As soon as this unprecedented amount of reparations was announced, not only the negotiators of the European continental powers were breathing cold air, but even the generals of the Ming army were breathing cold air.

Hungry and obedient, 550 million taels, His Royal Highness the King of Zhennan really dares to speak, isn't he afraid that the other party will be angry and walk away?

The negotiators of the European continental powers were indeed angry, but they did not dare to walk away, because the Ming army's position was laid out, if they brushed their sleeves away, the Ming army was estimated to beat their butts to the European continent, at that time it was not a matter of money, it is very likely that some powers will be beaten by the Ming Dynasty to destroy the country directly!

The first to bear the brunt of this was Tsarist Russia, and the Russian negotiator Franzbekov held back his anger and said with a sigh of relief: "Your Royal Highness Nicholas, your indemnity amount is too outrageous, right?" “

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he shook his head and said: "No, no, no, it's not outrageous at all, on the contrary, we have already made a big concession." “

Franz Bekov is so angry, this is not outrageous, how outrageous, if it weren't for the strength of the Ming Empire, he really wanted to open the table and rush up and beat this guy!

Zheng Zhilong saw Franz Bekov's unconvinced look, and immediately folded his fingers and calculated: "For example, the first item, do you know how many troops our Ming Empire used this time?" The regular army alone is thirteen, a full 1.3 million soldiers, and their salaries alone are more than five million taels a month, which has been fought for two years, not counting the loss of grain, grass, baggage, weapons and ammunition, the salary alone is more than 100 million taels, and you will be charged more than 100 million taels? “

When Franz Bekov heard this, he was speechless, the treatment of the Ming army was good, and he had heard of the high salary, but he didn't expect it to be so outrageously high, on average, the monthly salary per person was more than three taels, is it so exaggerated?

He was thinking about how to refute it, and Speke on the side couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness Nikolai, we didn't fight you, why do we have to lose money?" “

Zheng Zhilong rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Do you need to spend money if you have to start fighting?" Don't you need money for the preparation in the early stage, because of your threat, the army that Daming has gathered here is already one hundred and fifty, and you know how much a month's salary is? Also, we still need to invest more troops in the later stage, so how much is that, have you calculated? “

Speke couldn't help but say: "It's only been a month, 50 million taels in a country, where is there such a calculation." “

Zheng Zhilong said forcefully: "Less than a year, calculated as one year, do you think it doesn't take time for the army to move back and forth?" “

When Speke heard this, he was depressed and wanted to vomit blood, arguing with this His Royal Highness Nicholas is simply looking for abuse, not that Zheng Zhilong's mouth is powerful, the main thing is that the Ming Empire behind him is too powerful, if he wants to fight or not, he will go directly to his fist, what can you do with him!

This seemed to be indisputable, and Franzbekov continued with a sigh of relief: "The casualties of your country's soldiers don't seem to be large, isn't 100 million taels too exaggerated." “

Zheng Zhilong said seriously: "100 million taels is still an exaggeration? Do you know that for every soldier killed in the Ming Dynasty, the pension is one hundred taels, and the court has to help them take care of their families, how much is this, and every wounded soldier, treatment, recuperation, don't cost money? 100 million taels is less, tell you. “

When Franz Bekov heard this, he was speechless, what kind of treatment do the soldiers of the Ming army have, if it is replaced by Tsarist Russia, I am afraid that a general who dies in battle will not have this treatment!

It seems that there is no way to fight for this question, and Franz Bekov said unwillingly: "Then the third item, your Zhenguo Gong died, why should we pay 100 million taels?" “

Zheng Zhilong had something to say now, he said with a straight face: "Do you know who this Zhenguo Gong is?" He is the emperor's mentor of the previous emperor, and the right-hand man of the current emperor, 100 million taels, is it more? Tell you, a billion taels is not too much! Besides, weren't your Tsar Majesty just dukes when you first started? To say something offensive, I'll give you 100 million taels, are you willing to let your Tsar Majesty die! “

This is a bit of a curse, although the current Tsar His Majesty has no real power, but after all, he represents the entire Tsarist Russia, spending money to buy his life, who dares to say this.

The negotiation suddenly reached an impasse, and Speke thought about it for a while, and said embarrassedly: "Your Highness Nikolai, your conditions are too outrageous, please forgive us for not accepting them." “

Zheng Zhilong said indifferently: "If you don't accept it, it's okay, then continue to fight." “

When Speke heard this, he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, if he wanted to fight them, what else would he talk about, who would be sure to stop the army of the Ming Empire, especially after Zheng Zhilong's wave of offensive battles, the negotiators of the great powers had completely lost confidence, and they just wanted to send the Ming Empire away as soon as possible.

Speke also knew Zheng Zhilong's habit of opening his mouth again, so he reluctantly bargained: "Your Highness Nikolai, see if you can do less, 550 million taels is too much, even if you kill us, we can't give it out." “

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he was overjoyed, and sure enough, the negotiators of the great powers were already frightened, and it seemed that the compensation was expected to be paid.

The so-called sky-high asking price to sit on the ground and repay the money, of course Zheng Zhilong didn't really want the powers to pay 550 million taels, that was to force people to fight with you, he pretended to be benevolent and said: "That's okay, you also know that this king is the most kind-hearted, and he can't afford to ask for it, since the old friend speaks, this king will reduce you by one percent, five hundred million taels." “

500 million taels is also an exaggeration, Zheng Zhilong just showed an attitude, which means that the price is negotiable.

Immediately afterwards, the two sides began to go back and forth, bargaining, and finally, when it reached 150 million taels, Zheng Zhilong refused to surrender even if he was killed, 100 million taels for Tsarist Russia, and 10 million taels for each of the powers, this is the bottom line given by the emperor.

Seeing Zheng Zhilong's resolute attitude, Speke knew that the counteroffer was hopeless, so he had to say helplessly: "His Royal Highness Nikolai, can you allow us to discuss it separately first?" “

This means that there is a play, Zheng Zhilong said very generously: "Okay, let the conference room to you first, you can discuss it here, anyway, it's time for dinner, let's go eat first, and then continue to talk after eating." “

After saying that, he said hello, and all the generals of the Ming army stood up and walked out after him, and there were only negotiators and interpreters from various countries left in the conference room.

The reason why Speke asked for a private discussion was mainly because of the reluctance of Franzbekov, the representative of Tsarist Russia, to be very reluctant, and this matter was related to the safety of the entire anti-Habsburg coalition, and he did not want to cause the Ming army to rush into Europe because of the unwillingness of Tsarist Russia.

Franz Bekov actually didn't want to fight, the problem was that Tsarist Russia couldn't come up with so much money.

Of course, Speke knew that Tsarist Russia couldn't come up with so much money, and when he saw that the people of the Ming Empire were gone, he immediately whispered his plan, that is, to ask for installment payment, drag it first, anyway, it won't be long before the anti-Habsburg coalition will counterattack, and then pay the indemnity to the fart.

At this time, no one objected anymore, and under the mediation of Speke, the Anti-Habsburg Alliance and the Ming Empire finally signed the Treaty of Ossan, which stipulated:

Tsarist Russia fully retreated to the west of Oshan, and all the territory of the former Siberian Khanate east of Oshan was owned by the Ming Dynasty, and the two sides took the middle line of the Oshan Mountains as the boundary line, and never invaded each other;

Tsarist Russia paid the Ming Empire's war reparations in 50 years, totaling 150 million taels, and paid 3 million taels per year, and the Ming Empire gradually released Tsarist Russian prisoners in ten years, releasing 30,000 people every year;

The great powers paid the war reparations of the Ming Empire in five years, with a total of 75 million taels of principal and interest, and each country paid 3 million taels per year;

The contract was signed, and the Siberian War was over, and as for whether the anti-Habsburg allied powers would pay reparations, this volume will end, and we will see the breakdown of the next volume.