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Across the long table sat the representatives of China and Russia, Guo Songtao and Ambassador Webbe exchanged a few words of greetings and began to prepare for negotiations, Webey first expressed concern about the recent situation and the pressure on the Chinese side: "I heard that your warship broke down in the Suez Canal? ”

Wei Bei's words had the meaning of schadenfreude, Guo Songtao was slightly displeased, he replied: "Is it temporarily due to the change of the waterway to stay there, not anchor or grounding, we have already negotiated, presumably as long as the waterway is suitable, the warship can quickly sail to China." ”

"Do you need our Russian help?" "After we reach an agreement, Russia is very willing to help China resist pressure from the British side." ”

"Thank you, ambassador," Guo Songtao said insincerely, thanks words, Russia is not so kind, although they may also have a situation of helping the Chinese, that is definitely to weaken the British and do so, Guo Songtao has heard a lot of news these days, especially the sale of 7,000 tons of warships to Japan and the detention of 7,000 tons of warships purchased from Germany in the Suez Canal, in the face of such great pressure from the British, a bad heart Russia can not help at all, the news from the Old Summer Palace, Xisheng has already made a decisionIt just takes time to think about how to regress, and to find a decent way to regress.

Retreating against the British meant that Kashmir would not be ceded to the Chinese, and Guo Songtao thought he knew Empress Dowager Cixi very well, and she upheld the idea that people were more important than everything.

Shi Dakai and others are still very important, there is no doubt about this, then it means that Bangladesh may still hope to negotiate with the British to be preserved, but Kashmir is absolutely impossible to give to the Russians. Then the North Sea cannot legally belong to China.

Then it means that his work to negotiate with Russia during this period is all in vain, Guo Songtao is faintly depressed, but there is no will in the Old Summer Palace, he must also negotiate step by step, the Russians also know that there may be China can not continue to withstand the pressure given by the British, so they have been urging the Chinese to reach an agreement, but Zuo Zongtang has hinted that Guo Songtao should try to slow the negotiation process, and then slow, so that he can be ready to terminate negotiations with Russia as soon as possible.

Today is the thirteenth time to discuss the territorial division of the North Sea and Kashmir, and this core content is about to be paid by China for the purchase of cities on the North Sea coast, and Russia has made great concessions, of course, for the Tsar, although Russia is not rich, he is not short of money.

What is lacking is strategically located land, which is why he is bound to Kashmir.

So even if Guo Songtao repeatedly delayed, it was time to talk about practical issues, and Webey demanded that the location of the Saneri Valley be divided, and then the Kalakoram corridor should be given to them as well. Guo Songtao flatly refused, "This corridor is a relatively flat passage between Xinjiang and Tibet, and the Ministry of Industry has already planned to build an official road here, and it must not be ceded to your country." ”

The Russians have a great appetite, about four-fifths of the land in Kashmir, and do not give an inch in the key highlands and valley strategic locations, it seems that it is indeed necessary to win this place, the two sides debated on this, it is when the words and swords are in full swing, the door of the conference hall was rudely opened, the two sides stopped talking, Guo Songtao turned his head in displeasure, and saw Sula who pushed the door in, "What's going on!" All of them said that the discussion here should not be disturbed in any way! ”

"My lord," that Sula said in a trembling voice when she saw Guo Songtao getting angry, "I beg forgiveness, it was the head of the palace who brought the message of the Western Sage, saying that he would see you immediately, no matter who was there." ”

How could there be a sudden oracle at this time? Guo Songtao's heart was bright, he must have ordered to stop the negotiations with the Russians, he got up and apologized to Wei Bei, and walked out, Guo Songtao is a big fat man, originally in the negotiation, the conversation was full of sweat, but when he came back, the hot sweat on his face disappeared, and the whole person revealed a refreshed look, he strode back, sat down, smiled confidently and calmly, Wei Bei chuckled slightly in his heart, although Guo Songtao just now also had a calm expression, but he would never be as confident and indifferent as this, "Mr. Ambassador, Guo Songtao smiled and said, "I have to revise the relevant terms." ”

"What terms?" Webbe asked vigilantly.

"We decided to determine the ownership of the North Sea first, and then we will discuss the division of Kashmir." Guo Songtao threw out such a sentence that made Wei Bei angry.

The Russians were in an uproar, and several people looked at each other to see if the Chinese were crazy and backtracked? "I'm sure we've made a promise on this matter, Mr. Chancellor," Wei Bei said with a sigh of rage, a little puzzled as to why Guo Songtao's attitude had changed so dramatically.

"But that's changed now." Guo Songtao said with a smile.

"The so-called commitment is that it will not change under any circumstances. Mr. Chancellor. Webey said, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

"We already have the upper hand, so your country must make concessions, of course the promise has changed," Guo Songtao closed the text and stood up, "Let's go here for today's discussion, and we will make an appointment next time, probably your country should also know about the unfortunate events that have happened at this time." ”

Guo Songtao turned to leave, Wei Bei listened inexplicably, and called out to Guo Songtao, "Lord Guo, what happened?" ”

Guo Songtao turned his head and was about to say something, when suddenly the Russian military attache walked in sweaty, and said something eagerly in Wei Bei's ear, Guo Songtao knew that Wei Bei already knew the news, and nodded, "This is this matter, we express our regret, but there are negotiations on the North Sea, it will not be delayed, we hope to talk about this matter before the end of the autumn, please be ready, ambassador." ”

"What?" Wei Bei didn't have the heart to scruple Guo Songtao's seemingly aggressive words at this time, he heard the news that the military attache came to tell him, and the doubts in his heart were not only explained, but he was also greatly frightened, several Russian officials gathered around, Wei Bei's eyes were straight, and his face was pale, "His Majesty the Tsar was assassinated?" ”

On the 25th day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar in the seventh year of Guangxu, Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated and killed by members of the People's Will Party with a bomb in St. Petersburg.

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