Of course, the negotiations between the two countries concerning the interests of their tens of millions of nationals are all done to the extreme, and the so-called deception is a child's work, and the final decision on the outcome of the negotiations depends on strength. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The British Imperial Negotiation Delegation was dumbfounded when it received the negotiation conditions offered by Xue Fucheng, the head of the Chinese Imperial Delegation, and when they came up with their own negotiation conditions, they were rejected by Xue Fucheng on the spot.

The difference in the price offered by the two sides was so great that the negotiations on the day could not continue.

The grief-stricken and indignant British delegation immediately proposed to suspend the negotiations for the time being, and they were to leave the steamship Jiangshan and return to London.

"Will the English stop giving up on negotiations?" Many people in the negotiation delegation of the Chinese Empire were very suspicious of this, and everyone turned their attention to Xue Fucheng, the head of the delegation.

Xue Fucheng followed Zeng Guofan in his early years, and was one of the few officials in the Qing court who was familiar with European diplomacy, but in the turbulent Qing Dynasty, Xue Fucheng exhausted his mental strength, suffered from depression for many years, and his physical condition was very bad.

But at this moment, Xue Fucheng was in high spirits, and watched with a smile behind his back as the British Imperial negotiating delegation stepped off the ship and went away in a dinghy, as if he was admiring a great and exquisite work of art.

Hearing everyone's doubts, Xue Fucheng turned around and said with a smile on his face: "Do you think that the British Empire now dares to say that it will not negotiate with our country?" ”

"It's hard to say, judging by the faces of the English negotiators, they are all very angry!"

"Do you think they'll be satisfied if we give away all the benefits we have?"

Xue Fucheng spoke, everyone looked at him, and quietly listened to him continue: "You are still young, you have not experienced it, in the pre-Qing court era, China's national strength withered, retreating and retreating to the European powers, and giving up again and again, they were not full of anger at the negotiation table, and threatened to send warships to fight at every turn, I was fed up, and today I finally turned it upside down, haha...... Rest assured, the negotiations will continue tomorrow, and the English delegation will definitely come to the negotiating table on time! ”

On the way back from the English delegation, someone jumped up on the spot and shouted that they would send a fleet to teach the yellow-skinned monkeys of the Far East a lesson!

As a result, everyone looked at him like a fool, Roseberry didn't bother to speak, and one of the negotiating assistants couldn't help but say: "Send a fleet?" What other fleet can pass through the Suez Canal? ”

The shouting man shouted: "Then let's open the Suez Canal first!" ”

"Do we have an air fleet? Without an air fleet, how to fight against the air fleet of the Chinese Empire? ”

"Then build my air fleet now!"

"It takes time to build an air fleet, so we need to temporarily cede some benefits through negotiations to buy time to use the powerful industrial power of the British Empire and even the whole of Europe to create new technological equipment and sweep away the scourge of the Far East."

Roseberry remembered a secret report from the British army that a pair of Wright brothers who had come from the United States to repair bicycles had made machines that could fly off the ground, and if they continued to invest money, they could build an air fleet like the Chinese Empire.

In fact, this is the last bit of hope that sustains Rosebury to continue.

After Rosebury returned, he held a meeting with the top brass of the Army and Navy that night, and invited the Marquis of Salisbury, who was the most promising prime minister after Rosebury.

Roseberry's eyes were sunken and his expression was tired, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was categorical: "Judging from the Battle of the South China Sea, the Battle of Bombay Port, and the Battle of the Suez Canal, the last hope of the British Empire is to have enough time to develop weapons to counter the Yellow Monkey Air Fleet!" ”

The bunch of naval and army generals present, they were already afraid of fighting with the Huaxia Army, which was equipped with anti-heaven weapons, and they were silent one by one, and when they heard Roseberry's words, they could only nod their heads in approval.

Salisbury was also very nervous, after all, he was the most promising person to replace Rosebury as prime minister, and he asked as soon as he opened his mouth: "How much money will it cost to develop a heavier-than-air aircraft?" How long does it take? ”

Among the soldiers were generals in charge of the military industry, and several people were vying for opinions and arguments on the development of flying machines, but they could not say one, two, or three.

Roseberry, who had always been anxious, became angry when he heard this, and directly interrupted the soldiers' words, saying: "This is the last hope of the British Empire, no matter how much money is spent and how much time it takes, this flying machine must be built!" ”

"Money is not a problem, for the sake of the British Empire, no matter how much money is invested, no matter how much manpower is invested, it is necessary to develop aerial flying machines!" Salisbury sees exactly the same view as his political rival Rosebury on this issue, but he has a big question: "But do we still have time?" Will the Chinese Empire give us this time? ”

Roseberry said: "Since the Chinese Empire is willing to negotiate with us, it means that we still have a chance!" ”

Salisbury frowned, very skeptical: "This can't be the Huaxia Empire deliberately confusing us, right?" Not only have they seized our colony in the Far East, they have threatened the Indian colony, their flying machines are bombing our Suez Canal, and their navy and army are wreaking havoc in our colony of Australia! ”

Roseberry sighed and said, "I've had that suspicion too, but is there anything else we can do?" This negotiation is our only chance to buy time, maybe our only chance! ”

"That's the only way to go, and maybe our only chance to negotiate!" Salisbury nodded in agreement, he had never had such a high degree of judgment and the same feeling as his political rival Rosebury.

At the end of the meeting, Salisbury shook hands with Rosebury and whispered in his ear: "I promise that the Conservatives in the House of Commons will get through this with you Liberals!" ”

Salisbury of the Conservatives has reached an agreement with Liberals that if Roseberry negotiates a treaty with the Chinese Empire, he will mobilize all Tory MPs to pass it.

After listening to Salisbury's words, Roseberry did not know whether he was bitter or relieved, he knew that he had only one result, he would be the prime minister who sold the most interests of the English Empire to foreign countries in the negotiations, and after the completion of this negotiation, after the House of Lords passed the treaty, his political life would end forever!

As Xue Fucheng expected, the English delegation, led by the Earl of Rosebury, even arrived at the negotiation site fifteen minutes early.

Xue Fucheng was not in a hurry at all, elegantly picked up the teacup, and made a gesture of invitation to Roseberry.

Where is Roseberry still in the mood to make tea with Xue Fu at this time, but there is still a politeness on the surface, and this Xue Fucheng in front of him said that he is not in good health, and the emperor of the Huaxia Empire has ordered him to control the time for negotiations.

And damn this Xue Fucheng only stipulates that the negotiation time is four hours a day, and there will be no negotiation outside of four hours, and now that he has come fifteen minutes in advance, Xue Fucheng will never start negotiations in advance, but people are under the roof, and they have to bow their heads, and the prime minister of the British Empire has to sit here and drink tea in a nervous mood according to the request of a minister of the Chinese Empire!

For fifteen minutes, Xue Fucheng sipped his tea slowly, while Rosebury sat on pins and needles.

Finally, the time for negotiation finally came, Xue Fucheng did not wait for Roseberry to speak, he quickly put down the teacup, returned to the negotiation table, sat down on the ground, and asked: "Do you have any new ideas and suggestions on the negotiation conditions proposed by our country?" ”

In the past few days, Roseberry felt that it was useless to talk a bunch of nonsense in front of this cunning opponent, so he simply said directly:

"First, the British Empire recognized the existing territorial extent of the Chinese Empire;

secondly, the British Empire agreed to return all the concessions of Hong Kong and Shanghai to your country;

Thirdly, agree to your country's control of the Straits Settlements of Singapore and the Colonies of Miandian;

Fourth, the British Empire and your country share the colonial power of Australia, your country controls the northern part of Australia, and our country controls the southern part of Australia;

Fifthly, we pay you fifty million pounds sterling as a ransom for the redemption of our captives.

Sixth, your troops should immediately withdraw from the Suez Canal and not harass China's India, Middle East colonies, and the Suez Canal. ”

After Xue Fucheng heard this, he clapped his palms lightly, nodded and appreciated: "Yes, Mr. Prime Minister's words have made great progress compared to yesterday, and we are one step closer to reaching a consensus between the two countries, but this is not enough!" ”

When Roseberry heard Xue Fucheng's words, he felt that his hope was great, so he took advantage of the situation and asked, "How do you think the minister thinks these six articles are being evaluated?" ”

Xue Fucheng said: "First of all, the land of Australia must be fully controlled by our country; Second, the amount of military compensation is too low, so casually it is almost like bringing a little food to send beggars, how can this satisfy our people and the emperor? Thirdly, if your country does not conclude an agreement treaty with our country for a day, our troops will not retreat from the Suez Canal for a day, and there will even be further large-scale operations! ”

Roseberry said with a sad face: "However, this is only in the interests of your country, how can I explain it to Her Majesty the Queen and the people of our country?" ”

Xue Fucheng's voice made people feel very cold: "This is not something we care about, the soldiers of our Huaxia Army are only fighting for the Huaxia Empire, and I am only here to negotiate to serve the interests of the Huaxia Empire, and the rest of the things have nothing to do with us!" ”

"You ......" Roseberry wanted to jump up again, but it was the calm assistant who grabbed the corner of his clothes, sat down and took a few heavy breaths, stabilized his mind, and continued to grind with Xue Fucheng.

But Xue Fuchengcai didn't care how he was thunderous, he just negotiated slowly, anyway, it was two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, and as soon as the negotiation time came, he had to leave the negotiation table to rest or drink tea, and he didn't want to delay for a second.

This left the anxious Rosebury helpless.

After several days of back-and-forth, a war report came from the Suez Canal, saying that the British troops in the Suez Canal no longer dared to come out during the day, and that the warships of the Chinese Empire had rushed into the Suez Canal, and there seemed to be signs of landing on both sides of the river.

This made the whole of London panic, and even the whole of Europe, thinking that the Chinese Empire was organizing an expedition of barbarians to Europe.

The newspapers of every "civilized" European country are depicting the barbaric army of the yellow race, which will generally fly down from the sky, burn all the big cities of Europe, rob all the gold and silver wealth, kill all the white men, enslave all the white women, and Europe will become a hunting ground for the yellow people.

This really caused a great panic, and many people were organized to form a new crusader army to go to Oros and fight directly against the army of the Chinese Empire, so that Moscow was overcrowded with young men from all over Europe, and some people counted these rabble in the millions.

However, although these new crusaders were large in number, they came from all over the world, and their quality was not distinguished, and it was difficult for them to form a systematic organization, and they also lacked sufficient weapons.

To make matters worse, there was not enough food, let alone a systematic food supply system, so the New Crusaders had to raise their own food and buy almost all the food near Moscow, causing food prices to skyrocket.

The Oros Empire suffered greatly from this, but it was not easy to offend these idealists and the people of their countries, so they had to lead them to the point of no return to the east of the Ural Mountains.

Politicians of various European countries were also worried that the talks between the British Empire and the Chinese Empire would collapse, which would lead to unpredictable changes in the situation in Europe, and they issued statements or sent letters to the British Empire, urging the British authorities to reach an agreement with the Chinese Empire as soon as possible for the sake of the peace and interests of Europe as a whole, and to achieve peace at an early date.

The English Empire was also in a mess, and some people even sold all their fixed assets at a low price, packed up and fled to some remote places.

When Hu Zhen learned of the news, he immediately ordered dozens of large and small shell companies of the two major capital groups, Ou Lang and Frodo, to quickly take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, and to suppress the price of real estate in London to less than 10% of the original.

Then, the enterprise groups of the two major capital groups changed their company names and went out on a large scale, using astronomical funds to collect real estate in major cities in England, and then waiting for the time to rise in prices and then sell them in a planned and rhythmic manner, so as to make a lot of money in the hands of the English people.

If the military war was lost by the British Empire, then in this real estate war, many ordinary English people lost even their underwear!

Hu Zhen took this for granted, the war between countries is like this, and civilians must not be spared!

Can you still be a philanthropist in war? (To be continued.) )