Whether Wen Nan can take advantage of the negotiations, and how much advantage he can take, Hong Tao no longer cares. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As long as the Jinhe Empire and the Great Song Dynasty reach a consensus and settle the Straits Company State by the way, it doesn't matter if they can continue to provide support to themselves. Now that the agreement reached by the two sides has long exceeded their own estimates, being a man must be content, since the goal has been achieved, and it has been overfulfilled, it is obviously not in line with his character to pursue the pursuit of greater benefits with energy and effort.

He is very interested in Virginia-class battleships, and he can't put down those Qizu guns, just like the toys he made for him when he was a child. Think about your children, they really haven't been with them since they were children, and now although they can't make up for it, it's better than nothing. It's not so much to make up for his son, but to make excuses for not being a good father.

In the course of the afternoon, both father and son were on the verge of breaking up the Virginia-class battleship, and just by testing the range and power of the Qizu gun, they smashed two armed cargo ships in the Royal Navy's supply fleet. However, no one in the Royal Navy from top to bottom thinks that these two cargo ships are wronged, the seaworthiness of the Virginia-class battleship and the power of the Qizu cannon are obvious to everyone, if you don't see it with your own eyes now, once you really encounter such an opponent on the sea in the future, you can't say that you can't beat it, but I'm afraid the price paid will be very, very large, and it is certain that you will suffer a big loss. The two cargo ships are worth what they say, and they are not worth much, depending on who they compare with. If it were to cost the lives of the officers and men of the Royal Navy, they were really nothing.

Hong Tao not only brought his own gunner and sailman to talk about the operation of the Virginia-class battleship, the shooting technology of the Qizu gun, and Hong Jinhe, but also talked about the principles, production process requirements, and material properties of this new sailing ship and these new naval guns as half a designer, and even talked about how to make shells and how to purify silver nitrate.

The question is to say these things to Hong Jinhe, can he understand? The answer is no, even Hong Jinhe went to a navigation school, but he is not an all-rounder, and his skills in shipbuilding, casting, and chemistry are basically the same as listening to heavenly books.

But Hong Tao insisted on speaking, and Hong Jinhe was not annoyed at all, and listened honestly. In fact, both father and son knew in their hearts that the father was not telling his son, and the son did not expect him to understand. There are also a large number of middle and senior officers of the Royal Navy standing beside them, and there are many technical officers among them, and some of them who can't understand Hong Jinhe must be able to understand, and those who don't stop writing in small books are probably able to understand.

"If you are not your own father, you will never be able to teach it so carefully! The Empire took advantage of it this time, and if it was replaced with Virginia-class warships and Qizu guns, the Royal Navy would be more than double the strength of the Royal Navy. It uses less than half the number of sailors, sailors, and gunners of the Seawolf class, but its combat effectiveness can reach more than one to three. Commander Ou did not participate in the negotiations, but he was extremely concerned about this new warship, not only did he pay attention, but also rubbed his face on it, and willingly became a sail and gunner. In addition to Hong Jinhe, I am afraid that he has the most opportunities to practice, and other officers and men of the Royal Navy cannot compete with him.

"You only have battleships and guns in your head, and you have too narrow a vision of problems. Whether the empire took advantage or the Great Song Dynasty took advantage, this conclusion is still too early to be made. But I have a feeling that Da Song will definitely not suffer in this matter, just look at who we are doing business with, when did that person lose? Yi Yi was not thinking about this warship, but about all the agreements reached with Hong Tao. These agreements seem to be all about the empire's big profits, but the more this happens, the less steady. The main reason is that Hong Tao's name as a golden mouse is too loud, for more than 20 years, I have never heard of him being cheated by anyone, and those who think they have taken advantage of it often end up in a mess.

"That's right, our old majesty has been calculating people for more than a day or two, and once he calculated, he started it several years ago, which is really scary to think about. Otherwise, let's go back to a meeting to study and study, and if we are really uncertain, we simply don't implement it. Didn't His Majesty say when he taught us a lesson in the past that any agreement between countries can be reversed, as long as you can bear the loss, there is no problem. We have a navy, plus this new warship, we don't have to be afraid of the fleet brought by the Great Song Navy and His Majesty, no matter how powerful they are, they are only a dozen. "Commander Ou can be regarded as having obtained the true inheritance of Hong Tao, and he completely regards his face as nothing, and once he notices that something is wrong, no one dares to deceive. This kind of self-confidence comes from the country and from the way Hong Tao educated them since childhood, not pretending, but infiltrating in their bones.

“…… Forget it, I'd rather be scolded in the future than choose the final solution of war, especially fighting against His Majesty, it's better to be cautious as a last resort. Do you really think that there are only a few warships in the hands of His Majesty? Give us one for nothing, waiting for us to come back and beat him after we make it? Or do you really think that His Majesty completely disregarded his own safety because of the relationship between father and son? The more I think about it, the more I feel that things are not as simple as we see, and His Majesty must keep his hands on it. If he is really forced to be in a hurry, not only will His Majesty the Emperor not look good, but the empire may not be able to reap the benefits. It's still as he wishes, it's really a wretch, you say that there are so many of us, why can't we fight him as an old man? ”

Yi Yi's character is actually not much higher than that of Commander Ou, and when it comes to dealing with foreigners, the second and third generations of the empire have no words such as morality and character in their brains. He had considered the suggestion put forward by Commander Ou for a long time, but he had never come to a reliable conclusion. The more Hong Tao showed weakness, the more dangerous he felt, and finally chose to be safe. This is the charm of personality, or the majesty is still there. Hong Tao left too much of an impression on the young people of the empire, and he couldn't change it at all in a short period of time, whoever met him had to be timid first, and what others couldn't do, maybe it could be done when he came here.

"Then what are you waiting for, since you don't plan to go to war, let's hurry back to the shipyard, I have to get this ship back to the Navy Yard and think about how to build it." As soon as he heard Yi Yi say that the imperial government did not plan to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty, Commander Ou himself breathed a sigh of relief. The one who was most reluctant to face Hong Tao was him, as well as the officers in the Royal Navy, but if the Imperial Government insisted on going to war, they would have to confront their teachers and principals. Now, go back to your own home, find your own mother, and save the province.

"Your Majesty is still watching the old majesty, don't disturb him yet, and I'll go up and ask later." Yi Yi really wanted to give this naval commander a kick, but he had already sat in the highest military position, so he didn't understand anything about people.

What others were doing and what they were saying, Hong Jinhe was not interested in peeping, he was standing on the stern with his hands behind his back and watching his father's battleship slowly sail away. The meeting was short, less than five days, but he felt that it was the most in-depth understanding of himself and his father. My father understood a lot of his own thoughts, and he understood a lot of his father's thoughts. I've never felt this way before, and it's amazing, it's so comfortable.

It's a pity that all the good things in the world are short-lived, my father is leaving, and I don't know when we will meet again. Whether he is a good father or not, Hong Jinhe can't tell now. If this question had been put ten days ago, he would have shook his head firmly, no matter how much he contributed to the Empire, he was not a good father to himself. But in just five days, my thinking has changed dramatically. It's not that he's a good father, but it's not as dissatisfied as he used to be.

My father always said that people should communicate more with each other and understand each other from country to country, so that many misunderstandings can be avoided. Now it seems that this sentence is also true, if you don't communicate often and don't often understand each other's thoughts, even father and son will have misunderstandings and dissatisfaction, let alone between two countries.

Hong Tao not only left Hong Jinhe with his father's love, but also left him a good way out for the empire to use soldiers, and it was also a way to persuade the imperial parliament to change its mind.

It took several years for the Imperial Government to assemble all its forces, and the losses from not being able to go to war as scheduled were no less than fighting a war. All this assembly work costs money, and it's not a small number, so it can't be transported back quietly. In that case, it will be a full loss, and the loss will not be made up at all, which is also a big trouble that affects the final decision of the council.

When Hong Jinhe revealed this concern to Hong Tao, his father smiled and took out a note from his pocket and handed it to his son, drawing a map on it and writing a paragraph.

"Peninsular India...... You are really cunning, the people of the Great Song Dynasty were spared the war this time, but the people on the peninsula deserved to be unlucky. If I let my cousin know that I instigated the Imperial Government to invade his eldest brother's territory, I wonder if he will come to my house and fight with me. "The note is drawn on the Indian Peninsula, and the meaning of that passage is to let the empire not Mingjin withdraw its troops, but just change the combat objectives and replace the Great Song Dynasty with the Indian Peninsula.

There are two advantages to this, first of all, the Indian peninsula has a great impact on the westward development of the empire in the future, and not all countries on the peninsula are interested in the empire, and there are many countries that do not support the empire.

In addition, it is also the only way for the empire to enter West and Central Asia, and it should be basically controlled, if not all of them are occupied. Once the Indian Peninsula is taken by the Empire, there is little possibility of the Arabian Peninsula jumping around, and it can be occupied whenever it wants.

Secondly, there is a population and market urgently needed by the empire on the Indian Peninsula, once the Great Song Dynasty became the processing factory of the empire, the goods produced must have a place to sell, even if the market in the Indian Peninsula is not as big as the Great Song Dynasty, it cannot be said that it is small, and it is better than nothing.

In the end, there is the problem of cost, the knife has been unsheathed, and it is equivalent to wasting feelings if it is not seen blood, and the Indian Peninsula is the place where Hong Tao found the empire to practice the knife. There was coal and iron on the peninsula, and the textile industry was also very developed, which could more or less compensate for the military losses of the empire. If a suitable target was not found for the imperial army, the parliament would have a great deal of disagreement on the issue of abolishing the use of troops against the Great Song Dynasty, and with the goal of the Indian peninsula, it would be much easier to discuss.

As for whether this idea will bring disaster to the people on the peninsula, it is not a question that Hong Tao and Hong Jinhe need to consider. Hong Tao only needs to keep the Great Song Dynasty, Hong Jinhe only needs to ensure the interests of the empire, and the others deserve to be unlucky, and it is lucky to survive.

What's even more shameless is that Hong Tao did not tell this idea in front of Yi Yi, but gave it to his son in private, and told him not to come forward in person in this matter, and to let Yi Yi propose it to the parliament.

There is only one reason, the largest and strongest country on the Indian Peninsula is Bo Jiao's uncle's, if this matter is raised by Jin He, it will definitely cause Bo Jiao's dissatisfaction, and it is also innocent to offend people by mentioning it himself. It's more appropriate for Yi Yi to do this kind of work, originally he, the imperial prime minister, snatched it from Bo Jiao, and it won't be surprising to harm Bo Jiao again.

(To be continued.) )