On July 1, Zhang Wei returned to Kansas City and ordered Li Jingfa, the ambassador to the United States, to serve as the negotiating plenipotentiary to negotiate with the United States. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

And agreed to the request of Britain, France, Germany and other countries for a truce of 2 months, for Zhang Wei, the truce for 2 months he happened to return to the empire to get married, besides, even if the armistice is half a year old, there will be no qualitative change in the military strength of the United States, will not pose a threat to the Xia Empire, and the command can use these two months to strengthen the control of the territory that has been occupied.

Zhang Wei demanded that Li Jingfa that the bottom limit of the negotiations was that the territory already occupied would never be spit out, and that the United States must compensate the Chinese, and that the United States should bear the military expenses of the Xia Empire's troops, and that the Xia Empire should be compensated 650 million taels of silver (according to 10 times the amount of the comprehensive income from the United States and interest in the "Xinchou Treaty").

The countries involved in the peace talks were the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Russian Empire, Italy, as well as countries such as Austria-Hungary and Spain.

The venue for the peace talks was chosen in Washington, D.C., where the embassies of various countries were not far away, and on 2 July, the first preparatory meeting was held in the conference room of the United States ******.

Ambassador Li Jingfa first spoke, stating that the Chinese are a peace-loving nation, and the Xia Empire is a peace-loving country, and if it were not for the cruelty of the oppression, the Xia Empire would not have devoted its whole country to launching a war against the United States and rescuing those suffering Chinese compatriots. Then he expressed his position, agreeing with the countries' request to extend the armistice negotiations for 2 months, during these two months, the army of the Xia Empire will be stationed in the territory it currently occupies, and will not continue to launch attacks on the US army, and also hopes that the US army can defend itself in peace and not make small moves; At the same time, he urged the US government to make up its mind as soon as possible and do its best to reach an armistice treaty during the armistice peace talks, so as to keep the world away from the threat of war and make the world full of peace.

Ambassador Li Jingfa's speech was warmly applauded by the delegates, and the representatives of Britain, France, Germany, and other countries impatiently put forward their respective national demands, which were all aimed at the Xia Empire.

According to the Xia Empire's greed for land in the past, they knew that the territory occupied by the Xia Empire would not be spit out, so they put forward several requirements to the Xia Empire, first, to establish an Indian kingdom in the occupied area, preferably in the eastern border states; second, for the establishment of a black state, the choice of location is the same as in Article 1; Thirdly, the Xia Empire could not place warships in the Atlantic Ocean with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons.

The first two proposals put forward by Britain were purely to stir up peace, and they did not want the territory occupied by the Xia Empire to be stable, but they wanted to create trouble for the Xia Empire, otherwise why didn't the United States ask the United States to do so before? As for the last one, it was the fear that the Xia Empire's forces would enter the Atlantic and affect the hegemony of Britain.

With the British representative taking the lead, the German representative had a lot less scruples, and the German ambassador to the United States then stated that Germany very much agreed with the British demand, and added two additional items: first, that the land of North America could not be incorporated into the territory of the Xia Empire, and one or two new states must be established; Second, the newly formed state cannot station warships in the Atlantic Ocean with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and the total tonnage cannot exceed 200,000 tons.

Germany did this purely because it was afraid that the Xia Empire's navy would affect the security of the German navy, as well as Germany's overall interests in the Atlantic, and it was envy, jealousy and hatred that the Xia Empire had gained so much territory.

France had wanted to limit the number of land forces of the Xia Empire, as well as the newly formed state, so that his colonies in South America would be safer; However, the Russian Empire and Britain considered that if the Xia Empire stationed 2 million troops in North America, the Xia Empire would have 2 million fewer troops in Asia, so they opposed France's restriction on the number of troops stationed in the Americas by the Xia Empire; France felt that although the suggestions of the Russian Empire and Britain had some truth, the French colony of Indochina was at the mouth of the Xia Empire, and the Xia Empire wanted to occupy it, and it had little to do with the number of troops stationed here, and it could occupy the Indochina colony by sending a few soldiers at will; Under pressure from the British and Russian Empires, France finally agreed with the representatives of the British and Russian Empires and did not limit the number of troops stationed in the Americas by the Xia Empire.

In fact, Britain is in a contradiction, the Xia Empire's garrison in the Americas will affect Canada's security, but the Xia Empire's garrison in the Americas will reduce the Xia Empire's military pressure on the Indian colonies, anyway, it is not a good choice to do anything, weighing the pros and cons, I feel that the garrison in the Americas is conducive to the security of the Indian colonies, besides, the Canadian colonies have long been within the scope of British abandonment, that is, there is no threat from the Xia Empire, it turns out that it is also under the threat of the United States, and Britain is no longer able to guarantee Canada's security.

Then, at the behest of the British, the Spanish delegates proposed that the Xia Empire's occupied territories must be open to the public, with goods from any country entering freely and zero tariffs.

Ambassador Li Jingfa and the Secretary of State of the United States were shocked by the statements made by the representatives of the two countries concerned, who had already made various demands before the representatives of the two countries concerned could put forward the conditions.

The conditions they proposed, in Li Jingfa's view, were nothing more than the fear that the Xia Empire would continue to expand, so they wanted to restrict the Xia Empire, and in addition, they wanted to create trouble and instability for the Xia Empire, and finally they wanted to take advantage.

In the heart of the US Secretary of State, however, he feels that these countries do not want to save the United States at all, but are falling into the trap, and they do not care about the lives of the Americans at all, but purely satisfy their own interests.

Seeing that the representatives of other countries still wanted to continue to speak, Li Jingfa couldn't bear it anymore, so he said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's protagonists should be the Xia Empire and the United States, everyone is here to participate in the peace talks, our two countries have not started talks, you have already made so many demands, how can the talks continue?" ”

The ambassadors of all countries felt embarrassed, they were a little noisy just now, but these people's cheeks had long been thicker than the city walls, and they didn't care about Ambassador Li's words at all.

Li Jingfa continued: "Since everyone is so enthusiastic about the peace talks between the Xia Empire and the United States, then please submit these demands to me tomorrow as an official document, and I will take the opinions of various countries seriously during the negotiations." Ambassador Li Jingfa thought to himself, let them put forward their requirements first, and they could grasp the bottom limit of each country, which would help the Xia Empire comprehensively weigh the pros and cons and make a final decision.

The ambassadors of various countries were very satisfied with Li Jingfa's attitude, and decided to communicate well with China after returning to China, and to put forward their own country's demands in a more comprehensive manner, so as not to harm their own interests. (To be continued.) )