Chapter 1303 Harsh Terms
"General Zhang, you are delusional, delusional, dreaming!"
The delegates in the room picked up the document and began to read the terms on it.
With just one glance, Ulishakov was already angry, the first clause alone was unacceptable to the Tsarist Empire, and it was absolutely unacceptable for the Tsarist Empire to compensate the Chinese Empire for the war losses of 70 million pounds, which would be 350 million silver dollars if converted into silver dollars of the Chinese Empire!
This is an astronomical amount! Even if it is as powerful as the Tsarist Russian Empire, if you want to come up with such a large sum of silver, it will hurt your muscles and bones, 70 million pounds, even the total financial income of the Tsarist Russian Empire in a year is not so much, and now the financial income of the Tsarist Russian Empire is only more than 30 million pounds a year, which is equivalent to two years of financial income, where can the Tsarist Russian Empire afford it?
"General Zhang, do you really think that our Tsarist Russian Empire is a delicious snack, and you can eat it as much as you want? Seventy million pounds, that's absolutely impossible! If you want to continue the war, then we will be with you to the end! ”
Ulshakov is really anxious, he must not come like this, if he comes, then Tsarist Russia will have no way to live, under the huge financial pressure, the imperial economy will collapse completely, 70 million pounds, that is enough to support the Tsarist Russian Empire and the Chinese Empire in a war, and the scale of the war is even larger than now!
"Mr. Ulishakov, I think you should read the full text first, and before you speak, I will not discuss with you about the relevant issues of peace talks!"
Zhang Chunping said lightly.
Urishakov snorted coldly and continued to look down, Urishakov had not yet spoken, and Soness, who was on the side, also exclaimed.
"In addition to the huge indemnity, but also for Russia to cede the whole of Eastern Siberia and Central Siberia, I drop God, General Zhang, are you crazy, or is your Emperor His Majesty crazy? Such a request is inevitably too much, and if this is the case, there is really no need for our peace talks! ”
Zhang Chunping's face sank, and he said coldly: "Mr. Soness, please pay attention to your words, you only have to listen to our peace talks with the Tsarist Russian Empire, at most, that is, to put forward a reference opinion, you don't have the right to dictate our specific content!" ”
Souness trembled with anger, and said angrily: "Zhang, don't go too far, at this time, your Chinese Empire is not the undisputed overlord, our British Empire is the real master, please pay attention to proportions when you speak, don't say anything else, your Chinese Empire will go deep into Africa, we haven't asked you for an explanation!" ”
Zhang Chunping sneered: "Say? Say a fart! We have equal relations with African countries, do not invade an inch of other people's land, do not bully other people's civilians, do not set up any military bases, do not establish concessions, why do you say that the Chinese Empire has penetrated deep into Africa? On the contrary, it was you, the British Empire, who invaded Africa and encouraged African countries to start wars, right? Didn't the Zulu Kingdom launch a war of aggression against the German-Austrian Federation at your instigation? ”
"You!"
Souness was about to get angry, but suddenly calmed down, why did he entangle Zhang Chunping on this issue? Anyway, now the British Empire has made a lot of aid to the Zulu Kingdom, and even sent a military advisory group, and in the Cape area, the British Empire also has a fleet, with the strength of an infantry division, in the whole of Africa, there is no more powerful military presence than the British Empire, and the war in Africa has only one ending, that is, the German-Austrian Federation has become history, and the Chinese Empire has withdrawn from South Africa in ashes!
"Okay, let's talk about this later, let's talk about your country's terms first, we question your country as a mediator, 70 million pounds, plus all the territory of Eastern Siberia and Central Siberia, such a price, no country can afford it! Tsarist Russia can't afford it, this is not a solution at all, what we want now is peace, not the continuation of the war! ”
Souness said hatefully.
"General Zhang, Mr. Soness, I think, we all need to calm down."
Arles, the French envoy on the side, said in a deep voice: "Mr. Soness, you must not have carefully watched the terms, right?" General Zhang's condition was to either compensate for the war losses of 70 million pounds, or to give up Eastern Siberia and Central Siberia and cede millions of square kilometers to the Chinese Empire, and General Zhang had already listed their losses. ”
Arles paused for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Soness, in this war, the Chinese Empire suffered more than 60,000 casualties and more than 80,000 civilian casualties, this war brought more than 100,000 casualties to the Chinese Empire, and the losses of the Chinese Empire are undoubtedly very huge. The losses suffered by the Chinese Empire are really too heavy, and now the Chinese Empire, as a victorious country, demands the necessary compensation from Tsarist Russia, which is very reasonable and recognized among all countries in the world! ”
"Monsieur Arles, but you also know that the amount of this claim is also excessive, 70 million pounds, which is more than 600 million rubles when converted into our rubles, and our annual financial income is only 300 million rubles! Also, you want us to cede Eastern Siberia and Central Siberia? How much land is that? That's eight million square kilometers of land! It's not much smaller than the entire Huaxia Empire! Such a lion opens his mouth, and our Tsarist Empire will definitely not accept it! ”
Joke, it took more than 400 years for the Tsarist Empire to fight and invade everywhere, and how many soldiers died before it had such a vast territory, so that as soon as the upper lip of the Chinese Empire touched the lower lip, the Tsarist Russian Empire would have to pay more than half of the territory, no matter who it was, even if these areas were barren land, it would not work, absolutely not to give!
In that case, it will be an unprecedented shame and a great shame for the Tsarist Empire!
"Well, it's really a little unreasonable, it's better to do this, we just want the land of Central Siberia, and Eastern Siberia will be kept for you?"
Zhang Chunping said with a smile.
Ulshakov's face was pale, that's, Central Siberia was ceded to the Chinese Empire, and Eastern Siberia was kept by the Tsarist Russian Empire, where is there such a thing? Originally, the center of Tsarist Russia was far away from Siberia, and now it is separated by Central Siberia in the middle, so the control of the Tsarist Russian Empire over Eastern Siberia will be infinitely close to zero, and sooner or later it will not be a dish on the plate of the Chinese Empire? (To be continued.) )
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