Iron Dynasty

The delicate fragrance wafts out of the teacup on the conference table, making people feel at ease.

After reaching an agreement on the issue of patent fees and extradition, Xiao Ming raised another important topic of the meeting, which was the issue of war compensation.

This time, I wasted a lot of ammunition in the battle against the empire in Nanyang. These ammunitions are real money, and it is impossible for him to pay for them all.

Brook pulled his face. On many topics, this is undoubtedly humiliating, but he understands that this topic cannot be avoided.

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

So how much war reparation does Your Majesty want? Brooke's voice seemed to be squeezed out of his throat.

Xiao Ming's expression remained calm, This war compensation includes 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 compensation of 30 million pounds among your five countries The money is your own business.

When Brooke heard the words, a cold sweat broke out behind his back. The compensation of 30 million pounds is not a small amount. This is a heavy burden on the British finances, but fortunately, the compensation this time is shared by the five countries. If That way, it's not that hard, and the price is more fair.

Thirty million, we accept it! Brook promised again and again. He knew the emperor very well. If he continued to bargain, the price might be raised even higher.

Xiao Ming raised his brows. In his opinion, the negotiation this time was surprisingly smooth, which was enough to show that these Western powers were afraid of being beaten by him.

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

Brooke frowned when he saw the map, he immediately thought of something, and immediately refused: Your Majesty, we will never cede any land in the UK. If Your Majesty insists on doing this, then Your Majesty is ready to step over the corpses of the British to occupy Britain. .

Xiao Ming glanced at Brook, as he expected, the British are very sensitive to the mainland, he smiled, I haven't finished speaking, what are you worried about? You Britain has a small territory and not many resources. I don’t like it, what I want is some of your overseas colonies, which you also grabbed, give us a little bit, isn’t it too much?”

Brook calmed down, and he looked at the world map. Sure enough, he found that the colonies in America and Africa were circled with many small dots.

It's not just England, France, Holland, Spain, Portugal's colonies have such little spots.

The red dot you see is the land we need. For your huge colonies in Africa and America, this land is nothing. Xiao Ming said slyly.

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

Because these are all concentrated areas of minerals in the Americas and Africa, controlling these strongholds means they control most of the resources.

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

Moreover, the current empire is preparing to take the road of an industrial country, and they want to use industrial products to obtain cheap agricultural products indiscriminately.

This means that as long as they sell industrial products, farmers all over the world are working for the empire.

Brooke breathed a sigh of relief, they also considered this situation when they came here, and he was also authorized.

Compared to his own assumptions, the asking price of the empire this time is not high, and he promised, If it's just these small points, there is no problem.

Xiao Ming burst into laughter and said, If this is the case, the negotiation between us has ended perfectly.

Brooke stood up happily, I also hope that Your Majesty can sign a treaty with him and stop attacking Britain and its colonies.

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

The Indian Treaty? Brooke took it and looked at it carefully.

The content of this treaty is similar to what was negotiated just now. It requires the United Kingdom to formally recognize the occupation of Australia and India by the Chinese Empire. Of course, the most important thing is the armistice clause.

Australia and India are now in the hands of the Chinese Empire. It is a fact whether he admits it or not. He carefully read the agreement and signed the treaty.

Xiao Ming took over the contract and also signed it.

The negotiation in the UK was over, Brooke didn't want to stay in the conference room for a minute, he pushed the door with the envoy and walked out.

Xiao Yi asked at this time: Father, the United Kingdom is so rebellious, why didn't the compensation set the amount of the British compensation to punish them?

This is the deep-seated reason you need to understand. If the empire is designated, then the five countries will have a deeper resentment towards the empire, but if it is handed over to them, they will definitely fight over the issue of how much their own country should compensate.

Xiao Yi suddenly realized, In this way, they have another obstacle to the alliance.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly.

At this moment, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Rhodes came in at this time, and the negotiation with the Netherlands officially began.

Similar to the requirements for Brooke, Xiao Ming also listed similar conditions, the only difference is that Rhodes hopes to continue the rubber trade with the Empire.

He naturally agreed to this condition. Although the empire now has its own rubber plantations and rubber grass planting bases, the rapid development of the empire's industry requires a large scale of rubber, which is gradually unable to be satisfied in the country.

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

Even the price of Dutch rubber is lower than the price of domestic rubber.

In the end, Rhodes left with a sigh. Natural rubber is a profitable business. Even if the price is low, they still cannot refuse the rubber trade.

Because the whole of Europe combined doesn't need as much rubber as the empire needs.

After sending Rhodes away, Spain and Portugal followed. Like the UK and the Netherlands, the negotiations with the two were equally smooth.

But when it was France's turn, the negotiations ran into trouble for the first time.

Your Majesty, our consul Andrei, the consul, refuses to pay the war reparations unless the empire promises not to attack East Indochina. Henry's tone was tough.

However, his words changed, Andre is an idiot. His arrogance will bring disaster to the two countries. I hope Your Majesty can support me in removing Andre from power, then I will agree to all the conditions today.

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