"Impossible. The British Empire cannot accept these terms.”
"Our French Empire will not accept it.”
"Our Germany will not accept it either.”
After Wu Pingquan handed over the agreement that Chen Ling had given him to the envoys, they all shook their heads in disbelief.
"His Majesty said that if you don't agree, then we'll catch him.
At the same time, the captives would be sent to mine ores or to build a railway.”Wu Pingquan said firmly.
With a powerful country behind them, it felt good to negotiate with the envoys of these western powers.
The two sides quarreled for a long time and finally parted on bad terms.
After all, the terms that Chen Ling had written far exceeded their expectations. They simply could not make the decision.
When this agreement was sent back to the country, the western countries were also dumbfounded.
This wasn't an armistice agreement. This was a compensation treaty for defeat.
1. Compensate the Chinese Empire for the war losses, a total of 500 million taels of silver.
2. Abolish all the unequal agreements signed during the Qing Dynasty.
3. Abolish the land lease and recall the soldiers and government officials on the land.
4. Captives were allowed to be redeemed, but the cost of nutrition, psychological information, medical expenses, food expenses, and other expenses of each soldier during the period of captivity had to be borne and paid by each country.
[The cost is calculated as follows: 100 taels for each soldier, 1000 taels for lieutenants, 10000 taels for lieutenants, and 100,000 taels for generals.]
5. Warships and ships are allowed to be redeemed, but they need to pay the maintenance fees, repair fees, cleaning fees, compensation fees for weapons and ammunition, and other expenses during the period of capture.
[Calculating method: Ordinary ships will be calculated in terms of tonnages x 100 taels (For example: A 500-ton ship is 500 x 100 taels = 50,000 taels)
1,000,000 supply ships, 1,500,000 frigates, 2,000,000 destroyer, 3,000,000 light cruisers, 5,000,000 armored cruisers, and 20,000,000 battleships.
6. In order to protect the local industry and commerce, the Chinese Empire would adjust the customs duties on imported goods. The governments of various countries were not allowed to increase the duties in retaliation.
7……
There were more than a dozen of them, and each of them was like a knife that stabbed into the hearts of the western countries.
If the Western countries signed this treaty, their interests in the Far East would not be guaranteed.
At the same time, their dominance over the Far East region for so many years had also been lost.
To put it simply, everything they had done before had gone down the drain.
This agreement definitely could not be signed, but the problem was, if he did not sign it, could he continue fighting?
The 600,000 allied forces and the allied forces of the island nations, a huge army of about 1.2 million people, did not agree to the Chinese Empire's request.
Even if they sent more troops, what was the point?
If there were fewer people, they would go to deliver the vegetables.
With more people, the pressure on the logistics would increase. No matter how strong the country was, it could not drag on.
Moreover, this was a battle across the ocean. The other party had the right time, the right place, and the right people. Their weapons and equipment were even better than theirs.
How was he going to fight this war?
But if there was no war and no contract, what would happen to the captives?
Now, the people of all countries were looking forward to their families coming back. If the governments of all countries said that these people could not be redeemed by the country.
That would be fun.
Therefore, the question before the governments of various countries was how to negotiate next and what their bottom line was.
The governments of the western countries kept meeting to discuss the bottom line of the peace talks. At the same time, they sent envoys to negotiate with the Chinese Empire again.
Of course, Chen Ling knew that the other countries would not choose to continue fighting. He also had captives in his hands, so he was not in a hurry.
Let's talk slowly.
A relationship would basically take several years.
That was a matter between two people and two families. They had to talk for so long.
Moreover, this peace negotiation was related to the life and death of more than 200,000 people and the destruction of hundreds of thousands of families. Of course, it had to be discussed slowly.
Just like that, both sides went back and forth. Today, you took a step back, and tomorrow, I took a step back.
Both sides constantly tested each other's bottom line, hoping to obtain more benefits.
Two months had passed in this kind of negotiation.
There was less than half a month left until the new year.
Chen Ling looked at the progress of the negotiations. Basically, they had been in a deadlock for a month.
There were some bottom lines that neither side wanted to compromise on.
"Wu Pingquan, tell them that we are going to celebrate the Spring Festival, so the negotiations are suspended.”
Every two days, Chen Ling would listen to Wu Pingquan's report on the negotiations with the Western envoys. However, he did not want to waste time like this. It was time to put some pressure on the Western countries.
When this news came out, the western countries were dumbfounded.
The Chinese Empire is celebrating the Spring Festival, so you're not going to negotiate?
Then, we still had to argue with you at the negotiation table during Christmas. Do we have to play like this?
This is a negotiation between the major powers. Can the Chinese Empire be more serious?
When the news spread to the western countries, the leaders of the various countries were very angry.
However, there was no other way. They still had to negotiate.
During this period of time, they had been under a lot of pressure during the new year. If the negotiations were to be suspended and dragged on for a period of time, they would not be able to hold on.
They had no choice but to compromise. However, on one hand, they had to compromise, and on the other hand, they had to add more terms.
Just like that, under the push of both sides, the final negotiations quickly proceeded.
Finally, three days before the Spring Festival, the two sides signed a ceasefire agreement and a memorandums of understanding.
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