Chapter 165: Iron Kingdom (4)

Because Ye Ziwen is still recuperating from illness, the escort of Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte is entrusted to Ms. Wang Chunling, president and editor-in-chief of Xiangxi Daily, who is solely responsible for and accompanied.

After the dinner, Ms. Wang Chunling accompanied Princess Charlotte to the living quarters to watch a movie, which is a relatively novel in Europe. Zhao Songyang was ordered to bring ten guards with him, although Anjiang, a model city, has successfully achieved zero crime through Jihua economy and household registration management, but the basic prestige is still needed, and the couples who plan to go to the movie tonight may be disappointed, because Wang Zhenyu has already ordered the venue to be chartered.

"Your Excellency, please allow me to use the honorific title addressed to you by your subordinates, and I am very grateful for the kindness you have shown to the Principality of Luxembourg, and I think that our country now needs your further help. Of course, we don't ask for one-sided claims, we want to form a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship between each other. Deputy Prime Minister Juncker made his attitude clear to Wang Zhenyu very sincerely, so that everyone could get straight to the point and save a lot of unnecessary verbosity.

"Is Qing Heng here?" Wang Zhenyu asked Wang Zhenbang in a low voice, but Wang Zhenbang did not answer, but left the scene immediately.

"Dear Deputy Prime Minister Juncker, I appreciate your frankness and directness, I think we can skip a lot of unnecessary steps, directly raise each other's expectations, and then see how big the gap really is, and whether it is worth our sincere time and energy to close the gap." Wang Zhenyu also made his attitude very clear, everyone should not be verbose, let's talk about the conditions.

Juncker nodded with satisfaction, took a folder from his deputy's hand, and opened it gently: "The Principality of Luxembourg wants to lease a piece of land in your country for a long time to become a place for the subjects of the Principality to live temporarily. Of course, we will give you enough in return, and we intend to provide you and your region with an interest-free loan of £20 million for a period of 10 years, which I think is a very generous offer. ”

Wang Zhenyu didn't speak, and he knew that this lean old man from Luxembourg was deliberately lowering the price, and the 20 million pound loan didn't have to be repaid. It's really okay to pick the door.

Wang Zhenyu pretended to be generous and smiled at Junker: "Dear Deputy Prime Minister Juncker, can I understand it like this, this is just a commercial act, you just need us to repair some houses, and then give them to live in, you don't have to pay rent, borrow some money for us to develop and it's over." ”

Juncker obviously didn't hear the sarcasm in Wang Zhenyu's words, and he said very smugly: "Oh, no, no, you are mistaken, in fact, in addition to extraterritoriality, I hope that this is a temporary concession, and our Luxembourg Principality retains its military, judicial and diplomatic powers within this territory. Of course, I know that the current situation in your country is very unstable, so we in the Principality of Luxembourg will do our best to support you in maintaining your current position. ”

Wang Zhenyu almost laughed angrily, he gently closed the folder in front of him, and then said to the old man Junker with a smile: "Then I don't think there is any need for us to continue to talk about anything, the person you need to negotiate with is a benevolent and selfless God, not me, an insatiable Chinese general." You can rest well in my city, and don't say anything else. ”

Seeing Wang Zhenyu suddenly get up and leave the venue, Junker's shrewd mind finally realized that he had made all the mistakes in the front and back of the question, and scared the guests away as soon as he opened the price.

"No, no, dear Wang, don't go yet, I said, my motherland needs your help, just now it was just my personal suggestion, you can also put forward your suggestion."

Wang Zhenyu exchanged glances with Zhao Hengti and Huang Xuchu, and scolded in his heart: "Since you are here to ask for help, what kind of score are you putting up, you are the Qing government when you are Lao Tzu." ”

Wang Zhenyu still sat down with a smile on his face: "As I just said, the gap between the conditions between us is too big, there is no need to talk about it, Mr. Juncker, if possible, I hope you can be sincere and show your sincerity." Otherwise, it doesn't make sense for me to put forward any conditions, does it? talk, I will only talk about the conditions that can impress me Wang Zhenyu. At this point, please be sure to understand that I was a person who read little and was anxious when I was a child, so don't be surprised if I was reckless just now. ”

Juncker, who has a wealth of diplomatic experience, knows that he has encountered a difficult role, but for the sake of the future of his 300,000 compatriots, he endures it, and then leans over to his assistant to bring another folder.

"Well, King, the Principality of Luxembourg is very generous to friends who really help them, in fact, we have a series of jihua, but this must be combined with the actual situation in your local area. But in terms of funding, we may start with, for example, that we are willing to pay a rent of three million pounds a year to you and the local government you lead, provided that you provide enough land for the subjects of our principality to live in. And you also have to guarantee that we need a lot of coal and iron for the raw materials we need to develop our industry...... Of course, in return, we consider helping you to build a military factory, according to the standards of the largest military factory in Luxembourg at present, and provide enough equipment to arm 10,000 troops, we are a small country after all, otherwise we would not have taken refuge in you. This condition is very suitable, and the preservation of the army and the judiciary is our basic requirement, because no one can guarantee that you will always be our friend, and self-preservation is the basic attitude of responsibility to the 300,000 Luxembourg subjects. ”

Wang Zhenyu listened carefully to every word of the translation, and from time to time he used a pencil to write and draw in his notebook.

In this way, after Deputy Prime Minister Juncker finished speaking for a long time, Wang Zhenyu finally spoke: "Deputy Prime Minister Juncker, I must say Xiexie, because I really feel your sincerity, I feel that this matter is very complicated, and it is not something that one or two people can talk about in a day or two." So what about my opinion? Let's set a general direction first, and the specific details of cooperation can be discussed with the people below me. Wang Zhenyu said to Wang Zhenbang, he had already seen the fifth brother come in......

"This is my senior, Mr. Qing Heng, he is my uncle's chief of staff, very capable, my jihua is like this, bring the map." After Qingheng rebelled in the battle of Changde, he was appointed as the director of the Changde Administrative Office, but he was not idle, but was sent north by Wang Zhenyu to see Wang Longzhong once, and he just returned to Anjiang to resume his life in the past few days, and Wang Zhenyu planned to entrust him with important tasks.

The map was paved up, Wang Zhenyu pointed to the location of Liuzhou and said, "Here, this is here, I plan to use this area as your Luxembourger immigration residence, once an agreement is reached, I will use the funds you provided in advance to build here, and give you water and electricity facilities, drainage and sewage, as well as railways and highways, haha, three links and one level must be guaranteed." As for industrial development, in order to dispel our mutual defence, my suggestion is that we all work together, for example, a steel plant, and we can build a steel plant with an annual output of one million tons in Liuzhou. You see, in Luzhai County, east of Liuzhou, the iron ore content here is very high, and in the south, it is Laibin, and the coal resources here are also very rich. Look at the traffic again, as long as the railway is repaired to Laibin, you can go to sea by the right river. What do you think? My friend, I'm considerate, right? ”

Several high-ranking officials of Luxembourg exchanged glances with each other, nodded their heads in agreement, and Wang Zhenyu waved his hand to remove the map: "I just talked about a problem, keep the army, I agree, this is not in my own home after all, it is understandable to be a little guarded, but the scope of activities should be limited." In addition, I don't want the whole city to be out, I hope that Liuzhou will not become a concession, and in fact I don't have the right to sign a concession treaty. So I hope you can understand my difficulties, as for the government of your country can continue to exist in this city, Liuzhou is only the center of your country in my territory, and the citizens of your country can enter the enterprises, factories, schools and schools that we have opened to do all kinds of work, including our government, can you also become civil servants? We recognize dual citizenship. In addition, in the future, when Europe is peaceful and stable, you are going home, and we will talk about the transfer again, okay? That's what I mean, and if you think it's still okay to talk, then let's divide into groups and start consultations on specific issues, and I hope to reach an agreement as soon as possible. ”

Juncker and several other high-ranking Luxembourg officials immediately began to talk nervously in German, and it was true that time was too short, and Juncker quickly agreed to discuss in groups.

After half the success, Wang Zhenyu was in a good mood, he turned his head and explained to Wang Zhenbang: "This problem of financial assistance, let Ye Lao talk to them, don't be polite if you can ask for more, we are also taking risks, God knows how the British and French will react; This military issue asked Yang Wangui to talk to them and make it clearer, so as not to misfire in the future. As for the issue of urban planning, let the old chief of staff (Qing Heng) and Huang Xuchu talk together, I will consider a special city in Liuzhou City, and you will be the mayor of the old chief of staff. Deputy Huang Xuchu, don't be the secretary general of the Guangxi Provincial Government, you are a secretary under military control, wait for Wang Zhixiang, the chief of civil affairs, and let him arrange it himself. You have to talk about it and give me all the problems that can be solved now......