History is comical.

Historically, this group of radicals eventually became royalists.

Because they were beaten by the war against Russia, and then went to war alone against Frederick's Prussia at its peak...... Of course, they all lost.

Fearing that the conservatives would sue them and hold them accountable, the radicals immediately turned around and supported the king in abolishing Parliament so that he would not be judged and liquidated by the conservatives.

At this time, this kind of farce has not yet been staged, and the radicals are still in a different kind of euphoria.

Closed off from the rest of the country and censored by the prison of the word and the censorship of letters and letters, the Swedes did not know how the outside world had changed, let alone that Russia and Prussia were no longer the weak chickens they once could be beaten.

Carl Girondborg is full of confidence in the matter of starting a war against Russia.

Now, there is a shortage of money.

Cambier had money, Gironde Borg was short of money, and the atmosphere of the meeting between the two was so harmonious and pleasant. In addition to these two people, there is also the captain of the Free Trade, Mantou.

It is easy for Mantou to figure out the situation in the Swedish Congress, he has read a lot of books with Liu Yu, and he also understands the history of the previous dynasty. Whoever comes to power will change the policy, and the person in front of him is the leader of the party, and he is likely to become Sweden's new cabinet scholar and Zuo Pingzhang's military and state affairs?

"Both, let me state first. I am only the captain of the ship this time, not the plenipotentiary ambassador of the Celestial Empire to Sweden. I am not qualified to decide to negotiate, I can only answer your certain questions. ”

Before coming, Liu Yu told him a lot of things. But considering that this kind of thing is not something that he, an eagle uncle, can decide, he didn't say too much, but just gave some possible bottom lines.

Liu Yu said that it was possible, and the steamed bun felt that it was almost settled, and he also knew what he could promise and deny.

In any case, he agreed with Liu Yu's idea and believed that Sweden was an opportunity to open a window to Europe, especially after seeing those smugglers with his own eyes, which strengthened this idea.

Wuyi tea is sold in Fujian. Coupled with miscellaneous taxes and bribes to the customs, it was only 15 taels of silver and 120 catties on the ship.

Running here, this tea is also sold by the pound. For a pound of Wuyi tea in the UK, you have to charge 3 dollars of silver for tax alone, and the price is not counted; In Gothenburg, when sold to smugglers, the full price is only 4 cents of silver, and a load is 48 taels, which is a huge profit.

Even if there is a lot of luck in the future, small profits and quick turnover, and you can get 3 or even 2 coins of silver a pound, you will have to make money.

Moreover, Wuyi tea is still a relatively low-end tea, and it should be replaced with long fried green tea, which is more profitable.

Besides, these Westerners know a hammer of tea? They can only be what the East India Companies of various countries buy and what customers drink, and of course the East India Companies of various countries only choose the cheap ones, not the good ones.

But sitting at the door of the house, those who transport tea to the port of Fujian really can't earn so much. A ship can still be sold for 100,000 Spanish silver dollars.

When he came, Liu Yu instructed him to have a good relationship with the local snake.

The bribes and bribes, gifts and gifts, within 50,000 taels, will be reimbursed.

I'm not afraid that the other party will ask for money, but I'm afraid that the other party won't ask for money.

Carl Gironberg knew that Cambier was the plenipotentiary ambassador to China this time, and he also knew that the officer in front of him was very young, and he was not from an aristocratic background, so he should not be able to master the negotiations.

Listening to the steamed buns, he thought to himself that he needed to determine what kind of conditions China could provide.

"Mr. Captain, what kind of agreement did the French envoys reach when they went to China this time?" Tentatively asked about the results of the Sino-French alliance, he knew that France and Dashun had some treaties similar to international law, such as shipwreck rescue, but the real core secret treaty did not know.

"I'm sorry, I'm just a captain, and I'm still far from being a third-rank official who can discuss state affairs. The treaty was not made public, and it may be made public now? But before the French left, I escorted the captives of your country to Gothenburg. ”

The steamed bun played a little trick. He escorted the Swedish captives back and had nothing to do with France, but when he said so, he was stunned to link two unrelated things.

Carl Gironberg was really caught up in this rhetoric, or people always like to believe what they want to believe, and his own judgment is that this exchange between China and France is to deal with the Russians.

This kind of diplomatic trick is a small theater prepared by Liu Yu for the Swedes, British, and Dutch, and it is an outright strategic deception.

Apparently, the Swedes were fooled.

"Mr. Captain, I heard that you participated in the war against Russia and were commended by the Emperor of the Celestial Empire on the front line?"

"Yes. I was awarded a meritorious service award in the battle of the fortress on the front line of the Ergun River. My teacher was the deputy envoy to the negotiations with Russia, and the general of this campaign against the Dzungar Mongols. The captives of your country were rescued by my teacher in the Altai Mountains. After I returned from the Erguna River, I served in the Northern Fleet and made nautical charts of the North Pacific. In our fleet, there were also Swedes, a man named Sven who was not surnamed Sven, and was the deputy captain of the Russian expedition that year. ”

He thought about what Liu Yu had explained, and when he talked to the Swedes, he didn't leave Russia in three sentences, which made it look like a diplomatic hint.

"My teacher, in his negotiations with Russia, has always condemned the Russian aggression against Crimea, as well as the illegal occupation of Karelia. The generals of the Celestial Empire were also attacked by Lenat's artillery when they were fighting against the Dzungar Ministry, and the ministers also suspected that your country supported the Dzungar Ministry. Later, it was also my teacher who clarified the situation and told about the confrontation between Sweden and Russia. ”

Every sentence is not separated from Russia, and it is eloquent.

But I thought in my heart, I don't know what others think, anyway, I know that the naval officers in Weihai are all sent south, but they didn't think about going to war with Russia - if there is a war with Russia, the navy can only squat in Weihai to sleep, anyway, they can't sail to the Western Regions by land, and they don't even have the opportunity to brush up their military exploits, so they can't go to Kamchatka to rob the Russian walrus fishing boat.

The imperial court will not start a war against Russia, and will not send the refined army after military reform to Siberia to eat snow. Hit Dzungaria, and hit out the logistics loss of nearly 10 million taels of silver, 10 million taels, which is enough to explode the fleet into the strongest east of the Cape of Good Hope.

Listening to the steamed buns keep talking about Russia, Karl thought to himself, this time the war against Russia has a great advantage.

With the support of France, with the support of China, this is not a violent attack on Russia? As long as the war starts, the Chinese will send troops from the east, which will definitely have a chain reaction - if the Turks know that China sends troops and Sweden sends troops, they will not be idle.

But why did the Shun Empire oppress Sweden on trade issues at this juncture? What does that mean? Is it as trade compensation for the war against Russia?

He is not a businessman, and all he thinks about is the interests of the country. From the perspective of a pre-state minister, it seems to make sense.

The Shun Empire sent troops, which seemed to be more like a help to Sweden, so as to obtain Sweden's share of trade.

Moreover, it is clear that this group of Chinese has studied Europe very thoroughly, and the opportunity of the Fortune Mission's visit does not seem to have discussed trade issues with France, and it is obvious that they are targeting the smugglers in Gothenburg.

"Sir Gironde Borg, the Chinese businessman wants to take a stake in the East India Company, which, in theory, does not contradict the authorization of the Parliament on the monopoly of the East Indias. The company's share capital is not only raised from Sweden. However, one of the conditions of the Shun Empire is that it violates the monopoly mandate. ”

"Take this free trade ship, for example. They hope to be able to revitalize their shipbuilding industry with their own ships and add enough sailors and seamen. The monopoly mandate stipulated that the ships of the East India Company could only be built in Sweden. ”

"Perhaps, Congress could revise the mandate?"

For the shareholders of the East India Company, it was the same with anyone's ship. Dashun's ships were cheap and of good materials - there was no teak or cypress in Sweden, and there were not many oaks in Sweden, all of which were pine and fir trees, which were not good materials for shipbuilding.

However, for the shipbuilders of Sweden, especially those with seats in Parliament, the only reason they supported the East India Company was that the East India Company wanted to build ships in Sweden.

The shipbuilders are radicals, not because they love their homeland, but because the war with Russia means that warships need to be ordered.

However, if the restriction that the East India Company could only build ships in Sweden was lifted, it was obviously unlikely that they would support the East India Company.

Although Karl was a little "extremely overestimating Sweden's national strength and had no points in his heart", he still had brains in some things.

The directors of the East India Company, such as Kambier, have made it very clear that if Sweden refuses, not only may it not get the support of Dashun on the issue of war against Russia, but even trade with China may be completely ended.

The reality is brutal.

It is said that it is called the East India Company, but it is better to call it the China Trade and Africa Trade Company.

Sweden also wanted to establish a colony in Southeast Asia, but the Netherlands immediately warned that if Sweden reached out in Southeast Asia, the Netherlands would go to war.

Sweden also wanted to create a small area in India, but this time not only Britain opposed it, but even France, a quasi-ally, immediately warned that if Sweden reached out in India, it would be beaten.

One is no spices, the other is not India, and the monopoly east of the Cape of Good Hope will have a great shun of free trade and customs opening.

He himself had a stake in the East India Company, which paid a lot of taxes and monopoly fees every year, which could be the third income for the small country of Sweden in addition to copper and iron ore.

The company's profits, of course, are high, but the company's profits are shareholders', not the Swedish treasury. If the East India Company had gone bankrupt, the treasury would have to lose a large amount of revenue each year.

No money, what kind of war? How to punch Russia and kick Prussia?

Moreover, he, the leader of the Radical Party, is about to come to power, and he will face the "major political achievement" of the bankruptcy and dissolution of the East India Company?

"Uh...... Mr. Captain, merchant ships are a tool, and can't the merchants of your country allow ships to be built in Sweden? ”

Mantou didn't say too much nonsense, but said a strange answer.

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"The merchants of the Celestial Empire who engage in overseas trade all have shares in the Weihai Shipyard."

A sentence blocked Carl, and the answer was concise and powerful, tantamount to rejection.

Since there are shares in the shipyard, what else is there to talk about?

"I'm not a plenipotentiary envoy, but I personally think that perhaps...... In wartime, the merchant ships of the Celestial Empire could be called up as the Swedish Navy? But probably, only to start a war against Russia. ”

He is not qualified to agree to this condition, but if he wants to talk about it after returning to China anyway, he might as well say it first and deceive it. The conditions, sit on the ground and start the price, pay back the money on the spot, and if the negotiation fails, who can say for sure?

This condition is very powerful.

After thinking about it for a while, Karl also made some judgments in his mind, and he should urge Congress to pass an amendment to the East India Company Monopoly Act.

This time, the return of the Chinese ships to the Swedish captives should be trumpeted, and the Russians should first be made known. Regardless of what Dashun means, it is good to convince Russia that Dashun is engaged in an alliance between Sweden, France, and China.

In addition, if Dashun raises tariffs, the East India Company will inevitably go bankrupt, so it should be supported anyway.

Since he may come to power, he is to incite revanchism and start a war against Russia. Then, perhaps, in Congress, this matter can be tied to the patriotism of the Reconquista.

As long as Dashun can agree, the merchant ships can be called up by the Swedish navy to deal with Russia when necessary. Alternatively, Dashun could identify an anti-Russian alliance between China and Sweden, which could be taken as his diplomatic success, which could easily lead to the passage of a bill amending the monopoly in a mood of patriotic revenge.