Chapter 872: A Historic Agreement
After noon that year, most of the members of the British delegation, including people from the business community, held an emergency closed-door meeting that lasted until late at night.
The next morning, the meeting resumed.
The two sides shook hands with each other and saluted, people, still sitting in yesterday's position, sentenced to Mustun first asked: "I have a question, if the price of industrial products in Europe and the United States doubles, what about China?" Will it follow suit? China can now also be counted as an industrial country. “
On this issue, Sheng Xuanhuai has the most right to speak, and nodded at the moment and said: "Made in China has been taking the high-end route since its launch, the price has never been cheap, and whether the price rises or not needs to be determined according to the actual situation, and general goods, after reaching a consensus, relevant personnel from China and the UK can have in-depth discussions." “
The British guests are very depressed, but there is nothing to do, China's traditional export three musketeers, silk, ceramics and tea industry is impossible to increase prices, the price increase will seriously affect the quality of life of European and American people, and China's industrial products generally have unique characteristics, such as brightly colored plastic basins, the price in London is half a pound for small basins, one pound for large basins, almost transparent plastic bags, a dozen tenpence, alabaster, a small box, the cheapest two pounds, but also loved by middle-class women, and such as cars, That's a luxury item, precision machine tools and some precision optical equipment, which are directly restricted from export, and people don't sell them if you give money!
Because of its uniqueness, no matter what the price, those who want it can only pay for it, and the result of the price increase is that it is cheaper for China. Just like the fountain pen at the beginning, crack it out. Only to find out that this is the case, not to mention the increased cost of taking pennies. It's simply minimal, and at what price was it initially sold on the market? Ten pounds on average, this is simply a money grab, and the exploitation of workers by the British capitalists is world-famous, but in comparison with it, it is the same as the great good man.
The rest of the common industrial products, such as metal products, crude steel, and general equipment, are rarely exported by China, and are basically sold to the domestic and Southeast Asian markets. Staggered operation with Europe and the United States, of course, if China does not raise prices, it will also have a certain impact on the exports of Europe and the United States to China, as Sheng Xuanhuai said, this requires the corresponding person in charge to continue negotiations, Britain believes that China has the sincerity of negotiations, such as this kind of high-level talks, talking only about the overall framework. Negotiations on details are not involved.
"In recent years, China has had very close contacts with the United States and France, and if the British Parliament passed a mandatory doubling of the average prices of all industrial products, and jointly imposed sanctions with China on the human rights of workers and environmental protection in France, the United States, the Netherlands, Prussia, Italy, and other European and American industrial countries. How sincere is China? Will it stop halfway?
We are all aware of the special relationship between China and the former Kingdom of Sardinia, now Italy. “
After the Kingdom of Sardinia defeated Austria with the help of France. Speed unified the whole of Italy and was officially renamed the Kingdom of Italy last year.
Wang Feng said: "Although I am the emperor of China. Although China is preparing for the convening of a parliament, every major decision made by China is the result of collective deliberation by relevant government departments. Like Her Majesty the Queen, I cannot arbitrarily overturn the policy of sis made. “
Wang Youling took over and said: "Your Excellency, you don't need to worry at all, the Chinese government has always been right about things and not about people, private relations are private relations, and official affairs are official affairs, and it is impossible to abolish public affairs because of private affairs, and since its founding in 1853, the Chinese government has always adhered to the spirit of contract and strictly abided by the agreements signed with various governments. "Good!" Rebel Mustun nodded with satisfaction: "We believe in the credibility of the Chinese government, and after Her Majesty returns to China, it will immediately push for a vote in the parliament." “
Queen Victoria raised her glass and smiled: "This is a very important agreement for the whole world, and hundreds of millions of workers will benefit from it, and they will thank China for the opportunity it has provided them, and your name will be celebrated by the world, come, let us toast to this great resolution." “
Indeed, the queen is in a good mood, the average price of industrial products in the world has doubled, the advantages of France and the United States will be lost, Britain with its strong foundation, will soon be able to regain the lost market, and can solve the domestic crisis, killing two birds with one stone, in fact, it is very beneficial to Britain, which is also a win-win result with China.
As for whether the price increase will have an impact on life, for the rich, there is no need to think about it, most of them are factory owners, they are the direct beneficiaries of the price increase, and for the middle class, it may have a certain impact, but this impact can be offset by a wage increase, and finally for workers, this does not need to be considered, British workers are extremely poor, the consumption of industrial products is very small, do not increase the price, they can't afford it, the price increases, the income will increase, but have a certain consumption capacity, after all, many industrial products are not disposable consumer goods, You can use it for a long time when you buy it.
The queen seriously considered the warning of the Chinese side, and thought that there was indeed no other way to prevent the outbreak of the second communist revolution except to raise the wages of the workers. Perhaps the leaders of the workers' movement would feel the crisis and revolt in advance, so the queen made up her mind this time, and she persuaded her members to use half of the proceeds from the increase in product prices to improve the living standards of workers, and to push for domestic legislation on environmental protection.
The workers' right to vote has been put on hold for the time being, after all, this is not as simple as a simple wage increase, involving too many aspects, at least the workers have the votes, and they have an absolute advantage in numbers, and they will definitely elect the coalition government that is currently governed by the capitalists and bankers, and give a share of the middle class, and the workers will come to power, this is a step into the rhythm of communism, and the consequences are quite terrifying, so it is impossible to give political power to the workers until a way is found to control the working group.
In fact, Wang Feng did not consider the possibility of inducing the outbreak of the second communist revolution in Britain, but after learning that there was a secret plan by Karl, and discussed it with Wang Youling, Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai and other important officials, he gave up very decisively, because the process and consequences of the revolution could not be controlled.
You must know that the consequences of the success of the revolution are not only extremely terrifying for Britain and even the whole of Europe, but also unbearable for China, and in this respect, China shares the same position as that of Britain, France, and the United States.
Wang Feng has always disliked overly radical ideas, and in today's China, there is no need for radical ideas, what is needed is to sell Chinese values to the world, and to promote the socialist system that combines Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism civilization into universal values for the whole world.
(To be continued.) )
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