A hint of fragrance wafts from the teacup on the conference table, making people feel calm.

After reaching an agreement on the issue of patent fees and extradition, Xiao Ming threw out another important topic of the meeting, which was about war reparations.

This time in the Nanyang War Empire, a lot of ammunition was wasted, and these ammunition were all real money, and it was impossible for him to pay for all of them.

Brucla was in the face, and on many topics, this was undoubtedly humiliating, but he understood that the topic could not be avoided.

In order to reach an armistice, and to avoid further damage to their colonial interests in South America and Africa, they had to accept.

"So how much war reparations does Your Majesty want?" Brooke's voice seemed to come out of his throat.

Xiao Ming's expression remained calm, "This war reparations include land and money, in terms of money, you need to pay a total of 30 million pounds in compensation, as for how to distribute the 30 million pounds in compensation between the five countries is your own business." “

When Brooke heard this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind his back, 30 million pounds in compensation is not a small amount, which is a heavy burden on the British finances, but fortunately this time the compensation is shared by the five countries, if so, it is not so difficult, and the price is more fair.

"Thirty million, we accept!" Brooke repeatedly agreed, he knew the emperor well, and if he continued to bargain, the price might be raised even higher.

Xiao Ming raised his eyebrows, this negotiation seemed surprisingly smooth in his opinion, which was enough to show that these Western powers were afraid of him.

gestured to Qian Dafu, and at this time, Qian Dafu took out a world map and spread it on the negotiation table.

Brooke frowned when he saw this map, he immediately thought of something, and immediately refused: "Your Majesty, we Britain will never cede any territory, if Your Majesty insists on this, then Your Majesty is ready to step on the corpses of the British to occupy LinkedIn." ”

Xiao Ming glanced at Brooke, as he expected, the British are very sensitive to the homeland, he smiled, "I haven't finished talking yet, what are you anxious about?" You Britain have a small territory and don't have many resources, I really don't like it, I want some of your overseas colonies, which you also robbed, give us a little bit, isn't it too much? “

Brooke calmed down, he looked at the world map, and sure enough, he found that the colonies in the Americas and Africa were circled with many small dots on the map.

Not only England, but also France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal have such small dots in their colonies.

"The red dot you see is the land we need, and it's nothing to your vast colonies in Africa and the Americas." Xiao Ming said slyly.

It is true that the land he wants is not much, but it is equivalent to the sesame seeds on a cake, but the sesame seeds he wants are not simple.

Because these are all mineral regions in the Americas and Africa, and by controlling these strongholds, they are controlling most of the resources.

As for the other wild territories, it is not of much value to ask for them, after all, the population of the empire is limited now, and there is already too much arable land to spare.

Moreover, the current empire is preparing to follow the path of an industrial country, and they want to take industrial products and take cheap agricultural products.

This means that as long as they sell their industrial goods, the peasants of the whole world are working for the empire.

Brooke breathed a sigh of relief, they had also taken the situation into account when they came here, and he had been authorized.

Compared with his own assumptions, the asking price of the empire this time was not high, and he agreed, "If it is only the scope of these small dots, there is no problem." ”

Xiao Ming immediately laughed, and he said, "If this is the case, the negotiation between us will end perfectly." “

Brooke stood up happily, "I hope that Your Majesty will sign a treaty with you and will not attack Britain and its colonies again." ”

Pang Yukun handed a treaty in Chinese and English to Brooke at this time, because Britain basically agreed to the conditions of the empire, and he did not need to change the treaty.

"The Treaty of India?" Brooke took it and took a closer look.

The content of the treaty was similar to that of the previous negotiations, which required Britain to formally recognize the occupation of Australia and India by the Chinese Empire, and, of course, most importantly, the terms of the armistice.

Australia and India, now in the hands of the Chinese Empire, admit it or not, and he signed the treaty after carefully reading the agreement.

Xiao Ming took the treaty and signed it as well.

When the British negotiations were over, Brooke didn't want to stay in the conference room for a minute, and he pushed the door open with the envoy.

Xiao Yat asked at this time: "Father, this Britain is so unruly, why don't you set the amount of British compensation in the compensation to punish them." ”

"This is the deep-seated reason you have to understand, if the empire designates, then the resentment of the five countries against the empire will be deeper, but if it is handed over to them to distribute it themselves, they will definitely fight on their own because of the question of how much compensation their country will pay."

Xiao Yi suddenly realized, "In this way, there is another obstacle for them to want the alliance." ”

Xiao Ming nodded slightly.

Just then, the door to the conference room was pushed open, and Rhodes came in, and negotiations with the Netherlands began.

Similar to the demands on Brooke, Xiao Ming also listed similar conditions, the only difference being that Rhodes wanted to continue the rubber trade with the Empire.

Although the empire now has its own rubber plantations and rubber grass planting bases, the empire's industry is developing rapidly, and the scale of rubber needed is very large, and the country is gradually unable to meet it.

However, compared with the previous expensive rubber prices, Xiao Ming took advantage of the power of this war to severely suppress the price of Dutch rubber.

It even made the price of Dutch rubber lower than the price of domestic rubber.

In the end, Rod left with a sigh, natural rubber is a lucrative business, even if the price is low, but they still can't refuse the rubber trade.

Because all of Europe together did not need as much rubber as the Empire.

Sending Rhodes away, followed by Spain and Portugal, negotiations with which the negotiations went just as smoothly as the Anglo-Dutch.

But when it was France's turn, the negotiations got bogged down for the first time.

"Your Majesty, our Consul Andrei refuses to pay war reparations unless the Empire guarantees not to attack East Indochina." Henry's tone was tough.

However, his words changed, "Andrei is a fool, his arrogance will bring disaster to the two countries, I hope that Your Majesty can support me to remove Andrei from power, then I will agree to all the conditions today." “

Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun glanced at each other, and the two showed interesting eyes.