At the end of the first month, when the river thawed and everything recovered, Edward was about to set off for China, which was almost a year in China, and it was really worth mentioning for Sino-British relations.

First of all, the most advanced technical representative of the warships that the British are now putting outside: the 7,000-ton ironclad ship, which was originally required by the contract to only have a displacement of 7,000 tons, but later through continuous price increases, the displacement was finally increased to 8,500 tons, although this tonnage is not as good as the "Inflection" that the British have just entered the sea - the displacement of this warship has reached 11,880 tons, but it is enough to stand out from the crowd.

The main guns agreed in the contract were even more impressive, with the 16-inch (406 mm) cannon being the largest yet, and the four jumbo guns were housed in two twin deck turrets in the middle of the warship.

The so-called deck revolving platform is a round turret surrounded by armor, and the top is covered with flat armor, similar to a steel "can", and the cannon is installed in the "can". A complex set of rotating mechanisms was installed under the turret to allow the guns in the turret to fire from all sides by rotating the entire turret. Its basic feature is that the cannon moves with the battery, that is, the artillery itself does not move, but moves with the rotation of the battery.

The only drawback is probably that because the hull is too large and too heavy, so the horsepower is not enough, compared with the 7,000-ton warship ordered by Germany, the horsepower is about 1,000 knots, and the speed of the German 7,000-ton warship is 15.4 knots, while the British warship with a displacement of 8,500 tons is only 14.75 knots.

Of course, it is impossible for the British to sell the best things, just like Russia in the future, which will never sell its core arms equipment to the Chinese, but according to the reports of various shipyards where warships were built. This technology is enough for the Chinese to digest for several years, and this is still based on the premise of spending a lot of money to learn warship technology from the Germans.

Therefore, the 8,500 tons bought by the British are not fast in popular terms, and of course this is not fast enough compared with the 7,000-ton ironclad ship, but it is also in a leading position in the comparison of the navies of various countries.

Second. Even if the British were not very satisfied, that is, the question of the ownership of Shi Dakai and others, the two sides had a tug-of-war negotiation on this matter, except that the Chinese except that day Cixi admitted to Edward that he had a relationship with Shi Dakai, on any occasion anyone flatly denied that there was any connection with Shi Dakai and other rebels, and finally the two sides reached a secret agreement: Shi Dakai and others declared themselves vassals to the British Viceroy of India, Bangladesh paid nominal taxes to the Viceroy of India, and Bangladesh became an autonomous princely state, China prohibits the supply of arms and other materials to Bangladesh. The British sent no more than ten customs surveillance representatives to the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh. The original agreement of this article was that "the customs representative shall have the right to command not more than one hundred soldiers." "The Empress Dowager Cixi was originally indispensable. Unexpectedly, the Burmese envoy went to the Imperial Court to cry, and took a box of the best jadeite to the Queen Mother, who liked jadeite the most, naturally smiled, and instructed the Prime Minister Yamen to change the treaty, and did not allow the tariff representatives to interfere with the sovereignty of Burma.

I don't know who got the bargain for such an agreement? In terms of sovereignty, China will inevitably lose its wife and its troops, and all of them will be subordinate to the Indian governor. How can it be considered that the Chinese sent out to interfere with Indian rule? Over the years, the money spent on Shi Dakai's people. Others don't know, Bao Jun is the most clear, and in the end it changed to such a situation, it is really not worth it, according to Bao Jun's idea, "at least India has to account for half of it to be considered a return to the capital!" ”

But from the point of view of the British. There is a lot of loss here, the rice in the Ganges River valley is harvested three times a year, the weather is hot, the rainfall is very high, and the rice harvest is very rich. But now it was officially taken away by Shi Dakai and others, from an economic point of view, it is really unwilling, but the foreign minister and others think about it again, India is too peaceful, it is excellent, and the British are not short of a few grains of rice to eat, if Shi Dakai and others are honest, it is okay to acquiesce to these people here, from this point of view, it seems that Britain has admitted a fait accompli, and China has earned it.

The third is naturally an unexpected surprise, although half of the land in the place of "Kashmir" was allocated to Russia, but a large piece of land in the south was pocketed by the British, so it is more important to go to Afghanistan, you must know that the princes of the princely states in southwest India who occupy the only way to Afghanistan are still quite strong, if it is not necessary, the British prefer to use economic penetration to conquer the colonies together, rather than using violent means to destroy everything.

The division of Kashmir's territory to the British can of course be understood as the price paid by the Chinese for getting rid of the warships seized in the Suez Canal, Bazali believes that this is the price given by the Chinese in order to stop the British from entanglement in the issue of Suez Transport's shares, but Edward does not think very much, he forbids further negotiations with the Chinese on the issue of Suez Canal shares, if Bazali is not a well-educated person, he will definitely be the same as those third-rate tabloids in London, It is believed that Edward was fascinated by the Empress Dowager of the East, and even did not take into account the interests of his own country.

The issue of Suez Canal shares was temporarily suppressed by Edward, which is very puzzling, Bazali was a little puzzled, but still followed Edward's orders, this was definitely a successful year, three things were reached, one was temporarily frozen and shelved, and also contained many other agreements, large and small, such as investment and construction of factories, trade rates, personnel exchanges, and so on, the Times even exclaimed on the front page: "The Chinese have opened the door to us to go to the unprecedented!" ”

The cause of the two Opium Wars was because of the excess of Sino-British trade, and a large amount of silver poured into China, and China was Pixiu at that time, boasting that the **** country had everything, and the silver only went in and out, so it would naturally make people jump their feet. Spent so much money to buy, buy, buy, of course, first of all, it is naturally because the current mechanical level of Britain is the best, if this money is worth it, but, in the final analysis, it is to prevent going beyond too extreme, and try not to do anything that can be solved with money, which is Cixi's wise saying. (To be continued.) )