The two came to the embassy of the Xia Empire in the Great Qing Kingdom again, and Wu Wenbin welcomed the two to the conference room. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wu Wenbin asked with a smile: "The two princes, I don't know how the discussion is?" ”

Yixuan is also an old fox, he will not directly throw out the negotiation conditions, he already has a plan in mind how to negotiate, so he asked tentatively: "Ambassador Wu, I want to know, if the lease can be reduced, can the term be reduced?" How many years can it be reduced to? ”

Wu Wenbin glanced at the two of them, his heart was full of doubts, and asked, "I don't know how long the prince wants the loan period to be?" ”

Yixuan couldn't make up his mind for the time being, so he said: "99 years is too long, who will know what will happen after such a long time?" Our opinion is whether the term of the lease can be shortened, and after the expiration of the term, we can determine whether to continue the lease according to the situation at that time, and the time for which the lease will be continued. “

"5 years? 10 years? 50 years? The length of time is okay, it doesn't matter if the Xia Empire is here, as long as it can help the Great Qing Kingdom, but if the time is too short, I am afraid that I will not even have time to do some infrastructure construction, or even have no way to complete it, let alone make long-term planning, so the shorter the time, the Greater Qing Kingdom will have to pay a greater price for the Xia Empire to lease these places. “

Yi Xuan thought to himself, Wu Wenbin's words made sense, if the time was too short, the Xia Empire would definitely not build on a large scale, and the surrounding forces would use this time to make full preparations, and when the lease period arrived, they would definitely cause trouble, and the situation would be even worse than now; Moreover, the time was short, and the Xia Empire's investment did not produce benefits, and they would definitely have to bear these investment expenditures from the Great Qing Empire.

Zaifeng had doubts in his heart, so he asked: "May I ask Ambassador Wu, why did your country help the Great Qing Kingdom?" “

Wu Wenbin looked at Zaifeng and thought to himself, this prince is too young, and his question is too straightforward, so he had no choice but to answer: "The emperor and the main high-level members of our Xia Empire are all out of the mainland, and we don't want to see the Qing Dynasty fall into war, otherwise it will be the people at the bottom who will suffer at that time, His Majesty the Emperor of the empire has experienced the life of the people at the bottom, and knows their difficulties, I don't know if the prince can understand?" “

Seeing Wu Wenbin's answer like this, it made them feel more relieved, the emperor of the Xia Empire did not forget his roots, not for the purpose of plundering the land of the Qing Dynasty, but to help the Qing Dynasty not fall into war and cause misery.

Since he knew that the Xia Empire could be leased, and the lease period could be shortened, he continued to ask: "Ambassador Wu, if you sell all the territory of the Three Frontiers to the Xia Empire, what price will your country pay?" “

"The price of different regions is definitely different, according to the size of the land area, whether the land has development value, the population, how much labor can be provided, what the traffic situation is, and how much tax is paid every year. Lord Wang, the border special administrative regions that are now demarcated are all remote and poor places, I don't know what price the prince wants to sell? “

Yi Liang thought to himself, and asked for the price to pay back, so he said ruthlessly: "Based on the compensation that the Great Qing State now owes to the powerful countries." “

"We don't know how much the Great Qing Kingdom owes now?"

After a little sum in his heart, Yi Xuan said: "Even the interest, there are about 800 million taels of silver in compensation that have not yet been paid. ”

"Ah, how many?" Yixuan's words startled Wu Wenbin, which was similar to Yixuan's performance at that time.

Yixuan's old face turned red, and he repeated embarrassedly: "800 million taels of silver." ”

"Lord Wang, this amount is too big, and now that the entire Qing Kingdom has been sold, is it worth this price?"

Yixuan also knew that this amount was too large, and hurriedly said: "If Ambassador Wu feels that the amount is too high, we can also assign all the Heilongjiang, Jilin and Inner Mongolia regions to your country." ”

Wu Wenbin shook his head and said: "Heilongjiang and Jilin in the east are cut off by mountains, and they are not connected to Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia at all, and they are not connected to the interior, so their strategic value is not great, and it will be much more difficult to defend, and Heilongjiang is not under the control of the Qing Dynasty now; It's not that the Xia Empire can't afford to pay this money, but these regions are not worth the money. You know, how much silver did the Russian Empire sell Alaska? ”

"How much does Ambassador Wu think is appropriate?"

Wu Wenbin replied: "Lord Wang, you are embarrassed for me, the amount of silver involved in this matter is too large, I am not sure, I must ask His Majesty the Emperor for instructions." ”

Yixuan thought to himself, such a large amount is not something that an ambassador can call the shots. So he said, "What about Hainan Island?" I would like to ask Ambassador Wu for instructions. ”

"So does the Great Qing Kingdom want to lease or sell these places to the Empire? Your country must be determined before I can ask for instructions. ”

Yixuan thought to himself, there is an advantage to selling these lands, selling these remote and poor places, leaving only the prosperous and rich land of the Great Qing Kingdom, reducing the burden, it would be better if all the compensation money could be waived, and it would be difficult for the Great Qing Kingdom not to be strong in the future. So he said: "Sell all these territories to your country, and the territory of the three frontiers, plus Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hainan Island, and Nanyang Islands, at the price of repaying the unpaid compensation for the Great Qing Kingdom, please ask Ambassador Wu to ask His Majesty the Emperor of your country for instructions." ”

"Okay, I'll do my best! As long as there is news, I will inform the two princes as soon as possible. ”

After the two of them said goodbye, Wu Wenbin reported the matter to the empire in detail.

When Hua Guoqiang sent the telegram to Zhang Wei, his first move was to ask Xiao Yu'er: "Can I buy the land of the Great Qing Kingdom, and is the system restricted?" ”

Xiao Yu'er replied, "Your Majesty, as long as it is a normal transaction, the system will not restrict you. “

Xiao Yu'er's answer reassured Zhang Wei, and the second move was to order Hua Guoqiang to notify Wu Wenbin immediately, and ask him to send someone to contact Yuan Shikai secretly to see Yuan Shikai's opinion, he didn't want to have conflicts with Yuan Shikai because of the turf in the future.

Hua Guoqiang immediately left to deal with the matter after receiving the order.

The third move was to immediately send people to invite Lu Weimin, Li Zhaoshui, Li Minmin, and others to negotiate.

Zhang Wei felt that Wu Wenbin's method was very good, and it was more suitable than Lend-Lease, so that the system could be upgraded to the imperial level without starting a war; Moreover, the Great Qing State made the Xia Empire bear the unpaid compensation as the price code, and the Xia Empire could completely resist the payment of these compensation by force, and the consequences of resisting payment would need to be negotiated after Lu Weimin and others arrived; Also, if you have to wait for Wu Wenbin's news, you must figure out Yuan Shikai's attitude. (To be continued.) )