On the second day of Ito Hirobumi's night visit to the public toilet, Zou Degui, the secretary of state of North Manchuria, finally appeared in front of Iwakura Gushi and others. The first formal negotiations between North Manchu and the new Japanese government began in earnest in a small conference room at the Dalian Customs. However, the two sides are still not on the same channel, and there is a lot of content that Minoru Sanjo and Iwakura Gushi and others want to talk about, while Zou Degui only cares about the issue of Sakhalin.

Iwakura Gushi and the Restoration aspirants had always advocated enlightenment and innovation to learn from Europe and the United States, but after seeing the prosperity of Northern Manchuria, they suddenly felt that learning about Manchuria, which had a closer cultural background, seemed to be more in line with Japan's national conditions. In addition, any country in Europe and the United States is separated from Japan by a large ocean, and the exchange of cultural and technological products is relatively slow. North Manchuria and Japan are a strip of water, the distance is very close, and the speed of communication between the two sides will be relatively rapid. In addition, many ronins and downtroddens in Japan have made a living in Manchuria before, and they already have a certain foundation, and it will be more convenient to communicate in the future. Compared to the European and American powers, which knew almost nothing, North Manchuria was indeed the best choice for Japan. Therefore, Iwakura Gushi and others urgently hope that this negotiation can become an ice-breaking journey with North Manchuria, and build a platform for Japan to leverage North Manchury in the future.

Zou Degui, who came out of his busy schedule, did not think as much as the Japanese children thought, he wanted to know what the Qing court had done and what kind of treaty it had signed with Japan, a small country. Northern Manchuria is still very active in foreign trade, except for some secret projects at the bottom of the box, everything that can be seen on the market can be sold to the outside world, but Japan is an exception. Goxinga was extremely disgusted with the Japanese, and set up extremely strict technical blockade regulations for this dwarven country, except for the sale of weapons and some agricultural products to Japan in order to obtain cheap gold from Japan, North Manchuria would not give Japan a single screw.

"Mr. Sanjo, Mr. Iwakura, Sakhalin was under the rule of my General Jilin of the Great Qing Dynasty before it was seized by the Russians, and the contemptible people have never heard of any foreign cession. However, after our country recovered Sakhalin, the people of your Matsumae clan appeared on the island and repeatedly claimed sovereignty over the southern part of Sakhalin and signed a legal treaty. Our government has also consulted the relevant documents and sent letters to inquire about the imperial court, but they have not found the treaties you are talking about, so please take them out now! Zou Degui's opening was very blunt, and he didn't want to say any extra nonsense at all.

"Lord Zou, China has always recognized your country's sovereignty over the northern part of Huatai Island, and when China explored the southern part of Huatai Island, the area was indeed under your country's control, but the southern part of Huatai Island was discovered and developed by China. Not to mention that hundreds of years ago, the master of the Lotus Sect, the Venerable Master Nichichi, had already established a sect on the island, and the Matsuzen Domain had ruled the place for more than 200 years, even longer than the founding of the Qing Dynasty. In the first year of Shunzhi when the Qing Dynasty won the Central Plains, the "Map of the Imperial Kingdom" drawn by the Matsumae Domain included Huatai Island in the territory of Japan, which is proof! Minoru Sanjo barely spoke except for saluting, so it was up to Iwakura Gushi to come forward and answer Zou Degui.

"Take out the treaty, I'll take a look! As for what kind of picture you want, you can draw it however you want, we don't care! Zou Degui perfectly demonstrated to Iwakura Gushi and the others what it means to be a weak country without diplomacy, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with them at all.

The Japanese are indeed meticulous enough to map the wild land of Sakhalin in much more detail than the Qing Dynasty, but Sakhalin is not the place where they play the great geographical discoveries. Nor can such things as exploration and drawing be used as a basis for judging territory. The Qing Dynasty also completed the surveying and mapping of Sakhalin during the Kangxi period, and in the tenth year of the Yongzheng Dynasty, the household registration of Sakhalin residents was completed. Only when the households are organized and the people are united, the ownership of this place can be regarded as decided. The Qing Dynasty took the lead in appeasing the local people and exercising effective rule over Sakhalin, and this place should have belonged to the Qing Dynasty. If you talk about who discovered Sakhalin first, during the Tang Dynasty, the inhabitants of Sakhalin paid tribute to China, and the Tang Dynasty also exercised effective control. Before the Xiaoice period, the Jin Dynasty also built a city on Sakhalin Island, and the Russians and Japanese did not know what a country was at that time! But Zou Degui didn't bother to say this to the Japanese at all, what is mine is mine, and I am very powerful, so I don't need to explain to you, the logic of North Manchu is so strong.

"Although Huatai Island is the old land of our country, if the kingdom prefers it, my Japanese monarch and minister are not people who cannot be turned around." Zou Degui didn't want to argue, and Iwakura didn't force it.

Although the Japanese are very eager for territory because their territory is small and poor, they have nothing to be reluctant to give up in a remote and bitter cold place like Sakhalin. The new government is not bent on supporting the Matsumae Domain, as long as it gives them enough benefits to let the Matsumae Domain move, it is not a big deal at all. Zou Degui wanted Sakhalin so much, and Iwakura thought that he had a plan, and it was very cost-effective for the Japanese government to give up Sakhalin Island and get some benefits from North Manchuria.

"Hahaha...... Mr. Iwakura is not good-looking, but he is really a rare talent, what are the requirements, you can mention it! Zou Degui praised Iwakura very ungentlemanly, of course, his way of praising people made it a little difficult for the parties to accept.

"First, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan hopes that your country will recall the Manchurian army in the Nihonmatsu Domain, stop interfering in our internal affairs, and stop selling weapons to traitors and thieves!" Iwakura Gushi was very disgusted with Zou Degui's evaluation of his appearance, but he had to hurry up and say that he could put forward the conditions.

Zou Degui lit a cigarette very rudely, then nodded, and motioned for Iwakura Gushi to continue. Asano's gang wasn't originally sent by Northern Manchuria, they just happened to be passing by, and they should have been called back a long time ago. As for the sale of arms to the Aizu Domain and other feudal states, Northern Manchu actually has little interest in it, and these guys don't have much money in their hands anymore.

"Second, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan hopes that trade with your country can be opened so that merchants from the two countries can travel freely." Seeing that Zou Degui did not bother with the very sensitive word "His Majesty the Emperor" in China, Iwakura immediately made a request for trade. Using the merchants' exchanges, absorbing the advanced technology of Manchuria, and squeezing the Manchurians' anointment, and then killing North Manchukuo in the future, is what Iwakura Gushi and others dream of.

Zou Degui spit out smoke rings, still noncommittal. Iwakura Gushi and the others were a little naïve, North Manchuria was a huge industrial country, and Japan was an agricultural country with many disasters, and after the two sides opened trade, they could indeed get some industrial products, but they could only be squeezed out of the cream. No matter how much the Japanese prospered, they were destined to have no room to fight in the face of the wolf-like Manchurian industrial products. Moreover, the powerful conglomerates of Manchuria are much richer than their emperors, where will they be given the opportunity to revitalize national industry. The Rothschilds came to Dalian to engage in a financial war, but they were all disgraced by the Manchurian consortium under the guidance of Guo Xing'a, and almost lost all their underwear in the East.

"Thirdly, I hope that your country will open the port of Busan so that Japan can share it with your country. And support the signing of a treaty between Japan and Korea, so that Japan has the same rights in Korea as your country, and station troops in the vicinity of Inchon or Kaesong! "Cession of territory is a big deal for Japan, so it has to be a big deal. This benefit must not come from North Manchuria, so it can only be used to cut North Korea. In the future, if it competes with North Manchuria, North Korea will be a springboard that Japan can rely on, so North Korea must take it.

"Fourth, I hit His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and I admired the culture and education of Northern Manchuria very much, and wanted to send students to Manchuria for further study. I hope that your country can train a number of professional personnel for our country in the fields of education, military, medical care, science and technology, and allow our country to send envoys to observe and study in your country's military camps, fortresses, hospitals, factories, and other places. The Japanese still attach great importance to the basics, so they want to dig out the wisdom of the Manchurians first, so they didn't wait for Zou Degui's reply, and hurriedly put forward the fourth point.

Zou Degui still didn't say anything, but his eyebrows wrinkled slightly, his cigarette was pinched, and he began to look at Iwakura seriously.

"Fifth, as a friendly and good-neighborly country, Your Majesty the Emperor of Japan, I hope that your country will build a number of factories for our country and provide equipment and technical guidance personnel. In view of the current lack of national strength of the Japanese Empire, North Manchuria needs to provide a sum of money for factory expenses in addition to the construction of factories. Iwakura Gushi didn't think that Zou Degui would accept it all, he would rather run away than less. In short, let's negotiate first! Just talk slowly, even if Zou De returns the price, the Japanese can get some benefits.

"Do you mean that I will give up some rights in North Manchuria, provide a batch of training, and then give a sum of money to redeem Sakhalin Island?" Zou Degui was stunned for a long time before he asked Iwakura Gushi.

"Japan is full of goodwill, mutual help and mutual benefit!" Iwakura Gu smiled shamelessly, he didn't know, if Guo Xing'a heard the word "Japan-Manchurian goodwill", the first thing was to change the name of North Manchuria, and the second thing was to send troops to attack Japan.

"You guys take out the treaty first, and I'll take a look!" Zou Degui is also forcibly suppressing the anger, if the first two conditions of Iwakura Gushi can still be heard, there is not a word in the last three, it is simply wishful thinking.

"We have an absolutely legal treaty that clearly stipulates that the southern part of Huatai Island belongs to our Imperial Japan, but as long as your country can agree to our demands, we can cede Huatai Island to your country!" When Iwakura Gushi came, he was not ready to keep Sakhalin, and his main purpose was still this fantasy Gojo.

"Get the treaty out!" Zou Degui didn't want to say a word to Iwakura Gushi.