"That's nonsense, do you think I'm as stupid as you are? I have given you a note on the insidious deeds you have done in Britain and France all these years! “

Slammed the table in front of him, Xiao Ming suddenly became furious, Brooke's lies were vulnerable to him, Spain didn't have such a lot of energy in Europe.

Brooke and Henry shuddered in fright, it was clear that the emperor was extremely clever and not so easy to fool.

The atmosphere in the hall became tense, and Brooke's eyes turned back and forth to find a solution, and it seemed that if they did not take decisive and appropriate measures, this negotiation would probably end without a hitch, and the next thing they would have to bear was the wrath of the Great Yu Kingdom.

"Your Majesty." Brooke hesitated for a moment but decided to be honest, he said: "Of course, some of our British politicians have also made stupid mistakes that led to this unpleasant battle, and Her Majesty has punished these politicians and asked me to bring her greetings, hoping that Your Majesty can settle their old suspicions with Britain and develop trade between the two countries." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming snorted coldly, although he knew that Brooke's words were still mixed with lies, but at least he admitted that they British took the initiative to participate.

It doesn't really matter whether it's some British politician or the queen, because he has no evidence of who is in charge of the war.

Henry had Brooke's experience and said directly: "We in France have lost this war, but we still hope to develop relations with the Chinese Empire, and hope that Your Majesty will allow it." ”

As soon as the words of the two fell, Pang Yukun suddenly reprimanded angrily: "You are simply too deceitful to wait for the barbarians to go down to the country, today you have come to Qingzhou, do not reflect on your own mistakes, and do not mention the compensation after the defeat, and now you are not ashamed to develop relations with the Chinese Empire, and your intentions are just the science and technology of the Great Yu Kingdom, what you think is really beautiful!" ”

Every time Pang Yukun said a word, the translator translated a sentence, and Brooke and Henry's faces gradually became ugly, they avoided the important and trivial, and in the end they could not bypass the fate faced by the defeated country.

"Your Majesty, we have come to the Chinese Empire with full sincerity, and we are willing to compensate for the losses in this war." Brooke said.

Before coming here, the House of Representatives had been discussing the issue of dealing with the country's difficulties for a long time, and he had been given full autonomy, but he still had some bottom lines to keep on some issues.

Xiao Ming glanced at Brooke, and then motioned to Qian Dafu to let the delegation led by Henry go to the side hall to wait, after all, it is not appropriate for another country to be present in the negotiation between countries.

After receiving the order, Qian Dafu led Henry and his party to the side hall to wait.

And Xiao Ming said straight to the point: "Before negotiating, I want to tell you a piece of news, Dick and Wilson are still alive, and they are now imprisoned in the mines as coolies, and if you want to ransom them, you can offer a price, if you are not, it doesn't hurt for them to stay here forever." ”

"Dick and Wilson." Brooke was pleasantly surprised, many people believed that the two were dead, but they didn't expect them to be alive, and they had also discussed this issue when he came, if the two were alive, they must be redeemed, otherwise, the loyalty of the British nobles would be greatly harmed.

"Your Majesty, we are willing to exchange eight thousand pounds sterling for Dick and General Wilson." Brooke first threw a very low price.

"Tut-tut......" Xiao Ming's voice was sarcastic, "It seems that I should really tell them the price you offered, so that they know how much they are worth?" ”

In the exchange with Dick, Xiao Ming has a basic understanding of the current economic level of the United Kingdom, and also knows the specifics of the pound sterling.

According to Dick, his family built a castle for £30,000, while the Crystal Palace, built for the Queen, cost £360,000.

In England, a pound is equal to 20 shillings, and a shilling is equal to 12 pence, and the average worker in England earns about thirty to fifty pounds a year.

This may seem like the income of an Imperial worker, but the pound is almost five times as gold as the Dragon coin, and this is where the difference comes from.

Brooke looked a little embarrassed, the price of eight thousand pounds could only redeem a low-ranking officer on the European battlefield, far from the level of Dick and Wilson.

Beads of sweat broke out on his forehead, and Brooke decided not to play tricks on himself, he obviously couldn't play with the young emperor in front of him.

"Maybe 200,000 pounds will be more appropriate, this is also our bottom line, Your Majesty is so smart, I dare not hide it anymore." Brooke said.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, this price is not too much, 200,000 pounds is equivalent to one million dragon coins, which is not a small amount, but as a victorious country, how can it be so easy for Britain to pass the customs.

He said, "When you go back, let your queen prepare a ransom of four hundred thousand pounds, and besides Dick, you have hundreds of soldiers and officers here, and sell them to you." ”

Skipping the ransom issue, he continued: "But these are all minor issues, and you still need to meet these conditions before establishing diplomatic relations with the Chinese Empire, first, you need to compensate one million pounds for the loss of ammunition and warships of the Qingzhou Navy in the war, and at the same time cede Australia, Indonesia, and India, and in addition, London will be used as a treaty port for trade with the Chinese Empire. “

Brooke listened to them all, but the more he heard it, the more familiar it became, and when he reached the treaty port, he finally realized that the emperor was making unequal treaties with them in a similar way with them.

"Your Majesty, your appetite is too great, the question of compensation may not be a problem, but the colonies and treaty ports have touched the bottom line of our Britain, when we came here, we have learned that His Majesty's army occupied Malacca, which originally belonged to the British, in order to make up for the losses of your country's war, we can admit that Xinjiapo belongs to your country, but Australia, Malaysia and India we will not trade."

In Brooke's view, negotiation is not just about showing weakness, but sometimes about showing determination to intimidate the opponent.

"Since your colony is so expensive, it seems that I can only get it back with the army." The corners of Xiao Ming's mouth rose, but behind the smile was naked killing intent.

Brooke frowned, the emperor's attitude was equally resolute, which made the problem very troublesome, but the parliament did not give him much authority over the land, and they were willing to cede at most a small part of the colony, but the current Chinese empire wanted all the colonies.

And this means that British power will be completely withdrawn from Asia.