In this way, in the midst of such meaningless mutual accusations and arguments, the Nth negotiation came to an end once again. The two sides still have not reached an agreement on the issue of war reparations.

Ren Chao is really not good at this kind of verbal confrontation, and after a round of negotiations, he is already a little dizzy. Ren Chao shook his heavy head and left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Handsome! Ding Ruchang called back, and Li Hongzhang had promised to return to Beijing. Sitting in the car back home, Ren Chao's confidential secretary Sun Junping reported to Ren Chao softly.

"What? Is this old guy finally willing to come back? Ren Chao couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.

"Yes!" Sun Junping nodded and said, "But Li Hongzhang also put forward a condition. ”

"Conditions? What conditions? Ren Chao couldn't help frowning, but Ren Chao also expected that this old guy might not obediently agree to return to Beijing, and most of the conditions would be proposed.

"Li Hongzhang's condition is that the position of the governor of Liangguang will be acted by Deshou!" Sun Junping replied softly.

"Tokushou?" Ren Chao couldn't help frowning again, this Deshou Ren Chao still knew that before Li Hongzhang was transferred to the governor of Liangguang, this guy had acted as the governor of Liangguang twice. This person is from a Manchu nobleman, a typical diehard! Li Hongzhang insisted on letting this person serve as the governor of Liangguang, because he was afraid that Ren Chao would take the opportunity to take Liangguang into his pocket.

"Isn't there anything else?" Ren Chao then asked.

"Nope!" Sun Junping shook his head and said.

"You can promise him!" Ren Chao thought about it and said affirmatively, "Call Ding Ruchang back immediately and agree to Li Hongzhang's request." In addition, Zhang Haiping was secretly ordered. Let him take the opportunity to send troops to occupy the various batteries along the Pearl River estuary. At the same time, the Admiralty was notified to merge the First Squadron of the Jiaolong Fleet with the Guangdong Navy Division into the South China Sea Fleet, which was stationed in Guangdong. Zhang Haiping was appointed commander of the South China Sea Fleet, and Zhang Haiping was promoted from rear admiral to vice admiral. ”

"Yes! I made a note of it! Sun Junping responded respectfully.

Ren Chao rubbed his head with a headache, and said to himself, "The negotiation with the Tsarist Russians still has to be understood as much as possible, and it is not a way to take it off like this!" ”

"Is the marshal going to make concessions to the Russians again?" Sun Junping asked suspiciously.

"If you want Lao Tzu to lose money, there is no door? It's good that Lao Tzu doesn't let him lose money! Ren Chao couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth. Ren Chao suddenly found that he was really not suitable for this kind of negotiation, and it was too much effort to talk to those old hairy people every day.

Then Ren Chao had a few days of skin with those old hairies. In the end, both sides took a step back and reached a consensus. On the issue of compensation, which was the most controversial between the two parties, an agreement was finally reached on the basis of mutual non-compensation. After this problem is resolved. The next negotiations were much smoother. In order to be able to end this war as much as possible, I have to give Lao Maozi some benefits. Ren Chao promised to allow Tsarist Russia to build railways, open mines and set up factories in the northeast, and the Tsarist Russians also gave certain incentives to do business in the northeast. But at the same time, it demanded that the right of way and mining rights of the railway be owned by the Qing government. The Russian side built the railway by way of shareholding. They can also participate in the management of mines and factories, but their ownership is still owned by the Qing government, and the Tsarist Russians can only participate in shares and dividends at most.

Although the Tsarist government was not too satisfied with such conditions, Ren Chao insisted on refusing to give in, and in the end Tsarist Russia could only reluctantly accept this not too ideal condition. Subsequently, the two sides formally signed a treaty in Beijing, which was the "Sino-Russian New Treaty in Beijing".

After the treaty was signed, Ren Chao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although such a result is too cheap old hairy. But Ren Chao is also helpless. What's more, Ren Chao has also made up his mind that in the future, he will definitely let Lao Maozi spit out all the things he eats. It's the summer of 1897. Before the outbreak of World War I, there are only a dozen years left before the battle is full. These ten years are enough time for Ren Chaoshun to unify the whole country, and he is confident that the national strength will reach its peak. At that time, once the First World War broke out, Lao Maozi had no time to look east, and Ren Chao was fully capable of eating the entire Far East of Russia in one fell swoop. Even before the outbreak of World War I, the Tiger Ben Army had enough strength to completely defeat the Russian Lao Maozi. As for the treaties that were signed before, what is the saying of that sentence, treaties are meant to be torn up. Therefore, Ren Chao can only endure this evil breath for the time being, and wait until he integrates all the strength of the country, and then it is not too late to find Lao Maozi for revenge.

On the day the treaty was signed, Li Hongzhang finally boarded a northbound steamer in Guangzhou and headed north.

After Ren Chao got the news, he immediately ordered Zhang Haiping to lead the South China Sea Fleet and rush to Taiwan with 1,500 army troops. After the South China Sea Fleet arrived at Keelung Harbor, Zhang Haiping immediately led 1,500 troops to land.

Taiwan's governor Tang Jingsong did not dare to meet the battle at all, so Zhang Haiping immediately led his troops into Taipei and read out the holy decree that had been prepared to Tang Jingsong at the governor's yamen. Tang Jingsong, the governor of Taiwan, was promoted to the rank of squire of the Du branch and went to his post immediately, and the post of governor of Taiwan was acted by Liu Yongfu, the governor of Taiwan. Tang Jingsong did not dare to resist the order, so he could only hurriedly go north on the ships that the South China Sea Fleet had prepared for him a long time ago.

This Taiwanese governor Liu Yongfu is also a legendary figure, Liu Yongfu was originally the leader of the Black Flag Army of the anti-Qing rebel army. Liu Yongfu set out to manipulate the soldiers, rectify discipline, select talents, and unify military orders. At that time, he camped in the Beidi Temple in Andewei, Guishun Prefecture (now Jingxi), and saw the statue of Zhou Gong next to the statue of the Beidi Temple holding a black pennant painted with the pattern of "Big Dipper" and inlaid with dog's teeth and white edges, so he imitated the black flag as the flag of his team. From then on, this team fought under the black flag and was called the Black Flag Army.

After the defeat of the Taiping Rebellion, the Qing government mobilized heavy troops to encircle and suppress the peasant rebels in various places. In the autumn of 1867, the Qing government sent Feng Zicai, the governor of Guangxi, to mobilize troops to focus on suppressing the peasant army in southwest Guangxi. It was also at this time that Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army was defeated and fled to Vietnam.

When Liu Yongfu arrived in Vietnam, it was a difficult autumn for Vietnam, with internal and external troubles and no peace in the country. After forcibly occupying the southern half of Vietnam in 1867, the French invaders launched a frenzied attack in northern Vietnam, dreaming of destroying Vietnam, and then invading China from the southwest to establish the so-called "great French Oriental Empire". (To be continued......)