"Yang Butang, can our negotiations be more rational?"

After communicating with Ergin, Gro, and Putiatin, Pashali made some sarcastic requests.

"Rational? Your actions are irrational, if you weren't an official in the court, you eight calves, Lao Tzu would have let people pull them out and cramp!

Good! The lord is as he pleases, since you want to talk about it rationally, let's talk about it rationally, but you ruined Lao Tzu's wedding banquet, Lao Tzu remembered it, if there is a chance in the future, Lao Tzu will retaliate a hundredfold, a thousand times!

Tell us about your specific conditions! Minister Gro just wants to repair the contract, so there is no need to speak, England wants to pay reparations, make a price! Oros wants to cut the land, so let's talk about the general area! ”

Regarding the demands of Britain, France, the United States and Russia, Yang Meng can also guess that it is not far from ten, England is a mortal enemy, and they want to make the Qing Dynasty collapse!

As for France, the purpose of consolidating Annam and free missionary work was only to compete with England for the huge market of the Qing Dynasty.

As for Oros, he is a scoundrel who doesn't take advantage of enough, and he doesn't have much ability, and his ambition is not small.

"The amount of compensation we are asking for is 50 million taels of silver, and this cost includes 20 million taels for the loss of the shipyard invested by our government, 20 million taels for the dead and wounded in the first battle of Humen, and 10 million taels for the military expenses of the fleet and army to come to the Qing country."

The rational conditions given by Pa Xia Li are also rational to the extreme, 50 million taels, and the four-color stick can't earn 50 million taels of silver even if he goes out to be a minister!

"Oh...... That's it! We can say yes! ”

As soon as Yang Meng said this, Ye Mingchen and Wang Yide, as well as the four governors present, changed their faces. Fifty million taels! Don't say 50 million taels. That's five million taels of silver. The court can't take it out, is this a joke?

"That's the best! As long as you pay reparations, agree to the revision of the treaty and free mission, we can live in peace! ”

Yang Butang's response stunned Pashali again, this shrewd diplomat actually agreed to such a harsh request.

"Nope! No! No! What the ministry is talking about is only the issue of reparations, and as for the revision of the covenant and mission, it is not within this scope.

We have acceded to your demand for compensation. Shouldn't your English government also ransom the corpses of the British soldiers in Humen? A corpse is 30,000 taels, more than 2,400 jumping corpses, and 72 million taels of silver are promised, and you still have to give us 12 million more heads! ”

When these words reached the ears of Pasha Li and Ergin, their faces were a little green, and a corpse was 30,000 taels of silver, was this a joke? And the Qing officials who were doing it showed a knowing smile, this Yang Butang is worthy of being from a businessman, this abacus is clever!

"Yang Butang. What we want is a rational negotiation scene! ”

The angry Pasha Li replied heavily. It was as if he wanted to pour out his anger on the negotiating table.

"Rational? If you still have a shred of rationality, you will not ask for 50 million taels of compensation! This ministry just set the same conditions according to your so-called reason!

How? Minister Pashali, what you say is rational, and what Lao Tzu says is rude?

Your conditions, Lao Tzu is already clear, Lao Maozi, you tell me about your conditions! ”

When these foreign devils decided to come to disrupt their wedding banquet, the people present had become mortal enemies, and respect was long gone, besides, Yang Meng was just a person who pursued practical interests, as for whether he looked ugly or not, it was not something he should care about, it was something that the literati and artists of the Yang family needed to be pretentious.

"Humph! Outside Khinganling! ”

Respect is mutual, Puti Yatin is different from Ergin, he can understand what Yang Meng is saying, Yang Meng has no good words here, and Puti Yatin naturally has no good tone.

"Good! You old Maozi are more capable, that is the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, colleagues, can this matter be allowed? ”

Who would dare to give him a definite answer? The two governors and the four governors present shook their heads like rattles, and the tempers were so strong that they could not help but mutter a few words about digging the graves of their ancestors.

"Someone, get Su Shun here, and let him talk about it.

Lao Maozi, Lao Tzu's wedding banquet happens to have a member of the royal family, let him answer your request rationally! ”

As soon as Yang Meng's words fell, a few eyes hurriedly invited Su Shun, as soon as he saw the scene in this house, Su Shun also picked up the shelf with a straight face, as a clan, what to do and what not to do, Su Shun also has a spectrum in his heart, the foreign devil came to the door, Su Shun saw and heard, this Yang Laosan really gave a big Qing Zhuang face, and the basket of big copper was very happy!

"Su Shun, this is the minister of Britain, France and Russia, you know that Britain and France are asking for a treaty amendment, so let's not mention this, let's mention Lao Maozi's request!

This is a general of Lao Maozi, just now this one said, Lao Maozi wants to cut the land of Longxing in Xing'anling, you Sushun is a clan, in their eyes is a member of the royal family, come on, you give this old Maozi a more rational answer. ”

When he said this, Yang Meng's words were extremely fast, in order to secretly change the concept, these words sounded to Pasha Li and Puti Yating, there was nothing inappropriate, but in the ears of Ye Mingchen and others, it was a bit exaggerated.

But the outer Xing'an Mountains and the Xing'an Mountains are also similar statements, nothing more than an internal and external one, this time what is just a solemn attitude, and it is understandable to say it briefly.

"Grandma! Damn, third brother, you give an order, let's chop this old Maozi on the spot, eat a foreign meat hot pot, I cāo your old Maozi, cut Xing'anling, why don't you die! ”

As soon as he heard Yang Laosan's words, Su Shun knew that this was to make himself sing white! In addition, the cutting of Xing'an Mountains did insult the ancestors, and Su Shun's mouth can be regarded as a rational answer to Puti Yatin's rational requirements.

"Yang Butang, this is a negotiation table, not a burlesque stage, you can't help but lose your grace by doing this!"

First of all, Erjin was scolded by Yang Meng, this Putiyating is better, and he was directly scolded for being a bloody dog, and Pashali saw that the situation was a little one-sided. I had to talk about it with grace.

"Grandma! You disturb Lao Tzu's wedding feast. Is that personable?

It is said that it is a rational requirement. You are 50 million taels in England, and Oros wants to cut off our land of Longxing, Lao Tzu asks you, if the Qing Dynasty wants to cut London, how do you reply?

You want a rational answer, don't you? Come and follow me, and I'll give you a truly rational answer!

Colleagues, and change tables for a banquet, Lao Tzu took these foreign devils to the merchant side to see and understand the rational answer! ”

Yang Meng's wedding banquet is naturally an official table and a business table. It is an insult to officials and businessmen at the same table, Yang Meng wants to take the envoys of the Three Kingdoms to meet with businessmen, governors and other high-ranking officials, so it is naturally not good to mess up with the merchants, which is a loss of official authority.

"Third brother, you can't break it off at Lao Maozi's request!"

Su Shun couldn't go with him, but Lao Maozi's request was really annoying, and Su Shun couldn't help but be verbose.

"Nine lives don't dare to respond! You go to the banquet by yourself, these eight calves are handed over to Lao Tzu to deal with, and this matter is very unlucky today. It's frustrating to spend money to find a bad one!

Let's go! ”

took Erjin and his party to the hall where the merchants were drinking and feasting. Seeing Yang Meng coming, one by one merchants also got up to salute.

"You don't need to be polite, this is the minister of Britain, France and Russia, and the purpose of this visit is to ask for your opinions.

Britain, France, and the United States asked for a revision of the treaty, and the terms of this amendment were trade throughout the Qing Dynasty, and the meaning was also clear, that is, foreigners could also come to our Qing Dynasty to open a business. ”

As soon as they heard the terms of the amendment, more than a dozen big businessmen in the hall immediately became chaotic, these merchants are old merchants, old halls, some of them have been doing business for dozens of hundreds of years, as merchants they naturally know the harm of trade in the whole territory, in that way, the business of these merchants is easy to be pried away by foreign businessmen, blocking people's money is equivalent to killing their parents, they will naturally not agree to this matter.

"Quietly, the main hall means that the five major commercial ports will be closed from now on, and we will make plans after the revision of the treaty, what do you think?"

When it comes to the interests of everyone, even if there are one or two who are unwilling, but the general situation is difficult, Yang Butang spoke, even if he is unwilling, he has to nod!

After the entrance and trade name of the merchants were reported, Pa Xiali was also a little numb, don't look at the fact that there are only a dozen merchants in this banquet hall, but according to the intelligence of the English merchants, these dozen or so merchants have monopolized at least ten percent of the foreign business of the Qing State, and with their support, Yang Butang's ban on merchants is not a lie.

"Yang Butang, I advise you to think about it carefully."

The sense of powerlessness struck again, because the matter of negotiation curbed the trade routes of the Qing State, which is difficult to explain even if it is Ergin, because of the clouds, as long as the trade routes of the Qing State are cut off for a few months, it is likely that the empire will not be able to withstand the pressure of the merchants.

"Isn't it wonderful, I'll talk about it later, it's the court just now, this time it's the merchants, and then it's the military power, let's go out for a walk?"

Under Yang Meng's counterattack, the situation has become earth-shattering, Yang Meng came up and scared away Lie Weilian, followed by threats to France and Russia, the four-nation alliance formed by England with interests has broken down, and there is no kind of shock waiting for Ergin and others next!

Out of Lixiang Garden, Yang Meng led everyone along the mountain road for about half an hour, and a newly built wooden house appeared in front of everyone.

"This piece of warehouse was built by the headquarters after Minister Erjin arrived on Hong Kong Island, as for what is inside, let's go in and take a look?"

Yang Meng, who was dressed in a red robe, waved his hand lightly, and a few new soldiers opened the door of the first warehouse.

Looking at the long boxes in the warehouse, the faces of Ergin, Gro and Pashali became a little pale, such boxes, the three of them can be said to have seen countless boxes, European firearms are generally used to hold this kind of wooden box, look at the size of the box should be a box of twenty guns, carefully counted, a stack is fifty boxes, and in the entire wooden warehouse, there are at least twenty stacks, a stack of a thousand rifles, twenty stacks is 20,000!

"Millican's shooting rifle has a fairly stable performance, and its range is not inferior to that of the British and French shooting guns, so you can check the stacks at will to see if they are fooling people, and take them to inspect the guns!"

It is necessary to inspect the guns, and there are still more than 20 people in the legation, under the leadership of the new army, to test the guns, listening to their chattering and shocked exchanges, Yang Meng smiled.

"There are five such warehouses, 100,000 brand-new Milicon rifles, which are intended for the army."

After walking out of the warehouse, Yang Meng pointed to the four nearby warehouses, and then led everyone into another row of warehouses, the goods in this warehouse were much more messy, but the expressions of Erjin and Pashali were quite ugly.

"Huh...... Minister Erjin and Minister Pashali, are you familiar with this meeting? There are piles of Indian brown bess here, not much, only 50,000 pieces, which are the guns that the headquarters prepared for the people near Guangzhou.

Lead and earth medicine are all ready-made, and I don't know how many British troops can be killed and injured in the future? ”

There are more than 30 rows of wooden warehouses, and in addition to the firearms, which are field artillery, at least 150,000 guns and 500 field artillery, such a scale of munitions, even if it is broken in half and in half, is enough to threaten the British army on Hong Kong Island.

"This is Lao Tzu's rational answer, you had better not put your thoughts on my emperor of the Qing Dynasty, even if the emperor made any promises to you, Lao Tzu will scatter these guns to the people along the coast, you have the final say in the war, let's go! Let's go have a drink! ”

Putting out these things, Yang Meng's purpose is also to delay the war, the recent actions of the Taiping army are a little obscure, I am afraid that there is something big to happen, once the momentum of the Taiping army is too strong, the imperial court is bound to compromise on foreign affairs, and it is almost time to shrink the encirclement on the Anhui and Jiangxi sides. (To be continued......)

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