Chapter 120: Filling in the Gaps

Seeing that Okuma Shigetomo was so excited, the representative of the Saar Empire also took the draft curiously, only to see that it was written: "The Wa Kingdom must publicly apologize to the Lanfang Empire and the Hanping Kingdom, ceding the Wa Kingdom Kyushu Island and the Ryukyu Islands to the Lanfang Empire, and ceding the Tsushima Island to the Hanping Kingdom." The Wa State compensated for all the losses caused to the Lanfang Empire and the Han Ping Kingdom during the war, and compensated the Lanfang Empire fleet for the loss of 100 million Lanfang coins, the Han Ping Kingdom for the loss of 100 million Lanfang coins, and the Chinese leadership fee of 100 million Lanfang coins. At the same time, the Japanese had to redeem the prisoners in the hands of the Chinese leaders and the Japanese soldiers in the port of Pusan at the price of 1,000 lanfang coins each, and their total number was 211,700 yuan, and they had to pay 211,700,000 lanfang coins. ”

The representatives of the Saar Empire were also shocked after reading this proposal, if this draft was passed, the Wa State would have to pay 511.7 million Lan Fang coins, which was almost equal to the gross domestic product of the Wa State for three years, even if it was as strong as the Saar Empire would be quite painful to come up with so much money in a short period of time.

Seeing that the faces of the representatives of Okuma Shigechao and the Saar Empire were extremely gloomy, Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said, "This is just a draft, we can discuss it again." ”

Seeing that Fang Xiaoyu said that there was room for negotiation, Okuma Shigechao hurriedly said: "It is absolutely impossible to cede the territory, the compensation to the three of you can only be compensated for a total of 30 million, and we will not pay any fees for the capture, not to mention that our army in the port of Busan has not been captured by you." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "The place doesn't want to cede to us so that we can negotiate, the compensation cost must always be equal to our loss, otherwise we won't suffer a loss." As for the captives, if you don't pay the ransom, I'll let them go to the mines, and the Japanese army in the port of Busan must lay down their arms and become prisoners, otherwise we will not guarantee their lives. ”

Okuma Shigeasa said, "Your proposal will never be accepted by our government, at least Kyushu Island and the Ryukyu Islands cannot be ceded. Fang Xiaoyu said: "Kyushu Island is not ceded and said in the past, this Ryukyu Islands was originally a subject country of the Lanfang Empire, and you illegally occupied it decades ago, why did it become yours again?" I just want you to return it, not cede it. ”

Seeing Fang Xiaoyu's arguments, Okuma had no choice but to retreat step by step: "Even if we agree to return the Ryukyu Islands, we don't need to compensate for the losses so much." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "You have secretly attacked and destroyed the Second and Third Fleets of the Empire, as well as the forts and military ports of Port Arthur, will this cost you more than 100 million?" The people of Hanping Kingdom have been killed so many by you, and your soldiers have looted the whole country of Hanping Kingdom, and even put the royal family under house arrest, do you think it is more than 100 million? ”

There is nothing to say about this compensation for Okuma Shigemasa, after all, the facts are there: "Even so, where do you have so much military spending?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "Our weapons are all new, the cost is very high, in order to resist your aggression, our navy fired a total of 3,115 shells, consumed 5,532 tons of coal, sacrificed 351 naval soldiers, plus the wear and tear of the ship, the cost is very considerable." ”

Fang Xiaoyu continued with a worried look: "In addition, there is also the consumption of the Han Ping Kingdom, the army lost 9,375 people in the battle, and 21,924 people were wounded, all of which need to pay pensions and medical expenses, and at the same time, 31,215 guns were lost, 1,125,000 bullets were consumed, and 3,712 shells were consumed. All of these add up to 100 million for you, which is already a very loss. ”

Fang Xiaoyu's words made Okuma Shigechao stunned, he didn't expect Fang Xiaoyu to count the numbers so clearly, according to this, it was really his own side to lose, in fact, Fang Xiaoyu's numbers were all made up by the mouth, basically more than ten times larger than the facts, anyway, now that the entire war zone is under their control, they don't know the actual situation at all, and they don't let themselves talk nonsense.

Fang Xiaoyu completely had the upper hand in the negotiations, but Okuma Shigechao still did not give up: "Even if we agree to a compensation of 300 million, the money for the redemption of the captives is too much, and it actually costs 1,000 yuan per person." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "How much does a person spend on eating from birth to adulthood?" How much does it cost to get dressed? How much does it cost to join the army for training? This is not counting the cost of education, the cost of daily necessities, which add up to more than 1,000 yuan? ”

Fang Xiaoyu's words were not in line with the common sense of diplomatic activities at all, but he acted like a profiteer who was bargaining, and he didn't know how to return the favor when he heard it. The two sides bargained for a long time, and finally under the mediation of the representatives of the Nantes Empire, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement. The Wa Kingdom ceded Tsushima Island to Hanhei Province and returned the Ryukyu Islands to the Chinese Territory.

At the same time, the Wa State compensated 50 million Lanfang coins to the Han Ping Kingdom, the Chinese Territory and the Lanfang Imperial Navy, and the Japanese State agreed to redeem all the prisoners and the trapped Japanese soldiers in Busan Port to the Chinese Territory at a total price of 100 million Lanfang coins.

Fang Xiaoyu took the revised determination and nodded: "It's not bad, but I would like to add a sentence at the end, if your government delays the ransom of the prisoners, it must pay the prisoners' food expenses at the price of one million Lanfang coins per day." Listening to Fang Xiaoyu's words, Okuma Shigechao almost fainted, this Fang Xiaoyu really got into the eyes of money, and only recognized money.

In order to redeem the only elite soldiers in the country, King Taisho and the government of the Wa Kingdom had to reluctantly pass a contract. On July 2, 892 in the Taiyuan calendar, the Lanfang Empire, the Chinese Domain, the Wa State and the Han Ping Kingdom signed the "Tongjiang Treaty" in Tongjiang Fucheng, and the first conflict between the Wa State and the Lanfang Empire officially ended.

Fang Xiaoyu then captured four warships from the Wa Kingdom, including the 'Musashi', 'Hiei' and 'Showa' shippers and the new ironclad ship 'Hashidate' (the 'Hashidate' was hit in the naval battle and lost power in the boiler and was later towed back to the shipyard for repairs by a tugboat sent by the Chinese Consulate. Together, they were packaged and sold to the Imperial Navy at a low price of one million Lanfang coins, which made Marshal Xiahou Min overjoyed.

Fang Xiaoyu finally calmed down the guilt in his heart a little, after all, he didn't inform the Imperial Navy of the information about the sneak attack of the Japanese Navy, which caused Marshal Xiahou Min's navy to cause such a big loss. Although he felt that it was a pity that he did not completely cripple the Wa Kingdom this time, Fang Xiaoyu still gained great benefits in the war, which also made Fang Xiaoyu know for the first time what it meant to make a fortune in war.

In this war against the Japanese, the Chinese leaders made a lot of money, not only harvesting the Ryukyu Islands, but also actually controlling the Hanping Kingdom by controlling the government of the Hanping Kingdom. Jin Chengyong saw the strong combat power of the Chinese Commander's Defense Army in the battle, and he was already dead set on the Chinese Leader, so Fang Xiaoyu put him on the throne of the Marshal of the Hanping Army, and sent instructors to reorganize the Hanping Army for him.

Fang Xiaoyu used some pro-Chinese officials, and even stuffed his cronies into the government posing as Hanping people, completely hollowing out the emperor of Hanping and firmly controlling the entire country in his own hands. For a long time, the people of Hanping have been deeply influenced by the Lanfang Empire both economically and culturally, and the people of the two countries are also very similar in appearance, which is basically impossible to see if it is not explained in advance, which deepens the closeness of the two countries.

After taking control of the Hanping Kingdom, Fang Xiaoyu communicated with Marshal Xiahou Min, who had just received Fang Xiaoyu's ironclad ship gift package, and was very interested, and immediately agreed to let Fang Xiaoyu build a railway that ran through the entire Hanping Kingdom from Luhai County, and at the same time began to immigrate and invest in the economy there, striving to completely transform the Hanping Kingdom into an iron-core subject country of the Chinese Territory in a short period of time, so that Fang Xiaoyu obtained several excellent ports in the Hanping Kingdom, including Luoxian, Incheon, Pusan and other places.

In addition to the territorial gains, Fang Xiaoyu also earned more than 100 million Lanfang coins in compensation, which made the construction funds of the Chinese Collar a lot richer. In addition, the hundreds of years of royal treasures of the Han Ping Kingdom, including hundreds of tons of gold and various treasures, were smuggled back by Fang Xiaoyu.

Shipped back together with most of the silver in the inventory of the Hanping Household Department, anyway, the black pot has the Japanese army to carry it, and he will make a fortune in a muffled voice, because the Hanping Kingdom is a country that uses silver as currency, and its government silver reserves are quite rich, this time Fang Xiaoyu only got a hundred tons of silver on the treasury silver of the Hanping Household Department.

The first battle against the Japanese state became the touchstone of the Chinese territorial waters and army, although the Chinese army withstood the test but also exposed many problems, Fang Xiaoyu decided to make some changes to the Chinese army based on this surprise. On the army side, artillery and heavy machine guns will be strengthened.

Both the Defence Force and the Iron Corps will be expanded, with each platoon adding a heavy fire squad with two heavy machine guns and three mortars. At the same time, an artillery company equipped with eight 76-mm mountain guns was set up at the regimental level, a howitzer battalion equipped with 24 105-mm howitzers at the division level, and a baggage battalion was set up at the brigade level.

In this way, the standard configuration of a division will become more than 15,000 people, and each division will have 486 heavy machine guns, 729 mortars, 72 76-mm mountain guns, and 24 105-mm howitzers.

The biggest problem for the army is in logistics, in the past, Fang Xiaoyu has not paid much attention to horses due to the influence of mechanization on earth and the transportation of supplies by the strategic air force. In the past, most of Fang Xiaoyu's troops were fighting on the inner line, and the logistics supply could be solved on the spot, but this time when he went abroad to fight, the weakness of logistics exposed a big problem.

Due to the lack of enough animal power to transport materials, there was often a shortage of ammunition in front-line operations, and if it weren't for the fact that the Japanese army's combat strength was too rookie, it would really be a bit suspenseful for the operation of the Han Pingguo.