Tsar Alexander II stared at Li Zhen angrily, his gaze as sharp as a knife. He had made a big concession and admitted to ceding the area north of the Heilongjiang River again, but Li Zhen still had to dwell on a small problem, which made Alexander II very uncomfortable, and Li Zhen was too ignorant of current affairs.

Li Zhen ignored it and continued: "Your Excellency the Tsar, I have my own principles when I say this, and I am not messing around. If you put yourself in their shoes. If it were the territory of His Excellency the Tsar, I am afraid that His Excellency Tsar's reaction would be even more fierce than mine. So, I beg your understanding. ”

Alexander II snorted and no longer insisted.

Immediately, Alexander II said: "Well, the question of land will not continue to be entangled. Now the issue of Muravyov and tens of thousands of Russian soldiers is being discussed. ”

Li Zhen smiled and said: "What conditions can His Excellency the Tsar give? ”

Alexander II calmed down again, and asked rhetorically: "What conditions does Prince Li want, let's discuss it, and reach an agreement as soon as possible to hand over Muravyov and the rest of the Russian soldiers." ”

Li Zhen smiled and said: "Refreshing, I like to deal with His Excellency the Tsar at this time." It's actually easy, I once defeated the French soldiers, and I also defeated the British soldiers. Each time, Britain and France spent money to buy the soldiers back. This time, my request was also very simple, His Excellency the Tsar only needed to pay 10 million taels of silver to take Muravyov and the soldiers away. ”

"Ahh

Alexander II exclaimed, a look of horror on his face.

Yes, he did look frightened.

10 million taels of silver is definitely money that Tsarist Russia cannot afford. Although Tsarist Russia has an army and is quite strong, the economy of Tsarist Russia is not very developed, far inferior to France, Britain and other countries. If Alexander II were to give an indemnity of 10 million taels of silver, it would definitely drag down the country's economy, or even collapse.

Alexander II thought to himself, even if he sold blood, he couldn't find so much money!

The expression on Alexander II's face was extremely interesting, he stared at Li Zhen, his eyes were rolling drippingly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his expression kept changing, sometimes iron-blue, sometimes pale, sometimes gloomy. After a long time, Alexander II said: "Lord Li, the conditions are too harsh and impossible to achieve. With the current financial resources, it cannot be supported. If Prince Li insists on this, we only have one battle, and ask Prince Li to give a reasonable price. ”

Li Zhen said: "It doesn't matter, you can use iron ore, gold ore and so on as collateral!" ”

Alexander II was very unhappy in his heart, but he didn't expect Li Zhen to hide such a trick.

At this moment, Alexander II was in a dilemma.

Just when Alexander II didn't know how to solve it in his heart, he felt that someone was pulling in the back. He glanced at it, but saw the guards next to him nodding slightly. Alexander II groaned, chose to believe the guards, and said: "I agreed, and I used the domestic iron and gold mines as a arrival. I don't know which areas have them, how does Prince Li operate? ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Refreshing! For the problem of operation, I naturally sent someone to go. ”

Li Zhen made a gesture, and the soldiers immediately took out the treaty that had been prepared a long time ago.

Li Zhen handed the treaty to Tsar Alexander II, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency the Tsar, this is the treaty I drafted, you can have people read it carefully, and then sign it after the contents are clear, and then you can solve the problem." ”

Alexander II took the contract and said: "I don't know Chinese, so I'll ask Muravyov to translate it first." ”

Li Zhen said: "I'll wait. ”

Alexander II left the conference room with his men and went to Muravyov's tent.

Alexander II first threw the treaty to Muravyov and instructed: "Look carefully to make sure there are no traps inside." Immediately, Alexander II looked at the guard next to him and asked: "Just now Li Zhen mentioned the indemnity of 10 million silver, we can't come up with the money, but we need to take out iron ore and gold ore as collateral, why do you make me agree?" ”

The guard said self-righteously: "Your Majesty, our primary purpose is to bring back Governor Muravyov and his soldiers, and now that a treaty can achieve the goal, why not?" Besides, in the future, when Li Zhenzhen sends personnel to explore iron ore and gold mines, once Li Zhen finds out, we will directly drive them away. Anyway, we have already brought the people back, and it doesn't matter if we tear our faces, we will fight if we want to. ”

Alexander II pondered carefully, and finally nodded in approval.

After reading the contents of the treaty, Muravyov was already frightened, and said: "Your Majesty, there are two paragraphs on the treaty, the first is the area north of Heilongjiang, all of which will be returned to Li Zhen. Moreover, Li Zhen did not allow any Russian troops to be stationed or enter the area, otherwise it would be regarded as provoking a dispute between the two countries. Secondly, regarding the compensation of 10 million, Li Zhenshi opened his mouth and directly asked us to take out the area of Siberia, he can send personnel to explore at will, and these areas will be the area of Li Zhen's mining. ”

Alexander II said: "There is no dispute about the first paragraph, and there is no problem with the second paragraph, and it will be relied on in the future, anyway, we don't admit it, and we can't do anything about Li Zhen." ”

Muravyov frowned and said: "Your Majesty, after signing the treaty, if you don't recognize it, I'm afraid it's not good!" ”

Alexander II said: "What's so embarrassing? We broke the contract, it was nothing more than Li Zhen was angry and sent troops to attack, it's not a big deal. War is declared, and I have nothing to fear. I was troubled by Li Zhen everywhere, and I was angry everywhere, and I wanted to clean up this guy for a long time. Hmph, I'm not going to make him feel better. Today's shame, I will get it back little by little, so that Li Zhen can taste the pain. ”

When Muravyov heard this, he stopped talking.

Alexander II, who was sure that there were no problems with the treaty, came to the conference room.

The two sides contacted, and Li Zhen also asked people to prepare a Russian version. The Chinese and Russian versions coexisted together, and then Alexander II signed it. In the end, Li Zhen held part of the treaty in Chinese and Russian, and Alexander II also held the Russian and Chinese versions of the treaty in his hand, both of which were saved.

Alexander II was very unhappy, and said directly: "Lord Li, I have signed the treaty, I hope you can abide by the treaty and release Muravyov and his soldiers as soon as possible." ”

Li Zhen said: "Your Excellency the Tsar, rest assured, I will immediately order it to be executed. ”

Alexander II said: "I am waiting in the barracks outside the city for your good news! After saying this, Alexander II left the camp with the guards and the people around him, and went out of the city to return to his barracks.

ps: The third shift, call it a day. Hurrah weekend.