King Stephen looked very ugly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He was invited to "inspect" the newly arrived Huaxia Army, which he was initially pleased with and finally had the opportunity to get up close and personal with what was said to be the most powerful army in history.

But when he was actually there, he felt not joy, but fear.

First of all, the army, and not all of the more than 30,000 Chinese troops who came to Taibai Harbor this time were inspected -- King Stephen did not deserve this treatment at all. But the various phalanxes composed of 6,000 army troops present were enough to make Stephen's legs weak with fright.

Nehru had told him that the Emperor of China could organize a million-strong and well-trained army at any time, and Stephen was skeptical, but now, he believed it!

Nowadays, the soldiers of the Huaxia Army are the younger generation, and their lives are much better than their ancestors who eat two meals a day, and Zhou Quan asked the Chinese Academy to confirm in the form of legislation that the education funds include a free nutritious lunch, which has greatly improved the nutritional status of the teenagers and made them grow in size.

In other words, each of the 6,000 army troops in this reference can become a qualified knight in England, and can wear dozens of pounds of armor to fight!

And how many knights are there in Britain now?

Although Britain was less affected by the plague, it did have many deaths, and before the plague, the population of Britain was about 3 million people, and now only 2.3 4 million remain. With such a small population, how many knights can you raise?

Zhou Quan dared to send only 36,000 troops to the expedition, a very important reason is here, in addition to the German Empire and the Jin State with a slightly larger population, the entire Europa, like the United Kingdom, has only two or three million people in the calendar, not to mention those small countries where the princes are divided and divided!

Moreover, these 6,000 parade troops, each with their own weapons, whether it is their heavy artillery or the light weapons in their hands, are "holy weapons" in Stephen's eyes.

Looking at the equipment of several knights around him, Stephen was even more ashamed.

Of course, what shocked Stephen the most was the ironclad cruiser. When all the thirty-two guns on one side of the five ironclad cruisers opened their gun doors, the spectacle was so spectacular that Stephen could barely breathe.

"I don't know if the King of England agreed to the request submitted by our envoy last time?"

When he was suffocating there, next to him, Zhou Yuyun asked lightly.

Zhou Yu is worse than Zhou Quan, that is, he looks ugly. Since he came to England, he felt unwilling not to bite a piece of fat hard.

"Uh...... Ah......h

Stephen knew this situation, and the other party proposed this, in fact, he was threatening with Huaxia's unparalleled military power.

But he had to give in.

"It's really difficult, after all, I'm just the king of a small country, and I can't make my vassals obedient like the great Chinese emperor." Stephen said with a bitter face.

"So we didn't say that you need to be bold and fundamentally change Britain." Zhou Yu smiled deeply: "As a friendly country, we are very willing to help the UK." ”

Stephen cursed in his heart.

Huaxia did bring a "generous" list of help: to help Britain mine its abundant coal and iron ore, on the condition that all mining machinery be ordered from Huaxia and half of the shares of all mines were transferred to Huaxia; Huaxia will help Britain establish a unified customs and tariff system, on the condition that the director of the General Administration of Customs will be a Huaxia person, and Zhou Yu will even be ready to bring it to Britain; Huaxia will help Britain establish a compulsory education system, on the condition that all schools will teach Chinese characters, all teaching will be conducted in Chinese, and that the new Confucian doctrine to which the emperor's eldest son belongs shall not be less than two-thirds of the teaching content; Huaxia would help the British train a new type of army, on the condition that officers at all levels must be equipped with Huaxia advisers, who could "act as their substitute" for command if necessary......

To a certain extent, the 17-article treaty proposed by Zhou Yu is to completely colonize Britain, whether it is domestic and foreign affairs, as well as the economy and people's livelihood, they are covered by these 17 articles. If you insist on two or three generations according to these seventeen articles, I am afraid that the British will not be able to speak English.

This is in line with Zhouquan's approach to Europe.

Europe is too far away, not small, populous and, most importantly, it has developed its own set of rules and is quite stubborn. If you want to completely occupy it, it will cost a lot of manpower and material resources, not to mention, it may not be beneficial. On the contrary, dividing it, assimilating it, and finally destroying it with the advantage of civilization is the most profitable, albeit slower.

As for whether the British are willing or not...... Does the will of a backward civilization matter in the face of a strong advanced civilization?

"I still need to think about ......"

"Your Majesty, does this still need to be considered? With such favorable terms, any nobleman in your country who has the right to inherit the throne will agree to it. ”

So Zhou Yu looks a little ugly, he said it tactfully, in fact, he reminded Stephen that some people are waiting in line to cooperate with the Huaxia people, if he doesn't agree, then Huaxia will have to rely on military strength to change a king for the British.

King Stephen's face turned reddish-purple, choked twice, and then said angrily: "Anglo is already in your mouth, why are you so anxious, why do you force me to be cornered!" ”

When he said this, it meant the final showdown, so he regretted it when he opened his mouth.

Zhou Yu smiled, looked at Huaxia Jun, and after a while, he said: "Your Majesty, I have several younger brothers, among them, some of them have ambitions for the throne, my father is a benevolent father, he doesn't want to see our brothers kill each other, since this is the case, I have to give my brothers a good placement." A country tens of thousands of miles away, with a proper crown, I think that's a good place to stay. The crown on His Majesty's head seems to be quite good. ”

As he spoke, he reached over and took off the crown from Stephen's head.

Stephen and the queen beside him suddenly lost color on their faces.

A Chinese man who came to England to be king?

Although this is absolutely impossible in a few hundred years, it may not be impossible now. After all, the national and national concepts of the current Europa countries were only born with the Treaty of Lucerne, and they are far less deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It was not uncommon for feudal kingdoms to appoint a new king from a foreign country after the previous king had died.

This further threat, as well as Zhou Yu's extremely rude behavior, made the king feel terrified while suffering humiliation.

Robert, as an envoy, saw the strength of Huaxia with his own eyes, and he knew that he could not turn against Huaxia at this time, so he walked out and held Stephen down.

"Your Majesty, what is the loss to you by agreeing to it, those nobles have completely ignored your interests." Stephen whispered in his ear: "On the contrary, promise that with the help of the power of the Huaxia people, you can eliminate the opposition of the nobles and establish a real kingdom, instead of the hybrid that it looks like now." ”

Robert has been to China twice, stayed in China for a long time, specializing in the study of the political system of China and Europa, after in-depth comparison and thinking, he has to admit that China is a real country, and after Charlemart's reform of Europa, the vast majority of countries are just disguised as the country's separatist forces, not a real country at all!

The more he saw the strength of Huaxia, the more Robert hoped that Britain would also embark on the same strong path, and the treaty proposed by Huaxia was, in his opinion, the price that Britain had to pay for being equally strong. If Britain does not take the initiative to accept it, then China will make it accept it with a strong military press!

"But in this way, our power ......"

"Will it be smaller than it is now, and I think we can get the support of China in exchange for us, for example, Scotland?"

At this time, Scotland was still an independent country, and although the British crown had great influence on it and was full of ambitions for its territory, it was too limited in strength to truly annex it. When Stephen heard Robert's proposal, his eyes lit up and he began to wonder if this was really possible.

Zhou Yu didn't give him time to think about it, and after playing with the crown in his hand for a while, Zhou Yu handed it to Nehru, who immediately took it or refused, and was in a hurry for a while, and then took the crown in his hand.

Stephen realized that Zhou Yu was not joking. The British Crown, which he regarded as a treasure and was sacrosanct, was just a thing to play with in Zhou Yu's eyes, and it was even possible to reward it to an insignificant craftsman at any time!

"Regarding this matter, I will send the Minister of Palace Affairs to negotiate with your country."

Stephen stared at Zhou Yu, spat out the words from between his teeth, and then said, "Now that I'm tired, please allow me to retire." ”

"Oh, there are a few more things which I have to inform your Majesty before His Majesty leaves, the first is that the five open treaty ports have been determined, the second is that my messenger has returned from Scotland, and there the King of Scotland has made a request to me to arbitrate the territorial dispute between Scotland and England, and the third is that my envoy to France has proposed a territorial arbitration of the Norman land......"

Zhou Yu casually released a series of news, if Stephen still wanted to maintain a little dignity as a king before, this string of news made him recognize the reality.

"We will fully agree to Your Highness's request, and for the sake of the friendship between China and Britain, we will fully cooperate with your country's actions!" The anger on Stephen's face was gone, replaced by joy squeezed out: "Your Highness, when will it start, I can't wait!" ”

"Soon, soon, Your Majesty is so cooperative, then it's good, the Huaxia Empire will not treat the old friends of the Huaxia people badly." Zhou Yu laughed happily: "Since Your Majesty has agreed to my suggestion, then please ask Your Majesty to gather the knights loyal to you and prepare to go on the expedition." ”

"What...... What the? Stephen froze.

"Of course, it is with us on the expedition, does it mean that Your Majesty does not want to use the blood of King Fredet of Germany and Emperor Wanyan Liang of Jin to consolidate the friendship between the two countries?" Zhou Yu seemed to be smiling, but in the depths of his words, he was full of murderous intent!