1.5 billion francs are also completely affordable for the French-Prussian War. 35 years ago, after the defeat of the French-Prussian War, France paid as much as 5 billion francs at that time. Now France has a stronger national strength, so 1.5 billion francs is not a big burden for the French-Prussians, but it is just that it is hard to get over the face.

For East China, 60 million pounds is undoubtedly a huge sum of money, equivalent to 480 million taels of silver. The currency that is divided into East China is about 520 million silver dollars. Before joining the war, East China's fiscal revenue in one year was only 120 million silver dollars. Moreover, there are also British compensations that are not included.

The negotiations between East China and Britain also entered a stalemate because East China had different goals for Britain, not only demanding compensation, but also hoping to obtain British colonies on Kalimantan. East China had already obtained 3/4 of Kalimantan from the Netherlands. Of course, we hope to obtain the remaining 1/4 from Britain to get a complete Kalimantan Island, which would be convenient for East China to manage and make full use of it. It would not be so easy for Britain to make trouble on Kalimantan Island in the future. Of course, the amount of compensation would definitely be less than that of France. East China was offered a condition that Britain would pay 30 million pounds of compensation, plus the colonies on Kalimantan Island.

The British also intends to use the Kalimantan colony as part of the bargaining chips. Originally, this colony was not the focus of Britain. Of course, Kalimantan has great strategic value in Southeast Asia and the western Pacific coast. However, now East China has obtained 3/4 of Kalimantan Island from the Netherlands, and all its strategic value is ready. Even if Britain sticks to the remaining 1/4, it is meaningless. It is better to use it as part of the transaction. Britain's plan is to use the Kalimantan colony to offset the compensation, so that it is easy to explain it in China. If it is not good, take the Netherlands as an example, with the Kalimantan colony plus a compensation of 1,000 pounds.

The UK's offer obviously cannot satisfy the East China. The Netherlands gave up 3/4 of Kalimantan Island, while the UK only has 1/4 of Kalimantan Island. Can this be the same? However, the UK's representative Jurden is obviously a veteran in negotiations. He tried hard to underestimate the strength of the UK on the one hand. On the other hand, he continued to strengthen the value of all the Kalimantan Islands in the UK is far higher than that of the Netherlands. He also talked about the UK's hope of being friendly with China, friendly cooperation with East China, etc., which made the East China representative quite powerful and have no place to make it feel.

However, the negotiations were based on their respective strengths. Britain was on the weak side after all, and it was impossible to make up for it by personal ability. Since all the terms had been negotiated with France in East China, Britain had gone the general trend. Although Juerdian wanted to make up for it, Li Sanjie and Li Songchen negotiated and decided to show off to Britain and proposed two plans to Juerdian. One was that East China had always insisted on paying 30 million pounds of compensation, plus the British colony on Kalimantan; the other was that East China ** gave up the British colony on Kalimantan, and the compensation was the same as France, with a compensation of 60 million pounds.

The UK can only choose the first option, because East China has obtained 3/4 of Kalimantan Island, and it is close to it. East China can easily send its strength to Kalimantan Island. It can also be said that the remaining 1/4 is like a waste in the hands of the UK. Sooner or later, it will be found a way to swallow it up by East China. It is better to send it out as a bargaining chip for trading now and create some value.

So Juerdian said that the UK could accept the first plan, but asked East China to give in a little more, even if it could give in 12 million pounds. This made Li Sanjie and Li Songchen feel a little amused and laughed, and in the end it was reduced by 2 million pounds, freezing at 28 million pounds.

Next is the formal signing of the contract, and then the time, order, etc. are agreed upon for the implementation of the treaty, but these have not affected the overall situation.

By this time, East China **, Britain, France, and the Netherlands were both negotiated. Although they were still in a state of war with Japan and Russia at that time, East China ** had already received 98 million pounds of compensation and the complete Kalimantan Island, which can be said to have gained a lot.

For this Far East War, East China borrowed a total of 60 million pounds of foreign debt, plus interest, a total of about 80 million pounds, and the domestic debt was about 50 million silver dollars, and East China's own fiscal funds also had about 50 million silver dollars, which was about 92 million pounds, and the net profit was about 6 million pounds.

However, the funds in East China have not been used up now, with about 10 million yuan left in silver dollars, and the remaining materials can be divided into 15 million silver dollars, and the foreign debts borrowed are about 5 million pounds, so there are still about 15 million pounds in total, which is about 130 million silver dollars today, equivalent to the fiscal revenue of East China in one year. From the perspective of funds alone, of course, it is profitable, and this does not count the value of Kalimantan Island and the warships captured on the battlefield.

Moreover, the financial gain is only part of it. Guan Jian completely consolidated the profits of East China ** by signing a treaty with Britain, France and the Netherlands, and also declared that within the East Asia and Southeast Asia, East China ** is the only one with no opponents. At the same time, East China ** can also concentrate on dealing with Japan and Russia with all their strength, and continue to slowly expand its own results.

After the agreement was signed, the cabinets of Britain, France and the Netherlands announced their resignations one after another, and the three countries would face a re-election situation. Another major personnel change was that British Navy Secretary Fisher also announced his resignation.

After the news reached East China, Xia Bohai and others also sighed. It has to be said that the politicians of this era have much stronger sense of responsibility than the politicians in the old time and space. At least their responsibilities must be completed and resigned before they can be finished, without leaving the burden to the next one. So that Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun were surprised that Fisher actually resigned.

The Expeditionary Fleet is mainly composed of the British Navy, and the British Navy is naturally to blame for the failure of the Expeditionary Fleet. This is the most painful failure of the British Navy in the past 200 years, which has aroused infinite anger among the British people. Therefore, the resignation of the cabinet alone is not enough to calm the anger of the people. As the Minister of the Navy, Fisher naturally had to resign to ease the British people's accusations against the Navy. Although strictly speaking, the failure of the Expeditionary Fleet actually has little to do with Fisher.

However, Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun all knew that in the history of old time and space, Fisher's role in this era was much more important than that of the British Prime Minister. Although the British Navy was still far ahead at this time, emerging forces represented by Germany and the United States were rising and constantly narrowing the distance with Britain. As the "two strong standards" implemented by the British Navy, it was almost impossible to maintain.

It was the reform of the British Navy led by Fisher that allowed the British Navy to continue to maintain its leading advantage over other countries and brought this advantage to the period of World War I, and ensured that the British Navy had always suppressed the German Navy in World War I, which not only guaranteed the security of its own maritime transportation line, but also firmly blocked Germany on the mainland, and eventually defeated Germany in the war of attrition. Therefore, it can also be said that the British Navy made great contributions in the victory of the Allied Powers, and the British Navy's achievements in World War I were attributed to the reforms made by Fisher in about 10 years before World War I. Now Fisher was forced to resign because of the defeat of the expeditionary fleet. It is unknown whether the reform of the British Navy will continue to carry out to ensure its leading advantage in World War I, and even after the Far East War, it is unknown whether the war will happen.

Of course, these are not what East China ** care about. After all, Japan and Russia have not yet compromised, and the Far East War has not ended yet. Although there are no Britain, France and the Netherlands, the East China ** is still not easy. After all, it is still Japan and Russia that occupy a large amount of resources in East China ** are still restraining about 90,000 troops and Marines, and some navy in the East China *** still hangs three and a half armies in the Northeast region, accounting for about 70% of the total strength of East China **. Moreover, Japan and Russia are known for their stubbornness, and it is not easy to force them to surrender. Therefore, East China ** is still facing the critical point of exhaustion of materials, although due to the surrender of Britain, France and the Netherlands, East China ** has greatly extended this critical point.

However, although Britain, France and the Netherlands have surrendered like East China, Japan and Russia do not seem to intend to compromise. After the negotiations between East China and Britain and France were over, Japan and Russia issued statements successively, claiming that they would never compromise with East China and would fight with East China to the end.

According to the plan of East China, the next target to be dealt with is Japan, and finally Russia. At present, there is no need to change this order, because the surrender of Britain, France and the Netherlands allows East China's navy to free up its hands to support operations in other directions, and the navy can play a role in the direction of Japan.

During the negotiations between East China and Britain and France, Luo Yue, commander in charge of the Japanese battlefield, sent back a military action plan that forced Japan to surrender. This was for nearly three months of fighting in Japan and had a considerable understanding of Japan's situation. Therefore, he formulated such a combat plan specifically for Japan's intent.
Chapter completed!