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Guizi Liu did not believe Wu Chaoyue's words very much, but considering that Wu Chaoyue is eloquent and that foreigners have to wait for Xianfeng's reply and have to make requests at the negotiation venue, so after hesitating for a while, Guizi Liu decided to give Wu Chaoyue a chance, and he said with confidence: "You can't talk nonsense, and you can't agree to any conditions offered by foreigners at will. Otherwise, don't blame the ruthless laws of the country!"

Wu Chaoyue nodded confidently, and then the Japanese Liu led everyone back to the negotiation venue and demanded that the negotiations continue. Then, foreign negotiators such as Bourbron and Matthew Perry also returned to the venue. Bourbronn said first after announcing the negotiations to continue: "Mister, we reiterate again that we will never make any concessions to the conditions previously issued, and we will never agree to modify any word in the treaty!"

"Dear Mr. Boulbron, you must not speak so absolutely." Wu Chaoyue spoke and said with a smile: "If the new conditions we put forward can make you more satisfied and can also allow you to obtain greater and greater commercial and economic benefits, then will you not agree to modify them?"

Boulbron, Perry, Laurio and other negotiators looked at each other in surprise and nodded to each other. Then Boulbron said: "Dear Wu, if the new conditions you proposed can make us more satisfied, then we can certainly consider modifying them. But Wu, if the new conditions you proposed are not as beautiful as you said, then we can only stick to the conditions you proposed before."

"Mr. Boulbron, please rest assured that you can definitely satisfy you, and it can also be said to surprise you."

Wu Chaoyue answered confidently, then picked up the meeting minutes that Li Hongzhang had made before and said: "Mr. Bourbron, reiterate our position. Regarding the original treaty you proposed, we unconditionally agreed to Article 1, 2, 5 and 7, agreed to France establish a concession in Shanghai, agree to open the three trading ports of Tainan, Wenzhou and Chaozhou, and agree to compensate your six-country fleet for military expenses of 200,000 taels of silver. Dear Mr. Bourbron, please carefully check the conditions we proposed. Do they match your records?"

After carefully checking the meeting minutes professionally, the veteran diplomat Boulblo nodded and said, "OK, it's completely consistent, but Wu, we will never accept these conditions."

"Mr. Boulbron, since you don't want to accept it, we will modify and add it." Wu Chaoyue snapped his fingers and said, "In view of your refusal to accept our conditions, I propose to modify the amount of compensation in my personal capacity."

Hearing this, the face of the Japanese Six turned pale. He was afraid that Wu Chaoyue would say a random astronomical number without knowing the importance of the matter, so he quickly shouted: "Wu Chaoyue, when will I allow you to agree to pay how much compensation to foreigners? Shut up!"

"Your Majesty, you didn't understand what I meant." Wu Chaoyue replied with a smile: "I suggest that the amount of compensation be changed in my personal capacity, which does not have legal effect. Neither you nor Mr. Boulbron will accept it. If you don't believe it, you can ask Mr. Boulbron."

After saying that, Wu Chaoyue smiled slightly at Burbron. Burbron thought that Wu Chaoyue was greedy for the bribe he promised and wanted to take this opportunity to sell the maximum amount of compensation for the Qing Dynasty court, so he nodded and said to the Japanese: "Yes, Mister Gong, Wu just proposed to modify the amount of compensation based on his personal suggestions, and it does not have any effect. Neither you nor me can accept it."

The Japanese Sixth breathed a sigh of relief. Wu Chaoyue was not polite and immediately said: "Mr. Boulbron, the amount of compensation I suggest to be modified is a specific verification. Our dispatched personnel will verify your military expenditures and your commercial losses in this military operation, and compensate them truthfully. In other words, we will compensate you as much as you spend this time and lose commercial profits. One tael of silver is not much, and one tael of silver is not much!"

Before Wu Chaoyue could finish his words, there was a huge uproar in the venue. No matter how old Bullbron was a veteran diplomat, he couldn't help but scream in surprise. Blue veins began to bloom on his forehead. Perry, Laurio and others even roared, yelling in their own language, either expressing no agreement or accusing Wu Chaoyue of talking nonsense. However, the Japanese Sixth side was in a blessing and did not know how lucky they were. He asked Wu Jianchang in confusion: "Mr. Wu, how much did your grandson pay for? Why are the foreigners so excited?"

"Best Prince, what my grandson meant was to compensate according to the price, that is, the amount of military spending and delaying business this time will be compensated as much as the foreigners spend. " Wu Chaoyue replied in a low voice, and then said: "If the foreigners really agree, then even if the foreigners try their best to report the bill, it will be at most 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver."

"Fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver?" The Japanese were amused when they heard this, and hurriedly asked again: "Will the foreigner agree?"

"We will never agree!" Bulbron answered the question of the Japanese 6 for Wu Jianchang and said angrily: "Wu, do you understand diplomatic negotiations? You are not negotiating, you are joking! We will never agree to the ridiculous conditions you have offered!"

"Dear Mr. Burbron, do you agree? Please listen to me after I finish the supplementary clause." Wu Chaoyue smiled slightly, raised his voice and said, "In addition to suggesting amending the amount of compensation, I also recommend adding several peace treaties in my personal capacity. The first of the supplementary clauses is that the Qing court promised to ensure the supply of coal at the Shanghai port, and promised to sell coal to merchants and warships of six European and American countries participating in the negotiations at market prices, and allow warships and merchant ships of your six countries to freely enter and exit the Shanghai port to replenish coal, divert water and food."

Hearing this, Boulbron and others were slightly angry and nodded and said, "Wu, your supplementary clause is barely like this, but Wu, what do we need so much coal for?"

"Mr. Burbron, General Perry, Consul Laurio, and consuls and generals of various countries here, you still don't understand the Qing Dynasty." Wu Chaoyue said calmly: "My Qing Dynasty has a ban on mines. Regardless of mining any minerals, it must be approved by the Qing court. It is illegal to mine coal without authorization. So if you want to obtain sufficient coal supply in Shanghai, you must get help from the Qing court!"

Bourbron, Perry and others whispered. After a while, Laurio said: "Wu, what you said is indeed correct, but it is not important. As far as we know, the coal currently available for Shanghai Port can barely ensure our sailing needs."

"It's barely guaranteed now, but what about the future?" Wu Chaoyue retorted without hesitation: "Dear Mr. Laurio, can you still purchase enough coal you need in Shanghai in the future? Don't forget that more and more steamships are sailing on the oceans, and you, the six European and American countries are paying more and more attention to the technological development of steamships. When the merchant ships and warships sailing on the oceans have become steamships, can the coal sold on the Shanghai market still meet your navigation needs?"

"And," Wu Chaoyue paused and said, "And do you want to build a modern factory on the land of the Qing Dynasty, and do you have to leave coal? Without enough coal supply, how can advanced steam engines be run? Do you want to put cheap and efficient steam engines without using manpower, weave cloth, spinning with hydraulic power? Then use charcoal to make steel?"

After listening to Wu Chaoyue's far-sighted speech, Boulbron, Perry and others nodded slightly - after all, they knew the importance of coal, the energy of the steam engine era, so after discussing it in a low voice, Boulbron said: "Wu, we accept this supplementary clause. Correspondingly, we are willing to cut some compensation, but we will never agree to the compensation conditions you have proposed."

When he heard that foreigners were willing to cut some compensation, the Japanese Six was of course very happy and quickly encouraged Wu Chaoyue to continue working hard. Wu Chaoyue was not polite and said: "Article 2 of the supplementary clause, the Qing court promised not to interfere with the war between the six European and American countries and Japan. During your war with Japan, your warships can purchase supplies at will at will at the various trading ports of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing court promised to unconditionally recognize the international communist zones or concessions established by the six European and American countries in Japan, and unconditionally support your territorial claims in Japan and recognize them!"

There was another uproar in the venue. When the Japanese Liu asked Wu Jianchang what this meant, Wu Jianchang, who was also speechless, finally came back to his senses and whispered to Japanese Liu: "If the foreigners fight with Japan, we promise not to interfere and not to help the Japanese. At the same time, we must sell foreigners food and weapons to help the foreigners fight Japan. If the foreigners steal the Japanese land, we will admit that it is the foreigners' land."

"This is OK." The devil agreed on June 1st, "We have no vassal relationship with Japan, and the Japanese king has never accepted the title of our Qing emperor. No matter how foreigners fight against Japan, it is not our business. This is OK, and the emperor can definitely agree. However, what is the use of this for foreigners?"

"What's the use of this for us?" Boulbron and others also asked in confusion, saying: "Wu, although your promise is very useful when we fight Japan, we are not fighting Japan now. Why do we start a war with Japan?"

"Yes, why do we fight against Japan?" Laurio also smiled and said, "Wu, your article is not only useless to us, but also the meaning of instigating us to go to war with Japan. What are the benefits of this for you?"

In addition to the American representative Peri who was very interested in Japan, other foreign representatives also shouted loudly, accusing Wu Chaoyue of the supplementary clause that he proposed had no effect on them. However, Wu Chaoyue calmed them down with just one sentence, "Two-thirds of the silver from the Qing Dynasty came from the silver mines in Japan!"

The venue suddenly became much quieter, and the representatives of the six countries were all circling their eyes. Wu Chaoyue added: "Dear Consuls, generals, if you don't believe my data, I can ask our Prince Gong of the Qing Dynasty to copy the numbers of silver imported from the Qing Dynasty to Japan from the Qing Dynasty History Museum for reference!"

"Dear gentlemen, Wu did not lie to you." Perry suddenly spoke and said, "As far as I have personal information, Japan's Ishimi Silver Mine began to be mined since the 14th century, and it still has silver output until now. It is the most important financial source of the Japanese shogunate!"

"Get the East Asia map! Tell me where is the Shijian Silver Mine?"

The British representative Colonel Yaling yelled loudly, but when his subordinates rushed to find the map of East Asia, Wu Chaoyue smiled and said, "Mr. Yaling, as far as I know, the Shijian Silver Mine still has silver output, but after all, it has been mined for more than 500 years and the output has dropped a lot. Therefore, the largest silver mine in Japan is no longer the Shijian Silver Mine, but the Shiyan Silver Mine."

"Then tell me, where is the Yuanye Silver Mine!" Yaling changed her mouth and said.

"Of course." Wu Chaoyue said with a smile: "But, although Japan's silver mine is rich, the combined Ishimi silver mine and Iono silver mine are not as valuable as Japan's gold mine! As far as I know, the gold reserves of Japan's gold mine, if converted into pounds..."

"How many?" Yaling asked quickly.

Wu Chaoyue did not rush to answer, but asked for a quill and white paper first, and then asked Yaling: "Col. Yaling, if I remember correctly, your country's currency is based on the gold standard. One pound is equivalent to one pound of silver, which is about twelve taels of silver in the Qing Dynasty. Is that true?"

Yaling nodded quickly and praised Wu Chaoyue for his proficiency in British currency. Wu Chaoyue asked again: "So, General Yaling, how many grams of gold is one pound equal?"

Yaling, who was only familiar with the English unit, was a little stunned. When she was about to convert the pen, Boulboron, the first metric unit in China, quickly replied: "One pound is equivalent to gold, which is about 7.32 grams."

"Thank you." Wu Chaoyue thanked, and then immediately calculated the value of the Japanese gold mine's gold reserves into pounds and silver. After a long time, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Dear gentlemen, a very amazing number. The gold reserves of the Japanese gold mine are equivalent to pounds of more than 27 million pounds! In silver, it is even more amazing than 320 million taels of silver! And I can guarantee that this number is still small, and I have tried my best to talk about the amount of gold reserves of the Japanese gold mine."

The venue was full of saliva sounds, and every foreigner was stunned in front of these two amazing numbers, and his eyes turned green. After a long time, Boulbron said with difficulty: "Wu, are you serious? Japan in the island country really has such a big gold mine? Why have we never heard of it?"

"Dear Mr. Boulbron, in such a situation, do you think I will joke and dare to joke?" Wu Chaoyue's expression was very serious and said, "The reason you have never heard of that gold mine is because there has not been found in Japan, so it is still an original mineral that has never been mined."

"How did you know?" Boulbron asked quickly.

"Of course, it was the exploration expert who discovered this gold mine told me." Wu Chaoyue smiled and said, "I can also tell you a more amazing news. The ore grade of that gold mine in Japan is the highest in the world, with an average gold production of 80 grams per ton of ore!"

"Tell me, where is the gold mine!" Laurio asked with red eyes - I believe friends know what Spanish colonists like the most.

"Additional Article 3!" Wu Chaoyue suddenly raised his voice and said, "Wu Chaoyue, a native of the Qing Dynasty, unconditionally told the six European and American countries that the specific location of the large gold mines in Japan are! But if you do not accept the previous clause, this one will be abolished. Wu Chaoyue will choose European and American countries to develop this gold mine!"

The venue was silent again. The representatives of the six countries had their own ulterior motives and peeked at each other's expressions and reactions. They also knew in their hearts that if they collectively rejected the conditions offered by Wu Chaoyue, then there would definitely be a country who would trade with Wu Chaoyue alone and take over the attractive large gold mine. After careful calculations, Boulbron asked again: "Wu, how can we be sure that you didn't tell lies? If you lied to us, or you were deceived by the gold mine discoverer, and the location you provided was not that big, wouldn't we lose a lot?"

"If I lied to you, let me kill you and kill you!" Wu Chaoyue answered firmly and said, "And I can tell you clearly that I have seen the gold particles mined from the Japanese gold mine with my own eyes, and it is absolutely true!"

"It's hard for us to believe it," said Burbron, helplessly spread his hands.

Of course, Wu Chaoyue knew that it was unfounded, but he was suffering from the lack of evidence to prove that he knew that the Japanese gold mine did exist. When he was about to continue swearing, Wu Jianzhang, the comprador who had thought of Wu Chaoyue, suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Dear gentlemen, you can doubt whether my grandson was lies, but Japan's Ishimi Silver Mine and Izuno Silver Mine exist in fact? You should have heard of the Sado Gold Mine in Japan? You have also known the price of gold and silver in Europe. Do you know what the price of gold and silver in Japan is? Last year it was 1 to 5! Isn't this evidence of sufficient gold in Japan?!"

"Also, if Japan's huge market is fully developed, how much opium can you sell and how much cotton yarn can you sell? Haven't you ever thought about it? Getting Shanghai, a port across the sea from Japan as a logistics base will be as convenient for you to open the Japanese market? Don't you know?"

The representatives of the six countries were silent, constantly calculating and weighing the pros and cons in their hearts. After Wu Chaoyue secretly praised the comprador grandfather and sold other countries, he said, "Dear gentlemen, my grandfather and I know that one of the reasons you came to Dagukou this time was to rescue us. We are very grateful and will treat you as our closest friends throughout our lives."

"So, as your closest friends, I must remind you that the most important purpose of your visit this time is to further open up the vast and infinite commercial market of the Qing Dynasty, rather than launching a war with the Qing Dynasty. The Qing court has made extremely sincere concessions to you, and you have obtained the results you expected before. Why do you have to risk the negotiations to break down for a compensation you should not get?"

After a few words of confusing expressions with other representatives, Boulbulong stood up and said, "Mister, we request that negotiations be temporarily stopped and discuss how to modify the content of the treaty."

"Okay, OK, no problem."

The Japanese nodded repeatedly, and felt extremely glad that he had a keen eye and insisted on bringing Wu Chaoyue here. When Burbron walked to the door of the venue with other representatives, he remembered something again. He hurriedly turned around and asked Wu Chaoyue: "Wu, there is something I'm very curious about. How did the exploration expert who discovered the Japanese gold mine know the amount of gold reserves in that gold mine?"

There is no technology to measure reserves of mineral resources in this era, which caused the gold reserves of California gold mines discovered three years ago and the Australian gold mines discovered last year to be unable to estimate gold reserves. However, Wu Chaoyue did not know this, so he could only answer truthfully: "As far as I know, it seems that the length and thickness of the ore veins are measured, and then some ore samples are mined to calculate the ore weight per cubic meter, and the gold content per metric ton can be calculated, and then the amount of gold reserves can be obtained."
Chapter completed!