Two million pounds sterling is not real money, but goods of equal value. China's financial hole is no smaller than that of Turkey, and no matter how willing Liu Xian is to befriend Turkey, he will not be able to throw two million pounds into it as soon as they meet. Combined with the 650,000 pounds spent on the purchase of the ship, the amount is already a small 3 million.

But if this big head turns from real money into a shipload of guns, steel, and goods, it will all become easy.

The Turkish Empire, known as the sick man of Europe, was rightfully underdeveloped in its own industrial power. Bulk goods were also imported, especially after close relations with Britain and France, Turkey became a dumping market for British and French industrial products.

So the two million pounds of goods delivered to the Turkish government are no different from real money. Even more profitable than real money. The price of the same gun in China is much lower than the price produced in Turkey, and it is even worse if you count the freight.

The same is true for steel and all kinds of industrial products. The two million pounds of goods, if the Turkish government were to purchase the same quantity, would be less than half of the premium.

China's actions in Turkey immediately drew a reaction from European countries. Britain and France, which have huge interests in the Suez Canal, were the first to come to the door, but the Foreign Ministry did not give any specific answer, only that it was a deal.

And what is the specific reaction of Russia, the Germans felt that their tone had been slightly softened when Russia came into contact with it again.

But this will not do much good for the war between China and Russia!

"We must have a decisive victory, take the Ili River Valley, and let the Chinese take the initiative to sit down at the negotiating table!" St. Petersburg's suburb palace Gatchenari. Tsar Alexander III was roaring at Russia's important ministers.

He was very dissatisfied with the progress of the Russian army in the war in Xinjiang. For half a year, Skobelev used 20,000 Russian troops. 13,000 cavalry of the Khanate, but the Russian army was still circling around the periphery of Gongchen City. You can't enter the core essence of the Ili River Valley. And on the battlefield south of Tuschi, in the face of the strong defense line of the Chinese army, the Russian army did not make any progress.

The current situation in Yili can only be said to have just restored the control area of Russia in Yili before 1870.

In Nikolai. When Grand Duke Nikolayevich was far away in Central Asia, the most respected of the Russian ministers in St. Petersburg before Alexander III was the veteran Russian general, War Minister Dmitry. Alexievich. Miryutin is gone. Sixty-five years old Jean Dmitry. Alexievich. Milyutin is about to retire from the political arena in St. Petersburg. Such a Russian hero, a veteran with great influence in the army, Alexander III also had to be careful.

"Your Majesty, General Skobelev's progress in Erie is indeed unsatisfactory. With the number of his troops, I don't think there will be a miracle. The Chinese are not stupid, backward Central Asians. They have more than enough weapons and experience in warfare. If the Russian Empire wants to achieve a decisive victory in the Ili Valley, we must send additional troops to General Skobelev. ”

"There is no military spending left, Count Milyutin. The war in Xinjiang has already cost 13 million rubles. This is higher than the financial expenditure of the entire Turkestan Governorate in two years. The Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire, Visnegradsky, said so.

Alexander III did not look at Visnegradsky, but at Dmitry. Alexievich. Milyutin, "Minister of War, Russia must win, Skobelev must win." "As for how to fight, and what kind of huge price the whole of Russia will pay for it next, Alexander III does not care.

Beijing. ZN Sea.

The German ambassador to China, Barland, had just left, and the atmosphere in the palace was gloomy. After the Russians relaxed their attitude a little, they did not develop in the direction that Liu Xian expected, but once again rejected the olive branch handed by Liu Xian.

"Your Majesty. The Russians are determined to fight to the death with our Celestial Empire. There will be a big battle in the battle for Xinjiang. The minister thought that he should mobilize troops to reinforce Xinjiang. ”

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"Ministers seconded the ......"

The Cabinet was quickly unified. Troops, troops, and troops in Xinjiang. continued to fight with Lao Maozi in Xinjiang. If you don't hit the dog's brain, you won't stop.

This battle needs to be won. There will be no more threats for at least five years. China can develop steadily until five years later. Among the ministers, one only needs to think about the development of China's industry during the first term of office. Looking back at what it will look like in five years' time, a huge Russia will not be a big threat.

Liu Xian returned to the dormitory in pain. What exactly do the Russians think? It's not like they haven't lost a battle. I haven't signed a treaty to cede land, so why is it so stumpy at this time?

If China were a Caucasian country, or even if China was a country with extensive influence in Europe like Turkey, Russia would have thrown in the towel by now, right?

Liu Xian was angry in his heart, and on the other hand, he was also distressed by the imminent surge in military spending in Xinjiang.

This anger made Liu Xian unhappy for the next few days. Because of the reasons of his previous life, he sprinkled his anger on others and was angry with others, how obvious it was that Liu Xian didn't do it. In his previous life, he hated the most in his life for being innocent. After the crossing, his status became higher and higher, but Liu Xian still firmly guarded this point.

But there is still one more concubine in the harem who came out because she was pulled into bed by Liu Xian. It's rare. Liu Xian's evaluation of women's color is very good from the outside world and the people. If you look at Liu Xian's unpleasant people, they will not say that Liu Xian is 'desolate and lewd'.

The night gradually shrouded the sky over Shijingshan.

The road near the Wanping industrial zone is full of piles of workers who have just gotten off work. The number of factories in the nearby industrial zone continues to increase, with tall chimneys filled with black smoke and soot dust wafting into the air. Although it will not make the sky gray forever, let alone let the nickname of 'fog capital' appear in the land of China so quickly, it is an indisputable fact that the environment has become worse.

On the streets of Wanping countryside, garbage and dung heaps can still be seen everywhere, but they are much better than the Hanzhong countryside 20 years ago in Liu Xian's memory. This is not surprising, although Wanping's factory district has spawned thousands of workers, most of whom live in rented houses in the countryside outside the city, which has a strong impact on hygiene. But now the government goes directly down to the township, and someone is in charge, so it will naturally be much better.

"Your Majesty, this Wanping ......" Wang Minyun, who was riding in the same carriage with Liu Xian, covered his nose and frowned, and finally couldn't help but ask after a long journey through the Guò Industrial Park.

Also passing with the two is Liu Xian's eldest son and eldest daughter, who are the two most favored and valued in a group of children.

the eldest son of the emperor, the prince of nine times out of ten; The eldest daughter of the emperor, the heart and liver of the emperor, the destined eldest princess!

The three of them followed Liu Xian, who had lost a lot of anger, to Wanping, and the destination was the Shijingshan Academy of Natural Sciences - tungsten incandescent lamp was successful.

Liu Xian will soon be able to install a light bulb in ZN Sea, of course he wants to come to Shijingshan to have a look! This patent is very valuable.

Wang Minyun couldn't stand such air, and Liu Xian was not surprised.

What kind of air is Beijing? What kind of air is this? And the land in Wanping Industrial Zone can obviously make people see that something is wrong.

"The air is too muddy, isn't it?" Liu Xian smiled faintly, "This was the weather in London half a century ago. That's why London is called the Fog Capital. The same is true of the British Empire's capital of goodness, why? That's because it's the power of industry! ”

In addition to the textile factory, the rubber factory is the most polluting to the environment in Wanping Industrial Park. And considering the overall factors, such a little pollution is far from being really polluting. If this industrial park is relocated, it will not take three to five years for Wanping to return to its former appearance. Naturally, this is not the real 'pollution' in Liu Xian's cognition.

"Father, Mr. Wang, I heard that England is dirty in the city and clean in the countryside. Their aristocrats and tycoons like to live in the countryside. And their cities are also divided into wealthy, middle-class, and slum-like areas. ”

Liu Sheng grew up a year after the New Year, with a height of nearly 1.5 meters, and he didn't look like a nine-year-old child, but like an eleven or twelve-year-old boy. With long hair, wearing Hanfu, and the same Hanfu, her sister Liu Mengyao, who was sitting quietly on the side, was like a pair of boys and girls who came out of ancient paintings.

The exquisite Hanfu is worn on the two of them, which is very decent, and there is no sense of disobedience. And Liu Xian is more spiritual in military uniforms.

"Oh, the eldest prince knows about foreign factory districts and slums?" Wang Minyun is happy to have more contact with Liu Sheng.

"I saw it in the newspaper, and I saw a lot of it in the internal magazine."

This internal journal was the act of Liu Xian to learn from the Celestial Empire, and it listed a large number of black materials of the imperialist powers. Although the internal magazines for Liu Sheng were all deliberately cut.

Liu Sheng, who is not very old, has the consciousness of the eldest son of the emperor. I am interested in knowledge of nature and the like, but I always put it on the back burner. He has a headache for mathematics, and his grades can only rank around fifty or sixty in the grade section of Chengjun Public School. After the first exam, Liu Sheng ranked fourth in his class, forty-second in the whole year, and the first grade list was posted, except for the teachers who had been instructed by Liu Xian, the friends were frightened. But the adults behind these children immediately smelled Liu Xian's meaning through this matter.

Liu Sheng is also not interested in Chinese studies, but he knows that he must work Chinese studies, which is not easy. Liu Xian let him learn by himself, but the queen often disciplined one or two. Liu Sheng's small child, his favorite now is the vernacular "Five Thousand Years of China" series of books. The abridged version of the internal magazine is a storybook in his eyes......

Liu Mengyao was thinking about something on the side, and her eyes were empty. "Electric light, tungsten filament, what is an electric light?" (To be continued......)