"Guaranteed? Your country's guarantee has never been valuable, in the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi, after the two battles of Yaksa, your country has made many guarantees, what is the result? This time, your army is more than 100,000, and the traitor plotted Arabtan to collude, brazenly invaded my Qing Dynasty, and how can a misunderstanding be explained, of course, you insist on saying that it is a misunderstanding, then it is also up to Deer and others to talk to themselves, but no matter what, your invasion of my Qing Dynasty is a fact after all, and the losses caused must be borne by you. ”

The Russians have always been brazen masters, and instead of reasoning, they are just playing the piano to the cow, and Hongqing has long known this, so he is too lazy to get involved with it, and after unceremoniously derogating Grand Duke Petrovich, he also turned to the topic.

"Wow!"

Hearing Hongqing's order, Lang Zong, who was sitting on the side, replied that he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly and respectfully agreed, and then shook his hand, took out a fold from his wide sleeve, spread it out, and preached one by one: "Zicha, I have sent a total of 173,521 stone of grain and straw for this expedition to the west, and together with the transfer costs, the total value is 335,821 taels; The total value of ammunition consumed was four million five hundred seventy-three thousand five hundred twenty-nine taels; The total amount of pensions for the disabled and dead soldiers was 9,535,322 taels; The silver taels needed for the reconstruction of the localities were eight million seven hundred and fifty thousand taels; Reward the Three Army Generals" 1 ~ This "Reading" The soldier spent 7,220,000 taels, and the rest of the miscellaneous expenses were 3,820,000 taels, with a total expenditure of 2,7014,662 taels of silver. ”

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, you should have heard it clearly, because of the brazen invasion of your country, so that our country has to spend so much money to quell the chaos, and this loss must be borne by you, this article, there is no room for discussion, of course, for the sake of convenience and the friendship that you have always declared, the fraction will not be counted, and you will compensate our country with 27 million taels of silver, and our country may consider at its discretion to avoid the fault of your country for starting a war without permission, otherwise, this king can only personally lead his troops to your country to go to your country."

The Qing army's westward expedition was extremely smooth, and the rebellions in various places were quelled in one year, and the military expenses were not much, even if the cost of post-war reconstruction was counted, it was only more than 10,000 taels of silver.

"Your Royal Highness, I regret that the conditions you have proposed are too harsh, and I beg your pardon for disagreeing."

After listening to the interpretation of the interpreter, the face of the Grand Duke Petrovich is a little unpleasant, no side, the Russian Empire seems to be a huge territory, but the economy is very backward, the annual fiscal revenue is only about 20 million taels of silver, after deducting various expenses, the annual financial balance has never been more than 5 million taels, most years are a deficit of grain, this time in order to appease the anger of the Qing Dynasty, Catherine I specially approved 1 million taels of silver, as a redemption of the captured army of more than 70,000 peopleThere is no doubt that Grand Duke Petrovich could not come up with 27 million taels of silver, and there is really no other way to think of at this time except to protest hard.

"Harsh? If Your Excellency the Grand Duke thinks it is harsh, then you should go back, and there is no need to continue this so-called peace talks. ”

As soon as Grand Duke Petrovich's objection came out, Hongqing immediately and unceremoniously brandished the big stick of military threat, not caring whether the negotiations would break down because of this.

"Your Royal Highness, please calm your anger, it's not that we are insincere, it's really your request that is far beyond our ability to bear, and please let Your Royal Highness be forgiving us for the sake of the past friendship between your and our two countries."

In the face of Hongqing's "despicable" tactics of playing military blackmail at every turn, Grand Duke Petrovich was really angry and anxious, but he didn't dare to act willfully, so he could only plead with a bitter face.

"I'm sorry, the amount of compensation we mentioned is the minimum, not a penny less, of course, this king is not an unreasonable person, since His Excellency the Grand Duke said that friendship, this king can consider a workaround, if you say that you can't do it, then don't blame this king for not thinking about friendship."

Looking at Grand Duke Petrovich's low-voiced appearance, Hongqing was very relieved in his heart, but he didn't blindly be tough to the end, but changed his words, vaguely revealing a sense of compromise.

"Please also ask His Royal Highness the Prince to make it clear, if it can be done, I will definitely do it."

Grand Duke Petrovich was really afraid of Hongqing's tough attitude, and when he heard Hongqing say that there was a workaround, even if his heartstrings were loosened, he couldn't think about it, and as soon as he finished translating and paraphrasing, he was already busy expressing his attitude.

"It's very simple, you can't repay it all at once, can you pay it off in three years, I will suffer a little loss, I won't charge your interest, nine million taels of silver a year, must be delivered on time, otherwise, I will definitely send a large army to your country to withdraw it by yourself, Your Excellency will not even be able to do such a workaround?" If this is the case, the king will have to wonder whether the purpose of your visit is to invade our country again in the name of negotiations. ”

"Your Royal Highness, I think you should have misunderstood, we have no intention of starting a war again, this point, you can use your life to guarantee, but this year's repayment plan of nine million is still far beyond the bottom limit that we can accept, in this regard, we say that we can't do anything, and I ask His Royal Highness the Prince to forgive me."

Grand Duke Petrovich originally had great hopes, counting on Hongqing to give a plan that met his own interests, but when he heard that it was an installment payment model, the disappointment in his heart was self-evident, but he had no choice but to spread his hands and say helplessly.

"Hey, Your Excellency the Grand Duke, this can't do this, that can't do it, this king doesn't know where your sincerity is? No need to talk about it anymore, come on, send off! ”

Hongqing has always focused on collecting information, for Russia's economic data, although not very clear, but in general there is still a relative concept, since it is clear that the Russians can not get 27 million taels of compensation, the reason why they insist on asking for compensation, is not to focus on the indemnity itself, but for another purpose, of course, this time the heat is not enough, Hongqing will not show the hole cards at this time, but slap the table angrily, and give the order to evict the guest.

"Your Royal Highness, you can't ......"

Grand Duke Petrovich couldn't understand Chinese, but when he saw Hongqing's angry appearance, he knew that something was probably wrong, and his heart was already panicked.

"Your Excellency, please!"

Before Grand Duke Petrovich finished speaking, Ding Song had already led more than a dozen palace guards to stride up from the side, and unceremoniously put on a posture of rushing people.

"Alas......"

Grand Duke Petrovich didn't finish his explanation, and saw that Hongqing had already gotten up and left, and he was helpless, so he could only shake his head with a bitter face, and led the two deputies, escorted by Ding Song and others, to the camp gate in a stupid manner......

"Lord Wang, there is a sentence that the lower officials don't know whether to say or not?"

The negotiation started at three o'clock in the hour, and it came to an abrupt end at the hour, and the squire Lang Zong of the Li Fan Yuan replied that it didn't matter, as soon as Hongqing left, he was already Shi Shiran left, but Wang Yan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was full of thoughts, and followed Hongqing into the big tent of the Chinese army, seeing that no one was there on the left and right, he immediately walked a few steps, grabbed Hongqing's side, and opened his mouth in a low voice.

"Oh? If the king has anything to say, just say it, and this king will listen. ”

Speaking of which, Hongqing and Wang Yan are also old acquaintances, not to mention that they have dealt with each other in the past days, and have cooperated many times in foreign negotiations, but to say that the relationship between each other, in fact, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, there is no other, Wang Yan is an old-school figure, although he has been under the command of Emperor Chengde for many years, but he has never participated in the party struggle, whether it is with Emperor Chengde or Hongqing, there is no special friendship at all, in terms of getting along, it has always been a business-like attitude, because of this, this time Wang Yan's expression is different, Hongqing's brows were slightly frowned unconsciously, but he didn't say much, just calmly agreed to what he asked.

"Lord Wang, please forgive the official for bluntly saying that the fact of this negotiation should not be delayed for a long time, and I am afraid that things will change later, and please think twice."

Wang Yan glanced at Hongqing deeply, and mentioned it meaningfully, although the words were vague, but the meaning was very clear, it was obvious that Wang Yan was not worried about the negotiation itself, but the strange situation between the DPRK and China.

"Well, Lord Wang, rest assured, this king knows it."

Hongqing is shrewd and understands what Wang Yanzhi is referring to, but he did not comment on the situation between the DPRK and China, and only gave a reply quietly.

"That's fine, the next official will leave."

"Huh."

Seeing that Hongqing obviously didn't want to talk deeply, Wang Yan didn't postpone it any longer, and after bowing respectfully, he immediately withdrew from the Chinese army's big tent.

"Huh."

Hongqing didn't say anything to keep Wang Yan, nor did he send him, just frowned slightly and looked at his back as he gave alms, but he quickly calculated in his heart, but it was not easy to conclude for a while whether Wang Yan's remark was out of good intentions or a temptation with other intentions, but no matter what it was, in terms of the big picture, there was actually not much difference, because of this, Hongqing didn't care much, smiled faintly, shook his head, and completely left this matter behind......