The British envoy was named Brown, and this diplomat was a typical British aristocrat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 He set out from Germany along the Muscovy railroad eastward, eventually ending in Mongolia, which was controlled by the Ming Empire.

Mongolia, but in fact it is Siberia in the traditional sense. There is only one railway that can be used here, that is, the Great Railway through Asia and Europe built by the Ming Empire and Muscovy.

Looking out the window at the desolate landscape, British envoy Brown enjoyed the last moment of calm with his coffee. By the time he stepped off the train, his war began.

The peace between the British Empire, Ceylon and Japan, and the Ming Empire must be achieved by his mouth and many, many other mouths.

"I heard...... When this railway was built, a lot of European labor was used? Not knowing where to start, Brown asked a question about the history of the Mongolian Railway.

Back then, when the Ming Empire built this railway, most of the world was still under the influence of the Ming Empire. At that time, the Ming Empire did have a lot of slaves taken from Europe, and of course there were other places.

The construction of such a behemoth as the Ming Empire relied on the blood of people all over the world. At the time of the Apocalypse, the Ming Empire consumed the population of various other regions.

However, although the railway employed a large number of workers, most of them did not come from Europe. At that time, the Ming Empire recruited the most "cheaper slaves" from Korea and Japan.

Unfortunately, the Emperor of the Apocalypse died suddenly before the construction of this railway was completed. With his dream of conquering the world, he passed away forever.

The railway that was left behind, in the hands of the son of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and his grandson, continued to be built, but it lost the strategic significance of the original "expedition to Europe to avenge revenge".

Over the years, the construction of the railway became more and more slow, and for several years the construction was completely stopped. Then, after Europe had completely thwarted the Ming Empire's westward ambitions, the construction of the railway was barely completed thanks to the efforts of Muscovy.

After the opening of the railway, the railway eventually had only one-third of the planned capacity, and the Muscovy became a major transportation route between Europe and the Ming Empire.

"The Ming Empire is a barbaric country, even if it is brilliant and powerful, it is a very barbaric country in its bones." The attaché who followed Brown opened his mouth to evaluate the distant Ming Empire.

On the road to world hegemony, Britain and the Ming Empire went the farthest. Therefore, these two countries are also natural enemies, and it is very natural that they look down on each other.

"Savage? The word doesn't seem accurate. It's a very hard country, and the word 'hard' is an accurate way to describe this country. Brown gave his own assessment, and the attaché who accosted him immediately expressed his sincerity.

As a special envoy for negotiations against the Ming Empire sent by the British, Brown was naturally a China expert. In this world, the Ming Empire plays an important role in international relations, so qualified diplomats have studied this ancient and mysterious country.

Apparently, Brown is one of them. He also went to the Ming Empire and served as an ambassador in the Ming Empire for 2 years. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a China expert, he really knows the country.

"A long time ago, the Ming Empire had a very strict requirement for its own king." Looking at his attaché, Brown spoke.

He put down the coffee cup in his hand and said softly: "The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies." What a touching and morale-boosting approach. ”

Removing his gaze from his attaché, Brown looked out the window at the vast grassland, and continued: "So, this time I went to the Ming Empire to negotiate, which is actually not a good errand. ”

He was familiar with the Ming Empire and knew how difficult it would be to negotiate this time. Britain did not defeat the Ming Empire, at least the performance of the expeditionary fleet was far from the original estimate of the British mainland.

Under such a premise that the Ming Empire was not suppressed, it was very difficult to make the Ming Empire make concessions.

In negotiations with the ancient Ming Empire, there are many bottom lines that cannot be touched - they cannot ask for land cession or compensation, which makes the room for maneuver very limited for both sides.

In other words, in the process of negotiation, you can only use euphemisms that make people want to cry to fight for the actual interests of your country.

It is necessary to remove the unpleasant clause of land cession and replace it with a replacement or lease, or even not mention this aspect at all. This had some precedents before the Emperor of the Apocalypse of the Ming Empire, so it was still possible to operate.

Not to mention the reparations, which can only be used to extract some benefits through financial means in the subsequent trade balance. The Ming Empire was willing to reduce the export tariff on silk and other products by 5%, but it was unwilling to pay even 100,000 gold coins.

There are many things that make people depressed, but what Brown is worried about now is that because the fleet has not subdued the Ming Empire, whether this peace negotiation is a delaying tactic of the Ming Empire, or whether the other party really has the will to make peace.

Even if the other party really has the will to make peace, how many chips can he have in his hand to negotiate with the other party. Ceylon now seems to be in civil strife, and Miao Shengye, the person who understands, seems to have been killed......

Although the way to get the information is not reliable, the British intelligence agencies do believe that the current state of Ceylon does not look like a gesture made by Miao Shengye when he controlled the overall situation.

In other words, Britain in the Far East had no intention of fighting again with the two solid allies that Britain had used to suppress and contain the Ming Empire, Japan and Ceylon.

In this case, of course, it is impossible for Britain to continue to fight with the Ming Empire alone. Therefore, the British Empire is still weak in heart after all.

Now it seems that if you have a weak heart, you have to bluff, and you must overwhelm the Ming Empire in momentum in order to get your own benefits in bargaining.

After struggling and struggling all the way, by the time Brown arrived at the capital of the Ming Empire, Sun Fang and other representatives from all sides had been waiting for Brown for a long time.

On this day, a few days after the war had stopped, in February 1833, representatives of most of the world's countries finally gathered in the Ming Empire to negotiate the cessation of the war.

What kind of outcome this negotiation will eventually be, and whether the war will continue or stop, will depend on what kind of outcome the representatives of the various parties participating in this negotiation will come up with.