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Chapter 298 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

That night, I don’t know how many people stayed up all night trying to resolve this sudden crisis.

Japan is a country that is very good at blackmail, and the "Treaty of Ganghwa" was signed in the context of blackmail.

The Russian Empire is also good at blackmail. At the national level, compared with Japan, which has just gained some momentum, the Russian Empire is definitely the ancestor of blackmail.

Blackmail is addictive.

Therefore, when the Russian Empire encountered the more powerful Britain, it had to make concessions on the issue of Jumun Island and retreat to the Sea of ​​Japan.

George is actually taking a risk, but George's risk-taking is based on a full understanding of Japan, so the results are completely different.

Japan does not have the confidence to go to war with the Russian Empire.

Not even with British help.

Russia's strength coupled with Goryeo's human resources are enough to suppress Japan. Unless Japan completes nationwide mobilization within a short period of time, Japan will still have no chance of winning when the three major fleets of the Russian Empire gather in East Asia.

However, Japan's opposition cannot affect the advancement of this matter.

When news of the Aceh Sultanate's occupation of the Old Port reached the Netherlands, it directly led to the collapse of the cabinet organized by Prime Minister Hesbert von.

Should the "Treaty of Amending and Trade" signed between Goryeo and the United States be abolished?

For the same reason, Britain has now given up conquering the Malay Peninsula and is willing to return to its previous "non-intervention" status.

Keisuke Ohtori, who was responsible for amending the treaty on the Japanese side, strongly opposed it. If the above rights were lost, Japan would have no competitiveness in Koryo.

Regardless of whether George renewed the contract, Vladivostok was more lively and attracted more attention than Seoul during this period.

"Three hundred thousand pounds!"

The UK can mobilize 20 people because the population of the UK itself is nearly 4000 million. Including overseas colonies, the total population exceeds 3 million.

Goryeo has signed unequal treaties with almost all European and American countries.

The focus of the amendment was on tariffs, currency, coastal survey rights, and consular jurisdiction.

Dutch colonial rule in East India was on the verge of collapse.

The population of the Netherlands is only a pitiful 460 million. Although East India is a Dutch colony, Kalimantan and Sumatra are not yet completely controlled by the Netherlands, so the Netherlands' ability to form an expeditionary force of 10 is already the limit.

"How much compensation do you think is appropriate?"

Hubbard didn't dwell on the issue.

Should the relevant treaties signed between Goryeo and the Russian Empire during the Mulind era be abrogated?

George's purpose was to expel Japan from Goryeo, not to create a completely independent Goryeo.

In order to eliminate the Justice Company, the British army mobilized 200,000 troops from major colonies around the world and the British mainland to gather on the Malay Peninsula, hoping to completely strangle the Justice Company.

Japan was not willing to amend the Ganghwa Treaty.

Unlike the powerful British Empire, the Netherlands was weak and resource-poor, and could not really afford to fight a protracted war.

So far, the area controlled by the British army is still only the coastal zone, and they dare not go deep into the Malay Peninsula.

If the "Ganghwa Treaty" is directly abrogated.

Witnessed by Britain, France, the United States, and Russia, Goryeo and Japan began to revise the contents of the "Ganghwa Treaty" on February 1893, 2.

"Giant" is a 3000-ton merchant ship.

At the beginning of the Fourth Aceh War, the Netherlands was ambitious. Not only did it send an expeditionary force from its homeland, it also hired Gurkha soldiers from India to form an army of 10.

Fighting costs money, especially when the troops suffer heavy losses, and the pensions are enough to completely bankrupt the Dutch government.

The Justice Company was also unable to break through the British blockade, and the war was in a stalemate.

Milyu Kyung struck while the iron was hot and demanded that Goryeo and Japan immediately revise the relevant contents of the "Ganghwa Treaty".

George's offer made Hubbard frown.

East India and the Malay Peninsula have been the global focus in the past six months.

"If you want me to mediate, let's discuss the compensation issue of the 'Giant' now."

The first thing the new prime minister did after taking office was not to consider how to conquer the Aceh Sultanate, but how to end the war with dignity.

Today's armored cruisers, based on the price of armor steel, basically only cost about 100 pounds per ton.

According to George's opinion, there is no need to amend this, just abolish it.

Milyutin was still cautious.

Min Yongyi, the Goryeo representative in charge of revising the treaty, demanded that all the above-mentioned unequal clauses be abolished.

Referring to the compensation price of the "Giant", the UK has to pay George more than 150 million pounds in compensation.

In the past six months, four Amur ships have been detained by the British Channel Squadron and the Far East Fleet for various reasons. This account must be settled first.

George began to settle old scores.

In fact, few people care about the fate of Goryeo.

20 people sounds like a lot, but spread across the Malay Peninsula, there is less than one person per square kilometer.

Retreating is not the end. Once concessions are made at the military level, the ensuing defeat is inevitable.

30 pounds is roughly the price of a 3000-ton cruiser.

The "Majesty" class battleship that the UK is about to start building this year will cost only about 150 million pounds.

"If you don't agree with the standard, there's nothing to talk about."

George made it clear that this was blackmail.

Don't accept it?

That's easy to say, let's continue fighting.

I don’t know if 150 million pounds is enough to cover the military expenses of a 20 expeditionary force for one month.

Therefore, all countries emphasize not to start war lightly, and not to start war lightly. It is really not that they are very peace-loving, but that they really cannot afford to fight.

The British should be thankful that at least they still have something to talk about.

The Dutch wanted to sue for peace but could not find a middleman.

The last truce between the Netherlands and Aceh was brokered by the Russian Empire and Britain. This time the Aceh War was initiated by the Dutch, who did not even give the British and the Russian Empire face.

Then who is qualified to mediate?

The Dutch are still very resourceful. They begged and begged, and they actually begged William II.

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, cousin of William II.

So William II's brother Prince Heinrich came to Vladivostok.

Prince Heinrich did not go to George directly, but first visited Catherine.

This is the benefit of relatives.

George had to return to Yuriev Palace to welcome Prince Heinrich.

"Unless the Dutch leave the East Indies, there is no possibility of the Aceh War ending."

They were all real relatives of his family, and George made the request directly without going around in circles.

"George, that's too much to ask for."

Heinrich hoped that George would save some face for his cousin.

"Can you live up to your alliance with the Austrians?"

George didn't even give him the honor of being a prince, so his cousin might as well go and play with the handkerchief.

"George, these are two different things."

Prince Heinrich did not want to talk about anything else.

The entanglements of interests between countries are too complicated, and if everything is taken seriously, the world will be in chaos.

"What would you do if it were you?"

George got to the heart of the matter.

From Germany's standpoint, Prince Heinrich certainly did not want to see the Russian Empire getting involved in East India.

So on this issue, Germany and the UK have the same position.

I can't get it, and you can't take advantage of it.

Prince Heinrich was about to speak, but was blocked by George.

"Don't say Germany will abandon the East Indies. That will make you lose my trust."

"Perhaps you can also choose to jointly manage -"

Prince Heinrich himself didn't believe this.

Prince Heinrich's mediation had not yet begun, and Prince Alfred also came to Vladivostok.

Prince Alfred also came to the Malay Peninsula.

Britain was willing to compensate George for the losses caused by the seizure of the ship.

But the amount George requested was too large, and the British royal family and Congress also wanted to save face.

"You can detain my ship whenever you want. Don't I want to lose face?"

George is all about face and pride.

"George, this is a misunderstanding. No one wants to see this happen."

Alfred was in a bad mood.

The last time he was in Aceh, Alfred had already seen George's strength and greed. If it weren't for the fact that Britain was really in trouble, Alfred really didn't want to deal with George.

"But the fact is that since it was a mistake for the Strait Squadron to seize my ship, there will be a price to pay."

George was fed up with the British's ubiquitous pursuit and interception, and he must let the British learn a lesson.

The Grand Dukes of St. Petersburg always considered the overall interests on issues related to Britain, and finally concluded that the Russian Empire could not compete with Britain, and had to give in again and again.

George knew where the British Empire's weaknesses lay.

The Royal Navy is indeed powerful. The three major fleets of the Russian Empire combined are not enough to defeat the British fleet.

But on land, Britain will become a soft-footed shrimp, and its weak nature will be fully exposed.

Therefore, George does not confront Britain in its areas of strength, but targets Britain's weaknesses.

Through the Malay Peninsula, George set the best example for all those who were dissatisfied with Britain.

Have you learned, if you want to resist British global hegemony, you have to do this!

"George, must you have used your own misdeeds to cause the British Empire and the Russian Empire to fall into a full-scale confrontation?"

Alfred bluffed.

"Yes, that's what I want to do! What do you want to do? Send battleships into the Baltic Sea to bombard St. Petersburg? Or directly launch a ground attack in Vladivostok? Please, come on, I can't wait. ”

George was very talkative.

The Russian Empire endured the ninth Russo-Turkish War.

The expansion of the Russian Empire in Central Asia was curbed by Britain, and the Russian Empire endured it again.

The incident on Juven Island turned the Russian Empire into a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

But have these concessions gained Britain mutual respect?

No!

In exchange, the British only got worse.

Why didn’t St. Petersburg restrain George?

Because the Czar was more dissatisfied with Britain than George.

If George could break the British blockade of the Russian Empire, it would be a boon.

If not, St. Petersburg is the last safety line to prevent the relationship between the Russian Empire and Britain from completely deteriorating.

(End of this chapter)