"General Yang, now we can continue talking."

In the European-style courtyard of Lixiangyuan, after glancing at Andre, who had become much calmer in a day, Yang Meng restrained his fists, and after washing up, he opened his mouth a little carelessly.

"Talk? It's not that simple! Let's show your sincerity first! Sitting over there are cannon casting technicians, they nodded, you have the capital to talk, this is the last chance, I hope you don't let me down!

Originally, I shouldn't have seen you this time, but as a friend, I still have to take care of your face, I can't talk about it today, it's hard for you to have the opportunity to step into Lixiang Garden again! ”

Negotiate conditions, but not say what, take out some drawings in a day, Yang Meng believes, but take out the drawings of all the standard artillery in France, it is a little unrealistic, discounted, is not a good attitude, Yang Meng is now thinking about whether to increase the price of France's cloud smoke.

Some people just don't die if they don't reach the Yellow River!

"General Yang, if you can't negotiate, what will you do?"

Andrei's heart actually has some thoughts about breaking down the negotiations, the military people's attitude towards him is really bad, if the price of the negotiation breakdown is acceptable, Andrei doesn't mind, give the old ghosts in the military some eye medicine.

"Ten times the price of cloud smoke, three months! All French merchants! This is the consequence of the breakdown of negotiations, and it is also my hole card for cooperation with you! ”

After being silent for a while, and touching Andre's veins, Yang Meng slowly said a result, presumably the French envoy had a little unpleasant trouble with the military and wanted to embarrass them.

But this is an internal affair in France. Yang Meng will not let these people fight among themselves. Disrupted his own plans. This condition is impossible for France to accept, but for Andre, this is undoubtedly a good reason to raise his own value, and Andre, who is not on good terms with the military, is more useful to Yang Meng.

"I know!"

Nodding, Andrei walked directly to the cannon casting technician, without hiding anything, and put everything away. They were all handed to the cannon smith.

"Third master, this time they gave new cannon samples, one Napoleon cannon is good, most of the others are howitzers, there is only a drawing of a twelve-pound cannon, the smallest is six pounds, the largest is thirty-two pounds, but the main ingredients are bronze.

In addition to these, there is also a three-point bronze ingredient list, looking at the ratio of various metals. It's still pretty much the same. ”

The ratio of cast cannons is similar in all countries. A gun of a new proportion, it takes a long time to prove, not to mention anything else, just a Napoleonic gun, it is worth the money.

"Hey...... These bastards, are they still playing tricks with Lao Tzu? Don't these Frenchmen know that Yunnan was the largest copper factory in the Qing Dynasty? Playing these tricks, these people are playing badly!

Tell Andrei that today he got the blueprints and comparisons of the new 68-pounder gun, and there will be some talks, but if there is no this, let him go back and play with the eggs! ”

Ruthless words are ruthless words, but negotiation is still necessary, and if there is no blueprint for the sixty-eight-pound gun, Yang Meng will continue to talk.

Yang Meng entered the European-style small building in a leisurely manner, but Andre hurried up and went straight to the dock, coming and going for more than three hours, and when Andre came back, it was already half an afternoon.

"Third master, the drawings of the three sixty-eight-pound guns are here, the proportions are correct!"

Sure enough, the interests need to be squeezed, these drawings are nothing more than a reference for the artillery factory, according to the old style, to manufacture a batch of copper cannons, in case of war needs, with these drawings to lay the foundation, the development of new guns, can free up more manpower.

"Let Andre in!"

The momentum is sufficient, the value is also there, it's time to talk about the right thing, it's enough to stretch it, it's too fierce, it's easy to tear off the cooperation intention that was finally set.

"General Yang!"

This time, Andrei had an extra soldier in his fifties by his side, but some of the things that represented the rank on this body were removed.

"Tell me about your strategy for Annan! I'll give you ideas. ”

Yang Meng's words were a little fluttering, Andre was already familiar with Yang Meng's attitude, but the French soldier behind him couldn't accept Yang Meng's somewhat arrogant attitude.

"General Yang, huh? Don't you have a strategy to pacify Annam in the short term? Our strategy is top secret, and you have no right to know about it. ”

"What are you, I'm talking to Envoy Andrei, do you have a part in talking? Get out of here! ”

There is a request to be courteous, this French soldier seems to not understand this, depending on his age, the military rank must not be low, playing with a high-ranking French officer is also a pastime for Yang Meng.

"Rude! Do you know who I am? ”

"It doesn't matter who you are! If you are still in Lixiangyuan within ten minutes, I will let my subordinates use you as a live target!

Come on, prepare your guns, and in ten minutes, this is the live target! ”

Yang Meng shouted, and the people of Jianwei immediately appeared in the hall, shooting live targets, and the people of Jianwei did more, and without saying a word, these people began to reload.

"General Yang, he's ......"

Seeing such a situation, Andre was also anxious, in the military, this can be regarded as a middle-level, and if he was killed in the Qing Kingdom, the matter of cooperation will be in vain.

"It doesn't matter who he is, what matters is the decision of your government, I believe that the death of an old ghost will not affect the cooperation between us."

The cooperation between Yang Meng and France is the cooperation between countries, as long as this general trend is there, cooperation is inevitable, not to mention the death of an old army, even the death of a general, France will also cover up for itself.

"Whatever!"

Yang Meng's words can be regarded as a point of pointing out Andre, the government is supplemented by the main military, and he and the people on the ship seem to have reversed this relationship.

"You dare!"

Aimed at by more than a dozen rifles, the old French soldier's hand was also pressed on the saber, as General Yang said, he was just a victim in the eyes of politicians, but he still didn't believe it. This General Yang really dared to shoot himself.

"I wouldn't dare. You'll find out later. From here to the gate of the Lycheon Garden. It takes at least five minutes for a man in the prime of life to run with all his might, and now there are eight minutes left, you can do it yourself! ”

Picking up the pocket watch on the table and looking at it, Yang Meng gave the French veteran a very accurate time.

"Andrey, you ......"

After Yang Meng said the time, Andre didn't say anything. This means that Andre, a little cub, really regarded himself as a sacrifice, and scolded angrily, this old French soldier is also a life-sparing man, turn around and run, not to mention how embarrassed the situation is.

"Go out and urge him, don't really kill him!

André, you see this is the soldiers, the victims, they want to step on your head. That's a lot worse!

You're the one at the front, and they're just the ones behind the scenes! The pace of negotiation is in your hands. And not in their hands!

If you don't know what Annan's strategy is, ask them, and if they ignore it, you can subdue them with the general momentum. ”

Driving away the unruly man of the military, Yang Meng became a demon who traded with mortals, and slowly guided Andre to embark on a road of no return.

"General Yang, is this related to our negotiations?"

Although the military people were driven away, Andre's heart was also happy, but he was still French after all, and he knew very well what to do and what not to do.

"Absolutely! What we are talking about is that political interests are the future of the two countries, while the military is only concerned with military power, and although interests and war complement each other, most of the time, war can only harm interests.

Just like Annan, if France forcibly attacks, not only will the losses be great, but it will probably take three or five years or more to take Annan, and what we are talking about now is to deter Annan by political means, not by military power!

So let's talk about your strategy for Annan! ”

Andre's reaction was also within Yang Meng's expectations, provoking, but Yang Meng's unintentional behavior of interfering in the willows, becoming the best is not much loss for him, in this era, both at home and abroad are careerists in the turbulent years, strong leaders and united people's hearts are the guarantee of the final success, although conspiracy and intrigue account for a lot of weight, but this is not a decisive factor.

"I don't know!"

Strategic matters, the military is the mainstay, and as a special envoy, Andrei really does not have the qualifications to touch this area.

"Then you go back and ask, this is very important, what I said before was prepared for now."

I don't understand, this is the best answer, facing the old fox of the military, Yang Meng is not sure to take out useful things from their mouths, but Andrei is different, in military he is far less sophisticated than the military, even if the military people remind him no matter how much they remind, the starting points of the two sides are different, and some things are not what Andre needs to care about.

"Wouldn't it be better to ask someone from the military to come and explain?"

In areas that he is not familiar with, Andre will not easily set foot in them, and he will lose too much of his words, and he is also clear about this truth.

"Someone from the military? Just that old thing, he was so disrespectful to me, I'll only talk to you from now on!

We have a cooperative relationship, Lao Tzu is not a slave of France, remember this! ”

Yang Meng's reasons are very sufficient, and Andre can't say anything else about this, giving this Yang lord full respect is a decision from the top, and the military people are empty-eyed, so they can only let them stand aside.

"Alright! We will continue to talk tomorrow, and France wants to take action as soon as possible on the matter of Annan. ”

"Hmmm! My thoughts are the same, the construction of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway must start as soon as possible, and I will wait for your reply tomorrow! ”

Andre left, but Yang Meng's brows furrowed, it seems that in addition to the old soldier in his fifties, there are also high-level military officials on the French side, if you say it by age, the old soldier just now is at least a colonel or a brigadier general, and it is not possible to get a military figure with a higher rank and a higher status than him, whether it is a lieutenant general or a general?

A large number of military figures have arrived, and it seems that France still has plans against the Qing Dynasty! Taking a peek and seeing the whole leopard, this is the basic skill of politicians, and Yang Meng's heart also made waves when he thought of these.

After occupying Annam, as long as France's ambitions were not overly inflated, Britain and France should move from antagonism to cooperation, and there was no other country than the Qing Dynasty that could make the two countries work together.

After cooperation, joining forces with England to strangle oneself seems to be the bond of cooperation between Britain and France, and the interests are eternal, and this is international relations.

The people of the French military were driven out with guns, this is undoubtedly humiliation and shame, in the main cabin of the French battleship, a group of French military figures are cursing Yang Meng! Andre walked in with a smile.

"Rampant natives! Andrey, you can't back down any longer! ”

"But this indigenous person has a great role to play in our Asian strategy, and the concession is only temporary!

Now, generals, tell me about your military's strategy of tranquility. ”

After listening to Yang Meng's words, Andrei's self-confidence was also extremely high, and in the face of veteran generals in the military, his confidence was unprecedentedly solid.

"Andrei, there are some things that you shouldn't get involved in, let's talk about these things!"

"General, Lord Yang doesn't want to see anyone from the military, if you don't believe it, you can try it, your rudeness has angered this native, if you can't give me the Annan strategy, then we can only return to China!"

As he spoke, he observed the faces of the generals of the military, and sure enough, the people in the military were just victims of politicians! (To be continued......)