Chapter 1116: Surprised

A 　　 scent of fragrance wafted from the tea cup on the conference table, making people feel at ease.
Reaching an agreement on the issue of patent fees and extradition, Xiao Ming raised another important topic of this meeting, which is the issue of war compensation.
This time, a lot of ammunition was wasted in the Nanyang war empire. These ammunition were all real money and it was impossible for him to pay for it.
Brooke got a face. On many topics, this is undoubtedly humiliating, but he understands that this topic cannot be avoided.
In order to reach an armistice agreement and prevent their colonial interests in South America and Africa from continuing to suffer, they can only accept it.
"So how much war compensation does Your Majesty want?" Brook'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 have to pay a total of 30 million pounds in compensation. As for how the five countries will distribute the 30 million pounds in compensation. The money is your own business."
When Brooke heard this, he couldn't help but feel a cold sweat behind his back. The 30 million pounds in compensation is not a small amount. This is a heavy burden on the British finances, but fortunately, the compensation is shared by the five countries. In this way, it is not so difficult, and the price is relatively fair.
"Thirty million, we accept!" Brooke repeatedly promised. He knew the emperor very well. If he continued to bargain, the price might be raised higher.
Xiao Ming raised his eyebrows. In his opinion, the negotiation was surprisingly smooth, which is enough to show that these Western powers were scared by him.
A gesture to Qian Dafu, at this time Qian Dafu took out a map of the world and spread it on the negotiating table.
Brooke frowned when he saw this map. He immediately thought of something, and he immediately refused: "Your Majesty, we, Britain will never cede any land. If your Majesty insists on doing this, then your Majesty is ready to step on the British corpses and occupy Britain. ."
Xiao Ming glanced at Brooke. As he expected, the British were very sensitive to the homeland. He smiled, "I haven't finished speaking yet, what are you in a hurry? Your country is small in Britain and there are not many resources. I don’t like it. What I want is part of your overseas colonies, which you also grabbed. Give us a little bit, isn’t it too much?"
Brook calmed down. He looked at the map of the world and found that the colonies of America and Africa were circled with many small dots on the map.
Not only Britain, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portuguese colonies have such small spots. "The red dot you see is the land we need. This is nothing to your huge colonies in Africa and America." Xiao Ming said cunningly.
He does not want much land, but it is equivalent to sesame seeds on a piece of cake, but the sesame seeds he wants are not simple.
Because these are all areas where minerals are concentrated 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 if you want them. After all, the empire has a limited population and there is too much arable land.
Moreover, the current empire is ready to take the path of an industrial country, and they want to use industrial products to get cheap agricultural products.
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 imperial asking price this time is not high. He fully agreed, "If it's just a small range, there is no problem."
Xiao Ming burst into laughter suddenly, and he said: "If so, the negotiation between us will be ended perfectly."
Brooke stood up happily, "I also hope that your Majesty can sign a treaty with him and stop attacking Britain and British colonies."
Pang Yukun handed a treaty in Chinese and English to Brook at this time, because Britain basically agreed to the conditions of the empire, and his treaty did not need to be changed.
"The Treaty of India?" Brooke took it and looked at it carefully.
The content of this treaty is similar to the negotiations just now. It requires Britain to officially 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, accepting that it is true whether they admit it or not, he carefully read the agreement and signed the treaty.
Xiao Ming accepted the treaty and also signed it.
At the end of the British negotiations, Brook didn't want to stay in the conference room for a minute. He took the envoy and walked out.
Xiao Yi asked at this time: "Father, this Britain is so rebellious, why not set the amount of British compensation in the compensation to punish them." This is the deeper reason you need to understand. If the empire specifies it, then The five countries will have deeper resentment towards the empire, but if they are assigned to them, they will definitely fight for themselves over the issue of how much their country will compensate."
Xiao Yi suddenly realized, "In this way, they want another obstacle to the alliance."
Xiao Ming nodded slightly.
At this moment, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and at this time Rod came in and the negotiations with the Netherlands officially began.
Similar to Brooke's requirements, Xiao Ming also listed similar conditions. The only difference is that Rhodes hopes to continue the rubber trade with the Empire.
He agreed to this condition. 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 so large that the country is gradually unable to meet it.
However, compared with the previous expensive rubber prices, Xiao Ming used the power of this war to severely suppress the price of Dutch rubber~EbookFREE.me~ and 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 profitable business. Even if the price is low, they still cannot refuse the rubber trade.
Because the entire Europe needs less rubber than the Empire needs.
Rhodes was sent away, followed by Spain and Portugal. Like Britain and the Netherlands, negotiations with the two were equally smooth.
But when it was France's turn, the negotiations were in trouble for the first time.
"Your Majesty, our Archon, Archon Andre, refuses to pay war reparations unless the Empire guarantees not to attack East Indochina." Henry said hard.
However, his words changed, "Andre is a fool. His arrogance will bring disaster to the two countries. I hope that His Majesty can support me to oust Andre. Then I will agree to all the conditions today.
Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun looked at each other, and they showed interesting eyes.