Xu Qing saw the letter of appointment mailed from China, and then suddenly laughed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's funny, it's funny! This Frenchman is really a god assist! Xu Qing thought.

Although Xu Qing had long guessed that the Manchus would not attach importance to their relationship with the European queen and countess, because the Manchu diplomatic thinking was still under the system of the vassal states of the past. Even this kind of sending envoys to convince foreigners, and then foreign countries promise to marry one or two princesses, this is actually not a shame in the traditional Chinese ancient culture, but for the sake of the country's long face, convincing foreigners. What's more, this time Xu Qing was not impressed by a princess, but a queen!

Wouldn't it be a very good thing if the Queen of Europa was willing to be the woman of the Chinese envoy? If it is spread out like this, it is a realistic version of the novel, and I am afraid that the Manchu court will not only not be ashamed, but will be proud! This was estimated by Xu Qing a long time ago, so he thought that there would be no threat to the first Frenchman to sue this time.

"These Frenchmen, God assisted, let me be promoted again!"

Xu Qing is also very "grateful" to the French, if it weren't for the French, he might not be able to be promoted this time! If he weren't French, he wouldn't have been able to get further promotions this time. After I am promoted this time, I will get a lot of benefits in the future. Although it is only a "plus", it represents a level increase.

"Getting promoted in a foreign country is not necessarily a good thing. I am in Europe, and it has no influence on the domestic political landscape, and those bigwigs in the court will not simply suppress me. Therefore, it is not necessarily a good thing to be promoted in a foreign country. I will raise the level first, so that it is impossible for them not to arrange some important positions for me when I return to China. Xu Qing thought.

Xu Qing was promoted, and he knew that he also had to speed up to deal with various things. Xu Qing quickly checked his business accounts, especially those of the shipping companies in the Far East.

"Boss, our Anglo-Chinese Bank controls 30% of an ocean trading company, but interferes with their operations. This time, they will be responsible for the transportation, and they will be responsible for transporting these materials that have been procured from China. These were the first batch and cost about £600,000. And the price we sold to the British government was a million pounds, and we made 400,000 pounds directly from it! ”

Xu Qing smiled, this 400,000 pounds is a lot of wealth. You must know that in this era, the pound is equivalent to gold, and it is the world's hard currency. This 400,000 pounds is enough to build several high-level battleships. This is also a blackmail for the UK, which made the UK pay so much, but? and Xu Qing made a lot of money excessively.

"I can't let this Crimean War stop so easily, I have to bleed the British pig and prevent him from burning more than 500 million pounds in this war, that is to say, it has not worked."

Xu Qing also plans to take advantage of this time to bleed Britain, so that even if Britain finishes the Crimean War, it will inevitably lose a lot of wealth, and the loss is not small!

But then, Xu Qing asked Mathilde to call Louis Bonaparte.

"Louie, do you want to make money?" Xu Qing asked.

Louis Bonaparte, of course, nodded, if he doesn't make money, how can he win over people in France. Didn't they let Mathilde be Xu Qing's woman because they took a fancy to Xu Qing's talent and wealth?

"Louie, I don't want this Englishman to be too comfortable. I'm going to support Russia, but I don't want to fall out with Britain directly, so I'd like you to help. At present, Russia is seriously short of supplies, after all, Russia is sending hundreds of thousands of people to war, and the consumption of materials is even more massive! ”

"So I want to help Russia to a certain extent, I can get domestic merchants, supplies to sell me, and then I will sell you again at one hundred and twenty percent of the market price. And then you go and sell it to Russia, so that Russia gets rich. Of course, you should not go directly to the court, but go to another reliable agent. ”

Xu Qing gave this opportunity to make money to Louis Bonaparte, because the Bonaparte family took a fancy to his wealth. As for the current serious lack of resources in Russia, the war is also about resources, so Xu Qing intends to support Russia, and then let Russia drag Britain on top of the Crimean War. This will make the UK lose more and consume longer, which will be conducive to Xu Qing's future layout in China.

What Xu Qing is most afraid of is that Britain is too idle, thinking about China all day long! Finding them something to do not only consumes their energy and makes them have no time to care about China, but also allows them to be drained of strength.

"Okay, thank you Minister Xu Qing!" Louis Bonaparte hastened.

Xu Qing purchased materials this time, in fact, he also purchased them from domestic businessmen. Perhaps Xu Qing's identity was not taken seriously by the Manchu court in China, but there was a difference. Naturally, the bigwigs of the imperial court are not taken seriously, but for businessmen, especially the merchants of the Thirteen Lines of Guangdong, they attach great importance to Xu Qing's identity.

As for foreign businessmen, foreign businessmen knew about Xu Qing's envoy to Europe, especially the "minister" of the whole of Europe, and in such a situation, of course, they would curry favor with Xu Qing. After all, Xu Qing was the only representative of the Manchu court in Europe, and the merchants of the Thirteen Lines of Guangdong and European merchants were very flattering to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing purchased materials, and they were also very cooperative. After all, not only can you make a lot of money, but you can even make friends with the Chinese minister in Europe, so when Xu Qing helps them "sell", wouldn't it be great?

During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although China was closed to the rest of the country as a whole, it was not absolute. During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, foreign trade was still allowed in Guangzhou, but it was not free trade, but had to be approved by the imperial court, and it was limited to Guangzhou, and foreign trade could not be carried out elsewhere. Therefore, Guangzhou was the only place open to the outside world under the form of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's overall seclusion.

So Xu Qing procured materials, which is not difficult. How did he accumulate strength and wealth? In fact, the best way is to use his status as a Chinese minister to Europe and be a "second-class dealer" from it, so that foreign businessmen and Chinese businessmen can eat at both ends. On the one hand, it depresses the quotations of Chinese merchants, and on the other hand, it uses the status of foreign ministers to directly raise prices and even blackmail foreign countries.

In the case of eating at both ends in this way, it really doesn't have to be too simple to make money. Anyway, they have the right not to expire and invalidate, and they can quickly make money while they are still ministers, so that they can return to China in the future to have the capital to develop their strength.

Louis Bonaparte soon left to find an agent to take care of the matter. Although the Bonaparte family no longer has the throne, they are still powerful after all. If the Bonaparte family did not have the strength, it would not be possible to restore it in the future. It is not difficult to find an agent who can be trusted, this matter will be solved by Louis Bonaparte, if he can't even solve this problem, then how can he go to restoration?

It was only after Louis Bonaparte had gone that Mathilde spoke.

"I found that I didn't seem to be worth it to be your woman!" Mathilde said.

Xu Qing asked rhetorically, "Why is it not worth it?" “

Mathilde replied: "It's very simple, I am your woman, isn't it because we of the Bonapartes have taken a fancy to your wealth?" But instead of supporting us Bonaparte, you are generous to others and get wealth from the Russians and the British. You go yourself and don't pull a dime. Even if you support us Bonaparte this time, you will be using Russian money to support you, and you still scavenged 20% of your wealth from it. Not only do you have nothing to lose, but let my cousin go and make money for you! Our Bonaparte family is really so sad that we not only give you a woman, but also make money for you! ”

Mathilde's words were obviously a little arrogant, which made Xu Qing feel a little interesting. But Xu Qing didn't care, anyway, isn't this generosity a necessary "basic skill" for diplomats? If you don't know how to be generous to others, then what kind of diplomat is you? In the world, being able to be generous to others is also a skill. Just like a certain country in the future, when it wants to build the "Great Wall" on the edge of its borders, but it still needs neighboring countries to pay for it, isn't that president generous to others?

Internationally, if you can be generous to others, why should you pay for it yourself? A diplomat who doesn't know how to be generous to others should resign as soon as possible and get out, because he is not suitable for this profession.

Xu Qing pulled Mathil into his arms, and then said, "My little baby, don't you know? Without me, none of you Bonapartes would have earned this fortune. Anyway, in the Crimean War between Britain and Russia, they are all consuming a lot of supplies. So if we don't take advantage of this time to make war money, so what? ”

"If you don't make this war money, then how can you Bonaparte be restored. If the Bonaparte family is not restored, then how can I become the master of France! ”

"As for me, I let Russia pay, isn't this also a skill? Let Russia pay for it, it's better than paying for it myself! Anyway, what are we reluctant to do, we work hard to make money, and when there is a war in other countries, we work hard to make money, so that is the opportunity to make a fortune! When others are afraid, I am greedy. When others are greedy, I am afraid. ”

"We have an old saying in China, which is that people are not rich without windfalls!"

Xu Qing will not miss this opportunity to make a fortune, and he will still think more about it in the future. Such war money is not in vain. At that time, the Americans did not rely on the war money of the two world wars to establish their later hegemony.

"Mathilde, you have to know that there are two ways to compete internationally and become a hegemon. One way is to develop yourself and make yourself truly stand out from the crowd. But there is another way, that is, to let others decline, and then reflect their own loftiness. In fact, the best way is to use the two together. It is too difficult to develop yourself alone, because it is impossible for you to develop alone in this world. So the best way is to master the strength yourself, and then go to weaken the enemy through various means. ”

"This use of the Crimean War to weaken Britain, France, and Russia is in the best interests of several of us. I want to make money, Prussia for the political environment, and as for the Bonapartes, they can also get a chance at restoration. And I, for it, have also won you, Princess Mathilde! Wouldn't that be great? Anyway, Russia is willing to pay this dowry for me, so why don't I? ”

Mathilde nodded and said, "Actually, in other words, I also think that our Bonaparte family did not choose the wrong person, you are much better than that banker." You are a good diplomat who takes advantage of the contradictions between countries and uses his strength to gain benefits for himself. You are a good diplomat, both in theory and in practice. “

Hearing Mathilde's praise, Xu Qing felt a little vanity. A woman praised herself, which made Xu Qing very satisfied as a man. Don't men just want to be praised by women, especially their own women? This is the embodiment of strength, which makes Xu Qing extremely satisfied.

"Alright, Princess Mathilde, let's go shopping. Take a few of you women and we'll go shopping together. I have been in the UK for more than a year and have been busy with official business. I don't have time to go shopping, especially with my own woman. Otherwise, it's not easy to go abroad, and it's too much of a loss, right? It's time for us to relax, anyway, it's the British who are in a hurry now, what are we anxious about? They had a headache for the Crimean War, and now the British army has begun to assemble and will be dispatched at any time. They fight in front, we make money in the back. Then take the opportunity to collect enough wealth so that we each go to their money to do our own thing. In this way, all of us are also leveraging our strength to be generous to others. Anyway, this time we went shopping, we didn't use our money, someone will pay for us, so what's there to worry about being generous to others? ”

Xu Qingzhen felt that he was going to relax, he finally came to the UK, he had been busy for more than a year and almost two years, if he didn't relax, he would be tired. What's more, playing with several women is also an important means to deepen the relationship. After all, after Xu Qing, he still relied on these women to "save the country in the harem"!

Since I have traveled to the end of the Qing Dynasty, I didn't bring any super golden fingers, of course I have to go through some crooked ways! As for using women, build relationships with several women so that you can use their talents and backgrounds to do things for yourself. And then let them obediently climb into their own beds, so that as a man will suffer?