Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

With the completion of the details of the preparations for the negotiations between Xia and Russia, Andreev Village in the north of Jima City has changed a lot these days. Three rows of tents have been built successively, and the east and west rows of tents are for the guards of the envoys of both sides. In the camp, the big tent in the middle that can accommodate more than 50 people is the official meeting place.

On the seventh day of July in the 19th year of Huaxia Wucheng, on July 7225, 7 in the Russian Genesis Calendar, the border negotiations between Xia and Russia officially began.

The initial step of the negotiation is that the envoys of the two countries inform each other of their identities and authority, and greet each other's monarch.When this entire process is completed, the negotiation will reach the stage of face-to-face gong and face-to-face drumming.

"Our court requires the two countries to use the Yenisei River as the dividing line." As expected, Jia Wenqing started the game with the largest territorial claim ever raised by Wang Ying. "The east part of the river belongs to the territory of our dynasty, and the west part of the river is divided into the territory of the Oros state. However, the Yenisei River flows through the West Sayan Mountains. The southern foot of the West Sayan Mountains should be the dividing line between the two countries."

"First of all, I only oppose your proposal on behalf of Russia." Clerk Yakov, who had participated in the signing of the "Nerchinsk Treaty", stood up and spoke under the signal of Earl Magnitogor. "According to the border treaty signed between Russia and the Qing Empire, the border between the two countries is based on the Ergun River and the Stanov Mountains (Wai Xing'an Mountains). have the right to defend their homeland."

"I'm sorry, the Qing Empire you mentioned is the old enemy of our Chinese court. There is no reason for our court to recognize any treaty signed by the enemy." Hu Zongxun, deputy envoy of Honglu and member of the foreign court, responded in a sarcastic tone. "The reason why our dynasty proposes the territory is that the above-mentioned areas are the lands where the Khalkhas live and graze for generations. Now the Khalkhas are the people of our dynasty. I was entrusted by the county king Tuxietuhan to take back the above-mentioned territory."

"As far as I know, the local aborigines are Buryat Mongols, and they are not related to the so-called Khalkha Mongols in your country." As one of the few remaining senior officials in Irkutsk Province He is famous, Baron Sergeyevsky participated in this negotiation with responsibility, he knew that if he performed well in the negotiation, he might be able to save his official career, otherwise he would only become the laughing stock of the upper class. Go to the territory to be a country tyrant. "And Russia has colonized Siberia for 50 to 80 years, and the local ownership has long belonged to Russia."

"Sure enough, it was a bandit's act." Jia Wenqing retorted. "According to your Excellency, it is legal for Jianlu to steal China, but it is wrong for me to overthrow the tyranny and restore China, because China has been ruled by Jianlu for more than 80 years."

Sergeyevsky said disdainfully: "Your Excellency, this is a border negotiation between the two countries. Please don't talk about your internal affairs." [

An Wenhua seemed to be irritated by Sergeyevsky's attitude, and Dang even said to Count Magnitogor: "Since your country thinks that it has occupied it for 50 years, it means that the country of Oros has a great deal of control over the Yenisei River. If the Edom region has sovereignty, then I suggest that the talks be terminated immediately, and we can negotiate again after 50 years."

An Wenhua didn't become tough all of a sudden, but he felt that it was inconceivable that Russia still took the initiative to negotiate a peace in an advantageous situation. Although it does not rule out that the Russians do not know the actual military strength of China, it may not mean that there is a problem within the Russian side, so He wants to try it out to determine whether he needs to make any concessions in the following negotiations - in An Wenhua's view, it is best not to make any concessions, after all, everything is set up by military officers such as Wang Ying and Murong Jingming, so The merits are mainly from the military officer system, while the civil service system in the Dadu Protectorate can only drooling at it but cannot touch it. At most, they can get a chat victory to maintain their luck. Therefore, if they can’t negotiate with the Russians If you want to snatch the food from the tiger's mouth, I'm afraid there will be no way to explain it; Impeachment and resignation, I am afraid that there will be no chance to get ahead in this life.

Count Magnitogor frowned, and murmured in his heart. Could it be that the Chinese side discovered that the Russian army in Krasnoyarsk had begun to retreat, and was ready to change its strategy and use force to solve the problem?Thinking that there are less than 1500 Russian troops and 3500 Cossack cavalry in the entire East Siberian province, the Earl felt a little guilty.

Therefore, the old earl had no choice but to try to appease An Wenhua and the others who had left the scene: "Your Excellency, I heard that China is an extremely civilized country, but if it is impossible to persuade the other party in terms of language, it is necessary to use force, that is the behavior of barbarians." , obviously does not match your identity, so let us resolve the issue through negotiation."

Earl Magnitogor is also considered a cunning and cunning man. His words were so impeccable that outsiders could not hear any problems. An Wenhua, who was somewhat disappointed by this, could not help squinting his eyes: "Barbarians? You actually said that we are barbarians?" , It's really ridiculous, who is killing the vassals who submit to themselves, who is still complacent after occupying other countries' territories."

The harsher words cannot be translated into Mongolian and Latin, nor can they be translated from Mongolian and Latin into Russian, but this is enough. I don’t know if the so-called earl whispered to the Russian officials around him. Baron Yevsky learned what An Wenhua was referring to, and was extremely embarrassed for a while.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know such a thing had happened." After a moment of silence, the earl reluctantly apologized to An Wenhua for the Russian army's robbery of the Buryat tribe who had defected to Russia. "It was just an accident, but in the final analysis it is the chaos caused by your country's attack." It is not wise to put the responsibility on Xia Jun, so before An Wenhua's attack, Earl Magnitogor made a bloody decision First concession. "Russia can recognize that the area east of the Lena River below Yakutsk and the area south of the Lena River between Olyokminsk and Yakutsk to the Stanov Mountains belong to the Chinese Empire, in exchange for your exchange of the upper and lower Baikal regions."

Earl Magnitogor's calculation is very good. He is talking about the uninhabited mountains, frigid jungles and northern permafrost regions. Except for a very small number of settlements, other areas are dominated by wolves. Not to mention the value for money, but at least the gain outweighs the loss, not to mention the strength of the Xia Army Navy, which the Russians who have just set foot on the Pacific coast cannot be hostile to. Therefore, in the eyes of Russia, which has not even established the Baltic Fleet for a long time, losing the gateway to the Pacific Ocean is not unacceptable.

An Wenhua didn't answer, but just glanced at Jia Wenqing, so the Honghe envoy made a tit-for-tat concession: "I can give up the area from the Yenisei River to the north and east of the Lower Tunguska River, and the lower Tunguska River. To the area east of the Lena River, in exchange for the return of the Eros State to the other areas requested by our court."

Although it has long been known that this is a concession that the Chinese may accept, the Russian side feels as uncomfortable as eating flies. The reason is very simple, because the North Siberian Lowland and the Central Siberian Plateau are also inhabited areas. An excellent counterattack to Count Magnitogor's proposal.

"If the State of Oros feels that I have made too little concession to the above, I can continue to give up the areas south of the Lower Tunguska River, north of the Angara River, south of the Viliuy River, and north of the Lena River." Hu Zongxun said calmly. "It is only required to retain the area east and south of the Lena River and the area around the Sayan Mountains east of the Yenisei River and south of the Angara River. As for the narrow strip between the Angara River and the Lena River, I also hope that The two sides can use the line between the two towns of Ust-Ilimsk and Kilensk as a division, and the north will be owned by the Oros State, and the south will be owned by our dynasty."

This is the minimum territorial request that Wang Ying proposed at the beginning, but Russia is still impossible to agree. For this reason, Sergeyevsky put forward a new proposal on behalf of Russia: "On the basis of the previous proposal, our side It can be agreed to hand over the land between the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River and the Erguna River to the Chinese Empire."

Although this is an area equivalent to the entire Jianghuai Province, for An Wenhua, without Beihai, he bought the Beihai Governor at the time, so he made it clear: "It is absolutely impossible for us to give up the surrounding areas of Beihai."

This attitude allowed the negotiations to continue, so the Russians could only propose a temporary adjournment.

Back in his own tent, Baron Sergeyevsky said to Count Magnitogor in a complaining tone: "The Chinese are too greedy, and only a saber can make them understand that occupying Russian territory requires a lot of money. Painful."[

Earl Magnitogor naturally heard the subtext of the baron, so he smiled wryly: "You should tell the generals about this, but unfortunately, we have no reinforcements."

A group of Russian officials in the province of Irkutsk were shocked: "Your Excellency, didn't the reinforcements stay in Krasnoyarsk to raise rations? Why did you say that there were no reinforcements? What's going on?"

"Food? It's because of the food." The old earl pointed to the land where oats and rye should have grown. "Do you know how much food a 2-strong army consumes in a day? Not only can the local area not provide food, but the army also needs to provide relief. Do you think that the Russian army can continue to fight as long as it eats grass?".

The officials in the East Siberian province looked at each other and didn't know how to speak. In the end, Baron Sergeyevsky asked: "So, we can only agree to the blackmail of the Chinese?"

"We can only fight for it step by step." The count sighed. "When renegotiating tomorrow, try to exchange the Lower Baikal region for the Upper Baikal region"