boyutpedia Chapter 657 No profit, no early start
Chapter 657 No profit, no early start
Since Li Shaoyi had agreed, the chief of staff took care of the rest of the things. Seeing the chief of staff busy making phone calls and sending telegrams, Li Shaoyi went to bed happily. Isn't it better to hug a Russian beauty these days than to be busy here?
Regarding the negotiations with Luosha, Minister Gu spoke to Li Shaoyi on the phone for half an hour. The result of the communication was that Minister Gu personally negotiated with Luosha. Of course, everything had to be approved by Li Shaoyi.
The reason why the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted to take on this task was because the negative impact of the island city’s navy some time ago has not been completely eliminated yet, so they had to do some serious work, such as negotiating to take back the Xiongnu. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had to be involved.
Li Shaoyi thought it was not a big deal, so he called Li Sibei and asked her and the others to follow the people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since they were willing to be in the spotlight, he would give them the opportunity.
"This doesn't seem like you. If I remember correctly, if you go out for a walk and don't come back with some money, you're losing money. Minister Gu and you don't have a very good relationship. How could you suddenly agree to this?"
Li Sibei on the phone said with some doubt. After all, according to the Li Shaoyi she knew, when had he become so easy to talk to?
"Xiao Li, how can you be so critical of your superiors? I'm hoping that all departments of the Nationalist government can get the job done, but unfortunately, these people are all idiots who can't even stand up to the standard."
Li Shaoyi didn't expect that he would have such an image in the minds of his subordinates. He had paid close attention to it before, so why didn't he cover it up?
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about those useless things. I just want to know what Minister Gu promised you. Can you hand this matter over to them?"
Li Sibei is not so easy to fool. If you work in a vortex like Jinling and don't have a clear mind, you will be sold out and have to count the money for others.
"Diplomats travel here and there every day. I provide two special planes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs free of charge. Of course, there must be several escort planes to ensure the safety of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel..."
When Li Shaoyi said this, Li Sibei immediately understood. Li Shaoyi never did business that would lose money. The plane had already flown to Pujiang, but had not yet entered Nanjing. Taking advantage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Li Shaoyi provided two special planes, and he must also provide several fighter jets for escort. When the fighter jets arrived, there had to be ground crew, and also guards, and so on and so forth...
"Hey, Marshal, aren't you taking a big step? Entering Nanjing is different from entering Pujiang. Pujiang is important, but it's not the ruling center after all. This is Nanjing. Your transport planes can come in, but your fighter planes might cause a lot of dissatisfaction."
Li Sibei was really a little anxious at this moment. It seemed that the news had not been spread yet. Once it was spread, half of Jinling City would be filled with rumors, saying that Li Shaoyi was an ambitious guy and wanted to go to Jinling after entering Pujiang. It was a little out of control now, and it would be even more difficult in the future.
"That's none of my business. I'll have to let Lao Gu discuss it with them. As long as the higher-ups want the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to regain its composure, then my request must be approved. Besides, diplomats from other countries all fly. We can't expect our diplomats to squeeze into trains every day. How ridiculous is that?"
Li Shaoyi had a righteous look on his face, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly. This time, Minister Gu's request was also grasped by Li Shaoyi. There might not be our planes over Jinling, but there must be our fighter jets at Jinling Airport.
"You dispatched fighter planes in Pujiang to threaten the foreign powers. All the government offices in Nanjing are fully aware of this. If your fighter planes in Nanjing did the same, those people would be unable to sleep at night. If you want your fighter planes to enter Nanjing, you will face great resistance."
Li Sibei knew the bureaucrats in Jinling very well. They were not good at accepting new things and were very resistant to them, especially things that they could not control, which were absolutely not allowed to enter their living area.
"Don't worry about it. Lao Gu has been in the Nationalist government for so many years. If he can't even accomplish such a small thing, what's the point of his reputation? Hurry up and pack up your materials and go with him to negotiate. The Xiongnu steppes are ours. I can return the Rakshasa territory to them except for Chelanga. Of course, they need to pay 15 million taels of silver as war reparations. You can ask for any price, but this is the lowest. You can use other names, but I must get this money. In addition, as for the prisoners under my command, if they want to take them back, they will pay 500 taels of silver each, no bargaining. Officers get double the price."
Li Shaoyi finished explaining the main content of the negotiation in just a few words, while Li Sibei's hands did not stop writing down the main points.
"You'd better forget about expecting the Russians to spend money to buy prisoners. The status of Russian soldiers in their country is not much better than that of Japanese soldiers in their country. I don't think they will even pay 500 yuan for each prisoner."
Li Sibei had a very thorough understanding of Luosha. After the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, they did not pay a penny in compensation and threatened to continue fighting.
Of course, Japan did not occupy Tsarist Russia's land at that time, and the war was fought within our territory. Now we have occupied their land and control many of their people. If you don't want it, you don't have to pay the compensation. Anyway, you can't defend the Xiongnu steppes.
"These are the conditions. If you don't agree, forget it. What are the reactions of Western countries to this?"
Li Shaoyi thought of his supporters behind him. These people certainly did not want to see him make a ceasefire with Luosha, but the staff department had also prepared some documents. Li Shaoyi had already airlifted them to Jinling and asked Li Sibei to hand them over to ambassadors from various countries.
In fact, we have no strength to move forward. Li Shaoyi is simply unable to carry out the logistics across the entire Xiongnu grassland. Although Li Shaoyi can exchange it himself, this secret cannot be known to Western countries. Their strength is much greater than ours. If they are interested in this, we may also be sliced and studied.
Moreover, the brothers have been fighting for too long and should take a good rest, especially the brothers in the far north. They should be given a chance to rotate back home. Relaxing and unwinding is the way to lead troops...