Gao Longcheng was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Mr. Adriano, what are you talking about?" Can we not know that our majesty is not on the ship? If our majesty is on the ship, is it necessary for him to avoid it? ”

Adriano thought for a moment and said, "So, am I wrong?" ”

Gao Longcheng asked, "I don't know what you think?" ”

Adriano hesitated for a moment and said, "What you just said to me was...... 'On the orders of His Majesty', right?" ”

Gao Longcheng nodded and said, "That's right, what's wrong?" Is there anything strange about it? ”

Adriano said, "If your majesty is not on the warship, how did you receive the order?" You're on the sea, so far away from Manila, is there any way for your majesty to give you orders directly? ”

Gao Longcheng's heart trembled after listening to Adriano's words, and he secretly thought: "This British officer is really a thoughtful guy, he can deduce so many things from my words, and he almost brought the Blue Bird Machine out, His Majesty said that the Blue Bird Machine is the top secret of the top secret, and I must not let them be sued." ”

Gao Longcheng hurriedly smiled and said, "Our majesty had already guessed that you were coming, so we had arrangements in advance, and I just said that." ”

Adriano thought for a while, and agreed with a "um", but there was still a look of doubt on his face, Gao Longcheng didn't say much to him, changed the topic, and said: "Our majesty is waiting for you, please come with us." ”

Rogers and Adriano agreed as they followed Gao Longcheng to the cabin, Adriano looked into the cab as he walked, saw the cabinet of the Blue Bird machine at a glance, pointed at it and asked, "What is that?" ”

Gao Longcheng was shocked into a cold sweat, and even said, "It's nothing", and at the same time stretched out his hand to the cabin and said, "Please go and rest." ”

Gao Longcheng said and quickened his pace, took the British into the rest cabin, the Pangu ship accelerated forward, and soon stopped at the Manila military port, the two heavily damaged cruisers of the Spanish Navy were still parked in the military port, and the navy was busy escaping when Manila was lost, and no one cared about them.

Gao Longcheng brought Rogers, Adriano and others into Manila, Gao Longcheng went to see Lin Fei alone, and when he saw Lin Fei, he first briefly introduced the situation, and then said: "Your Majesty, among the people who came, that Rogerst was very arrogant, that Adriano was thoughtful and observant, and he also noticed the Blue Bird Machine." ”

Lin Fei frowned, didn't speak, and said after a while: "Okay, I know, you go and rest." Gao Longcheng said goodbye, and Lin Fei asked Rogers and Adriano to come in, and asked Claros and Governor Barak to come in.

Claros and Governor Barak arrived first, and Rogers and Adriano came later, and when Claros saw Rogerst as if he had seen a long-lost relative, he jumped up and hugged him, and said, "You guys have finally come, how many warships have we come this time?" ”

Adriano laughed on the side: "We are here with a battleship and two cruisers, of which the battleship is a Sovereign-class battleship with a displacement of 15,000 tons...... USS Hood. ”

Claroz's eyes lit up when he heard the "Sovereign-class battleship", and he said loudly: "Sovereign-class battleship..."

Lin Fei's heart trembled when he heard this name, the Sovereign-class battleship is the top battleship of this era, with a displacement of up to 15,000 tons, equipped with four 343 mm heavy guns and ten 152 mm secondary guns, and the firepower configuration is quite strong.

The more powerful thing about the Sovereign-class battleship is its armor, its armor is nickel steel composite armor, and its defense is quite strong, and Lin Fei's cap-piercing shells may not be able to penetrate its armor.

Claros then said to Rogers, "Do you know how arrogant and rude this Chinese Empire is? They went so far as to disobey our British Empire that they had just promised me not to attack Manila again, and in the blink of an eye they sent troops......"

Rogers waved his hand lightly and said, "There is no need to say these words, we will make the Huaxia Empire pay the price." After speaking, Rogers turned his head to look at Lin Fei and said, "Your Majesty, can you let me talk to Mr. Claros alone?" ”

Lin Fei smiled: "Of course you can, I have prepared the post house for you, you can go to the post house, and when you are ready, our talks can begin." ”

Rogers nodded and said, "Then we'll take our leave, Your Majesty." ”

Lin Fei stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture, Rogers took Claros and the others, turned around and went out, and after about an hour, one of Lin Fei's attendants came over and said to Lin Fei: "Your Majesty, the British said that they are ready, and the talks can begin." ”

Lin Fei smiled and said, "Very good, arrange for them to go to the conference room." The attendant agreed and walked out, and after a while, the attendant came back to report that the British were ready in the conference room, so Lin Fei came out of the office and went to the conference room.

This conference room is the meeting room of Governor Sanders, where countless resolutions to persecute the Chinese have been made, and countless orders to attack the Chinese Empire have also been issued from here, but no one could have imagined that now this place has become a place where Lin Fei and the British have a verbal confrontation.

The door of the conference room opened, and Rogers and the others in the room stood up to greet Lin Fei and the others, Lin Fei and his subordinates sat opposite Rogers and the others, and the first official confrontation between the Chinese Empire and the British Empire began.

Rogers gave a look to an attendant, the attendant took out a document from his briefcase, put it on the table, and pushed it in front of Lin Fei with both hands, Rogers stretched out his hand, pointed to the paper, and said: "This is the document appointed by the Governor of Singapore as my special envoy for negotiations, which shows that I am qualified to negotiate on behalf of the British Empire and the Chinese Empire, please take a look." ”

Lin Fei picked up the text, browsed it, and said, "Very good, I know your negotiation qualifications." ”

Rogers nodded and said solemnly: "Well, since this is the case, we can cut to the chase, I will first express the opinion of our British Empire on the settlement of this regional conflict, that is, the two sides immediately cease fighting and sign a temporary truce." ”

Although Lin Fei had never experienced such state negotiations in his own time, Lin Fei was familiar with history and politics, and was no stranger to this kind of state negotiations, and he knew that the first step in such war negotiations was to sign a temporary armistice agreement, and the warring parties would not attack their opponents within the agreed time period.

Lin Fei nodded and said, "I agree to sign a temporary armistice agreement, I wonder if the British side has a mature temporary armistice plan?" ”

Rogers smiled and said, "Of course there is." Rogers said and took out a paperwork, handed it to Lin Fei, and said, "Please take a look." ”

Lin Fei took the paperwork, only to see that it was written, from now on...... From July 16, 1895 to July 26, 1895, the Chinese Empire and the Spanish Empire ceased to be at war, and neither side launched any form of attack on the other, but could use force to defend itself when the other side attacked.

Lin Fei said with a smile: "I agree to sign this temporary armistice agreement. ”

Rogers nodded, asked the attendant to take out a copy, and then signed his name on both agreements, stamped with the official seal of the British Empire, and Lin Fei also signed his name, but the Chinese Empire did not have an official seal for the time being.

When Rogers saw that the Provisional Armistice had been signed, he smiled heartily and said, "The signing of the Temporary Armistice was very smooth, and I hope that the signing of the next formal armistice agreement will be so smooth." ”

Lin Fei's heartstrings tightened suddenly when he heard this, and secretly thought, the formal armistice agreement is the most important, the British and the Spaniards will use this agreement to grab benefits, of course, I also want to maximize the interests of the Chinese Empire, the most fierce confrontation is coming...

Lin Fei said with a smile: "I don't know what the terms of the official armistice agreement of the British Empire are?" ”

Rogers said in a deep voice: "It is still too early to discuss the specific terms, our British Empire has a precondition for negotiation, and only if the Chinese Empire agrees to this premise, our British Empire will carry out the next step of talks." ”

Lin Fei asked quietly, "What premise?" ”

Rogers said solemnly: "That is, all the institutions and armies of the Huaxia Empire should immediately withdraw from Manila, restore the circulation status of currencies such as fùpesos and gold, and completely stop the exchange of Huaxia coins, and the Huaxia coins that have been exchanged for huàn will be recovered by the People's Bank of China..."

If Lin Fei agreed, it would mean that the results of the previous battle of Manila, which lasted more than 20 days, would be in vain, more than 5,000 soldiers would be killed and wounded in vain, and all the painstaking operations that Lin Fei had worked so hard to do after entering Manila would be ruined.

Lin Fei's subordinates all looked angry when they heard the words of the British, but they all knew that Britain was the number one power in the world, so they didn't dare to attack, and they all looked at Lin Fei intently, expecting Lin Fei to give the British a heavy blow.

Lin Fei smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Rogerst, if we withdraw from Manila in the Chinese Empire, who will fill the power vacuum left behind?" ”

Rogers said in a deep voice: "This is a matter for our British Empire and the Spanish Empire, you don't need to worry about it, your Chinese Empire just needs to withdraw from Manila." ”

Lin Fei sneered and said, "You let our people withdraw from Manila immediately, it is completely partiality to the Spaniards, since your British Empire is here to mediate between our two sides, you should stand on a neutral position." ”

Rogers said in a cold voice: "Lin Fei, I can tell from your words that you don't seem to be willing to agree to this premise, if you don't agree, our British Empire will use all possible means to urge you to change your mind." ”

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