Chongqing, Cai Mansion.
Cai Hu sat on the sofa and talked with Shangchuan and John.
Since Shangchuan was there, Cai Hu did not say anything. The atmosphere was awkward.
John glanced at Shangchuan and coughed.
When Shangchuan saw this, he frowned slightly and said,
"Mr. Cai, Japan doesn't know about that. Umeda Masao, that bastard, did it on his own!”
"Now that Umeda has committed suicide, I hope that both of us can reconcile. We will let bygones be bygones!”
…
Shangchuan said to Cai Hu.
Cai Hu wanted to give Shang Chuan a big slap for saying such words. Fortunately, this was his territory, so what was there to be afraid of?
However, after thinking about it, he realized that a slap was too easy for him. Cai Hu still wanted some practical benefits.
Now that Japan's economy was not doing well, Cai Hu did not mind taking a piece of meat from him. This way, Japan would have less strength to prepare for war.
"What a good way to let bygones be bygones!"
"If that happens, our tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians will have died in vain!”
"My lovers and brothers were assassinated for nothing!”
"I was almost killed. Is this all for nothing?”
Cai Hu stood up with an agitated expression, as if he was about to fight.
When John saw this, he shouted angrily at Shangchuan," Mr. Shangchuan, please show your sincerity in apologizing. If you're not sincere enough, I'll suggest to your country that someone else come!”
John looked at Shangchuan unhappily. Now that Cai Hu was completely in charge, John saw Cai Hu's agitated expression and believed what Cai Hu said.
Actually, these words were all made up by Cai Hu himself. This time, only Wang Youcai's subordinates had suffered more than 2000 casualties, while Cai Hu's side had suffered less than 100 casualties. Moreover, they had quickly received effective treatment.
"Sorry, Mr. John. I apologize to Mr. Cai!”
"Mr. Cai, may I ask how sincere you are to forgive our unintentional mistake?”
…
Shangchuan was very angry, but he couldn't withstand the pressure of the British. Without the protection of the British, many problems would immediately arise in Japan.
Of course, Britain would not break off their alliance with Japan because of a small Cai Hu. However, even a trace of displeasure from Britain could have a deep impact on Japan.
Cai Hu glanced at Shangchuan and pretended to give John face before sitting back on the sofa.
This Japanese guy just couldn't be nice. He had to poke his head in anger to be more sensible.
"Sincerity? Can you make it according to my request?”
Cai Hu squinted at Shangchuan.
"Sure, you can make some requests that can appease your anger. Japan will do its best to satisfy you!”
Shangchuan nodded and said. It was not only the pressure from Britain, but also the international fishing vessels and the fishing vessels from China, which were very disadvantageous to Japan.
"Hmm, how about this? I have the following requests!”
"Firstly, Japan will compensate us with 2 tons of gold.(According to the exchange rate of the Republic of China, one tael of gold is equivalent to 30 dollars, so 2 tons of gold is equivalent to 1.2 million dollars.)”
"Second, revoke all the economic, political, and military privileges of Japan in the southwest since the Qing Dynasty!”
"Third, the compensation for our military and civilian losses cannot be converted into Japanese yen notes. It is best to calculate it in terms of grain (rice), which requires 1000 tons.”
"Fourth, provide a complete set of military beef canning equipment!”
"Fifth, allocate 10 gunboats, 2 Destroyers, and 1 Light Cruiser to the southwest for free!”
…
Cai Hu pondered for a moment before explaining.
When Shangchuan heard these requests, he quickly stood up.
"You're asking for too much. You're dreaming!”
After saying this, Shangchuan was about to leave.
John pulled Shangchuan back. In John's opinion, a million dollars was not much. It was not as important as winning Cai Hu's favor. Even if it was a warship, how much could the cost of some gunboats be?
"If you say that I'm asking for too much, then how much military spending do you want from China under the treaty of Shimanto? 200 million yuan is nothing to you!”
"You guys are like beasts invading China. It's unjust to begin with. You barely lost a few people, and you still have to spend so much money. Our side lost 20,000 soldiers and civilians because of you. Are you saying that our lives are worthless?”
"Other than that, I haven't settled the score with you for how much territory you seized from China under the treaty of Shimanto!”
…
This time, Cai Hu was really furious. Under such anger, Cai Hu almost wanted to call Zhao Dashan in and push this dog out to be shot.
One had to know that in Chongqing and even the entire southwest, there were many industrial and commercial assets of the island nation. There were also countless industries with investment from the island nation. If Cai Hu wanted to confiscate the merchant ships and cargo ships of the island nation anchored at the dock of Chongqing, he could definitely make tens of millions.
However, Cai Hu did not do that at the moment. He still wanted to get some benefits from the Japanese first. As for the sheep that he raised in his sheep pen, he could kill them at any time.
Shangchuan looked at John and opened his mouth.
"Mr. Cai, forgive me for offending you just now, but this is too much.”
"And if you were to negotiate according to the level of the treaty, I don't have the authority!”
…
Shangchuan replied.
Shangchuan did a rough estimate. Not counting the 1.2 million, the loss of the Southwest privilege was too great. The cost of those gunboats and warships would be around 3 to 5 million.
Moreover, the people of Japan are so poor that they can only wear their pants. Thousands of Japanese women have taken off their pants to live in Nanyang. You still want 1000 tons of rice from us? That's too much.
Shangchuan and Cai Hu were in a heated argument, and Cai Hu was very unhappy now. The military expenditure had doubled, so Shangchuan had no other choice but to send a telegram to Japan.
After the cabinet discussion, they would definitely give Cai Hu this compensation.
After two hours of negotiation, Cai Hu won the negotiation. He would receive four tons of gold for military expenses.
The reason why they wanted gold was because in this era of war, paper money was far less valuable than gold and silver.
The privileges of the Japanese in the southwest were abolished. From then on, the national industry and the status of the people were guaranteed. Cai Hu could collect more taxes and set high import and export taxes on some products. Even if the Japanese came to Chongqing, they had to bow down and be like grandchildren. They could not be as lawless as before.
"Mr. John, Mr. Shangchuan, we had a pleasant negotiation!”
"I've already arranged for the chef to make a cake and some delicious western food. In addition, I'll open two bottles of French wine to entertain the two of you!”
Cai Hu smiled and said to John and Shangchuan.
John wanted to chat with Cai Hu, but Shangchuan was extremely unhappy. He sat on the sofa as if he was sitting on pins and needles.
Soon, the cake was served. Cai Hu and John were enjoying it, but Shangchuan couldn't eat it.
When he saw the cake, Shangchuan thought of 1000 tons of food. Food was too scarce for Japan, and many people had no choice but to go out to sea to fish.
Furthermore, Shangchuan's cousin had no choice but to go to Nanyang to start a meat business in order to make a living. Even if Shangchuan's cousin worked day and night, she would not be able to earn back 1000 tons of food in her lifetime.
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