Chapter 150: Territory cession, compensation, marriage, Great Britain! (Please subscribe, please vote)

London, Downing Street.

On this busy street, it is rare today to see the black mounted police dispatched by the Bow Street Police (there is no Scotland Yard police force yet, the headquarters of the London Police Force is in Bow Street) and have set up a security guard near No. 10 Downing Street.

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Old Londoners who often come and go in Downing Street know that a foreign head of government must be visiting No. 10 Downing Street. And the person who can enjoy this kind of vigilance treatment of the black-clad mounted police must be the head of a big country's government.

So, after a while, many British gentlemen gathered on both sides of Downing Street to watch the excitement. They just wanted to watch, and they would not ask questions about each other. Otherwise, they would not be gentlemen.

After a while, when the gentlemen were waiting a little impatiently, a jingling of carriage bells came from an entrance to Downing Street, and then three carriages drove in and stopped steadily in Downing Street.

Outside Gate 10.

Harker, the cabinet secretary at No. 10 Downing Street, had already led several civil servants in tuxedos out of the famous little black door. He stood on the sidewalk with a smile on his face, waiting for the carriage to stop, and then walked forward diligently.

The door was opened for passengers.

The one who got off the first carriage was Prime Minister George Canning. Huck bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Mr. Prime Minister, welcome back to No. 10 Downing Street."

After George Canning got out of the carriage, he put on his top hat and carried a cane in his hand. He and Huck arrived in front of the second carriage. Huck opened the door again, bowed, and said with a Roman

Shayu said to the people inside: "His Royal Highness, welcome to No. 10 Downing Street."

The person who came out of the carriage was Grand Duke Mikhail of Rakshasa. After getting out of the carriage, he saw the Grand Duke Mikhail, who was dressed in military uniform. He walked to George Canning who was waiting outside and kissed him twice——

This is Mao Zi's kissing ceremony, a etiquette introduced from France.

After kissing Grand Duke Mikhail, Huck led George Canning to the last carriage. This time after opening the door, Huck greeted him with a thousand words, speaking with a Wuji Valley accent.

Chinese: "Hezhongtang, little Huck wishes you well."

He Shen, on the other hand, was dressed in Qing Dynasty, oh, he was wearing the flower-feathered court uniform of a wealthy official. When he saw Huck giving him a thousand gifts, he quickly stretched out his hand to help him, and said with a smile: "Secretary Ha, you are too polite.

, Get up, get up. You are a cabinet civil servant who was born in Oxford University. In the Qing Dynasty, you were considered to have been born in the second rank." As he said, he hugged George Canning again, "Kan Zhongtang, let's do it.

Stop kissing me."

"No more kissing, no more kissing." George Canning also followed He Shen's example, clasped his fists and said with a smile, "The kissing ceremony is the French ceremony and the Rakshasa ceremony. We don't do this in England."

He Shen laughed loudly after hearing this, and pointed to Grand Duke Mikhail beside him and said: "When I first went abroad to be an ambassador, I went to their Rakshasa and met his grandmother Ekaterina.

The second generation wants to kiss hands, so it’s really better to kowtow!”

After listening to Heshen's words, George Canning and Grand Duke Mikhail both laughed as if they were in the situation. Huck made a sign of silence and called out George Canning, Heshen, and Grand Duke Mikhail.

There was also Qi Shan, who quietly got out of the car behind He Shen, and together they entered the small black door of No. 10 Downing Street.

After entering the small black door, several people went straight to the small conference room dedicated to His Excellency the Prime Minister.

After sitting down separately in the conference room, without much greeting, George Canning said to He Shen in English: "He Zhongtang, our Indian Army Commander-in-Chief Major General Hugh Gough admires your naval airborne troops very much and thinks that

He is the most powerful naval warrior in the world, even surpassing the naval warriors of our British Empire and Ming Empire."

He Shen understands English very well, but this is a diplomatic meeting. He represents Dajin and must speak Manchurian, Wujigu Chinese or Mongolian, so he replied in Chinese: "That's right, it's more about marksmanship and riding skills."

, sword skills, parachuting skills from the sky, and the ability to dig trenches, build forts, and fight battles. Our navy of Daikin is second, but no one else’s navy dares to be the first. It’s a pity, our navy of Daikin is second.

Without a real sea, this navy is actually useless! Kan Zhongtang, how about you Da Ying reward me with a useless island and give me Da Jin, so that I, Da Jin Navy, can also see the sea?"

George Canning also knows a little Chinese, and the Cabinet Secretary Huck next to him is a top student at Oxford and has CET-6 in Chinese. He is now sitting behind George Canning as a translator.

Hearing that He Shen asked Da Ying to cede land to Da Jin, George Canning couldn't laugh or cry. But he was not angry either. He just smiled and said: "There is always a chance for Da Jin to build a navy. When the Turkish Empire is eliminated, he will give it to Da Jin."

You draw a long coastline on the west coast of the Persian Gulf. As long as you can lend us some of your naval airborne troops to the British Empire, military pay and other things are easy to negotiate!"

Heshen had no interest in the Persian Gulf coastline. He also knew that the place was a wasteland with nothing but sand. However, Heshen was still very interested in the military pay that George Canning said.

Moreover, the confrontation between Daikin and the British-Indian army in Kabul and Peshawar has been going on for several months. Since the British army is stuck in the Kabul Valley and the Khyber Valley, the Jin soldiers in Peshawar cannot obtain supplies by land and can only rely on airships.

It is more difficult to maintain by air transportation and relying on capital captured in Peshawar city.

The situation of the British and Indian troops is not good either, because the mainland from Mardan to the Khyber Pass has to pass through Peshawar. The surrounding areas of Peshawar are now controlled by Jin soldiers. If they go further away, there are guerrillas from the Tianfang Sect who are causing damage.

.So it is also very difficult for the British and Indian troops trapped in Afghanistan to supply supplies!

In addition, since the number of British and Indian troops in Afghanistan is tens of thousands, they consume a large amount of materials every day. If they could be transported in from outside earlier, it would not be easy to cause conflicts with the locals. But if there is a logistics problem, they can only be transported in Kabul.

The land in the valley and the Khyber Valley was cut off, and naturally there was a serious conflict with the local Pashtun tribes. As a result, "god warriors" were everywhere. In addition, Daoguang and Dost Muhammad Khan's armies surrounded

The British and Indian troops marched towards Kabul little by little along the Hindu Kush Mountains. The morale of the British and Indian troops was low. They fought several battles with them but failed to win. Hugh Gough was almost at the end of his rope and could only request a retreat.

And if you want to withdraw your troops, but you are afraid of being chased by the Daikin-Afghan coalition forces, don't let them invade the Indus River Valley in one fell swoop!

Therefore, George Canning, who took office as the new prime minister, had no choice but to adopt the strategy of "ceding land, paying compensation, and making peace" to appease the Kingdom of Jin first.

Oh, that marriage is not with Da Jin Guohe, but with Princess Victoria and Grand Duke Alexander. Although they are both still children, the marriage has been finalized. Therefore, Grand Duke Mikhail will participate in today's talks.

, he is a silent peacemaker.

Although they didn't say a word, Heshen and Zhongtang still knew what to do!

He Shen asked with a smile: "Kan Zhongtang, how do you borrow this soldier? How do you calculate the military salary? And how do you draw the border between Afghanistan and British India?"

Huck, who is level 6 in Chinese, has translated He Shen's words into English. George Canning smiled and stretched out a finger and said: "He Zhongtang, we will only lend you a thousand soldiers and give you one million pounds at a time."

, and another hundred thousand pounds will be given every year from now on.”

One million pounds is only four to five million Ming silver dollars, which is much lower than Daoguang's price! However, Daoguang only plans to make a one-time deal, while George Canning plans to pay every year, and there is still one hundred thousand a year.

British pounds, that is, four to five million silver dollars. After collecting it for several decades, you can still collect 20 million silver dollars. So Heshen and Zhongtang just refused to comment.

"As for demarcation, we withdraw from the entire Afghanistan, including the Gandhara Basin." George Canning continued.

This time He Shen nodded.

George Canning said again: "We have an additional condition!"

"What conditions?" He Shen asked.

"You have to support our Prince William in seizing the throne of the Indian Empire," George Canning said. "We may need you to send troops to cooperate, and we may need to send thousands of troops!"

He Shen nodded: "Okay, but you have to add money! Another three million pounds!"
Chapter completed!