Dynasty, they would recognize that the Qing Dynasty was the only master of China, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a rebellion.

Since the Qing Dynasty is in trouble, and our two countries have just signed a very 'friendly' agreement, then it is not impossible for us to send some mercenaries to help you suppress the chaos in the Qing Dynasty.

Nima, the noble foreign lord has just burned down the city of Beijing, and he will turn around and help the Qing Dynasty, where in the world to find such a good thing.

If you don't agree, Cixi's gang will really get into the water, isn't it just to give some money, anyway, in the end, it will collect taxes from the Han people, spend the money of the Han people, and the lives of the dead foreigners, and finally protect the Manchurian people's rivers and mountains, if this Nima still doesn't agree, then it will be retributed.

Blessings and misfortunes depend on, misfortunes and blessings come, the Manchurian people once again realized the essence of this sentence, and from another angle, if you want to know that foreigners are so righteous, why didn't you sign the agreement earlier, it won't cost much money and the Old Summer Palace will be preserved.

More than once Xiao Letian talked about this in his small class, he threw away the chalk and sighed for a long time: "Western civilization does believe in strength, and in many ways it is no different from robbers, but their contract spirit is really worth learning." ”

At the end of the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Manchu court and the Han governors could be regarded as having tasted the 'sweetness' of the foreigners, and all kinds of weapons and equipment were sold in the whole ship, and there were large loans in the foreigners' banks waiting for you to discuss, as long as there was collateral, you could do business.

In the end, the mercenaries of the foreign lord came up, and the leader was actually a British lord, which was too satisfying to the Qing court, and even the face they lost in front of the British in a trance was recovered a lot.

"Look, this is the prestige of the Qing Dynasty, although there was a little conflict with the British before, but in the end, didn't the British still come to serve the Qing Dynasty, come on, give this Gordon a title of admiral, give a yellow coat, and reward the peacock feathers......"

In 1864, the first year that Xiao Letian came to this world, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom finally collapsed, and the Manchu Dynasty was jubilant.

Liang Kun sighed and said, "Obviously reconciled with Gong Cheng, the Manchurians are not so thick-skinned, but when they negotiate with the British, they are really inseparable from this traitor, and in the end, they actually turned a blind eye and pinched their noses to admit it...... I don't need to look at it to guess that now the command of the Qing Demon on Ryukyu Island must have been transferred to Gong Cheng. ”

The warehouse fell silent again, everyone racked their brains to think of a way to break the situation, and after a while, the old shopkeeper sighed and said, "This is not the whole of the difficulty...... Now we have to face the opposition of the Ryukyu court, and now that the Ryukyuan people have a rift with us, these indigenous officials are about to swallow Gong Cheng's incense bait, and they want to negotiate peace. ”

"Ahh "The crowd will fry the pot at once" How can this work, Gong Cheng's character is known throughout East Asia, how can this kind of person believe it. ”

"Although I can't guess what Gong Cheng's poisonous plan is, I don't believe him, let alone the French, negotiate peace, talk about a ghost......"

"I don't understand diplomatic matters, but military affairs can't be hidden from us...... Although the battle has been fierce in the past four days, it is far from the time when the muscles and bones are broken, and the two sides still have the vitality to fight, at this time, if you want to say that the negotiation is not a liar, there is no conspiracy, I ate this box of shells......

"Yes, that's right, the war is not divided into winners and losers, no one has served anyone, how can it be possible to negotiate at this time, is it good to have a little common sense......"

There was a chaotic quarrel in the crowd, and everyone was full of suspicion about the negotiation, and they were even more angry at the selfishness of the Ryukyu monarchy.

At this time, a second shopkeeper in the corner suddenly spoke, "I don't understand the things of war, but I know how to do business...... These different people will have different views on things, and to put it bluntly, it depends on how big the pattern is in his heart. ”

"I have known all my life that the owner of the snack shop who uses copper to settle accounts is definitely different from the big merchant who calculates the turnover of 100,000 million silver dollars every day...... The small country of Ryukyu has been bullied by the Japanese for hundreds of years, and they are afraid of poverty and hard life, and careful planning has become their only choice......"

The second shopkeeper took a puff of cigar cigarette, and the light blue smoke wafted in the room, "Damn, it used to be the French who didn't give them a way out, and if they didn't fight, they would have to die and be wiped out, you said they couldn't fight, but now they suddenly found that they didn't have to fight and had a way to live, and this group of people's minds began to sway again......"

"Damn, it's the most troublesome to cooperate with this kind of person, the character is not bad, so you can't fight or scold, but doing business is a small pattern, and doing stingy things can kill people......"

The second shopkeeper said that everyone thinks about it, and everyone can meet this kind of person in their lives, and this kind of person has a very common problem, that is, doing bad things with good intentions, and now the Ryukyu monarchs and ministers are taking this old road.

"Well, you kid has grown up, so what do you say we should do. Fan Yao's eyes lit up and asked.

The second shopkeeper's small eyes narrowed, "If I do business and meet such a partner, and I don't want to completely turn my face with him...... Then let's grab his shares, as long as we occupy the most shares, then we have to listen to me for everything, if you want me to say, let's have a big showdown with them and put the contradictions on the table......"

"Let the people of the Ryukyus choose whether to follow us or follow the group of surrenderers. ”

Hiss...... There was a gasp in the entire warehouse, and this group of big-headed soldiers didn't dare to think of mutiny, but as a result, the second shopkeeper was actually thinking about the war.

"Damn, no wonder the Prime Minister has always said that businessmen are the most courageous group in the world, and this is really daring to fight when it is critical. ”

The second shopkeeper made everyone a little embarrassed, "Don't, don't...... Don't look at me like that, I didn't say I wanted to rebel, I just said that the shares will be reorganized, the economy of this Ryukyu is now completely supported by our Lotte Foreign Bank, the army is also the keel of the new army, and even the scholars are the most of our college students. ”

"We have actually controlled the entire Ryukyus, and the largest share is ours, why can't we call the shots, not only that, but we also have foreigners behind us, and the descendants of the Han people in Ryukyu and the Japanese immigrants are also of the same mind as the Prime Minister, why don't we call the shots, why let those people in Shuri Castle decide our fate." ”

"Yes, that's right. All the officers clapped the case and shouted angrily, "Today's Ryukyu has already changed the sky, and it is only natural that the prime minister will replace him, and people like Jin Changsen will not want to be restored." ”

"Dare to surrender one and try it, let them ask Lao Tzu if he agrees to the gun. ”

Liang Kun and Fan Ru looked stupid, they secretly summoned everyone to analyze the current situation, how can they say that they are about to mutiny, this rhythm is a little wrong, R640