() Chapter 203 Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Malaysian

Hearing these words, Johansen looked angry, but he could no longer move his legs! If he really left today, I am afraid that the Portuguese colony of Macao would be lost within a few days! This is something that the Kingdom of Portugal cannot accept under any circumstances!

Taking a deep breath, Johansen sat down again with a pale face!"Minister Luo's conditions are too high, we can't accept so much compensation, otherwise we won't compromise even if we lose Macau or even Goa! And I believe that the British who occupy the Indian subcontinent will not accept the appearance of another strong neighbor next to them!"

Hearing his words, although Luo Fenglu's face was still calm, he agreed with his analysis in his heart! The British Empire, which regarded India as a forbidden country, would not allow the powerful People's Army to occupy Goa at all! On the side of the bed, how could others be allowed to snore, but not only the Chinese understood this truth! Moreover, he had never thought that the Portuguese would accept such harsh conditions! And since there is always bargaining in negotiations, it is necessary to be a little higher now, and it is convenient to fight for better conditions for the People's Army itself in the next negotiations!

"I wonder how much Minister Johansen wants to pay for the more than 50,000 captured soldiers of your country?

"We think that a soldier should be ransom ten pounds, and besides, we have not been defeated in Portugal, and you are not a threat to the security of our homeland, so we do not accept reparations!" said Johansen, with a blank face.

"Is it so, Mr. Minister, do you think that our People's Army can accept such conditions? Ten pounds per soldier, and now the wage of a able-bodied labourer in Nanyang has reached five pounds a month. Is your country's soldiers so cheap? If that is the case, then we still don't need to talk about it! I believe that the wealth created for us by these 50,000 soldiers every year will far exceed the price your country pays for them! Moreover. Seriously, most of the soldiers in your country are strong and strong, and they are really the best candidates to be coolies!"

Hearing these words, Johansen's face turned red, and his breath became a little thicker because of his anger!"Coolies! How can a noble white man do coolies for these hateful yellow people! This is the greatest insult to the Kingdom of Portugal!"

"Minister Luo, how can you release our soldiers?"

"First of all, the price of five hundred pounds for a soldier will not change! Besides, we can reduce the indemnity to forty million pounds!"

"No, it's still too much. We don't agree to the reparations, but the ransom can be raised to a hundred pounds per soldier!"

"I'm sorry! The reparations must be paid! Our People's Army can reduce it by five million pounds! And we can put the soldiers' ransom at four hundred pounds each, and our concessions are already very large!"

"No, we don't agree with ......!"

At this moment, the two of them are like vendors and customers in the vegetable market, fighting for every penny! In addition to their own status, they also let them maintain their demeanor, and barely slapped the table and scolded their mothers. The means that should be used are basically used!

But even after such a heated argument for more than half an hour, the two did not reach a final opinion!

Taking a deep breath, Luo Fenglu grabbed the teacup next to him and took a big sip, and the half-hour argument made him taste dry now! Seeing him like this, Johansen, who was sitting opposite, also loosened his bow tie, and obvious exhaustion flashed on his face! He felt that he had never been so tired, and the Chinese opposite him was really too difficult! He had been in politics for nearly 30 years, had worked in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly 20 years, participated in countless international negotiations, and had never seen such a fierce debate as today! But he already had some admiration for the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese People's Army Government Council sitting opposite him! Whether it was eloquence or brains, he already possessed all the qualities of a successful diplomat!

"Minister Johansen. The compensation is 20 million pounds, and each captured soldier is 500 pounds, which is the unchangeable bottom line of our Chinese People's Army!" Waving his hand to interrupt his rebuttal, Luo Fenglu immediately said: "Your Excellency, we know that your country can't come up with so much money, but we have a better proposal! I believe it will be helpful to both you and me!"

Hearing his words, Johansen became a little interested! The focus of the two of them just now was on this reparation, and one of the two sides believed that he was the victor in the war and insisted on demanding reparations! The other believed that he had not been defeated, and that his homeland was far away in Europe and was not threatened by war at all, so he should not pay reparations! Therefore, the two sides earned more than half an hour, but no one persuaded anyone!

"Minister Johansen, the Kingdom of Portugal has now completed the industrial revolution, and there are a large number of industrial and mining enterprises in the country! Therefore, we can allow your country to repay these indemnities and the ransom of the soldiers, with steel, coal, machinery and equipment, and even grain! In addition, we also guarantee that as long as this treaty is signed, then we will continue to purchase steel, cement, and other industrial raw materials from your country with a wealth of 20 million pounds, and of course we do not rule out the possibility of further orders!" Looking at the somewhat surprised eyes on the faces of the Portuguese on the other side, Luo Fenglu said calmly! The reason why he said this today was all due to Huo Shan's confession! Compared with the Netherlands, who lost the entire East Indies and only lost more than 10,000 square kilometers of East Timor's colony, it was really too cheap for them! Therefore, Huo Shan made a decision at the beginning of the negotiations to slaughter the Portuguese, but the compensation was too much, and obviously the Portuguese could not accept it! Therefore, Huo Shan decided to use steel, oil, cement, and Grain and industrial equipment, and other construction materials and factory equipment that are urgently needed for the construction of various infrastructure of Huo Jiajun's various infrastructure at present, decided to repay the reparations! Moreover, in order to induce the Portuguese to comply, Huo Shan also gave an order of 20 million pounds as bait! Although the amount of the final indemnity has not changed in this way, a simple change of method has undoubtedly made it easier for the Portuguese to accept!

Although Johansen heard of this method of reparation for the first time, he began to seriously think about the feasibility of the Chinese's proposal! After all, through the more than half an hour of argument just now, he had already seen that the price just now was their final bottom line!

"Minister Luo, I wonder if we will be able to repay all the indemnities and the ransom of the captured soldiers with the agricultural materials, machinery and equipment, industrial raw materials and various industrial manufactured products that you just mentioned!" Johansen said with a hint of excitement in his eyes! If this can really be done, then Portugal may be able to repay the compensation and the soldiers' ransom with only half of the money! After all, ex-factory price and cost price are two concepts, and the two colonies of the Kingdom of Portugal, Angola and Mozambique, are both grain-producing areas! They don't need to spend money at all, they only need to loot the colonies! In addition, there is also a purchase of 20 million pounds from the Chinese People's Army! This is a large number for Portugal, almost capping their total foreign trade in two years! Moreover, in these days in Machen, he has also seen the hot construction scene here, so it is not surprising that the Chinese People's Army has a huge demand for these infrastructure materials!

"Of course you can!" For Huo Jiajun, although the money is very needed, it is still necessary to convert it into the materials needed for the construction of various provinces and cities in Nanyang! Now you can get the materials directly, but it saves this layer of trouble!

"If that's the case, I can sign this treaty on behalf of the Kingdom of Portugal!" Getting the answer he wanted, Johansen secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the look on his face became less ugly!

"Hehe! You have really made a wise choice!" As he spoke, Luo Fenglu stretched out his hand to take the treaty document handed over by the secretary of his office and put it in front of the Portuguese opposite! He continued: "Mr. Minister, you can take a look, and if there is no objection, we can sign a contract! At that time, you and I will establish formal diplomatic relations and become equal and friendly countries!"

"It seems that you have already prepared!" Picking up the papers on the table and glancing at the other party, Johansen said with a complicated expression. If it hadn't been for the preparations in advance, he would not have believed that the other side would have been able to come up with the text of the agreement so quickly! It was obvious that the other party had already prepared for it this time, and the people had already calculated his psychology! This could not help but make him feel a little depressed after more than ten years of diplomatic career!

With a faint smile, Luo Fenglu replied to the question: "Mr. Minister, let's take a look at the documents!"

Hearing his words, Johansen didn't delve too deeply, and took the not too thick contract text to his eyes, and looked at it with full attention! Because it was all accompanied by a Portuguese translation, he didn't seem to have any obstacles! After about half an hour, he finished reading all of the document that was more than a dozen pages long! Although there was no big doubt, it was ......!

"MFN treatment, exchange of ministers, educational cooperation! Minister Luo doesn't seem to have anything to do with what we negotiated!" Johansen put down the text of the contract in his hand and couldn't help but ask with some doubts!

"Of course, it is relevant! I believe that Mr. Minister should know that development and construction are being carried out within the territory of our People's Army, and there is an urgent shortage of all kinds of industrial raw materials and complete sets of equipment! However, there is no shortage of these in your country, and our agricultural products such as rubber and sugar in the South Seas are also needed by your country, and there is a strong complementarity between the markets of our two sides! I believe that our signing of this most-favored-nation treatment will play a good role in promoting the economic development of both of our sides! As for the exchange of ministers and educational cooperation, I believe it is very clear in the treaty! Moreover, compared with the economic cooperation between our two sides, these trivial things are not so important!"

Johansen nodded thoughtfully! He also agreed with Luo Fenglu's opinion! The question he had just expressed was just that he had signed such an equal cooperation plan with a yellow force outside of Europe, which made him feel a little uncomfortable!

Once the two sides reached an agreement, the rest became much simpler! Soon the two signed their names on the document called the "Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Malchen"! Of course, they also needed Huang Sheng's signature and the seal of King Louis I of Portugal before they could officially enter into force!