Before Wu Ruxiao could speak, Zeng Guoquan on the side had already stood up and looked at Bao Ling angrily: "No!" ”

Bao Ling's face was as heavy as frost and looked at Wu Ruxiao. Wu Ruxiao also shook his head and said firmly: "No! This is something that I have discussed with Lord Tan and Master Zeng, and it cannot be modified. Please also follow this article! ”

Bao Ling immediately understood the threat in Wu Ruxiao's words, what Lord Tan and Lord Zeng are both warriors with troops, and if they are provoked, they will go to war again, and now in the whole of Great Britain, in the East Indies, where are there still soldiers to fight? Even if the navy was to be brought in from the Mediterranean or the Atlantic, it would be a few months later, but by that time, the entire East Indies, including the three parts of the Strait, would have been occupied by it.

Bao Ling had no choice but to fold his hands away, shrug his shoulders regretfully, and handed the problem to the Governor of the Straits, Brandel: "Mr. Brandel, you see, the Calcutta side ......"

Hearing Bao Ling throw the question directly to himself, Brandel knew that he had no way to dodge it anymore, so he could only reply in a hoarse voice: "You guys are too deceitful, you have to revise something." Is this cession of Borneo and Java too child's play? There is also the question of prisoners, since there has been an armistice, they should be released in the spirit of humanitarianism......"

Hearing this, Rokote, the governor of the Dutch East Indies, who was sitting on the side and was originally watching the battle, couldn't sit still, and hurriedly interrupted Brandel's words: "Excuse me, Mr. Governor, what did you just say, what did you just say, what is the matter with the cession of Borneo and Java?" ”

Ever since the occupation of Pontianak and Batavia by the newly rising empire of the East, Rokote has become a captive and has long since lost the nobility and pride of Westerners. However, he did not despair, and in his heart, he still looked forward to the rescue of Britain, which was close to an ally. Especially for Brandel, the governor of the Straits, Rocote with his own understanding of him, with the pride peculiar to the English, will definitely not be able to bear the insult of the lowly Orientals, and will definitely try to prevent the invasion of the Orientals and save the Dutch East Indies and himself, so even if Rokote is imprisoned, he still refuses to bow his head and waits for the British to send troops to save him.

Britain did send troops and pulled out the entire Combined Fleet, but what they didn't expect was that it was a crushing defeat, and even the British were defeated. But even so, Rocote still had illusions in his heart, hoping to completely provoke the British, so that they could send a large army from the European mainland to solve the East Indies problem once and for all, and by the way, completely wipe out this Oriental fleet and rescue the Dutch East Indies. Unexpectedly, without any notice, the rude eastern soldiers suddenly escorted him to Singapore, saying that he was participating in some kind of negotiation. And just now, Brandel picked up the content of the treaty that he was reading, which made him even more frightened: Borneo and Java are actually going to be ceded? Therefore, he hurriedly asked eagerly.

Tan Tiyuan, who had been sitting there without a sound, looked up at Rokote, patted his forehead with a smile, and said to Wu Ruxiao next to him: "Lord Wu, you said that you invited Rokote, the governor of the Dutch East Indies, to participate in the negotiations, but Governor Brandel did not show the content of the treaty to Mr. Rocote, so Rokote may not know the content of the treaty." Therefore, I also ask Chen Tongshi to read the main contents of the treaty in public, so that Mr. Rokote and everyone present can know the contents and understand the sincerity of the peace talks of the Chinese Empire. ”

Chen Jinzhong hurriedly picked up the treaty and read it aloud from the beginning: "This is called the Sino-British-Dutch Tripartite Singapore-Canada Treaty. First, to solve the problem of prisoners of war. The British combined fleet captured 432 officers and soldiers of the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese captured 762 British soldiers, all of which were handed over to each other, and the British had to pay the Chinese Empire 1,000 saints per person, totaling 330,000 saints.

Second, the issue of the ownership of Nanyang. Britain recognized that the Chinese Empire occupied the entire Borneo, Java Island and the South Seas to the east, that is, all the East Indies east of Gbarnga Island, which is known in Europe as Gbarnga Island, belonged to the Chinese Empire, and the original government archives and official warehouses sealed on the spot were handed over within one month. Penang, Malacca and Xingjiapo in the three Straits remain under the jurisdiction of the British Channel Governor. The island of Sumatra is administered by the British and Dutch themselves.

Third, the Old Testament problem. The Treaty of London signed between the Netherlands and Great Britain in 1824 abolished all the contents of the East Indies, and the two countries agreed on the territorial question of Sumatra.

The Treaty of Nanking signed by the former Manchus and Britain in 1842 was completely abolished, and the two countries resolved the territorial issue of Hong Kong Island as follows: Hong Kong Island was returned to the ownership of the Chinese Empire, in view of the inconvenience of British merchant ships sailing and repairing, the land occupied by the existing shipbuilding and repair docks set up by the British on Hong Kong Island was not recovered and used free of charge, and British merchants and citizens living on Hong Kong Island and the major treaty ports were treated with the nationals of the Chinese Empire without discrimination.

Fourth, the issue of compensation. The war ended, but because the war was caused by the British side taking the lead in attacking the South Sea Fleet, resulting in the sinking and damage of many warships of the South Sea Fleet, Britain compensated the Chinese Empire with an indemnity of 2 million Holy Dollars, considering the delivery of Hong Kong Island and North Borneo and other territories, the Chinese Empire was willing to compensate the British previously occupied North Borneo 1 million Holy Dollars, and compensate the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands) Java Island 1 million Holy Dollars, plus the British need to make up the 330,000 Holy Dollars captured by those naval soldiers, and the debt transfer payment, The British compensated the Chinese Empire 330,000 s$ and the Netherlands 1 million s$.

Fifth, the issue of trade. The previous agreement between the Chinese Empire and Mr. Bao Ling was still in force, and all the coastal ports of the Chinese Empire were open to the British, allowing British merchants to legally conduct business in all treaty ports, and allowing British merchants to trade freely with Chinese merchants, but the tariffs levied, except for Batavia and Hong Kong, were subject to the tariff policy of the Chinese Empire. At the same time, the Netherlands enjoyed equal treatment, and the Chinese Empire allowed Dutch merchants to trade freely in the treaty ports of the empire. Batavia and Hong Kong both implement the policy of *** as the cargo transit base of the merchant ships of the two countries, which are exempt from tariffs. In return, the two cities of Malacca and Singapore, also as ***, allowed the merchants of the Chinese Empire to travel and do business freely and without customs duties.

The above five points are the contents of the treaty drawn up by the Chinese Empire. ”

When Rokote heard this, his face changed greatly, in this treaty, it was simply the Chinese Empire nakedly occupying all the Dutch East Indies, and then pulling Britain as a witness.

He jerked to his feet and shouted, "I protest! You are bandits, you are aggression! Mr. Brandel, your country will not agree, right, it is not in your country's interests! ”

Brandell's face darkened, not knowing what to say. Zeng Guoquan on the opposite side slapped the table and stood up: "You red-haired foreigner, you don't have the right to speak here!" If you twitter it again, you will be directly escorted out and thrown into the sea. ”

Wu Ruxiao next to him hurriedly smiled: "General Zeng is angry. Mr. Governor is at his own discretion. Isn't it, Mr. Governor? As he spoke, he nodded at Brandel on the other side: "After all, Britain has not lost too much in this treaty, although Hong Kong belongs to my captive army, it will not change much, and the merchants of your country have more treaty ports, right?" ”

Brandel hadn't answered yet, and Bao Ling on the side took over with a smile on his face: "What Master Wu said is reasonable." Governor Brandel naturally thought that the interests of Great Britain were above all else. If the war resumed, Britain would lose the entire Chinese Empire and even the entire Far East, and this would be the most serious thing. ”

Hearing Bao Ling's words, Brandel's move to speak out against it slowed down, and after thinking about it, it was really like this. At this time, Bao Ling leaned close to his ear and whispered: "Sir Brandell, London and Calcutta have no intention of sending troops at all, if we do not agree to the other side, with the other side's troops, it will not be a difficult thing to forcibly occupy the three places of the Strait, you also know, now that our British East Indies and China combined fleet has been defeated, they have occupied Borneo and Batavia on the island of Java, and the whole East Indies has become their possession before the British Empire itself sends troops. Moreover, as you have seen, even the three places of the strait are filled with tens of thousands of Chinese, and if we act as the internal response of the Chinese Empire, it will be difficult for us to resist at all. Therefore, these treaties they proposed, although our British Empire suffered some losses, were already the best results, and I believe that they would have an explanation for the Earl of Canning and London. ”