XXXV. Steamship Crossing (7)

"(1) China established an offshore naval division, and Asben was allowed to be president for four years. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info except for Aspen, China is not allowed to appoint a foreigner to be the president. All foreign-style ships in China, or foreigners hired in the mainland, or ships purchased by officials and civilians in China, shall be subject to the jurisdiction and dispatch of Aspen in the future.

(2) Aspen only carried out the orders of the Chinese Emperor forwarded by Li Tai. If it is relayed by someone else, it is not obeyed. If there is anything that Asben is inconvenient to do, Li Taitai will not pass it on.

(3) All the crews, soldiers, and sailors of this division shall be selected by Aspen, and shall still be allowed to be approved only if Li Tai agrees.

(4) All sailors in this category are foreign sailors, and they should be hung with the flag of foreign style......"

Li Hongzhang finished reading it gently, put down the notebook in his hand, snorted coldly, and said to his master, "This Ah Si is crazy, right?" ”

"I didn't expect China to win the British half, the British are still so arrogant," the master nodded, "but the real money bought back, the warship is not ours, but an ancestor was invited back!" ”

"If the Prime Minister Yamen dares to sign such a contract, the Queen Mother will cut off their heads." Li Hongzhang touched the short beard on his lips and said with a smile, "It's just a matter of buying foreign warships, if there is another conflict between China and Britain in the future, do these foreign devils want to listen to us, or to listen to him from the British Admiralty?" ”

"Naturally, I listened to the Queen of England," said the master, "and it can be said that it is too rebellious." ”

"Besides, Aspen is not only the president of this sailor, but also the commander of the Chinese chief sailor, this customs administration is just done by the British, the customs matter, it is related to taxes, but it is to give him a little more, if this Asben really succeeds, it is better to invite those British and French soldiers on Bali Bridge to come over to defend China, why do I need to train any soldiers, it's really ridiculous, Li Tai thinks that he can bargain with China on behalf of the British? Hmph, Yoro is arrogant. Li Hongzhang dismissed, "What position to sit, what kind of errand way, Li Taitai thought before to take the official Shanghai Minister of Trade and Trade and the Minister of Trade from all over the country back to the center, unified power and responsibility, this I don't blame him for intriguing, standing in his point of view, it should be so, ridiculous a few days ago he dared to come to Shanghai and I to show off his might, saying that the concession is the place where the relatives of overseas Chinese from various countries live, and the law should be subject to each country, and I don't bother to pay attention to him, if it is not my race, its heart will be different, this is not wrong at all, this is not, The fox's tail was exposed. But now that his butt is sitting crookedly, it will naturally not be long before he does. ”

"What do you mean? Want to add fuel to the fire? ”

"Yes, Asben is arrogant and rude, I only met him once with patience, if it weren't for this Shanghai, where many countries gathered, I was afraid that the reputation would not be good, I was lazy to see such a fool, Hengbing Wu Songkou, is it very polite?" Li Hongzhang stood up, "I don't care about this matter, I can't control it horizontally, and wait for the will, if the boss says that he can divide me with a few ironclad ships, I will be cheeky and deal with him, if not, hehe, then I will learn from the country, send more tuyi, and send him away." ”

"There is a saying that the razor is to fight the raze, go, bring Hurd, I want to ask the British prime minister, the whole country is like this, and he wants to continue to make trouble with China."

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"He actually wants to take advantage of this move to move China's military power and interest rights abroad!" Wen Xiang was shocked when he saw this, and then he was furious, "I originally hoped that the British would help buy ship guns and hire foreign officers and soldiers to form a new naval fleet, but the power of the matter - the command belongs to us, this Li Tai, it is really shameless!" ”

"If these tens of thousands of silver are lost, it will be fine, but now this is 10 million warships!" Shen Zhaolin was very painful, "Although we only paid four million taels of silver, it doesn't hurt if we don't pay it in the future, but these four million still make a sound when they fall into the water!" ”

Bao Jun also said helplessly, "The American ambassador also replied to the news, and now they have a rebellion in their country, and the sailors have been sent to suppress it, and our side has no time to take care of it, but they promised that they will let the ambassador participate in mediating this matter, and before the matter is completed, the one million taels of silver will not have to be paid." ”

"This million taels of silver is a small head after all," Wen Xiang shook his head, "Money is a trivial matter, if this example is opened, the little bit of dignity we accumulated during the collegial discussion in Beijing in the past year will be lost again, what will France, Russia, and these countries think?" I will only say that we are strong on the outside and dry on the inside! ”

"Sixth Master," Bao Jun shouted to Prince Gong, who was silent, "you can give me an idea!" ”

"Today's law can only rely on the mediation of foreigners, let the American ambassador go out, and ask the British ambassador clearly," Prince Gong said slowly, "Is Li Tai the final say in British affairs here, or he has the final say!" (To be continued.) )