After Hua Guoqiang reported to Zhang Wei the process of meeting with Zhang Renjun, Zhang Wei said: "These people are patriotic, that is, their thoughts are too deeply influenced by Confucianism, they are loyal to the monarch and patriotism, they don't know how to be flexible at all, and they don't consider whether this monarch is worthy of loyalty, there are many similar people, they still miss the old dynasty, these people are generally the original vested interests, the reason why they didn't deal with them is that they also have a patriotic heart, and have done a lot of things that benefit the country and the people. It won't be long before it will be naturally eliminated by society. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ“

With the help of the Xia Empire, the Chinese Empire achieved far more benefits than they imagined, becoming the second only winner after the Xia Empire, which also made people like Zhang Renjun even more confused.

After signing the agreements with various countries, Zhang Wei and the General Staff began to busily transfer troops and send troops to receive relevant territory and reap the fruits of victory in this war.

According to the opinion of Chief of General Staff Lu Weimin, the Ottoman Empire has a large population, complex ethnic composition, and fanatical religious beliefs, which is not suitable for direct rule, let alone a head-on confrontation with it, in order to reduce the Ottoman Empire's hatred of the Xia Empire and intensify the contradictions and conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and Britain, France, Russia and other countries, it should spend a certain price to buy the territory of the Ottoman Empire, so that the Xia Empire's occupation of the place is legal, and the Xia Empire should strengthen its assistance to the Ottoman Empire and enhance its military strength. This made the Ottoman Empire a buffer zone between the Xia Empire and the European states.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Wei felt that Lu Weimin's opinion was very reasonable.

To this end, Zhang Wei, Lu Weimin, Hua Guoqiang and others summoned the Ottoman ambassador to the Xia Empire at the Shangjing Imperial Palace.

The Xia Empire guaranteed that a 300-kilometer safe zone from the Arabian Peninsula to the Mediterranean Sea would not be allowed by any national power except the Ottoman Empire, otherwise it would undermine world peace and stability and be the enemy of the Xia Empire, which gave the Ottoman Empire a little comfort, but the price he paid was the loss of the two river basins and other territories.

Zhang Wei made it clear to the Ottoman ambassadors that the Kingdom of Kuwait, Basra, Baghdad, Mosul and the entire Arabian Peninsula had been transferred to the Xia Empire.

The ambassador of the Ottoman Empire immediately protested: "Your Majesty, Emperor Xia Empire, this is not legal, these lands are the legal lands of the Ottoman Empire, and the British government has no right to transfer the Ottoman lands, so the transfer is invalid." ”

Hua Guoqiang said: "Your Excellency, in order to take care of the feelings of the Ottoman Empire, the Xia Empire has decided to buy these lands from the Ottoman Empire at a certain price, and I hope you will quote a reasonable price. ”

The Ottoman ambassador said: "Every inch of land in the Ottoman Empire is priceless and cannot be measured by money. ”

Lu Weimin was very angry, he was simply embarrassed, so he said angrily: "Our Xia Empire wants to occupy this area, and the transfer of Britain to the Xia Empire is just to give the Xia Empire a reasonable excuse, as for whether it is legal or not, it is not what the Xia Empire cares about, whether your country opposes it or not, it cannot change the Xia Empire's determination to occupy this area." ”

Hua Guoqiang explained: "Your Excellency, the Xia Empire now has a reasonable excuse to occupy these territories, and if it is used by force, the Ottoman Empire will not only lose these lands without any compensation, but also the areas within 300 kilometers of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea will not be protected by the Xia Empire. ”

The ambassador of the Ottoman Empire knew that over the years, the Ottoman Empire had weakened day by day, and countries such as Britain, France, and Germany had gradually infiltrated these areas, and the empire's management of that land had long been inadequate, and if it continued to develop, the empire would lose these territories sooner or later.

The Xia Empire has decided to occupy there, and with the support of Britain, France, Germany and other countries, the Ottoman Empire is powerless to resist, rather than this, it is better to transfer this land to the Xia Empire, and also get their protection of the eastern coastal areas of the Mediterranean, to prevent the encroachment of Britain and France and other countries in the future, and also to obtain monetary compensation from the Xia Empire, so he said to Zhang Wei and others: "Dear Emperor Your Majesty, this matter is not up to me, the ambassador, must be reported to the empire, and the imperial government will make the final decision." ”

Zhang Wei and the others knew that he was telling the truth, so Hua Guoqiang said: "Your Excellency, the Xia Empire is not willing to be an enemy of any country, and is willing to coexist peacefully with the Ottoman Empire. I hope that Your Excellency will understand the original intention of the Xia Empire to coexist peacefully with your country. ”

At this time, the Ottoman Empire had already implemented a constitutional monarchy, and Sultan Mehmed V had no real power, and power was in the hands of parliament.

After receiving the telegram sent back by the ambassador to the Xia Empire, the Ottoman government held a fierce parliamentary debate, although the parliamentarians of Baghdad, Basra and other provinces fiercely opposed the transfer of these areas to the Xia Empire, but the arms could not twist their thighs, the parliament approved the deal to the Xia Empire with an absolute majority, but attached harsh conditions, they hoped that through the support of the Xia Empire, the Ottoman Empire would rise again and regain many lost territories, which may be their last chance to rise.

After many negotiations with the Ottoman Empire, the "Shangjing Agreement" was finally signed, which mainly limited the territory occupied by the Xia Empire, the area beyond 300 kilometers on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, and the entire area south of the Zagros Mountains in the north, including Mecca and Medina on the Red Sea coast and the Persian Gulf coast. The Xia Empire wanted to protect the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea within 300 kilometers, and no foreign power was allowed to get involved; The Xia Empire paid the Ottoman Empire 100 million Xia yuan worth of land purchases, and the Ottoman Empire would use the money to buy warships, rifles, machine guns, mountain artillery, ammunition and other weapons and equipment of the Xia Empire; The Xia Empire sent a 1,000-strong officer training team to the Ottoman Empire to help the Ottoman Empire train the army; The Xia Empire sold 2.5 million tons of grain to the Ottoman Empire every year at the original price for a period of 5 years.

Originally, the Ottoman Empire also wanted to sign an alliance treaty with the Xia Empire to deal with common enemies, but Britain, France, Russia and other countries, Hua Guoqiang refused, on the pretext that the Xia Empire did not want to form an alliance with any country, even if it did not sign an alliance treaty with the Chinese Empire, but Hua Guoqiang said that if the Ottoman Empire had a war with other countries, the Xia Empire would definitely support the Ottoman Empire behind it.

The Xia Empire hoped that after obtaining the 100 million Xia yuan of weapons and equipment, the Ottoman Empire would establish a strong army and navy and become the first line of defense against Britain, France, Russia and other European countries. (To be continued.) )