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Now that the Xia Empire has the initiative in the war, since the other side can not withstand the blow and request an armistice negotiation, it must fight for more interests for the empire diplomatically.

Therefore, Hua Guoqiang said to the British and French ambassadors: "Your Excellency, this war was completely initiated by the two countries, and the Xia Empire was forced to defend itself to meet the war, and now the two countries are asking for peace talks, I want to know the sincerity of your country in conducting peace talks." ”

At this time, it is like doing business, whoever opens his mouth first to expose his bottom line will be in a disadvantageous position in the negotiation, Hua Guoqiang is forcing the British ambassador to expose the British bottom line.

British Ambassador Anderson was very anxious in his heart, the sooner the blockade of Mumbai was lifted, the British Empire could pacify the mob in the Indus River Plain one day earlier, reduce the outflow of gold and silver treasures, and now the coalition forces are bombed by the Xia Empire every day, and there are a large number of casualties among officers and soldiers every day, so he said urgently: "Our British Empire is a peace-loving country, this war is purely a misunderstanding, our four-nation alliance is just for exercises, I didn't expect the Xia Empire's reaction to be so big, it was purely caused by misunderstanding, in order to implement peace, To reduce misunderstandings, the British Empire's cabinet decided to use the current Xia Empire's occupation area as a ceasefire line to conduct peace negotiations, which is enough to show the sincerity of the British Empire! ”

Ambassador Anderson's words made Hua Guoqiang's heart move, this is really a surprise, it turned out that the empire still planned to occupy only the north and east of the Ganges, and use the Ganges River as a barrier to confront the British, and now the British actually took the initiative to give up so much territory, how can it not be unreasonable; On the other hand, Britain and France were frightened, and the loss of the Combined Fleet and the Expeditionary Force would be a fatal blow to both countries; In this case, it is more convenient to win greater benefits for the empire.

So, Hua Guoqiang continued: "The Xia Empire is a peace-loving country, we are only out of self-defense, and we have no idea of war with your country. ”

Hua Guoqiang originally wanted to say that Asian affairs would be handled by Asians in the future, but he was worried about provoking the Russian Empire or making the Russian Empire take precautions in advance, so he temporarily changed his tune and asked the British and French forces to withdraw from Asia.

Hua Guoqiang's words don't matter to the French ambassador, anyway, France now has no colonies in Asia, but it is different for Britain, if it loses British India, then Britain will directly become a second-rate country, Ambassador Anderson can't agree with Hua Guoqiang's statement anyway, and secretly despises it in his heart, the greed of the Xia Empire is too great, so he said: "Your Excellency, we are now with enough sincerity to clear up the misunderstanding, I hope that your country will not gain an inch and undermine the peace and stability of Asia, British India was developed by the British Empire after hundreds of years of hard work, and now the British Empire wants to use the occupied areas of both sides as the ceasefire line, and has already expressed our sincerity for peaceful settlement. ”

The powerful envoy of Hua Guo did not feel angry at Anderson's words, but said with a smile: "Your Excellency, the Xia Empire is now in a state of self-defense, if you accidentally annihilate the combined fleet and the four-nation alliance, it will not be difficult to occupy the whole of India, and the consequences for the British Empire do not need to be told to you." But in his heart, he despised Anderson's words very much, the fish died, and the net would not break.

Anderson's face was blood-red by Hua Guoqiang's words, and he said in a trembling voice: "Now that the Xia Empire has occupied the Australian Federation, New Zealand, the Straits Settlements, British Burma, and many islands in the Pacific Ocean, is the Xia Empire still not satisfied?" I hope that the Xia Empire will not deceive people too much. ”

Hua Guoqiang retorted angrily: "Your Excellency, if you want to say that you European countries are bullying people too much, what kind of "yellow peril theory" is created, you must know that we Chinese and any yellow people have not gone to Europe to rob your land, and have not bullied your people, but you white people are rampant in the world, bullying the weak everywhere, in my opinion, the "white peril theory" is more appropriate; It's just your propaganda and remarks, and it has developed to smash Chinese shops, causing tens of thousands of Chinese casualties, and ignoring the protests of the Xia Empire, who is bullying people? ”

Seeing that both of them were angry, the French ambassador hurriedly came out to play a round and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, since this is a peace negotiation, let's not talk about the misunderstandings in the past, but discuss how to cease fire and how to peacefully resolve the current contradictions." ”

Ambassador Anderson took a deep breath and asked calmly: "Your Excellency, Foreign Secretary, how can the Xia Empire cease fire and conduct peace negotiations?" ”

Hua Guoqiang said after a little consideration: "Now the army of the Xia Empire has controlled the initiative in the Indian battlefield, eliminating the combined fleet, annihilating the four-nation coalition army, and completely occupying LinkedIn India is only a matter of time, His Majesty the Emperor of our empire has regarded British India as the land of the Xia Empire, so if the existing occupation area is used as a ceasefire line to divide India, it is not impossible, the British government must exchange the same area of land for the land of western India, this is the first article, of course, It is better to exchange it with South African land; The second is to organize a joint negotiating group with the participation of the corresponding countries, for example, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Chinese Empire, and Portugal, plus the British Empire, the French Republic, and the Xia Empire, and the seven countries will negotiate together to resolve the package of issues. ”

The French ambassador had no opinion on the establishment of a joint negotiating group, and he was not interested in how much Britain had lost in the ceasefire agreement, so the French ambassador did not speak.

Ambassador Anderson clearly expressed his opposition to Hua Guoqiang's first article, not to mention that South Africa is also an important British colony, for South Africa, fought two Boer Wars in a row, how can it be surrendered to the Xia Empire? So he held back the anger in his heart and said: "Your Excellency, it is absolutely impossible to exchange South Africa, if you want to seize the land of the British Empire, you must step on the blood of the soldiers of the British Empire to occupy it; Taking the areas occupied by both sides as the ceasefire line has already shown the sincerity of the British Empire, and it is hoped that the Xia Empire will show due sincerity and achieve peace and stability in Asia as soon as possible. ”

Hua Guoqiang said: "You can not exchange land in South Africa, as long as the area is equal, the Xia Empire is not picky, whether it is a mountainous area, a dense forest, a desert, an island, etc., it can be received; I don't think this matter is up to Your Excellency, so it's best to ask the Cabinet for advice before we talk about it. ”

The French ambassador felt that Hua Guoqiang's words were reasonable, and this was not something that their ambassador could call the shots, so he pulled Anderson and Hua Guoqiang to say goodbye, and prepared to go back to report to China and let the domestic government have ideas; The Xia Empire will now bomb the port of Mumbai every day, even if the airship is not bombed, it will also monitor the embankment leading to the land, there is no way to escape, and a ceasefire agreement must be reached as soon as possible to reduce the casualties of the army.

Hua Guoqiang immediately entered the palace to report to Zhang Wei the request of the British ambassador after the two left, Zhang Wei was very happy after hearing it, it seems that Britain and France have reached the point of despair, otherwise they would not have hemorrhaged so much; Immediately summoned Chief of General Staff Lu Weimin and asked him to adjust the occupation plan for India in a timely manner according to British conditions.

At the same time, Zhang Wei praised Hua Guoqiang's proposal to exchange land elsewhere for Indian land, but he was not sure whether the British agreed to it.

Lu Weimin was dissatisfied with Hua Guoqiang's greed, and it was far beyond the original plan to occupy India's territory, if he wanted Britain's territory again, and weakened Britain too much, how could he confront Germany?

Hua Guoqiang explained: "I proposed to exchange South Africa, the British will definitely not agree, I mainly fancy the land on the coast of the Persian Gulf, and I am ready to cut out southern Iran, the entire Arabian Peninsula and the British Somali region from the mouth of the British, and French Somalia from the mouth of France, so that the western barrier of the empire will be established." ”

Lu Weimin listened to Hua Guoqiang's idea, looked at the map a little, and immediately understood what he meant, so that he could not only control the Red Sea and establish the first security barrier in the western part of the empire, but also occupy the coastal area of the Persian Gulf that Zhang Wei had always wanted to occupy, and also be able to launch a war against Russia from the Middle East and semi-encircle Russia's Asian region.

Zhang Wei asked again: "What is the purpose of allowing Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal to participate in the joint negotiating mission?" Now the Netherlands is poor and bloody. ”

Hua Guoqiang said: "Portugal's participation in the negotiations can be used as an excuse to take back Macao, and I mainly fancy his Mozambique colony, which is opposite to the island of Madagascar, if this territory is occupied, the southwestern side of the empire will be much safer; Belgium is optimistic about the territory of the Congo, which is not small, located in the middle of Africa, which is convenient for the empire to develop around; The Netherlands is a soy sauce product, and since he dares to send troops to the detriment of the empire, he must pay the corresponding price. ”

Lu Weimin laughed and joked: "I didn't expect the Foreign Minister to be also a careerist, his ambition is not small, I used to underestimate your Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so I will wait for the good news of your negotiations." ”

Zhang Wei asked, "Has the Chinese Empire taken back Hong Kong?" If you want to take back Hong Kong, let's take back Macao by the way. “

Hua Guoqiang replied: "Your Majesty, I have just received a telegram that they have just recovered Hong Kong and asked me whether they have recovered Macao together, so I have today's idea to let Portugal also participate in the negotiation team and seize their Mozambique colony, otherwise there is no reason for us to clean him up." “

"How can it be so slow? It took several months to regain Hong Kong. Zhang Wei expressed dissatisfaction with the efficiency of the Chinese Empire.

Hua Guoqiang explained: "Your Majesty, there is such a good thing that has been famous through the ages, and that soldier doesn't want to participate in the war in person? Just competing for the position of commander-in-chief earned a long time, besides, the British did a good job of Hong Kong, there were a lot of coastal defense guns, etc., and a lot of permanent fortifications were built, and the garrison also had more than 5,000 people, and finally it was by stopping the water source of the British garrison that the British army was forced to surrender, and it was good for the Chinese Empire to recover Hong Kong alone. “

Zhang Wei was not in the mood to care about these little things, so he said to Hua Guoqiang: "Then inform the Chinese Empire and recover Macao immediately!" “

"Yes, Your Majesty!" (To be continued.) )