A voice woke up the Franco-American minister who was intoxicated with beautiful fantasies, Ferrero came to his senses and saw the British minister's eyes glaring at him with hatred of iron and steel, "The Chinese will be so kind to give us so many benefits for nothing?" You guys are so stupid and naïve! This is just thinking that we will kill each other, China will play such a trick if it can't beat us on the frontal battlefield! The round-faced minister chattered a lot of English, Gong Cheng didn't translate, Prince Gong didn't know, and didn't ask anything, but listening to the tone, there should have been a fierce quarrel, the ministers of the three countries approached each other and explained something in a low voice, the British round-faced minister bowed slightly to King Gong, "May I ask Your Excellency, what is your country's plan for the military expenditure of our two countries?" ”

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"It's to compensate for the military expenditures of the two countries and the pensions of the related dead soldiers," before the round-faced minister finished speaking, Chen Fuen sneered again and again, "It seems that your country has been defeated, isn't it?" Mr. Count Ergin is now on his way to Beijing and is being locked up in a prison car, does your country have the sincerity of peace talks, and after the defeat of the war, you still want to ask us to compensate for military expenses as in the old years? Many of the peace talks ministers on the side showed disdain, and such words were indeed insincere.

"Now that your country has been defeated, and you are still thinking of asking for these reparations from China," Chen Fuen was unforgiving and aggressive, "If our Great Qing Kingdom is defeated, wouldn't it be ceding a few provinces?" ”

Ferrero's face turned red, and he glared at the British minister who was ashamed of his words, which did sound very shameless, Chen Fuen continued to say sharply, "We have not asked your country for the losses caused by your country's shameless attack on the Qing Kingdom over the years, not to mention how many soldiers died, just look at the major forts, and spend countless money and grain on repairs, as well as the silver that was plundered in Tianjin, and the people who were killed all the way from Tianjin to Tongzhou to Gyeonggi, these losses cannot be estimated with money. China has not yet asked for reparations, but your country has begun to fight backwards! ”

The round-faced minister saw that Chen Fuen's attitude was very bad, and he couldn't help but refute it, but Prince Gong hurriedly pressed it. stopped the debate and quarrel between the two sides, and such a bullshit quarrel would not solve the problem at all, "Okay, Mr. Minister." Since we must show some sincerity in the peace talks, since we have won such a victory in the Qing Dynasty, then your country must always give up, in addition to continuing to buy muskets and artillery for domestic counterinsurgency, your country should also seriously think about why China wants to buy warships and train these things, why does it have to reach as much as 10 million taels of silver every year? ”

Gong Cheng translated in a low voice, "It's just for the sake of the face of your country, your country has come from afar." Harmony is precious," Prince Gong's words are really clear, this year's more than 10 million taels of silver, but far more than any one-time military compensation, in the Tianjin Treaty, Britain only took 2 million taels, France only took 1 million taels of silver, so a big move, countless military spending, there have long been complaints in the country. Now that Prince Gong understands the meaning of his words, it would be best if he could make money without using arms, and the two countries came thousands of miles away, is it still to attack China? It's just money. "But when it comes to the ugly words," Prince Gong's face turned positive, "I will also tell you China's bottom line, before the end of this month, all warship units will withdraw from China's territorial waters, and return the Qing Dynasty to a Haiyan River!" ”

The others in the lobby were silent. Only Prince Gong's serious voice sounded, "If the war has not ended at the end of the month and the treaty is signed, it will be regarded as disrespectful to the Great Qing Kingdom, and our Great Qing Kingdom will inevitably wait with your country to the end!" ”

The round-faced minister heard Gong Cheng's translation and nodded silently, "I can accept the armistice request on behalf of Britain," at this time, the minister still arrogantly used the word "request", although Prince Gong heard the more arrogant and rude Gong Cheng's translation, but he didn't have a seizure in the end, "I think the relevant clauses need to refer to the terms of China and the United States, and be more specific and in-depth in terms of the relevant preferential level." The British minister looked at Ferrero eagerly, "I believe that the French minister agrees with that." ”

"This is natural," Prince Gong nodded, "please inform me of the text of the negotiation as soon as possible, and everything other than the land cession and indemnity can be negotiated, and if the British envoy does not dislike it, it is also possible to choose one of the coastal ports as the British and French preferential ports." ”

"What about the purchase of warships?" Ferrero hurriedly interjected, sweeping away the shelves that had just been put up by the British envoys.

"Originally, it was a priority country, but I really don't know which country has the best navy," Prince Gong showed a distressed expression on his face, "So I really don't know what to do, so I still need to discuss with the ministers of the three countries, and it is good to have equal interests, otherwise the three countries will have a lot of discussions, Russia?" There is no need to pay attention to him, this kind of villain's country knows that it is taking advantage of the fire to rob, and a few days ago it proposed to mediate for China, at the cost that the land around the Outer Khing'an Mountains must be ceded to Russia, so today the Russian minister is not allowed to participate in the peace talks, and it is only right to order him to leave Beijing as soon as possible, so the three ministers, about the training of warships and naval forces," Prince Gong clapped his hands, looking helpless, "and ask the three countries to set a tone, and then discuss with us and others is not too late." ”

Prince Gong successfully made the three countries a mess, drank a sip of tea, the Chinese retreated, and gave up the negotiation venue to the ministers of the three countries and other cadres, and the ministers of the three countries began to argue in bird language, Hua Ruohan clearly understood that the United States is not now in the fire of China, and the ability to grab food between the two giants of Britain and France, just grabbed the tiger skin that Prince Gong said "entrusted the American minister to buy on his behalf", and insisted that this matter was up to me, and the British and French ministers in addition to attacking each other, The "Sino-British Treaty of Beijing," the "Sino-French Treaty of Beijing," and the "Sino-US Treaty of Beijing," signed three days later, in addition to stippulating on such matters as trade, tariffs, missionaries, diplomacy, and prisoners of war, in view of China's establishment of a navy, China, France, Britain, and the United States signed a separate "Regulations on the Purchase of Chinese Warships," which stipulates that "after the charter takes effect, The US fleet will transport Chinese non-commissioned officers to Britain for inspection and study, and the warships purchased will all be transported to China by the US fleet, and China will pay no more than 5 percent of the ship's transportation costs, and in addition, the share of 10 million taels in the first year will be subscribed by Britain 6 million taels, France will subscribe 3 million taels, and the United States will subscribe 1 million taels. (To be continued.) )

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