Tsar Alexander II stared at Li Zhen angrily, his eyes as sharp as knives. He had already made a big concession and admitted to ceding the area north of Heilongjiang again, but Li Zhen still wanted to insist on a small issue. This made Alexander II very uncomfortable. Li Zhen was too ignorant of current affairs.
Li Zhen ignored it and continued: "Your Majesty, the Tsar, I have my own principles when I say this, and I am not being arbitrary. If I put myself in the shoes of the Tsar, if it were the territory of the Tsar, I am afraid that the reaction of the Tsar would be more intense than mine. ,So, please forgive me, Your Majesty the Tsar."
Alexander II snorted and stopped insisting.
Immediately, Alexander II said: "Okay, let's not continue to struggle with the land issue. Now we will discuss the issue of Muraviev and tens of thousands of Russian soldiers."
Li Zhenxiao said: "What conditions can His Excellency the Tsar offer?"
Alexander II calmed down again and asked: "What conditions does Prince Li want? Tell us and we will discuss it. We will reach an agreement as soon as possible and hand over Muravyov and the rest of the Russian soldiers."
Li Zhenxiao said: "Quick, I like to deal with the Tsar at this time. In fact, it is very easy. I have defeated French soldiers and British soldiers. Every time, Britain and France spent money to buy back the soldiers. This time, my request is also very simple. Your Majesty the Tsar only needs to pay ten million taels of silver to take away Muraviev and the soldiers."
"ah,."
Alexander II exclaimed, with a look of horror on his face.
Yes, he did look frightened.
Ten million taels of silver is definitely money that Tsarist Russia cannot afford. Although Tsarist Russia has an army and is quite powerful, Tsarist Russia's economy is not very developed and is far inferior to France, Britain and other countries. If Asking Alexander II to pay 10 million taels of silver in compensation would definitely drag down the country's economy, or even collapse it.
Alexander II thought to himself that even if he sold blood, he would not be able to find so much money.
The expression on Alexander II's face was extremely interesting. He stared at Li Zhen, his eyes rolling around, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly, and his expression kept changing, sometimes ashen, sometimes pale, sometimes with a sullen look on his face. After a long time, Alexander II then said: "Prince Li, the conditions are too harsh and impossible to meet. With the current financial resources, we cannot support it. If Prince Li insists on doing this, we will only have one battle. Please give Prince Li a reasonable price."
Li Zhen said: "It doesn't matter, you can use iron ore, gold ore, etc. as collateral."
Alexander II was very unhappy. He didn't expect Li Zhen to hide such a trick.
At this moment, Alexander II was in trouble.
Just when Alexander II didn't know how to solve it, he felt someone tugging on his back. He glanced and saw the guard beside him nodding slightly. Alexander II pondered for a while, chose to believe the guard, and said: "I Agreed, we will use the domestic iron ore and gold mines as our destination. I don’t know about those areas. How will Prince Li operate it?”
Li Zhen smiled slightly and said: "Shuang Kuang, for operational issues, I will naturally send someone to go there."
Li raised his hand and the soldiers immediately took out the treaty they had prepared.
Li Zhen handed the treaty to the hands of Tsar Alexander II and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, this is the treaty I have drawn up. You can have someone read it carefully and sign it after the content is clear, and then the matter can be settled. Problem."
Alexander II took over the contract and said: "I don't know Chinese. Let's ask Muravyov to translate it first."
Li Zhen said: "I'll wait."
Alexander II led his men out of the conference room and came to Muravyov's camp.
Alexander II first threw the treaty to Muravyov and ordered: "Look carefully to make sure there are no traps in it." Immediately, Alexander II looked at the guard next to him and asked: "Just now Li Zhen mentioned something We can't pay for the compensation of tens of millions of silver, but we need to provide iron ore and gold mines as collateral, how could you make me agree?"
The guard said self-righteously: "Your Majesty, our primary purpose is to bring back Governor Muravyov and the soldiers. Now we can achieve the goal with just a piece of treaty, why not do it. Besides, in the future, we will wait for Li Zhenzhen Send personnel to explore iron mines, gold mines, etc. Once Li Zhen is found out, we will directly drive him away. Anyway, we have already brought him back, so it doesn't matter if we quarrel with him again, we will fight if we want."
Alexander II pondered carefully and finally nodded in approval.
After reading the contents of the treaty, Muravyov turned pale with fright and said: "Your Majesty, there are two contents in the treaty. The first is that the area north of Heilongjiang will all be returned to Li Zhen, and Li Zhen will not Any Russian troops are allowed to be stationed or enter the area, otherwise it will be regarded as provoking a dispute between the two countries. Secondly, regarding the compensation of 10 million, Li Zhenshili opened his mouth and asked us to take out the Siberian area directly. He can dispatch personnel at will. After investigation, these areas will be Li Zhen’s mining areas.”
Alexander II said: "The first paragraph is no longer controversial, and the second paragraph is no problem. If we default on the debt in the future, we will not admit it anyway, and there is nothing Li Zhen can do against us."
Muravyov frowned and said: "Your Majesty, after signing the treaty, it would be bad if you don't recognize it."
Alexander II said: "What's the shame? We broke the contract. It was just because Li Zhen was angry and sent troops to attack. It's no big deal. Just declare war. I have nothing to fear. Li Zhen made things difficult for me everywhere. I have always wanted to deal with this guy, humph, I won't let him have an easy time, I will take back the shame of today bit by bit, and let Li Zhen taste the pain."
After hearing this, Muravyov said nothing.
Alexander II confirmed that there was no problem with the treaty and came to the conference room.
When the two parties contacted each other, Li Zhen also asked someone to prepare a Russian version. The Chinese and Russian versions coexisted, and then asked Alexander II to sign it. Finally, Li Zhen held part of the Chinese and Russian versions of the treaty, and Alexander II also had the Russian and Chinese versions of the treaty in his hands, which both sides kept.
Alexander II was very unhappy and said directly: "Prince Li, I have signed the treaty. I hope you can abide by the treaty and release Muravyov and his soldiers as soon as possible."
Li Zhen said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty the Tsar, I will order it to be implemented immediately."
Alexander II added: "I am waiting for your good news in the military camp outside the city." After saying that, Alexander II left the camp with the guards and people around him, left the city and returned to his military camp.
ps: Third update, call it a day and cheers for the weekend.