Early the next morning, Shen Wanqing and a comrade went out, and in the evening, only Shen Wanqing came back alone, as soon as she came back, she saw Lin Yuan coming up, and asked anxiously, "How is it?" Are things going well? ”

Shen Wanqing said with a smile: "It's so smooth that it can't be smoother, we didn't have to spend any effort at all, we sent Shang Tai out of his home, and now we are on the passenger ship, no accident, we can contact our people tomorrow morning, how about it, is today's negotiation smooth?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "There has been no progress in the negotiations, I heard that the Japanese have begun to gradually withdraw their troops from Korea, if I am the emperor, as long as I give an order, the Japanese in the whole of Korea will become our prisoners." But the Qing court just didn't give this order. ”

Shen Wanqing said: "Otherwise, if we go to Beijing, you will be the emperor." How good it is to be the emperor, there are 3,000 beauties in the harem, isn't it the dream of every man? ”

Lin Yuan smiled and didn't speak, Shen Wanqing suddenly asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?" ”

Lin Yuan said, "I don't have it, what about you?" ”

Shen Wanqing said: "I don't have either." ”

After speaking, neither of them spoke, and was silent for a while, Shen Wanqing said: "What are you going to do with the next negotiation?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I plan to give in to Ito Hirobumi." ”

Shen Wanqing raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "How can you give in to the Japanese? ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Who said that if you make concessions, you can't take advantage?" ”

Before the meeting on the second day, Lin Yuan had a conversation with the Beijing ship, and when he learned that Shangtai had arrived at the Beijing ship, Lin Yuan's heart suddenly became much more steady.

At ten o'clock, a new round of negotiations began, both sides were full of tiredness, and outside the window, the Japanese people shouted slogans and cursed the Chinese.

Lin Yuan spoke first: "Mr. Ito, our negotiations can't be delayed any longer, I can't afford to blame the top." ”

Ito Hirobumi spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "Two hundred million taels of silver, such a large sum of silver, we really can't take it out." ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Okay, let's make each step, we don't want you to cede Okinawa, and we don't need to compensate for military expenses, the Japanese army only needs to withdraw from North Korea completely, and recognize China as the suzerainty of Korea, retain the most-favored-nation treatment and extraterritoriality, and we can sign this contract." ”

Ito Hirobumi was overjoyed, but as a politician who is accustomed to strong winds, the most basic quality is to be happy and angry, he said: "We cannot agree to the article of extraterritoriality, and the Chinese who come to Japan to commit crimes must not be a good kind in China. ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "That's fine, then let's do it, we are so sure in principle, and we will finalize the rest of the details." ”

Ito Hirobumi smiled: "Okay, we'll make up our minds, and if there are no problems, we can sign the peace treaty tomorrow." ”

Ito Hirobumi felt a little relieved in his heart, this Lin Yuan finally gave in, what he didn't expect was that Okinawa Prefecture of their Great Japanese Empire was falling into the hands of the Chinese step by step.

After receiving the Ōtai, the Beijing ship immediately set off for the waters near the Ryukyu Islands, which consist of the Yaeyama Islands, Miyako Islands, and Okinawa Islands from west to east, among which Shuri on the Okinawa Islands was the core area ruled by the Ryukyu Kingdom in those years, so the main military and political organs of Japan were located in Shuri.

Han Mingguang said: "First of all, let me introduce the current deployment of Japanese troops in Okinawa, because Japan has occupied Ryukyu for some time, and the resistance of the Ryukyus is not very strong, so the Japanese army has not deployed a very strong combat force. According to our reconnaissance in the early stage, the navy stationed in Okinawa is mainly stationed in the Naha Military Port, and there are 16 gunboats with combat effectiveness, all of which are old-fashioned gunboats, with a maximum displacement of no more than 500 tons, and they are powered by sails, and they are not our opponents at all. ”

Han Mingguang paused for a moment, and then said: "Next is the strength of the army, there is only one wing stationed in the entire Okinawa, less than a thousand people, and all of them are stationed on Okinawa Island, the Kerama Islands on the outskirts of Okinawa Island, Ie Island is unmanned, and the Japanese soldiers stationed on Okinawa Island are all distributed around the three main cities of Naha, Shuri and Motobu Town, and their combat effectiveness is very weak. ”

Han Mingguang said: "Let me introduce our strength again, the problem of insufficient land strength will be alleviated to a certain extent this time, as for the reason, King Shangtai will introduce it below." ”

In the Kingdom of the Ryukyus, official documents were written in Chinese characters, and from the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyus adopted the Chinese era name until the Ryukyus were forcibly occupied by the Japanese. Shang Tai has been familiar with Chinese cultural classics since childhood, and not only speaks Chinese fluently, but also has a good impression of the Chinese.

Shang Tai said: "We Ryukyu have been a part of China since ancient times, and the Japanese slaves forcibly occupied our land and homeland, and we, the Ryukyu subjects, have been hoping that the central government will send troops to the Ryukyus, save the people of the Ryukyus from fire and water, and put the Ryukyu people on the throne, and today we have finally waited for this day." As he spoke, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Han Mingguang said with a smile: "Comrade King, there is no need to say these words first, let's talk about the situation in your country." ”

Shang Tai hurriedly said: "Although I am under house arrest in Japan, I can always find out some domestic news, the Japanese are rampant and domineering in the Ryukyus, and the people have long been complaining. In the Ryukyus, there is a part of the police and army composed of Ryukyuan people, and once the central government sends troops, these people will definitely be the first to stand up and kill those Japanese slaves. ”

Han Mingguang asked, "Comrade King, how many of these people are there?" ”

"There are less than 500 policemen and more than 1,000 soldiers," Shang Tai said. ”

Han Mingguang said with a smile: "That's pretty much it, let me announce the battle plan: in the first stage, our carrier-based aircraft unit will strike at the Japanese warships in Naha Military Port; In the second stage, some of our marines attacked the Japanese garrison near Naha, note that this was only a feint, and the real purpose was to attract the garrison in Shuri; The third stage is to instigate an uprising in Shuri, and we will have to look at the appeal of Comrade King! ”

Shang Tai said proudly: "Please rest assured by the central government of this point, I can definitely call on the people of Ryukyu to kill the Japanese slaves!" ”

The East China Sea was like a beautiful piece of blue silk, and the Ryukyus were like pearls held on a piece of silk, and on this day, the inhabitants of the Ryukyu Kingdom were angry behind their backs, as in the past, and they did not expect that the time to drive out the Japanese would soon come.