"These are all things that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for negotiating." Weeser was talking nonsense. Ministries of foreign affairs around the world are only responsible for business, not for administrative work. Just as the Prussian ambassador himself was not in a position to decide whether to buy the production technology of the Chinese 1865 rifle. Because the ambassador himself has no money, let alone authority.

The Prussian minister was not prevaricated by Weizer, and he said firmly: "Does Your Majesty agree to sell technology?" ”

Weeser stared at the Prussian minister for a moment, he didn't hate this man, but he was a little surprised by the Prussian minister's firmness. He wondered whether this firmness could be equated with Prussia's determination to fight the Franco-Prussian war. Thinking of this, Weeser tentatively said: "If you want this rifle, then exchange it for Krupp's artillery technology." I heard that your country's Krupp Arsenal has an artillery gun with a range of more than three kilometers, and if your country is willing to exchange the technology of this artillery, we will also agree to provide the technology of the rifle. ”

The Chinese rifle dominates the world, and logically speaking, it is inevitable rather than accidental that Wei Ze has become the leader of China's most dynamic industrial organization. Industrial products are often like this, revolutionary design is often the genius idea of a certain part of it, and to turn this revolutionary design into a system, it takes a lot of hard work and some kind of opportunity.

The 1865 rifle of the Liberation Army is the result of thousands of tempers, and this "very advanced" singles with design ideas can finally be mass-produced after ten years of process tempering. 11 mm caliber, evenly rifled, stamped brass cartridge case, was a copper-tipped cone warhead. All the revolutionary designs were unified on the 1865 rifle, giving this rifle an effective range of 850 meters. This rifle is a crushing force in battle and can be invincible against any enemy.

The Germans also had needle guns, but they were not as good as the French rifles. The effective range of the German Krupp artillery in the Franco-Prussian War was 3.5 km, and the French army was no match at all. Weeser was of course well aware of the prestige of the Krupp gun, although the French "Miss 75" gun was indeed excellent, but it was around 1897 in history. The gas-liquid mixed gun removal carriage has no theoretical design difficulties for Weizer, only technical difficulties. In comparison, the steel cannon craftsmanship of Krupp in Germany is very precious.

After listening to Weeser's words, it was not the Prussian ambassador who was first bluffed, although this ambassador had actually been bluffed. China's understanding of Prussia, or the North German Confederation, is too high. Seriously, even the Prussian ambassador didn't know a lot about the Krupp steel cannon, and the Chinese emperor on the other side could make such a request.

It was Foreign Minister Zuo Zhidan who was really uneasy, and Zuo Zhidan did not expect that Wei Ze's understanding of foreign countries would even surpass that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. None of the information collected by the Foreign Office was so clear about German artillery. In the shortly concluded American Civil War, weapons from various countries were used in large numbers. With the number of legends flying all over the world, it is too strange for Weeser to choose only to believe in German weapons.

The Prussian ambassador's shock lasted only a moment, and whether everyone agreed on the price or not, at least this bargaining was not excessive. He thought for a moment before he said, "I will ask the country about this matter." ”

Seeing off the Prussian ambassador, Weeser said to Zuo Zhidan: "You are sure of the British attitude towards the future war between Germany and France." ”

Zuo Zhidan replied: "As far as the intelligence we have gathered, Britain does not seem to have any attitude. Britain doesn't seem to care about the war. ”

"Really? And what was the attitude of the French towards the war of Italian unification? Weser asked. Between 1850-1870, there were fierce internal wars in several countries of the world, except for Britain and France. Italy and Germany in Europe, the United States in North America, and China and Japan in Asia. Forty percent of the world's population is at war on a large scale.

Because of the emergence of Wees, the civil wars of the countries with limited interconnectedness during this period ended with the overthrow of the old system. At this time, Britain, the first power, had an ambiguous attitude, and it did not really intervene in any war shirtless, but France intervened in several other wars except for the American Civil War, which did not directly intervene. Weeser had not been able to see the problem from this point of view before, but now that he considered the French question in this way, he found that this French posture may have laid the groundwork for the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War.

After discussing with Zuo Zhidan, Zuo Zhidan said with a sudden understanding: "Your Majesty, do you mean that the British are happy to see the French fail?" ”

"Britain has been a European-stirring stick for hundreds of years, is it a waste of fame?" Weser laughed.

Only if the great powers on the European continent are in a state of "equilibrium" will Britain have the opportunity to get a huge benefit from it. If the French were to dominate the continent, Britain would not have had a good time. Britain, as the backbone of the anti-Napoleonic movement, is an excellent example of this policy.

"Governor, aren't the British afraid of other countries fighting back? He has created so many sins, and the European countries will not join forces to destroy this bastard first? Zuo Zhidan also knew the attitude of the British before, and in the past few years, he has become more and more unkind to the British.

Listening to Zuo Zhidan's view that he had a strong personal attitude, Wei Ze smiled, "Whoever can destroy Britain will be the boss of Europe." The problem with Europe is that it is not a unified country, and countries have evil intentions among themselves. Minister Zuo, this is the standard mainland mentality, or the standard continental power mentality. Where in Europe is there a great power to speak of? Even in a country with a vast land like Maozi, they see themselves as a country on the northern ice sheet. China has a different mentality from other European countries, we have always thought that we are a central country, and we have the concept of the four directions of the south, the east, the west, and the northwest. ”

"I'll do my best to inquire about the attitude of the British, but what is Your Majesty worried about? We are so far from the British. Zuo Zhidan probably understood the feelings of the British, and he wanted to make it clearer.

"The problem with the British was that if they were driven out of the western Pacific," Wieser explained, it was likely to cause a chain reaction. In other words, the British have too many things in their hands, so if they give up one, others will follow suit. For example, if we can drive the British out of the Western Pacific, will the British come back? If the British can't come back, then other countries think that the British can lose the Western Pacific, so why is there no reason to lose the Indian Ocean? Why is there no reason to lose the Mediterranean? You can understand this, right? ”

Of course, Zuo Zhidan can understand that even if the Manchus were unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history, they lost the south and the northwest, and later even the twisted army rose up to fight the Manchus in the four northern provinces, and even the guys at both ends of the first rat like Miao Peilin dared to occupy the southern part of Shandong and asked the Manchus to crown him the king of Qi. Of course, the Manchu Qing's response was very simple, they could not defeat the Liberation Army, and they avoided fighting for the time being. But the Manchu Qing never gave up the battle against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twist Army, and even achieved considerable success. As for Miao Peilin, when Wen Xiang led the Eight Banners in northern Shandong, he tried to divide and buy Miao Peilin's subordinates, and suddenly sent troops to attack Jining, and cut off Miao Peilin's head after being caught. The Manchus were still like this, and there was no reason why the British should not do it.

The more clearly he thought about this, Zuo Zhidan became uneasy. He frowned and said, "Governor, are we really going to have a big battle with the British?" ”

"It's not Armageddon, we're going to have a long war with the British." Looking at Zuo Zhidan's worried appearance, Wei Ze was not angry at all. A war-loving leader is undoubtedly the scourge of the nation, as Napoleon III is now. China says that if you forget to fight, you will be in danger, and if you are belligerent, you will die. From the point of view of the state, belligerence is a little more terrible than forgetting war, he laughed, "but don't be mistaken, this war is not such a low-level war." This is a war for world hegemony, and the winner of this long war will have world hegemony. ”

"How long does that take? Decade? Twenty years? Zuo Zhidan was not dominated by Wei Ze's words, and the news of the war did not make Zuo Zhidan happy.

Wei Ze poured a cup of tea for Zuo Zhidan, "If you take the war in a broad sense, then there are many fronts. Diplomacy is undoubtedly an important front, and if we can figure out the attitude of the British and the scope of British involvement, we can not worry about a direct fight with the British in many cases. The most important thing is that our immediate goal is only the Dutch East Indies, and it will take us ten years or more to digest such a vast area. If we can digest the Dutch East Indies, our subsequent war will only be to chop melons and vegetables. If you can't digest the Dutch East Indies, you don't have to worry about challenging the British. The British would have knocked on our door then. In short, once we have accomplished our strategic objectives, nothing else is a problem. ”

Carefully digesting what Wei Ze said, Zuo Zhidan said after a while: "Dudu, you mean that the purpose of our attack on the Dutch East Indies is not to start a war with the British. But the British will not stand idly by in any case, they will definitely go to war with us. ”

"Yes!" Weser replied with satisfaction. If Zuo Zhidan can't even understand this, then Wei Ze can only choose to find a new candidate for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Because in the diplomacy that followed, a foreign minister who was full of only thinking about fighting a war with the British was clearly unqualified. Although the Dutch East Indies were also in some sense a British colony, they were nominally Dutch. The name is very important in many cases.

"If the British fight with us, I will fight with reason." Zuo Zhidan followed his own train of thought.

"Good!" Weser nodded in satisfaction. A foreign minister whose primary goal is to avoid war is no less than a completely unqualified foreign minister.

PS: It's hot and dead, I wish everyone can escape the heat and cool down. Today I'm too hot to stand it.,There's only one chapter.,Please forgive me.