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On the morning of the 14th, the Foreign Secretary sent a telegram authorizing the Governor of the Straits Settlements to negotiate with the Kingdom of Lanfang to secure Singapore and the Indian colonies.

After receiving the telegram, Sir Anderson thought about it for a long time, it seems that the country is soft, just after the Boer War, now there is really no strength to fight the Lanfang Kingdom again, and the Lanfang Kingdom is stronger, and Britain is farther away from here, the battle line is too long, and the investment will be greater. If Singapore is lost, then the Far East will have nothing to do with Britain, and even the interests in the Great Qing Kingdom will be lost, and other colonies will also be snatched away by the Lanfang Kingdom. It seems that China wants to keep Singapore and give up some unnecessary interests.

Sir Anderson asked the soldiers at the door to invite Sun Qingming.

The soldier did not dare to slack off, and immediately trotted to report.

Zhang Wei said: "It seems that Britain has sent him a telegram back, or you should go and play his tone." “

"Yes, Your Majesty"

Sun Qingming came to the governor's study and asked, "Sir Anderson, how are you doing today?" “

"I'm fine, don't worry about you."

"Tell me, what shall I talk about?"

"The empire authorized me to negotiate with you, and the empire's order is that Singapore must be recovered, this is the empire's territory, and you can't let it be robbed, otherwise the empire will fight you to the end with all its strength."

"Sir Anderson, it would be against your will to say this, your strength is mainly used to protect the homeland, how can you have the strength to fight us, besides, can you still win the battle? Whether it is the navy or the army, our Lanfang Kingdom is much beyond your British Empire, you are not opponents, we will accompany you to the end as you want to fight. “

"I don't really want to fight you, it's just to show our determination, I hope you don't push people too hard."

"We Chinese often say, people don't offend me, I don't offend people, but this time your British Empire took the initiative to attack us, but we didn't offend you, why is this? You have to pay the price you deserve. “

"We've fallen for the Dutch, too, and we can't be blamed."

"Well, I don't blame you, so what do you mean? Do you still make us vomit what we eat? “

"The British Empire will not give up Singapore, what conditions do you have, as long as the British Empire can do it, it will definitely meet your requirements."

"We want territory, whether it is a desert or a desert island, whether it is a mountain or a swamp, as long as it is a territory, our king said, our Lanfang Kingdom has just been established, and it is a shame to have no colonies of its own, so our king wants a lot of colonies, so as to be worthy of the noble status of our king, your British Empire will take out 10 million square kilometers of land, and we will return Singapore to you."

"You are so insatiable, you want 10 million square kilometers, too much, too much, this can't be done."

"Sir Anderson, don't be in a hurry to reply to us, you can think about it for a few days before replying, we are not in a hurry, you think slowly."

Sun Qingming reported the content of the conversation with Sir Anderson to Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei said: "It seems that they don't want to give up Singapore, but they don't know how much benefit they can give in exchange." Let's cool him down for a few days, and when the news of our capture of the British merchant ships is reported back to Britain, they will definitely be in a hurry, so let's transport the more than 30,000 intact servant troops back to Beijing to participate in labor, anyway, the British will definitely not ransom them. “

Five days later, the Viceroy of India telegraphed to the Indian Minister that all the merchant ships passing through the Strait of Malacca had been captured by the Kingdom of Lanfang.

When the Prime Minister saw the telegram sent by the Indian minister, he felt that it was really tricky, and he must speed up the negotiations with the Kingdom of Lan Fong and get Singapore back as soon as possible, otherwise the economic losses will become bigger and bigger.

Called the Minister of Foreign Affairs and let him read the telegram sent by the Governor General of India, the Foreign Minister also felt that it was difficult to do, now that the two countries are at war, it is normal for the Kingdom of Lanfang to capture British merchant ships, as long as the war is not over, there is no reason to condemn the Kingdom of Lanfang, it seems that a contract must be reached with the Kingdom of Lanfang as soon as possible, otherwise the merchants in the country will rebel.

As a result, the Foreign Secretary sent another telegram to Sir Anderson that now that the Kingdom of Lanfang had cut off the Empire's route to the east of Malacca, and that all passing merchant ships had been captured, and that negotiations must be made as soon as possible to end the state of war.

Sir Anderson had no choice but to ask the soldiers at the door to invite Sun Qingming to come.

When Sun Qingming arrived, he asked, "Your Excellency, have you figured it out now?" “

"I won't talk nonsense with you, just put forward your terms."

"Since you are so happy, then I don't ink, we only want Oceania, and the rest is not wanted, if you are willing to exchange such a large territory for Oceania, it is okay, our king said, the colony must be large enough, so that it can match the identity of the kingdom."

"You are so greedy, God will punish you."

"Well, in order not to let God punish us, we will make appropriate concessions, we only need Australia and New Zealand, so it will always be okay, as long as 2 places, if you don't meet our requirements, then there is no way, anyway, we are barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, just fight this war with you, see whose losses are greater, tomorrow I will let the navy block the Indian Ocean routes, so that your India and Oceania will lose contact with the mainland."

After many negotiations and mutual threats, an agreement was finally reached with the UK:

Britain recognized the Kingdom of Lanfang as an independent country, and the two sides established normal diplomatic relations; The two sides grant each other unconditional most-favored-nation status;

agreed to divide the western half of Australia into the Kingdom of Lanfang, comprising: Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, with a total area of 4.99 million square kilometres; The British government has pledged to relocate the British to other states within three months and keep the infrastructure intact.

The Kingdom of Lanfang promised not to capture British merchant ships again, and those who had been captured would not be returned, and all the merchants would be allowed to return to Britain;

The Kingdom of Lan Fong returned Singapore to the British within 15 days after receiving the Australian lands, and promised not to attack the British colonies in the future;

After handing over the land, the Lanfang Kingdom released the British naval and land officers who had been imprisoned.

However, before the formal signing of the contract, Britain also gave the southeastern part of Papua Island to the Lanfang Kingdom, hoping that the Lanfang Kingdom could compete with Germany for Papua Island, and it was best to have a conflict, and in the event of a war, Britain would sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Seeing that even the British Empire had signed a peace agreement with the Kingdom of Lanfang, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was completely discouraged, and the colony of the East Indies could not be taken back, so in order to appease the anger of the families of the soldiers at home, it had to reach a peace agreement with the Kingdom of Lanfang:

Apologize to all the persecuted and oppressed Chinese in the East Indies;

Recognize the Kingdom of Lanfang as an independent and autonomous state, replacing the Dutch kingdom over the East Indies;

the establishment of normal diplomatic relations between the two sides; Dutch merchants could continue to do business in the kingdom of Lanfang; The two sides grant each other unconditional most-favored-nation status;

All property of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its former colony shall be vested in the Government of the Kingdom of Lanfang;

The Dutch government compensated the Kingdom of Lanfang with 10 million pounds;

The Lanfang government released detained Dutch government officials, army officers and soldiers, and businessmen.

At this point, Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief and finally had a foothold in this world.