"If you do this, it will cause a large-scale war!"

Listening to Yang Meng's threat, Old Jack was unmoved, and opened his mouth to be a large-scale war.

"War? Aren't you ready for Mesai? War? Can you afford it? ”

A country where we are located, compared to the Qing Dynasty, is only a small country, and if we start a full-scale war with the Qing Dynasty and enter Yunnan, how much loss are you prepared to pay?

Tens? Several hundred thousand? Or millions?

In Maese, Lao Tzu has already arranged a big dinner for you, and the two sides will test each other to see what their respective backgrounds are, and then you will decide whether to start a war or not! ”

Sure enough, as soon as Yang Meng mentioned the word Meisai, Old Jack's face changed, and the hole card that he wanted to catch the Qing court off guard was exposed, which definitely belonged to defeat before the battle.

Old Jack is not a member of the army, he is one of the more familiar with the situation in Asia, the Qing State is different from India, although he is also in decline, he is still a centralized empire.

Twenty years ago, in order to fight for control of Burma, the British army paid more than 15,000 casualties to start a national war with the Qing State, and the government would never support it.

Just like what Lord Yang said, paying tens of thousands of losses, England can still accept it, after all, the Qing Kingdom is a huge empire, and England can still afford the price of tens of thousands of people.

But what if it's hundreds of thousands? The combined army of England is only 200,000, and most of the high-level leaders are not optimistic about such a war against this large country in the East on land.

In 1842, when the Qing government was forced to sign the Treaty of Jiangning. England is also apprehensive. Otherwise, how could there be an all-inclusive clause in the treaty?

Originally, the commercial situation of the empire in the Qing State was very good. Every year, there is a large amount of gold and silver flowing like a river from the distant eastern empire to the land where the sun never sets, but the appearance of clouds and smoke in recent years has changed this good situation.

Yunyan, a small thing, only took a few years to become popular in the empire, and in the past two years, many people have begun to question the formula of Yunyan, and they can't stop using it. This is much more powerful than tea and porcelain.

There are even more terrible arguments that the empire will be controlled by the producers of cloud smoke, which in the eyes of old Jack is nothing more than alarmist, but the growing trade deficit is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

A declining empire, with an increasingly powerful economy, is definitely a huge threat to England's layout in Asia.

Although Yunyan did not grab a large amount of gold and silver in England, he did a large number of guns and machinery. However, the East India Company continued to flow to this great eastern empire, which was also not allowed by the English government.

Ten or twenty years later. In the event that this great Eastern empire rises again, how will the empire open up this huge market?

Obtaining the recipe of cloud smoke is the purpose of Old Jack's trip, which shows that Lord Yang, the producer of cloud smoke, has a very bad idea in Old Jack's heart.

This so-called lord knows too much about the international situation, his control over the Yunnan border is too tight, and his judgment of the military situation is also quite accurate, and after carefully looking at the face of this Yang lord, Old Jack can be sure that he will definitely not be more than thirty years old!

This is wise and wise in the eyes of the Qing people, and it is also an increasingly powerful enemy for the empire, holding the sharp economic weapon of Yunyan in his hand, how much damage can this Yang lord cause to the empire?

What worries Old Jack even more is that the relationship between this Yang lord and Millican, he learned from various sources that the sales volume of Yunyan in Millican is far greater than that of the empire, and the largest amount of goods in Yunyan's trade is arms and machinery.

Although some people in the empire also want to curb this situation through exchanges with Millican, but now Millican is no longer a colony of the empire, and the relationship between the two countries is not very harmonious, compared to the huge commercial profits, the persuasiveness of politicians is so weak that it can be ignored.

And the so-called temptation is just a rhetoric for a partial war, a war with the Empire, it seems that this Lord Yang is full of confidence!

"Temptation? This is the start of a war, will the Qing government allow you to do this? ”

Yang Meng's status is his biggest flaw, and Old Jack also keenly grasped this point, after all, a small lord cannot represent the government of a country.

"The Imperial Court? What if the court doesn't know the way? The war between us is getting bigger and bigger, and the court will eventually have no choice but to join the war, so you don't have to worry about me, I have the ability to pull the court into this war!

One more thing, old Jack, is that we're not negotiating, I'm just telling you what's going to happen! ”

Old Jack's expression, Yang Meng also saw it in his eyes, from his complicated expression, Yang Meng was also guessing, how well he understood the situation, from the time he thought about it, this person thought a lot of things, but to what extent, Yang Meng couldn't guess.

"Is Millican behind you?"

Yang Meng is testing Old Jack, of course Old Jack also wants to test Yang Meng, Qing is a decaying and backward empire, just because his size is too large, before he dies, England doesn't want to anger this dying beast.

With a lord against the empire, Old Jack absolutely does not believe it, which one will be the person behind this Yang lord? In fact, Old Jack was most suspicious of France, and Millican was just a decoy.

"And maybe France! You can only see this for yourselves! ”

Yang Meng heard from Old Jack that one Millican was enough, and it seemed that his deal with Millican was also seen by the English, so that his later drama would be much easier.

"Are you sure that Yunyan is going to increase the price?"

"Sure! Ten times the price, cash deal! Execute in a month! ”

Calculating the time, Yang Meng wants to take the opportunity to grab a large amount of gold and silver from the hands of the English, and next, it is time for him to make his debut. I can't hide it anymore!

Next, Yunnan's relationship with the Great Powers. It's going to get complicated. Trading is just a foundation, and open and secret battles will become the mainstream!

War and negotiation, negotiation and war, at the very least, is very likely to be a large-scale war, which is unavoidable, and the ownership of interests must ultimately be determined by the strength on the battlefield.

The price increased after a month. Coupled with the disputes in southern Xinjiang, two or three months is enough to grab a terrifying amount of money, and the next transaction should still be barter.

"You will regret it, by doing so, you will only make the scale of the war bigger and bigger! The final result is just something you can't accept! ”

Ten times the price of the cash transaction, Old Jack couldn't help but regret this action of the Empire, which angered this Yang Lord. If you can't win on the battlefield, the impact on the empire is huge.

Once the price of Yunyan rises. The outflow of a large amount of gold and silver is an inevitable result, and it is impossible to block the demand for Yunyan, and some people have studied that most of the people of the empire can not drink for several years, but they can't do without Yunyan for a day.

Someone once said that without Yunyan, it is like living in hell, and this Yang Lord said such a thing, and it seems that he is also fully prepared.

"Huh...... Large-scale war? Do you have that decision? You are just the lowest level of existence, and if you want to decide the policy of a country, you don't have the ability!

And I will slowly become an existence that you can only look up to, affecting the political situation of the Qing Dynasty, I can do it now, the conversation between us is not equal.

This conversation, for you, is just my handout! ”

Talking to Old Jack about this, Yang Meng also affirmed his status, this is a senior staff member of the situation in English Asia, and his evaluation is a channel for the top to understand the situation.

Although he belittled Old Jack in his mouth, in his heart, Yang Meng still attached great importance to him, and these words just now were just to let Ying Li do the foreshadowing opposite him.

"I hope so! What are you going to do with us? ”

"Deal with you? Eagles don't hunt flies, I'm going to let you go, do you believe that? ”

Who would say beautiful words, if you don't hunt now, it doesn't mean that you won't hunt in the future, the East India Company still owes Yang Meng tens of thousands of people in blood debt! The original thirty people, to this day, how can they have to hand over tens of thousands of people to cover the account, right?

"Praise you for your big heart, when can we go?"

Able to bend and stretch, Yang Meng couldn't help but glance at Old Jack, this is definitely a talent! It's just that they've found the wrong opponent!

"Anytime!"

has already decided to let them go, Yang Meng will not do some useless work, and stretched out his hand to the camp gate to make a gesture of invitation, he is not going to say anything more.

"Can we pack our bags, then?"

This time to advance to the front line, Old Jack's task is not only to attract the attention of the Qing Kingdom, but also to survey the terrain of Burma is also one of his tasks, there are too many valuable maps in the camp, these things, are their hard work!

"Limited to clothes, food and water! Anyone who takes something more than will be shot. Kill!

Youngba, do as I say! ”

After saying this, Yang Meng closed his eyes, knocked on Erlang's leg leisurely, and hummed a small tune.

The negotiation was fruitless, and Old Jack also believed in the sincerity of Yang Meng's words just now, in order not to cause casualties, he silently looked at the English soldiers in the first battalion, and took care of the clothes, food and water, and the extra things, and he ordered all the people to stay in the camp.

"Lord Yang, we're leaving!"

"At this time you should say, goodbye! Let's go! We'll see you again in a few days. ”

After a polite farewell, Old Jack took three hundred and ninety-four English people and silently set out on the return journey.

"Well-trained and orderly, let them go today, tomorrow there may be our people, die at their hands, right?"

Looking at the British troops who left in line, Yang Meng also made an evaluation, I really want to kill them!

"Third Master, then why do you want to let them go? Or if I take someone on the road and end up with them? ”

Listening to Yang Meng's sigh, Yang Ba, who was about to follow him, also stopped, and when he heard that these foreign devils would kill his own people, Yang Ba also raised his eyebrows.

"It's easy to kill them, but it's not in our interests, death is inevitable, death in whose hands is not death, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, now the third master plays this game of chess, you can't let them die!"

Remember what I gave you, mainly to see which forces they have too close contact with along the way, you have to write down these forces one by one, after the mountain monkey is finished, your task is to exterminate these forces, and the chickens and dogs will not be left! ”

Attacking and killing these English people now is inconsistent with Yang Meng's plan, killing them will cause huge public resentment in England, and the gains outweigh the losses.

On the side of the United States, it is a formal war, no matter how many people die, they can't say anything, killing soldiers and killing scientific expeditions, but two completely different results.

"I know!"

After saying that, Yangba also walked out of the camp with the people.

"Go back to the Tengyue Town Barracks, don't leave anything here!"

From the camp tent of the marching army, to some of the equipment for the march, these Yang Meng have to be improved, the British army belongs to the most advanced troops now, and most of their equipment has been tested in actual combat, and what Yang Meng has to do is only to improve the basis of these equipment.

As for the maps and books, it is the task of Xishan Academy, the accuracy of these maps is stronger than the list map of the Qing Dynasty in his hand, and the improvement of some places has to learn other people's things. (To be continued......)