Duke Ralari said: "Your Majesty, the first purpose of our visit this time is to fulfill an agreement with your country, and I hope that Your Majesty will be able to abide by the promise between the two countries. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Please come to Duke Dalari, if it is indeed as you said, our Huaxia Kingdom will definitely do it according to the agreement." ”

Duke Ralari said: "I, the United Kingdom, am very satisfied with the integrity of your country's previous fulfillment of the agreement, and I believe that this time it will not breach the contract and hurt the friendship between our two countries." ”

Gao Junshan said: "Honesty to allies is the principle we have always followed. ”

Duke of Ralari: "There was a clause in our covenant that if we cede fifty-one percent of the shares of the East India Company to your country, as one of the conditions, you will sell us the battleships that will smoke. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Of course we will fulfill this article, and now I can promise you to set up a negotiation team on the sale of steam engine battleships, and we can sit down and negotiate and settle the issue of selling warships." ”

"That's very good." Duke of Orodalari said.

Next, Gao Junshan, as the host, hosted a banquet for the Duke of Ralari and his party, and the banquet was held in a joyful and friendly atmosphere.

In the afternoon of the same day, Gao Junshan summoned Li Linxian, the first assistant minister, and Huang Yunfa, the vice minister of commerce, to the Yangxin Palace, where he met with the two important ministers.

Gao Junshan said straight to the point: "I summoned you this time because the British mission proposed to me to purchase a steam engine battleship. ”

Li Lin first asked: "Chief Shan, are we really going to sell the steam engine battleship to the British?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "We have to keep our contract. They have already ceded half of India to us, and they have promised that if they do not interfere in the affairs of Asia, selling battleships to them will not directly harm our interests. ”

Li Lin said first: "As long as the mountain chief makes a decision, we will firmly implement it." ”

Gao Junshan said: "There is no empty slogan. I am now setting up a steam engine battleship sales team, and the two of you are the leaders and vice-leaders of this group. ”

Huang Yunfa asked, "Your Majesty, what do you want us to do?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "First of all, you set up this group first, and the number of people should not exceed thirty; And then you're looking at how to stall for time. ”

"Procrastinating?" Li Lin asked first.

"Yes, stall for time." Gao Junshan said, "We agreed to sell the steam engine battleship to the British, but we can't deliver it immediately, it's best to delay it for three or five years, because we are developing an internal combustion engine, and once the internal combustion engine is developed, the steam engine battleship can be eliminated, so we delay a little longer, and we can sell the obsolete battleship." ”

Huang Yunfa said: "We can drag them from the price, first set the price sky-high, and then drop it for them little by little, so that it can be delayed for half a year repeatedly." ”

Li Lin said: "We can also delay with them from manufacturing, and delay the delivery period under various excuses." ”

Gao Junshan instructed: "Very well, you should start to consider the negotiation plan from these two aspects. Jin Fu (Huang Yunfazi), you have a wealth of experience in international trade negotiations, and you have to do more work in this area. ”

Huang Yunfa said: "The emperor can rest assured, Yunfa will definitely do his best." ”

Gao Junshan said to Li Linxian: "You have to cooperate with Minister Huang in the preliminary work." In addition, you need to organize manpower to conduct research on the issue of technical confidentiality. ”

Li Lin said first: "Is it to set up technical obstacles for the British, so that they can't use the battleships if they buy them back." ”

Gao Junshan said: "When we sell things to others, we must ensure that they can use them, which is the most basic integrity of being a person." The question I asked you to study was how to make the British imitate the steam engine. ”

Li Lin said first: "This is a bit difficult, they bought the machine back, and we can't care how people imitate it!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "We let the British see that the steam engine can't be imitated, as long as it is done." For example, can we design a critical component to be fully enclosed, so that if they force it open, the part will destroy itself. ”

Li Lin said: "This can be studied with mechanical engineers and blasting experts. ”

Gao Junshan reminded: "The sealing ring of the steam engine must be strictly confidential, and the production process is made rougher, which reduces the service life of the product. ”

Huang Yunfa said with a smile: "The emperor's trick is ruthless enough, so they must often come to sell our accessories." ”

Gao Junshan continued to instruct: "In addition, the electric power part of the battleship has been completely removed, and we cannot leak our power generation technology to the British. ”

Li Lin said first: "The power system has been removed, and the lighting system, signal system, lifting system, and steering system of the main turret on the battleship are all useless, can this be done?" ”

Gao Junshan said firmly: "That's it!" In addition, we are considering the export of only Wuchang-class battleships to Britain, and battleships of 8,000 tons are not among them. Okay, that's it, and you get to work as soon as you get back. ”

Li Lin said first: "Mountain Chief, the student has one more thing to report. ”

Huang Yunfa hurriedly got up and said, "Your Majesty, Yunfa retired first." ”

Gao Junshan agreed.

After Huang Yunfa left, Li Lin first reported to Gao Junshan: "Shan Chang, our money printing machine has successfully printed durable banknotes, and now it can be put into mass production. ”

Gao Junshan instructed: "You should hand over the issue of currency to the Ministry of Household Affairs for the time being, and strive to start issuing banknotes in the capital on October 1 this year." ”

Li Linxian was full of confidence: "There is no problem at all in issuing banknotes on October 1, and the banknote printing factory is fully capable of providing enough banknotes. ”

Gao Junshan further instructed Li Linxian: "You must remember that we have a long-term alliance with Britain, and I don't want to destroy the alliance with Britain because of some petty profits. Therefore, on the issue of negotiations with Britain, we must not pursue and attack fiercely, but must stop in moderation and pay attention to strategy. It is necessary to give them a taste of the sweetness, but also to make them pay. ”

Li Lin said first: "Students should remember. The students also quit. ”

Gao Junshan waved his hand and said, "I'm tired too, you can go back first!" ”

After Li Lin left first, Gao Junshan took a nap in the study, and then asked Li Derong to invite Liu Fangliang over.

Gao Junshan looked at the battle report of the island country and waited for Liu Fangliang's arrival.

Half an hour later, Liu Fangliang came to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Greetings to the emperor!"

Gao Junshan said: "These cumbersome etiquette will be dispensed with!" The money printing machine is about to be put into production, do you have a close watch? ”

Liu Fangliang replied: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate strictly follows the rules and regulations and strictly controls the production and printing of banknote printing machines. ”

Gao Junshan warned Liu Fangliang: "You must strictly control the issue of paper money, if it is turned by criminals and causes serious economic losses to my Huaxia, I will ask for you." ”

Liu Fangliang assured: "There will definitely be no chaos." ”

Gao Junshan picked up the teacup and said, "Drink tea!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Gao Junshan asked again: "I asked you to launch an anti-drug campaign across the country, how is it going now?" ”

Liu Fangliang replied: "The effect is very great. ”

"Tell me, how did it work?"