After comforting the Guandao Gang and the Ningbo Gang, Xiao Yungui ordered Zhou Lichun and Tang Erniu to take everyone down to have a meal first, and said that he would then order people to buy a batch of pigs and cows into the city to reward the gang congregations in the city. Since he could not think of how to resettle them for the time being, Xiao Yungui planned to stabilize these people first.

Sure enough, when he saw the Western King, he was very polite. Mu Guandao, Xie Yinglong and others stopped making trouble. He followed Zhou Lichun, Tang Erniu and others to go down to have a meal first. He sent a group of people, and Xiao Yungui started to jingle and ordered people to welcome foreigners into the tent.

Among the foreigners who arrived, Wen Han and Midile were both old acquaintances. This was the first time that French minister Blombour and American minister Masali met. They each brought their own deputy and translator, and old acquaintance British official Liszt and several guards were also among them. Seeing such a large lineup of foreigners, Xiao Yungui knew that the visitor was not good.

Sure enough, after a few greetings and sitting down, Wen Han cleared his throat and said, "Your Excellency Xiwang, your army has captured Shanghai. This time our ministers came here to talk about the treaty."

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Xiao Yungui felt a headache when he heard the foreigner's treaty. As long as the foreigners mentioned the treaty, the terms in them would definitely be unacceptable. Not agreeing to establish an enemy for themselves, and agreeing to it would be a treason. Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "Oh, the treaty can be negotiated, Lord Wenhan will talk about it first."

Midile presented a few texts, including English and Chinese. After taking it, Xiao Yungui smiled slightly and said, "I don't know much about literacy, so you should talk about it."

Wen Han cursed Xiao Yungui in his heart, but said calmly: "There are ten types of this treaty, all determined by our consular ministers and consuls in Britain, France and the United States after consultation. The first type is that we require your army to open Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Zhenjiang as trading ports. The second type is that our three countries require the establishment of consulates in Nanjing and Suzhou. The third type is that your army is asking for compensation for the losses caused to trade in various countries recently due to the Shanghai war, a total of 700,000 silver dollars. The fourth type is that missionaries from various countries are allowed to preach in the area controlled by your army..." Wen Han said very quickly, and Xiao Yungui was not very good in English and didn't understand. Midi Le translated very slowly.

With a loud noise, Xiao Yungui couldn't help but crush the teacup in his hand as soon as he heard the fourth paragraph. After Midile finished translating, he slapped the table and shouted angrily: "It's not possible! What kind of treaty are you? Do you think our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the decaying Qing Dynasty?!"

Xiao Yungui's broken voice almost lifted the top of the tent, and everyone in the tent was shocked. Li Xuanji, who was sitting on the side, stopped writing and looked at the Western King with admiration. Although she did not understand diplomacy, the terms Midile said were clearly bullying, and she was also very angry. But when the Western King slapped the table and scolded the foreigners, she couldn't express any pleasure.

Midile was startled and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please don't worry, please say something slowly."

Wenhan, Mashali and others were angry when they saw the King of the West, but they couldn't understand what he said. After listening to the translator's whisper, Wenhan snorted coldly and said, "Your Excellency the King of the West. Before, I thought you were an enlightened person. You were not as idiotic as the Qing Dynasty. Now it seems that you are similar. The terms we put forward are reasonable. You refuse without listening. You are worse than those of the Qing Dynasty officials."

Xiao Yungui also snorted and said, "Lord Wenhan, you are talking about it. Why do you ask us to fulfill these terms? What is the reasonable thing to say one by one?!"

Wen Han said slowly: "Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Zhenjiang are all places with prosperous trade. Moreover, your army had trade with all our countries in Shanghai. If these places can be opened as direct trading ports, it will be of great help to your army's trade."

Xiao Yungui immediately retorted: "I'm sorry. These places cannot become trading ports for the time being. Lord Wenhan and I had an agreement before. It is our biggest concession for both parties to abide by the Jiangning Treaty. It is enough for Shanghai to continue as a trading port. Lord Wenhan, have you forgotten our agreement?"

Lord Wenhan said without blushing: "Of course I haven't forgotten, but please note that once we give up our neutral attitude, it will break the advantage of your army over the Qing army. But if your army can show sincerity and open up more trade ports, I believe that our ministers of several countries have reason to propose proposals to the parliaments and parliaments of various countries to help your army. Once the proposal is passed, your army will gain more support to defeat the Qing army."

Xiao Yungui sternly cursed Wen Han and others in his heart. This was clearly a threat of nobility. However, since he chose to attack Shanghai, he had discussed with Hong Yuner earlier what the limit for foreigners was. Britain and France are now the strongest countries, busy preparing to fight with Russia in Crimea. The United States is still a pseudo-power. Before completing the civil war between the north and the south, the United States could only be regarded as a semi-slavery and semi-capitalist country. The west coast of the United States has not been well developed. The United States just won the war with Mexico four years ago and is far from more capable of expeditions. So no matter what clauses and threats these countries put forward, there are too many elements of intimidation.

Moreover, when Xiao Yungui's troops attacked Shanghai, the great powers sent mercenaries to participate in the war, but Xiao Yungui's tough attitude made the mercenaries withdraw from the battlefield. At that time, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er saw the paper tiger faces of the great powers clearly. At least before the end of the Crimean War, Britain and France could not give up their neutral position and burn a fire in the Far East.

Xiao Yungui snorted again and said, "I hate the people who threaten me very much. Long before entering Shanghai, the mercenaries of your countries helped the Qing army. At that time, I said that I should be my friend. I welcome it very much, but if you want to help my enemy, it is the enemy of me and the king of heaven. I don't mind destroying my enemies to increase my military honor! Lord Wenhan, please consider it. Shanghai has been captured, and I originally wanted to start resuming trade immediately.

If you are still thinking about forcing us to sign a treaty without regard to immediate interests, I don’t mind tearing up the previous treaty. After all, the concession was leased to you by the Qing officials. Now that the Qing Dynasty has been expelled from Shanghai, I can send troops to take back the concession immediately! Lord Wenhan, please consider it. Once you give up the previous treaty with reputation, I don’t have to abide by that treaty. Then let’s fight quickly and discuss the treaty again!”

Wen Han's face became very ugly. Now Britain has less than a thousand British soldiers in the Shanghai Concession and only four warships. He is really unsure of being able to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Taiping troops. Moreover, the British foreign minister has always given himself a requirement to remain neutral. As long as the rebels can maintain Britain's existing interests and abide by the Treaty of Jiangning, Britain cannot take the initiative to provoke trouble.

Wenhan's original intention was to seek more interests for Britain and create more brilliant achievements than his predecessor, Sir Pudingcha, but the Western King in front of him seems not so threatening. If he violated the decision of the Foreign Minister and the Parliament without authorization and caused the loss of British interests in Shanghai, what awaits him would be a sad return. Because Britain is now busy coping with the increasingly tense Crimea. In early July this year, Russia sent 80,000 troops to occupy the two principalities of the Danube, Moldova and Wallachia, the territories of the Ottoman Empire, and rejected the request for withdrawal from the Sultan. Britain has begun preparations for war, and it is already the end of September, and the war will definitely break out in October at the latest. The British Parliament will not agree to send troops to the Far East for an expedition at this time, so Wenhan does not have much confidence to play with Xiao Yungui.

Masali looked at Wenhan with dissatisfaction. In fact, Masali wanted to meet the legendary figure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom alone in the morning. Unfortunately, Xiao Yungui returned to Suzhou later. Today, Masali and the envoys of Britain and France came together because of helplessness. The United States has too little influence in the Far East. If he doesn't follow the two countries, he may lose a lot of benefits. But now Wenhan is threatened by Xiao Yungui. Masali is both happy and worried that the arrogant British will mess up the matter.

Mashali immediately changed the topic and said, "I don't know how big is the scale of restoring trade and carrying out local construction as His Excellency Xiwang said? We in the United States are very interested in investment and construction."

Wen Han looked at Mashali with dissatisfaction and cursed the Americans who fell into the eyes of money in his heart, but he also heard about the Western King's investment in Atlantic undersea telegraph cables. He was surprised that the Western King had strong capital, but also felt that it was a pity to invest in undersea cables? It would be better to say that it was more appropriate to throw money into the Atlantic directly. When Mashali asked about the construction investment behind the Western King, Wen Han still pricked up and listened.

Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "Shanghai is an important trade port. Of course, we must first restore the trade here. Tea, raw silk and various commodities from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Wuxi and other places will be continuously transported, and we will restore the trade in Shanghai as soon as possible. As for local construction, we have several proposals. We plan to open some factories in Shanghai first, or even build railways and telegraph lines, etc. Later, we will set up special trade halls and industrial halls to contact various countries for these investments."

When the ministers of several countries heard this, they bowed their heads and discussed with their deputy. The construction of railways alone sounded so heart-warming. Now the United States, France and other countries are vigorously building their own railways. The investment brought by the company to solve employment and future benefits are very considerable, not to mention other construction projects.

Xiao Yungui said lightly: "The terms proposed by Lord Wenhan are not needed to be discussed. The Shanghai war has indeed brought certain losses to the trade of various countries, but then I resumed trade and believe that the trade and investment profits brought to merchants from various countries will quickly make up for these losses. I believe that you can calculate the accounts by yourself."

Just when Xiao Yungui was proud and thought he had done all the ministers of several countries, the French minister Blombul, who had not made any comments, suddenly said: "Your Majesty the West, other terms can be discussed, but our French Emperor thinks that since many people in the army believe in Christian doctrines similar to us, you should accept the proclamation of the Holy See and let the missionary ziyou preach within the control of your army!" To be continued...)
Chapter completed!