Li Tie finally stopped laughing out loud, wiped the tears from laughter, and led the thousand-tailed scorpion group to get into the welcome carriage sent by the prince. The group left the airport and slowly drove towards the British Palace.

On the way, Edward and Prince George accompanied Li Tie and the thousand-tailed scorpion to sit in a carriage, and under Edward's repeated explanations, Li Tie finally understood the reasons for making such a big welcome scene this time.

It turned out that just a few days ago, Britain had just received the news that Li Tie had received an extremely grand welcome during his visit to Germany. Moreover, Li Tie signed a purchase contract of tens of millions of silver dollars with Germany on behalf of Huaxing Foreign Company, which made the British government think that it was very hurt.

Since Li Tie and the defeated Germany were able to sign so many contracts, Britain, as the victorious country. At the same time, the sun never sets on the empire that has always considered itself the world's first power. thinks that he has not been valued by Li Tie.

Li Tie should visit the United Kingdom first, and then visit Germany last, which is the normal order of visits. Although many British parliamentarians are also idle and noisy, who made Li Tie not take their British Empire seriously.

Fortunately, there were two princes who helped to maneuver, which made Li Tie embarrassed without getting off the plane. Moreover, the two princes also assured in parliament that Li Tie would sign a larger contract with the British. Britain must not be left untouched in front of the Germans.

After saying this, Prince Edward really signaled to Li Tie: "You must invest more." We promised Congress that you would sign a bigger contract with us.

If you invest less than in Germany, we won't be able to get off the stage. And we have already negotiated with my father that as long as you can negotiate a deal with England for 10 million silver dollars, we will give you the status of a lord, and if you can negotiate a deal with England for 10 million silver dollars, you will be a baron. Forty million is a viscount. ”

Seeing Edward's look that our country's knighthood was very valuable, Li Tie couldn't help but tease him. "Then if I negotiate a deal of 100 million silver dollars, can you still give me the Marquis?"

Originally, it was just a joke, but after listening to Li Tie's jokes, Edward was really fiddling with his fingers and calculating: "100 million silver dollars is almost 10 million pounds, but now the kings of European countries are generally only dukes, and there are many small countries that are not even marquises." But it's possible if you don't want fiefdoms. ”

After calculating, Edward said very seriously.

"Huh? What are you kidding, you can really give a marquis? Besides, I've spent a lot of money in Germany and France, and I don't really have any extra money now.

Besides, you just want me to spend that money, and you have to have something that can make me look good, right? ”

"Ah, what can I do? Don't you want fighter jets? ”

"I'm not a warlord, why should I buy that? As for the transport planes, do you have any better ships in Britain than the Huaxing I flew in? ”

Edward was more realistic: "What can I do about this?" We really don't have a better plane in England than your Huaxing. You don't want airplanes, but what about munitions? We have the best artillery in the world, as well as a variety of rifle-machine guns. ”

Li Tie still shook his head: "I said I don't want to be a warlord, so I don't need arms." I'm just reselling arms, but it's 10,000 or 20,000 arms at a time, and it's impossible to buy tens of millions of arms at once. Although China is currently at war, it cannot absorb so many arms. ”

"What then? Would it be like selling you a large warship? That thing is very valuable, and any one will cost you eighteen million. ”

"Forget it, I don't need large warships, and besides, all the warships you have now are to be eliminated, so I won't be fooled?"

"Who said that? Our navy is the most advanced and experienced navy in the world. And how can our warships be eliminated? "After all, Prince George was a soldier and knows a little about military affairs.

"Oh." Li Tie thought to himself, "It's broken, I almost leaked the secret of heaven." I can't tell them that in a few years, as soon as the aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft come out, your battleships and cruisers will all be to hell with it. ”

"Again, I have nothing to do with buying a warship, and besides, that thing costs money and is not easy to maintain. Did I buy it for fishing? Li Tie still refused.

The two princes thought to themselves, too. But if Li Tie is not allowed to buy these things, how can they make Li Tie consume more than 10 million silver dollars.

But if they don't spend more than 10 million silver dollars, how can they explain to their father, they patted their chest in front of their father and promised it.

At this time, Edward was also very troubled: "Li Tie, this way, you have to buy 10 million things no matter what, no matter what you buy, I will give it to you at the cost price." As long as you buy ten million items, I promise my father that you will have a viscount, the kind given to the fief, of course, it can't be the mainland of the British Empire, but it won't be some uninhabited island in the sea.

We still have many colonies all over the world, you see, where you are in the picture, as long as it is not more than ten square kilometers, I can give it to you. As for the extra part, you can also spend money to buy it. How about we give you the same amount of land around the land you bought? ”

Hearing Edward say this, Li Tie was taken aback, to say that hundreds of years ago, everyone didn't know the importance of land, but now it's the twentieth century, which country doesn't know the importance of land? Will they be so kind to sell me land cheaply? No, it's boring, I have to be careful.

"Oh, and such a good thing, can Prince Edward tell me which piece of land you want to sell me?"

As soon as Li Tie finished speaking, Prince Edward asked George to take out a map of the British Empire's colonies from the briefcase beside him.

Li Tie became even more suspicious when he saw it. This is good, but the preparation is very sufficient, it seems that the two brothers have already calculated. Knowing that there could be nothing in England that I could look up to, he wanted to sell me land. I guess there must be something wrong with the ownership of the land. I have to be careful. Li Tie was secretly vigilant in his heart.

George opened the map, and in the still stable carriage, Li Tie's eyes widened and he looked at the map in front of him. Not to mention, no wonder it's called the Sunset Map, and on this map of the world, there are almost everywhere British colonies.

Li Tie said jokingly: "Can you buy these colony lands?" ”

"Of course, no." Edward smiled and said, "The colonies here are all the ones that our ancestors spent countless efforts to get their hands on, so how can they be sold?" ”

"Why can't you sell it and take out this broken map?" Li Tie expressed his contempt for Edward and George's useless work.

"You can't sell these big places, but we have some small islands on various continents, and we can still sell them. For example, you have several small islands near the Malayan archipelago in Asia.

There are small islands like the Maldives on the edge of the Indian Ocean, which are sparsely populated and small, but the location is important. The transportation is also convenient, and it is also good to buy and develop a tourist resort.

The price is not as high as yours, and a small island within ten square kilometers can be worth 100,000 pounds. Edward was persuading Li Tie, as if he had given Li Tie a big bargain.

"Come on, I'm not fooling you, don't think I don't know, there are more than 300 small islands in the Maldives alone.

Each island is less than a square kilometre on average, and you have indeed sold me 100,000 pounds, and I will not be able to use this kind of word play for me, and I will not be able to buy such an island.

And I'm also short of money now, why do I spend so much money to buy a small island that can't be used? Don't think I don't know these details. ”

Edward didn't expect Li Tie to be so familiar with the form of these islands. All at once, he debunked his own tricks. I thought that these remote islands would be better sold to Li Tie for some cash than to throw them there and waste them.

This is a good person Li Tie is not fooled, which makes Edward, who already felt that Li Tie was a little cheated, couldn't help but blush, and was very embarrassed.

"Well, I can't buy these islands. But I can buy a development right from you in the UK. Li Tie suggested.

"What is the right to exploit?" Prince Edward came interested.

"Quite simply, I can have the same rights to exploit resources as the natives in all your British colonies. For example, there are a lot of coal mines in Australia now, but we all know that there is no shortage of coal in the UK.

So it's a waste for you to throw these coal mines there, but there are still many places in the world that are short of coal, so with this mining right, I can go directly to Australia.

Find the local government, and then sign a development contract with the local government in accordance with local policies and regulations, and pay taxes reasonably, so that you can make a profit by selling this development right.

When my coal mine opens, you have to pay taxes to the local government every year, and you make another profit. In addition, I have to hire workers locally, which can not only solve the local employment problem, but also promote the local economic development, which is a good thing in one fell swoop. I wonder what the two princes thought of this? Li Tieyi gave the expression of a weasel to the chicken.

"Ah, is that okay?" Prince Edward and Prince George were also impressed by Li Tie's suggestion. The two discussed it repeatedly, and in the face of such a beneficial and harmless suggestion, there was really no reason for them not to agree.

However, on the issue of how much Li Tie should be charged for obtaining the mining rights in so many places, the two were in a dilemma, and even if they agreed, the royal family agreed. This kind of thing must go through Parliament.

In the end, Li Tie gave the two brothers an idea, Li Tie paid the money, and the two brothers came forward to bribe influential members of the parliament to try to promote this matter.

As for the term of the mining right, Li Tie directly followed Hong Kong's example and rented him for 100 years if he wanted to. Rent can be paid every 10 years. But the price must not be expensive, up to 100,000 pounds per year.

Ten years is one million pounds, Li Tie promises, as long as it is within this price, all the money saved. He can be secretly handed over to the British royal family.

In other words, if Congress finally fixed the right to exploit the colony at 10,000 pounds a year, then the British royal family would receive 90,000 pounds a year.

Both brothers felt that this was a promising matter, given that Britain had too many colonies around the world. The development is almost done.

Now that Li Tie is going to develop again, it's not a big deal. What's more, even if the royal family has a small treasury that has been in the money for many years since then, why not do it?

The two sides reached a consensus on the right to exploit the resources of the British colonies around the world, and naturally became more intimate along the way. Soon Li Tie arrived at the British Imperial Palace, and Li Tie was greeted by all members of the royal family.

After all, Li Tie is still on the head of a prince's life-saving benefactor, so the British royal family is very face-saving. Although the emperor did not come forward, with the royal guards and the personal summons of the two princes, Li Tie's trip to the UK will definitely not be small.

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