Chapter 1199 - Harsh Conditions

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All the losses of the Chinese Empire are listed: more than 38,000 troops were killed and wounded, more than 80,000 civilians were killed, more than 30 cities and towns were destroyed, and more than 200 villages and tribes were burned. When Bourblon found out that even the number of wells that had been filled in had been counted, he was a little speechless, and this could also be counted, it could not be that he had written a long time ago and was ready to slaughter Tsarist Russia. These losses, converted into 1 billion holy dollars, demanded compensation from Tsarist Russia within 20 years.

Later, there were some dense demands, including the opening of Tsarist Russia's Baltic Sea ports for trade and the granting of most-favored-nation tariff treatment to the Chinese Empire.

Others, which seem to have attached the names of several Chinese, demanded that the Russian authorities send them out of the country as a gift to the Russian embassy in the Kingdom of Prussia.

Burbulon found that one of the Chinese seemed to have the surname Feng, and Burbulon immediately sensitively thought that this person surnamed Feng was probably the legendary prince of the Chinese Empire - Feng Guifang. The well-informed Burbulon had heard that the poor Grand Prince of the Chinese Empire had already been determined that he would not be the crown prince in the future, but that he would be secretly detained under house arrest in Helsinki, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland, by the assassinated Tsar.

Judging from this condition, the rumors are really true.

Bourblon maliciously speculated whether the assassination of the Tsar would be the work of the Chinese Empire. This bold idea made Bourblon almost scream. The more he felt that his guess was close to the truth! Not long ago, he heard some inside information, saying that Feng Yunshan, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, was almost assassinated by assassins during a night outing, and it seemed that he was also implicated in the vice minister of commerce Pan Wentao, who was very familiar with him in China, and after that assassination, Vice Minister of Commerce Pan Wentao soon disappeared completely like evaporation from the world, along with many of the chief deacons of the Ministry of Commerce of his faction, were eliminated, so Bourblon became excited.

He was even more convinced of his speculation: it was precisely because the tsar sent people to secretly detain Feng Huifang, the great prince of the Chinese Empire, who was studying in Europe, and then sent people to collude with high-ranking officials of the Chinese Empire like Pan Wentao to assassinate the Chinese Empire Feng Yunshan. Thinking that the failure of the assassination of the Chinese emperor not only exposed Pan Wentao, but also let the emperor of the Chinese empire know the ins and outs of the matter, so the emperor of the Chinese empire in a fit of rage also took retaliatory measures and sent people to assassinate the tsar and his younger brother who gave him advice. Not only that, but in order to retaliate against the invasion of the two Tsarist Russian troops in succession and the assassination incident, he sent the righteous king Shi Dakai to lead the Western Expedition Army to attack Tsarist Russia with a vengeance.

Thinking of this, Burblon gasped. He swore that he would never anger the emperor of the Chinese Empire in the future, and at the same time he would advise his own French Emperor not to offend the emperor of the East, lest he suffer barbaric revenge and bring about death.

And here, Bao Ling has finished reading the "Sino-British Armistice Memorandum" in front of him. Because both memos were bilingual in Chinese and English, and there was no Russian at all, Bao Ling quickly read the memos, while Dugamery in Russia was still reading English, which was not very customary.

After Bao Ling finished scanning this "Sino-British Armistice Memorandum", his face was already completely discolored. The reason is very simple, this agreement, which literally means an armistice memorandum, is actually a humiliating peace agreement for the British Empire: first, Britain admitted defeat and announced its withdrawal from the Pacific and Indian Ocean waters, and from then on, all warships of the British Empire were not allowed to set foot in the huge Pacific and Indian Oceans east of the Gulf of Aden and west of San Francisco without the permission of the Chinese Empire; Second, Britain gave up all its overseas colonies in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and transferred them to the Chinese Empire. Third, the former British Prime Minister Russell, who launched the war of aggression against China, was handed over to the Chinese Empire for trial, and at the same time, the British Plymouth naval officers who attacked the Xu Hu Kee merchant fleet at Plymouth, a seaport in the southwest of England, were arrested and publicly tried, and the British government compensated Xu Hu Kee for all the losses of the merchant fleet; Fourth, remove all British trade tariffs and protections on the Chinese Empire, open all markets, and lift the embargo.

These conditions are too harsh. Such a condition undoubtedly threw away all the face of the whole of Britain, and trampled on the ground fiercely, and it was a completely unfair and humiliating treaty, which was difficult to accept in any case. He was afraid that once he signed such a treaty, he would become a traitor who would be spurned forever. This charge, in any case, he felt that he could not afford it.

But now, how many options does he have?

"Director Chen, this is not a peace treaty at all, nor is it an armistice memorandum, in my opinion, it should be a plundering treaty! Do you think of my Kingdom of Great Britain as a country like Burma or Thula? After reading the "Sino-British Armistice Memorandum", Bao Ling shouted angrily.

"Sir Bao Ling, why don't you take a look at another Sino-Russian Armistice Memorandum, and compare their requirements with those for your country to see what is harsh?" Chen Lanbin reminded threateningly, "Of course, if Sir Bao Ling and Count Dugamery think that our demands are too harsh, they can refuse to agree. Anyway, the army of our Chinese Empire is still on the front line, and it is a big deal to directly retrieve these demands. However, Mr. Bao Ling needs to be reminded that the tens of thousands of British soldiers who were captured in your country were suffering from illness, and our national strength was limited, and although we carefully cared for and tried our best to rescue them, dozens of people still died every day. ”

When Bao Ling heard this, he was extremely distressed! He looked at the "Sino-Russian Armistice Memorandum" and was speechless.

The Chinese Empire in the East was not a lion at all, it was simply a hungry wolf, or even a ferocious and hungry hyena. It was hard for Bao Ling to believe that Tsarist Russia would agree to such harsh conditions. In this way, compared with Tsarist Russia, these conditions are really "preferential" in treating their own British Kingdom!

Bao Ling shouted directly: "Count Dugamery, will you agree to such conditions?" Do you dare to say yes? After speaking, he said to Burbulon and Chen Lanbin: "Mr. Burbulon, you can judge whether such conditions are too much!" Director Chen, didn't you even think about negotiating? There is not the slightest sincerity in the armistice negotiations! We can't agree to such conditions! ”

Dugamery also hurriedly chimed in: "Yes! We can't agree to such conditions! This is a complete treatment of our two countries as lambs to be slaughtered! Moreover, even if we sign the memorandum, the country will not admit it! ”