Although Li Yongji did not personally participate in the negotiations, the entire negotiation process was actually monitored and videotaped, and it was a 360-degree camera without blind spots, but this matter was not known to the other party's representatives, and the other party's negotiators did not know about it.

Therefore, Li Yongji actually paid attention to the whole negotiation process, and he saw it clearly, just like watching a live broadcast.

In this way, because Li Yongji was not present, it also allowed him to comment on the negotiations from a more objective point of view, avoiding some of the limitations of delving into them.

All in all, Li Yongji was actually not very satisfied with this negotiation, after all, he had the home advantage, but as soon as he came up, he was pressed and beaten by the other party, and he soon ran out of words, and almost stopped the negotiations, and then relied on the scoundrel of the white Gao Junjie, which made the negotiation process less ugly.

Li Yongji also found that the main reason for being so passive is that the negotiators on his own side are not united, or absent-minded, and it is not really a battle of words.

Because among these Chinese negotiators, only Gao Junjie is white, and the others are Chinese, but Gao Junjie, who is white, is the ambassador of the negotiations, that is, the main person in charge, and the other Chinese are deputy envoys.

Perhaps because of the many big victories and the humiliation of many whites before, the Chinese in the expeditionary force generally had a discriminatory mentality towards whites.

It is this mentality that causes the Chinese deputy envoys below to look down on Gao Junjie, the foreign ambassador, although they dare not say anything clearly because of their identity, but it is still okay to make a stumbling block in private, and the most typical way is to work without contribution.

It's like this negotiation process, the negotiators on the other side are quite united. Look at the crowd of people.

As for the negotiators on their own side, except for Gao Junjie who is talking alone, most of the others did not contribute and did not take the initiative to help Gao Junjie.

It's just that, the key is that these Chinese envoys are still very tender-faced, they actually really listened to the other party's words, when Alexander proposed that because the United States of America and the Confederate States of America are still at war, so the treaty signed by the United States of America does not have legal benefits, many people actually subconsciously blushed and bowed their heads. Showing a state of shame, looking like he agrees with the other party's point of view and feels ashamed of himself.

Immediately afterwards, when many of the other party's negotiating envoys applauded and cheered for Alexander, the Chinese negotiating envoys on their own side did not have the slightest countermeasure, but were confused, speechless, and even at a loss, which further increased the arrogance of the other party. Putting yourself in a more passive situation.

However, the funniest thing is that later Gao Junjie directly refuted the other party with a tough posture and the sentence that a big fist is the truth. And in turn, when he put pressure on the negotiating ambassador of the Confederate States of America, his own personnel actually persuaded Gao Junjie in turn, thinking that Gao Junjie's unreasonable words just now and only talking about fists were too vulgar and lost the demeanor and face of our Heavenly Empire. Ask Gao Junjie to think twice and be cautious!

Fortunately, when they persuaded Gao Junjie, they used Chinese, and most of the envoys of the Allied States on the opposite side could not understand it, otherwise this matter would be a joke.

But so. If you think about it carefully, since the other party can come over to negotiate with you, it is inevitable that there is no translator who understands Chinese, even if you don't say anything for the time being, but when you go back, it is estimated that these words will not be saved, and the loss of face is certain.

After seeing this, Li Yongji regretted that he had equipped Gao Junjie with so many Chinese deputy envoys as helpers, good guys, where is this helper, he is obviously a pig teammate who pits his own people.

It was precisely because he saw that the situation was developing into a child's play, so Li Yongji had to intervene in advance and use a walkie-talkie to directly give an order to Gao Junjie with headphones, asking him to immediately interrupt this negotiation, so as not to continue to embarrass himself.

In this way, the first negotiation with the Allied Powers ended in this situation in which the side was obviously in an advantage, but because the negotiation process was too clumsy, it led to a disadvantage in turn, which made Li Yongji annoyed, and saw a lot of other things.

For example, racism is not only for foreigners, but also for Chinese; For example, don't think that diplomatic negotiations are easy, if the negotiators are not qualified, they are likely to lose their own advantages, resulting in the hard work on the battlefield and easy loss at the negotiating table, which is really more than worth the loss.

Fortunately, negotiation is negotiation, and it is Li Yongji who makes the final decision, so as long as the negotiator in front of him doesn't speak too hard, Li Yongji can always re-round the field, and it is a big deal to overturn everything that was said before, but in that case, it will be a big blow to his own reputation.

It was precisely because he found that his negotiators were not qualified, that Li Yongji later simply implemented a policy of delaying and did not start a second formal negotiation in the short term.

During this period, feeling that it was useless to have a large number of people, Li Yongji dismissed all those Chinese deputy envoys, but gave Gao Junjie a lot of subordinates, and asked Gao Junjie to talk to the people of the Southern Alliance State alone.

In fact, the reason why negotiations are going to start is, in the final analysis, that both sides don't want to really tear their faces and don't want to really fight at this time. But each other has its own interests, so if you can't use force directly, you can only grind your lips to see who can consume whom.

Therefore, Gao Junjie's rogue act before, or blackmail by force, is actually a rather wrong method, after all, if the other party is in a hurry, it will really cause a war because of this, which is not happy on both sides.

Fortunately, at that time, Gao Junjie was just fighting alone, not only did the other party not get angry and make wrong decisions because of this, but his own deputy envoys were still pulling back, which eventually led to Gao Junjie's blackmail not succeeding, and everyone still had to return to the negotiation table and use negotiations to seek their own interests.

Originally, Li Yongji's intention of making New Orleans a Chinese concession was to ask the Confederate government for a sky-high price, and to stimulate the other side to send people to negotiate with him, lest the two sides should not know each other and have no chance of contact at all, as before.

Who knew that the other party had sent someone, but the counter-demands put forward were too far from what they thought, and the people below also recited the scriptures crookedly, resulting in an impasse in the negotiations from the beginning.

Fortunately, after this negotiation. Everyone finally had a preliminary contact, and not only did they understand what their interests and demands were, but also made Li Yongji deeply understand that he currently lacked excellent diplomatic personnel, and it was completely useless to continue to reason with the other side, and perhaps he would bring humiliation on himself.

In this case, it is better to simply deal with it coldly and drag this matter down directly, until the other party's patience runs out and the arrogance is lost. I had to take the initiative to lower my posture, and it would be much better to talk about it at that time.

Let's just drag it out, anyway, if it drags on, there will be no hindrance to the expeditionary force's side, after all, the expeditionary force's side is the actual occupying side, and time is on their side.

This is akin to the later struggle between the two countries over a disputed island, where both sides claim sovereignty, and if one side actually occupies the island, then the other side has a huge advantage.

Generally speaking. As long as the two sides do not engage in a hot war in the disputed territory, the side that actually occupies it is basically invincible.

Now the situation is similar, the expeditionary force actually occupied New Orleans on its side. The Confederate States of America do not want to tear up their faces with the expeditionary force at this time, so in the current situation, the longer the time drags on, the more it will actually be against the expeditionary force. Or rather, the more favorable it is for China, and the more disadvantageous it is for the Confederate States of America.

One of the simplest reasons is if the matter is delayed. The Chinese will have more buffer time, not only to build stronger fortresses, but also to continuously transport people from Chinese mainland to increase their rule over the region.

Once the Chinese rule is greatly strengthened and completely established in New Orleans, it will be difficult for the government of the Confederate States of America to take it back, which is similar to Gibraltar, and the associated benefits will be even more unpredictable.

Therefore, in the matter of negotiations, the Chinese side can afford to wait and is willing to wait, but the Confederate government is not willing to wait, which is why Davis sent negotiators as soon as he heard that the expeditionary force was using New Orleans as a concession, the purpose is to quickly cut through the mess and get the ownership of this city as soon as possible, so as not to cause more trouble in the future.

It was precisely because of Li Yongji's concept of procrastination that in the following days, the expeditionary force had no intention of opening formal talks, and no matter how much the other side urged the resumption of talks, the expeditionary force always prevaricated on the grounds that they were still discussing and so on.

Later, the special envoy of the government of the Federal States of America also understood that the Chinese side was not right, it should be said that the Eastern Bloc side was playing a delaying policy.

In this regard, among the envoys sent by the government of the Union State, in addition to Alexander. Except for Stephens, the ambassador, the other people who cared about the country were all anxious, and began to protest with all kinds of fierce words and means, protesting against the shamelessness of the Eastern Expeditionary Force.

After all, no one is a fool, in the current situation, the government of the Union is actually at a disadvantage, at present they cannot, and dare not really be tough on the Eastern Expeditionary Force, at least the method of seizure by force is absolutely not usable.

Without the method of seizure by force, the envoys of the Confederate States of America would have a lot less confidence, so although they have grasped the loopholes in their rhetoric, which led to their full advantage in the negotiation process, and have always stood on the side of reason, in the face of the shamelessness of the expeditionary force, they can only protest with resentment, and there is nothing else they can do.

Later, he was harassed a lot, Gao Junjie came out directly to speak, we can't talk to you if we are reasonable, but we don't want to give up the fat in our hands, what should we do? Then let's stop talking, put aside the controversy for the time being, and wait for change, maybe after a long time, things will take a turn for the better.

As soon as this statement of shelving the controversy came out, it immediately made the Union government's popularity scold, after all, the word shelving the controversy sounds good, in fact, it means continuing to occupy New Orleans, making it clear that it does not want to return the land.

However, the envoys of the Confederate States of America did not have much to do, especially Alexander as the chief envoy. Stephens had been unable to do anything practical, so the matter was eventually put to rest, and the expeditionary force remained in the camp in New Orleans while sending a telegram to Richmond for further instructions from the Richmond government.

In fact, the Richmond government, or President Davis, had no choice but to send a report to the previous negotiating missions, asking them to urge the expeditionary force to restart negotiations as soon as possible, and the negotiation process must be courteous and courteous, and strive to get New Orleans back peacefully as soon as possible, but must avoid a head-on conflict with the Eastern Bloc.

Obviously, Davis's order was the same as not saying. The soft can't be softer, this kind of ambiguity is not hard at all, how can the previous negotiation mission do it?

Originally, everyone was still watching Vice President Alexander's statement, after all, he was the real head of the envoys, but they found that he had not made any big moves, and everyone gradually lost enthusiasm.

Yes, the negotiating ambassador is Alexander anyway. Vice President Stephens, and the final decision is made by President Davis, they are not in a hurry, what are we soldiers in such a hurry?

So. After discovering this situation, the members of the negotiation delegation of the Americans in the south stopped making trouble, and they lived in the barracks of the Eastern Expeditionary Force with peace of mind, and really began to burn up.

In fact, President Davis really didn't want to drag it out, and he sincerely hoped that the envoys in front of him could negotiate results as soon as possible and bring New Orleans back peacefully.

However, President Davis himself knows his own business, and he knows that at this critical time when he is still at a dead end with the United States of America. They must not upset the expeditionary force anymore, and they must not tear their faces with the expeditionary forces of the Eastern Bloc.

Once they tear their faces, they will definitely not be able to stop the attack of the expeditionary force, like that. The loss of face is small, in case this leads to a big defeat at the front and allows the Northern Army to take advantage of the situation to attack, then it will be completely over.

As a matter of fact. Originally, according to Davis's original intention, the lesser of two evils, since the expeditionary force had occupied New Orleans. And now that the coalition government is helpless against them, it is simply impossible to see it.

As long as it is invisible, it is to avoid their own trouble, and at the same time retain their own territorial claims, and when the strength is strong in the future, or the Northern Army is defeated, it is not too late to concentrate on talking to the other side about this matter.

However, he is not alone in the Confederate States of America, and the voice of the parliament cannot be ignored, and the people in the parliament can't do their right thing, but they are two when they make trouble.

That's right, what really made Davis unable to get off the stage, or what he couldn't choose to ignore about the belonging of New Orleans, was the members of the Assembly, the non-stop shouting of those members, and the use of hearings to force themselves, which caused Davis to send a high-level delegation of envoys to talk to the people of the Eastern Expeditionary Force.

According to Davis's idea, since New Orleans has fallen into the hands of those Chinese, it is really easy to talk about it if you want to return without losing anything, do you really think that the Chinese are reasonable, and empty words can be returned.

Maybe the Chinese in the past would have been naïve, but looking at what the Chinese army called the Expeditionary Force did on American soil, a proper group of bandits, I don't see any naïve ideas.

Therefore, Davis had no hope at all about asking for a return to New Orleans, and the fundamental reason why he sent Vice President Alexander over was to show the people in the parliament that he had taken it very seriously and was making efforts.

Of course, although he thought so, Davis did not show this to the outside world, but looked like he was bound to win the city of New Orleans, and he also sent reprimand telegrams many times to the front negotiators for the delay in making effective progress, putting pressure on the front negotiators to negotiate a result as soon as possible.

Davis also has a fluke, that is, if the Chinese are persuaded and are really willing to take a step back for the sake of friendship and cede New Orleans, it would be the best, it really can't, at least those people in the parliament can explain the past.

Outsiders don't know what Davis really thinks, except for his henchman, Vice President Alexander Brown. Stephens understood. After all, he and Davis had talked about this issue privately before they came, and they knew each other's intentions.

Because of this, Alexander. Stephens was noncommittal about China's delaying tactics, and apart from the superficial protests, there were no real practical actions that were useful.

In this way, apart from a war of words between the two sides, the real negotiations were postponed indefinitely, and it was not until a month and a half later, in mid-September, that things suddenly took a turn for the better. (To be continued......)