The next day, Wilson entered the palace again and handed Zhang Lingyang the declaration of war of the English Empire.

Whether Wilson agreed with the Cabinet or not, the war between the two countries was a given, so Wilson could not afford to hesitate.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Zhou, I am very sorry for the contents of this national letter."

"You don't need to apologize, this war is not under the control of one of your envoys abroad." Zhang Lingyang said, "I will give you three days, and after three days, I will order someone to send you back to China." ”

After speaking, Zhang Lingyang thought of something again, and said: "There is one more thing I want to inform you, since your English declaration of war has been delivered, from now on, I will issue an order to expel all English merchants within the Great Zhou area. ”

"That's as it should be!" Wilson has nothing to say about this, after all, the two countries have officially declared war.

Zhang Lingyang nodded, called Xiao Fuzi, and instructed: "Xiao Fuzi, you immediately go and draw up a decree, instructing the local and vassal states to expel the merchants of English nationality as soon as they receive the holy decree, and there must be no mistake." ”

"Slaves obey!"

Below, Wilson opened his mouth, wanting to plead with Zhang Lingyang and give those businessmen more time. But when the words came to his mouth, Wilson still didn't open this mouth, and he couldn't open this mouth

Soon after Wilson returned to the embassy district, the envoys of the embassy district learned of the news.

Among them, the happiest was the French envoy Pierre.

To say that in fact, European countries have more or less opinions on the Great Zhou, after all, the gold and silver they have worked so hard to mine have flowed into the pockets of the Great Zhou through trade.

But at the same time, the silk, porcelain, and tea produced by the Great Zhou were too fine for them to refuse.

As the second largest trading country to the Great Zhou after England, France sent about eight million taels of silver to the Great Zhou every year.

Now, England has officially declared war on the Great Zhou, which also means that the trade relations between Zhou and Britain have officially stopped.

Naturally, France will replace England as the largest importer and exporter of trade in the Great Zhou.

Pierre thought that even if England had declared war on the Great Zhou, the nobles in England would definitely be reluctant to accept those exquisite silks, porcelain, and tea.

If the merchants of their own country sold these luxury goods to England at this time, then France would have benefited greatly from it.

In addition, there are now more than 200,000 experts, scholars and senior skilled workers from various European countries who have come to Dazhou.

Compared with the past, Da Zhou is not so urgently in need of scientific and technological talents.

What Da Zhou needs now is industrial equipment from all walks of life. After all, the industrialization process of the Great Zhou has only just begun for a few years, and domestic production needs far exceed demand.

So now Da Zhou has begun to purchase various industrial equipment from Europe.

Pierre did a detailed investigation, and when Tai'an was four years old, Da Zhou spent a total of five million taels of silver on the purchase of European machinery and equipment.

In the seventh year of Tai'an, the total amount of industrial equipment purchased by Da Zhou from Europe was equivalent to 15 million taels of silver.

And this year, there are still three or four months before the end of the year, and Da Zhou has already purchased industrial equipment worth 16 million taels of silver from Europe.

If it reaches the end of the year, I am afraid that this number will exceed 20 million taels of silver.

This is a huge profit, and with the exit of England, the big head naturally becomes France.

There are many industrialized countries in Europe, and in addition to England, there is only one country left in France that can sell industrial equipment to Dazhou in large quantities.

As for the rest of the countries?

There are only a few big countries in Europe, except for Britain and France, the remaining Austrian Empire and the Rus' Empire have not completed industrialization, and the industrial equipment produced by their own countries cannot be satisfied, let alone sent to the Great Zhou.

As for other countries, most of them are small countries, and how much industrial equipment can be sent to Dazhou?

Therefore, with the withdrawal of England, France will surely become the country that sends the most industrial equipment to the Great Zhou, which also means that France will get greater benefits from it.

Pierre didn't want his country to follow the example of England and go to war with the Great Zhou.

Therefore, Pierre urgently wrote a letter, wrote his analysis clearly and clearly, and ordered someone to send it back to China urgently.

There were not many European envoys who saw the situation as clearly as Pierre, and compared with Britain and France, their annual trade with the Great Zhou accounted for only a small percentage.

So they can only hope for France, hoping that while France eats meat, they can let these little brothers drink a sip of hot soup.

Therefore, the day after the departure of the English envoy Wilson, the envoys of several countries came to the French embassy to negotiate with Pierre.

Worth twenty million taels of silver or more a year in the share of trade, Pierre naturally understood that France could not eat alone.

Otherwise, France will take the initiative to push these small European countries into the arms of England.

Therefore, after three consecutive days of discussions, the two sides reached an agreement that France would occupy 60% of the industrial equipment transported to Dazhou every year in the future, and the other 40% would be divided among the rest of the countries.

Regarding the plans of Pierre and others, Zhang Lingyang is actually well aware.

At present, there is still a shortage of scientific and technological talents and senior skilled workers in Dazhou, and industrialization is also in its infancy.

In addition to England, France is the only country that can provide industrial equipment to Da Zhou in large quantities.

So no matter what, Zhang Lingyang will not rashly offend France, otherwise the advancement of the industrialization process of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be hindered to a certain extent.

And as for which country is the purchase order for industrial equipment handed over? Zhang Lingyang actually didn't think about it specifically.

After all, as long as the price is consistent, who is the order handed over?

And there is no Zhang Lingyang using French ingredients in this.

Zhang Lingyang is well aware of the contradictions between Britain and France, so he must actively win over France at this time, so as to deepen the contradictions between France and England.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyang hinted to the commercial supervisor to seal the eunuch Xiao Wuzi and asked him to come forward to meet Pierre, and gave Pierre a large order worth three million taels of silver.

Of course, Xiao Wuzi also patted Pierre's chest and promised that every year in the future, the Great Zhou Commerce Supervision Commission would sell high-quality silk, porcelain and tea worth no less than five million taels of silver to France.

This made Pierre excited, because any fool knows that the better the quality of silk, tea, and porcelain, the more popular it is in Europe, and the more profitable it is......