Chapter 148: Secret Agreement
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Pestilence! This is really an easy thing to do, not only to solve the problem of the massacre in Xinjiang, but also to solve the fact of forced labor. Li Yi had to admire Jiang for being old and spicy, and Li Yi couldn't think of a good way to solve the labor problem, but in this way, he not only solved the problem, but also became a good person, so that millions of people had jobs and food.
"Lord Nakado, I agree with all of this! However, now that the whole country has just formed a sense of reform, we must not stop this, and we must take advantage of this period when no one dares to make trouble, and we must speed up the introduction of reform measures. "Li Yi doesn't want to compete for interests, it's okay to give up some of the interests, as long as the reform can be smoothly promoted, the people will be rich, and the country will become strong as soon as possible, now the world situation is very delicate, if it is not strong, then wait to be destroyed.
After negotiating with Li Hongzhang, Li Yi secretly met with the British consul in Beijing Austin in the name of the commander-in-chief of the New Army; Macaulay reached a settlement.
The face of the British Empire is very important, and a tiny Kashmir can be said to be very small compared to it. Kashmir is just a princely state, the mountains are high and the people are poor, there are no resources, and now the free army is very strong, and the British do not want to conflict with the Qing State for the time being, they are already brewing a huge army expansion plan, and they do not want to go to war with a powerful country before that.
Austin; When Macaulay heard that it was the commander-in-chief of the Qing New Army who wanted to negotiate peace with him, he still attached great importance to it, because they did not know that there was a commander-in-chief of the New Army in the Qing Dynasty, and their intelligence agencies showed that the New Army was a modern army formed by General Liangguang in Bao Nian. Please Baidu black じじ, thank you!
Austin; Macaulay's expression was obviously stunned when he saw Li Yi, he was too young. Some people can't believe that the most modern army of the Great Qing Dynasty was formed by a young man who does not talk like a man with one hand, and it shouldn't be just the Kashmir issue that he is actively exposing himself now, right?
"Hello Consul Austin!" Li Yi said in fluent English.
Austin; Macaulay was stunned again, he didn't expect the young man to speak English so fluently, "Hello! Commander in chief! ”
Austin; Macaulay became more and more curious about Li Yi, staring at Li Yi carefully, he wanted to see through this young man, this young commander-in-chief. Li Yi didn't mind Austin's rudeness, but always kept a faint smile, waiting for him to speak.
"Young commander-in-chief, I think you should give me, give us a reasonable explanation for the British Empire!" Austin; Macaulay's momentum suddenly rose, and he said in a tough tone: "Our British Empire's 100,000 troops in India can enter your country at any time, let you know how serious this terrible consequences are!" At the same time, our Far East Fleet will blockade your waters and destroy your naval fleet! ”
"I'll tell you the truth, young commander-in-chief!" Austin; Macaulay looked at the young Li Yi and continued to aggravate his tone and said, "The parliament of our empire is already considering sending troops to the Great Qing Dynasty!" ”
"Hey!" Li Yi sighed, shook his head helplessly and said: "I wanted to have a good discussion with you, but I didn't expect it to reach the height of war as soon as it came up, okay, respected Austin; Consul Macaulay, on behalf of the Forces nouvelles, I accept your declaration of war, and my million-strong army will be on standby to destroy all invading enemies! ”
Li Yi's tone was very calm, but he put Austin; Macaulay choked on a lot, the young man didn't follow the negotiation routine at all, and he didn't even have room to negotiate and bargain.
Austin; Macaulay didn't know what to say when he met Li Yi like this, and he blocked himself in a word, but the country made it clear that there would be no war in a short time, and he must win face, lining, and silver! But how do you change your mind now?
"Mr. Austin, to be honest, our country is too weak to stand up to your British Empire, and if you leave us a way of peace, we will definitely be willing to make a deal with you." Li Yi's weakness gave Austin another excuse to negotiate.
"The parliament of our British Empire is already discussing a military solution to the problem of the Qing Dynasty!" Austin still didn't forget to pretend to be forced, but he didn't dare to go overboard, "But if you are really sincere, I will try my best to coordinate so that the Imperial army does not come in, so that you can avoid the disaster of war!" ”
Li Yi also performed with Austin, resolutely expressing his sincerity for a peaceful settlement, so that as long as the British Empire did not raise the territorial issue, everything else could be agreed to as much as possible.
Austin understands that the state has no intention of fighting for the dispensable Kashmir region during this period, where it has basically become a no-man's land, and even if there is no one to take it back, there is little point.
Li Yi didn't bargain with him, and directly asked Austin to make conditions, which made Austin despise Li Yi even more, this is just a rough young man, he has no negotiation skills, and he doesn't know how to be calm, and he revealed his bottom line before he started talking, which didn't let him open his mouth violently.
Austin's request for this negotiation had been drawn up in advance. Now he thinks that he has to add some conditions, so that he can show his ability to be seen by the country.
Li Yi sneered in his heart, the British really took a fancy to the heavy machine guns and mortars used by the Free Army. Now that Germany is bored, it cannot let them have no opponents in Europe under any circumstances, and it is one of its plans to make the British and French armies stronger.
Although it was a few years in advance, it was more likely that when facing a war with Britain and France, they would be asked to use their own weapons to fight themselves, but Li Yi had no way to disagree. The British were clear, heavy machine guns, mortars, new military uniforms, they had to get. As for the rest, it is likely that Austin added water by himself, and he can't completely refuse it, and he must let him eat some sweetness, only in this way can he better pit them.
The current heavy machine gun weighs more than 50 kilograms and is very cumbersome, and the arsenal has developed a new type of Browning heavy machine gun, which weighs only half of the current heavy machine gun, and it is inevitable that the new army will replace the new heavy machine gun, and a lot of it was produced in the early days, which is enough for the orders of the Eighth Banner Army and the British Army. Mortar technology is not difficult, as long as the shell technology is not leaked, just give them technology.
"Consul Austin, the heavy machine guns we sold to the Eight Banners Army are 2,500 yuan each, in order to show our compensation to you, I decided to sell them to you for 2,000 yuan each, only 100 pounds sterling, mortar technology we will give you for free, as for military uniforms, you must order them from our country."
Austin was still very satisfied with Li Yi's conditions, but as a negotiator, it was necessary to fight for greater benefits, "We are also very interested in the technology of heavy machine guns, and the technology must also be transferred to us!" In addition, the trade volume should also be appropriately increased. ”
Heavy machine gun technology and mortar technology are not a secret at all, as long as they are produced, others will easily imitate them, and even if they don't sell it, Makqin heavy machine guns will also seize this market, and the current heavy machine guns have no advantage over Makqin heavy machine guns, and I believe that Makqin will soon produce lighter heavy machine guns.
As for the increase in trade volume, it is necessary to increase, just last month the eight countries held a secret meeting, they want to continue to raise the price of silver, hit the Qing country's local industries, according to the Qing country's silver deposits, it will only take three to five years to appear tension, at that time the banks of the eight countries will fully enter the Qing country, control the Qing country's financial system.
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