When Liu Jie saw that the other party had surrendered, he did not think he had won, and replied with a smile: "It's nothing. Mr. Minister is coming from far away, and it is inevitable that he is a little confused. My Lord Governor has been waiting inside for a long time. Please follow me, Mr. Minister."
Come in."
After Liu Jie finished speaking, he waved his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and Sir Dou Nalue moved forward smoothly and entered the Nanyang Navy Yamen.
Just like this, Liu Jie and Sir Dou Nale walked side by side, and soon they came to a wide courtyard.
Afterwards, Liu Jie led Sir Dou Nale and his entourage to the main hall in the courtyard.
The negotiation table has been set up here, and Liu Hai is sitting at the other end of the crime scene seriously.
When he saw Liu Jie entering the room with Sir Dou Nale, he stood up, cupped his hands to Sir Dou Nale and said, "This is the Minister of Ji Liguo. I am the Minister of Nanyang and the Governor of Liangjiang, Liu Hai.
Please forgive me for missing you from afar."
Although Sir Dou Nale said that he had not been in the Qing Dynasty for a long time, he had also learned some etiquette of the Qing Dynasty. When he saw Liu Hai hand over his hand, he also hurriedly returned the courtesy and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare, I have to be in a hurry when I come down, so please
General, thank you very much."
Liu Hai smiled and then said: "Mr. Minister, you are welcome. Please take a seat quickly."
Sir Dou Nale followed Liu Hai's words and sat at the other end of the negotiation table.
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Liu Hai took the opportunity to sit in his original seat, and then said: "Since the negotiation has begun, our entourage will also take a seat."
Sir Donalle nodded after hearing this, and then he called his entourage to sit on both sides of him.
Sir Dou Nale saw that he was ready, Liu Hai also clapped his hands, and then several scribes walked in from outside the house. These people are Liu Hai's staff and are now participating in this negotiation as Liu Hai's entourage.
As the host, Liu Hai saw that the negotiators from both sides were ready, so he spoke first: "At the request of the Kyrgyz government, we are once again conducting negotiations to end the war between the two countries. I don't know what the minister has to say."
Sir Dou Nale looked at Liu Hai and then said: "In order to ensure the peace of the people of the two countries and prevent turmoil due to war, our country initiated this negotiation. Now I will talk about the negotiation conditions of our government."
When Sir Dou Nale said this, he stretched out his hand to the side, and one of his secretaries quickly took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to his hand.
Sir Dou Nale took the document, opened it on the spot, read it and said: "Because this time, the Nanyang Navy unilaterally provoked the war, our country believes that the Qing Dynasty should bear full responsibility for this incident."
After Liu Hai heard this, he knocked on the table with his hand, and then laughed, "Mr. Minister, are you kidding me? If it weren't for the fact that Geely had betrayed Japan and seized Japan's warship and refused to refund, how could it have caused conflict between the two countries?
war?"
"Mr. Governor, please note that although the Geely government has temporarily delayed the date of delivery of battleships to Japan, it has not completely violated the contract and has made a commitment to the Japanese government that it will deliver the battleships to Japan at the appropriate time. Therefore, Geely
The Chinese government has not breached the contract."
After hearing this, Liu Hai said noncommittally: "Mr. Official, I am not a diplomat. I am not good at these diplomatic rhetoric. Let's open the sky and speak frankly. What are the conditions of Mr. Minister?"
When Liu Hai said this, a playful smile flashed in his eyes. He wanted to see how the politicians of Geely Country confused right and wrong?
When Sir Dou Nale heard Liu Hai asking about the conditions, he coughed and then said: "In order for the two countries to have peace, our British government proposes the following terms."
"Article 1. As the instigator of this war, the Qing government should apologize to the Gili government."
"Article 2. Due to this war, the Qing Dynasty caused huge losses to the Gili government, so it should compensate the Gili government in the amount of 300 million taels of silver."
"Article 3. The territory belonging to the Gili government occupied by the Qing Dynasty this time should be returned to the British government immediately."
"Article 4. As the instigator of this incident, the Japanese state will cede Kyushu Island to the Gili government and jointly and severally compensate 80 million taels of silver."
"Article 5. From now on, the Nanyang Navy must hire people from the Kyrgyzstan country as chief instructors, and all actions must be notified to the Kyrgyzstan government in advance."
Sir Dou Nale felt a little guilty when he said this. He raised his head and glanced at his bangs quietly, then wiped the cold sweat from his head, and then said: "This is the main condition proposed by our Geely government to your country.
There are some other unfinished matters that the two parties can discuss, but these five items cannot be discussed anymore."
Liu Hai burst into laughter after hearing this. He said to Zhao Jiahua who was sitting next to him: "It seems that our Nanyang Navy didn't lose the battle, right?"
Zhao Jiahua is a smart guy with empty eyebrow holes. Hearing Liu Hai's words, he immediately said jokingly: "Commander, I really haven't heard of this news, otherwise I would go out and find out."
"What are you asking about? Seeing how angry Sir Dou Nale is, I guess he knows the specific information. Why don't you just ask him?"
Sir Dou Nale was sitting opposite, listening to these two people's nonsense. He was a little annoyed. He slapped the table and said to Liu Hai: "Mr. Liu, you are the governor of Liangjiang and a noble of the Qing Dynasty. Don't be so unreasonable."
After hearing what he said, Liu Hai stood up with a loud voice, pointed at Dou Nale and said, "Am I making trouble unreasonably? I thought you were crazy. You dared to propose such a condition to me. I will tell you clearly now that you
I will not agree to any of the five items proposed. Now you can go back and inform your Gili government, and the war will continue."
Sir Dou Nale's heart trembled when he heard this. The negotiation terms he had drawn up this time were just to pay back the money at an exorbitant price. With this tough momentum, he hoped to suppress this Qing man.
But he didn't expect Liu Hai to be completely different from the Qing officials he imagined who were afraid of foreigners. As soon as he heard the condition he proposed, he immediately became angry.
But Sir Dou Nalue is still riding a tiger. If he ends the negotiations immediately, I am afraid there will be no good fruits to eat after returning. But if he continues to negotiate the conditions he proposed and the measures he has taken during the negotiations, it will be in vain.
When he was in trouble, the British consul in Shanghai, Jesse Mullan, who was next to him, hurriedly came out to smooth things over.
"Don't be angry, everyone. If you have anything to say, please talk it over. Since Mr. Liu does not agree with the conditions we proposed, you can also state your conditions and we can discuss it?"
Liu Hai nodded after hearing this and winked at Zhao Jiahua on the side.
Zhao Jiahua immediately took out a booklet from his sleeve, opened it, and said to Sir Dou Nale and Jesse Mullan opposite: "The conditions of our Qing Dynasty are as follows."
"Article 1. The Gili government must recognize that the land occupied by our Qing Dynasty in this war belongs to the Qing Dynasty's overseas territory."
"Article 2, as the defeated party this time, the Gili government must cede Myanmar as compensation."
"Article 3, the Gili government must pay 15 million pounds in compensation to the Qing government."
"Article 4, the Gili government must immediately deliver two battleships to the Japanese government."
"Article 5: In other colonies of the Gili government, Qing merchants must enjoy the same treatment as Gili merchants."
"Article 6: The Gili government shall not deploy warships exceeding 10,000 tons in East Asia."
After Zhao Jiahua finished speaking, he handed the folding book in his hand to Sir Dou Nale opposite, and then sat down leisurely.
Sir Dou Nalue took the note with trembling hands and carefully read the terms and conditions in both Chinese and English.
The more he watched, the more frightened he became. By the end, his heart was beating loudly. If he dared to agree to the conditions above, his political career would be over, and he would also be infamous in the history of England.
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Sir Dou Nale's mind is spinning crazily now. He doesn't dare to end the negotiation with Liu Hai now, because he knows very well that the gentlemen in Geely Kingdom are waiting for the negotiation to end so that they can return to Asan Kingdom to make their big money.
There was no need to think about signing this treaty. He was not stupid yet, so he turned his head and felt that he could not bear the blame.
Then his mind suddenly changed and he came up with a plan, "Mr. Liu, these conditions you proposed are beyond the scope of what I can agree to. I hope that we will temporarily suspend the meeting and take the other party's conditions back to discuss them in three days."
Let’s proceed to the next round of negotiations.”
After Sir Dou Nale finished speaking, he handed the conditions put forward by the British in front of Liu Hai.
Liu Hai didn't even look at the text in front of him. He just stood up and said: "In this case, I agree with the minister's opinion and we will continue the negotiation after three days."
After Liu Hai finished speaking, he turned around and left the negotiation venue, and the staff who followed Liu Hai at the battle station also stood up and left with Liu Hai.
But none of them paid attention to the terms of negotiation from the Geely Kingdom sent by Sir Dou Nale.
When Sir Doona saw this scene, he could no longer bear the anger in his heart. He had never been insulted like this since he had been a diplomat for so many years.
When did the negotiation terms proposed by the Geely government fall on deaf ears?