Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

Bulbulon and others acted arrogantly and acted like scoundrels in front of other imperial envoys of the Qing government. Although those big guys were all very stubborn, they had no reason to be arrogant in front of them.

He was nothing like Liu Ye, who snatched the French envoy's pistol and dismantled it into a pile of parts in a flash!

Bulbron was stunned. He had originally thought that the Chinese were all a bunch of novices, just like the Indians, who knew nothing. But he had never expected to meet an expert! His pistol was absolutely the best of the best. Even the technicians in the factory could not do it so quickly, let alone himself!

Liu Ye smiled and said, "Minister Bulbulon, I'm sorry, I just felt itchy at the moment, I'll install it for you right away..."

Liu Ye then neatly assembled the musket back to its original position, made a beautiful gun flower, raised his hand and fired a shot. Outside the yamen, the thin rope of the French flag on the flagpole broke with a sound, and the French flag fluttered down from the sky!

Bulbulon was both shocked and angry. He was shocked that there was such a person in the ancient Eastern China. He was angry that this damn guy actually shot down the national flag of his own country with a single shot. This was intolerable!

Bourboulon shouted, "How dare you! The national flag represents the dignity of our French Empire. Who on earth are you? How dare you so brazenly disrupt the atmosphere of the Three Kingdoms talks? Aren't you afraid of being blamed by your emperor? I protest to the Qing government! Protest!"

Liu Ye laughed and said, "Who am I? Have you heard of the Battle of Dagukou? I was the one who sank the flagship of your Anglo-French coalition! I also killed your commander, Heb, with a single cannon shot. I am the second-rank deputy general of the Qing Firearms Battalion, Liu Ye! You will remember this name for the rest of your lives! Mr. Bulblom!"

Oh my God!

It was this man who defeated the British and French fleets at Dagukou. Even Commander-in-Chief Hebb died at his hands. Today, it seems that he is indeed extraordinary. Even the shot just now has shown this man's extraordinary qualities. If Liu Ye says that he was just bluffing, the two ministers would not believe it even if you kill them!

Bruce swallowed hard, suppressing his shock. He snorted coldly, "Liu Ye? I've never heard of you. No one in the Qing government has ever heard of someone like you! Even if you're incredibly powerful, what can you do? Can you stand up to our iron warships and cannons? Can you stand up to our Dragoon Cavalry Regiment? Once the war begins, we'll burn ourselves to ashes!"

Liu Ye sneered, "Who said I'm alone? In Jianghuai, the Governor-General of Liangjiang, Zeng Guofan, has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command. In the capital, our monk king also commands 100,000 elite soldiers. Not to mention them, even in Tong County, the battalion under my command is not something you British or French can swallow! Don't you rely on the advantage of firearms? Now we have them too. We have dismantled more than ten heavy cannons from that flagship, and each one can be used. Muskets? Haha, you have already given us more than a thousand, and this does not include the firearms we ordered from the Americans and subsequently purchased. How many people can your British and French fleets send? Don't tell me that you can bring 600,000 British or 600,000 French troops to Dagukou. Liu Ye is not a fool!"

Bulbourn curled his lips and replied, "Why, is it impossible? The French Empire now has an army of over 800,000 men. Leading 600,000 to China is not impossible! Our fleet can definitely handle it!"

Liu Ye laughed heartily and replied, "Mr. Bulblom, please don't scare me. First, the shadow of the economic crisis in Europe and the United States has only just dissipated, and your own domestic economy has yet to recover. Second, you just finished the Crimean War, a bloody battle with Tsarist Russia that resulted in countless casualties. With just these two factors, do you really have the guts to send 600,000 troops to China? This is ridiculous!"

hum!

Bulbron and Bruce's heads spun, nearly collapsing. How the hell did this guy know everything! English, French, and even the Crimean War and the economic crisis! When had information become so freely available in the Qing Dynasty? Could it be that the Qing Dynasty was truly destined to survive, and a genius, omnipotent in both civil and military affairs, had appeared? Like the great Napoleon?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Napoleon once said that China in the East is a sleeping army. It is not scary when it is asleep, but once it wakes up, it will eat people!

Bulblom and Bruce suddenly felt a shudder!

This guy is not easy to deal with!

Bulbron and Bruce finally lowered their proud heads in front of the wise men, but they took it seriously. It is always more comfortable to deal with wise men than with those fools, who know nothing and cannot understand what people say!

The two sides began to argue over the terms of the peace talks, mulling over and refuting each one. The atmosphere at the negotiation table was even more intense than the battlefield at Dagukou. The two ministers were furious with Liu Ye, but they had no good solution. Threaten with force? It seemed this guy wouldn't buy it! Reason? It seemed this guy had more reasons than us!

The two sides spent three or four days at the negotiation table. In the end, Britain and France made concessions. There was no other way. The prince was easy to talk to, but that damn deputy general and the minister of assistance were too difficult to deal with. They were harder than a rock and smarter than a monkey!

The two sides finally signed the Sino-British and Sino-French "Beijing Treaty" at the negotiating table.

The treaty stipulated: First, Britain and France could establish legations in Beijing. The Qing government would allocate land in Dongjiaominxiang to house the foreign envoys in the legation quarter, and the Qing government was obligated to protect the personal and property safety of the consuls. Second, the Qing government would open ten additional ports, including Tianjin and Chaozhou, as commercial ports, allowing foreign merchant ships to enter the Yangtze River. However, British and French goods entering China would be subject to taxation according to the Qing government's regulations, and unilateral most-favored-nation treatment would be abolished. Third, the Qing government would pay Britain and France three million taels of silver as war reparations, payable over ten years at an annual interest rate of 5%, but Britain and France would be required to offset this with weapons and equipment of equal value. Fourth, foreign missionaries were allowed to preach in China, but they were prohibited from oppressing peasants, forcing them to convert to foreign religions, or privately drawing inland maps. Fifth, the Qing government was free to appoint officials for the customs, including foreign employees, but was prohibited from interfering in customs affairs.

The treaty was finally signed, and Liu Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had been charged with the crime, but he would have to clear himself of it in the future. As for how to clear himself of it, just wait for me to lead the warships and drink water from the English Channel!