"Now we will mobilize our army to attack Daiwan Island and kill this guy who dares to be rude to our great Atlantic people." German Minister Hasenhao said, smoking a cigar.

"No, no, no." American Minister Joninghan shook his head: "If we take the initiative, we will destroy the Taiping Army. How can we make money from the Qing court? This is a big business. We must negotiate with the Qing court and squeeze out a lot."

The ministers from several other countries nodded repeatedly when they heard Joninghan say this.

"This is a good opportunity to make a fortune."

"This time, I have to move all the wealth of the Qing court."

"How could we let go of this kind of opportunity to make money?"

"Then let the Taiping Army on Daiwan Island live more time."

American Minister Joninghan lit a cigar: "I heard from the Qing court that the leader of the Taiping Army seemed to be a monster that could withstand our Western muskets."

"That's just an exaggeration. How could someone resist our Western muskets?" German Minister Hasenhao said with a smile.

"We have all fought all over the world, and I have never heard of anyone who can withstand our Western muskets." Portugal's minister Maradins said with a smile: "Of course, there are also some primitive and backward parts, the old wizards, who claim to have mysterious black witchcraft, can withstand our muskets, but they were all beaten to death by us."

"Besides, the muskets we gave to the Qing people were originally eliminated, and we have more advanced ones ourselves."

"Yes, it's still serious to negotiate with the Qing court now."

...

Qing court.

I'm also worried recently.

In the past, when they negotiated with Westerners, they still had the quota.

But the recent negotiations with the Westerners were wrong. These Westerners were simply crazy to squeeze out the numbers. The number of them was so high that the Qing court had to move the entire treasury to them.

If they want to send troops, they will need 100 million taels of silver!

This is 100 million taels!

The annual income of the Qing court was only 20 to 30 million taels.

One hundred million taels, this is the national income for four or five years!

The current treasury of the Qing court cannot afford 100 million taels.

When Li Hongzhang returned to the court with this news, the court exploded directly: "What, 100 million taels. This is simply a sacrificial person. Where did so much silver come from?"

Li Hongzhang spread his hands: "I'll try my best to say it, but people from Western countries just bite this price to death and refuse to let go. If you have the ability to negotiate a lower price, then go and negotiate."

Everyone couldn't help but look at Cixi behind the pearl curtain.

"One hundred million taels of silver! These Westerners are really bad." Cixi's voice was also very angry: "We continue to buy guns and cannons from the Westerners, and we don't believe that we can't stop the attack of the Taiping Army. We don't ask for Westerners now."

"Yes." Li Hongzhang nodded. He also knew that Westerners were lions and Cixi was afraid that she would not agree easily. Anyway, he had negotiated the sentence and he did what he should do.

"Li Hongzhang, you have to train the new army immediately. When the new army is trained, we can solve the Taiping Army by ourselves." Cixi seemed to be leaving the great cause to Li Hongzhang.

What can Li Hongzhang say, he can only do it.

However, he also understood that if training the new army was useful, Zeng Guoquan would not have been defeated.

...

Here on Daiwan Island.

The Taiping Army was sharp and the horse was wiping, waiting for the attack of the Westerners.

But after waiting for a long time, I haven't waited yet.

"It seems that Westerners will not attack for the time being." He Xuan said.

"Why? Westerners are the strongest country in the world. Are they offended, aren't they angry?" Shang Yanyan asked.

"Western people are a group of capitalists. What they want is to make money, not face. This is the biggest difference between our Chinese court. If they take action now, it is equivalent to helping the Qing Dynasty deal with us, which is not good for them. I guess, Westerners should be harsh on the Qing court now. But the Qing court should not pay so easily. Therefore, they have not yet agreed."

He Xuan quickly told the relationship between the Qing court and the Westerners.

Shang Yanyan also understood: "So, as long as we don't rush to attack the Qing court, the Qing court will not rush to call Westerners."

"Yes. So for the time being, both sides can be in a relatively peaceful state." He Xuan nodded.

"That's great. I don't have to deal with Westerners for the time being. I heard that Westerners have extremely terrible artillery fire, which is much stronger than those in the hands of the Qing court." Shang Yanyan said with a breath.

This is actually what most people think in this era.

In this era, the weapons and technology differences between the Western countries and China were too big.

In this way, the Taiping Army, the Qing court, the Western countries, and the three parties were in temporary peace.

If you don't hit me, I won't hit you.

And He Xuan also took this opportunity to earn negative emotions crazy.

Before I knew it, half a year had passed.

He Xuan got 20,000 negative emotions.

However, now the 20,000 negative emotions are not worth much, and they are only worth ten intermediate defensive fruits. After adding them, the one who has its own defensive value is raised to 11.6.

In this way, my own attributes become like this.

He Xuan (Hong Tianguifu)

Mental power: 5.

Strength: 5.

Speed: 10.

Physical constitution: 10.

Defense: 11.6.

...

And this year, something happened in the distant Beijing, whether it was big or small.

This matter will start with the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The Ryukyu Kingdom has always been an independent country. They said to Chinese ministers that this has been the case for generations.

During the Ming Dynasty, they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

During the Qing Dynasty, they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

However, with the new strength of Japan's Weijimei, Japan began to plot against other countries. Japan's ultimate goal was naturally China. But now Japan knows that their Meiji Restoration was still short and it is not a rival to the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, they set a step-by-step approach, first drawing Ryukyu, then drawing Daiwan, and then drawing Goryeo. They invaded the territory step by step, strengthened themselves, and finally took over the entire China.

Their first step was quite good, and they invaded Ryukyu in an instant. It was in the second step that Gui Zhenzhi led more than 3,000 people to attack Daiwan, but was defeated by the Taiping Army. That was why they wanted the Qing court and He Xuan to fight to the death, and revealed the information that He Xuan could be shot in by bullets and passed it to the Qing court.

This also caused the Qing court to send 100,000 troops, led by Zeng Guoquan to attack Daiwan. If He Xuan had not obtained a primary hegemony, the Taiping Army would have been wiped out.
Chapter completed!