A master of supernatural powers who started from low martial arts

Chapter 158 After you sing, I will appear on stage

As soon as Jonathan finished speaking, all the Jin Dynasty officials present changed their expressions.

Na Yancheng was not intimidated, but said solemnly:
"General Jonathan, as far as I know, not all the responsibility for this matter lies with me. I have sufficient evidence to show that the priests of your three churches have committed extremely bad misconduct, which involved the lives of dozens of orphans and children.

It was precisely because their misdeeds were accidentally exposed that the people of Jinjin rioted. It can be said that there was a reason. If you insist on saying so, they themselves are also responsible, and they cannot blame us entirely. "

Jonathan sneered:

"Evidence? What evidence?"

Qi Yuanjiang immediately said: "They are the corpses of more than thirty children. The internal organs of these corpses were hollowed out, and in a church that was burned, there were medicine jars soaked in internal organs. These physical evidences are all in the government office." , you can watch it at any time.”

However, Jonathan wrote lightly:

"I don't need to look. The clergy who are qualified to cross the ocean to preach in this barren and barbaric land are all believers with high moral standards. They will never do anything evil against their beliefs. Your so-called evidence must be based on thin air. Fabrication is a slander against the Holy See!”

The other party was unreasonable, and all the officials present showed angry expressions. Na Yancheng also darkened his face:

Today's Holy See of the Holy Roman Empire only has the missionary rights to build churches in a few coastal cities in Dajin, and its radiation range is very limited. This is also the result of the Jin Dynasty's intentional restrictions.

"Impossible, you are just wishful thinking!"

Da Jin has long experienced the power of religion to confuse people's hearts.

Victor continued:
"Second, it is to make up for the damage to the reputation of the Holy See. Based on the bad rumors against the clergy, your Jin Dynasty must announce to the whole world, explain the cause and effect of this matter, and restore the reputation of those sages who died tragically.

"Preaching power in all provinces!?"

On the government side, many officials knew that Lu Yuan had protected Cao Futian, and they immediately looked at each other.

Such a naked threat made all the officials present feel a sense of humiliation, as if they were fighting for their own good.

Jonathan said slowly:

However, what he didn't expect was that Jonathan, a majestic admiral, would ignore the evidence and deny everything as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Then Governor, you'd better make it clear first that it's you who want to negotiate, not our Shinra Federation Empire. After the news came back to the country, all our ministers were extremely angry and asked for the fleet to be dispatched to raze Jinjin. It was the Pope who Your Majesty, in his kindness, stopped the war and chose to give you a chance, otherwise you would not have had the chance to sit at the same table and talk with me now.

In the past few days, Qi Yuanjiang has arranged for people to investigate the situation thoroughly. At least two of the three churches that were burned were indeed harboring filth and evil practices, and there were various evil practices that abused the people.

"For a person like you, it seems disrespectful to say such confusing words, right? I think since it is a negotiation, both parties must show due sincerity."

In recent decades, rebellions by various cults such as the Tenri Sect and the White Lotus Sect have arisen one after another, which has brought great trouble and impact to the imperial court.

Na Yancheng couldn't help but look livid:
"Then what do you want?"

"The first is to punish the murderer. During this riot, a total of five priests, fourteen nuns, and twenty-three other believers died tragically. We ask that you hand over all the principal criminals involved, especially the so-called The Golden Sword Regiment is the mastermind of this teaching case incident. All the principals and accomplices must be handed over to us and dealt with. The Golden Sword Regiment must also be completely banned! "

Jonathan didn't answer, but just looked at him to indicate. Victor on the side immediately opened the previous document and said:
"Based on the losses suffered by the empire, we require the Jin Dynasty to make the following compensations."

As far as this negotiation is concerned, this is undoubtedly beneficial to the court. At least it can occupy the moral high ground and avoid losing the initiative and being asked for everything by the other party.

At the same time, as actual compensation, you must rebuild the three churches in Jinjin, and at the same time open the missionary rights of all other provinces to the Holy See, allowing the Holy See to purchase land, build churches, and spread Catholic doctrine to all people, and must not deliberately obstruct or destroy it. "

Although His Majesty the Pope is magnanimous and loving to the world, it does not mean that he will forgive and condone you without any bottom line. If you still want to pour dirty water on those dead clergy, then there is no need to continue the negotiation and just use muskets and artillery. Speak! "

Even though he was prepared in his heart, Na Yancheng couldn't help being laughed angrily by the lion on Shinra's side:

Na Yancheng remained calm on the surface:
“Punish the murderer, that’s easy to say, but what’s next?”

Especially the Tianli Sect, which even broke into the Forbidden City decades ago and almost killed Xi Ci, causing a sensation in the world.

And if these cults are compared to the Holy Catholic Church of the Shinra people, they pale into insignificance.

The Shinra army swept across the world, and the Holy Catholic Church probably has tens of millions of believers in the world, including the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom and the Shengping Sect, which once swept through half of the Jin Dynasty and almost overturned the rule of the Jin clan. They were also the followers of the Holy King Chen Kequan. Influenced by the Catholic Church, it draws on some of its own teachings.

If such a behemoth were to release the right to preach throughout the country, the rule of the Jin clan would be shaken and the country would be ruined. Na Yancheng simply did not dare to agree.

However, in the face of Na Yancheng's direct rejection, no one on Shinra's side was angry. Admiral Jonathan just held his pipe in his mouth and smiled lightly:
"Then Governor, it's not too late to listen to our conditions first and then discuss them."

Knowing that the Shinra people were prepared to pay off the sky-high prices, Na Yancheng's face softened a little, and his tone was still stiff:
"continue."

So Victor continued:
"Article 3 is still about compensation. Because of the losses and impacts caused by the religious riots, your Jin Dynasty needs to pay us 30 million silver dollars in compensation and lease Kowloon Island to us for a hundred years."

"Kowloon Island?"

Thirty million silver dollars was no more or no less, so Na Yancheng didn't care, but the so-called Kowloon Island was something he had never heard of before.

Qi Yuanjiang saw that he didn't know where Kowloon Island was, so he immediately leaned into his ear and whispered:
"Sir, Kowloon Island should be near Bao'an County, which is close to the sea in the south. This place is very barren. Looking eastward at Dawan Island, which has been occupied by Japanese pirates from Rizhao. It seems that the Shinra people want to station themselves on this island to contain the Rizhao people."

Whether it is a lease or a cession, an unknown island is nothing. Qi Yuanjiang, who had already expected it, nodded calmly without showing any attitude. He just looked at Victor and said slowly:

"Anymore?"

"And one last thing."

Victor said slowly:

"There is a martial arts master in Jinjin, Lu Yuan of the Guangwu Guild Hall. The Governor must have heard of it, right? He injured our Knight Williams during the religious incident riot, and he was also suspected of using abnormal means to kill a priest on the spot. Suicide, we demand that this person be severely punished to serve as a warning to others.”

When Lu Yuan was mentioned, Na Yancheng couldn't help but his eyelids twitched:
"How do you want to punish me?"

Beside, Williams, who had been sitting silently, exposed his right hand wrapped in gauze and said coldly:
"It's very simple. He broke two of my fingers, so I want one of his hands. In addition to Gao Hailou's death, as long as his hands are completely destroyed, we can forget about it!"

Although he wished Lu Yuan would die suddenly on the spot, Na Yancheng couldn't help but said:
"Then Lu Yuan is a top expert who defeated the two great masters of Shae and Rizhao in a row. He is also a first-class existence in our Jin Dynasty. If you want to cripple his hands, aren't you trying to force others to do something difficult?"

"We don't care."

Victor sneered and said: "Anyone who offends the empire must pay a price, even your so-called true martial arts masters and top experts are no exception."

Only then did Jonathan tap his pipe and said:
"Then Governor, these are the conditions we have proposed. As long as they are all met, the friendship and peace between our two countries will not change, and my fleet will leave Jinjin as soon as possible."

Pretending not to hear the underlying threat, Na Yancheng took a deep breath:

"The first article is to punish the murderers and ban the Golden Sword Regiment. As for the second article, which is called opening up the missionary rights in various provinces, this is absolutely impossible. At most, we can open up one or two provinces and allow you to open churches and conduct missionary work."

"In one or two provinces, are you sending beggars away?"

Jonathan narrowed his eyes:
"To tell you the truth, the bottom line requirement of the Holy See is eighteen provinces. If it is lower than this number, there is no need to talk about it. We will just use cannons and giant ships to get it ourselves!!"

Eighteen provinces already accounted for half of Jinting's territory. Although Na Yancheng had full authority to negotiate, he could not decide such a big matter. He could only say with a livid face:

"I can't make the decision at this time. I must ask the Queen Mother for instructions, including the third and fourth clauses. The court also needs to discuss them."

Originally not expecting to finalize all the terms in the first contact, Jonathan took out his pocket watch and took a look at it, then stood up immediately:

"Very good, then I will give you ten days to discuss it carefully. If you don't get a satisfactory answer after ten days,"

Boom boom boom boom
Before he finished speaking, waves of faint roaring sounds seemed to come from a very far distance and floated into the government office hall.

Qi Yuanjiang seemed to have heard something, and was suddenly shocked and angry:
"Your fleet fired at Jinjin!?"

"Don't be nervous, it's just my soldiers trying to fire our latest cannon again."

Jonathan showed a cold, condescending smile and said:
"The latest Krupp cannon developed by the empire has a maximum range of more than forty kilometers. If nothing goes wrong, the shelling just now should have landed on the wasteland south of Jinjin City and will not cause any casualties."

"Of course, if our negotiations are not satisfactory after ten days, I can't guarantee where it will end up."

"I hope your reply will not disappoint me then."

Say it.

Ignoring the extremely ugly faces of the negotiators present, he swaggered away and left the office with Victor Williams and a group of others.

When their backs disappeared from the government office gate and the sound of cars starting outside sounded, Qi Yuanjiang's face turned blue and his whole body was shaking with anger:
"It's too much to bully others, it's too much to bully others!"

"These barbarians are simply bandits and robbers!"

"If they are allowed to preach in eighteen provinces and allow them to have Catholic believers everywhere, the country will not be a country!"

Several other officials who followed Na Yancheng from the capital to negotiate were also furious and cursed one after another.

"Okay, what's the use of talking about this now!"

Na Yancheng was so upset by the noise that he couldn't help but yelled:
"No matter how harshly you scold them, will you be able to sink their giant ship?"

Qi Yuanjiang looked at him with a sad expression and said solemnly:

"Governor, the foreigners are offering such conditions that are humiliating and humiliating the country. If we agree, our reputation will be ruined and we will be infamy for thousands of years."

Na Yancheng said dullly:

"There must be room for negotiation on these conditions. In addition, we have no right to decide whether to agree or not. We should inform Lafayette first and ask her to make a decision."

Among the four conditions, he can hardly make the decision except for the first one.

Moreover, in his opinion, the fourth requirement of the Shinra people to punish Lu Yuan and to destroy both of his hands was more difficult, troublesome, and difficult to achieve than other conditions.

The other officials, who didn't know the inside story, didn't think of this for the time being. They all looked at me and me, and they all looked downcast and felt sad.

Before coming to Jinjin, they already knew the general attitude of Xi Ci. Based on the past, it is very likely that the actual controller of Dajin will eventually agree to the conditions of the Shinra people.

By then, every one of the officials responsible for the negotiations will be scolded by the people, and may even leave a bad reputation in history.

However, the situation is stronger than the people. Faced with such a situation, they have no choice but to endure it.

"Okay, let's leave first."

Na Yancheng took a deep breath and said:
"Governor Qi, please stay with your staff for a while while we discuss."

The words are not finished yet.

Another burst of noise came from outside the government office, and then an officer and soldier hurried in to report:

"My Lord Governor, Lord Governor, here comes Sergei, the consul of the Tsarist Russian Concession, with a so-called Minister Shah appointed by the Pope, claiming to have state negotiations with you sirs!"

negotiation?

Na Yancheng couldn't help being stunned:
"What do they have to negotiate with us?"

Qi Yuanjiang's eyes changed slightly and he immediately said:
"Mr. Governor, this is a bit too coincidental. They came right after the Shinra people left. Could it be that Sergey had negotiated with the Shinra people and came together to take advantage of the situation?"

This guess is reasonable and consistent with the style of the Shah people. Na Yancheng also looked surprised and ordered:
"Let them come in and see what medicine they are selling in their gourds!"

The officers and soldiers left in a hurry.

After a while, a group of tall figures walked in from the gate, cheering and swaggering.

The leader was none other than Valentin, who was wearing the uniform of a Venusian general, as well as consul Sergey, translators, attendants and more than ten people.

Na Yancheng, full of suspicion, led everyone out of the Yamen Hall to greet them in advance. Qi Yuanjiang stepped forward first and asked:

"Consul Sergei, today is the day for us to negotiate with the Shinra people. Foreign affairs visits should be sent in advance. Why did you come to visit suddenly?"

(End of this chapter)