One million taels of silver, although with the strength of the British Empire, this amount of money will not be taken into account at all, but such a blatant extortion of bamboo is really arrogant, and it is difficult for Ge Fu, who has always been the only one who extorts and extorts others, to accept.

If he could, Ge Fu would be eager to dismantle Wang Mo on the spot, it was so hateful that even the British Empire dared to extort and exploit him!

Wang Mo didn't care about Ge Fu's angry appearance at all, and said neatly: "In my place, the buying and selling of bombers is this rule. Of course, buying and selling is about your affection and my wishes, and if you feel that it is unacceptable, you can just not buy it. ”

Wang Mo put on a posture of whether he likes to buy or not, and there is no room for negotiation, which makes Ge Fu even more angry.

This is obviously the price of the big wrongs, and the French ministers, the Russian ministers, and the American ministers, who want to pick up the bargains, immediately retreat.

To everyone's surprise, the German minister Traun only thought about it for a while, and then said very happily: "There is no problem, according to what the governor said, 50,000 taels of silver for a bomber, we Germany buy twenty." ”

Knowing that the German side would be very happy, Wang Mo smiled and said, "Okay, Your Excellency Minister Traun can arrange someone to trade with us later." ”

A mere 1 million taels of silver was definitely not put in the eyes of that Wilhelm II, and it was not impossible to buy back the Eco DH.4 bomber, and Germany would throw another 10 million taels of silver into it for upgrading.

Now that the arms race in Europe is at its most intense, since Germany has decided to purchase bombers, Britain naturally has no way to sit idly by, and Ge Fu is reluctant, so he has to grit his teeth and say: "Wang Dudu, our British Empire has also purchased twenty bombers, and we hope to arrange a deal as soon as possible." ”

Another million taels of silver fell into the bag, and the smile on Wang Mo's face became even brighter, and he nodded and said, "There is no problem, Your Excellency the Minister can rest assured." There is enough stock for the bomber to be traded at any time. ”

Ge Fu snorted coldly, what he wanted to do most now was not to buy bombers, but to smash Wang Mo's hateful smiling face.

Blatantly slaughtered two fat sheep. Wang Mo didn't seem to be satisfied, turned his head again, and asked the French, Russian, and American ministers with a smile: "How about it, do you want to buy dozens of bombers too?" ”

Take the initiative to reach out and be slaughtered? Are you kidding!

The French and Russian ministers did not hesitate to refuse, even if they wanted to introduce bomber technology. It is from the hands of the British allies, and I believe that it will not cost much.

The American minister refused even more simply, he was originally here to pick up cheap soy sauce, not to be slaughtered as a fat sheep.

Now that they got the bombers, these ministers didn't plan to continue to look at Wang Mo's greedy and shameless appearance, and soon left one after another.

However, the American minister Rui Enshi did not leave in a hurry, but stayed in the end, as if he still had something to say to Wang Mo.

"I wonder what else is going on with Your Excellency the Minister?" Wang Mo asked.

Rui Enshi smiled slightly: "That's right, Wang Du Du, we in the United States of America are very optimistic about the future of Wang Du Du. If the royal governor allows. We hope that Sichuan and Hubei provinces will carry out more in-depth economic and trade cooperation. ”

It turned out that he wanted to bypass the British and go to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to get a piece of the pie.

However, Wang Mo was very happy to see this, and nodded happily: "Of course, I also very much agree with your idea of opening the door." As long as it is a reasonable and legal economic trade, I welcome it on behalf of the Sichuan and Hubei governments. ”

"That's great, and I'm sure we'll have a great time working together." Rui Enshi said with a smile on his face, he really didn't expect Wang Mo to support American capital and tentacles to enter Sichuan and Hubei so much, you must know that the Yangtze River valley has always been firmly occupied by the British.

Subsequently. Wang Mo and Rui Enshi also discussed a lot of economic and trade cooperation frameworks, as for specific related matters, that is the matter of the economic department of the provincial government.

In fact, Wang Mo is not good at these economic fields. It is only because he understands that the introduction of foreign capital will help develop the economy, so he supports the entry of American capital into Sichuan and Hubei.

Wang Mo was busy scraping the oil and water of Britain and Germany with a smile on his face, but the Japanese side was like a volcano erupting, and after learning of Wang Mo's conditions, almost all the people at the bottom of Japan and the military and political leaders at the top were furious.

"The Great Japanese Empire absolutely cannot afford such humiliation!"

"Send troops to China to wash away the shame of the failure of the inland river detachment!"

"Send army divisions to Hubei. Annihilate that damned warlord of China! ”

"The greedy and arrogant Shina people must be punished, and let the Imperial fleet bombard the coastal cities of Shina!"

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The military department, in particular, was even more indignant. Both the Admiralty and the War Department clamored for sending troops to Hubei and planting the sun flag of the Japanese Empire in the inland provinces of China.

Syllable!

Yamamoto Gonbei Tie blushed and shouted angrily: "Okay, don't you know that it is impossible for our allies to let our army divisions appear in the Yangtze River Valley?" He was not only angry with Wang Mo, the arrogant and arrogant warlord of China, but also angry with the military headquarters that he could not control.

"Does Your Excellency the Prime Minister mean that our Imperial Japanese Empire can only accept the conditions of that warlord and be humiliated by him?" Army General Terauchi Masashi immediately stood up and asked, without the slightest consideration for Yamamoto Gonbei's status as prime minister.

Admiral Misu Munega also said with a blue face: "If we lose Hanjiping and Daji Iron Mine, Yawata Iron will inevitably fall into the predicament of shortage of raw ore, and the two warships that the Navy will start building this year will inevitably not be completed on schedule!" Such a huge loss cannot be borne by our great Japanese Empire! ”

"If you don't negotiate peace with the warlord of China, will you start a full-scale war with China? Even if the cabinet agrees, the empire will definitely not be able to pay for the war now! "Saionji Gongwang really wants to strangle this group of military red deer who can only shout for war all day long, regardless of the current difficult situation of the empire, insists on going to war, is this to force the Japanese Empire to death?

"The people of China have always paid attention to 'asking for money to pay back on the spot' in negotiations, and such outrageous conditions put forward by the warlord of China are by no means his bottom line, and it is not yet the time to provoke a full-scale war with China." Yamamoto Gonbei said to everyone in a slightly slower tone.

The "sky-high asking price" is certain, and no matter how arrogant that warlord of Shina is, it is impossible to think that the Great Japanese Empire will agree to all the excessively conditions he proposed.

At this time, everyone present calmed down, and most of them nodded slightly to agree with Yamamoto Gonbei's statement, and indeed they should try their best to protect the interests of the Japanese Empire at the negotiating table first. Of course, the most important thing is that the empire first did not have the ability to provoke a large-scale war.

Knock-knock-knock

Shan Shan Youpeng knocked on the table and said slowly: "Since the empire is now unable to withstand a large-scale war, it is not impossible to temporarily endure the provocation of that warlord. ”

Youpeng, who has always been tough, would say such soft words, and everyone was stunned.

"Your Excellency the Duke......" Terauchi Masaki's face changed, and he was about to say something.

However, at this time, Shan Shan Youpeng said: "You may have forgotten that the situation in Europe is tense now, and war may break out at any time. If war breaks out in Europe, then our allies and white Europeans will be unable to take care of the Far East for a long time, and then we will find an excuse to send troops to China, and who else will be able to stop our Japanese Empire from advancing into China? ”

Hearing this, the eyes of the people in the military department lit up.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke is right!" Terauchi Masashi said with an excited expression, "After the outbreak of the European War, the Far East will be the world of our Great Japanese Empire!" Without the intervention of the white people in the European war, how could the lowly people of China stop the powerful emperor ** team! ”

Terauchi Masatsuki's passionate words made the hearts of the military and political officials attending the meeting burn, yes, if there was no interference and obstruction of white Europeans, the entire Far East would not have been allowed to gallop in the Great Japanese Empire!

If it weren't for the joint intervention of Russia, Germany, and France, the Liaodong Peninsula would have been the territory of the Japanese Empire.

Successfully dominating the situation, Yama Prefecture Youpeng smiled slightly with satisfaction, turned his gaze, looked at Yamamoto Gonbei and Saionji Gongwang, and said: "I think, when the European war breaks out, the cabinet should also let the empire out of the predicament and have the ability to raise enough military funds to start the war, right?" ”

What else can Yamamoto Gonbei and Saionji Gongwang say, and say that they can't, isn't this a reason for themselves to admit that the cabinet is unqualified and send a valve to the Yama Prefecture to attack the cabinet?

The decision of this high-level meeting was quickly transmitted by telegram to Matsumura Sadao in Hankow, and despite his mental preparations, Matsumura was extremely disappointed and bitter that the empire could not continue to send troops, because it meant that he had to face Wang Mo's toughness and aggressiveness in an extremely passive situation.

In the last 24 hours of the ultimatum given by Wang Mo, Matsumura Sadao came to Wang Mo three times in a row to negotiate and contact the Tokyo cabinet to report.

After losing the threat of war, the most effective means of intimidation, Matsumura Sadao had no good way to force Wang Mo to make concessions, and after several negotiations, he was almost driven crazy by Wang Mo's toughness.

However, Wang Mo did not want to drive the Japanese crazy, and no one knew what the crazy Japanese would do, and it was not impossible for warships to bombard China's coastal cities to force Wang Mo.

Therefore, the clause of 10 million taels of silver indemnity proposed by Wang Mo at the original asking price was cancelled in the final negotiations, and the rest of the conditions were as follows:

First, the Japanese side publicly apologized for humiliating the Chinese workers and compensated the family of Liu Laosan, a worker in the iron factory, with 1,000 oceans.

second, the scope of the Japanese concession was narrowed to an area of five meters around the Japanese consulate;

Third, the Japanese side sold its shares in Hanzhiping to the Hubei provincial government at half of the initial market price. (To be continued.) )