Chapter 102: How to Negotiate
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When the new British and French negotiators entered Beijing, it was already cold, and Qingyu did not receive them, so she only asked them to take them directly to see the places where the corpses were buried. In fact, they couldn't see anything, just a white expanse.
"I have been in contact with your country, but your country has not replied, so these bodies can only be buried under quicklime. But all the months have passed, and it has rained, and the country can only guarantee that the ulna below is intact, as for the other ......"
The people accompanying the Imperial Court were quite indifferent, because they really didn't blame them, they had sent telegrams to the diplomatic departments of the two countries, but no one replied, so these corpses could only be placed like this.
The envoys of the two countries are military bigwigs, and they boast that they have also passed through it. They've been thinking, really? More than 20,000 warships, dozens of large and small, are gone.
But if not, it doesn't seem to make sense. Twenty thousand! Now looking at the white lime pile in Fang Yuan, the two of them only had the urge to faint.
The temple made a gesture to the people, and a strong man in a rubber suit came over.
"You two, you can point to a random place and let this sergeant dig up for you two to see." He is particular about people, and he can't just point it to prove that this is the bones of their two people.
"No, is this all here?" The British envoy swallowed with great difficulty.
"See that black ditch? It's the dividing line, the big ones are the British, the small ones are the French. The man swiped his hand very kindly.
The two really believed this time, because this time the British sergeants accounted for two-thirds of the troops. If it weren't for the fact that they were all here, they wouldn't have been so precise.
"My lord, the warship ......"
"Oh, the wreckage of the warship has been salvaged. As the victorious objects of the war, those warships were used as exhibits, and we specially opened a museum by the sea in Tianjin. The people of Beijing and Tianjin like to watch it very much! If you are interested, you can invite them to visit at a private cost. The one smiled and nodded, indicating his generosity.
The two of them were in pain, but they really couldn't say a word, and they really couldn't return the spoils. It's conventional!
"Oh, it's just the soldiers of the two countries who came ashore, and the corpses on the warship drift with the flow and don't know where they are going."
"What about the officers?" The French envoy asked hurriedly.
"The sea does not distinguish between soldiers and officers." The officer rolled his eyes.
"What about here? Officers with soldiers? "England pointed to the white ground.
"Of course, we will not humiliate the officers, please trust our integrity." The officials didn't seem to understand what they meant, and they spoke very sincerely.
The two envoys really fell to the ground and fainted this time, the officers and soldiers were together, how could they transport these bones back?
And several of the officers are nobles, which makes them go back and explain how to do it. But they say that China has done something wrong, and they really can't say it. It's just that in general, when a war is really fought, the price of an officer is different from that of a soldier. And China actually buried the officers and soldiers together, and the officers on the warships were directly left to their own devices.
However, now they will not expect to see Her Majesty the Queen, who understands their national situation very well and is extremely tough. What they are worried about now is what kind of conditions the Chinese side will put forward then.
In Changchun Garden, Xianfeng and Qingyu were chatting, and they knew that the envoys of the two countries had entered Beijing. But Qingyu didn't go to see it, but just asked people to accompany him to see the cemetery, these Xianfeng were not surprised, what he was worried about was how to talk about it. Qingyu has never said how to talk about it, and the conditions have not been opened.
"What are you looking at me for?" Qingyu is concentrating on cutting fruits, she is now in addition to reviewing important folds every day, most of the time is spent with Xianfeng, and now she studies fruit tea. In modern times, she is so busy that she has time to spend this time, but there are still health care experts around her, so she doesn't eat during the lunch break, makes tea first, and then finishes eating, just hot sweet and sour fruit tea.
You must know that people freeze to death in the office building in the summer, and even if it is warm in the winter, you still want to drink hot tea. Therefore, you will not feel tired of drinking this in all seasons.
Qingyu sometimes looks at that one cooking, but it's not difficult to watch. And her preparation work is ready, all she has to do is peel it, cut it, and then put it in the pot in front of her to boil. Now there is no glass pot, so I can only jam the time.
"Nobody likes to drink, why are you doing this?" Xianfeng looked at Qingyu speechlessly and happily.
"My daughter loves to drink, but my son doesn't dare not like to drink." Qingyu glared at Xianfeng, he didn't like to drink, he felt sour.
"Alas, you'll only bully Sissy!" Xianfeng smiled, closed his eyes, and for a while, "What conditions are you going to put forward to Britain and France?" ”
"What about you? What conditions will be proposed? Qingyu looked at Xianfeng.
"Let them get the bodies back." Xianfeng thought for a moment before he said softly.
This question has been haunted in his mind for a long time, and an unprecedented victory is a shot in the arm for the Chinese people, more important than anything else. As for what Qingyu said before, let them compensate for war losses and the like, he didn't think it was necessary. Do you really want them to return the last 20 million silver?
"We don't let them pay compensation, and if we don't get it right, they'll think we're still cowardly. They will soon gather up the Indian army and send it to us. Qingyu said softly.
She knows these foreigners very well, if they really only let them bring the corpses back, without any compensation, they will not think that they are soldiers without a fight, they will only doubt what they have done, whether they still want to repair the relationship, in fact, they are still afraid that they will fight again.
"And what do you want?"
"In addition to the fact that they have to remove the bones within the deadline, there is also the need to compensate us for the cost of keeping the bones, including lime, and the cost of contaminating the land. Then there is how many bullets, shells, and damage to the fort we shared. By the way, there are also military expenses, how many soldiers are used, and medical expenses. We will show them one by one, and we will not ask for more, but we will not ask for less. ”
Qingyu had already calculated it, and asked someone to bring the list and hand it to Xianfeng, but her mind did not turn away from the apple.
Before, she was dicing apples, but later found out that it was actually better to cut the crescent moon, and the apples cooked with rock sugar were delicious, if it weren't for their poor health, they couldn't drink black tea, otherwise, put some black tea in it and boil it together, it would be really delicious.
And Xianfeng looked at those lists, and couldn't laugh or cry, the biggest cost is the cost of land pollution. It was actually a sandy field, which was not worth much in the first place, and there was no food to grow, and when they were gone, the lime and sand and gravel would be transported away, and they had cement factories on the outer islands.