Chapter 480: The Treaty of London and the Chicken Rib Colony in the Eyes of the British!
Liang Sanhuai carefully read the treaty twice, and it seemed that even the spelling of the letters was carefully considering whether there were any mistakes, and he saw that the sun was setting and the room was lit up with lights, and Liang Sanhuai closed the already sour eyes, raised his hand and rubbed his tight eyebrows, and there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth. 【Reading.com】
Seeing Liang Sanhuai's expression, Na Dangdong's heart couldn't help but lift it again. You must know that this treaty has been quarreled countless times in the parliament, and after the eyes of His Majesty the King, no less than ten times, revised and modified, and then revised and modified, Liang Sanhuai's step by step pressing, so that a certain member of the parliament even roared that this deceitful and vicious Oriental representative should be used to meet Satan and the devil.
However, revenge is only revenge after all, and from the beginning to the present, it has to be said that both the British Parliament and the king have made great concessions. Just when Stang Dong was worried, Liang Sanhuai finally spoke slowly, but as soon as he heard Liang Sanhuai's tone with questioning sentences, Stang Dong couldn't help but fall softly on the chair in frustration.
“…… What scientific literature we need to be shipped to the East takes two and a half years? This can't be, who knows what it will be like in two and a half years, dear Mr. Staunton, it's a joke! Liang Sanhuai did not have any pity for the British devil, and aggressively pointed out the loopholes in the draft of the treaty.
And looking at Liang Sanhuai's fingers poking at the treaty, with a spitting expression, Staunton showed a smile that seemed to have unloaded a burden of ten thousand catties. Yes, Liang Pengfei is just grasping the loopholes in the implementation of this treaty, and no longer puts forward conditions like the previous times, so he can only say one thing, this treaty has a basis for signing.
"Gracious God, have you heard the prayer of my devout man?" After enduring more than a year of psychological torment, being blinded and condemned at home, and being subjected to inhuman torture in parliament for more than a month, Standon's eyes moistened.
However, in front of Liang Sanhuai's spitting star, Staunton quickly came to his senses and began to argue and bargain with Liang Pengfei one by one. Seeing these two people spitting like the small vegetable vendors on the street, Xie Qinggao not only did not despise the behavior of the two of them, but listened very attentively, and after getting along with Westerners for so long, Xie Qinggao knew very well that when dealing with these Westerners, every word really had to be carefully considered, because this is a Western world where interests are paramount.
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Finally, after a long night of fighting, the final draft of the treaty was finally completed. The black-eyed Staunton stretched out without the slightest grace and yawned. "May God forgive, my God, even these little problems are worth dwelling on all night, and I have to say, dear Liang, you are more of a philistine than a street vendor."
"Hehe, my dear friend, compared with politicians, I think philistine businessmen have more work ethic, at least, they will always maintain integrity within a certain range in order to continue their business, but politicians are the most insecure group of people in the world, so I have to be cautious." Liang Sanhuai lit a cigar, and a thick fragrant smoke came out of the cigar butt.
Staunton pursed his lips and was about to defend, but when he saw Liang Sanhuai's still bright eyes and extremely serious expression, Staunton could only shrug his shoulders, he knew that what Liang Sanhuai said was indeed the truth, but he didn't want to admit it, so he simply responded with actions.
And Xie Qinggao next to him also experienced a night of sleeplessness, but the spirit is still very uplifted, in the past, he just worked for those Westerners, groveling, just for a bite of food, and now, no matter how tired and hard, but it represents the honor of a country, and it is the party that holds the initiative in his hands, just thinking about it, he feels high-spirited.
In that treaty, making Xie Qinggao feel that this was simply a standard blackmail and surname treaties, the appetite of the adult in Liang Sanhuai's mouth was really amazing. This is still a treaty that has been revised many times and has been compromised many times, if Xie Qinggao is in contact with the original clause, I am afraid that Xie Qinggao will not even be able to find adjectives.
"But, dear Leung, please don't blame me for not reminding you that His Excellency the Honorable Führer has wisdom and determination that are beyond the reach of ordinary people, but his greed today does not mean that the colonies he took from our English hands will become his." Staunton unceremoniously picked up a cigar from the table and lit it himself, after a day and a night of inhuman torture, he needed some stimulation to keep himself awake, wait for the dawn, and then rush back to Parliament to submit the final version of the treaty to Parliament for approval.
"You know, in Upper Canada, there are a lot of refugees who fled there in the American Reading War, and there are at least nearly 350,000 Westerners in Upper Canada, and when you think about that number, remember that there are not only our British descendants, but also the descendants of the French. They are as hostile to all outsiders as they are to the indigenous peoples. After Stangon calmed down, he smiled smugly.
"The East is not near the New World, and, please, do not forget, if it were not for the fact that the majority of the population of Upper Canada were American immigrants, and that there was a new United States of America in sight there, would you think that the members of our Parliament would accede to this almost impudent demand?"
Liang Sanhuai snorted his cigar and looked at this reckless Englishman, sneering in his heart, but his face was not revealed. "This is a question that Your Excellency needs to consider, but I am convinced that he will have a way to solve it."
To tell the truth, international negotiations are full of bids and repayment, and Liang Pengfei's initial treaty was to go up and down Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the four colonies of the Cape of Good Hope.
And among these four colonies, Upper Canada is always in danger of the United States of America, for the British parliamentarians and the king, Upper Canada is often in friction with the United States of America, it is an uncomfortable and dangerous area, and now, the situation on the European continent is changing, Britain needs to focus all its attention on Europe, it is difficult to distract from the nasty and damned United States of America, so to throw Upper Canada to the lion-mouthed Oriental, here is not excluded to lose the burden.
Moreover, the British parliamentarians and the king did not believe that the Orientals could reach the west coast of the New World, not to mention that as long as the situation in Europe stabilized, it was not impossible for the mighty British Empire to use force to retake Upper Canada.
As for Australia, it is just a barren island, with a desert and a harsh climate environment, which is really not suitable for colonization, and it is the best choice to use it to drain criminals, so the land of chicken ribs in Canada and Australia, a big island that even colonization is disgusted, have become the pawns that the British Parliament decided to throw.
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As for the Cape of Good Hope, it was not easy, after several wars, how could the fat that had been bitten from Spain's mouth be discarded at will, and Lower Canada, which was closer to the British mainland, and in order to be able to easily counterattack Upper Canada in the future, Lower Canada naturally had to be in the hands of Britain.
The two chess pieces thrown out by the British Parliament are precisely the lowest bottom line determined by Liang Pengfei and a staff officer after careful planning.
With Upper Canada, Liang's colony bordered the United States of America proper. To be able to maintain enough intimidation to this newly born, invaded country.
Moreover, Upper Canada is the richest region in Canada in the future, so why not occupy it here?
As for Australia, people from later generations should know about the famous iron ore dispute cases, so that Liang Pengfei, who was a hot-blooded and angry young man in later generations, posted on the Internet and used the most vicious language to greet Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, and these two companies are sitting on Australia's outrageously rich minerals to be able to squeeze into the top three mining companies in the world.
And again, in the eyes of the British, there is a piece of junk with no colonial value, Liang Pengfei does not take advantage of this time to take it, and when the Western colonizers really discover the economic value of this big island, then Liang Pengfei can only stare dryly.
Therefore, compared with the distant Cape of Good Hope, which is rich in gold and diamonds, Australia, which also has gold mines and diamond mines, is more worthy of Liang Pengfei's attention. What's more, Australia is not only gold and diamonds, but also has more than 70 kinds of minerals on this large island, many of which have the world's highest mineral reserves.
However, the true value of Australia has always been hidden in Liang Pengfei's heart, precisely because this land has not yet arrived, coupled with the insufficient number of immigrants, Liang Pengfei does not want to be exposed prematurely.
In addition to these two colonies, which were regarded as chicken ribs in the eyes of the British, Liang Pengfei needed a large number of mechanical manufacturing equipment, various patents, and scientific and technological books from Britain and European countries, which were not difficult for the British at all.
And today, as long as Nastaunton submits this revised London Treaty to the British Parliament for deliberation and then submits it to the king, if neither of these two parties has any problems, then Liang Pengfei's ambition to dominate the Pacific Rim can be regarded as on the verge of success!
(To be continued)