XXXV. Steamship Crossing (7)

"(1) China established an offshore naval division, and Asben was allowed to be president for four years. With the exception of Aspen, China is not allowed to appoint a foreigner as president. All foreign-style ships in China, or foreigners hired in the mainland, or ships purchased by officials and civilians in China, shall be subject to the jurisdiction and dispatch of Aspen in the future.

(2) Aspen only carried out the orders of the Chinese Emperor forwarded by Li Tai. If it is relayed by someone else, it is not obeyed. If there is anything that Asben is inconvenient to do, Li Taitai will not pass it on.

(3) All the sailors of the Naval Division shall be selected by Aspen, and shall still be allowed to be allowed to do so only with the consent of Li Tai.

(4) All sailors in this category are foreign sailors, and they should be hung with the flag of foreign style......"

Li Hongzhang finished reading it gently, put down the notebook in his hand, snorted coldly, and said to his master, "This Ah Si is crazy, right?" ”

"I didn't expect China to win the British half, the British are still so arrogant," the master nodded, "but the real money bought back, the warship is not ours, but please bring back an ancestor!" ”

"If the Prime Minister Yamen dares to sign such a contract, the Queen Mother will cut off their heads." Li Hongzhang touched the short beard on his lips and said with a smile, "It's just a matter of buying foreigners' warships, if there is another conflict between China and Britain in the future, do these foreign devils want to listen to us, or to listen to him from the British Admiralty?" ”

"Naturally, I listened to the Queen of England," said the master, "and it can be said that it is too rebellious." ”

"Besides, Aspen is not only the president of this sailor, but also the commander of the Chinese chief sailor, this customs administration is just done by the British, the customs matter, it is related to taxes, but it is to give him a little more, if this Asben really succeeds, it is better to invite those British and French soldiers on Bali Bridge to come over to defend China, why do I need to train any soldiers, it's really ridiculous, Li Tai thinks that he can bargain with China on behalf of the British? Hmph, Yoro is arrogant. Li Hongzhang dismissed, "What position to sit, what kind of errand way, Li Taitai thought before to take the official Shanghai Minister of Trade and Trade and the Minister of Trade from all over the country back to the center, unified power and responsibility, this I don't blame him for intriguing, standing in his point of view, it should be so, ridiculous a few days ago he dared to come to Shanghai and I to show off his might, saying that the concession is the place where the relatives of overseas Chinese from various countries live, and the law should be subject to each country, and I don't bother to pay attention to him, if it is not my race, its heart will be different, this is not wrong at all, this is not, The fox's tail was exposed. But now that his butt is sitting crookedly, it will naturally not be long before he does. ”

"What do you mean? Want to add fuel to the fire? ”

"Yes, Asben is arrogant and rude, I only met him once with patience, if it weren't for this Shanghai, where many countries gathered, I was afraid that the reputation would not be good, I was lazy to see such a fool, Hengbing Wu Songkou, is it very polite?" Li Hongzhang stood up, "I don't care about this matter, I can't control it horizontally, and wait for the will, if the boss says that he can divide me with a few ironclad ships, I will be cheeky and deal with him, if not, hehe, then I will learn from the country, send more tuyi, and send him away." ”

"There is a saying that the razor is to fight the raze, go, bring Hurd, I want to ask the British prime minister, whether the whole country means this, and continue to make trouble with China." ……

"It is actually a move to move all the Chinese military rights abroad!" Wen Xiang was shocked, and then became angry, "I originally hoped that the British would help buy ships and guns and hire foreign officers and soldiers to form a new naval fleet, but the power of the matter - the command belongs to us, this Li Tai, it is really shameless!" ”

"If these tens of thousands of silver are lost, it will be fine, but now this is 10 million warships!" Shen Zhaolin was very painful, "Although we only paid four million taels of silver, it doesn't hurt if we don't pay it in the future, but these four million still make a sound when they fall into the water!" ”

Bao Jun also said helplessly, "The American ambassador also replied to the news, and now they have a rebellion in their country, and the sailors have been sent to suppress it, and our side has no time to take care of it, but they promised that they will let the ambassador participate in mediating this matter, and before the matter is completed, the one million taels of silver will not have to be paid." ”

"This million taels of silver is a small head after all," Wen Xiang shook his head, "Money is a trivial matter, if this case is opened, the little dignity we accumulated when we were in Beijing in the past year will be lost again, how can countries like France and Russia say that we are strong outside and do things in the middle!" ”

"Sixth Master," Bao Jun shouted to Prince Gong, who was silent, "you can give me an idea!" ”

"Today's law can only rely on the mediation of foreigners, let the American ambassador go out, and ask the British ambassador clearly," Prince Gong said slowly, "Is Li Tai the final say in British affairs here, or he has the final say!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )