Pu Anchen finally fully accepted the conditions given by Li Yongji, and at a simple signing ceremony, as a negotiator of the United States of America, he signed something called the Treaty of Smithland with Soho, the representative of the Chinese Imperial Expeditionary Force.

The whole process of signing the contract was not only sketched by three British sketchers, but also recorded and took a large number of high-definition photos, so the signing of this treaty is not only the first treaty with a woman as the signing representative, but also the first treaty with real-time audio and video records in this time and space.

When the signing ceremony was completed and the photo was taken according to the requirements of the Chinese side, Soho, who was wearing a Chinese-style moon-white dress, left in a hurry, and as for Pu Anchen, he walked up to Li Yongji and said with a faint expression: "Now you are satisfied?" Not only did you get what you wanted, but you also deliberately asked a woman to sign a contract, is this a further humiliation? ”

"How so." Li Yongji shrugged his shoulders, "Letting Ms. Soho sign a contract with you is precisely respecting you." ”

"Respect? I don't see any respect for a woman to sign with me. Pu Anchen sneered, "I thought I would sign a contract with you, but I didn't expect to let your woman come, you are not only humiliating me, but also humiliating yourself!" ”

"No, no, no, you didn't get it." Li Yongji shook his head, "I also want to sign a contract with you, and then take a photo as a souvenir, who doesn't want to leave a name in history?" But how to put it, my identity doesn't allow it. ”

"What do you mean?" Pu Anchen asked.

"Hey, now, I won't hide it from you anymore." Li Yongji sighed, "That lady Soho's identity is not simple, on the surface she is my confidential secretary, but that is just a disguise, her real identity is a special commissioner of the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs!" The Ministry of Internal Affairs is an internal institution that serves the emperor, so to put it simply. Ms. Soho represents the will of the emperor and is equivalent to the minister sent by the emperor. ”

"What?" Pu Anchen was really a little surprised at this time, "You mean, that lady, she, she's not your lover...... Rather a representative of the emperor of China? Is it the emperor's minister? ”

"Yes." Li Yongji shrugged his shoulders, "As for me, don't look at me as the commander-in-chief of this expeditionary force, it looks like it's powerful, but my real identity is just a regional director of the Eastern Bloc." Acting as the head of the expeditionary force.

The Chinese Expeditionary Force does not belong to the sequence of the regular army of the Empire, it is just a private mercenary army, and even the employer is not the Imperial Government, but only belongs to the Eastern Bloc of the Empire, that is, a company, so I have no official military rank at all.

Because of this, people usually don't call me general, just commander, and I don't have the epaulettes of the regular army on my shoulders.

Other words. When we are fighting here, we mercenaries will officially represent the interests of the Empire and negotiate with you, and we will leave our names in history. It has to be this commissioner's lady, this female messenger, do you understand? ”

Hearing this, Pu Anchen really frowned.

See him like this. Li Yongji picked up the wine glass again and sipped it gently, but he was amusing in his heart.

Actually, from the very beginning. Li Yongji planned to let Soho sign the contract as a representative, after all, Li Yongji has a special identity, and on this occasion of taking pictures, his identity as an emperor cannot be hidden, and this is not in his interests.

Therefore, the character of "Li Yuanzheng" still has to be saved, but he can't leave real physiognomy photos, so the signing representative can only let Soho do it.

Although Soho is a woman, Li Yongji has already given her the status of a special commissioner of the Internal Affairs Office, and the commissioner of the Internal Affairs Office is almost the same as Qincha, and he is really in power.

Think about it, when Li Hongzhang signed a contract with the shogunate boss Sheng Haizhou in Japan, his identity was also a special commissioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so Soho signed a contract with Pu Anchen in this capacity, which was completely equal in status.

In fact, when it comes to the stage of the upper power, the distinction between men and women is not so strict, and Pu Anchen's previous little annoyance was only because he didn't know Soho's true identity, thinking that she was just Li Yongji's mistress, and it was indeed a humiliation to let the mistress sign a contract with Pu Anchen instead of Li Yongji himself.

However, now that he understands Soho's true identity and knows that Soho is the real boss behind the scenes, and even the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, "Li Yuanzheng", is only a person who works under others, Pu Anchen has a balanced mentality, at least he no longer thinks it is a humiliation.

"But if that's the case, why wasn't she the one who negotiated the conditions before, but you?" Pu Anchen quickly reacted, "If she is really your minister, why does it seem that she still listens to you?" At your service? ”

"Isn't this all acting?" Li Yongji shrugged his shoulders, "In short, that lady has a very high status, and there is absolutely no problem in negotiating with you." You know, we took photos for information in this negotiation, how dare we cheat in this case? ”

"I see." Pu Anchen sneered, "After a long time, you are just a group of Chinese cannon fodder, fighting here for life and death, but the benefits will be taken away by your official master?" Don't you think that's a loss? Gain and glory have been taken away from you, but you have nothing. ”

"You can't say that." Li Yongji smiled, "We are mercenaries, and we were originally supposed to do things with money, and we have already obtained the benefits." As for the glory, hehe, we have defeated you in a row, and we have gained enough glory, from now on, I am afraid that the world will know about the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the name of my Li Expeditionary Force will also be famous all over the world, don't you say? ”

When he said this, Pu Anchen's eyelids jumped, and he wanted to refute it, but he also knew that what the other party said was the truth.

"That is." Pu Anchen spoke, "From the very beginning, you China did not send regular troops to fight us? A private mercenary army from start to finish? What interests of the Eastern Bloc are represented? ”

"That's right." Li Yongji nodded.

"But that's weird." "If you represent the interests of the Eastern Bloc, why are the signatories the royal representatives of your country?" Also, why are you willing to give it to your emperor after winning in battle? To put it bluntly, the land you have grabbed from us can build your own country, why don't you just stand on your own? ”

"Statehood. That's a joke. Li Yongji smiled and shook his head, "It's not a secret, although the Oriental Group is a private company, to put it bluntly, the real shareholders are the big bosses of the empire, especially the royal family members have a large proportion of shares in it." So, in a sense, the Eastern Bloc is the vanguard of the empire.

Although our troops are strong, and although we have won successive battles, we mainly rely on the support of the Empire. Such as the logistical support of the empire, weapons and equipment, etc., without these, we are nothing.

Besides, even if we rebel and build a country in the barren land in the west, if we want no people, no things, and we have to face the sweep army of the empire, why should we build a country in this case? Not to mention that my subordinates will not agree. Many of their relatives and friends are in China, and they will not rebel against me. ”

"But ......"

"All right, Mr. Envoy." Li Yongji waved his hand and interrupted Pu Anchen's words. "You don't have to bother stirring up any more trouble, we won't turn our backs on the empire, don't say it's useless." Talking too much will only make me feel that you are naïve. ”

"Okay, let's change the subject." Pu Anchen said suddenly. "Since you are mercenaries, can we hire you? For example, hire you to fight back and help us fight the rebels in the south? ”

"Oh?" Li Yongji looked at Pu Anchen with a smile, "Mr. Special Envoy, I have to say that your thinking is really ...... Incredible. How did you come up with this idea? It's completely impossible. ”

"Don't be in a hurry to say no." Pu Anchen said, "Anyway, you are just private mercenaries, and now that you have got what you want, it is better to help us in turn, and we will pay you more salaries." ”

"Your Excellency, the Special Envoy." Li Yongji shook his head, "This is impossible, we can cease war with you alone, which is already the biggest concession, and it is even more impossible for us to attack the original ally in turn, so don't mention this point again." I'm sorry, I still have something to do, so I'll miss it first. ”

After speaking, Li Yongji turned around decisively and no longer paid attention to Pu Anchen.

Anyway, the signing ceremony is over, and Li Yongji has everything he wants, so there is no need to continue to argue with Pu Anchen, the US envoy.

Seeing Li Yongji leave decisively, Pu Anchen opened his mouth and just wanted to stop the other party, but quickly closed his mouth again, shook his head with a wry smile.

Because Pu Anchen understands very well that it is impossible for the other party to promise him a counterattack, what he said just now was just an inspiration from Pu Anchen, but even he himself knew that there was little hope.

Sure enough, when the other party heard it, he didn't pay attention to himself at all, and walked straight away, and even showed an expression of looking at a fool.

Yes, fool, Pu Anchen is fair, if he were to change places, he would also feel that his previous remarks were too unrealistic and completely naïve.

If he had represented the United States of America before he came, he would have done whatever he could to win even the slightest benefit for the United States.

However, after a series of blows, he no longer had the strength to fight.

What are you fighting for? Since the moment Anson and the lady named Soho signed the "Treaty of Smithland" in front of the camera, he Anson Pu Anchen has been the biggest traitor in the United States, the real historical sinner, and what awaits him will be the spitting of tens of millions of people, and may even affect future generations.

Even if someone knows that Pu Anchen is forced to be helpless, no one will stand up for him, and no one will hold grievances for him, because that is too dangerous, which is tantamount to going against most people!

It is conceivable that after Pu Anchen returns to China, the best way is to commit suicide and apologize, otherwise, let alone himself, even his family will be affected.

The United States is not China, a traitor like Anson Pu will be greeted by a continuous series of assassinations, there will be too many patriotic young people, who will be honored to assassinate him, and correspondingly, they will also be angry with his family, so if you want to hold your family, the best way for Anchen Pu is to commit suicide.

In other words, the reason why Pu Anchen is so calm now and no longer as angry as he was at the beginning is because he has already seen his end, and it is precisely because he understands the end that he is so calm.

From this point of view, Anson is indeed a brave man, a person full of fearless spirit.

You must know that as a special envoy for negotiations with full powers, Pu Anchen can forcefully reject Li Yongji's conditions, in that case, the United States may be finished, but he himself will not have any problems, and he may even be praised by most people because of his tough attitude.

In other words, if Pu Anchen had rejected Li Yongji's harsh conditions, he would not have any problems himself, and even if the United States was finished and a new government was established in the future, he Pu Anchen would have been valued by the new government with this tough reputation, and he could continue to be a formidable politician, gain a new status and power in the new government, and still live a chic and chic life.

However, instead of choosing the easier way, he chose the way that was more beneficial to him, but instead chose a measure that was quite unfavorable to him.

Yes, Anson Po signed, on behalf of the United States of America, on behalf of the representative of China.

The consequence of the signing was that the United States admitted defeat in the war, ceded land to China and paid reparations, and had to pay humiliating conditions such as most-favored-nation status to China.

But what did you get in return? It was the armistice of the Chinese, a breathing opportunity for the United States of America, with which the United States of America could concentrate its efforts on dealing with the two opponents of the British and French forces and the allied forces, and it is not yet known who will die.

Moreover, Anson also saw that once he did this, he himself would be a stinking for 10,000 years, but it would inspire the national pride of the United States of America!

The humiliation of defeat, the harsh conditions, will make all the American people feel great anger in their hearts, and with this anger, they will ignore the deteriorating economic situation, they will ignore the grief of losing a loved one, and they will ignore the worsening standard of living.

Yes, the Americans will be angry, they will be completely angry because of the humiliation, and with the support of this humiliating anger, ignore the negative factors, reunite, and use all their strength and maximum sacrifice to defeat the strong enemies around them!

If this can be done, then what is there to fear of losing a traitor Pu Anchen?

Thinking of this, Pu Anchen burst into tears, turned his head to look at the flag of the United States of America hanging at the negotiation ceremony, suddenly straightened his chest and stomach, made a standard salute, and shouted in the loudest voice regardless of the eyes of the people around him:

"Long live America!" (To be continued......)