The Kingdom of Spain, which had offered to negotiate on its own initiative, acted very efficiently, and when it was announced to the world that it was going to negotiate, José de Grimaldo, the negotiator to the Qing Dynasty, took a fast boat south from Beijing and arrived at Pontianak after an emergency voyage of five nights and four days.

On the day he arrived in Pontianak, Grimaldo did not rest, and immediately proposed to Niu Quyun, the negotiator of the Huaxia Guild, to start negotiations immediately.

In this case, Niu Quyun, the representative of the Huaxia Guild, was not in a hurry, but slowly put forward the conditions for negotiation:

1. Spain recognized the Luzon Islands as the territory of the Chinese Guild.

2. Spain shall pay 10,000,000,000 pounds sterling to the Chinese Guild in Luzon for the damage caused to the Chinese people and the loss of military expenses for the Chinese Guild.

3. Spain sold the colonies of Guam and Cuba to the Chinese Guild.

4. After satisfying the preceding three articles, the Chinese Guild released the 700,000 white captives of Spanish nationality and returned them to the European mainland.

Fifth, the two sides have become normal trading partners and enjoy the most-favored-nation treatment for each other.

Grimaldo had been mentally prepared for this very unfavorable negotiation for his side, but he still didn't expect that the Huaxia Guild would not only annex the Luzon Islands and demand compensation, but also open his mouth to eat the last two Spanish colonies, and he was immediately very angry, and his pale face was distorted: "Aren't you blackmailing? ”

Niu Quyun's face did not change and told him: "This is the condition we proposed, if you don't want to talk, then don't talk about it!" At most, our fleet goes to take what we want. I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, but I'm very busy right now, so that's the end of the negotiations. ”

"No, no, Mr. Minister, you can't do this, the negotiations still have to go on, and this time the negotiations can be suspended. Allow me to report to the Royal Government your terms and conditions before we continue the negotiations! Grimaldo knew that if the negotiations fell apart, the situation in Spain would be dire. I must not allow this negotiation to fall apart.

Niu Quyun smiled when he heard this, of course he would not stop negotiating, if he did not use military means to obtain enough benefits at the negotiating table, negotiation was necessary:

"Alright! Our Chief Hu Zhen has always been so magnanimous, I think he will agree to suspend the negotiations for half a day! ”

The conditions of negotiation proposed by the Huaxia Guild. It was quickly sent to the country of Spain by cable telegraph.

Queen Christina was furious, acting neither cold nor glamorous on the spot, kicking down a stool with one kick, and panting in the chest: "Are they so arrogant? ”

"Your Majesty, they are the victors, it is not surprising that such a condition is put forward with a wide mouth, it depends on how we protect our interests as much as possible at the negotiating table!" Prime Minister Sagasta is very experienced in politics and has also shown great calm.

Queen Christina, of course, knew that after the defeat of military power, she was no longer qualified to put forward more bargaining chips, so she asked, "Then what do you think we should offer?" ”

"First of all. The loss of the Luzon Islands is irretrievable, so it is simply sold for 20 million pounds, but it is estimated that the other party will not give a single pound on the grounds of demanding a ransom from the captives; Second, Guam, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, has no economic value and no strategic significance, only input, no output. It was not impossible to sell it to the Huaxia Guild for three million pounds; As for the colonies of the Caribbean islands, the people of the United States have long coveted it, and if the Huaxia Guild is introduced, let it fight with the United States. Maybe it's a good thing! Besides, in the eastern part of Cuba, except for a few seaports, except for growing some coffee and sugar cane, there is no economic value, and it is not a bad thing to rent it out at a high price! ”

At this point. The current economic situation in Spain is very bad, and if the negotiations are not completed soon, the stock market and the bond market will completely collapse, and this is the only way to go.

Queen Christina also had no choice, so she had to reluctantly agree: "Okay, let Sir Grimar negotiate based on this principle, but pay attention to secrecy, and before the negotiation is reached, we can't let the Chinese know our bottom line." ”

But Queen Christina's so-called request for secrecy, when Spain sent a telegram to the negotiators in Pontianak, Grimar had not yet translated the secret message, and Hu Zhen used the supercomputer on the nuclear submarine to decipher the message.

Hu Zhen intercepted the bottom line of the Spaniards, and it was logical that the negotiations were successful.

After only one day of negotiations, the two sides came up with a first draft in a flash of lightning, which was as follows:

1. The Kingdom of Spain sold sovereignty over the territorial waters of all the territories of the Luzon Islands to the Chinese Guild for 10 million pounds, and the Luzon Islands belonged to the Huaxia Guild forever.

2. The Kingdom of Spain shall pay to the Chinese Guild ten million pounds sterling to redeem all the white Spaniards captured by the Chinese Guild, and if any Spanish does not wish to return to the European mainland, they must declare that they must forever renounce their Spanish nationality and join the Chinese Guild.

3. The Kingdom of Spain agreed to pay the Chinese Guild to the Chinese Guild for the value of 10,000,000,000 pounds sterling in the former Luzon colony.

4. The Kingdom of Spain sells the colony of Guam to the Chinese Guild for one million pounds.

5. The Kingdom of Spain leased 37,000 square kilometers of land east of the Camagüey area in the eastern part of the island of Cuba, including the port of Guantanamo, as well as the colony of the Puerto Rico Islands, to the Chinese Guild for a period of 99 years, with an annual rent of 53 million pounds.

6. The two sides have become normal trading partners and enjoy the most-favored-nation status for each other.

After getting the treaty, of course, some people were unhappy, Liang Kunri, who was promoted to lieutenant general because of his military exploits, was the most typical one, he said: "We still need to pay money to buy the land we shed blood? Moreover, Is the bought Guam useful? So why do Havana and Puerto Rico still need to spend millions of pounds a year to lease? ”

Niu Quyun explained: "In fact, this treaty does not need to pay any price except that our Huaxia Guild only needs to pay the rent of the Caribbean colonization to Spain! Besides, the Spanish government property in the Luzon Islands must be more than 10 million pounds, and according to the results of Fan Qianhai's count, it is worth at least 40 or 50 million pounds, and the Spaniards want to save the last bit of face, so they say that it is 10 million pounds! ”

Hu Zhen was very happy to see the negotiated treaty, but he had to come out and explain in person what his subordinates didn't understand:

"Guam, which is only a few hundred square kilometers in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, looks worthless now, but if you look at the map, it is an island chain that others say is used to lock up Great China, and now that we have it, this island chain will always be in our hands, and we are no longer afraid of anyone's blockade of Great China."

Liang Kunri, Cui Jinfeng and others rushed to the map, compared with their hands and measured with a ruler, and said to Hu Zhen with admiration after a while: "Yes, these places do have great strategic value, rather than being used by others to blockade our island chain, it is better to be in our hands!" Sir wise! (To be continued.) )