"Can I conclude that Britain wants us to pay 300 tons of gold in reparations and to surrender two warships to Britain in the form of compensation. And most importantly...... The UK wants us to make it clear in the contract. Chinese Ambassador to the UK Lu Cheng said very seriously.

The British Foreign Minister knew that this request would be difficult to accept, and the British Cabinet's attitude to it was that "the treaty cannot be shaken". In terms of lining and face, Britain wants to have both. His Excellency the Foreign Minister asked, "Mr. Ambassador, do you understand the reason for this?" ”

"Britain wants to maintain the image of a world hegemon." Lu Cheng is very offended and tells the truth.

The Foreign Minister hated to hear this, and at this time he could only reluctantly say: "Since Your Majesty the Emperor has repeatedly said that he respects the British Empire and is willing to maintain peace and friendship with the British Empire, this is the time to practice this friendly attitude. ”

Lu Cheng didn't like to hear this, Governor Wei Zedu did say this, and Governor Wei Zedu did have such an expression. However, in Lu Cheng's feeling, this is more about Britain's peace and friendship with China. ”

"There is no mention of victory or defeat in the contract, and these reparations are merely reimbursement of the great losses suffered by Britain in the war." When the British foreign minister said this, he also felt a faint feeling of blood dripping from his heart. When did the British Empire openly admit that it had suffered great losses in the war? If you want to maintain the image of the hegemon, you have to knock out your teeth and swallow it in your stomach. If it were not for the fact that China would never accept the claim that it would lose the war, Britain would have liked to have China make a friendly act of "reparations after defeat".

"Is that the bottom line on the British side? Including the division of the territory currently occupied by the two sides, can it be resolved on this basis? Lu Cheng still made the decision to lean towards peace talks. No matter how outrageous this condition looks, Lu Cheng can still feel the helplessness of Britain. To tell the truth, the territories occupied by China are rotten lands where birds do not lay eggs, either mountainous areas or deserts, tropical wastelands or northern ice fields, and the essence of those warm and humid climates and large populations has not been touched by China at all. These areas were all areas where the British walked into the grass and rabbits when they were heading out into the world. Even the British themselves have no intention of really running it. When China showed that it could truly destroy Britain's elite colonies, and China repeatedly expressed its willingness to negotiate peace, Britain was facing an economic crisis and domestic instability. This is when the opportunity for negotiation arises, and if these conditions change, I am afraid that this opportunity will be really lost.

"Ceylon is not in this negotiation." This was stated by the British Foreign Minister. Ceylon's strategic location was too important for Britain to let go so easily.

"I'll relay this to the country." Lu Cheng said seriously.

The first reaction in China was that the British opened their mouths too much, 300 tons of gold, why didn't they just grab it? But there is no objection to buying land. The proceeds from the Russian deal were so great that the Chinese gold forces discovered several gold mines in the area north of the Mohe River. As for the riverside gravel in Alaska, the Golden Force has built more than a dozen large strongholds. Over the years, more than 400 tons of sand gold proceeds have turned the 100 tons of gold paid to Russia into a joke.

300 tons of gold is not taken out, judging from the future income, the land bought by this 300 tons of gold will definitely make a lot of money. A few years ago, Weeser used his huge credit to forcibly pass the purchase and sale of 100 tons of gold, and now, a few years later, Weese's credit is bursting because of this.

"I think the price is negotiable, give 250 tonnes of gold and another 50 tonnes to London as a margin for us to get sterling from the Bank of England." Weeser didn't bother to discuss that much. The rotten ground in the eyes of others is not only not rotten in Wei Ze's eyes, but also golden. The proceeds of the "gold rush" in the north gave Wei Ze the confidence to pay so much gold. Even if sand gold mining starts to decline, the 400 tonnes of gold that have been obtained can be considered for nothing.

The army doesn't have a problem either, and it's a tough thing to garrison in that part of Canada. When peace comes, the pressure on the garrison is greatly reduced, and the army's precious budget can be much more relaxed.

There is an opinion on the navy, and the commander of the navy, Lin Jiajun, asked very nervously: "Governor, if two ordinary cruisers are transferred to the British, the naval technology on these two ships will make the British progress very quickly." To put it bluntly, our technology can account for almost half of the cannon and smokeless gunpowder. Please also think twice. ”

Wei Zexin said, let's not be presumptuous. And so that the technology of electric welding has advanced, it will be possible to develop warships with the concept of armored boxes. In Weizer's view, ordinary cruisers were probably tin toys, and China's backward shipbuilding technology at that time could only make such things. If the British really regard this design as a mature design, it will definitely be good news for China.

Wei Ze couldn't say this dark thought, he could only come up with an explainable explanation, "If two people want to coexist peacefully, with one carrying a sharp nine-ring gold-scaled machete in his hand and the other carrying a pedicure knife, do you think only the one with the pedicure knife can rest assured?" ”

This analogy is a bit gloomy, and many comrades of the Central Military Commission couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Weeser continued, "If the British were to replace the pedicure with a kitchen knife of the same craftsmanship as the machete, the British would have stopped a little before their machete was made. People have to have hope, and those who don't have hope will take risks. And we don't really have to worry so much about Britain, Britain has dominated Europe for hundreds of years, and there are many countries that want to overthrow Britain, and what Britain needs most at this time is to be able to calm down the field as soon as possible. It's going to take a few years. ”

The Military Commission is also very clear about the contradictions in European countries, and Britain can only fight a few battles if it really wants to stabilize the situation. As soon as the battle is fought, there is no need to worry about the crazy counterattack of Britain. More importantly, Weeser's attitude of wanting peace talks with Britain has been very clear. Since China has nothing to lose so far, peace is perfectly acceptable.

Britain was anxious to resolve its internal problems at this time, and there were no endless contradictions between China and Britain in southern Tibet, and the agreement was completed in February 1882. On February 14, two ordinary Chinese cruisers, stripped of all their weapons, sailed into the rebuilding port of Mumbai. These two famous gold ships loaded with 300 tons of gold have a high probability of appearing in later films, television and literature.

The UK stock market rallied on the news, and if it weren't for the fixed gold exchange rate for the pound at this gold standard, the pound would have skyrocketed. In the eyes of European countries, even after the defeat, Britain still suppressed China and made China pay war reparations to Britain. Although some countries have their own assessments of this. But the countries that were not prepared to challenge Britain's supremacy also regained a lot of confidence in Britain at this time.

On the way back to London with two warships, the British fully studied the performance of the Chinese warships, and the Royal Navy rated the two ships in a moderate manner. After the two ships sailed back to England, they were immediately dismantled by the British to a certain extent. The technology of these two all-metal warships may have been amazing ten years ago, but now it can only be said that ten years later it can only be said that it has given the British some new ideas.

Composite steel armor and three-rise steam engine are standard for the current Britain. Seeing that China has adopted the same technology, the British Navy is relieved to believe that it is on the right path of development. Nothing would have helped Britain more than the design drawings of the gas-liquid reactor provided by China. The British finally understood why the guns on Chinese warships were able to fire at such high speeds. With the industrial strength of the British, they were able to create the same product in a very short time.

The same was true of smokeless gunpowder, which the British artillerymen received with the high-power fire they had dreamed of. The British believed that within a few years they would be able to design an invincible cannon powerful enough to sink a Chinese naval warship.

While the British Admiralty was in ecstasy on a small scale discussing whether to go to war with China after the completion of the new battleships, China was also methodically carrying out a clean-up operation in Ceylon.

Second Lieutenant Qi Rui led his troops to escort a large group of Tamils to the seashore, and the local Sinhalese in Ceylon, the Tamils had been brought to Ceylon as servants by the British. Since the Ceylon issue was shelved between China and Britain, it was impossible for the Min Dynasty to keep these tens of thousands of Tamils. In private negotiations, the British firmly refused to accept the Chinese sending the Tamils back to India. And openly stated that if China invaded India's territorial waters and sent the Tamils to the Indian mainland, it would be an invasion of India, and Britain would definitely react strongly.

Peace is not easy to come by, and the Republic of China does not want to waste this hard-earned peace. Therefore, the Republic of China made a special trip to Kyushu, which was already semi-autonomous in Japan, and invited a group of veterans who had good cooperation, and asked them to help deal with these tens of thousands of Tamils.

Second Lieutenant Qi Rui didn't know the order given by his father Wei Ze at this time, he just drove the Tamils to their destination quite tiredly. It was very effective to arrest these people, and although the Liberation Army made a great contribution, the local Sinhalese people also contributed a lot. In the Sinhalese view, Tamils are foreigners. It's a joy to be able to drive these foreigners out of their sight. Without even having Chinese to do it himself, the Sinhalese took the initiative to form a team to lead the way for the Chinese army, and even captured the scattered Tamils who had escaped into the jungle.

The Tamils were in a group of hundreds, and they all tied their left arms with ropes and connected them in long strings. In a small fishing port, more than two dozen boats with a capacity of hundreds of people were moored. The Sinhalese told these Tamils that the boats were there to take them home. These Tamils do not show an optimistic expression. Tamils also believe in Hinduism, and their status in Hinduism is not high. They followed the British to Ceylon to grow tea, and they also wanted to get rid of their oppressed status on the Indian continent. The British are fierce and brutal, but working under the British, they are oppressed and squeezed equally, and they will be fed without discrimination. There is only one oppressor overhead, which is already much better than the fate on the Indian continent.

The Japanese brought the Tamils aboard the ship and immediately pulled anchor and set sail. After the boat sailed beyond the limit of sight on the coast, it turned south, and after dealing with the affairs of the ship on the way, the empty boat headed for the small fishing port to the south. After a night's rest, we will continue north the next day for the next round of processing.

Behind the boats, the murky waters of the Indian Ocean take on a reddish hue. For the old customers, the Japanese samurai are very thorough. The red tide rolled away with the current, and it didn't take long for it to dissipate.

At this time, Second Lieutenant Qi Rui didn't know what was happening, he was just looking forward to his work ending quickly. The war between China and Britain has ended, and peace has come. These troops who were overseas were about to return home. To be able to return to the motherland, to return home. Who wouldn't look forward to that.