The British Prime Minister and the Cabinet studied for a long time and finally placed the psychologically acceptable negotiation location at the Western Cape predicted by Zhu Jingyuan.
After Zhu Jianyan received the suggestion about Namibia, he deliberately delayed it for a while, saying that he had "researched" it for a while, and finally gave an ultimatum.
At most, it should be in the western capes, otherwise the peace talks will be terminated and the war will continue.
The British pretended to be reserved for a while, but finally agreed.
After two and a half days of wrangling between the Ming Dynasty Honglu Temple and the British Cabinet, they finally finalized the negotiation location.
The next step is to determine the negotiation date and arrange specific negotiators.
Under normal circumstances, the people involved in peace talks are easy to identify.
Either a professional foreign secretary, or a more senior political leader such as a prime minister.
But this negotiation is very special. For the European ruling class, this is finally a tie with the Ming Dynasty.
This incident is of great significance, and many people regard it as an important sign of getting rid of the barbarian label.
Of course, they still don't have the idea of being on an equal footing with Ming Dynasty, and they are even less likely to have a contemptuous mentality. They just have a feeling of hoping to be recognized and recognized.
At the same time, this must be the largest diplomatic event in the history of the earth and within the entire civilized world of the earth.
Many princes, princes, nobles, and even many kings and emperors themselves wanted to see it.
Even if the personnel are confirmed, the preparation and travel of the mission, as well as the cost of the trip, will take a long time.
There were no long-distance passenger planes at this time, so the fastest way to travel long distances was to take an ocean liner, which could travel at a speed of 20 to 30 kilometers per hour, which was already very fast.
The actual peace talks could not start within a month because none of the participants could afford to arrive, and the place in the Western Cape was far away from the mainland of all countries.
But finalizing the location is also a major milestone, showing that the sincerity of both parties for peace talks has once again risen to a new level.
The two sides' constant compromises, constant exchange of views, and even repeated insistence on meaningless points are all adding credibility to the negotiation itself.
When basic trust is low, if one party agrees easily and gives reasonable options easily, it will make the other party feel untrustworthy.
Just like Zhu Jingyuan's initial resignation, the British instinctively doubted their sincerity.
Just like bargaining when buying something, if the buyer agrees easily, the buyer will worry about whether the purchase is expensive.
Now the people of the Ming Dynasty are wrangling like this, and they have to spend every penny to make repeated toss and be serious, which makes the British participants feel a little relieved.
After the location was finalized, the front-line defense contraction and troop withdrawal operations also increased in scale and speed again.
The most important naval and land generals on the front line received direct information from the British cabinet.
In addition to notifying the progress of the peace talks as usual, some generals were also invited to participate in peace talks.
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In the afternoon of Ming Dynasty that day, on the coast of the Caspian Sea thousands of kilometers away.
On the borders of the Khiva Khanate, the Kazakh Khanate, and the Lucian Empire, on one side of the Lucian Empire.
The railway that stretches from the capital of the Lucia Empire turns a corner to the south here.
After passing through the fortress on the border of the three countries, it continued to extend eastward along the border between Lucia and the Kazakh Khanate.
The end point of this railway is the easternmost end of the more valuable territory in the eastern Lucia region, the Irkutsk region bordering the Ming Beihai region.
Due to the huge threat from the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Paul I of Lucia spent more than ten years building this railway since he ascended the throne more than 20 years ago.
It is two-fifths shorter than the historical Siberian Railway, because Lucia does not have the entire East Siberian region.
It was this east-west artery that maintained Lucia's control over the eastern border and supported Lucia's ambition to attack the Ming Dynasty.
Otherwise, Lucia would have no chance to covet the territory on the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty.
Nowadays, the steam trains on this railway are full of sick and wounded soldiers who have retreated from the northern battlefield, and they are swaying into the fortress on the border of the Three Kingdoms.
The Minglu Northern Battlefield can be regarded as one of the actual main battlefields on land. Both sides faced huge transportation pressure and invested millions of troops.
In the end, both sides suffered losses.
After the formal armistice, when the troops officially began to retreat, Emperor Lucia naturally ordered that the wounded and sick should be evacuated first.
As a result, almost all the trains that came back for two consecutive days were sick and wounded, and there were not a few people with intact bodies at all.
But in fact, the soldiers who can become sick and wounded and come back by train are already very lucky.
More soldiers died directly on the battlefield, in field hospitals, or somewhere unknown.
The soldiers who came back by train were theoretically out of danger and were about to enter a peaceful area and could live normally.
But the atmosphere in all the carriages was not as relaxed as it was after the war. It was still extremely depressing.
Many soldiers will suddenly wake up from their sleep, or suddenly become uncontrollably nervous and become very sensitive to all people and sounds.
It seems that the spirit is still stuck on the battlefield, and I don't know how long it will take to recover.
The train slowly stopped at the station. Many soldiers subconsciously looked out of the train window, only to see densely packed temporary military camps.
Inside were the troops who had evacuated from the Anxi Three Kingdoms. They were waiting for spare train cars to take them back to their respective home countries in advance.
Under the instruction of the Ming Dynasty, the Anxi Three Kingdoms prohibited Lucia's railway from connecting with their mainland.
Even in the western part of Anxi Three Kingdoms, they have no railways themselves.
The railways of the Three Kingdoms of Anxi and Anxi are concentrated in the east and central parts. They were built for them by the Ming Dynasty, and the actual control was also in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
The armies of Lucia, Prussia, and France were transported to the borders of the three countries through Lucia's railway, and then entered the Anxi Three Kingdoms through machinery and mules and horses.
Of course, this severely slowed down the actions of the anti-Ming alliance forces, and this was the key purpose of Ming Dynasty's railway restrictions on the Anxi Three Kingdoms.
After the Ming Dynasty Right Army Governor's Office received the news, they could start taking action in an orderly manner. After taking over the railways of the Three Kingdoms in Anxi, they deployed defenses against the west in the western part of the Three Kingdoms.
Now, not long after entering Anxi, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, which had not fully deployed, turned around again and accelerated their withdrawal from the Three Kingdoms.
However, ordinary soldiers may be disappointed. Most of the carriages on this train are full, and they have no chance to leave immediately.
The train came into the station here just to pick up three people.
The army commander on Lucia's side, Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov.
Prussian Army Commander, Gebhard Lieberecht von Blücher.
The French army commander, Napoleon Bonaparte, was also the supreme commander of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces.
The three people who used to have a delicate relationship are now officers of the same camp, and they seem to have a good relationship.
The three people, along with the adjutant and orderly, stood on the platform of this border fortress station, waiting for their special carriage to be ready.
Now say goodbye to each other and chat briefly.
