On the endless sea, there is a careful fleet, in the middle is a large wind sailing ship, followed by two frigates, these three ships are under the British flag, in front is a large merchant ship with the French flag, followed by a dozen small gunboats, but the flag of the Han State, along the way pirates saw this formation, one after another, lest they be killed by the fish pond.

On the deck, dozens of guards stood aside, Li Yunzhong glanced at Zhang Zhidong not far away, and asked Zhao Yali, "How did you persuade him?" It only took two hours, which is incredible. ”

Zhao Yali smiled proudly and replied: "Thanks to you, the Han Army's Northern Expedition was successful, Zhang Zhidong was already hesitant, plus Hu Linyi's matter, I didn't bother to speak, just said that you are the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he agreed." ”

Li Yunzhong said: "That's not my credit, what are you proud of?" ”

Zhao Yali stared at her eyes and whispered, "He's my person, hum!" You don't want to hit his idea. ”

Li Yunzhong shook his head slightly, and laughed strangely: "You are not all working for me, what do you and me, your kind of thinking is very dangerous!" Or! ”

Zhao Yali was stunned for a moment, and argued forcefully: "Who works for you, I serve thousands of people, what, you want to be a dictator, be careful of being guillotined like Louis XVI." ”

"Phew! Bah! Li Yunzhong covered Zhao Yali's fragrant lips and replied, "You can say something auspicious!" ”

Zhao Yali said: "Throughout the 3,000-year history of China, successful politicians need three elements, the first is 'forbearance'. There is a way that forbearance can be turned into gold, the second is 'decisive and quick', that is, the rewards and punishments are clear, and the third is that there is a strong desire for rights, and no one is allowed to infringe on it, and the violators are not recognized by their six relatives. ”

Li Yunzhong didn't take it to heart, and said with a smile: "In the end, it is a history major, it is really thought-provoking when I speak, I have done all these three things, do you say that I am not a great man of the level of the first emperor of the ages!" ”

Zhao Yali shook her head. Looking out to sea. replied: "You are okay except for the second point, you are lenient to others, although you reward and punish Gongming, but the courtiers have long been out of their duty." It's like...... It's like a subordinate of a company. ”

Think of the company. Zhao Yali blinked. Pursing his lips, he asked, "Do you manage the country as a company!" ”

Li Yunzhong was taken aback, thought about it for a while, and said, "Intellectually, no. Subconsciously there is, you are right, the courtiers are becoming more and more disagreeable, but what should be done? Whenever I think of the bloody political change, I shudder, the feudal system has come to an end, hey! ”

When he went back this time, he was ready to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, Chang Dachun and Meng Shengsheng were at least dismissed, but in the face of the trend of the world, he was really powerless.

Zhao Yali stroked her cheeks, glanced at him, and sneered: "Why do you want to do so much, the most important thing now is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, whether it is the feudal system or the capitalist system, it does not depend on your thoughts, in short, the most suitable thing for the Han State now is the absolute monarchy." ”

Li Yunzhong was shocked and said in surprise: "Great! Wake up the dreamer with a word, you are right, I finally understand, let the national conditions choose the system. ”

Through the window, staring at the figure of the guard, Bao Ling thought thoughtfully, and after a while, he smiled at the foreigners in the room: "If the soldiers of the Han Kingdom are the same as the outside, I think they can already be on the same level as the British Empire." ”

Bourblon turned around and looked, secretly jotted down Bao Ling's evaluation, and did not express an opinion, he was the only Frenchman in the room, and the remaining dozen or so were British elites in the Far East.

Bao Ling said to Weston: "You are responsible for collecting intelligence in China and telling everyone about the actions of the Kingdom of Prussia!" ”

Weston nodded, looked around at everyone, took out a few documents with an expressionless face, and said: "The Kingdom of Prussia has been in secret contact with the Han Kingdom, and Bismarck, the minister to China, has a secret document in his hands, and our people are too low to know the details, but Anqing, Wuhu, Nanchang, Nanjing and other places have successively established arsenals, steel factories, and machinery factories, I think this has gone beyond the scope of general cooperation." ”

Bulblon asked urgently, "You mean to say that they have formed an alliance?" No! No way! ”

Bao Ling coughed unpleasantly, and if it weren't for Bourblon's cheekiness to stay here, he wouldn't be willing to invite a Frenchman to a seminar in the British Empire.

Pete, the representative of the British East India Company, smiled indifferently and asked humorously: "What does this have to do with us, our company has changed to a regular business, and the profit is millions of pounds a year, which is no less than the receipt of opium sales, and our company does not want the government to destroy the existing market!" ”

The representative of Jardine Matheson frowned and corrected: "Now that the merchants of the Han Kingdom are rising rapidly, and their chamber of commerce rejects Western foreign companies, our profits will only get smaller and smaller, and there are currently five hundred and seventy-eight European companies in Shanghai, of which the British account for one-half, and the internal competition is fierce......

Bao Ling finally couldn't help it and interrupted: "Gentlemen, we are discussing the political situation, we can negotiate slowly about trade, Weston, you continued. ”

Weston continued: "We speculate that the Kingdom of Prussia has formed an alliance with the Han State, and the Han State will increase dramatically in strength, and within three years it will be comparable to the second-rate countries of Europe, and together with the population base, the size of the country, the overall strength will not be inferior to that of the Russian Empire." ”

Burblon has been thinking about the intention of the Prussian Kingdom's move, what do these straight-headed barbarians want to do, what is the benefit to them of helping the Han State to become strong, Europe and Asia are very far away, military alliances are of little significance, and Prussia has fierce domestic contradictions, there was a coup d'état a few years ago, I am too busy to take care of myself, there is no reason to do this, is it a private enterprise, it must be so, after I go back, I will also have to send someone to investigate and collect evidence!

Bao Ling said slowly: "It's time to adjust the China policy, as for whether to suppress or support, or wait and see, these are the matters of the Prime Minister, we can only provide advice, Mr. Bourblon, your French Empire should act with us." ”

Bourblon nodded subconsciously and said, "We have always stood on the same side, including the United States, of course. ”

Bao Ling was satisfied, not paying attention to the little trap of Bourblon, believing that if Britain, France, and the United States were together, the hope of domestic intervention in the Far East would be greatly increased, and his role as minister to China would be highlighted.

Weston smiled bitterly: "I don't want a war, the Han army is different from the Qing army, they are better at fighting, of course, their equipment is not inferior to us, especially recently there is a kind of continuous spear, which can fire bullets at a time, you must know that our most advanced Mini rifle is not up to this standard!" ”

Bourblon exclaimed, "Oh! God, it's amazing that the Easterners have invented new weapons, maybe the Prussians have mastered this technique, I need a sample! ”

Of course Bao Ling will not be this good person, he had already obtained the sample two months ago, maybe it had been sent to the mainland at this time, shrugged his shoulders and said: "I am powerless, you have to negotiate with His Majesty, the emperor of the Han Kingdom, of course you will pay a little price, after all, this kind of continuous bead gun is still in the testing stage." ”

Weston pointed to the guards outside the window and said with a smile: "It's the guy in their hands, if you don't see it with your own eyes, I don't believe that the rifles of the Han Kingdom have been ahead of the European era by an era, they no longer produce Mini rifles, all of them produce this kind of Lianzhu breech gun, but I want to remind you, I don't know if this kind of rifle reform is in line with the trend." ”

Burblon immediately got up and walked outside the door before turning back and saying, "This is a matter for military strategists, let the Crimean War test it!" ”

Bao Ling looked at Bourblon on the deck and said with a smile: "What a smart guy, get a sample, this kind of serial gun can be imitated by France at any time, I hope that the war with Russia can end early!" ”

Weston comforted: "Who knows that Nikolai, who knows that the damn Nikolai actually mobilized a million troops, if the Han State enters the war, it can contain the Russian army of 300,000, and the Russian army will cross Siberia, and the combat strength will drop by at least three percent, and the Han army will contain them on the vast border, and the coalition forces will definitely be able to win the Crimean War." (To be continued......)