3416 Thirty-five million taels? Just a little money!
King Shangtai looked at Zuo Zongtang who was excited and suddenly laughed. He reached out to hold the back of the chair and wanted to stand up, but when he moved his legs, his face grinned.
"Hiss... it hurts..."
Fan Jin rushed over and reached out to support him, "Your Majesty, please sit and rest for a while, the wound has not healed yet?"
Zuo Zongtang suddenly became stupid. He didn't expect that King Shangtai was actually injured?
"Your Majesty? What did you do? Are there any defeated bandits on the road?"
Before Zuo Zongtang entered the house, King Shangtai sat in a chair and never stood up, but no one would say anything.
After all, that is the king of the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom! He was personally granted by Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty. He had a noble status and never saluted his ministers. When you Zuo Zongtang was about to kneel down, you would be able to support him and give him face.
King Shangtai was sitting on the Grand Master's chair and drinking and chatting. Zuo Zongtang never expected that King Shangtai did not stand up because he was not arrogant, but because he was injured in his leg.
"Hiss...it's okay...it's okay...I have to move, or the meat and fabric will grow together..."
"Mr. Don't worry, it's not that I've encountered bandits and thieves. The security of the places where the Marshal cleared out is still very good... I've been riding a horse for a long time, and my thighs are all worn out..."
Fan Jin's eyes were swollen and red. "Your Majesty is the king of Ryukyu on the sea. You have fewer opportunities to ride a horse, but you have many opportunities to board a boat... This is the longest time in Your Majesty's life!"
"We got ashore from Shanghai, along the Yangtze River, the canal, and then took a horse to Lanzhou... We walked for a total of one and a half months!"
"Stay at night at Xiaoxing. Sometimes we set up tents in the mountains and live in dilapidated temples... When His Majesty arrives in Jinzhou, we will lift the horse off!"
"Both legs were soaked in blood..."
Zuo Zongtang's face also changed. He would never have thought that the king of the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom would cause such a great suffering for himself... Those princes who had no real power in the Qing Dynasty would not suffer such hardship!
"Your Majesty! You...why are you doing this? What urgent matters should you hurry up?" Zuo Zongtang reached out and mixed with King Shangtai, asking His Majesty to walk slowly in the room.
After taking a step, King Shangtai was a breath of air conditioning. He felt that the silk trousers were stuck to the blood scab, and he tore a layer of flesh when he moved.
"I'm not waiting for time! Zuo Dashu... There are only a few telegram lines in the Qing Dynasty, and none of them are connected to Xi'an, let alone Lanzhou..."
"You don't know a lot of news, and I have to report it to you in advance!"
"Just as the question you asked just now, I'm afraid no one in the Sijiu City of the Capital would raise it... I believe they did not pass the latest news to you, or were still halfway through!"
"Message? What message..."
"Hey... it's the question you just asked? In fact, if you receive the latest European newspaper, you wouldn't have asked this question at all!"
King Shangtai grinned and said, "We just hope you will know this news sooner. To be honest, many people don't want you to know these new news..."
"Because the more you get your news, the more you are hampered by the foreign banks in Shanghai, and they can ask for a price everywhere!"
King Shangtai looked murderous in pain, "The Head of State... The Head of State has won a long time ago in Europe, and it is a complete victory!"
Zuo Zongtang's face was stunned, "I know! I don't have any informants at all. Shanghai sent me the news a month ago... I know this!"
"Oh, Grandmaster! You just know that the head of state won, do you know the outcome of the final negotiation? Do you know what the terms of the final signing of the agreement are?"
Zuo Zongtang was stunned and subconsciously shook his head!
"My handsome guy! If you suffer, you will suffer. The news is blocked! The head of state won wildly in Europe!"
King Shangtai gritted his teeth and said, "France ceded the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany, and ceded all islands in Vietnam and the Pacific to the Chinese..."
"Compensation of Germany's 5 billion gold francs of war reparations, compensation to the Chinese..."
"A compensation of 1.2 billion gold francs..."
With a bang, Zuo Zongtang's mind was like a thunderclap sounding, "Duo...Duoduo...How many?"
Fan Jin quickly said, "Twelve billion gold francs, equivalent to 297.6 million taels of Kuping silver...equivalent to Ryukyu dragon pattern silver dollars...equivalent to 432 million..."
Ah! With a scream, Zuo Zongtang's eyes turned dark and he lay down. Monk Fan Jin and King of Thailand were too late to catch him!
Zuo Zongtang also has many martial arts masters under his command, but he saw that there was no one in the shadow of the corner of the wall, but a figure emerged like a ghost. He rushed to the back of the coach like the wind and gently held up his hands, putting Zuo coach on the chair.
After pinching the man, "The Grandmaster drinks a bit of wine and suppresses his shock!" Just pressing this, Zuo Zongtang's confused heart suddenly woke up.
"Ah...what's wrong with me? Why are I so panicked... What did you say just now? How could Xiao Letian actually make the French lose money?"
"What a joke, what a joke? I can still believe in defeating foreign devils, but foreign devils actually lose money? This is impossible, how is this possible!"
"Does the British ignore it? Are there so many countries in Europe just staring at me? How many people are Xiao Letian? Even if he borrowed the power of Prussia, he would not force France to this extent?"
"The French are not stupid either. Just admit defeat, why do you still lose money? This is impossible, this is impossible!"
Zuo Zongtang is still completely old-fashioned. In his eyes, it is already incredible to defeat the French. Can he still squeeze out money?
The sea is half apart, you, Xiao Letian, don’t have a powerful navy, France is just cheating and not paying money, and you will be dragged to death!
In addition, European countries have broken the relationship between bones and tendons, so you, an Asian, cannot take such a big advantage!
I dare not believe it, I just can’t believe it if I live or die!
The noise in the room just now might have disturbed Liu Jintang. The general who was talking to the left was talking to the toilet, rushed in.
"What's wrong with the coach? What do you don't believe in...I'll go! How much? 290 million? Silver...Impossible. Not to mention silver, it's like a mountain if it's piled up so many copper blocks..."
"Impossible, impossible, just impossible..."
With a bang, a stack of European newspapers were thrown on the table, "Why are you lying to? These are European newspapers. Look at what they said above!"
"Of course we know that this news is shocking, and it is indeed a difficult journey! This European strategy is not only a military war, but also a brilliant victory for the head of state's diplomatic breakthrough!"
"Europe's diplomatic relations made him tear open huge holes!"
"I'll tell you another good news! The Spaniards have already sold the entire Luzon to our Chinese!"
"From now on, the South China Sea has become the inner lake of the Chinese people!"
"Haha, isn't it just 35 million taels of silver? For me, that's a big deal!"
Chapter completed!