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"Svensson, as far as the entire shijie range is concerned, the Qing country is not a real weak country. Moreover, the Far East, where the Qing State was located, was far away from the mainland of European countries, except for Britain and France, two countries with powerful navies and armies, and the Russian Empire, which bordered the Qing State by land, there was no fourth country that threatened the Qing State.

Therefore, the Qing did not need to make concessions to any country other than these three countries in its diplomatic dealings. As for negotiations with France and Russia, there is no need to be too weak, France has no bases in the Far East, and its colonies in India are very small enough to support large expeditions. Moreover, France is currently using troops against Algeria in North Africa, the war has been going on for five or six years, and the French army has invested nearly 100,000 troops in Algeria. Sending troops to the Far East would probably exceed the French government's ability to afford military spending.

The situation of Russia is not as good as that of France, they can only threaten the north of the Qing country by land through Siberia, and the land communication line of 20,000 li cannot maintain a large army without the support of the railway.

As for the United States, Spain, Prussia, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, and other countries, they were not very powerful, and it was impossible for them to go to war with the Qing State, so the Qing State could treat them as equals in diplomacy, and absolutely could not help Britain as an example and give them a lot of benefits.

In addition, negotiations with Britain and France should not be made without principle, and the interests that should be contested must still be contested. Customs duties, in particular, are of great importance. At present, tariffs in Western countries are often 30 or 40 percent, and even if the Qing state wants to make concessions, it cannot be less than 25 percent. In addition, there is also the most-favored-nation treatment, which must not be easily caught, and there is no way for Britain to get it. If France wants to get it, it must exchange benefits, and it can ask France to help set up arsenals and shipyards, send personnel to train new troops, and so on, otherwise it will not give them to them. As for the rest of the countries, including the United States and Russia, there is no need to make any concessions on MFN status......"

On the galleon bound for Calais, France, Zhu Jishi was explaining the international situation and the measures that the Qing State could take to deal with it with a serious face. He has been in this era for nearly a year, and he has already understood the current situation in Europe and the United States, and has also found that the position of the Qing Dynasty is actually not as unfavorable as imagined by later generations. Because imperialism is not at all homogeneous, the British Empire will never spend millions of pounds to fight China again for the sake of any other Western country. And France may still have some spare strength to fight the Manchus, but this is unlikely. As for countries other than Britain and France, they were simply unable to use troops against the Qing State. Naturally, the Manchu Dynasty did not need to make any concessions to them, otherwise it would be easy to sell their rights and interests now, and it would be extremely difficult to recover them in the future.

As for the high customs tariffs of Western countries, Zhu Jishi can be regarded as having a personal experience, and now the products of Hero Pharmaceutical and the Jason-Cospel Rubber Company are sold in Europe and the United States, and the tariff barriers encountered are often tens of percent. So much so that the board of directors of Jishi Holdings has planned to open factories in France, the United States, Germany and Russia to achieve localized production. If the Qing Dynasty foolishly gave the Western powers a tariff of 5% or 10% (less than 5% in history), it would be difficult to develop national industry in the future.

Zhu Jishi said seriously, but Bai Siwen still listened a little boring, he returned to China to be an official, not to save the country, and what is the key to being an official? Still trying to figure out the above thoughts? As for being familiar with the domestic affairs of Taixi, it is just a stepping stone. But seeing Zhu Jishi's careful explanation, he could only listen with a serious face.

However, he probably never thought that Zhu Jishi was actually single-minded, and his mind had already flown to the East. In the past year in the UK, all aspects of the harvest can be regarded as perfect. It was better than he could have expected when he first arrived on this plane. The industrial layout with pharmaceutical drug trafficking, explosives, military industry and rubber products as the core has been launched, although they are all grass-roots creations, but how bright the development prospects are can be understood with their heels -- the current Jishi Holdings, which is almost the largest high-tech monopoly in this era, is difficult to make money! He also used his medical knowledge of later generations to become famous, won the titles of member of the French Academy of Sciences and a member of the Royal Society, and made friends with Prince Albert, the most powerful British prince, and was made a baron, which is also half a nobleman.

But after all, I am Chinese! No matter how much Shijie in Europe, which is ruled by white people, has no roots of its own. If you want to let God let yourself go through, it's not for you to help the British Empire develop the pharmaceutical industry and the rubber industry, right?

Before the time travel, Zhu Jishi was a godless immortalist, and he never thought of God when doing things, but now that such a bizarre thing as traveling through time and space has happened, how could he not believe in the heavens in the underworld?

Since God has chosen himself, it is impossible to have only benefits and no responsibilities. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and there is certainly no free crossing. Therefore, I can't forget my responsibilities, and I can't forget that there is a China thousands of miles away.

The Bai Siwen in front of him is the one who went to the east for himself to play the front station. Foreigners here, they have pounds, they have the status of a member of the Academy of Sciences and a member of the Royal Society, and Albert is the "backstage", the problem is not too big. But China is there...... It's really black-eyed, and you can say that you don't know anything. Don't spend hundreds of thousands or millions of pounds to set up a university and not even recruit a single student, then it will be a lot of fun.

Fortunately, God "sent" a Bai Siwen to himself again. This kid...... One look at it and you know it's not a good thing! But that's fine, this kind of treacherous villain's dealings are actually not difficult to fight, and if you really want to change to a pretentious and high-minded loyalty, I'm afraid it's even more of a headache. And "Zhongliang" has always been difficult to be promoted, and if you don't do it, you will be framed by a traitor and have to find a way to rescue yourself, and this Bai Siwen is a traitor by himself, this kind of scum is often very tenacious, but it is not so easy to hang up.

"By the way, Svensson, what's the way to get back in? Do you want me to help? Zhu Jishi asked kindly.

But Bai Siwen muttered in his heart: "Actually, your old rebel is the most haode way to enter the body...... but his face is grateful, and he said: "If you return to your master, the little one who follows the French mission back to the Qing Dynasty is the most haode way to enter the body, and he can be regarded as a person who knows the West, and with the careful teaching of the master these days, the small one will definitely be able to break out of the world in the Qing Dynasty." It's just that there is a lot of socializing in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, and the small family is very poor, so ......"

"Give you 10,000 pounds," Zhu Jishi also knew a little about how corrupt the Qing Dynasty officialdom was, he thought for a while, and said: "Exchange this money for things and bring it back, Western objects are popular in the Manchu officialdom?" ”

"There are a few small ones, and even if these pounds are borrowed from you in a small way, they will be repaid twice in the future." Bai Siwen stood up and bowed, with a grateful look on his face.

Zhu Jishi waved his hand indifferently, "You don't need to pay it back, but you have to climb up quickly for me, I will leave Europe and return to the East in two years at the earliest, how can you kid be a big official with three or four grades at that time, right?" ”

"The little one must have sharpened his head and climbed up, and he will never let the master down." Bai Siwen said this on his lips, but scolded in his heart: "Do you always know what kind of official the third and fourth grades are?" Bai Ye, how could I climb from a guilty body to that high position in two years? ”