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91. Deeply interested in asking a case

After the general direction was determined, the great powers present simply rushed to the ground and asked the shogunate to open the newly established town into a trading port when signing a new treaty. All countries can enter and exit freely, and they can live and build it at will.

Get a shogunate town and travel to a free port!

Originally, this city was the one who brought Ying, but she didn't have so much energy to devote herself to the estuary of the Amur River. In order to bring the shogunate, she assigned the land name to the shogunate and set up a 99-year loan period. After all, according to the idea of ​​taking Ying, how could he know that his world overlord could only work for another half a century?

It is not guaranteed that in Baolin's mind, they led the world hegemony of Britain may last for two or three hundred years. He must have never thought about the collapse of the empire.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

I will be invincible in the world!

The minds agreed on everything, and the subordinates standing outside were put in. According to Baoling's oral statement, they drafted the treaty in triplicate. Tsarist Russia, Britain and the shogunate each held one copy, which was written in three languages: Russian, English and Chinese. After ensuring that the text could not be translated into any disputes, the "Bai Tai Demarcation Article" was signed under the witness of the envoys of the great powers.

After signing the special demarcation article, the treaty to take Britain to lease Beihuata to the north, called the "Beihuata Residence Area Zhantuo Lease Treaty". This treaty only requires the signature of the shogunate and the United Kingdom and will take effect immediately.

In order to speed up the immigration of Beihuata and catch up with the development of Tsarist Russia in Nikolayevsk, Britain invested 250,000 pounds in the local area in the name of military investment. This money was actually allocated to the shogunate. The attached condition was that by next autumn, more than 500 households and 1,500 people must be moved to the local area and a small-scale town was established.

The shogunate also had the obligation to build ports, barracks and warehouses in the UK, which were written in the appendix to the treaty. Only naval ships and bases, as well as the forts used to guard Nikolayevsk, were constructed by the British themselves. The labor required for the project was provided by the shogunate, and if the wages were paid directly to the shogunate.

Another thing is the problem of garrison. In Baoling's view, it is only necessary to station three or five hundred British troops, plus two or three warships. Moreover, most of the British troops will withdraw to Hong Kong for winter, and local garrisoning affairs must be responsible for the shogunate.

Based on this, the shogunate needed 500 soldiers to be stationed in Beihuatai, and they must be trained by the British and selected by the British Legion Training Corps. Another 500 people were selected and stationed nearby in Nanhuatai, so that when necessary, they could immediately support Beihuatai.

The 500 shogunate troops stationed in Kita Kamikata can be supported by the British navy in winter, and the shogunate will manage the logistics supply itself in summer.

Finally, there is the "Baihuatai Open Trade Special Article". All countries signed on the special article have the right to enter and exit Beihuatai freely, but warships need to report to the British side of the residence area in advance to know.

Well, this time I really signed three more treaties, two of which must be considered to be the kind of people who lose power and humiliate the country. I don’t know what the reputation of Tadaoemon will be like in later generations.

With three treaties, Tadaoemon was of course preparing to return to Edo quickly, convene a meeting of the Imperial College, and report it to Tokugawa Idai and all the old masters. Unfortunately, the sky was dark after this busy work, and neither the train nor the ship would set off in such a dark night. There was nothing we could do, so we could only stay in Yokohama for another day.

Since Chuanyoumon had no choice but to leave, Baoling happened to entertain her. The British Embassy quickly arranged a cocktail party dinner. Foreigners in the residential area held daily dance parties, otherwise there would be no good amateur activities. The things were ready-made, so Chuanyoumon would just bring someone to him.

Bao Ling, who was quite interested in Tadaoemon, deliberately sat with Tadaoemon and talked about the entire case investigation and thinking process. It was convenient for him to write it in his diary later. In the future, the governor of Hong Kong and the ambassador to Qing Dynasty could be regarded as an experience in the East. When he returned to London, he would brag about it with his colleagues.

I met a Tokugawa Duke in Japan in the Far East. He had extremely keen insight and could find the truth of the case from the fog.

Speaking of this, Tadaoemon was not very proud, but Suzuki, who was accompanying him, became proud. He spoke out the glorious deeds of the two men who handled the case in Edo Castle more than ten years ago, like a bamboo tube and beans. Unfortunately, his English was two knives, and he was ordered to be a foreigner and learned it later. The descriptions in some places were very inaccurate, and it was entirely up to the translation of McDonald, who was familiar with Japanese.

But even after two mouths, Baoling still amazes Baoling. While he keeps it down with care, he asks Liu to speak freely, and he loves to listen to these stories.

Later, even McDonald, who was temporarily translated, joined in, saying that there was a special collection of Edogawa case-solving stories in Edo, and even brought it to the stage. If Baoling needed it, he could go back to Edo to bring two books as a reading material in his spare time.

Bao Ling agreed and couldn't ask for it.

The whole dinner was spent in everyone's cups and pleasant exchanges, and Baoling had to send the treaty signed with the shogunate back to London, hand it over to the parliament for approval, and the queen signed it. London would definitely agree to this treaty that restrained Tsarist Russia's development in the Far East, without any problem.

By the way, you can also pass this incident on Putinya back to Europe, and slander the face of Tsarist Nicholas II, so that he can make a big joke on the international scene.

Chuanyoumon was also preparing to take the morning train back to Edo. When he arrived in Edo, it was just 9 o'clock that the old masters would go to the city to serve the public. They would not have to call each one by one, and they would have to get all of them together. After saying that, I thought that the old masters would not be able to refuse the three newly signed treaties.

I packed up and set off, and the shuttle bus from Edo to Yokohama has arrived at my destination. It is better to catch up early than to get there. It is very fast to get there in an hour.

"Your Highness, you said that there was a messenger sent by Hikone Marquis. It seemed that you would like to inform you about something." The attendant Kurokawa Kyoto walked in from outside and reported to Tadai Eemon.

"Tell him to come in." Tadaoemon was combing his hair, and it was not convenient to get up.

"Greetings to Your Highness." Soon, a Tadaoemon looked at the familiar samurai, who was also familiar, was brought in by Kurokawa Kyoto and saluted Tadaoemon.

"What's wrong with Hakone?" The barber is still very good at tying his hair, and his hands and feet are very quick.
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