"He must have known some news and came to tell you. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info but it's a pity that you made him angry. Perrier, who was silent throughout the whole process, gave a 'mockery' to Robert at this time.

Although he also expressed his disapproval of Newton's 'unspeakable and endless'. The whole of Europe tied together to compete with China? Is this a fantasy?

China's strength is strong, this Perrier admitted. In a one-on-one contest, France really won't be the opponent of this ancient empire. The development of Chinese in terms of machine technology is a little inferior to Europe, and in the past two years they have imported a large number of various types of machinery from Europe, but their weapon development is not weaker than Europe, and they are even more than Europe in terms of artillery fire. China also has a large population, countless wealth, and a huge potential for war. European businessmen often say that if the Chinese market is opened, it will be a supermarket equal to the whole of Europe, but this does not mean that China's power can compete with the whole of Europe.

Robert was unconcerned about Newton's mood, "I think he was frightened by some news, and he was so frightened that he went insane." What a pathetic person. May the Lord bless him. "Anyway, the news is going to be published in the "Central Plains Daily", and Robert won't know about it at that time?

It's just a little bit of a time difference, what's the big deal?

Robert had always been a loyal reader of Zhongyuan Daily, and he knew very well what was published in China's most widely circulated official newspaper, and since Newton's message would be published on it, it was not a heavyweight top secret.

"Let's continue the conversation between us." Perrier didn't come to Robert tonight to see Newton's jokes.

"Does the Kingdom of Great Britain really want to fund the Gongbang dynasty in Burma?" Although France no longer had any great interests in the East, it still attached great importance to the movements of the British. Moreover, the French East India Company was also going to make trouble in Quang Nam in South Vietnam, and they needed the support of the British.

"No, not the Kingdom of Great Britain. And just our company! "The British East India Company is different from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Although many times their interests are completely aligned.

"Aren't you afraid of provoking opposition from the Chinese?" China is Britain's most important trading partner, and it is no secret that tea taxes account for a share of Britain's revenue. And Perrier is also very apprehensive about the company's decision to intervene in Quang Nam, which is not Myanmar, it is too close to the elite area of China.

"But to the west of Myanmar is Bangladesh, and to the west of Bangladesh is India." The British could never tolerate India's interests being coveted by other countries. Even if China now has clearly included Burma in the list of enemy countries, the British will have to give Burma a blood transfusion so that the Gongbang dynasty can resist Siam and China more effectively.

The reason for the British is simple.

And the board in London believes it's time to change the trade relationship between East and West. We cannot always be in such a disadvantaged position, and the fragmentation of bilateral trade relations will lose the common interests of both sides, not just ours. "Although the British loss is far greater than that of China, when India's black tea has not yet grown, at this time, the British really do not have the courage to turn their faces with China. So this time it was the East India Company, not the British government, that came forward.

"Why be afraid? Why be afraid? Robert shook his fist in a fierce tone, but in Perrier's eyes it was more of a self-encouragement.

The East India Company had British trade with China because it had a monopoly on China's trade. At that time, China was still under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Tatars had a strong sense of vigilance against foreign Westerners, and set up one barrier after another in bilateral trade exchanges, so that the British East India Company's trade monopoly on China at that time could not be compared with the huge interests it has now.

And now, in London, in both houses, many MPs have raised the point of interest. It's not that Perrière didn't know that the Times had already opened up the matter. The British East India Company was in dire need of facts to prove all its great role in the affairs of the Orient in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

And this kind of thing is not available in the French Indian company, because France is a royal state, and the top boss of Perrier's immediate boss is none other than the French royal family.

In 1664, Jean-Baptiste Colbert founded the French East India Company to regulate French trade with India, East Africa, the East Indies and other territories in the Indian Ocean. The company was in constant competition with the Dutch East India Company, which had been founded earlier, and suffered heavy losses in the French economic collapse of 1720. Then the company changed its name, and the official name was the Indian Company.

On the eve of the uprising of the Han army, the company had just lost its monopoly on trade between France and India, but the rise of the Han army gave the Indian company a new turnaround, with the increasing opening up of China, the trade volume between China and France has continued to rise in recent years, and in Paris, more and more people have begun to invest in this promising business. The Franco-Indian company should have increased its capital, expanded its trading merchant ships, and expanded its trade quota. But the rulers of the Franco-Indian Company 'possessed' a much more far-sighted vision, believing that if France were to win the showdown with the British in the Eastern trade, it would not be able to rely on Spain for pure hope when India had completely lost hope, and the contradiction between the latter and the Chinese government was a huge powder keg, and in the event of an explosion, the French-Indian Company dependent on Manila would definitely lose a lot.

So last year, the future King of France made a suggestion that France should have a colony not far from China with absolute control, and they chose the country of Quang Nam, which was in the waning mountains.

Since the start of the army three years ago, the three Nguyen brothers' Tay Son army has grown stronger day by day, and the blow to Quang Nam is worse than the wound of the remnant Qing army in Lang Son to Northern Zheng. Moreover, in the battles again and again, whether it was Guangnan, Beizheng, or even the Xishan Rebels, they all realized the importance of guns.

The French missionary Pak Duo Loc, who had returned to Ha Tien from Phnom Penh three years earlier, made a name for himself in Quang Nam for his compilation of the Franco-Vietnamese dictionary and the catechism in Vietnamese. However, Ha Tien Town is the territory of the Chinese, and since Mo Tianci established a relationship with the Chinese government, Bai Duolu's situation in Ha Tien has been greatly limited, and Bai Duolu's choice is to go to Phu Xuan (present-day Hue), the capital of Quang Nam Kingdom, and then rely on his fluent Vietnamese to get involved with the Quang Nam royal family. He also used his connections to operate a batch of 300 muskets and four cannons from Manila and traded them to Quang Nam, thus becoming the guest of the Quang Nam royal family and the powerful minister Zhang Fuluan.

In 1687, under the pretext of aiding Saura, the French sent 1,400 troops [from India] to Siam, and their leading officers took the opportunity to steal the command of a part of the Siamese army. Their ambitious attempt to station French and Indian troops in Bangkok and Merk provoked strong opposition from the Siamese government and opposition, resulting in the outbreak of war, in which the Monotheists and the Franco-Indian army suffered heavy losses and were completely expelled from Siam. Now the French are going to make a comeback, intending to reopen the 'heaven and earth' in Quang Nam.

And the most scruples of the French are the attitude of the Chinese in this matter.

Quang Nam is too close to the elite area of China, although China has not done anything to Annam since China's Ming Empire abandoned North Vietnam, but it is difficult to guarantee that Chen Han in the rising period will not make a stab. Since receiving this news, the only thing that has made Perrier feel good is the location of Quang Nam, which was occupied by a country hundreds of years ago, not China's 'since ancient times'.

"Poor Perrière, your board of directors has confused the interests of the company with the interests of the state...... Robert's sudden sympathy for Perrier.

Perrier was very much in favor of seeking a piece of land that belonged entirely to France in close proximity to China, and it was a far-sighted decision. In order to defeat, or rather contain, the development of Sino-British trade, at least not to be left far behind by the British, this is for the sake of France's future commercial interests, it is a very necessary thing. But the geographical location of Quang Nam is so terrible that he himself prefers to seek a piece of land in the South Seas, even if it is an unarmed pure trading post like Puducherry in India, Mahi, and Yanan.

But the opinions of the king and the crown prince cannot be changed, not to mention that the esteemed King Louis XV is dying of old age and is about to ascend to heaven.

Perrier needed the support of the British in this matter. "France has absolutely no intention of being hostile to China, and I don't think the Kingdom of Great Britain has any desire to be in a violent conflict with such a powerful country.

The entire Indochina Peninsula, the entire South Seas, may be ten years, maybe twenty years, but one day the Chinese will be completely included in their sphere of influence. "This is the Empire. What empire does not include the surrounding countries and lands in its sphere of influence?

Look at the real empires in European history, Rome [not Holy Rome], the Franks, Germany [First Empire], all of them. Later, Europe was completely divided, and Western Europe, Central Europe, and Britain, France, Austria and other countries that were fighting among small and fragmented countries were also trying their best to form their own subordinate forces and expand their spheres of influence. But Europe is too small.

Out of his understanding of European history and Chinese history, Perrier knew that whenever the Chinese dynasty changed, after a short period of rest and recuperation, the Chinese, whose strength and national strength had greatly increased, would turn the spearhead at the periphery.

The Ming Empire's sweep of Mongolia, seven trips to the Western Ocean, the establishment of the Old Port Xuanwei Division, the whole of East Asia was shrouded in the shadow of the Chinese, and by the time of the Qing Empire, although the Qing Empire, which had solved internal problems, had no action against the South Seas, but for the northwest and southwest of China, the Qing Empire finally strangled the Junggar Kingdom, the last glory of the Mongols, through war after war.

And now the Chinese are obviously developing their own sailor forces, and more and more sail warships appear in the sequence of Chinese sailors. In Perrier's eyes, Chen Han, who violently erupted into the periphery after unifying the country, was at least the scale of the early Ming Empire, and compared to the self-breaking wings of the Ming Empire, the Chinese this time were likely to permanently entrench themselves in the South Seas.

"France should find a suitable place to stay, and Paris is not as ambitious as London." Compared with the British's support for the Burmese Gongbang dynasty and the Burmese power to keep China out of Bengal, the French were much less intended. The Gallic roosters did not obstruct and did not mean to challenge the Chinese. If it weren't for the insistence of the king and the crown prince, Perrier wouldn't even have any troubles. Controlling Quang Nam and building a purely commercial base in Nanyang are two completely different concepts.

But now the task forced him to move closer to the British.

"I want to run before I know how to walk!" This is a phrase often said by the Chinese.

No matter what kind of attitude Perrier had when facing Robert, but deep down, he evaluated the determination of the prince and the prince very disrespectfully.

Robert had completely put Newton aside, he was completely shocked by the meaning of Perrier's words, the French were fighting the idea of Quang Nam, God, he didn't hear it wrong, right? But then there was utter excitement! It was like an electric current suddenly passing through his body, and Robert couldn't sit still.

He stood up and spun twice in front of Perrier. Countless thoughts flashed through Robert's mind, and finally turned into a big 'friendship'. No matter what the French are up to, they are the company's best partners at this time.

"Of course, the Kingdom of Great Britain does not want to have violent contradictions and conflicts with China, but China should also respect the legitimate interests of the Kingdom of Great Britain in India. Nanyang and Indochina would eventually belong to the Chinese, but India would belong to the Kingdom of Great Britain. "It took them a hundred years, all their minds and money, to finally achieve absolute superiority in the South Asian subcontinent, and it is impossible for the John Bulls to give up the benefits they have received.

A sudden change struck the ignorant Chen Ming in the prince's mansion. At this time, he had no idea that the French would be interested in South Vietnam, but as for the British in Bangladesh and the Burmese next door, Chen Ming did not fail to see the 'danger'.

The British still see Chen Ming as a traditional emperor of the East, and they and France are worried about whether they will be unilaterally banned from trade by China if their interests conflict with China. Because such behavior has appeared several times in the history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, whether it is the Thirteen Lines in Guangzhou or Kyakhta in the Great North. All of them were cut off from trade by the Qing Empire because of the issue of 'dignity', which would cause heavy losses to both the British and French.

However, in Chen Ming's view, it is normal for the two countries to have a strong conflict of interest on one side and an important trading partner on the other. In the 21st century, as a petty citizen, Chen Ming has seen a lot of China and the United States, China and Japan, China and South Korea, and Central Europe......

China does not have a few truly friendly countries in the whole world, and it is normal in that world to keep expanding bilateral economic and trade exchanges while paying lip service to the other.

However, in this time and space, in this era and now, hehe, China, which holds the trade initiative in its hands, has eyes on China on the top of its head, and when its own national interests are damaged, it is really a proper thing to directly card trade with hostile countries. Robert and Perrier, who have a certain understanding of Chinese culture, are very sure about this.

The interests and status of businessmen have never been on the table in the ancient country of China, even if Chen Han has greatly elevated the social and even political status of businessmen in the past two years.

In the Prince's Mansion.

Chen Ming looked at the five rubber saplings in front of him, and there were indeed only three green leaves. This must be a clover tree, right? Chen Ming's knowledge of rubber is relatively limited, so he knows a vulcanization, and the use of carbon dioxide to make rubber into raincoats. And the perception of the rubber tree is a three-leaf rubber tree.

In the original time and space, the whole of Southeast Asia was planted with this kind.

The French have long been exposed to rubber, this thing, and quinine, that is, cinchona, whose seeds were purchased by Chen Han at a high price from Britain, France, Spain and Portugal. I got the first batch last summer, and this summer I got the second batch, which was cultivated in Taiwan, Hainan, Singapore, Borneo and other places, and now it is finally bearing fruit.

Quinine is set aside, the seeds of the rubber tree are actually very difficult to collect. The seeds usually ripen in July and August, but they cannot be picked by hand, so they can only wait under the tree and wait for them to burst naturally. Rubber trees are natural seeds. After drying, a few seeds fly out, and I don't know where they are flying, so it is difficult to get a large number of rubber trees without collecting them.

As for Chen Ming, if the rubber plantation is not initially cultivated, the collection of this kind of seed will not stop.

"Good, good. Let Qi Zhuo continue to work hard. Don't disgrace his teacher's face. "The person in charge of the work of the rubber cultivation team is called Qi Zhuo, and he is a proud disciple of Mr. Yang Tui in Guanzhong, who is a master of agriculture in China's hundreds of years of history.

He made "Xiu Qi Zhizhi" to say agriculture, made "Feng Feng Guangyi" to talk about mulberry, as well as "Zhiben Outline" and "On the Law of Sericulture" ten volumes each, although the age is eighty and eight, five generations are in the same house, but the health is still good, and now it is the treasure of the agricultural college, the absolute authority in the field!

And for Chen Ming, it is also an absolute, an absolute shame. I was ashamed of my 'Xiaobai' at the beginning, he didn't know anything about such a character before, and he didn't know that there was a talent like Mr. Yang Tui in Shaanxi in this era. Fortunately, the impact of the war did not affect Mr. Yang's head, and the Yangsu Garden, which he had devoted his life to running, was not greatly affected. Even the many disciples and grandchildren of his decades of teaching and educating people, although they were damaged, they did not hurt their muscles and bones. It can be said that with the power of one family, the Department of Agriculture and the College of Agriculture have been supported.

Chen Ming decided to hold a few awards after ascending the throne, and the Nobel Prize in his previous life made him very unhappy. Therefore, professional awards such as Luban and Shennong, as well as Huabiao's comprehensive awards, will be set up, with rich bonuses and great honors, and this first Shennong Award belongs to Mr. Yang Tui.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the central and western regions of Guanzhong did not grow cotton, hemp, mulberry and silkworms, but only grain crops. Therefore, the common people here have food and clothing, and every year they have to sell more than half of their rations to other provinces to change cloth, and the result is that there is a shortage of food and clothing, and life is difficult. Seeing this scene, Yang Tui studied painstakingly, searched for more than ten years, visited the experience of planting mulberry and silkworms in various places, personally experimented, and found out the effective methods in Shaanxi, so that the villagers in Xingping, Zhouzhi, and Huxian followed each other's examples, and all benefited greatly. After vigorous promotion, in less than ten years, sericulture in Guanzhong, southern Shaanxi, and even many places in northern Shaanxi has developed rapidly. In the spring of the third year of Yongzheng, he traveled to Zhongnan Mountain, saw the oak full of slopes, knew that it was useful, and specially bought Yishui (in Shandong) cocoon seeds, so that the cloth was also successful. For the first time, silkworms began to be stocked in large quantities in the Guanzhong area.

Although he is not an official, and he does not have such a great reputation as Yuan Mei, Zhao Yi, and Jiang Shishui, in Chen Ming's eyes, the old gentleman is much more important than Yuan Mei. Learning is practice, industry is industry, contemporary Shennong! (To be continued.) )