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In fact, not only Bourblon, but also many merchants saw an important problem, that is, although the Celestial Empire traded a lot of trade with other countries, it was concentrated on the most basic industrial equipment, as well as steel and timber. As for many Western military and civilian products, they almost do not pay attention to them at all.

Last month, he returned home with a secret envoy from France to China, an expert in industrial technology sent by the Emperor to verify his words. Before leaving, the envoy had to say to him in a tone of admiration, "With your wisdom, you have won a great opportunity for the empire to develop. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would not only take control of the whole country, but also bring about an unimaginable change in the industrial pattern of the entire world. Your Excellency, you have saved the Empire from the brink of a great cataclysm! By working with them, we can fulfill our French dream. ”

Nevertheless, when the British cloth poured into India in large quantities, bringing unprecedented prosperity to the domestic textile industry, it was natural that Burbulon also hoped to find a market for his own textile and other light industrial products in China, as the British did. Therefore, today's dinner party is very grand, and he hopes to get some promises from him before the expedition of King An, or to solve the mystery in his own heart.

France's commercial office in Shanghai, before the official dinner began, the invited guests came one after another.

Ma Shali, Jin Nengheng and a group of American influential figures in Shanghai also came early. Jin Nengheng seems to be the leader of the American foreign firm, no matter what Qing Dynasty is in power, or the current Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government controls Shanghai, it has not affected his business, and the business is still getting bigger and bigger. I think that at the beginning, in order to smuggle arms, Mashali did not fall to him, but it turned out that he was right. Even the iron-faced and ruthless King An quietly said to himself in private that he was a hero to their Celestial Empire. Now, whoever dares to say in front of him that the Taiping Army is not good, who does he dare to be anxious with.

He didn't think as much as Bourblon did, but with the sensitivity of a businessman, he sensed what the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government really needed in Shanghai and beyond. They want to develop their own industry, and since this is the case, what they naturally urgently need is the most basic industrial facilities such as electricity and machinery. He doesn't care what American goods, British goods, or French goods, wherever they come quickly, he will pounce on them. Of course, the reason why he was able to have this qiē was that he also had to thank Sang Yu and his old friend Fang Jingbo of Angel Firm, who had left Shanghai for the United States, without their help and guidance, he might not have been so shrewd. He outperformed all his peers.

Whether it is compared with the spring breeze Anengheng, or compared with Burbul Bulon, Mashali seems to be a little more difficult, and even a little helpless. As an official sent by the government, he now very much hopes that his own government will first send commercial chargé d'affaires to each other, as the French and Tianjing governments have done, and it is better to establish formal diplomatic relations at the ministerial level, otherwise he will feel more and more embarrassed to stay in Shanghai like this. He no longer doubted that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would eventually unify the whole of China, and even if it were true that the Russians wanted to intervene in a full-scale civil war in China, as the newspapers said, in order to extinguish the raging fire of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

But what he didn't expect was that the domestic policy for him was to continue to take a look, and it seemed that those officials and old men really took Russia seriously. Of course, the stupid government still temporarily gave him the status of a liaison officer of the U.S. government to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Wait, no wonder King An said, take your time, it seems that people have expected the attitude of the distant US government, and it is not as friendly as they described.

Ali Guo also came. Until now, he has not regretted his previous decision, but only regretted it. It's a pity that I know too little about my opponent, so I can be today. He persuaded most of the country's merchants in Shanghai and instructed his officials to send news to the consulates in Ningbo, Fuzhou, Xiamen, and Guangzhou, so that they would not repeat the mistakes of the past. At the same time, he wrote letters to the Queen and to Wen Han in Hong Kong, to shirk the responsibility for his defeat and to offer his own views on future government decisions.

However, he himself has never left Shanghai half a step, he is unwilling to lose, reluctant, he wants to use his own eyes to take a serious look at the Shanghai in front of him. He was different from Marshali. Mashali had never actually been to Tianjing, so it can be said that Mashali now took everything he saw in Shanghai as a matter of course for the Tianjing government. And, in his opinion, the American diplomat has more of a typical businessman's greed, recognizing only money, but forgetting more important things.

Ali Guo is a real politician. He carefully consulted Wen Han's investigation report again, and carefully compared the current Shanghai with the Tianjing at that time, and he found the mystery. Shanghai is actually singing a tune that is not very consistent with Tianjing, and this discovery can be verified by the individual propaganda tones of the two newspapers, Shanghai and Tianjing. The qiē done here is actually not something that the Tianjing government has promoted in the past, and this qiē is nothing more than its own ingenuity.

He also studied the history of King An through various channels, but unfortunately he got very little. What kind of heavenly immortals, he won't believe it at all. In the end, he came to the conclusion that the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were extremely superstitious about God, superstitious about the so-called Heavenly Father, and in order to balance the Eastern King to dominate the dynasty through the possession of the Heavenly Father, some people with ulterior motives deliberately created two "true gods". They and the former emperor, their king, seem to be following the same path, but in fact they are just borrowing chickens to lay eggs. This is a feudal centralized state, and the position of the emperor or the emperor is supreme, and the end of their actions will sooner or later make the Tianjing government bound to infighting. No matter how strong the fortress is, it cannot withstand the blow from within. For this reason, in his report to the queen, he also came to the conclusion that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was bound to self-extinction.

Since this is the case, Ali Guo also feels that it is not simply on the battlefield that can really fight the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Russia is right to send troops, if it is not for the damned Crimea, the empire should also fully intervene in China's civil war. However, it is better to sit back and watch the tiger fight, and the main thing is to strengthen the economic blockade of the Shanghai government, rather than seek any commercial benefits. They should not be allowed to develop, but on the contrary, they should help the Qing government in Beijing to develop quickly.

He lobbied Marshali, bullblon, and sent special envoys to lobby Manchu officials in Canton, who had not yet been affected by the war. The former and no one listened to him, and they only cared about their immediate interests, while the latter was still thinking. Recently, another question occurred to him. Bourblon fought fiercely with that King An, and France gained unprecedented benefits in trade with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and slowly developed, will this former loyal ally become the enemy of the British Empire in the future?

"My honorable Excellency, what are you thinking when you sit here alone?"

Ali Guo raised his head, and in front of him stood a brand new evening dress, a radiant Bourblon, "Hehe, congratulations, France has become the biggest beneficiary here." ”

"Neutrality, only true neutrality can benefit." Bourblon said casually, "Mr. Aitang has inadvertently caused us a lot of trouble, and for this reason, he has also lost a lot of interests of the expatriates, and it has also cost me a lot of hard work. ”

"yes, it really didn't come easily." Ali Guo agreed, turned his face to look at Marshali not far in front of him, and saw that Marshali obviously deliberately turned his face away, unwilling to make eye contact with him, he smiled he. He suddenly thought of such a sentence again, the last laugh is the brightest laugh.

"His Royal Highness the Honorable King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has arrived!" With the shouts of the officials of the commercial department who had been preparing at the door, the hall that had been laughing suddenly fell silent, and everyone stood up and turned their eyes to the open door.

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