The forces run by Xiao Letian will never allow the Ryukyu monarch and ministers to act arbitrarily without responding. When King Shangtai finally decided to contact Gong Cheng, he tried to negotiate less than ten minutes after the negotiations. In a hidden military warehouse, Liang Kun, Fan Yan and several shopkeepers of Lotte Foreign Company, the managers, including more than ten officers in the new army, had already gathered together.

This is already all the person in charge of Xiao Letian who is currently staying in Ryukyu. If the French warships get this information, as long as they shoot at one volley, Xiao Letian's command system in Ryukyu will be completely paralyzed. Xiao Letian may not be able to make up for ten years if this group of people dies.

"Why do you do that? Extinguish two more oil lamps?" The old shopkeeper Fan Yan became very stingy. He had only lit four horse lanterns in the warehouse, but now he had two more lights left. The atmosphere in the warehouse was extremely tense.

Dozens of top Cuban cigars were divided. Almost everyone divided one regardless of whether they could smoke or not, and cut them off one by one and ignite them with fire. In a short while, the warehouse was filled with thick cigar smoke.

No one spoke, everyone was thinking, and in the dark, they saw fire points flashing in the air. Those who didn't know the details thought it was haunted here.

After being silent for a long time, the old shopkeeper Fan Jian spoke, "Brothers, the situation in Ryukyu has reached the most critical moment. Our enemies are not only French, but also Gong Cheng, a dog thief... Don't think that this old thing is easy to deal with. He can not only use the power of the British, but also have close ties with the Qing court..."

"Hey, can Gong Cheng still get involved with the imperial court? Isn't he acknowledged as a traitor in Manchu and Han? He wasn't the Old Summer Palace led the way to burn it." An officer asked in the dark.

"Cough cough cough... there is no eternal enemy, only eternal interests..." General Liang Kun, who was lying on the blanket, coughed a few times, "I have heard of Gong Cheng, a man before. After he followed the British to the Shanghai Concession, he has made many suggestions for the killing of the Heavenly Kingdom soldiers. Do you still remember Sir Gordon in the UK? There is a shadow of Gong Cheng making a bridge behind him..."

"Now the Qing Demons also understand that although Britain and France burned the Old Summer Palace, paid a lot of money, and signed an agreement between young and old, they finally got the strong support of the Western devils... Many of you don't know that the British mercenaries are really powerful. Xiaodao will attack the concession. How many people died, and they still can't be defeated in the end..."

"When the foreign devil named Gordon came, the group of foreign soldiers began to train the foreign gun team for Qing Yao, but they killed many brothers from our heavenly kingdom. The final destruction of the heaven was destroyed, and one-third of them were destroyed in the hands of these foreigners..."

Liang Kun is a typical fierce general. I hope he will not be able to analyze these things. The above are all Xiao Letian’s knowledge points in the small classroom, but Liang Kun is an eyewitness and has the deepest feelings.

Gong Cheng stolen the country, ruining the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens, and making the Qing Dynasty apologize for face and inner affairs. After the money was paid out, the port city had to be opened. On the surface, this seemed to have suffered a big loss, but a few days later, the Qing court suddenly found that things had developed unexpectedly.

Originally, the royal family thought that foreigners were all a group of robbers, and they would not go home and spend money even if they were forced. As a result, these foreigners were all determined and even said that if they submitted a treaty with the Qing Dynasty, they would admit that the Qing Dynasty was the only master of China and that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was rebellion.

Since the Qing Dynasty was in trouble and our two countries had just signed a very "friendly" agreement, then we can send some mercenaries to help you, the Qing Dynasty suppress the rioters. It is not impossible to ensure the quality, the fees are low, and the effect is significant.

Damn, the noble foreigner just burned Beijing City, and turned around and wanted to help Daqing work hard. Where can I find such a good thing in the world?

If you don't agree, the heads of Cixi and his group of people will really get into the water. Isn't it just to give some money? Anyway, they will eventually collect taxes from the Han people, spend the money of the Han people, and die the lives of foreigners. In the end, they will protect the Manchus. If you don't agree, you will be retribution.

Good fortune depends on misfortune, and misfortune comes from good fortune. People once again realized the essence of this sentence. If we thought about it from another perspective, if we had known that foreigners were so righteous, why didn’t we sign the agreement earlier? It would not cost much money and the Old Summer Palace would be preserved.

More than once Xiao Letian talked about this in his small class, he threw away his chalk and sighed for a long time. "Western language clearly believes in the respect of strength. In many ways, there is no difference from robbers, but their contract spirit is really worth learning from."

At the end of the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing court and the Han governors could have tasted the "sweetness" of foreigners. All kinds of weapons and equipment were sold. There were large loans in foreign banks waiting for you to discuss, and as long as there were collateral, they could handle business.

In the end, all the foreign mercenaries came up, and the leader was actually a British lord. This was so satisfying to the Qing court that they even made a lot of the face they had lost in front of the British.

"Look, this is the prestige of the Qing Dynasty. Although there was a little conflict with Britain before, didn't the British come to serve the Qing Dynasty in the end? Come on, give this Gordon a title of admiral, a yellow jacket, and a peacock feather..."

By 1864, the first year when Xiao Letian came to this world, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was finally destroyed, and the Qing Dynasty was filled with joy. At this time, their hatred for the British had long been thrown into the Pacific Ocean, and even Gong Cheng's little hatred was gone.

Liang Kun sighed and said, "It is obvious that he has reconciled with Gong Cheng, and he is not that thick-skinned. However, when negotiating with the British, he really cannot do without this traitor. In the end, he turned a blind eye and pinched his nose and accepted it... I can guess it without looking. Now the command of Qing Yaoxiu on Ryukyu Island must have been handed over to Gong Cheng."

The warehouse fell into silence again, and everyone racked their brains to think about ways to break the situation. After a while, the old shopkeeper sighed and said, "This is not the whole of the difficulties... What we have to face now is the opposition from the Ryukyu court. Now the Ryukyu people have already had a crack with us. These indigenous officials are about to swallow Gong Cheng's bait. They are going to negotiate peace."

"Ah." The crowd was in an instant. "How can this be done? Gong Cheng's character is known in all East Asia. How can such a person believe it?"

"Although I can't guess what Gong Cheng's poisonous plan is, I don't believe him, and I don't believe in the French. Let's discuss peace, a ghost..."

"I don't understand diplomatic matters, but I can't hide the military matters from us... Although the battle situation in the past four days is fierce, it's far from being hurt. Both sides still have the energy to fight. At this time, I want to say that negotiations are not a scam. I will eat this box of shells without conspiracy..."

"Yes, yes, the war has not been decided, and no one has been convinced. How could the negotiation be completed at this time? Is it good to have some common sense..."

There was a chaotic quarrel in the crowd, and everyone was full of doubts about the negotiations, and even more angry at the private actions of the monarch and ministers of Ryukyu.

At this time, a second shopkeeper in the corner suddenly said, "I don't understand the war, but I know how to do business... Different people will have different opinions when facing things. To put it bluntly, it depends on how big the situation in his heart is."

"The owner of a snack shop who has known to settle accounts with copper coins in his whole life. Compared with the big merchants who calculate 100,000,000 silver dollars every day, the hills and valleys in their hearts must be different... The small country of Ryukyu has been bullied by the Japanese for hundreds of years. They are afraid of being poor and living a hard life. Pursuit of calculation has become their only choice..."

The second shopkeeper took a sip of the cigar, and the light blue smoke floated in the room. "Damn, it used to be that the French didn't give them a way out. If they didn't fight, they would have to destroy the country or not. You said they would fight or not. Now suddenly I suddenly found that there was a way out without fighting. The minds of these people began to shake again... "

"Damn it, it's the most annoying to work with such people. You have a good character that makes you unable to beat or scold you. But doing business means a small situation. If you do stingy things, you can make people angry..."

The second shopkeeper said this and everyone thought it was true that this was true. Everyone could meet such people in their lives. There is one common problem with such people, that is, they do bad things with good intentions. Now the ruler and minister of Ryukyu are following this old path.

"Well, you guy has grown up, then what do you think we should do?" Fan Jian asked with his eyes lit up.

The second shopkeeper narrowed his eyes and said, "If I do business and meet such a partner and don't want to completely turn against him... Then let's grab his shares. As long as we occupy the most shares, we have to listen to me in everything. If I ask me, we will have a big showdown with them and put the conflict on the table..."

"Let the people of Ryukyu choose whether to follow us or follow those surrendered groups."

Hiss... the entire warehouse was filled with air conditioning. The big-headed soldiers did not dare to think about mutiny. As a result, the second shopkeeper was actually considering the military advice.

"Damn it, no wonder the Prime Minister has always said that businessmen are the most courageous group in the world. At the critical moment, they are really brave enough to fight."

The second shopkeeper made everyone feel a little embarrassed, "No, no... Don't look at me like this. I didn't say I wanted to rebel. I just said that the shares would be reorganized. The economy of Ryukyu is now completely supported by our Lotte Foreign Company. The army is also the new army as the dragon bones. Even scholars are the most students in our college."

"We have actually controlled the entire Ryukyu. The largest number of shares are ours. Why can't we make decisions? Not only that, we have foreigners behind our backs. The descendants of Han and Japanese immigrants in Ryukyu are also in the same mind as the Prime Minister. Why don't we make decisions? Why can't the people in Shuri Castle decide our destiny?"

"Yes, that's right." All the officers slapped the table and shouted angrily, "Today's Ryukyu has changed a lot. It's natural for the Prime Minister to replace it. People like Jin Changsen can't think of restoration."

"I dare to surrender and ask them to ask me if my gun agrees."

Liang Kun and Fan Ru were both stunned. They secretly summoned everyone to analyze the current situation. Why was there a mutiny going on as they said that? The rhythm was a little wrong.
Chapter completed!