"Your Majesty, the French Empire not only needs ready-made oil, but we also need to know how to find this oil mineral. Just as your country wants the blueprints and methods of the Glorious ironclad ship, we in the French Empire also want to have our own oil fields and transport oil from a steady stream of energy. The Emperor of France believed that this oil would become popular in the future. Walefski's statement made Feng Yunshan a little surprised.

So, Feng Yunshan directly revealed that the reason why the Chinese Empire was able to find oil fields to exploit oil was not so simple, but through dozens of Eastern magicians, the cost was huge, and the formation was set up for divination.

Hearing Feng Yunshan's words, the expression on Valevsky's face was very exciting. He wanted to refute how ridiculous this was, but he didn't dare, after all, the other party was the emperor of the Eastern Empire. But such an absurd reason is really difficult for him to accept. But an emperor of the Eastern Empire, saying it so solemnly, will never be so simple. Therefore, he sneered in his heart, and seemed to understand the other party's concerns: it was nothing more than some way to detect oil mines, and he was unwilling to reveal it, because he was pretending to use the mage's divination. Well, it must be!

Valevsky quickly found a reason to convince himself. Think about it, even if there is no way to find oil mines, it is not bad to have a few oil wells, not to mention following the orientals to discover those oil fields, and even after owning oil fields, you can always find some clues to find oil fields.

However, Valevsky remembered something else: "Your Majesty, you also know that although crude oil will be of great use in the future, it will be needed in large quantities after all, and it will be in the future. And our French ironclad ships have created a precedent for naval warships, and their importance is self-evident. I'm afraid some oil and a few oil fields alone are not enough to exchange. ”

Seeing that Feng Yunshan nodded in agreement with his statement, Walewsky's face flashed with a hint of joy, and continued: "Let's get straight to the point, we are very interested in the kind of Krupp breech-loading rifled artillery produced in your country, and we want to purchase several different models of sample guns for the army to study. The design and construction drawings of the Glorious Ironclad are provided to your country, and even the designers of the Glory are willing to send their designer, Dupe. Morality. The ironclad ship-building technician led by Rom has lent your country to develop ironclad ships! ”

Feng Yunshan laughed and said, "No problem!" As long as your country can send a group of academicians of your Academy of Sciences, including academicians of various academic scholars, to China to help our Chinese empire train a group of talents in natural sciences, the period of three years will be followed. That's fine. ”

The reason why Feng Yunshan agreed was that he knew the importance of the development of ironclad ships for the future, and he was eager to develop the navy quickly, and ironclad ships were naturally the most important link and must be obtained immediately; Second, Feng Yunshan knew that the chips he had for exchange, even if he didn't agree to the exchange, would not be kept secret for long, and they would be circulated. Needless to say, oil fields will always be discovered and exploited on a large scale, especially by countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States, it is better to cheapen France, at least the current relationship with France is okay, there is no fundamental conflict of interests between the two sides, but a win-win cooperation; And the Krupp cannon, according to the intelligence of the secret service department, has been captured by the British at least two breech-loading rifled guns, presumably it will not be long before the lead of the Krupp cannon will be deciphered and imitated. In that case, it might as well be exchanged for ironclad ships.

Soon, the two sides agreed. On behalf of China and France, Wu Ruxiao and Walefski signed a secret agreement to form a comprehensive strategic alliance, in which France encouraged shipyards and machine factories in France to provide warships, machinery and equipment and other services to the Chinese Empire, and the two sides encouraged businessmen from the two countries to carry out trade. At the same time, France exchanged the contract for the purchase of 30,000 tons of crude oil per year provided by the Chinese Empire, as well as the three oil field sites with reserves of no less than 10 million tons provided by Feng Yunshan, as well as the manufacturing drawings of the Krupp cannon.

With regard to the Asian-African Development and Investment Corporation, the two sides agreed to start it within six months. Led by Emperor Feng Yunshan of the Chinese Empire and Emperor Louis of the French Empire. Napoleon. Bonaparte and his wife each contributed 9,200,000 saints (equivalent to 50,000,000,000 francs), a total of 100,000,000 francs, and invested them in the Asian-African company over five years. China and France each appoint an agent to be responsible for the management of the Asian-African companies and form a joint governor to run the Asian-African companies' properties.

Feng Yunshan also gave enough sincerity, not only provided all the initial models of the Krupp cannon, but also provided the approximate locations of several large oil fields in the Middle East that he knew in later generations, such as Saudi Arabia in later generations, the Ghawar oil field known as the Kingdom of Najd at this time, and the Kirkuk oil field in Iraq, and the Zarqum oil field in the United Arab Emirates in the later generations. Of course, Feng Yunshan didn't know exactly where it was, he just knew about these oil fields because he was engaged in the oil industry.

After negotiating the alliance and cooperation, Valewski seemed to feel that he had completed the task assigned by his emperor, and his mood was much more relaxed. He directly made an even more excessive request: "Your Majesty, according to our investigation, your country seems to be an ally with Prussia, and now that we are in alliance with France, can we dissolve the alliance with Prussia?" You know, there was an irreconcilable contradiction between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, which during the Seven Years' War acted as a lackey of England to the detriment of French interests, and was also hostile to Prussia during my father's reign. The French Empire, as the number one power on the European continent, had to prevent the imminent Prussia from challenging France's position through the delusion of unifying Germany. Therefore, your country can no longer support the Kingdom of Prussia vigorously, otherwise it will be detrimental to the alliance between the two countries. ”

Wu Ruxiao, who was on the side, was not happy when he heard this, and immediately asked: "Mr. Vallewski, is this what your French emperor meant?" ”

Walevsky shook his head embarrassedly and said, "No, the emperor did not ask a similar question. These are my personal thoughts and suggestions, and I hope that your country and your Majesty will understand the good wishes of a citizen who loves the French Empire. ”

Wu Ruxiao directly retorted: "France has no reason to demand relations between the Chinese Empire and other countries, just as we do not demand France's relations with other countries." Some time ago, the Chinese Empire went to war with Great Britain, and as far as I know, the French Empire did not still have close relations with Great Britain and formed alliances on many issues? What you said is unreasonable and meaningless, Mr. Walewski, and I think that since the French Empire, as the number one power on the European continent, does not care about the small Kingdom of Prussia at all, and will not give the other side the opportunity to challenge France's position on the European continent! Therefore, it is not necessary to care what the relations of the Chinese Empire with Prussia were. The Chinese Empire and Prussia are just a trade partnership, if the French Empire has goods that can be replaced, and the price is lower, our Chinese Empire will naturally purchase your country's goods, instead of using Prussian goods, and that's it! ”

Walevsky's face turned red and he was embarrassed.

Feng Yunshan didn't care at all, Walewski's performance, he felt that this person had a straightforward personality, was more realistic, and was a friendly person, but some ideas were too simple. The relationship between countries is purely about interests, each taking what it needs, and the so-called alliance is just a formality, and when there are greater interests to attract, both sides will not hesitate to abandon the other and look for new interests.

So, Feng Yunshan smiled, but he didn't mention what Walefsky said about the relationship with Prussia, and said: "Walefsky, please give your cousin a word, the French Empire should not set its goal to be the first power on the European continent, but should focus more on the ocean, replace Britain, and become the first power in the world!" I know that the French Empire was very unwilling to be driven out of North America by the British in the first place, and now that this opportunity has come, the United States of America is facing a huge division, and even a civil war is about to break out, which is the perfect opportunity for the French Empire to return to North America! Soon after, we sent an envoy to Paris to meet His Majesty the Emperor in person. I beg upon you to convey this to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

After speaking, Feng Yunshan waved his hand and asked people to lead Valevsky out of the palace and send him back to the Western post house in the Holy Capital City.

Not long after Walewski drove away, the young and handsome Prussian envoy, Prince Frederick Wilhelm Nikulaus Carr, led by the Prussian minister to China, Karenway, and the deputy chief of the General Staff, Moltke, followed Liu Shengbang into the Vertical Arch Hall and asked for an audience.

Unlike Walewski, Feng Yunshan is still very enthusiastic about Prince William and Karenway.

After all, when he was still the Taiping Holy King, his strength was still very weak, thanks to the purchase of many weapons, ammunition, equipment and machines from Prussia through Karenway, and the invitation of many Prussian technicians and officers, Feng Yunshan was able to quickly overthrow the Manchu Qing, seize the world, establish the Chinese Empire, and then develop industry and expand power, reaching this point.

Prince William Jr. was the key figure who made the Prussian king make up his mind to be friendly to China. In addition, Feng Yunshan knew that the prince's father was about to become a unified German emperor, and Prince William Jr. himself would also succeed the emperor. Therefore, Feng Yunshan's attitude towards him was naturally more different.

Feng Yunshan noticed that behind Prince William and Moltke Jr. were two captive army officers and a blonde Prussian girl.

The two officers, Feng Yunshan, had already recognized that it was Alfred von Wadsey and Alfred von Schlieffen, the former Prussian officers who had been assigned to study with Moltke and served the Chinese Empire.

Feng Yunshan nodded at the two, making Wadsey and Shi Lifen inexplicably excited.

But who is this girl?