Chapter 8: An Unchangeable Fate

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Qingyu asked people to send the drawings to Chery in the Northeast, which is also a large producer of grain, mainly because she wanted them to try to produce it, and then promote it in the Northeast, and quickly send it to the Jianghan Plain. Only by freeing up manpower can they advance to a higher level.

The establishment of diplomatic relations was the dream of Britain and France, and as a result, the Americans took the lead, so Britain's own prime minister was angry and once again angrily denounced the incompetence of the military in Parliament. China is not India, and it is impossible for artillery to bring them to their knees.

Britain readjusted its strategy and sent people to Beijing again to meet Qingyu. They met behind closed doors for three days, and that meeting was attended only by the couple and the Queen's envoy. There is not even a translator, Qingyu acts as a translator herself.

Xianfeng spent half of his time watching Qingyu, and he felt that such a serious Qingyu was really beautiful. There are also strings of notes, coming out of her mouth, just like singing, sometimes he thinks that such Qingyu is the most beautiful.

Of course, his thinking is not messy, if Chery has been changed by Qingyu's subtle changes, not to mention Xianfeng, who has always been by Qingyu's side. His change is huge, listen to their conversation quietly, and then wait for Qingyu to come and tell him, and then he calmly gives dá àn.

The image of a perfect monarch of a great country was revealed in front of this ambassador. Originally, before the British envoy came to meet them, he already knew from the mouths of those ladies that this was Her Majesty the Queen, who was extremely intelligent, and that the couple was trying their best to communicate and cooperate with various countries. But they were also tough, they were completely different from all the ministers they had ever met, they were very wise and more pragmatic.

During the three days of the closed-door meeting, the envoy felt that he should not have come to this matter, thanks to the fact that the telegram had already penetrated China. They returned to their offices and kept in contact with the country, and for three days the telegraph lines were burned.

It has to be said that the results of these three days of secret talks were remarkable, and they finally set up embassies for each other in August. And, of course, a series of new contracts. The first is that from now on, Britain promised not to dump opium on China.

Of course, after this, China purchased two million taels of silver warships and supporting facilities from Britain at one time, as well as 500,000 supplies per year. Even if the annual turnover of opium smuggling is far greater than this figure, but think about it, the smuggling of opium is not on the table, and the government can buy it normally, which is a great achievement for the government, and this is more suitable for propaganda to the people than using cannons to open people's doors and secretly dumping drugs.

In the end, only France remained, and Qingyu knew that the Second Opium War was because France was dissatisfied with its interests in China, so she instigated Britain to loot China again.

She had been thinking about it, but in the end, when France didn't make any effort, she remained reserved.

And France saw that Qingyu took out two million silver to buy warships in Britain at a time, and there was a follow-up of 500,000 a year, which in itself greatly stimulated France. What's more, China has a long coastline, and it is not enough for them to form several navies. As long as a new navy is formed, it will have to make further military purchases, and this is a big business. And it's a continuous big business, repairs, buying shells, and upgrading. It's all money! Repeatedly giving gifts to Qingyu, the set is almost, all kinds of cute! Later, Qingyu really put the Fujian Sailor, which is also the first installment of two million taels, and 500,000 yuan a year in the future, the French are very happy, and they happily go to prepare, and send a large number of gifts in.

Qingyu looked at them and thought that as long as she lived, they would not fight. At least in their own hands, there was no Second Opium War.

Over the years, she has maintained good interactions with Britain, the United States, and France, and she has nothing to do with the ladies, and if she has any questions, she immediately asks them to find craftsmen and scientists who can explain it. And many times those ladies don't know if they are curious, or if the queen is curious. However, they were also driven by curiosity, and they were all actively looking for people to inquire, and of course, when people came, they were naturally left behind. went where Qingyu thought they should go.

It's been five years, Xianfeng and Qingyu have come over little by little, the two of them know what they are doing, they are actually very careful with every step, and the two of them will deduce everything in the dormitory.

"Let's take a look at this, Chery just sent someone to send it." Xianfeng came back from outside and took a small box.

Qingyu opened it and looked at it, smiled, and took out the little doll. A small music box, there are really a lot of them in her palace, the ladies of Britain, the United States and France represent themselves, as well as the heads of state who represent them, there will always be this gift for Rong'an, big and small, she herself likes it quite a lot, one by one let people take it, she holds Rong'an to play.

As a result, Chery even sent one, which is really not idle enough. However, this kind of flag doll is the first time, and Rong An should like it.

I looked left and right and found the keyhole. Take the key and wind the doll, then place the doll on the table. A string of music flowed out. "To Alice"? She remembered that the book said that this song was written around the year, but it was only discovered in the year, how could it be there?

"That's good, what is it?" Xianfeng waited for the music to finish before looking at Qingyu.

"I don't know, Chery is really, such a precious passage to bring toys to Rong'an?" Qingyu can't say what that is, right? Of course, she also felt that this was not right, it was too wasteful of resources.

"I think it's for you, look, this doll looks like you!" Xianfeng made a strange face to her.

Qingyu was stunned for a moment, looked at the doll, took a mirror out, and looked at it. Thinking about it, he smiled again, "I should want to make Rong'an more like me, they say that the child looks like whoever he is." ”

"Really, I don't think it matters if she looks like or not, as long as she has a better temperament. Our Rong'an is so pitiful! Xianfeng sighed lightly, and after a while, he said softly.

"Yes, Rong Ansheng is in our house, it's really pitiful." Qingyu let out a long sigh, as a princess, no matter how much they love her in their hearts, they are also doomed, she cannot be happy.

"So let her be a self-reliant person, I want her to be like you, even if life doesn't give her many choices, she can make herself live well." Xianfeng smiled bitterly and looked at the little doll holding the sprout.

He knew that it was Qingyu in Chery's heart. And the sprout in that hand is what they are doing now. They all knew that the ship would sink one day, and no matter how hard they tried, they would not succeed. But they have at least laid down one seed, and this green shoot is initiating and will one day grow into a towering tree.

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