"Discourteous! Bold! They are simply barbarians... Your Majesty! Declare war! We, the Qing Kingdom, cannot suffer this loss, we cannot bear such humiliation!"
When the fight reached this point, the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy all jumped up, shouting slogans declaring war, pointing and glaring at Cai Bixia!
Not only them, but Prince Qing Yikuang and other two hundred and five princes also jumped out and shouted loudly, shouting slogans declaring war!
Cai Bixia looked at these clowns and smiled lightly, "Anyway, if there is a real war, you won't go to the battlefield and rush to the front line... Then just shout!"
"If we, the Chinese, were afraid of a few threats and curses, we would not be able to cross the mountains, rivers and seas to fight France in distant Europe!"
This sentence immediately put out countless fires, and the subtext of the threat made these officials shudder. They suddenly remembered that what they were facing today was not ordinary powers, but the Chinese who had just won the Franco-Prussian War!
Especially the officials who have access to military intelligence know that Cai Bixia is not simple. Even though she is as beautiful as a vase, she is indeed the main commander in the East Frisian naval battle!
The Chinese Navy showed off its power over Europa in that battle, which directly transformed the design style of the Zhiyuan ship into a form of ship!
After the Battle of East Frisia, more and more naval powers began to imitate the central axis gun emplacement design style of the Zhiyuan, and warships of this style have a series name called the Zhiyuan class!
Even the history of naval development has the concept of the pre-Zhiyuan-class era and the post-Zhiyuan-class era. This battle is a watershed!
This is a giant steel cannon, a murderous female demon who has piled up thousands of lives! The medal on her chest is made of gold and precious stones, but it is clearly the condensation of human life!
At this time, Zai Chun had to speak, "Ahem...be quiet! Even if the two countries are at war, they will not humiliate the envoys! Whether the Chinese and the Qing will be at war or in peace in the future depends on the efforts of both of us!"
"This is a series of difficult negotiations. I still have time... But today, the purpose of summoning you is to express strong protest to your Chinese people and reserve all means of revenge!"
"This is the declaration of the Qing Dynasty. I am not trying to reason with you. You don't need to use your words!"
Hey... Cai Bixia suddenly cheered in her heart. As expected, this little brother Zai Chun didn't learn in vain. At least he understood the tricks of modern diplomacy!
Diplomatic negotiations are not always tit-for-tat debates. Usually, when specific details are discussed and every word involves millions of financial interests, there will be red-faced and thick-necked arguments!
Most of the time, people just use diplomatic rhetoric to show off. Today, when Zai Chun asked himself to enter the palace, he did not really mean to declare war with the Chinese, nor did he have to clearly distinguish who was right and who was wrong!
If you really want to be honest, in the bloody battle last night, you, Zai Chun, were also one of the vested interests. You were actually the same beneficiary as the Chinese!
Therefore, today’s meeting is more of a show!
Zai Chun wants to show a tough attitude to appease the officials, soldiers and civilians, but on the other hand, he will not completely break up the talks and finally declare war!
The scale here is very important. Zaichun has performed very well just now. He protested strongly and reserved the right to further retaliate, but he has not closed the door to negotiations!
That’s all I need is face and face! When Cai Bixia heard this, she stood at attention and saluted naturally, "Yes! Your Majesty, I will accurately convey every word you say to the head of state!"
"The Chinese have never closed the door to negotiations. We can sit down and talk about anything slowly... We still have plenty of time, don't we?"
From the corner of his eye, Cai Bixia saw the bloody equipment in the corner in front of the Taihe Gate. He smiled lightly and said, "It seems that Your Majesty also knows the key points of analyzing the problem!"
"Ministers, if you have time, you should study more on these things and less on words!"
"War is no longer the era of fighting in large numbers of people. Having more people means nothing... When mankind enters the industrial age, industrial power is the key to determining victory or defeat on the battlefield!"
"I can give you the bottom line...the operation launched last night was called Blast Wind, and the codename of the more than one hundred special forces was Blast Wind!"
"More than 80% of the equipment on these soldiers is designed and produced by our Chinese people... A set of equipment for a single soldier is worth... more than three thousand taels of silver!"
"How much!" Peng Yulin, the Minister of War, immediately shouted, "Three thousand taels of silver to arm one soldier?"
"That's right, this is just regular equipment, not special equipment...for example, poisonous smoke bombs and killer weapon ***, these are all additional expenditures and are not included in the cost of individual soldiers!"
"Body armor, steel helmets, gas masks, various types of rifles and grenades... various types of camouflage clothing, and different types of military boots!"
"Multi-purpose tool box, engineering shovel, first aid kit, high-calorie individual soldier rations in the field... Every soldier even has to carry dozens of life-saving silver coins, and the officers also distribute gold coins!"
"Do you know what that is for? As soon as we get behind enemy lines, the money can be used to bribe local guides and even local soldiers!"
"Special weapons are a money-burning furnace! Three thousand taels is a small amount...in fact, there are a lot of better equipment that are useless!"
There was a buzz and all the officials started talking about it, "Three thousand taels of silver are used to arm a soldier. Last night, the equipment cost alone was 300,000 taels? That's enough to arm more than a hundred people..."
"Don't you understand? This price is only the price of non-consumables. Bullets and cannons are not considered money... And that weird airship, it costs a lot to fly once, right?"
"This Xiao Letian is crazy, crazy... and resorting to militarism!"
Cai Bixia listened to the discussion of these frogs in the well and said proudly, "Three hundred thousand is the cost of individual soldier equipment, and the poisonous smoke generator is even more valuable than gold!"
"Those dry ingredients were all extracted in the laboratory, and there was no large-scale industrial production... A large poisonous smoke generator is worth two thousand five hundred taels of silver, and a total of sixty were put in last night!"
"This is 150,000 taels...the remaining small poisonous smoke bombs and ** are also worth more than 60,000 taels, so let's count it as 200,000 taels!"
"As for ***...I'm really sorry, that is the top military secret of the Chinese people. I don't even know the price, so you have to guess for yourself!"
"Airships are the most advanced weapons. One hour of cruising costs more than one hundred taels of silver. Taking off and landing are even more expensive..."
"Let me make a rough estimate. Last night's operation of Stormtroopers must have consumed... more than 600,000 taels of silver!"
Ancestor! The ministers in front of them were all shocked!
