The Imperial Age with the Resurgence of Han Style

Chapter 44 Interest Exchange
October 10, Chang'an, Admiralty Building.

"We will provide Qin with [-] army light artillery pieces, [-] muskets, [-] pairs of sand-proof goggles, [-] sets of woolen army coats and leather boots, as well as corresponding marching tents, engineering shovels, cans, Horseshoes, gunpowder and other war supplies." Zheng Debeng, deputy chief of the Navy of Qi and Hussar General (Admiral), looked at Zhu Boyin, Guangwei General (Major General), the military attaché of the Northern Ming Dynasty in Chang'an, and put the pipe in his hand in the ashtray Li kowtowed, and then continued: "In addition, we will also build five commercial transport ships with a displacement of [-] tons and eight inland river steamships with a displacement of [-] to [-] tons for Qin. Qin proposed, Our cabinet government has agreed in principle to build a railway from Kaifeng to Lanzhou via Xi'an."

"Is there more?" Zhu Boyin asked calmly.

"Haha..." Seeing Zhu Boyin being so calm, Zheng Debeng smiled and couldn't help but look at the young prince of Beiming. "We also authorized the high-grade cement technology used in military construction to the Qin State. The factory carried out localized production and at the same time lifted steel export restrictions on Qin. ...By the way, Qin applied for a ten-year loan from several major banks in Qi using Dengzhou Customs and Tianjin Customs as collateral. , the total amount is about 300 million yuan, well, it is equivalent to more than 1000 million taels of silver."

"Is Qin asking you, Qi, to intervene in the war between Qin and Ming and force Ming to withdraw from the disputed border areas in order to achieve an armistice between the two sides?"

"Yes, the Qin State does not want to continue fighting with you." Zheng Debeng nodded and said: "They feel that it is extremely uneconomical to fight you in lofty mountains and mountains such as Liaodong and North Xianning North Road in North Korea. But if they want to do it directly on a large scale Attacking your Zhenzhou territory will trigger the "Mutual Assistance and Security Treaty" between us and your Ming Dynasty, which will force us Qi to intervene in the war and assume the obligation to send troops. At this point, the monarchs and ministers of Qin should be very wise Yes, we will not open another battlefield in the northeast while the war in Mobei and the Western Region is still ongoing."

"Hmph, the Qin State cannot attack the dense fortresses we have built on the Tumen River and North Xianning Road, and it is worried that your Qi State will intervene in the war and continue to bleed them. Naturally, they do not dare to continue fighting with us." Zhu Boyin sneered and said : "Don't they claim to have a strong national power and abundant military power, and they want to teach us how to be honest?... We, the Ming Dynasty, have never been afraid of anyone in the war in dense forests and mountainous areas!"

"In the past three years, you have consumed a lot of Koreans and Japanese through this war, right?"

"General Zheng, you were my senior officer when I was an intern in your country's navy. I won't hide it from you. Although the population of Ming Dynasty has reached 200 million, more than [-]% of the population is domesticated raw food and compliant Koreans. , Japanese. The ancients said that people who are not of my race must have different minds, and our Ming territory is separated by sea routes and is scattered everywhere. If there are any major changes in the imperial court, these people will be the most unstable factor!"

"If you invest less in the military and use limited resources on the education of citizens and the naturalization of foreign races, your Ming Dynasty will be able to maintain its power for hundreds of years." Zheng Debeng shook his head and said.

"General Zheng, our Ming Kingdom is different from your Qi Kingdom." Zhu Boyin sighed and said: "Our Ming Kingdom is south of Japan, and the Zhenzhou territory is adjacent to Qin and North Korea. These are all countries with large populations and are not owned by our Ming Dynasty. Those that can be conquered and assimilated. In order to ensure the unity of the hearts of the people in the country, the only way is to list the above-mentioned countries as enemies for conquest, so that the people under their jurisdiction can share the same hatred and unite as one, so as to weaken the contradictions of ethnic disputes."

"So, your Ming country is willing to cease war with Qin and promote peace?"

"Although those people from China, Korea, and Japan received very little salary, in the past three years, the total supplies and military expenditures have cost millions, which has already harmed the country." Zhu Boyin said bitterly. : "Under this situation, we, the Ming Dynasty, were forced to agree to Qin's request for a truce."

"The cabinet government has agreed to your request for financial assistance of 100 million yuan submitted by Ming Dynasty."

"Oh!" Zhu Boyin raised his brows, with a satisfied smile on his face, "Then, has the Ming Dynasty Navy agreed to purchase the sail warship?"

"Four fourth-class sail warships with a displacement of [-] tons, and a supply transport ship with a displacement of [-] tons, will be delivered to your Ming Dynasty Navy by the Ryukyu Fleet in the next six months."

“Has your cabinet ever agreed to the request from the Ming Dynasty for assistance in the construction of the extension section of the railway from Zhenzhou (today’s Vladivostok) to Shuangcheng (today’s Ussuriysk, Russia, that is, Shuangchengzi)?”

"Although the cabinet has not yet made a clear position, I think the problem is not big." Zheng Debeng nodded and said: "As long as the conditions offered by your Ming Dynasty are attractive enough, our Qi State has a business consortium to intervene in this railway." Zhu Boyin heard that He said, with an imperceptible bitter smile on his lips.

Several business consortiums from your Qi State have controlled all the operating railways in Yunzhou (now Hokkaido). As a result, if our Ming Dynasty wants to transport troops and food and prepare for war, we have to apply to those railway companies in advance. There are almost no secrets at all, which makes people in the DPRK quite critical of this.

Why, now you Qi people are eyeing the railway in Zhenzhou area again?
But our Ming Dynasty made the request for construction assistance because we wanted to completely control this railway in the hands of the imperial court!

Stop it!Since our Ming Dynasty wants to obtain the military protection of Qi State, we have to pay some price.

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October 10, Chang'an, Persian Legation.

Haddadi Payam, the plenipotentiary envoy of the Safavid dynasty Abbas III, can finally breathe a sigh of relief.After months of lobbying, His Majesty the Emperor of Qi and their cabinet government finally recognized Abbas III as the Shah of the Empire and decided to send troops to assist the Empire in expelling the Afghans and restoring the Empire's existing ruling order.

In return, the Safavid Empire will open all domestic markets to Qi, and with Qi's "guidance" and "help", it will establish a nationwide customs system. Relevant import and export trade control policies and tax rates will also be "negotiated" by both parties. formulated".

In addition, in view of the fact that the Qi State has expelled the Omanis who invaded the coastal areas of the empire and effectively maintained the security of the empire’s maritime borders, the empire will use many islands in the bay such as Hormuz Island and Kishm Island for free in the name of Princess Nasheed’s dowry. Gift it to Qi State and permanently give up the sovereignty claims of the above-mentioned bay islands.

For the Bushehr Port where Qi's lease has expired, the Empire not only extended the lease to 50 years, but also stipulated that Qi has unlimited priority to renew the lease, and the Empire will not use any excuse to withdraw its use rights without reason.At the same time, in order to give Qi a broader space for development in the port, the empire also expanded the territory of Bushehr Port by fifty kilometers to the surrounding area.

After the war, in order to ensure the security of the empire and obtain strong military support from Qi in a timely manner, the empire will invite the Qi army to station in Bandar Abbas, Shiraz, and Kerman. For this purpose, the imperial government will station Qi troops every year. Provide military support of 30 tomans (1 toman is approximately equal to 2.7 taels of silver).

The Qi cabinet government stated that they will also fully engage in diplomatic mediation to ensure the territorial integrity and territorial integrity of the Safavid Empire in response to the Ottoman Empire and Tsarist Russia's invasion of the Empire's Caucasus region and western Arabistan Province (now Khuzestan Province, Iran). Unite.

Although, the many conditions given to Qi State mentioned above have greatly damaged the empire's authority and sovereignty integrity.But if the empire is seized and replaced by the barbaric and crude Afghans, and then rides on the heads of all Persians, it will be unacceptable in terms of religious belief and national identity.

Qi was far away from Persia and posed no real threat to the empire.Even though they obtained a large number of privileges and benefits within the empire, and also gained a number of islands and ports, it was nothing compared to the calamity that the Afghans brought to the empire, including the destruction of the country and the genocide.

Qi's goal is nothing but "profit", but the barbaric Afghans are trying to kill us Persians.

(End of this chapter)