Chapter 241: Diplomacy? So who is the ambassador?

The reason why the British got involved was actually very simple, because they lost their colony in Central America, Costa Rica!

It was a place not too far from Panama, and naturally, the American Empire took this place, drove the British away, and the whole of Mexico and Panama were connected.

It is not easy to accomplish this great cause, and the British are not easy to deal with, and in those places, the mountains and mountains are lofty, the mountains and rivers are poor, and the climate is like a tropical jungle, anyway, it is very laborious.

But fortunately, Tong Guò developed a large number of puppet armies, ahem...... It should be called a liberation warrior, anyway, just make good use of the locals, the American Empire still completed this great feat not long ago!

It's really not easy, otherwise the British wouldn't have been entrenched for that long.

But in this matter, the British belong to the loss, belong to the defeat of the foreign war, the loss of a colony, although Costa Rica does not seem to be too important, but this is also very humiliating.

So what will happen to the British?

If it were someone else, then it would have to save face, and it would have to fight with the American Empire again, but this is the British!

The British, this nation is quite strange, and in general, in fact, the people of this island country are a group of extremely pragmatic guys.

The British, basically, are just for one thing, that is, practical interests, what they want is interests, they don't want anything else, they are not interested!

Where can this be manifested?

The easiest and most straightforward. That is. America's Revolutionary War!

A lot of information says. In the American War of Independence, how heroic the Americans fought, but did you notice a problem, that is, the British had a great advantage, but in the end they still lost?

To what extent did the British have an advantage?

As far as Li Mengyang reads Franklin's book, he recorded it himself, when Washington wrote a letter to Franklin, Franklin was in Europe. At that time, he was engaged in diplomacy, and the ambassador to France, Washington, said this, 'If you can't borrow money, then I'm ready to surrender,' to the effect that this is what it is.

Yes, in fact, the U.S. military at that time really couldn't hold on, they couldn't fight this war at all, and in the end, if it weren't for the funding of the great internationalist warrior King Louis XVI, the Americans would have died.

The Americans can't hold on. So how much does it cost?

The British themselves made a reckoning, and they were in the early American Revolution. £1.2 billion spent in four years!

This figure should be accurate, because France's current expedition to Mexico has also cost hundreds of millions of gold francs.

But how much could the British tax from the American colony?

At most, hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

At that time, it was this price, and this is still the future development of the calculation, that is to say, this is simply a loss-making transaction, and it is a big loss!

The British do business all over the world, they have colonies all over the world, all in all, forget it, you Americans will be independent if you want to be independent, so the British are dealing with the later war of independence, and they even found a lot of cheap mercenaries, such as Hessian mercenaries, a group of Germans who have no money.

So, the War of Independence was like this, which shows how pragmatic the British are, such a British, will they take revenge immediately after being beaten in Costa Rica?

First of all, the British look at it, hey! The French were also defeated!

What does this mean? Doesn't that mean that the American Empire is very powerful? In addition, before, the Agamemnon was sunk inexplicably, this American Empire is really not easy to mess with!

Since people are so difficult to mess with, how can they fight lightly?

Secondly, now it seems that the United States also has a military confrontation with the American Empire!

This is important information, you know, the Americans are the head of the land, they can't handle the American Empire, so we British go up and fight with others?

Another point is that the current Britain itself has its own problems.

Last time, in 1858, didn't there be an economic crisis in the capitalist world, Britain was not bad, and it didn't take long to recover, but now, there are signs of an economic crisis again!

Anyway, it's very similar to the situation at the beginning, that is, even if the British want to fight this war now, they don't have the ability.

And this reason has given rise to another reason, that is, Costa Rica is gone, but can we still do business?

What is a colony? In fact, isn't it just a place to do business, isn't it a market for the production of raw materials, or dumping?

So, the colony is lost, but if we can continue to do business, then we are still good friends!

Anyway, the British are so weird, they can ignore everything for the sake of interests, and they can also see that the matter in Mexico involves many countries, so it is better for everyone to talk about it together and use diplomatic means to solve this problem.

Don't even say it, Conrobel's news is really accurate...... In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that the nobles on this side of Europe are actually a family, so if there is anything to communicate with each other, what else is there to say?

It was really going to hold an international diplomatic conference in London, and of course, the British invited the American Empire, so could the people of this empire come?

"Go! Why not?! Gotta go! ”

When Li Mengyang got this invitation, that is, a telegram, of course, this thing must have been sent by the United States, but he immediately gave such an answer.

In the conference room of the former city hall in San Francisco, there were a lot of people sitting at this time, all of them were members of the empire, and they listened attentively to the instructions of His Majesty the Emperor, and the result was ...... That's it!

Originally, the British sent a telegram to the British to send delegates to the London Conference, and now the conference is called that. So to go or not to go. This thing. Everyone is not sure in their hearts, so they are all listening to the emperor's Majesty's ideas, so now ......

"Your Majesty, can the British be at ease?" Foggy Wind Old Dao, this guy has a fast mouth.

"陛xià! Wechen felt that this matter was inappropriate. Yang Guangren also frowned.

"What does the British mean?" Minister of Justice Joshua Chamberlain was a little incomprehensible, he was now basically not leading troops. Concentrate on education and law.

"I don't think Your Majesty can go! Those Britons must not have been kind! "Big man, Bill, this guy is loyal.

The others are also in a few words, anyway, everyone has expressed their opinions, but ......

"Who said I went?" Li Mengyang was a little unimpressed by the big man Bill's words.

"Oh, Your Majesty, Weichen is wrong." Big man Bill, this sweat will come down right away.

"Forget it, forget it, in this way, I'll tell you a little bit." Li Mengyang put down the invitation card in his hand, "Our empire actually needs diplomacy." The reason why I didn't do it before. Because we can't do it, then the whole world will block us. But now. It's different, you see, this block can't be blocked! ”

Hey, when Li Mengyang said this, everyone understood, it's such a truth!

Just these people, although they have improved a lot now, these individuals have no experience in diplomacy. No one has ever done this, they may be good at war, have the ability to manage money, and are more proficient in law, but they are diplomatic...... The empire really doesn't have such specialists right now.

Before, Li Mengyang also sent special envoys, such as Gatlin to the southern United States, and Strauss, who sold pants, to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but nothing else, I really can't do it. And these people, naturally, they can't understand the meaning of this diplomacy.

The meaning of the so-called diplomacy, first of all, Li Mengyang is not afraid of being blocked, this is really nothing, self-reliance. However, he also knows very well that being completely closed is a very photogenic thing, and it is unacceptable!

For example, Cuba in later generations, North Korea in later generations, are vivid examples, and in that kind of place, you will feel that time is frozen.

If the empire wants to advance, then it can't be frozen, so as long as there is an opportunity, then we can enter the international community, how good is this opportunity?

So, must go!

So what to talk about......

"I guess the British are going to talk to us about Costa Rica." Li Mengyang, this guy smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty, are we going to go back?" Then Liszt spoke.

"Nonsense! Of course not! Li Mengyang expressed his position.

That's not going to pay it back, this ......

Li Mengyang immediately said: "If you don't pay it back, it's worth talking." ”

"Hey~" The big men are a little confused, which shows that they really don't understand diplomacy.

Li Mengyang said again: "I won't just talk about Costa Rica, there are other things, then, I want to ask, who wants to go?" ”

He is an emperor, he must not be able to go, this is a diplomatic meeting, so he is an emperor himself, is he not surrendering his identity? It's not reciprocal.

However, there is no diplomatic talent here, right?

"......" So, there was silence in the conference room.

Li Mengyang is speechless, simply, pull Zhuang Ding!

"Liszt! That's you! ”

"Huh?"

Liszt was numb at that time, he would engage in diplomacy? How did he not know it himself?

"You don't have to make that expression, it's you!" Li Mengyang pointed at his nose, "However, I still have to send you a deputy, like this, I think Huang Sanye is quite idle, old Taishan, you will also go?" ”

"What?!" Huang Sanye was a spirit at that time, you must know that every time there is a meeting, there is actually nothing to do with him, the Minister of Commerce, he is responsible for sleeping.

So this person chooses ......

Whew~ Anyway, everyone else is satisfied, as long as they don't go by themselves.

"Your Majesty, this, this, I can ...... What should be done? Liszt was puzzled.

Li Mengyang smiled slightly, "It's simple, you just follow your usual path." ”

The usual way?

Isn't that ...... Flickers? (To be continued......)

PS: The great changes in the world have begun, hehe, the black car asks for support, thank you!