Respectfully

As China and Russia insisted on their own opinions, two days later, the negotiations still made no progress.

Russia refused to make concessions and resolutely opposed any of Lou Xiao's negotiating conditions, and it was impossible for Huaxia to accept Russia's request, so the negotiations came to a deadlock.

The four countries of Britain, France, Germany and the United States finally couldn't sit still. Britain and France believed that China's request was too outrageous, while Germany and the United States believed that as victorious countries, this was not too much.

The words of the German Minister Hacks Shaoshen reminded the French Minister Pansunner that after the Franco-Prussian War, Alsace and Lorraine were forced to be ceded to Germany, and the Gaul Rooster's face became very ugly.

British Minister Zhu Erdian's performance was much smoother than Pan Sunna's. Unfortunately, when he said: "China's requirements are a bit harsh." This sentence has already stated his position.

Hacks Shaoshen did not buy Zhu Erdian and Pan Sunna's account, and stood firmly on China's side on behalf of Germany. Only keen to make money, they have followed the rules set by President Washington not to ally with any country.However, Kaerhuo believes that saying a few good words for Huaxia does not conflict with the rules set by President Washington. Just a few words can be exchanged for an order of 100 million silver dollars. Why not do it?

In this way, at the negotiating table, China and Russia are coming and going, not giving an inch, and at the negotiating table, the ministers of the four countries are also talking with each other, not giving in to each other.

On the third day of the negotiations, Russia finally gained the upper hand. After all, the British Empire is still the most powerful country in the world.

The Russian negotiators once again showed their complacent expressions, but it didn't take long for them to be complacent, and news came from Russia that the peasant movement, which had just been suppressed not long ago, broke out again. At the same time, a large number of workers went on strike. Striking workers and peasants gathered in St. Petersburg and protested loudly in front of the Winter Palace.According to secret reports, this sudden riot was probably related to the Social Democrats.

As negotiators, the acting Russian foreign minister Nilatov and the Russian minister Kusovitz were no strangers to this party. This was a party represented by the petty bourgeoisie. From the day it was established, it was determined to overthrow the tsar!

The unfavorable news of the war in Manchuria this time caused a lot of shock in the country. Now, it is not surprising that some people use this incident to stir up trouble.

What surprised the Russian representatives was that Tsar Nicholas II ordered soldiers to shoot at the peasants and workers gathered in front of the Winter Palace.This is simply a terrible idea!

Both Nilatov and Kuusowitz remember well how much it affected Nicholas II's popularity in 1905 when the tsar ordered the shooting of striking workers gathered in front of the Winter Palace.

Queen Alexandra's prestige plummeted because of her favor with Rasputin, and the Tsar was also called Bloody Nicholas because of this incident that happened in 1905.After more than six years, the royal family's reputation has just turned around, but they never expected that such a thing would happen again.

The news from Russia naturally reached the ears of the Chinese people and the envoys of the other four countries.

It has to be said that Nicholas II, who rules one-tenth of the world's land and is worth as much as 300 billion U.S. dollars, is a king who makes European monarchs envious.It's a pity that this king who has land and gold lives in internal and external troubles all day long.

The Chinese saw this opportunity and put pressure on the Russian negotiators. Even though Britain and France supported Russia, the Russians were already disturbed by what happened in the country. There was no need for Zhu Erdian to further antagonize China for such a Russia.Moreover, the relationship between Britain and Russia is not as good as it appears.

The turning point of the negotiation occurred on the fourth day of the negotiation.

Lou Xiao once again sent troops to Back Baikal, and showed a tendency to continue to penetrate into the interior of Russia along the Trans-Siberian Railway.

The Russians panicked.

Once the news is sent back to the country, even if these Chinese people are just pretending, it is very likely to cause dire consequences!

Those ignorant serfs and workers will be completely instigated and used by some people with a heart!

The Russian delegation was caught in a dilemma.Under the mediation of the four countries, they could only make concessions. However, Nilatov said firmly that Russia refused to apologize to China.In fact, what Russia is afraid of is not the Chinese people, but the turmoil in the country.

The Huaxia negotiators also accepted the opinions of the ministers of the four countries and were willing to make some concessions.

Finally, on the sixth day of the negotiations, on January 1912, 1 in the Gregorian calendar, representatives of China and Russia signed the "Sino-Russian Manchuria Treaty" in Manzhouli, a small border town in China.

According to the treaty, Russia will pay China a total of 5000 million silver dollars in compensation, to be paid in three years.After the cession, Baikalsk was given to China.Cancel all Russia's privileges along the railway from Manzhouli to Harbin, and Russia will withdraw all armed personnel in the six northern provinces within a limited period.China releases Russian prisoners of war.

The issue raised by Lou Xiao to redefine the water and land boundaries between China and Russia was temporarily shelved.

There are two copies of the treaty in Chinese and two in Russian, and the dates are marked in the Chinese calendar, the Russian calendar, and the Gregorian calendar, respectively, and the representatives of both parties will draw and stamp, use seals, and exchange.

During the signing process of the treaty, the face of the Russian negotiator was always ugly, while the Chinese representative was all smiles, not for anything else. Since the Nanjing Treaty, all the foreign treaties signed by China have cede land and pay compensation, lose power and humiliate the country. As soon as the Manzhouli Treaty was signed, Enough to cheer up [-] million people.

As the foreign minister of the northern government, Lu Qilin, who studied in the UK in his early years, clearly knew that once this treaty was announced, the northern government would completely overwhelm the south.The southern government, which has always flaunted democracy and freedom, just broke out the scandal of selling mineral interests in exchange for loans from Japan not long ago. Now, it will definitely fall into a more unfavorable situation.

However, Lu Qilin was not overjoyed. He and the delegation knew very well who the biggest contributor to this negotiation was.

Thinking of the instructions in the President's previous telegram, Lu Qilin frowned.If they don't mention Lou Xiao's merits, the people of the country will not know about them?Among the envoys from the four countries present, except for the French envoy, the other three countries, including the British envoy Zhu Erdian, all showed moderate kindness towards Lou Xiao.

Lu Qilin sighed and smiled wryly, the President really gave him a problem.Picking peaches is not easy to do. Once the Lou family is annoyed, who will bear the consequences?

Isn't it Lu Qilin?

Thinking of this, Lu Qilin's eyes flickered with darkness, and he looked at Young Marshal Lou who was discussing something with German Minister Hacks Shaoshen, and a thought flashed in his mind.

Lou Xiao's military achievements in Manchuria and his achievements in negotiations cannot be erased with a few words.Moreover, President Sima's term of office is coming soon. Since he is holding the same banner of the Republic as the South, even if it is going to be a formality, the presidential election must be held.During the election period, there are too many variables that may arise.

The current President Sima is no longer the Sima Jun who was a few years ago, and Marshal Lou is not the Lou Shengfeng who was a few years ago.

Perhaps, he should think about his future.Since Zhan Changqing can hang a seal, why can't he, Lu Qilin?Good birds choose trees to live in, which has existed since ancient times.

As expected by Lu Qilin and others, once the content of the Manchuria Treaty was announced, the whole country rejoiced.

After experiencing the Opium War, the Sino-French War, the Sino-French War, the Gengzi National Disaster, and the signing of many treaties that humiliated the country, the backbone of the Chinese nation was almost crushed.

This time, Chinese people can finally stand up straight and walk!

Amidst the sound of firecrackers and the excitement of dragon and lion dances, several gray-haired old people burst into tears: "I am fortunate in China! I am fortunate in China!"

A man missing an arm fell to his knees, crying loudly.The few people around him were also crying loudly, as if they were about to cry out and shout out all the resentment that had been suppressed in their chests for nearly 20 years.

Several people who survived the Hailanpao tragedy and the Jiangdong 64th Tun tragedy ran to the riverside where the tragedy happened on the day the newspaper announced the news, crying, howling, and venting. He was buried at the bottom of the river forever, and his death will never rest in peace.There were shrill cries, as if they were still echoing in the icy water of the river.

A man knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes and shouted loudly: "Father, mother, uncles and aunts, you can finally rest in peace! The commander-in-chief has avenged us!"

Sima Jun, the president of the northern government, delivered a speech on the day the news was announced and telegraphed the whole country.Careful people can find that in Sima Jun's speech and telegram, he did not point out that the "armies of the six northern provinces" fighting Russia were called the northern army in general, and most of the credit for the negotiations with Russia was attributed to Yi Lu Qilin As for the northern government delegation represented by Lou Xiao, he only briefly touched on Lou Xiao's role in this negotiation.

Those who knew the inside story smiled ironically, like Lu Qilin and others, thanked the guests behind closed doors, without seeing any pride or glory.

President Sima also knew that the peaches were not picked for nothing. He ordered the Ministry of Finance to allocate 200 million silver dollars for military expenses, and put Transbaikal under the jurisdiction of the six northern provinces. Compared with the past, this was a big deal.

Commander-in-Chief Lou did not buy into his account, and he accepted the allocated military expenses. At the same time, he ordered Qian Boxi and Du Yuzhang, who stayed in Manchuria, to cut off the Russians' money. The first batch of compensation was 500 million yuan, not a penny missing , All fell into the pocket of Marshal Lou.

He snatched food from Lou Shengfeng's mouth, and wiped his mouth after eating, thinking that giving him three melons and two dates would be enough to get rid of him?

Think beautiful!

When President Sima learned about this, he was so angry that he jumped up, but there was nothing he could do about it. He did this unethically. Even if he was angry, he had to swallow it in his stomach.

However, soon, the peaches that President Sima picked were gone.

The New York Times and the British Times simultaneously disclosed the specific details of the China-Russia negotiations, and even Japan's Asahi Shimbun put this matter on the headlines.

People of insight in the country soon got the news that no matter what purpose Britain, the United States and Japan had for disclosing the inside story of the negotiations, in short, the shelf that President Sima had put up with great difficulty before was directly torn down. The rod fell apart in a hurry.

Li Jinyan looked at the news in foreign newspapers reprinted by various newspapers in the six northern provinces, and almost laughed out loud.

This reporter is so talented. Not only did he translate the entire report of the American reporter, he also added comments at the back, and even drew a cartoon. In the cartoon, President Sima running ahead holding a peach, and Marshal Lou Brandishing a pistol and chasing after him, the cartoon also added a line of words: "The president picked peaches, the general raised his gun, and when the gunshot rang, he fled in the wind."

Li Jinyan had had enough of laughing, when the girl came to report that Marshal Lou was looking for him.

"The commander-in-chief is looking for me?" Li Jinyan raised his head from behind the newspaper, "Did you say something?"

The girl shook her head.

Li Jinyan put down the newspaper, got up and went to Lou Dashuai's study.Seeing Pan Guangxing and several other people standing in the study, Li Jinyan's heart moved and he frowned.

Marshal Lou was sitting on a chair, wearing a military uniform. Looking at his expression, Li Jinyan couldn't guess whether he was angry or not.

"Daughter-in-law, here you come, sit down quickly."

Hearing Lou Dashuai's address, Li Jinyan's mouth twitched, well, daughter-in-law is daughter-in-law, it's just a title anyway.

When Li Jinyan sat down, Marshal Lou waved his hand, "I know about the soap factory. You don't pursue it for my sake, but I can't ignore it. There are only two things that I, Lou Shengfeng, hate the most in my life. People, one kind is forgetting their ancestors, and the other is eating inside and crawling outside!"

From Li Jinyan's perspective, it could be seen that Pan Guangxing's face suddenly turned pale.

"Pan Guangxing, my daughter-in-law pointed out a way out for you before, but how did you do it, eh? When I, Lou Shengfeng, is a fool! Say my daughter-in-law is unfair? I'll fuck your eight-generation ancestor!"

Li Jinyan looked at Pan Guangxing in surprise.Pan Guangxing's legs began to tremble, and his face had turned ashen.

Lou Dashuai went on to say: "I will put my words here today, you all listen carefully, my son's daughter-in-law is from my Lou family! The Lou family will belong to my son and my daughter-in-law in the future! Who would dare Don't blame me, Lou Shengfeng, for making irresponsible remarks in private!"

Except for Pan Guangxing, the faces of the others also changed.Li Jinyan found out later that these people were all the confidantes of Marshal Lou.Pan Guangxing had approached them before, wanting to intercede for himself and his brother-in-law.

"Okay, everyone is here, and the things that need to be done must be done quickly."

The door of the study opened again, and the guards of the Marshal's Mansion escorted a greasy young man in.Seeing Pan Guangxing, the young man yelled, "Brother-in-law, help me!"

Pan Guangxing moved his lips and looked at Marshal Lou with a pleading expression.

Marshal Lou looked at Li Jinyan: "Daughter-in-law, what do you think should be done with this person?"

Li Jinyan was a little surprised, he didn't expect Marshal Lou to ask him.After all, Pan Guangxing was under Marshal Lou's command, and he didn't pursue it at the beginning because he was scrupled about it.It is very taboo for those in high positions to act on behalf of Yuezu.

"This matter, let the commander-in-chief decide."

"I'm in charge?" Marshal Lou sneered, "I'm in charge. Since his claws are dishonest, let's chop off his claws."

When the young man heard what Marshal Lou said, he immediately trembled like chaff, and passed out directly.

Pan Guangxing seemed to want to intercede, but he was pulled away by the person next to him. The person shook his head at Pan Guangxing and made a mouth shape, which should mean: "Think about your son."

Pan Guangxing's expression changed, and he didn't say a word.

Marshal Lou didn't wait for anyone else to speak, and asked someone to drag the young man out. After this incident, it was impossible for Pan Guangxing to be the manager of the soap factory anymore. Marshal Lou directly handed over the soap factory to Li Jinyan.

"give me?"

"Here." Marshal Lou touched his bald head, "The business of the Lou family has to be handed over to the Lou family themselves. Daughter-in-law, if there are any more people who don't do anything in the future, you will just kill yourself with a gun." , whoever it is."

Hearing this, Li Jinyan was stunned for a while, but Marshal Lou laughed and said, "That bastard will be back tomorrow, if he finds out that someone is pissing off his wife, he must kill those bastards!"

Li Jinyan: "..."

When Pan Guangxing returned home with his brother-in-law whose hands had been cut off, Mrs. Pan cried so hard that she lost her breath several times.Pan Guangxing pulled Mrs. Pan, and persuaded him a few words: "You remember that he is your younger brother, but does he think that you are his sister? I am his brother-in-law? If the commander-in-chief hadn't been merciful, our family would have to get involved! Think about it early For those people who have been dealt with by the Marshal all these years, our son is still serving as a soldier under the Marshal!"

Mrs. Pan was sobbing for a long while, and finally stopped crying. No matter how close my younger brother was, I couldn't get past my son.Thinking that his son might be affected by this incident, he also felt resentment towards his brother who was lying unconscious on the bed.

On February 1912, 2 in the Gregorian calendar, the troops of the six northern provinces that had won the battle in Manchuria finally returned to their stations one after another.

As soon as Lou Xiao's independent group got off the train, they were blocked by people from all walks of life in Guanbei City who came to greet them. When they walked out of the train station, people stood by the roadside to greet them along the way.

The noisy sound and the sound of firecrackers continued until the army entered the city.

Li Jinyan looked at the dusty Lou Xiao, and suddenly had a very unreal feeling, until Lou Xiao dismounted, walked up to him, and stroked his cheek with one hand.

A low voice that seemed to carry gunpowder smoke reached Li Jinyan's ears: "I'm back."

Li Jinyan's heart suddenly missed a beat.