Chapter 109: Japanese Ambition
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Blessing Inn, an inn located in the middle of the city.
The construction time is not early, to the current location, this house is only ten years, in the land of China, ten years, is not a long time.
Prior to this, the land occupied by the Blessing Inn was the courtyard of two ordinary people, which was the size of an acre of land, which was not small in the capital.
It's just that after these two families settled here, the days after this have never been smooth.
As soon as the house was built, one of the owners was attacked by political opponents and stripped of his reputation, and the other was sent to Shu two years later to serve as governor, but on the way to Shu contracted an illness and died on the way.
Five years later, the master who had been stripped of his fame rose again, but fate still played a joke on everyone.
Only half a year later, the master was attacked by political enemies again, and this time, his fate was not so good, because he angered the above, this time he was directly executed.
But fortunately, this courtyard was not taken away, and the two families were also decaying at this time.
Besides, there is no one in the family to be an official, and it is pointless to continue to stay in this capital. So, the two families planned to transfer the yard, and then take the money back to their hometown to live a peaceful life.
At that time, the owner of the Blessing Inn happened to take a fancy to this place, and then after the two sides agreed on the price, they paid a deposit, and the two sides agreed on the land deed procedures in the class five days later.
As a result, the day before the land deed formalities, a fire broke out in the east courtyard, which ignited the west courtyard, and more than 30 people in the two courtyards all died.
However, the title deed and other documents were also destroyed by fire, but fortunately, the owner was careful at the time, and when he paid the money, he invited an adult from the government to testify, and handed over the money to the other party in front of the government.
Although the title deed was burned, there was not only one title deed, but there was another title deed in the government.
Later, the boss got through the relationship and handed over the remaining silver and two trustees to the hometowns of the two families, while the government directly handled the transfer procedures for the land deed.
Because more than 30 people have died before, this also makes people feel that this place is a little unlucky, if you open an inn, I am afraid that it will affect the business.
Later, an old gentleman gave him a suggestion and told the owner some details, and finally after two years, the inn was opened.
Moreover, because of geographical factors and other factors, the business of this inn has always been very good, and when the business is at its worst, it can accommodate half of the guests.
And it was precisely because of the background of this prayer inn that Yixuan arranged the representatives of the eleven countries here.
Although the person died, the owner of the inn made money, which means that the representatives of the eleven countries want to grow their hair, and this time they also hope that the Qing Dynasty will not go out to make money.
The first floor of the inn is the hall, which is mainly for the guests to eat, and the second and third floors are accommodations, and at this moment the whole inn is wrapped, except for the innkeeper, all the guys have been taken on vacation.
It's not that the boss is reluctant to serve these foreigners, but the foreigners have a very serious guard in their hearts, and no one is allowed in the whole inn except the boss, even the chef, who brought it himself.
At the door of the inn, there were a few vigilant soldiers, and the entire street was even cordoned off, so it was difficult for even a fly to get in unnoticed.
In the hall of the inn, the representatives of the eleven countries sat together and talked about something in a low voice, although the boss couldn't understand their words, but he was good at observing words and feelings, but he knew very well that these foreigners in the inn were encountering a very difficult problem at the moment.
"You say, did this Qing country really train two new armies?" Qi Gan, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, said with a frown.
Austria-Hungary came this time purely to play soy sauce, and even they themselves were reluctant to send troops, and in the end they were pulled into the car by the Western powers, and now they are encountering difficulties, which also makes it a little difficult for Qi Gan to choose.
It's not going in, it's not going back, it's really a dilemma.
"Damn the Far Easterners, we don't even know about this at all, they hide it too deeply." Russian Minister Gehrth angrily banged on the table and complained.
"Yes, if we had known that they had two new armies, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been so careless, but it's too late to say anything, and what we need to do now is make a decision." Sa Daoyi glanced at Gerth, scolded stupid X in his heart, and then looked at everyone and said.
Obviously, no one knew that the Qing Dynasty had two new armies. And no one knows that they have taken two extremes.
The Qing army, which they had already found out, although the coalition army also gave a high evaluation, but the facts proved that they were not worthy of the evaluation of the coalition army.
But the new army behind them, which was not discovered by them, dealt them a heavy blow.
Although they are not soldiers, it does not mean that they do not know some things in the army.
As a matter of fact, most of the delegates from the 11 countries already believed Li Hongzhang's words, and although they knew that it was a kind of deterrent, they still had to believe it.
Wang Sirui first appeared when the coalition army attacked the capital, when only a few troops attacked the coalition army's baggage team.
Perhaps at that time, Wang Sirui led only a small vanguard army, and as time passed, the army stationed in the interior gradually arrived in the capital.
As a result, there was the scene half a month ago, and in two days, the capital, which had been occupied by the coalition forces for more than two months, changed hands again.
However, the only thing that puzzles the delegates of the 11 countries now is how many people are in the new army under Wang Sirui?
Because according to Li Hongzhang's description, this force should be no less than 100,000 people.
However, according to the feelings of the delegates of the eleven countries, the number of this force should be about the same as that of the newly built army, about 50,000 people.
However, according to their observations, they found that there did not seem to be so many people in this army, and they were more like only 10,000 or 20,000 people.
But it is precisely because they can't figure it out that foreigners are puzzled and don't know what to do? But no matter how you look at it, they shouldn't be as many as 10,000 or 20,000 people, there should be more people.
"I think we should sign some terms with the Qing court in our favor, and then end this war." Sarvag, an Italian chincha, proposed.
Italy is also a country focused on soy sauce this time, they care about profits, but if the war continues, Italy will definitely be the first to leave. Because they did not have the ability to continue this war, they were not the British, and they could have a large fleet sent over to attack the coastline of the Qing State.
They are also not Japan and Russia, relying on their geographical advantages, they can send a large number of land forces over in a short period of time.
Of course, Italy's focus at this time was on Europe and Africa, and as for far away Asia, they were powerless, and they knew that they could not compete with Britain.
Salvag's words made the Spaniard Grogan a little moved, Spain was only the world's largest country in the past, but since the navy was defeated by the British, Spain's position in the world has plummeted.
With the decline of the navy, it was replaced by a decline in the overall power of Spain. The current Spain still does not have the ability to fight a protracted war of the century with the Qing in the Far East.
Grogan then echoed Salvag's proposal, agreeing to the idea of getting some benefits and leaving.
"No, I think they have to pay enough for their stupidity, ladies and gentlemen, there is an old Chinese saying called cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. If we admit it this time, it will inevitably give the Qing court the feeling that we are afraid of them, and once we leave, they will frantically expand their army according to the current model.
And the entire Qing country has a population of 400 million, and it only takes them less than a month to build an army of more than a million people, and in a year or two, maybe we can defeat them on the sea, but once we get to land, we will have no power to fight back.
At the moment their new army does not have artillery, perhaps for other reasons, but even so, we are still no match for them, and what if they are fully equipped? Have you thought about the consequences? Japanese Minister Komura Shoutaro stood up and said.
Did it just fail? The failure of bullshit, the Japanese never admit that they have failed, even once.
Komura Shoutaro's task this time was to stir up the yellow negotiations, or rather, to give the representatives of the eleven countries some eye medicine, so that they could decide that after the negotiations, a second war would be carried out immediately.
Looking at Sadaoyi's face, Komura Shoutaro knew that his mission was basically completed this time.
He can ignore other countries, but the attitude of the British is crucial, as long as the British agree, then the opinions of several other countries do not matter.