"God, how is this possible? That's the Far East Fleet, which has the Royal No. 1 and Royal No. 2, how could it be broken through by the Chinese Navy without warning?? Could it be that those abominable yellow monkeys really have some sorcery? David roared

"Now we have to end the war in Burma quickly, otherwise the 200,000 colonial troops there may be eaten by the Chinese, anyway, Myanmar has already gone over, it is better to transfer the army to Afghanistan, where they are needed, if Afghanistan is occupied by Russia again, then the majesty of the British Empire will really be extremely challenged" Houghton looked nervously at the already crazy David

At this time, French President Hubnel, who was meeting with Salisber, also heard the news of the annihilation of the British Far East Fleet in Gapo, and said with mockery: "Dear Earl of Salz, your Far East Fleet has disappeared in the mysterious East, how can you form a so-called Anglo-French wing with my French fleet??" ”

"We can continue to mobilize warships from the mainland, and I ask you to rest assured of the naval power of our British Empire," Salisbury said angrily

"Oh, no, no, no, no, I don't distrust you, but we are under pressure from Germany's million-strong army, you know, China has military cooperation with Germany, and I'm not sure if Germany will declare war on us while sending warships to attack China," Hubnell analyzed calmly

In fact, Hubnell was telling the truth, but it sounded extremely ironic to Salisber, because after China declared war on Britain, Russia also declared war on Britain

Is it that China and Russia are too well disguised, or their intelligence services are too incompetentAfter the fruitless meeting, Salzber returned to his office disappointed, and the bad news came one after another, first of all, the rebellion in Egypt has a tendency to escalate, the Russian cavalry has attacked less than 20 kilometers from the Turkish capital, and Afghanistan is in a stalemate, the domestic fiscal deficit, and the Chinese companies have also closed down one after another

"Your Excellency Salisber, I don't think it's necessary to sustain the war in Burma, but now we need to put Burmese troops where they are needed, such as Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran," Houghton walked into Salzber's office

"Mr. Advisor, the French have rejected our request, but the Japanese seem to have great ambitions for China, and they have expressed their willingness to contain China's navy, do you think we can win by sending warships over from the mainland?" Salisber still didn't give up

"There is absolutely no possibility, Japan's current capabilities are not able to threaten China, their four 4,000-ton main ironclad ships are not as good as China's two Saxony-class warships customized in Germany, not to mention, China has now captured our Royal One, Royal Second, and by the time our warships reach the Indian Ocean, our 200,000 troops in Myanmar should starve to death if they are not wiped out by the squadron," Horton said with a frown

"Alas, it seems that we have been defeated by China like France," Salisberg sighed

Horton didn't speak, looked at the rice flag hanging on the wall and said to himself: "The sun never sets the empire does not have the strength to fight on multiple fronts now, tolerate China, you can teach the barbaric Russians a lesson first, they are too presumptuous in Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iran."

Salzberg's eyes lit up, and he said leisurely: "Make an appointment with the Chinese envoy for me, I think they will also be happy to negotiate peace with us."

Capital, Cining Palace

Guan Xuqing is chatting with the empress, and perhaps only here can Guan Xuqing remember that he is a modern person from the twenty-first century

He looked at Queen Jingfen blankly, thinking that in the days when he was with her in the future, he was so happy, so happy, so sad, because the future generations couldn't buy her a house of their own, and they couldn't get married after two years of love, but now they only saw one side, and marrying her is the compensation for the future generations in this life? Or is it the punishment of this life in the afterlife?

"Your Majesty, what are you looking at?" Jing Fen saw that Guan Xuqing had been staring at her, and asked shyly

Guan Xuqing came back to his senses, "Queen, you are so good-looking, I never get tired of looking at it"

Jing Fen smiled faintly and said: "Thank you for the emperor's praise, the concubine has a mind and doesn't know whether to talk about it or not."

"We are husband and wife, if there is anything bad to talk about, tell me about it" Guan Xuqing picked up the dim sum on the table and ate it

Jingfen licked her lips and said: "The emperor's favor for the concubines, the concubines are very grateful, but the emperor is not the emperor of the concubines alone, the emperor can't favor the concubines alone, the two sisters of Qing and Lan have not seen them again since the emperor got married, and they either stay at the concubine's place every night or care about the war in Myanmar and deal with the government all night, and the concubines beg the emperor to give more love to the two sisters of Qing and Lan."

This world is too crazy, Guan Xuqing looked at his wife in front of him and actually said such things to make him really feel that he was in the Qing Dynasty, in front of the supreme emperor

"Well, this, I'll talk to them when I have time" Guan Xuqing almost choked on the snack he had just eaten

At this time, Wang Shang, the personal eunuch, hurriedly ran in

"Your Majesty, the envoy to the UK, Lord Situ, is calling"

"Oh? Hurry up and bring it over" Guan Xuqing jumped up from the recliner and took the telegram from Wang Shang's hand

Looking at the telegram, the corners of Guan Xuqing's mouth rose slightly and said to Wang Shang in front of him: "Let all the ministers of the Military Aircraft Department go to the Palace of Heart Cultivation."

"Chirp"

"Queen, I have something to discuss with my ministers, you will sleep first tonight, and I will talk to you another day."

Guan Xuqing said to Jingfen

"The concubine obeys the order, and the emperor will let the Qing and Lan sisters sleep tonight," Jingfen said with a wicked smile

Guan Xuqing, who had just walked a few steps, stumbled and almost fell and fainted, and there is such a wife

In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Prince Gong, Prince Alcohol, Weng Tongsu, Peng Yulin, and Li Zhen had already arrived, and they all knew the reason for summoning them, and the British couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to take the initiative to negotiate peace

At this time, Guan Xu rushed to the Heart Cultivation Hall in a hurry

"The emperor is auspicious," the crowd shouted

"All flat"

"Emperor Xie"

Guan Xu glanced at them and said, "Fellow ministers, do you know what I am looking for you today?" ”

Li Hongzhang first stood up and said: "The minister speculates that it was the Yingyi Far East Fleet that came to beg for peace after it was completely destroyed."

"Hahaha, that's right, but it's not that my Qing Dynasty defeated the British, but Britain's own problems, they have too many colonies, it's hard to guarantee that there is some civil strife or something, and Russia is constantly sharing the interests of their colonies, so I will give up Burma Today, I just want to hear your opinions, what should I ask the British to ask this time?" Guan Xuqing said excitedly

Prince Gong thought for a moment and said: "The minister thinks that I should return the customs duties of the Qing Dynasty, and return the colonies of Hong Kong and Kowloon, and the besieged army in Burma will also redeem it with silver, and compensate me 10 million taels of silver as military expenses."

Guan Xuqing nodded with satisfaction and said: "I still have to recognize Burma as my Qing territory, Britain is a powerful country after all, and the current Qing Dynasty is far inferior to him, so you have to save some face for him and pay reparations, just return the reparations from the two Opium Wars."

Weng Tongsu was shocked when he heard this, the indemnity of 10 million taels was no longer conceivable to return the reparations of the two opium wars? How much silver does that cost, the British are in a hurry, and a national mobilization will hold their breath to fight the Qing Dynasty, but they will not taste loss

Hurriedly said: "Emperor Shengming, now the Qing Dynasty's national strength is not yet able to compete with the British, and the minister thinks that it is not possible to compete with the British now, as long as the British return Hong Kong and Kowloon, give up customs duties, and recognize Myanmar as my Qing Dynasty."

All the immediate reparations and the like can have the best, and it doesn't hurt if you don't have them."