"The British want to buy our cannons, let me think about it, John's identity is the East India Company, then he should belong to the side of the emerging bourgeoisie, if you look at the course of history, they are preparing for war." Zhao Shijie thought for a while and finally said.

"I heard you say that the Ministry of Industry and the military industry team have been jointly developing the Napoleon cannon, so the obsolete sub-mother cannon should also find a buyer for it, although the ideal range of the sub-mother cannon after modern technology can reach 500 meters, but under normal circumstances, its firing range is only 300 to 400 meters, and according to the Navy boys, the stability is very poor."

Hearing Liu Yun's words, Zhao Shijie was a little surprised, this guy should not really want to do arms trading, although there are many problems with this artillery, but compared with the European artillery range in the same period, the range is much better, and the most important thing is that it is light and suitable for mobile combat.

"Your idea is very problematic, Comrade Liu, I have to wonder if you have been bought by John."

"Haha, yes, maybe I've been bought by money, I'm just looking for a buyer for Australia's newer weapons, and it's done to help us curb the development of Britain, the longer their civil war lasts, the better it will be for us, and even I don't mind exporting our weapons to other European countries."

"The idea is good, but you have to be clear that although Britain during this period was in internal and external difficulties, it eventually came out and became the powerful empire on which the sun never sets." Zhao Shijie reminded: "Maybe we should send someone to Europe to play the role of a-stirring stick, if we want to really contain Britain, it is not enough to rely on its internal aspects, we should secretly make appropriate contact with the Spaniards and the French." ”

"Your idea is very bold, but it seems that you have to get the authorization of the Executive Committee to do so, you know, that kind of person cares a lot about our position being exposed." Liu Yun reminded.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about how the Dutch are going, but I heard that you, the ambassador to Pakistan, don't have much contact with the Dutch."

"You can't blame me, Fan Dimen is wary of us, and anyone who is beaten will be unhappy to meet you with a smile all day long."

"Let's go, let's meet the Dutch."

For the re-arrival of the Australians, although Van Dimen was very displeased, in front of the interests still let him personally go out to welcome the arrival of Zhao Shijie, if nothing else, just the agency of the mirror is enough, plus the strange things depicted by the Australians. Once all of them could be withheld by the Dutch East India Company, the profits could be imagined.

"Dear Mr. Governor-General, we meet again, this is a gift from the Ministry of Foreign Trade of our country." Zhao Shijie brought in a half-human-high mirror, and before entering the door, he asked people to take off the coat wrapped in cloth, in order to give the Dutch buns a visual impact.

"Ao, Minister Zhao, you are so polite," Fan Dimen looked at the half-human-high mirror, his eyes showed greed and joy, it was really shocking, the Australian old man actually gave himself such a big mirror, you must know that this can definitely sell hundreds of thousands of Spanish silver coins in Europe.

Mirror diplomacy has become Australia's most important diplomatic weapon at present, the mirror may be a treasure for countries in the 17th century, but for the people who have mastered the superb craftsmanship, it is no different from ordinary goods, of course, it is now a high-end commodity, absolutely.

Fan Dimen, who was shocked by the generosity of the old Australian, calmed down his inner mood and said with a smile, "Minister Zhao, are all your foreign trade items such a big mirror this time?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Governor, this time we brought this knife in addition to five mirrors of this size."

Took a knife and fork handed over by Zhao Shijie, Fan Dimen put it in his hand and played left and right, there was no difference at all, except that the patterns on it were better than those made in Europe.

"Mr. Governor, don't underestimate this small table knife, it is made of steel smelted with the latest smelting technology in our country, I dare not say that the iron is like clay, but it is much stronger than your knife, and the edge will not be damaged when cut on the stone, I don't know if you want to see it."

Hearing Zhao Shijie's explanation, Fan Dimen was a little unconvinced, it is estimated that Australia is always bragging, deliberately saying so, in the spirit of making Australia ugly, showing an expression that he wants to see: "Oh, of course, I have always been very curious about the magic of Australian items," After speaking, he immediately called a servant to bring a few stones.

The servant put down the stone, and did not rush to leave but stood beside it, Zhao Shijie understood, and made a gesture to point at the servant, although the test was good, he did not believe that the knife made by modern quenching technology could not be broken.

"Rude, you can try it, but you have to be careful, don't break Minister Zhao's dinner knife." Van Dimen said with some hints.

"Yes, Lord Governor," Rudd replied, then picked up his knife and slashed at the stone, only to hear the crotch of the crotch of metal colliding with the stone. Rude got up and handed the knife to Van Dimen.

Fan Dimen, who was holding a dinner knife in his hand and observing carefully, was very surprised, the blade was really not damaged, this is amazing, the Australian old man actually used such a good steel to make a table knife, it is really a violent thing, if it is used to make weapons, it is definitely more useful than as a tableware.

In just a few dozen seconds, Van Dimen had already imagined what it would be like for the Dutch army to be equipped with such steel-made weapons.

"Mr. Minister, I think it's a waste of such fine steel to be used to make cutlery, and its power is unimaginable if it is turned into a weapon."

"Of course, I will inform the entrepreneurs in China about Mr. Governor's suggestion that in addition to making tableware, we also use it to make some agricultural tools, which are products that we want to export," Zhao Shijie said indifferently to Fan Dimen's sigh, as if he did not care at all about making this steel into a weapon.

"Mr. Governor, what do you think of this batch of tableware made of 100 steel, we want to hand it over to the Netherlands to become the exclusive agent in Europe?

"Exclusive agent," a smile appeared on the corner of Fan Dimen's mouth: "As long as Mr. Minister is willing, of course we have no problem, but we don't know what kind of conditions you need." ”

"The conditions are very simple, we want to settle the settlement with Holstein cattle, and we need some boats, and if we can, we want you to help us bring in some labor from Europe, the best of the best, young and old, as long as they can work. These conditions should not be a problem for the Netherlands, I don't know if His Excellency the Governor can make a decision, here is a list of all the items quoted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of our country, you can take a look. ”

Van Dimen took the list and looked at the above quotation for this kind of mirror and tableware, although the price is not expensive, but it is definitely worth the price, if the Dutch East India Company can really become the exclusive agent, the profit earned will never be low, in addition to the Australian price of about three hundred Spanish silver coins per labor transported, which is simply too high.

These Australian elders are really the same as the rumors, is it really because the price of local workers is too high, so they need to buy so many slaves, but it may be true when you think of the low supply of Australian goods.

"Of course, these are not big problems, you should know that we have the most shipyards in the whole of Europe, and we can start building hundreds of ships at the same time in a day, and we can sign agreements at any time."

"Then celebrate our happy cooperation."