Didn't the British have the idea of beating Germany that was growing stronger? This is not necessarily, the British emphasize the continental balance of power, the policy of glorious independence, in the final analysis, is to prevent the emergence of a situation of European dominance, if such a situation occurs, it will inevitably affect Britain's right to speak in Europe, from encircling and suppressing Napoleon, to being wary of Russia so turning a blind eye to the Chinese's encroachment on the North Sea, and then several beats to Germany, supporting France, which was weakened by the Franco-Prussian War, and then competing with Russia in the Balkans, these are all manifestations of the British national policy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The last thing that any emerging nation or state can tolerate is that the dignity of the nation is challenged and flouted.

"I'm not sowing discord, Mr. Ambassador, of course we will not ask your country to have a conflict with the British on the European continent, which is not in line with your country's fundamental interests, but overseas, I personally suggest that you still have to have your own opinions, otherwise you don't have your own principles, and it is easy to become someone else's vassal, of course, if it is a small country in Europe, vassal of a big country is a beneficial thing, but for a big country like yours, it is absolutely unacceptable to become a second-class country."

"Then what is the position of the Queen Mother for China?" Before leaving, Jonas asked, "I must not want to be a second-class country." ”

"Yes," the Empress Dowager Cixi replied calmly, "but we have no doubt that we are definitely still a second-class country now." ”

"I am confident that your country will become a first-class nation," Jonas praised from the bottom of his heart, "because you have a leader like you." ”

Before coming to China, Jonas still felt that China in the Far East was old enough and rich enough, but it was definitely not enough to have an international vision, but after contacting Prime Minister Yamen and Empress Dowager Cixi here, he found that the Chinese handled international affairs and were by no means as decadent as Britain and France had previously described.

The Chinese took a very reliable source and three 7,000-ton ironclad ships to get the Germans to negotiate. For Germany, it's definitely a win-win-win-win deal.

Asserting his sovereignty and protesting against the British encroachment on their rights, the warship contract would allow all shipyards in northern Germany to avoid layoffs. Moreover, it is possible to increase the recruitment of workers to solve the problem of employment, and the Chinese need to pay for three ships three years ago, so such a huge incentive can be invested in the construction of Germany, which is definitely a very cost-effective deal.

A few days later, a contract was announced for three 7,000-ton ironclad ships with Germany. The British delegation was silent on the spot, and based on the price of a 1.7 million Guan Ping silver, which was converted into German marks, it was about 3 million in total, and Germany's military expenditure in a year was only about 5 million marks, and the fiscal revenue was about 60 million.

Of course, the Chinese are not without demands. Not only did they ask for Chinese naval soldiers to go to Germany in advance to receive acclimatization training to better operate the warship as soon as possible, as before, but they also asked several Chinese shipyard workers to go to the port of Hamburg to assist in the construction. Jacob, the Privy Councillor, reported to Edward from the Yuanying view of Changchun Garden, at this time the Chinese Prime Minister Yamen had rejected several British proposals for a meeting, but the Ministry of Rites, the Honglu Temple, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs served the British very well, and there was a beautiful garden that combined Chinese and Western to rest, if there were no troubles outside, Edward must have felt that this was heaven.

"Does that mean," said Edward slowly, "that Germany is ready to teach China all the shipbuilding skills it has?" ”

"Yes."

"Then it means that the Chinese will soon have the technology to build large warships." Edward looked at the two ministers in front of him dissatisfied, "This is definitely our failure. Not only did it increase the strength of the Germans, but it also affected the balance of military power in Asia, even if the Japanese bought an ironclad ship with the strength of the whole country. In the Far East, it was foreseeable that only the Chinese navy could dominate the place, and the previous attempt to sell the Japanese a 7,000-ton ironclad ship to the Chinese had failed, so Edward was dissatisfied.

"I don't think there's a need to worry too much about that," Bazali explained, "although China can learn German shipbuilding technology from Germany." But their technology is still copied from ours, which means that their technology is not the most advanced, so our British Empire still maintains a transcendent advantage in the Far East. ”

"Of course, their technology is not the most advanced, and the Germans' industrial products are famous for their shoddy production in the European market, but they have their advantage, that is, they are cheap," Edward is not an idiot who does not eat minced meat, and he is still very clear about the outside world, "For China, there is no need to be very advanced, their shipbuilding industry is not able to use the most advanced technology immediately, only someone to guide and impart knowledge, China's naval strength will definitely rise to a new level." ”

"I don't even have to contact the country, I can know that the shipbuilding capitalists in the parliament are brewing impeachment against your cabinet, such three orders can feed thousands of shipyard workers in Liverpool, I'm sure you all know this," Edward concluded, "I need to negotiate with the Chinese, we must make concessions, the 7,000-ton ironclad ship staying on the Suez Canal must be seaworthy through the Suez Canal immediately, we can no longer hide." ”

"And the Russian side?"

"Talk to the Chinese first," Edward said quietly, "if the Chinese negotiate, the Russians will naturally give in, after all, we have no way to give Kashmir, and now the Chinese can preside over the distribution of that land." As long as the Chinese change their words, and Russia does not get its own benefits, then naturally they will leave the Sinai Peninsula, half a month has passed, the accounts of the Suez Canal show that the daily tax revenue is almost forty percent less, which is an astronomical amount, not only us, but even France has expressed dissatisfaction with our matter, of course, they were happy to see the Chinese suffer before, but now they are attacking us, as long as the Indian and Chinese ships are stuck in the Suez Canal for a month, Prices in London are going to skyrocket, and we can't afford to drag it out. ”

It's not easy, a year later, I can finally vote for the monthly ticket again, and this time it was successfully changed to an A-level contract, so in the future, the history list can see the figure of wuli Zhenzhen, so the first monthly ticket in 2016, and now it is still during the double monthly pass, so please give me a little confidence, give me a little support, give me a little hope, let our journey go further. Thank you! (To be continued.) )

PS: It's not easy, a year later, I can finally vote for the monthly ticket again, and this time it was successfully changed to an A-level contract, so in the future, you can see the figure of wuli Zhenzhen in the history list, so the first monthly ticket in 2016, and now it is still in the double monthly pass period, so please give me a little confidence, give me a little support, give me a little hope, and let our journey go further. Thank you!