Expedition to Europe

Barbaric!

Qin Zhiyuan only thinks so. Since the Age of Exploration, the British and French colonists have conquered the world in this way. This is not barbaric at all, but an international law recognized by everyone.

Compared with the people of this era, Qin Zhiyuan is still a little kind, seeing more problems solved through dialogue.

The international law of this era is that whoever has the bigger fist is right, which is more obvious after Qin Zhiyuan and Kolchak met.

Qin Zhiyuan visited Kolchak's coalition government. One of the important tasks was to determine the border between the coalition government and the northern region with Kolchak, so the two sides immediately started talks on the second day after Qin Zhiyuan arrived in Omsk.

Kolchak's full name is Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak, an admiral of the former imperial Russia. After the Russian Empire was overthrown by the provisional government, Kolchak launched a coup with the support of Britain and France, which led to the coalition government.

Speaking of which, the Foreign Legion led by Qin Zhiyuan was once Kolchak's accomplice. One of the conditions proposed by Qin Zhiyuan was to tacitly allow Lan Fang to send troops to Vladivostok.

However, Kolchak did not expect Qin Zhiyuan's appetite to be so big. He not only occupied Vladivostok, but also swallowed up 2.6 million square kilometers of the Russian Far East in one go, which was really unacceptable to Kolchak.

However, the situation was stronger than the person. After the Foreign Legion withdrew from Russian territory, Kolchak also lost the support of the British and French governments. Even if Kolchak wanted to send troops to recover the territory occupied by Lan Fang, he was powerless, so he could only pin his hopes on the negotiation table.

It can be said that the boundary survey with Lan Fang was Kolchak's only chance to take back Siberia. Therefore, Kolchak personally participated in the negotiations and raised the importance of boundary survey to an unprecedented level.

Since Kolchak personally participated in the negotiations, Qin Zhiyuan must also participate in the consideration of the principle of equality.

Kolchak was prepared. In order to strengthen his voice, Kolchak invited Andrew Kennedy, the British ambassador to the coalition government, to attend the negotiations, and Qin Zhiyuan also invited Eden Wilder, the French ambassador to the coalition government, to attend to support Lan Fang.

So the negotiation seemed to be of a particularly high standard.

The negotiations were held at the headquarters of the provisional government in Omsk, a six-story tall building complex. The building exterior was not decorated much, tall and solid, sturdy and durable, in standard Russian style.

The negotiations were held in the conference room on the fifth floor, and the floor above was Kolchak's office and home.

Kolchak was a very responsible person for his work, and Kolchak's home was his office.

In the 21st century, there were many movies about Kolchak. He was indeed a very charismatic person.

At the national level, Qin Zhiyuan's focus was definitely not on Kolchak's personal charm, but on the huge world map hanging in the conference room and the sand table in the middle of the conference room.

Qin Zhiyuan was also born in the military and was very familiar with military sand tables. During the battle, Qin Zhiyuan's requirements for sand tables were even harsh, so Qin Zhiyuan really looked down on the sand table made by the Russians.

It was indeed rough. The Russians seemed to understand the theme of this meeting very well. The sand table they made was limited to the vicinity of Lake Baikal. The production staff should be a bit lazy. Not to mention striving for excellence, they didn't even mark the residential settlements near Lake Baikal.

However, this did not prevent people from understanding the concept of Lake Baikal. In order to let Andrew and Eden know more about Lake Baikal, the Russians marked it next to the sand table: This is the largest freshwater lake in the world, containing 20% ​​of the world's fresh water.

No matter what Andrew and Eden thought of this sentence, it did arouse Qin Zhiyuan's determination to win. For the sake of 20% of the world's fresh water, Qin Zhiyuan would never let Lake Baikal fall into the hands of the Russians.

"At least a thousand years ago, Lake Baikal has been under Russian control. About three hundred years ago, Russia and the Qing Empire signed the Treaty of Burlinsky and the Treaty of Kyakhta, which clarified Russia's ownership of Lake Baikal. Therefore, Lake Baikal is obviously Russian territory and does not belong to the Northern Lanfang Region. Therefore, we ask the Northern Lanfang Region to withdraw from the scope of Lake Baikal and return the area to Russia in its entirety." Kolchak speaks fluent English and has clear goals. The coalition government also wants the entire Lake Baikal.

Kolchak's bottom line is to share. The Northern Lanfang Region and the Provisional Government will use Lake Baikal as the dividing line, and the two countries will each occupy half of Lake Baikal.

Of course, the bottom line is the bottom line, the claims are the claims, and the sky-high price will be paid back. This is the value of negotiation.

"What nonsense! According to what you said, at least in the Western Han Dynasty, officials of the Western Han Dynasty had visited Lake Baikal, and the sovereignty of Lake Baikal had been clarified at that time. Oh, by the way, it was not called Lake Baikal at that time, but the 'North Sea'. Yes, all Lan Fang documents in the future would call it the 'North Sea'. Obviously, the North Sea has been the territory of the Western Han Dynasty since BC, so it does not belong to Russia." Qin Zhiyuan refuted Kolchak casually.

Thanks to our ancestors for their habit of writing diaries, otherwise it would be difficult for people more than a thousand years later to understand the story of "Su Wu herding sheep".

"Even if Lake Baikal does not belong to Russia, it is at least a dispute between the Republic of China and the Provisional Government. What does it have to do with you, Lan Fang?" A bearded "man-bear" stood up to refute.

"Vitoriak, the foreign counselor of the Provisional Government, once studied in the UK and had close relations with Andrew Kennedy, the British ambassador to the Provisional Government." Someone immediately sent Qin Zhiyuan information about Vitoriak.

"Very good, you just admit that the North Sea does not belong to Russia, now we can move on to the next topic, so who should the North Sea belong to?" Qin Zhiyuan immediately caught the loophole in Vitoriak's words.

"Damn it! When did I admit that the North Sea does not belong to Russia?" Vitoriak was immediately excited.

"You just said it!" Qin Zhiyuan said it with certainty.

"I didn't!" Vitoriak immediately denied it.

As Qin Zhiyuan expected, the negotiation had just begun and the process had gone seriously off track, so the first day of the negotiation did not make any progress, and the first day of the negotiation ended in a quarrel.

Back to the "palace" arranged by the coalition government for Qin Zhiyuan, Qin Zhiyuan summoned relevant people to discuss tomorrow's negotiation strategy.

"What can we talk about? You just need to question Kolchak. Beihai is our Lanfang Northern Border Region. Do you accept it? If not, send people to recapture it and see whether your "gray animals" are more numerous or Lanfang has more bullets!" Although he was an outsider, Bastien still had a sense of ownership and considered the issue completely from Qin Zhiyuan's standpoint.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

"You are really crazy. Do you want to be a laughing stock?" Foch immediately scolded mercilessly.

Although Bastien was already in a high position, he was still not good enough in front of Foch. After Foch spoke, Bastien immediately stopped and did not even have the consciousness of resistance.

"The attitude of the coalition government is not very firm, and according to my observation, their opinions are not unified. During today's negotiations, there were differences among the representatives of the coalition government who participated in the negotiations. They kept talking to themselves and did not have much sense of cooperation." Gao Hongshi's observation is still good.

"Negotiation is a hard job, so we must be prepared for a protracted war." Old Renault has his own opinion, and it is rare that he can sum up the adjective "protracted war".

Speaking of negotiation experience, Old Renault is undoubtedly the most experienced one among all the people present. Old Renault has lived to this day, and I don't know how many negotiations he has hosted or participated in, so Old Renault is the most calm and calm, and he doesn't mean to be anxious.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that there is no conflict of interest between the ongoing negotiations and Old Renault. If Old Renault also has his own interests in the North Sea area, according to Qin Zhiyuan's understanding of Old Renault, I am afraid that Old Renault would have been furious long ago.

"No, I don't want to turn this into a protracted war. We have limited time and can't dwell on this issue for too long. We need to make a quick decision. So tomorrow we can make appropriate concessions and use part of the weapons supporting the coalition government in exchange for the entire North Sea." Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to drag it out for a long time. The negotiations were held in Omsk. Kolchak negotiated during the day and handled government affairs at night, but Qin Zhiyuan was not so convenient. According to the planned schedule, Qin Zhiyuan would stay in Omsk for a maximum of one week, so no matter whether there was a result at that time, Qin Zhiyuan would end the negotiations and leave Omsk.

Perhaps at that time, using war to determine the ownership of the "North Sea" would be the only choice for Lan Fang and the coalition government.

War is the ultimate means after all. When the dialogue channel is not cut off, negotiations will be the most economical and affordable.

After a day's adjournment, the negotiations continued.

This time Kolchak was more pragmatic. The condition he offered was to temporarily shelve the territorial dispute and jointly develop the Baikal Lake Basin with the Lan Fang Northern Region.

Compared with the conditions on the first day, Kolchak was indeed more pragmatic, but there was still a gap with Qin Zhiyuan's expectations, so the negotiations fell into a deadlock again.

Compared with the first day of negotiations, Lan Fang's conditions also made concessions. Qin Zhiyuan still demanded the entire Beihai, but in terms of compensation to the coalition government, the Lan Fang government showed strong financial resources.

The Lan Fang government agreed to give the coalition government an interest-free loan of 1 billion Lan Fang yuan to purchase various materials from Lan Fang to strengthen the strength of the coalition government and resist the step-by-step pressure of the Red Russian government.

If we look at the time of the founding of the country, the time when the coalition government was established is about the same as the time when Lan Fang was established, but it is only a little more than a year. The gap between the two sides is already very huge. Now it has reached the point where Lan Fang can provide loans to the coalition government. It is really amazing.