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"Why is this so to us? It's not fair! ”

"Don't they know that the French are our enemies?"

When Bismarck learned the news, he immediately came to the telegraph room with a black face and asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram to protest to the Chinese Imperial Government.

"My lord, I've written it, you can take a look, if it's okay, I'll send it as such!" The telegraph operator wrote down all that Bismarck had said.

When Bismarck saw it, his face turned green with anger, and he immediately slapped the telegraph operator.

"Bastard, how dare you write such a thing? Let the Chinese Empire see it, and think I'm uneducated! ”

The telegraph operator was slapped in the face, very aggrieved, thinking that you had asked me to write this.

Bismarck soon realized that he was overly angry, but he was too embarrassed to apologize to the telegraph operator, so he had to reprimand: "I'm in a bad mood, but you don't have a brain?" Write whatever I say, you can write it? At least polish it! ”

Under Bismarck's education, the telegraph operator deeply reflected on his mistakes.

Subsequently, a telegram of protest was sent directly from the German Chancellery to the Imperial Court of China, expressing a strong protest to the Imperial Chinese Empire.

Bismarck's wording, like an angry little daughter-in-law, made Li Weiguo laugh.

Answering Weng Tonggong's call, Li Weiguo only said one sentence: "You just have to call Bismarck back and tell him that the empire exported warships to France just to split the relationship between Britain and France, and the empire has always regarded Germany as the only ally of the Chinese empire in Europe, and this position will not change." ”

Hanging up the phone, Li Weiguo called in four beautiful female guards to give him a full body massage, and in enjoying a comfortable massage, Li Weiguo was more likely to think quietly.

With the defeat of the British Empire and the payment of reparations to the Chinese Empire, the entire European and American world was in a panic, fearing that the Chinese Empire would further invade Europe and the United States, especially the defeated Britain, and secretly and vigorously advocated the theory of the Eastern threat, which intensified the panic of Europeans and Americans towards the Orientals.

This panic will be beneficial to the Chinese Empire to a certain extent, and will make these European and American countries dare not fight against the Chinese Empire, affecting their morale. However, once it exceeds a certain level, it will cause the entire Europe and the United States to confront the Chinese Empire, which is not in the national security interests of the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, while Zhang Peilun and Li Hongzao were still in Switzerland, Li Weiguo put them in charge of European diplomacy, actively visited European countries, and showed them the diplomatic soft technology of the Chinese Empire.

However, because of British relations, the Foreign Secretaries of the Chinese Empire, with the exception of Germany, were not welcome to visit.

As the news spread that the Imperial Congress of China had approved the export of new warships to Germany, it immediately caused panic among European countries. Because in the naval battle of the Solomon Islands, the Chinese Empire used the most advanced all-steel battleships to knock out the ironclad ships of the British Navy. The navies of various European countries knew that in the face of all-steel battleships, ironclads were not at all an opponent. The rise of Germany has already panicked European countries before, and now the most advanced all-steel warships of the Chinese Empire will inevitably lead to the imbalance of European maritime power, and the German Navy is dominant, because even the British Navy has no all-steel warships until now, and has to submit to the Chinese Empire.

France was the first to hold back, and the wounds of the Franco-Prussian War are still fresh in the memory of the French. Upon learning that the German Navy was about to acquire the most advanced all-steel battleships of the Chinese Empire, the French Emperor Napoleon III had to bow his arrogant head and curry favor with the Chinese Empire.

Originally, France was forced by British pressure not to accept the visit of the Foreign Minister of the Chinese Empire, but considering the pressure from Germany, the French Emperor still agreed to Zhang Peilun's visit to France under pressure.

Of course, before that, the two sides had to negotiate in secret, and the French Emperor Napoleon III naturally had to put forward the condition that only if the Chinese Empire canceled the provision of advanced battleships to Germany or also provided France with more advanced battleships, the French Emperor would receive Zhang Peilun and enhance Franco-Chinese relations.

The military deal was a continuation of the political deal, and after weighing the pros and cons, Li Weiguo decided to agree to the emperor's request to export the foreign trade version of the Hsiungfeng-class battleship to France, which was one level lower than that sold to the empire.

In making this kind of decision, Li Weiguo also considered his own interests in an all-round way. He thought about the relationship between Britain and France, even if he sold the advanced battleships to France, he could only respond to the British, and it was impossible for France to ignore the British and fall to the Chinese Empire. It is even possible that France secretly allowed the British to visit the all-steel battleships built by the Chinese Empire for the French Navy, from which they got some secrets and battleship parameters.

Li Weiguo has considered all this, but he still agreed to France's request, because he has calculated that in order to drag down the European and American powers, the European and American powers must first have all-steel battleships to let them see hope, and at present, the British Navy is still groping, so they have to stimulate them.

In order to pit the British fiercely, Li Weiguo hoped that the British Navy could build a large number of former dreadnought series battleships, only the more the British invested in this area, and when the Dreadnought series battleships of the Chinese Imperial Navy were put into service, the British would suffer more pain and suffer more losses.

Reluctant that the child couldn't catch the wolf, Li Weiguo played another big chess game, and the bait was to build a new battleship for France. When the Chinese Empire sold the advanced battleships to France, ordinary people would only think that the Chinese Empire wanted to extort a sum of money from the French, and those with a little bit of brains would see that this was the Chinese Empire's attempt to ease tensions with Europe, while senior military experts would think that it was disintegrating the Anglo-French alliance.

When no one would have thought that this was just another pit for Li Weiguo, not only for the British, but also for all the European and American powers.

The French were most happy, especially the French Emperor Napoleon III, who had no idea that the Chinese Empire would agree to sell the latest all-steel battleships to the French Navy, and he was overjoyed and had no suspicion of the conspiracy.

All countries are selfish, and even if France has good relations with Britain, it will not ignore its own national interests. For the French Navy, being able to get all-steel battleships is a bargaining chip for sea domination, and it will not care about the face of the British.

However, Li Weiguo will not cheapen the French in vain, it is necessary to knock the French hard, at least to comfort the wounded Germans, naturally it is much more expensive than the warships sold to the Germans.

Even if it was expensive, Napoleon III paid for it.

Although the Germans were not happy, they knew that the new battleships that the French had obtained were not as good as theirs, and that they were twice as expensive as theirs, and they suddenly felt psychologically balanced, and even happy that the French were pitted, completely forgetting that they were also cheated goods.

When the French Emperor Napoleon III announced the official invitation to Zhang Peilun to visit France, the British learned about this secret deal between China and France, and they were immediately envious and jealous.

The French emperor did not want to provoke Britain too much, so he arranged a secret meeting between Britain and France. The French Emperor told Saul that the French Navy would send personnel to the Chinese Empire to supervise the construction of the new battleships, and that the relevant information would be available at that time, which could be shared with the British.

"Thank you so much! I knew that England and France were the best allies! Thor said happily.

"Don't be happy too early, I'm conditional!" Emperor Napoleon suddenly sneered and said, "How can I let you take advantage of you."

Salton rolled his eyes, and knew that there would not be such a good thing, damn Napoleon, if you dare to open your mouth, Lao Tzu will fight with you.

"Say, on what terms?"

"I heard that your country's Minister of Fisher has successfully formulated an all-steel battleship plan, and I want your core shipbuilding technology to be shared with us!"

Thor almost jumped up and gave Napoleon a brick, this Nima is too shameless!

"Your Majesty doesn't know, my country's all-steel battleship program is not going well, and there are still difficulties in building all-steel battleships, since your country has obtained all-steel battleships from the Chinese Empire, it is not needed!"

Napoleon shook his head and said: "The Chinese Empire is on guard against us, don't look at their willingness to sell us advanced all-steel battleships, but that is a castrated version, and it is not even as good as what they sold to the Germans." The German Navy received an all-steel battleship overhaul factory built with the assistance of the Chinese Empire, which meant that the German Navy could continue to repair all-steel battleships, and even build them on their own. But we don't have such good luck, the Chinese Empire has only provided us with part of the shipbuilding technology, so we need to get your country's shipbuilding technology to supplement. ”

Salton understood that Napoleon's ambitions were great, and on the one hand, he received some technical assistance from the Chinese Empire, and on the other hand, he had to thoroughly understand the core shipbuilding technology of the British Empire. Once France succeeds, France's shipbuilding technology will surpass that of the British Empire.

"The core shipbuilding technology of the British Empire has never been passed on, Your Majesty is too greedy!"

"That's not the way to talk about it? You must know that the complete suppressive effect of all-steel battleships on ironclad ships, if your country only relies on its own exploration, I am afraid that it will not be able to do it within five years. When the time comes, we will get all-steel battleships, the Germans will also have all-steel battleships, and the Chinese Empire will probably export all-steel battleships to Italy, Tsarist Russia, the Netherlands and other countries, and then your country will lose its superiority in sea power, and the global colonies will probably have to be redivided! ”

Seeing that Thor did not agree, Napoleon immediately threatened with red fruit.

Thor glared at Napoleon angrily, greeting the other party's ancestors in his heart, and finally said with a dark face: "Yes!" However, I also want your French 343mm cannon technology! ”

"How do you know?" This time it was Napoleon III's turn to be surprised, this was a secret of the French military, how did this girl know.

"Joke, you all know about our Fisher plan, why can't I know about your Paris cannon plan?" Thor said-for-tat, his eyes full of banter.

The two stared at each other for half a minute, and finally they both laughed slyly, and then shook hands and made peace.

The French military has been researching giant cannons, and has been at the forefront of the world, when the British military successfully developed a 12-inch gun with a caliber of 40 times, the French military has successfully developed a 343 mm cannon with a diameter of 40 times. However, the French military has always kept it a secret, hoping that one day when China and Britain are both defeated, the French Navy will suddenly be equipped with ironclad ships equipped with 343-mm guns and dominate the world. As a result, all-steel battleships suddenly appeared in the Chinese Empire, which made the French military dumbfounded, and had to endure it again.

It has long been no secret that Anglo-French relations are intricate, and that spies on both sides have infiltrated each other for hundreds of years. The British military got the French Paris cannon plan, and Saul has been salivating, because the British navy's naval guns have always been inferior to those of the Chinese Empire. If it can be equipped with the French Paris cannon, the 343 mm 40 times the diameter naval gun can be evenly matched with the Chinese Imperial Navy even if it uses backward hey medicine in the face of the 305 mm 50 times diameter naval guns of the Chinese Empire.

Even if it can only be equal to the firepower of the Imperial Chinese Navy, this makes the British Imperial Navy excited, which shows how inferior and frustrated the British Imperial Navy has been in the face of the ferocious firepower superiority of the Imperial Chinese Navy over the years!

Britain and France secretly reached a secret agreement, while the Chinese Empire was selling all-steel battleships to the European and American powers.

In the eyes of the European and American powers, the Chinese Empire was a naval and artillery diplomacy, on the one hand, it wanted to curry favor with Europe and the United States to isolate Britain, and on the other hand, it was selling warships to make money.

European and American countries sneered at this, pretending to be flattered on the surface, and negotiated cooperation with the Chinese Empire one after another, ordering all-steel battleships and armored cruisers from the Chinese Empire to strengthen the naval strength of various countries. Secretly, these European and American countries were more susceptible to British influence, secretly scolding the Chinese Empire for being fools.

"Hmph, when we have an all-steel battleship and learn the technology of your Chinese Empire to make all-steel battleships, then we will see how we clean up your Chinese Empire. If you want to dominate the world, hmph, go in a dream, we would rather the British dominate the world than allow the Orientals to dominate the world. ”

Most countries have this in mind, and deep down they do not accept the rise of the Chinese Empire.

However, they didn't know that at this moment, the Chinese Empire was also secretly laughing at European and American countries.

"Hmph, have fun, there will be a day when you will find out how *** you are. It's best to buy more warships of our Chinese Empire, the more you buy, the better, and send all your gold and silver treasures to the pockets of our Chinese Empire, we can't wait to see when you cry to death in the future. ”

The Tsarist Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were happy, they invited Zhang Peilun and Li Hongzao to pay a state visit to the two countries for the first time, and the Tsar learned that the Chinese Empire had won the Battle of the Solomon Islands, and the new all-steel battleships had tortured the British ironclad ships, which made the Tsar very excited. However, when he inquired about the price and manufacturing technology of the all-steel battleship, he was dumbfounded.

This Nima costs 2.5 million yuan for an all-steel battleship, and we can't afford it!

This is because the Chinese Empire took into account the national conditions of Tsarist Russia and knew that Tsarist Russia could not afford it, so it deliberately did not dare to shout too much when making an offer, and as a result, Tsarist Russia still could not afford it.

However, the tsar learned that the armored cruisers of the Chinese Empire were very good, and this kind of armored cruisers, which could be used as both battleships and cruisers, seemed to be tailor-made for the national conditions of Tsarist Russia.

As a result, Tsarist Russia did not buy the all-steel battleships of the Chinese Empire, but instead set its sights on cheaply expensive armored cruisers.

In this regard, Li Weiguo was also speechless. However, the enemy's money can earn one point, and Li Weiguo has never been too little. Anyway, the armored cruiser will be a pit in the future, and Tsarist Russia is also a potential enemy, so let's pit the impoverished Tsarist Empire!

As for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it was also desperately poor, and it couldn't afford expensive battleships, and it was also eyeing cost-effective armored cruisers, and the Chinese Empire also sold them at a discount, which was completely sold for the sake of Germany's face, and it didn't make much money, purely to let the shipbuilding technicians of the Chinese Empire practice, let the battleship designers of the Chinese Empire practice, and help the Chinese Imperial Navy accumulate experience in shipbuilding and experiment with new warships.

Zhang Peilun and Li Hongzao went around Europe in a big circle, winning orders for 34 all-steel battleships and 55 armored cruisers for the Chinese Empire, with a total amount of 210 million yuan, making the major shipyards of the Chinese Empire full of orders and making a lot of money.

After learning the news, Li Weiguo was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

Then there was the United States, and Li Weiguo began to study how to pit them. (To be continued.) )