After leaving Chita, Witt and his group took another 4 days to train and finally arrived in Harbin. At this time, Qin Zheng had already arrived in Harbin for 5 days.

After Witt and his group rested for a day, the negotiators from both sides held their first formal meeting to negotiate the details of the negotiations.

After the two sides met, Qin Zheng first reached out to Witt and laughed: "Mr. Witt, welcome you to Harbin."

Witt was stunned for a moment, feeling a little awkward. He was not here to visit, so what should I welcome? It was so difficult that East China ** had confirmed that he could get compensation in the negotiations, so he welcomed him? Or was he thinking too much. This was originally an ordinary diplomatic word. Although he had these thoughts in his mind, Witt was not slow to move. He reached out to hold Qin Zheng and said, "Mr. Qin, I have been a famous person for a long time. I hope that this time the negotiation between Mr. Qin can end the war between us and reach peace."

Qin Zheng said: "Does Mr. Witt really hope that peace can be reached this time?"

Witt said: "Of course, I came for peace this time."

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "It is not difficult to reach peace. As long as Russia accepts our conditions, the war can end, and peace will be reached immediately."

Witt was stunned. Qin Zheng's words were too arrogant. It seemed that Russia was only slaughtered by East China. He had not answered yet. His assistant Sergeyev said: "It is too unreasonable to say this. It seems that Russia has completely lost the war. The negotiations have not yet begun. Do you think we can only accept the conditions you have proposed?"

Qin Zheng said: "I know that such a statement will make it difficult for you to accept, but people always have to face reality. When the war between us reaches this point, it is very clear who wins and who loses. I don't think that Russia has any capital to bargain with us. Therefore, I think that fully accepting our conditions is the best choice for Russia."

At this point, Witt could not help but express it, otherwise he would appear too weak, so he said: "Mr. Qin, I admit that the wars we fought before did have certain advantages in East China, but it would be too rash to determine that Russia is a loser. Russia is not Japan, it has a vast territory, a huge population and rich resources. We still have 800,000 regular troops in Europe and more than 2 million reserve troops, so we still have the strength to continue fighting. If Russia concentrates resources from the whole country to fight, it is hard to say who wins and loses. Russia decided to negotiate with you for peace, but please do not regard Russia's goodwill as weak, and don't think that it has defeated Russia."

Qin Zheng sneered and said, "As it is, I don't think there is any need to negotiate anymore. Mr. Witt, please go back."

Witt was stunned and said, "What...what?"

Qin Zheng said: "I mean, we have not reached a consensus on the outcome of the war now, so there is no need to negotiate, but continue the war until one side completely admits the failure. Therefore, this time, Mr. Witt can only be in vain."

Witt couldn't help but be confused. Although he was not confident about this negotiation, he did not expect it to end like this. The talk had not even started. Looking at Qin Zheng's appearance, it was not like a threat. As long as he did not give in, it would be impossible to negotiate. If he had ended the negotiation like this, then he did not explain to the Tsar when he returned to St. Petersburg, but he could not give in to Qin Zheng and admit that Russia had failed. Therefore, Witt thought about it and said: "I think it is meaningless to argue about the victory or defeat of this war now. We are here to negotiate, for peace, not the victory or defeat of this war. Therefore, I don't think we need to continue this topic, but to discuss the negotiation matter."

Qin Zheng smiled slightly and said, "Okay, we welcome you at any time, fight, and we will accompany you to the end. Since Mr. Witt chose to negotiate, let's talk first."

Witt also breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, the negotiations could still be carried out. In this way, the negotiations broke down and he would not be responsible.

So the next day, the two sides started formal negotiations. However, at the beginning of the negotiations, Qin Zheng handed Wit a folder and said, "Mr. Witt, this is our condition. If Russia accepts these conditions, then we can sign a contract and reach a peace; if Russia cannot accept these conditions, then this negotiation can be broken."

Witt's body trembled slightly. He didn't expect Qin Zheng's attitude to be so tough. They thought they had already decided to take Russia or didn't want to negotiate at all, so they deliberately took such a tough attitude.

In fact, Qin Zheng has been prepared for the breakdown of this negotiation, because the attack on Jinzhou shows that Russia has not completely surrendered and wants to try its best to fight for it. It seems that the last closing operation has not dealt enough to deal with Russia. It also needs to be a more severe and stronger blow to Russia. Only in this way can Russia be completely defeated and honestly accepted the conditions of East China **.

Witt reached out to take the folder and did not open it immediately, but said, "Can't we object to these terms?"

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "Of course, but we will not change anything. If we want to reach a peace agreement, we must accept our conditions, otherwise it will be war."

Weite nodded and said, "I understand." Then he opened the folder to watch.

The first thing was that Russia wanted to pay 1 billion rubles to East China, which was converted into pounds, francs, US dollars, and German Mark. Witt was also shocked. 1 billion rubles were equivalent to 94.6 million pounds, which was more than the compensation from Britain, France, Japan and the Netherlands. East China was indeed a lion who opened his mouth.

The second is that Russia handed over Sakhalin Island (Sakhalin Island), Heilongjiang, the east and south banks of the Amur River, and Miaojie (Nicolevsk) to East China. This article did not exceed Vette's expectations. After all, East China has already taken Amur City, so it is impossible to let Miaojie go. Moreover, the area on the east bank of the Amur River has actually been occupied by East China, so Russia has not lost much. Sakhalin Island (Sakhalin Island) is lonely overseas and is also a place that Russia cannot defend. The only valuable one is Miaojie (Nicolevsk). After losing Vladivostok, Miaojie (Nicolevsk) is Russia's only port in the Far East. However, Miaojie (Nicolevsk) is in a freezing period for at least 5 months a year, and its symbolic significance is greater than its actual value.

The third article is that the sovereignty of the Heilongjiang-Amur River Basin belongs to the East China **. Russia shall not build ports, docks and other facilities on the northwest bank of the Heilongjiang-Amur River without the permission of the East China ** to build ports, docks and other facilities, and routes for river embankments and locations must be negotiated with the East China **.

Article 4 is that Russia handed over the sovereignty of the Middle East Railway and the Amur City to Vladivostok section of the Aberdeen Railway to East China **.

Witt believes that the content of these two items is basically acceptable. Although the Heilongjiang-Amur River Basin is an important river channel in the Russian Far East, after losing a large number of Far East cities, Russia's strength in the Far East has been greatly reduced, and its utilization rate of this channel will not be too high. As for those railways now under the control of East China **, East China ** will definitely not be able to spit it out. Therefore, the treaty agreement is only finalized.

The following clauses are about the economic and trade exchanges between the two parties, tax rates, etc. There is no big controversy in these parts and they are acceptable.

After reading it, Vette couldn't help but smile bitterly. Although Qin Zheng's attitude was tough, in fact, from a general perspective, this draft clause was basically what Vette expected, and Russia could accept it. To be honest, this was also Russia's smallest loss. In fact, although Qin Zheng had been prepared for the breakdown of this negotiation, he could not give up completely. What if Russia did not intend to be tough? Therefore, when formulating the terms, he also took serious consideration and made reasonable demands, but did not really put forward conditions that Russia could not accept. If Russia accepted the fact of defeat and had sincerity in negotiating, he should accept these clauses and did not make any modifications at all. Unfortunately, Vette had received the order from the Tsar, which clearly prohibited compensation and cede land, so this negotiation was actually impossible.

Witt was also very clear. After the negotiations broke down, the two sides launched another war. The only party that failed was Russia. Although Witt did not understand military affairs, he knew that the current situation in Russia was that he could not fight against the one who had already been unable to fight. Because Russia had no money, it was now up to the blood transfusion of Britain and France. What should we do to fight with East China? Therefore, when the war ended and the two sides negotiated again, Russia would face a more harsh and more loss treaty than this one.

Thinking of this, Witt was naturally quite depressed. Bi Jing was still a responsible person. Of course, he didn't want to see Russia be so unlucky, but Witt was powerless to do anything about it. Therefore, he said: "Okay, I have understood your attitude, but I need to ask the country whether to accept this treaty, and I hope I can give me some time."

Qin Zheng nodded, and this request was not too much, so he said, "Okay, is it enough for you to give you 48 hours?"

Witt thought about it, shook his head, and said, "48 hours are too short, I hope it is 72 hours."

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, then it's 72 hours. It's 9:00 am now, 3 days later, 9:00 am, and it's the final deadline. If you refuse, or have not made a decision yet, we will also regard it as a rejection."
Chapter completed!