Article 1: Ceding the Isle of Wight in the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty withdrew its troops stationed in London and its annexed islands.

Article 2: The Stuart dynasty in England must open five trading ports including Grace, Manchester, Liverpool, Eastbourne, and London, to allow the Ming Dynasty to dispatch consuls, allow the Ming Dynasty merchants and their families to live freely, and are not subject to the laws and regulations of England. England does not have extraterritorial rights over the Ming Empire.

Article 3: English Geely compensates 21 million silver dollars to the Ming Dynasty, of which 6 million silver dollars are used as compensation for burned opium, 12 million silver dollars are compensated for the Ming Dynasty military expenses, and 3 million silver dollars are compensated for the merchant's debts. The payment is clearly paid in two years. If the payment cannot be paid in full on time, it is determined that 100 yuan per year should be added to interest of 5 silver dollars.

Article 4: The Ming merchants are permanently allowed to trade freely with the British merchants. The British government has no right to unilaterally decide to prohibit the trade of one or more types of items against the Ming Dynasty.

Article 5: For the taxes paid by merchants from Ming Dynasty import and export goods, England needs to agree with the Ming Dynasty that England has no tariff autonomy over the trade of Ming Dynasty.

Article 6: The Ming Dynasty and England each released each other's military and civilians, but war criminals such as Cromwell and Tom need to be handed over to the Ming Dynasty for severe punishment.

Article 7: The Ming Dynasty enjoys the most-favored-nation treatment of England and other countries. The Ming Dynasty is also qualified to enjoy the rights and preferential treatments signed by England and other countries.

There were seven pieces, each of which killed Prince Edward's heart like a sword, but Yang Sichang had already said that none of these seven pieces could be reduced, and the entire draft treaty could only increase but not decrease.

Therefore, even if Prince Edward is unwilling to do so, he cannot have any objection.

Yang Sichang slid the jade ring on his finger calmly and did not speak anymore. As a representative official of the emerging bourgeoisie of the Ming Dynasty, all the terms he proposed were for the maximization of the interests of the Ming Dynasty and could effectively guarantee the interests of the Ming Dynasty merchants.

Although this was too much for Edward, the representative of England, and none of them could be accepted by him, for Yang Sichang, in order to maintain his relationship with the Stuart dynasty as much as possible and not too weaken the Stuart dynasty so that it could not quell the domestic rebellion, he had already mercifully taken the initiative to reduce a lot of more excessive content.

But these seven points must not be reduced.

In Yang Sichang's view, as a strategic official of the military system, he naturally knew the importance of the military strategic value of the Isle of Wight. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to control the entire British-Germany trade and even the entire European situation with the least armed force, it had to occupy a hub point, which could not only threaten London, but also go south to threaten Paris, but also go west to threaten Germany, and go out to sea to directly attack the Netherlands and Flangji.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty must have the Isle of Wight.

As the most developed material transfer stations in England, these cities must allow the Ming Dynasty to trade in this area, because this area is the main stores of the opium trade in the Ming Dynasty.

For the sake of its own rule, the Stuart Dynasty could block other cities, as long as it did not hinder these places, which was already considered a huge concession for Yang Sichang.

Secondly, regarding the issue of compensation, Yang Sichang did not speak much. This was the result obtained based on the income of the Stuart Dynasty provided by the Jinyiwei. In his opinion, the Stuart Dynasty would not perish because of this compensation.

Prince Edward finally had to agree to this draft. His character was already cowardly. Now Yang Sichang said it could not be changed. He couldn't say anything else. He just smiled and said, "You may have considered it again and again, and I have no objection to you, but I still cannot explain these terms to my king."

Seeing that he was hesitating and had no principles, Yang Sichang decided to use some more benefits to tempt him to make up his mind to sell his national interests.

So, Yang Sichang said: "Your Highness should know that half of the military aspects of the entire Ming Empire are in charge of the Ministry of War, that is, the entire Ming Empire. I also know that your country is now suffering from the rebellion against the Scottish rebels and has not made any progress. I can sign an agreement with Your Highness privately to sell a batch of high-quality weapons to you and only to you. If you sell them to your country's military, your Highness will probably make a lot of profits, and even control certain military power. Your king will probably not dare to do anything to you anymore, and you will not be able to raise your head in front of those emerging nobles."

Yang Sichang's move was clearly a bribe to Prince Edward, and intended to bind Prince Edward's own interests with the interests of the Ming Dynasty, so that he could be a lackey of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, let Prince Edward be an English traitor.

Prince Edward is not a stupid person, so he naturally knows what Yang Sichang means, and knows that once he has the exclusive agency rights to import the Ming weapons on behalf of England, it means that as long as the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and England does not deteriorate, he can always make a fortune by relying on it, and he can also control the weapon input of the British military. After all, the best weapons are in his own hands.

However, in this way, I and the entire English have to be subject to the Ming Dynasty.

Prince Edward made another weighing, but his generous self-interest made him resolutely make up his mind to sell off the long-term interests of the country. After all, he didn't want the power of traditional farmers to be gradually deprived of the emerging aristocrats. Cromwell's aggressive behavior in the anti-smoking movement not only annoyed external forces such as the Ming Dynasty, but also annoyed them, the diehards of the Stuart Dynasty.

"Then this clause should be added. There is no need to pay tariffs for the Ming ore and weapons to be transported to England for sale." Prince Edward suddenly mentioned this. His voluntary request to ban the tariffs on the ore and weapons trade was not really about saving money for the Ming Dynasty or winning the favor of the Ming Dynasty for him. But in this case, Yang Sichang promised that the cost of his Edward family's exclusive agent for the Ming weapons would decrease, and the profits he earned from the middle would be greater.

It doesn't matter to Yang Sichang. It was recommended by His Majesty to sell a batch of weapons that were eliminated in China, but to sell them to the local government and local families. Now it is just to give Prince Edward some sweetness.

Yang Sichang was very happy to see him so cheerful. In fact, from the beginning, he was sure that this person was the best negotiator to be the only one to expand the Ming Dynasty's interest in this Opium War today.

"Since that's the case, even if the contents of the negotiations are finalized, I suggest that I will go to the Ming Dynasty warship "Yu Qian" to sign this treaty tomorrow, and let me entertain you, Your Highness." Yang Sichang is very friendly now, which makes Prince Edward feel like he is bathed in spring breeze and hastily agreed.
Chapter completed!