"The conditions put forward by the Chinese are too harsh, and we cannot agree to such conditions as war reparations of six billion Chinese dollars, and at the same time limit our military strength. If we agree, once the two of us return home, we will definitely be torn to pieces by those angry people! The British Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Granville, looked angry. The Chinese apparently slaughtered Britain as a wronged leader.

Everyone knows that the British are very wealthy, and the wealth accumulated by hundreds of years of world hegemony is already an astronomical amount. The Chinese Empire must have come for this wealth. If it could be re-chosen, Britain would have preferred to use all this wealth to develop armaments before the war began, so that it would not be defeated by China.

But how could the British be willing to use all this wealth to develop armaments at that time? After knowing the defeat, I regretted it.

"The biggest problem is that if we don't agree to these conditions of the Chinese, the Chinese will always have military control over Britain." At that time, Britain's national strength will be depleted little by little. We will lose the opportunity to rise forever! Earl Stanley said.

The Earl of Granville was silent for a moment, and he was also involved in the design of the future rise of Britain. In addition, he personally went to the Kingdom of Prussia and had a secret conversation with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia. If the Chinese Empire had taken military control over the British, it would have been all over.

"Your Excellency, do we have six billion yuan of wealth in our hands now?" Earl Glanville asked.

Earl Stanley nodded: "The total value of those wealth that has not yet been discovered by the Chinese should be more than six billion Chinese yuan." Although the treasury was already empty, before the Chinese landed in the British Isles, we received four billion dollars worth of wealth from the royal family. Plus the wealth collected from the banks, the capitalists, the factory owners, and the aristocracy. The total value of our buried wealth should be more than 10 billion Chinese dollars. But. Some of them have already been discovered by the Chinese. The rest should be 7 billion to 8 billion Chinese dollars! ”

"If you calculate it in this way, even if you pay the Chinese war reparations." We're still able to have some left. Coupled with the wealth that the people themselves have buried, it should be enough for the development of the country. There's really no way around it. Let's agree to the Chinese's terms! Said the Earl of Granville. Obviously, things have come to this point, and there is no way for Britain to disagree. Unless, Britain is willing to remain under military rule.

Count Stanley was a little hesitant, after all, these conditions proposed by the Chinese Empire were too harsh.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we can't afford to put it off any longer. If the Chinese have been stationed in the British for a long time, with their digging and scraping. It is estimated that it will not be long before all the remaining wealth of our wealth is found. When the time comes, our losses will be even greater! Said the Earl of Granville.

Count Stanley's heart suddenly tightened, and as soon as Earl Granville said this, he realized this. The longer it drags on, the worse it will be for the UK! Since huge war reparations were inevitable, it was better to agree to the Chinese's conditions earlier and let the Chinese withdraw from Britain. In this way, they will also be able to build the nation earlier.

"Okay, but let's ask the domestic opinion first!" Earl Stanley said.

The Cabinet members who stayed behind in the UK. After receiving the telegram sent back by the Earl of Stanley, they all scolded the Chinese Empire for the harsh conditions. However, under the tough attitude of the Chinese Empire. They also have no way. In particular, Chancellor of the Exchequer Benjamin. Disraeli was even more fearful of the army of the Chinese Empire.

Previously, the Chinese occupation forces arrested the British on a trumped-up charge in order to find the location of the wealth buried by the British, and under the torture of the Chinese, he could only explain the location of the wealth he knew. As a result, Britain lost more than a billion dollars of wealth.

The cabinet ministers who remained in the country also wished for the early withdrawal of the Chinese occupation forces, and they decided to accept the conditions put forward by the Chinese Empire despite the harsh conditions. Of course. It would have been better if Earl Stanley had negotiated these terms as low as possible.

domestic opinions. Let Count Stanley and Earl Granville have a general idea. They are ready, in the negotiations tomorrow. Negotiations with the Chinese Empire continued.

"By the way, Your Excellency Prime Minister, what should I do if there is a question about the royal family?" Earl Glanville said. The fact that the Chinese actually wanted to abolish Queen Victoria's throne made the cabinet somewhat overwhelmed.

"We won't get involved in the affairs of the royal family. I think the royal family must have sent people to contact the Chinese! Earl Stanley said.

The Earl of Granville also nodded thoughtfully, and sure enough, in the negotiations the next day, the delegation of the Chinese Empire did not mention this request for the abolition of Queen Victoria. Obviously, the Chinese delegation has reached an agreement with the royal family. You don't have to think about it to know that the royal family must be bleeding profusely because of this.

"How's that for you, two? The Empire's patience is limited, and there is no time for you to continue to wait! Imperial Prime Minister Lin Zihao urged. Because of the unexpected annexation of Austria-Hungary by the Kingdom of Prussia, the process of negotiations needed to be accelerated considerably. Immediately after the negotiations, the delegation would return home to discuss the next steps of the empire and prepare for the containment of the Kingdom of Prussia.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, with regard to the war reparations, the British Government considers that the amount of the war reparations is too great for Britain to pay. If the amount of compensation can be reduced to 4 billion Chinese dollars, we can accept it! Earl Stanley said.

"Four billion Chinese dollars? Britain was much richer than France and Russia, and there was no reason why Britain should pay only four billion dollars in war reparations, as they did. Lin Zihao shook his head.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Britain has lost enough in this war at that time, and the war reparations of four billion Chinese dollars are already the limit of what we can pay!" The Earl of Granville also said.

"Okay, let's take one more step. The war reparations were reduced to five billion Chinese dollars, which is already the bottom line of the empire! Lin Zihao hesitated, and then said.

Both the Earl of Stanley and the Earl of Granville were happy that they could reduce the war reparations of one billion Chinese dollars, which was equivalent to helping Britain save one billion Chinese dollars!

However, when the two of them were about to ask for a little lower, Lin Zihao was very angry. After Lin Zihao said a few cruel words, Earl Stanley and Earl Granville also knew that it seemed that they could no longer lower it, so they had to give up and accept the demand for five billion Chinese dollars in war reparations.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, this article concerning the limitation of British military power. 50,000 troops is too little, especially in the face of the threat of the Republic of Ireland and the Kingdom of Scotland, 50,000 troops are clearly not enough. Earl Stanley said.

"The Republic of Ireland and the Kingdom of Scotland, the Empire will bind them. In addition, the Empire would garrison troops in the British Isles. So, the stability of the British Isles is guaranteed! Lin Zihao continued.

However, the British were clearly reluctant to entrust their security to other countries to guarantee. The British, of course, wanted to rearmament, if possible. The two sides have reached an impasse on this issue.

In fact, the Reich did not care about the army of the British. On the battlefield, it has been proven that the British Army, even with the same weapons, cannot be compared with the Imperial Army. No matter how numerous the British Army was, it was no match for the Reich. What's more, after the independence of the Republic of Ireland and the Kingdom of Scotland, Britain's national power has declined a lot. The population is also more than half small, and they simply can't expand their army as frantically as this time.

As a result, the Empire regressed slightly, and the British Army's strength was capped at 100,000. However, if the British Navy wanted to develop, it was impossible. The Reich was far more wary of the British Navy than the British Army. Although those battleships of the British Navy, either destroyed or captured by the Reich. However, the British navy was still in good shape, and if the British were given a few years to develop, they might be able to rebuild a powerful navy that posed a serious threat to the Empire's overseas interests.

Therefore, the empire strongly demanded that Britain should not have a navy, but only a maritime garrison. The displacement of the possessed battleship could not exceed one and a half thousand tons. In this way, there would be little threat to the Empire's navy. In addition, Britain's large shipyards will be dismantled, and large slipways will be destroyed, making Britain temporarily lose the ability to build large warships.

Still, the British Navy thought of a way to deal with it. Since China cannot allow Britain to have a navy. Then, with the help of the Prussian Navy, which later became the German Navy, they were reborn. In later generations, one-third of the sailors of the German navy came from the British. Among the middle and high-ranking generals, many were British. As a result, the German Navy soon had the strength to threaten the Reich. So much so that in the next world war, the naval battle will be even more tragic.

On 21 November, the Treaty of Peace was signed by the British representative, Earl Stanley, marking the completion of the victorious powers' disposition of Britain. As for the distribution of the five billion Chinese dollars of war reparations paid by Britain, the Chinese Empire accounted for 80 percent, and the Kingdom of Spain and Belgium each received 10 percent. It's not much, but it's a windfall for the Kingdom of Spain and Belgium. After all, in the war against Britain, the two countries did not contribute much at all. (To be continued)

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