Madness, arrogance, arrogance, that's what the Earl of Derby thinks at the moment. You Xiao Lotian is just the prime minister of a Ryukyu country, and the population of the entire island country together may not be able to exceed 500,000.

What does Ryukyu have? What is there but a favorable terrain on the sea? There are no coal and iron resources, and even grain has to be imported every year, so what else is there besides the better scenery?

Let's talk about your Lotte foreign bank, Count Derby also admits that it is really very very difficult to appear such an outlier in the financial system of East Asia, a foreign bank made by pure Chinese, now it has gradually taken the form of a bank, and even a lot of intelligence feedback back that many of the businesses of this foreign bank are illegal.

Well...... Of course, for the Earl of Derby, it doesn't matter if you don't harm the interests of the British Empire, and if you don't violate the laws of the Qing Dynasty.

But no matter how good Lotte is good, it is just a foreign company, rich but not equal to power. The competition between countries is not just based on money, but also on science and technology, culture, the education process of the people, the size of the military, and modernization.

You, Xiao Letian, are a combination of the magistrates of the county and the rich people, and today you dare to talk to me about becoming a bridgehead in East Asia? Do you still want to stop the eastward advance of the Russians? Do you really not have a fever?

But this thought was stuck in the heart of the Earl of Derby, and he wanted to say it, but he couldn't say anything. Because he felt a very familiar aura from Xiao Letian's body, self-confidence, self-improvement and even a little arrogance, this temperament he was too familiar with, the young captains in the Royal Naval Academy were this kind of aura, and the aggressive young nobles in the parliament were also like this.

Today, a young man from East Asia who has just emerged in the world political arena has the same temperament. We British rely on the prestige of the empire on which the sun never sets, and what do you rely on?

Why do you have the temperament that can only be possessed by a strong political family? The most infuriating thing is that your temperament makes me feel very ...... It's normal...

Frustration, Earl Derby has a faint sense of frustration in his heart, and the source of this feeling is not Xiao Letian's arrogant words, nor is it because of Xiao Letian's surprising analysis of the world situation.

The source of this frustration is...... It was actually Xiao Lotian who was so arrogant, but Derby still had a faint feeling in his heart that it should have been like this, and all Xiao Letian's arrogance actually gave people a sense of naturalness.

In the life of the Earl of Derby, only a limited number of people have given him such feelings, one is an old friend Bismarck, one is the queen of England, and the other is himself.

"Huh...... This is the most dramatic negotiation in my life, and I will probably never forget the surprise I received today, not to mention whether your proposal is feasible or not, but to your arrogance and arrogance, I have the demeanor of my three points back then......"

"Very well, no matter what the outcome of the negotiation is, you must have my respect, I think we should shake hands formally..."

The two calm hands were held together, and each could feel the heat of the other, and of course, the strength of the other.

"Your Excellency, why do you think that my proposal is not feasible, and what do you think is needed to stop the eastward advance of the Russians?" asked Xiao Letian.

Earl Derby took out two cigars and handed them to Xiao Letian, "Okay, I won't go around the bush with you, if you want to stop the Russians, the elite navy, army and modern weapons and equipment, and finally you need abundant financial resources......"

"Of these conditions, I found that you don't have anything but money, you don't have a navy, that's no doubt, you don't have an army...... Oh, please wait for me to say me, I know these officer corps of yours are excellent......"

Derby pointed to the officers of the New Army, who were as silent as sculptures inside and outside the garden, and said with great emotion: "Judging from the two battles in Europe, the army you have trained is very elite, brave and resourceful...... However, the number of people is too small, you brought 300 people to Europe, and after two bloody battles, more than half of them were killed and wounded, and you should know the cruelty of the war very well......"

"How many such soldiers do you have in the Ryukyus? 1,000 or 800? The intensity of firepower in modern warfare has become higher and higher, and even the most elite soldiers can only die in the face of large-caliber artillery bombardment. ”

Derby took a deep breath of smoke and said with great regret: "You don't have the navy, you don't have the army, you have no money, you don't have an industrial base, you can't even produce shells and bullets on your own, how can you resist the pace of the Russians? I really don't see the slightest possibility of victory......

"Hahaha..."Xiao Lotian laughed wildly, polished the match and lit the cigar, "Ridiculous, as the Prime Minister of the British Empire, you are so level? What about your strategic perspective? You don't have the vision to penetrate the fog of history, it seems that you are essentially a gambler......"

"You..."Derby was angry for a moment, "Xiao Letian, I give you respect now, but you don't know how to cherish it, it seems that you really need the British Royal Navy to help you sober up......"

Xiao Letian waved his hand indifferently, "Okay, okay...... You've already threatened me with the name of the Royal Navy several times in the middle of the day, so don't waste your feelings knowing that I don't eat this......"

"I think you know better than I know how Britain rose, and in the Age of Discovery, the earliest star nations in Europe were not you, England, but Portugal and Spain...... So why was it that you Britain were able to successfully counterattack and suppress the whole world?"

"The core of the question is nothing more than the word 'industrialization', and the core of industrialization is, of course, 'science and technology'. British industrialization was the earliest and most successful in the world, and I remember a bizarre little story in history that when Napoleon swept across Europe, the fabrics of his soldiers' uniforms were imported from England......"

"Hahaha, it's really a joke, Napoleon was defeated by the British, but his army supplies were inseparable from British industrial goods. Of course, there is no way to do it, the deeper the industrialization, the more competitive the prices of industrial products will be, don't you Britain make money from this?"

Earl Derby had long forgotten the anger just now, and he seemed to feel what Xiao Lotian was going to say now, and there was a faint vein that had emerged, but he couldn't catch it.

Xiao Letian's words turned again, and this time Earl Debi was even more dizzy, "Dear Earl, I don't know if you have studied the Civil War between the North and the South of the United States, as well as the Austro-Prussian War that just ended?"

"I'll give you a good calculation, what kind of new technology has emerged in these two wars...... Ret-loading needle-piercing rifles are definitely going to rise, and rear-loading rifled guns are also going to be kings, as well as telegraph technology, the application of hot air balloons, and the use of railways to carry out large-scale and large-depth troop movements......"

"Oh, and the new type of explosives, smokeless gunpowder...... Submarines, battleships covered with ironclad, hahaha, you don't have to hide it from me, of course I know that Britain and France are secretly carrying out scientific research work now, and you are now researching to cover battleships with bulletproof ironclad, I'm right..."

The Earl of Derby had already made Xiao Lotian stupid, and he had a delusion in a trance, he felt that Xiao Lotian was not a human at all, he was just a ghost wandering in Europe, how could he not hide anything from him?

Xiao Lotian wanted this kind of shocking effect, he struck while the iron was hot and continued, "You should know that under the cover of my political identity, there is also an identity that is a scholar, my research on history is very profound, and what I am best at is figuring out the impact of new technology on the human world..."

"I call the industrial revolution represented by the steam engine, the Jenny spinning machine, and the railroad the first industrial revolution, and now ......," Xiao Letian suddenly put his mouth next to the British Prime Minister's ear, lowered his voice and said in a very mysterious tone.

"And now, I already feel the tide of the second industrial revolution, which is rushing towards us...... Do you smell the damp sea? It's the smell of change, and I'm very sensitive to that..."

Earl Derby met the pure god stick this time, and he even subconsciously twitched his nose, and actually sniffed it very cooperatively. Not to mention, there is a real smell of seafood in the nose.

Hey, when he looked down and came to his senses, the caviar in front of him had been knocked down by the map, no wonder it smelled of seafood.

"With all that, what exactly do you want to clarify?" said Earl Derby's brain.

"Hehehe...... It's very simple, I just want to tell you, Britain was able to defeat the Spanish Armada back then, can't we Chinese defeat the Russian Eastern Expeditionary Force? In human history, miracles are always lacking, not to mention that I have found the key to new technology, do you really think I will fight a symmetrical war?"

“NO,NO,NO...... Don't underestimate me, never underestimate me Xiao Letian, I came with miracles, what I am best at is fighting asymmetrical wars......"

At this point in the negotiations, Xiao Lotian completely played his hole cards, and he clearly told the British Prime Minister. Don't mess with me, let alone exclude me, on the contrary, you have to support me, because only I, Xiao Letian, am the only one in East Asia who has the ability to confront the Russians.

Earl Derby had already understood, as if a string of thunder had sounded in his heart, and his brain was a little insufficient, Rao was that he had imagined countless ways for Xiao Lotian to deal with him, countless reasons, but he didn't expect that Xiao Lotian would use such a strange trick to deal with it.

Technology... I can't guess if I killed the Earl of Derby, how could Xiao Lotian use the argument of technology to argue with himself? But why is his crooked reasoning so shocking that people can't argue at all.

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