lcionline Chapter 306: Suzuki Taro's Conspiracy: Initial Compensation of 6 Million Yuan
Chapter 306: Suzuki Taro's Conspiracy: Initial Compensation of 6 Million Yuan
"Su Zhengyang has offered such an exaggerated price, which means that he really wants to negotiate with us Fuso and is not just pretending. Isn't this good news for the Kwantung Army now?"
It has to be said that Suzuki Taro, who is known for his shrewdness and his strange and tricky perspective on the issue, gradually calmed Emperor Jinto's anger. If you think about it carefully, what Suzuki Taro said does make some sense.
Since the Fuso Meiji Restoration and the successful industrial reform decades ago, they have launched aggressive wars everywhere and their footprints are all over East Asia. This negotiation has completely lost the initiative. It is the first time that Fuso has suffered such humiliation. They have always been the ones who blackmailed and threatened others, but this time Su Zhengyang completely strangled their lifeline. How could Emperor Rendong not be angry?
"Do you have any good solutions? If you can come up with a reasonable solution to this matter, you will be the first to receive credit for this negotiation."
"It is absolutely impossible to pay the army a huge compensation of 1.5 billion oceans, and Shunfeng Naval Port will never be returned to the Northern Frontier Government!"
Suzuki Taro pondered for a moment and slowly said, "Your Majesty, the difficulties faced by the Kwantung Army are only temporary. As long as we can delay the Northern Frontier Government and wait for our air force to rush to Northeast China, we can immediately reverse the situation. What we have to do now is to delay. In my opinion, we can first agree to Su Zhengyang's conditions and take out a part of the compensation to represent our sincerity. Now the huge amount of compensation, we pay in batches, which is also reasonable. As for Shunfeng Port, we can make a promise to give up the control of Shunfeng Port in three months. In this way, Su Zhengyang is very likely to agree."
"This is 1.5 billion oceans! 15 billion yen! The huge temptation in front of us will surely confuse Su Zhengyang and make him compromise. When our support troops arrive, we will immediately launch a counterattack. By then, not only can he turn his back on the debt, but he can also give it away and get it back double!"
When Emperor Jinto and Takehisa Tojo heard Taro Suzuki's plan, their eyes lit up.
Yes, agree first and pay part of the compensation, and then go back on your word later. Anyway, what the Kwantung Army needs now is just enough time to get support from Fuso. This is not the first time that Fuso has done this. Once the reinforcements arrive, they can get back several times or even dozens of times the compensation they paid.
After thinking for a moment, Emperor Rendong nodded: "Let's do this according to your plan! I have only one condition! When our reinforcements land in the northeast, you must capture that bastard Su Zhengyang and bring him back to Fuso. I will turn him into a human pig and torture him to death! Wash away the shame of our Fuso Empire!"
After Fuso Tokyo discussed a specific solution, it immediately passed the news to the Kwantung Army Headquarters.
Minamino Tojiro did not dare to delay, and immediately told the solution to Miura Uchie who was in Kitahara Town as if passing the message along. Of course, Miura Uchie was now under the control of the other party. Minamino Tojiro did not mention the specific plan, but only told Miura Uchie that Fuso was now facing economic difficulties and could agree to Su Zhengyang's conditions, but the compensation needed to be paid in installments. The rest was up to Miura Uchie to figure out on his own.
The next afternoon, Miura Uchie sat at the negotiation table again. Compared with yesterday, Miura Uchie, the Fuso Cabinet Minister, was obviously much more honest. He did not dare to show any dissatisfaction from beginning to end. After all, even his life was in the hands of the other party.
"Councilman Su, we in Fuso can accept the 1.5 billion yuan compensation, but it is impossible to pay such a large amount of money all at once. Can it be paid in installments?"
Miura Uchie looked at Su Zhengyang's face carefully, just like a child who had made a mistake and was at a loss in front of his parents. Looking at Jiang Yanlin, he felt so happy in his heart that he almost couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of tea.
In fact, Su Zhengyang had long expected that Fuso would not honestly agree to his conditions. The so-called installment payment was just a delaying tactic. The news of the establishment of Fuso's air force had not yet spread outside their country, but Su Zhengyang's mind had long been like a mirror, and he saw everything clearly inside.
After pretending to think for a moment, Su Zhengyang nodded and said, "I can allow you to pay the compensation in installments, but the down payment must not be less than 600 million yuan! Otherwise, there is no need to discuss it."
Su Zhengyang's words were crisp and clear, leaving no room for Sanpu Neijiang to maneuver.
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"I'm afraid it's difficult for me to make the decision on this matter. Please give me a few hours, Councillor Su, so that I can discuss this with the headquarters."
Su Zhengyang nodded and said meaningfully: "My patience has been almost exhausted, and I don't have time to continue to waste time with you. I hope that during the next negotiation, you can give me an accurate result directly instead of continuing to delay."
In fact, the highest price offered by Fuso was that the first installment of compensation could be a maximum of 200 million oceans. As for the balance, they had no intention of giving it at all. Of course, the less the down payment, the better. Su Zhengyang, who had guessed their plan, did not expect to really get 1.5 billion oceans in one go, but getting 600 million oceans out of the Japanese was no different from getting it for free, so he might as well take it.
Su Zhengyang did not report this number casually. The Kwantung Army had been constantly collecting ocean dollars, gold, antiques, jewelry and other valuables in Northeast China. In Liaodong City, where the Kwantung Army headquarters was located, there was a vault specially built to collect these cash and valuables. According to intelligence from the Northwest Revolutionary Bureau, the amount of cash and promissory notes was approximately between 600 million and 700 million ocean dollars, not counting other valuables.
It can be said that the down payment of 600 million oceans proposed by Su Zhengyang directly wiped out the cash and bank drafts that the Kwantung Army had worked so hard to accumulate, and 40% of it might have to be offset by an equivalent amount of gold.
Fortunately, this time, Miura Uchie did not disappoint Su Zhengyang. That night, the Fuso side agreed to Su Zhengyang's conditions. The 600 million oceans would be in place within three days, and Miura Uchie would let him go after the Northern Expedition Corps formally accepted the money and property and signed the treaty.
That night, Miura Uchie, who finally got to eat white flour steamed buns and hot noodle soup, burst into tears. For the past few days, he, a cabinet minister, was locked up in a courtyard, and every day he had two meals of steamed corn bread with cold water. Not only had he never had a hot meal, but the soldiers guarding him kept finding fault with him and had no good faces at all. They would scold him at any time and almost beat him up.
Su Zhengyang was still relatively kind. After all, Sanura Uchie had helped him negotiate a revenue of 600 million oceans. So it was only natural for him to eat something good. He could just treat it as a specially arranged farewell dinner.