The peace talks were successful, the Chinese People's Army began to prepare to withdraw from Japan, the British Asian fleet and army also began to withdraw, as for the unlucky Meiji Emperor, he was finally released, the mountains and rivers were broken, the land and sea hooked and sunk, and this time Japan suffered a blow that was too bad!

The entire Shikoku Island fell under the control of the Chinese Empire, and lost 100,000 young people, plus the Japanese army who were killed and seriously injured in battle, more than 100,000 people, this is not counted, and it has to pay 50 million taels of silver in compensation, but it is an old life, and the repayment period is forty years, forty years ago, every year the Japanese have to hand over millions of taels of silver for nothing, which is a heavy blow to the Japanese economy, even if it is decades can not be relieved!

The only thing I am glad about is that there is no destruction of the country, if the mad emperor of the Chinese Empire really made up his mind to destroy the Japanese state, Japan will really be finished now!

The huge defeat caused the young Meiji Emperor to suffer a huge setback, and his heart was cast an indelible shadow. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the loss is not only Japan, but also the interests of the British, the loss of Japan's inevitable gateway to Shikoku Island, in the future, if you want to control Japan, it will be difficult, at least, you have to go through the consent of the Chinese Empire, control Shikoku Island, it is equivalent to the South Seas to Japan's Tokyo Bay gateway to the dead containment!

There is no way, who let the army of the British not fight? The strength of the two divisions could not withstand the bombardment of the Chinese People's Army, and in less than two months, it could not be supported!

When the news of the signing of the treaty reached Britain itself, the whole of Britain was boiling, and the members of Parliament accused the government headed by Duke Bit of being cowardly and being forced to look like this by backward China!

Under tremendous pressure, Duke Bit had to relinquish his position as Prime Minister, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl Stanley, succeeded Duke Bit as the new Prime Minister.

As soon as Stanley took office, he telegraphed to the Chinese Minister Fitley, that he must ask the Chinese Empire for an explanation, that the signing of the Treaty of Beijing made the House of Commons very dissatisfied, and in order to calm the anger at home, the Earl of Starley also needed a sufficient reason to suppress the opposition at home!

The hapless Fetley had to make a request to meet Guo Ye again, but this time, Guo Ye didn't run away and generously accepted Fetley's audience.

"Your Majesty, this time you have to give me a clear compensation no matter what, now that the domestic Prime Minister has been forced to step down, and the domestic political circles are demanding that the government be tough against your country, for the sake of peace and friendship between China and Britain, you must help me......"

Fetley's face was pale, and he had been really tormented these days.

Oh?

Guo Ye was stunned, it was because of such a thing that the old guy in Bit was actually tossed off the stage by himself, which was really unexpected!

"Mr. Fitley, for the sake of the friendship between our two countries, China and Britain should further increase their development, in view of the current anti-China tide in your country, I hope to be able to help you, you say, how to help you......

Guo Ye said with a smile.

Fetley's eyes lit up, he didn't expect that Guo Ye would be so easy to talk today, great!

Fetley hurriedly said: "This, it depends on His Majesty the Emperor, I don't know if Your Majesty has any good suggestions?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Guo Ye's eyes rolled, and he suddenly had an idea, and said with a smile: "Mr. Fitley, in fact, your country's political and business opposition to the government for two terms is nothing more than the damage to their economic interests, as for the life and death of anyone, it will not be in the eyes of these big capitalists, in order to be able to calm their anger, I am willing to let go of the restrictions on the construction of railways in China, take out a few planned railways, and allow them to invest in the construction, as for how much benefit they can get from it, that is their business!" ”

Railway?

Fitley was excited, and it can be said that the railway is a lucrative investment comparable to steel, textiles and oil in this era, and a one-time investment can get enough returns for decades or even longer in the future!

"Your Majesty, what you said is true?"

Fitley asked in surprise.

Guo Ye nodded and replied: "Yes, now that the railways from Beijing to Shanghai and from Beijing to Wuchang in our country have begun to be built, the investment in all aspects has basically been satisfied; The railway network in Shandong has also been fully rolled out, all of which are led by our government, but in addition to these three, we also have a railway trunk line in our planning, that is, the railway trunk line from Datong to Yongping, once this railway is completed, hundreds of millions of tons of coal in Shanxi will be transported from Datong to Yongping in a steady stream, and then transported to countries around the world through Yongping, this line, I am ready to hand it over to the businessmen of your country for investment, in addition, we will build from Lanzhou in the south through Xi'an, Luoyang, Kaifeng, railway line to Haizhou, Jiangsu; The railway from Kunming, Yunnan Province to Fuzhou, Fujian Province through Changsha Province in Hunan Province, the total length of these three railway trunk lines is more than 5,000 kilometers, passing through many cities, according to the investment amount, it should reach nearly 10 million pounds, and you can imagine the future benefits......"

Fetteley is already dizzy, and the length of the 5,000-kilometer railway will be handed over to the British to build, so the British are not happy to go crazy?

"Your Majesty, how exactly is it going to be built? Is it your country's investment, and we contract the project? Or will your country sell us all three lines, and we will operate them ourselves? Or is there another way? ”

Guo Ye shook his head and replied: "Mr. Fitley, we invest in building it ourselves, it is impossible, you also know that we have limited national strength now, even if we have developed in the past two years, the annual financial income, I am afraid, it will be difficult to exceed 100 million taels, invest 50 million taels of silver to build a railway, this is impossible to think about, we don't have so much money ourselves!" Don't say that our Huaxia Empire, even if your country bears such a large expense, it will feel that it is not enough......"

"Then, Your Majesty, what model do you want to adopt? I would like to hear that such a huge project is, and I think our Prime Minister, Earl Stanley, will be so pleased that he will invite you to England for a state visit! ”

Guo Ye laughed and said: "Mr. Fitley, don't be complacent first, this matter is very important, I need you to call your government and Earl Stanley immediately, and ask your country to send representatives of the banking industry and railway companies to talks, it is not so easy to win such a big cake!" ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'll rush back and send a telegram to our Prime Minister Staley! That's great! ”

(To be continued.) )