After coming out of the Nanyang Navy Yamen, Sir Dou Nale spit out a mouthful of phlegm, then got in the car and returned to the consulate in the Geely Concession in Shanghai.
As soon as Sir Donaler returned to the consulate, he didn't care about anything else. He went straight to the telegraph room and telegraphed Liu Hai's conditions to London.
After the telegram was sent, he breathed a sigh of relief. This troublesome matter was finally left behind and left to the gentlemen in London to deal with. He did not dare to participate anymore.
Let's talk about the auspicious country London. After receiving the conditions proposed by Liu Hai during the Shanghai negotiations, a cabinet meeting was immediately held.
The Marquess of Salisbury has been much more careful now since he was in danger last time in Parliament. If he does something that damages the reputation of England again, no one can save him.
Therefore, he was very cautious in this cabinet meeting and did not comment on Liu Hai's conditions.
The other members are also old foxes. They know that this time they are signing a treaty that is humiliating and humiliating the country. If they dare to speak out, they will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
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In this way, the cabinet meeting came to nothing, and in the end it was only reached that the conditions were sent to the parliament for discussion by the members.
On the second day, the Gili Parliament held an emergency meeting, which mainly discussed the agenda of this negotiation with the Qing Dynasty.
However, when the Marquis of Salisbury came up with the conditions proposed by Liu Hai, the entire parliament was in an uproar.
If the Speaker of the House of Lords hadn't been there desperately trying to maintain order, I'm afraid the parliament would have been in turmoil.
This time, both the opposition party and the ruling party found the conditions proposed by Liu Hai unacceptable, because this condition was put forward by putting Geely in the weakest position.
However, the Marquis of Salisbury is still somewhat rational. He knows that if these parliamentarians are allowed to continue making trouble like this, the final result will be to restart the war.
But the current situation of the Geely Kingdom is that even if they send out all their warships, they still cannot compete with Liu Hai's Nanyang Navy.
So the Prime Minister hurriedly discussed with the Speaker, and then announced that the Parliament would be temporarily adjourned for an hour.
When the meeting was adjourned, the Speaker of the House of Lords summoned all the leaders of the ruling party and the opposition party into a conference room, hoping that they could reach an agreement.
Compared with those members of Congress, who are all excited, although the leaders of these political parties also think about their own parties, they still have some sense.
After listening to the Marquis of Salisbury's introduction to the current situation, each of them understood the seriousness of the matter.
Unexpectedly, the Far East would sense the rise of such a force, putting the maritime power of the Geely Kingdom in danger.
Now all the Geely Kingdom can do is to tolerate it temporarily and then develop new warships, hoping to catch up with the latest technology of the world's navies in the near future.
In this way, in this small conference room, the opposition party and the ruling party reached an agreement, and then they dispersed to disseminate the results of this large meeting to various members of the parliament.
When the parliament voted again, this time the members surprisingly unanimously agreed to negotiate, but the content of the conditions proposed by Liu Hai needed to be modified.
For example, Liu Hai wants merchants from the Qing Dynasty to receive the same treatment as those in the Geely Kingdom in the entire colony of Geely. This is completely unacceptable.
Furthermore, it is impossible for the Geely Kingdom to pay reparations like the Qing Dynasty. For hundreds of years, the Geely State has been asking for reparations from other countries, and it has never paid any money outside.
After receiving the authorization from the Parliament, the Marquess of Salisbury immediately returned to the Prime Minister's Office and sent the Parliament's resolution in the form of a telegram to the consulate in Shanghai, asking them to compress Liu Hai's conditions as much as possible within their capabilities.
After receiving the telegram from London, Sir Donal finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that he was looking at the conditions put forward by Liu Hai, he also saw some implications in them. There were many conditions, all of which were asking for high prices.
In negotiations, we can start from these aspects and try to reduce the conditions of the negotiation to the minimum, which also minimizes the impact of this defeat.
Three days later, Sir Dou Nale once again brought his entourage to the Nannan Yang Navy Yamen in Shanghai to conduct the second round of negotiations with Liu Hai.
With the experience from the last time, everyone relaxed this time, and it was not like the polite greetings at the beginning last time.
As a landlord, Liu Hai is still the first to speak.
"Your Excellency Sir, I don't know how the conditions we proposed last time went, how did you discuss them?"
When Sir Dou Nale heard the other party's question, he didn't want to reveal his trump card immediately. Instead, he asked with a smile: "We have discussed your terms, but I don't know what the Governor said to us last time."
What do you think of the conditions?”
Liu Hai was a little unhappy when he heard this. These foreigners still remember what happened last time.
"Sir, your conditions are simply not in line with the facts. I think there is no need to discuss it. Our next discussion should be based on the conditions we have proposed."
Sir Donalle nodded with a smile, but his hands were clenched into fists under the table.
Jesse Mullan, who was next to Sir Donal, patted Sir Donal under the table.
Sir Dou Nale then loosened his fist and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter who's text is the basis for negotiation. As long as both of us can seek common ground while reserving differences, we can continue the negotiation and create conditions for peace between the two countries."
Liu Hai looked at Sir Dou Nale across from him in surprise. He didn't expect that he had become so reasonable after not seeing him for a few days.
However, Liu Hai felt that this was probably because he had received an order from London. It seemed that they had reached some kind of consensus and that they wanted to make concessions to him during the negotiation.
Since this was the case, Liu Hai was not polite anymore and said directly: "How are you discussing the conditions we proposed last time? Are you ready to accept them all?"
Sir Dou Nale looked at Liu Hai with a helpless look. This Liu Hai didn't look like a high-ranking official, he was simply a scoundrel in the market.
"We have also discussed the conditions you proposed. We believe that some of the conditions are not in line with the actual situation and should be modified."
Liu Hai had long known that the other party would not be able to agree to all his conditions, because if he agreed, Britain would be able to say that it was the younger brother of the Qing Dynasty in the world.
"Then I wonder which ones there are problems with?"
Sir Donale coughed, and then took a document bag from the guard's hand. He took out the document and unfolded it.
Then he looked at the document and finally said: "For example, Article 2 requires the Gili government to cede the entire Myanmar. I think this is unrealistic."
"I don't think there is anything unrealistic. Myanmar has been a tributary state of the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times and can also be regarded as a vassal state. We will not have any difficulties in regaining control of Myanmar in history and now."
After listening to Sir Du La, I felt a little angry in my heart. Don't I know that there is no problem with you controlling Myanmar? The problem I am talking about is that our Geely country will not give up such a big piece of fat.
"Mr. Governor, let's be honest. This territory is too big. I hope Mr. Governor can stop it."
When Liu Hai heard this, his heart changed. It was true that he had occupied Malaysia this time, and he was already a little exhausted. If he occupied the whole of Myanmar again, he would probably cause turmoil in the end.
"Then what is your opinion, Sir?"
Sir Dou Nale finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Hai's tone softening a little.
He immediately came up with the solution he had discussed with his entourage at the consulate yesterday.
"I think so. Let's divide Burma into two, and each side occupies a piece of territory. What do you think, the Governor?"
“Then how to divide Myanmar’s territory?”
In response to Liu Hai's inquiry, Sir Dounale had already had a clue. He immediately ordered someone to take out a map of Myanmar, and then blamed the Inrwaddy River and said: "This big river just divides the east and west sides of Myanmar. How about we use
Are these two rivers the boundary?"
Liu Hai also stood up at this time, lying on the table, looking at the map the other party took out, and carefully comparing the territories on both sides of the Inawady River.
Liu Hai looked at the map. The map was very clear and there were no mines or resources in Myanmar. This made Liu Hai wonder which side of the map was beneficial to him.
But Liu Hai didn't know, someone did, "Zhao Jiahua, come here and see where Myanmar jade is produced. We can't suffer a loss this time."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jiahua immediately stepped forward, lay down on the map and searched carefully. Then he pointed to an area in northwest Myanmar and said: "It should be in this area. I have heard a businessman say before that this area is the main source of jade in Myanmar."
Producing area.”
However, Zhao Jiahua did not attach much importance to Burmese jade, because now the entire Qing Dynasty valued jade and gemstones.
Although jadeite has been favored by everyone from the royal family to the rich due to its beautiful color, its price still cannot match that of jade that has been prosperous in China for thousands of years.
Liu Hai looked at this area, and then said directly to Sir Dou Nale: "The area to the west is good, I'm going here."
Sir Dou Nale was a little unhappy after seeing it. He was not angry because Liu Hai had taken up the source of jadeite, but because this side happened to be bordering India. If it was given to Liu Hai, it would not be good for India's security.
How optimistic.
"Mr. Governor, I think you should choose the land in the east. This land is very fertile and suitable for farming. Unlike the land in the west, the mountains are not conducive to farming and fighting."
Liu Hai got it now. There is no shortage of farming land in Malaysia. Now his eyes are green, just looking at the huge jade market. Maybe he couldn't make much money in the Qing Dynasty, but once the rough stones are transported to modern times,
plane, bangs will have another piece of fat to eat.