"You mean, why don't you just kill all the councillors in the city of London, and put little Charlie on the throne under the banner of Qingjun's side? Isn't that obvious. ”

Li Xiangqian sat proudly in an office in the imperial capital, discussing with others the details of how to fool the little princess Mary, yes, just thinking about it, I know that I have been lurking, watching how they use the tablet, and even arranging a show for them very intimately, for this day.

looked at the ridicule and ridicule in Zhao Jiaren's bones, "You guys are really boring, why don't you just kill people, when the time comes, who wants to be the king of England, it's not your words." ”

In this regard, Li Xiangqian explained: "People, especially human beings who enter politics, it is impossible, absolutely impossible to have any grateful thoughts, although later, Charles II betrayed the country to repay the French for their affection, but there was a political deal, not to mention anything else, more than 30 Charles, when he became a king, he got married, but Portugal married a sky-high dowry in one breath, and I knew that this goods were essentially scheming and proficient in calculations, and he promised not to pursue the hatred of killing his father, but later reversed, The same is true, people are divided into reason and emotion to delimit their own actions, and there is more reason and less emotion. ”

Zhao Jiaren said: "You have a knife, that kid dares to resist you?" ”

"This, you know, I still pay a lot of attention to eating appearance, it's really playing with fire and on the spot, it's not all good-looking, the point is, the real bad guys are not us."

Li Xiangqian explained: "To be able to stabilize the parliament with lies that are not held accountable, and then liquidate them one by one after taking power, Charles II is not simple, of course, this product is also rejected by various countries in Europe, relying on his own ability to survive, and experiencing the joys and hardships of life, he grew up, however, people are like this, who likes to be an emperor, so for this kid, it's not like that kid Zhu Cihong, you have to think about it, well, Mary, this little girl is so smart." ”

This is a unique battle, the object of the battle, on one side is dozens of adults, carrying hundreds of years of progressive knowledge, and on the other side is a cute little girl, looking at the tablet in her hand with curious eyes.

The outcome of this war is known without asking.

"Xu Haona can leave the UK, of course, there are only a few princes left now, isn't their mother still in the Netherlands, it's an opportunity, it may not necessarily be necessary to bring the prince to China, it will cause unease among Europeans, but his younger brother will also be a prince in the future, he can do the same, and his younger brother will come to China."

"It's ruthless enough, maybe there will be a son in this time and space to inherit the position, not like the original time and space, and finally let the younger brother inherit the position because there is no queen."

"Wrong, Charles II has a lot of sons in history, but according to the inheritance law of the West, they are all illegal heirs, not legally born, and naturally have no inheritance rights.

"Then what are you going to do, Cromwell is such a person, but worthy of trust? People's wrists,Whether it's force or intelligence, they'll crush you.。。 ”

"Because he's not in the right place." Li Xiangqian was about to laugh and cry, "If we push another person up, no matter who it is, after taking power, the first thing to do is to get out of our control, without any exceptions, whether it is to support the British and destroy China, or non-violent non-cooperation, no matter what, our attraction will be weakened, because people's power is to compete with us." ”

On the other hand, although Cromwell is strong in all aspects, his old classmates, old Catholics are indeed a lot, Cambridge heroes, and the centripetal force of Protestantism is very good, and the heart can also be made together, and the most important thing is that they have money, and the bourgeoisie began to swell after discovering the power they have for the first time, this car overturning the king is just the beginning, and later, he will also car the Dutch, car the European continent, and finally car the whole earth, but his weakness is also obvious, this era is not enough to support a republic, The republic is a new thing that appeared a hundred years later, Cromwell can play to put aside the controversy and get rich first, but after his death, Britain immediately became chaotic, that's it, so, contact with him, on the contrary, is the most perfect, Cromwell's political legitimacy is insufficient, so we must desperately grasp the military power, and at the same time seek external interests, in order to get support, so, we can take the opportunity to be more radical in Britain. ”

"What are you afraid of, we have a prince, gold, and a gun, he dares to act recklessly, and he doesn't dare to move Xu Hao, which means that he is also very smart, and he has a tacit understanding with us, and is willing to become our bridgehead in Europe, you see, didn't the weapon procurement contract be signed."

Economic, political, and military are nodes that influence each other and cannot be separated.

Later generations of China were saddened by the fact that the Dongfeng was sold cheaply for $100 million, and the big dogs could obviously give a ruthless price at that time, but it was normal for them to enter the international arms market for the first time and lack operability and grasp ability.

Cromwell and several henchmen repeatedly discussed, although dissatisfied with the behavior of this shameful Chinese secretly sending weapons to the king, (they did not know that it was free at this time), but after careful consideration, they all agreed, and the things that could not be made public, once this matter was made, it would increase the reputation of the Chinese, at least the reputation in Europe would not be bad, and at the same time, the so-called major diplomatic victory he achieved, which opened up a great market for 100 million people, also became a joke.

The British of later generations can do the front foot and talk good things to you to entertain you with a golden carriage, and send aircraft carriers to the South China Sea to block you in the turn of the face, but now, it is really not enough.

As for buying arms, for several reasons, Cromwell was ready to hemorrhage, and it was not surprising that these Chinese had advanced arms on their ships, but since they knew it, they could no longer sell it to others, at least domestic people were not allowed to buy it, and even foreigners should not be able to buy it for the time being.

But Xu Hao's answer was very surprising.

"Money? Gold? No, no, no, we are the ones who have the most gold in the world, what do I want your gold bars for, I really don't want it. ”

Williams hesitated, these Chinese came to England thousands of miles away, what would they do besides asking for money?

"Do you mean a gift, then I have to thank you for your generosity."

"No, no, no, I have to go back to pay the bill, and since you asked for the weapon, then I want to exchange something else."

"You mean?"

"Southampton, my husband, I have done a good investigation, there is still a barren land, and even a lot of land is still in the hands of the government, if I can, I want to get the right to develop there, well, you see, even the Portuguese, we have given them land as a place to rest for trade, Macau, on the other hand, we rent a port, it is simply the most ordinary business practice."

Williams immediately said: "No, our government is still working, if we cede land at the beginning, how are we going to deal with parliament and the people, how are they going to support us?" ”

"No, no, no, we are Chinese, we come with friendship and sincerity," Xu Hao smiled very sweetly and said: "How can we do something to seize other people's land, that is only done by evil imperialism, buy land, and then open ports, hire people, and increase employment for you, we are good people." ”

What is Southampton?

To put it simply, it is a large port that Britain is waiting to develop, facing the English Channel, and in later generations, it was here that the Titanic set sail and then hit the street, cough cough, of course, he is also the most important triangular trade port, well, the so-called triangular trade, is to first use European glass balls to trade ivory and black slaves with African chiefs, and then transport black slaves to the Americas to those plantation owners, mine owners as slave mining, black slaves dig out silver and gold mines, grow things and then transport them to Europe, once a year, sailing, You can get huge profits, no way, who let the Indians have distant relatives with the Chinese after all, (all scientific expeditions recognize, the Indians come from the Yellow River Valley) do not want to be enslaved, so they were killed, but this position, naturally there are black slaves to fill.

Of course, in this era, the development of Southampton has not yet begun, after all, there are still security problems.

Williams is a little difficult to do, the other party is a poor dagger, the real request is actually land, or a port, this is a thousand difficulties.

"I'm sorry, it's embarrassing for me, I have to go back and talk about it."

"Okay, you wait," Xu Hao paused, and said: "It's really embarrassing, we can use corporatization to solve the problem, didn't you say it before, let's set up a company together, work together, I'm still very open, well, 20% of the shares?" You know, I'm not in a hurry. ”

Williams's face improved, if he could consider his own interests, then he could really do it.

Xu Hao thought: These guys will be meat in the pot sooner or later, and it doesn't seem to be anything to count some more shares for them, and there are any other ways to do them like debt-to-equity swaps, and when Cromwell steps down, they can basically take it.

As long as you don't have the courage to tear your face with this person, Southampton can become a bridgehead for China to step into Britain and even Europe.

Some agreements were reached, Williams invited Xu Hao to return to London, but Xu Hao shook his head again and again, and said: "If you don't go back, you won't go back, it's impossible to go back, well, look at this London." ”

He pointed to the distance, stood on a high place and looked over, there were crooked houses everywhere, and there was gray dust, and suddenly said: "Speaking of which, does your country need fireproof equipment?" ”

"Fire prevention? What fire. ”

Xu Hao smiled: "Some fire-fighting equipment, fire extinguishers, I guarantee that they are cheap and of high quality." ”

Williams said: "London is not afraid of fire, it is humid all year round, and even firewood for the fire has to be brought from the north. ”

"Huh."

As soon as he arrived in London, he found that there was no imperial capital in London at this time, at least there were many brick and earth houses in the imperial capital, and at the same time, Zhu Di had some foresight at that time, and the planned city was still somewhat orderly, and the roads also tried their best to follow the design of due south and north.

But that's not the case with London, or most of the world's cities, not to mention any planning, it's not a city in the first place.

How did the city come about? At the beginning, it was a market where farmers regularly traded surplus products, that is, to catch up with the market, and then there were more goods, and some people specially purchased other people's goods, and began to sell and earn profits, this is a market, since the market was established, then then all kinds of small transactions were added, and then various needs appeared, and the government also set up, so step by step from the market to the city, it can be said that in addition to the new imperial capital of this era, the vast majority of cities came like this.

The city of London is the same at this time, of course, dirty mess is inevitable, all the turning point comes from the Great Fire of London in 1661, the damage caused by the fire is naturally unprecedented, but on the other hand, it also gives people the opportunity to paint on a blank piece of paper, after all, usually you want to engage in construction, all kinds of checks and balances are inevitable, naturally it is to end in failure, and now it may not be bad.

But how to look at it is more than ten years later, the elders can naturally not do much, and they can't be undisciplined to the point of directly sending people to burn the fire, that is not as simple as anti-human, but thinking of the profits brought by urban renovation is drooling, at this time, the imperial capital has been trained out of a lot of construction teams, all of which have elders to participate in the diffusion of technology, and these people are not only to develop in China, but also to the world.

Xu Hao only felt how sincere he was smiling at this time, and said: "I'm really worried that London will catch fire, don't you really want those equipment, well, I'll send someone to ship it next time." ”

Williams only regarded this as a foreigner's quirk, in his opinion, even if there was a fire in the city of London, it was not in the minds of the upper class, they all lived in villas and estates, and they all had partitions, not like the houses of the people, there were wooden houses everywhere, and even if they caught fire, they would only burn some worthless wood.

This historical opportunity was replaced, looking at the figure of Williams leaving, Xu Hao wiped his forehead, this job is not easy to do.

Southampton's land can be taken, if you can't get it, you can also change the way, this era, Europeans are not so careful about land, after Charles II came to power, he used 400,000 pounds, (the value of the pound was very high at that time) to sell a British enclave in France, Dunkirk, and he became the king of the wife he married, the king of Portugal directly waved his hand, gave 800,000 pounds, and Tangier and Bombay two pieces of land as a dowry, it is already a huge amount.

(End of chapter)