"If the allies of the Netherlands also declared war on France, will your country also declare war on the allies of the Netherlands?"

Faced with this heart-warming issue, Count Morpa asked about the most crucial of the issues.

Is this alliance against third countries? Or is it a Sino-French offensive and defensive alliance?

"Not yet. But maybe in the future. If we can't defeat the Dutch and regain the political legacy of the Ming Empire's peak, we won't be able to leave Southeast Asia. And in Southeast Asia, there are only the Dutch. A hundred years ago, the Dutch drove the British out of Southeast Asia. ”

Liu Yu replied very calmly and reasonably.

If you can't beat the Netherlands, you can't get out of the Strait of Malacca. If you can't get out of the Strait of Malacca, you can't fight the British at all.

The Dutch engaged in massacres and intimidation, as well as the Japanese side, and forced the British away, so that the British had no influence in Southeast Asia.

As for the rest of the allies of the Netherlands, such as the Habsburgs, did Austria have a navy?

In fact, there is also a European country in Southeast Asia, Spain.

Britain and Spain did not have good relations, and after the Treaty of Seville, Britain was forbidden to trade in the Spanish colonies, but Jenkins, a smuggler, ran to trade and had his ears cut off.

This bullshit led to a war, which was essentially a struggle for sea power and colonial trade. This war is famous, because of this war, the British Navy completed the first naval fleet circumnavigation of the world.

On this voyage, sixty percent of the sailors died of scurvy, and only one of the six ships was left in the end, and the officer who led the team was a very hostile to China: this was a stupid fork, and the chickens needed to eat stones and sand to digest food, and he didn't know it, and then bought chickens in Guangdong to eat, saying that the Chinese were cunning to feed the chickens sand; It is said that the Chinese peasants are shameless and can somehow prevent the pigs from going to the toilet, so as to give the pigs water before selling them.

This person can be regarded as a precedent for black China in Europe, so Liu Yu is more impressed.

Because of this deep impression, Liu Yu can conclude that Britain is now in Southeast Asia and cannot gather many troops. Sixty percent of the voyage fatality rate, Britain cannot afford.

Therefore, in fact, at this time, Liu Yu had a bottom in his heart when he started a war with Britain.

It was not until after the independence of the United States that Britain was able to transport more than 2,000 troops across the oceans, so that battleships could sail between the two oceans, and only then did it improve the maritime supply system.

At this time, Liu Yu is not afraid at all, and the British ꓹ can come with one or two old-fashioned third-class ships at most, and it is not a big problem. There is also Spain, a wartime ally.

It's just not necessary.

There is no benefit to fighting with the UK, and a large part of the export trade has to be cut off. It would be best if Britain could be kept neutral.

The reason for this big talk about negotiating with France this time was also to provoke Britain to send an envoy to sign a temporary neutrality treaty.

If Britain was to lose face, even if it gave up the trade of the East India Company, it would have to fulfill the obligations of the Anglo-Dutch alliance.

Anyway, don't go to London ꓹ and don't be afraid to fight at home.

If you really lose, you can still stimulate the Dashun Imperial Court, go all out to build a ship, and squeeze out tens of millions of taels of military expenses.

However, this is only the last resort choice, and it is best to stimulate Britain and make Britain take the initiative to neutralize.

It is the contradiction with the Netherlands that is the greatest.

Trade with Japan ꓹ The Netherlands snatched a part of the trade share ꓹ or took Dashun's raw silk and sugar to Japan to exchange for gold, silver and copper to keep the company's funds flowing.

In the South Seas trade, the Netherlands had the smallest deficit among many Western countries, because things like pepper could be exchanged for tea directly.

Malacca and Batavia are important military towns in Dashun, the "capital of the Western Regions", and if Malacca is not controlled, the problem of smuggling and tax evasion will be the long coastline and switch policy of Dashun, which cannot be guaranteed at all.

After getting Malacca, Dashun had the conditions for self-choice, whether to continue to develop or shrink his head to build the Celestial Empire.

Otherwise, you can only be a paramecium, and you will be stressed when stimulated by the outside world, and you will not be able to choose your own path in the future. The long coastline, stimulated by the initiative is always in the hands of the Europeans.

Count Morpa carefully considered Liu Yu's words and thought that what Liu Yu said was indeed reasonable.

Even if Dashun declared war on Britain in the future, it would not be possible to sail the fleet to the Atlantic. As long as the East India Company can hold back the Dutch and attack the Dutch, this ally is very worthwhile.

France also has little appetite in Southeast Asia now, and it is still unstable in India, let alone further away in Southeast Asia.

Count Morpa felt a little absurd, and he was a naval and colonial minister, and after talking for a long time, he did not negotiate either trade cooperation or commercial cooperation.

Instead, it was for the Army that talked about better guns at the expense of the Navy's new battleships.

For the new type of battleship, Count Morpa also had a clear idea.

As long as there is a war, capture is inevitable, and the British will soon learn to reproduce and build with a keen eye, so this new type of warship is the same as the rifled gun bullet in Liu Yu's hand: it can only be sold for a high price before the war.

Now Dashun has made it clear that he has a clear sense of free trade, so he will not impose an embargo on Britain and the Netherlands, and will not let the French East India Company make more profits to fill the market after the embargo.

Technical control measures such as silk porcelain are also clearly expressed. With Count Morpa's understanding of Dashun's centralized system, he must have thought that Dashun's grassroots control was extremely terrifying, so he didn't think that the technical export controls that Liu Yu was talking about might not be able to be implemented at all.

After weighing up, Count Morpa approved Liu Yu's proposal.

"This kind of cooperation is beneficial to both sides. What your country lacks is just some good ship designers. ”

"Since your country will not declare war on the allies of the Netherlands, then France will not declare war on the enemies of Dashun except the Netherlands."

"This secret treaty is only a treaty against the Netherlands. France was in charge of the seven provinces of the Netherlands, and Dashun was to deal with the trading companies of the seven provinces. ”

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Yes, that's it." It's a fair agreement. ”

Both sides have reached an agreed opinion on fairness, and they also have their own small calculations in their hearts.

Now that the French side has relented and revealed its intention to cooperate, the progress of the negotiations will be much faster after that.

In mid-July, the Duke of England, as the emperor's plenipotentiary representative, signed a secret treaty with France in the capital of China and France. Then, in late July, a treaty that could be made public, as well as a number of conventions on international law, were signed.

For the time being, it seems that the former is more important, it can be measured in three or five hundred years, and the latter is more meaningful, this is the first time that the Celestial Empire has broken the Celestial Empire system, tried to be the overlord of the princes, and formulated a new "ritual law".

The content of the Sino-French secret treaty as a whole revolves around how to trap the Dutch.

Upon their return to Paris, the French mission would send outstanding ship designers and craftsmen to the shipyards in Weihai to help Dashun build the first new battleship.

After the launch of the first battleship, Dashun will transfer the technology of rifled gun mini shells to France, and until then it will be kept absolutely secret.

Dashun Customs will exempt French ginseng from tax, and the obligation of France is that Dashun will send a team of more than 100 craftsmen and children to France for internships in shipyards or in the accounting department. The cost of living there is paid by Dashun, and France must not interfere with the beliefs of these people.

If France were to declare war on the Netherlands, they would inform Dashun in advance. Dashun must declare war on the Netherlands as soon as possible.

France recognized that Dashun inherited the political legacy of the Ming Empire in Southeast Asia, and recognized the tributary system, and that the tributary states of Dashun were not allowed to negotiate and negotiate separately, and all diplomacy with the tributary states of Dashun had to be completed in the capital. If diplomacy is carried out alone, it is regarded as a declaration of war on Dashun.

Dashun recognized France's claim to Flanders, and recognized France's concept of natural frontiers, and after the end of the war with the Netherlands, Dashun would send people to Europe to declare Dashun's recognition of France's sovereignty.

If there is a crisis in the East Asian seas, French warships can lower their flags and dock in Weihai, and they can get supplies and ship repairs in Weihai; If Dashun captures Malacca, the French warships can also be repaired and replenished in Malacca.

If Dashun's warships were to Europe or India, they could also dock and replenish at designated ports such as Puducherry and so on.

The cost of supplies and repairs was to be paid by the East India Company for the time being, and the two sides could transfer the money directly to the French East India Company.

French merchants were allowed to spend the winter and stay at various ports, but were not allowed to carry out any form of missionary activity. China promised not to send monks, Taoist priests, etc. to France as missionaries.

Dashun made sure that there would be no smuggling into France, and that if Dashun's merchant ships docked in Europe, all goods were not allowed to be sold in France.

The arms trade between China and France is exempt from customs duties.

The French East India Company can make special loans to Chinese trading companies, and the use of these loans must have a clear purpose, such as the purchase of arms or warships from the Weihai Arsenal.

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France can build warships in Dashun at the normal price, and Dashun will send people to India to deliver, and if necessary, the warships of the Dashun Navy can be transferred after payment.

When it comes to borrowing, trading, etc., all payments are made in silver.

This secret treaty lasted until Dashun fully inherited the political legacy of the Ming Empire and completely expelled Dutch power from Southeast Asia.

After the exchange of battleship and rifled gun technology was completed, Dashun was to send a corps of two hundred officers to France; France will also send a hundred naval officers and sailors to Dashun.

Both served in the other's army and obeyed the orders of the other's king.

After the completion of this secret agreement, the two sides will proceed to the next stage of negotiations.

Including the fact that France can lease a piece of land near Macau; Dashun can also lease a piece of land in a French port.

Neither side is allowed to smuggle in the leased territory, and Dashun once again promised to protect the interests of France, and all goods destined for Europe will not enter France.

After the completion of this secret treaty, Dashun will not levy a toll on French merchant ships to pass through the Strait of Malacca, and if necessary, on the basis of mutual agreement, it will close the passage permit for third countries.

The above three items are additional provisions to this secret agreement, and will be reconfirmed after the completion of the secret agreement.

This secret treaty shall not be disclosed to any third party, and if it is leaked, trade between them will be severed and the people of both sides will be expelled.