When Nelson heard Baron Amsterde's words, he was also nervous, "What? Someone wants us to pay for the silver? Isn't it Daming? Did your East India Company do something about Smuggler D? ”

This Nelson and the group of military advisors of the Zhuge family are quite compatible...... The military advisors are afraid of him, and he is also afraid of the Ming Dynasty!

The military advisors of the Zhuge family were afraid that he was because of his outstanding military exploits, and the strength of the emperor's fleet was just now, and it surpassed the British Royal Navy on the books, and in the end he still gave the fleet led by Nelson a heavy defeat. So this Nelson's ability to command the navy, that's really not to say. Nowadays, the battle examples cited in the textbooks in the Daming Naval Academy are basically fought by him.

When students meet teachers, it is inevitable that they will be intimidated.

And Nelson was afraid of the Ming because of the industrial capacity of the Ming Dynasty...... Although the total tonnage of shipbuilding in the Ming Dynasty is not as good as that of the British, the output of major industrial products such as steel, electricity, oil, and coal in the Ming Dynasty is several times that of the British, and there are not many people in the whole of Europe.

What's even more terrifying is that Daming is also the world's leader in industrial technology. Nine times out of ten, the technology used by the British Empire to build ironclad ships was copied from the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Daming never exports the most advanced military technology, but exports the military technology of the backward generation.

In terms of industrial technology, the teacher is the Ming, and the British is the student!

Therefore, Nelson knew that although the monarch level looked similar to the Hongwu Emperor level on the books, if he really had to work one-on-one, he would not be an opponent...... Of course, when it comes to actual combat, one-on-one heads-up between ironclad ships is unlikely. So Nelson also has some odds of winning, but ...... It's better not to fight or not to fight!

If you lose, won't your reputation be gone?

Seeing that Old Man Nelson was so nervous, Baron Amsterdam hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, it's not Da Ming who is looking for trouble, but Da Jin." ”

"Daikin?" Nelson breathed a sigh of relief...... Dajin is not afraid, Dajin's Eight Banners are some barbarians who look very weak and superstitious, and they still live in the great valleys of Central Asia, and their ancestors have never seen the sea for generations, so it is impossible for them to pose even the slightest threat to the British Royal Navy.

"Then why should Daikin lose money?" The Earl of Nelson froze, and asked, "Is it because of the free trade policy of the East India Company?" ”

The same girl, in Nelson's view, selling to the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty is the smuggler D, and selling to Dajin is free trade......

Baron Amsterd shrugged, "I don't know, we don't have any trade with the Infinite Valley and the Kazakh steppe. ”

In the eyes of the governor of the East India Company, Central Asian cities and tribes such as Bukhara, Samarkand, and Khiva that were dependent on Daikin could not be counted as Daikin's territory at all, so the pieces sold by the East India Company to Bukhara, Samarkand, and Khiva had nothing to do with Daikin at all.

"Then why are they claiming compensation from us?" Nelson felt a little strange.

Amsterdam could not answer this question, so he said to Nelson, "Count, why don't we meet with the consul general of the Dajin Kingdom, Qishan." ”

Earl Nelson was also idle, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's meet him together and hear what he has to say?" ”

......

Borzigit. Qi Shan, he is a Mongolian who is affiliated with the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, and his ancestor was originally a Mongolian Taiji, and later took refuge in Nurhachi as a Manchurian. Later, his ancestors followed Emperor Kangxi to move west to Wuji Valley, and it was easy to reach him...... He is also one of the few Eight Banners nobles who have withstood the butterfly effect and are still born normally.

However, the trajectory of his life growth is still completely different from the original. He was a graduate of the Eight Banners Wuji Valley Xiandao University, and later studied international politics at Jinling University in the Ming Dynasty. After graduation, he became a career diplomat in the Dajin Kingdom, and successively served in the Ming Dynasty, France, and Rakshasa countries. During his tenure in France, he also met Emperor Napoleon, and Napoleon calculated a hexagram and calculated a good fortune!

After the calculation, Napoleon went on an expedition against Rakshasa......

Maybe because he had several connections with Napoleon, Qishan and Amsterd (he had met Napoleon under house arrest) had always had a good relationship, and there was no contradiction between Daikin and the East India Company before, and the occasion for he, the consul general, to meet Amsterd was either a ball or a cocktail party, and he never thought that there would be such a thing today - Daikin actually wanted to claim compensation from the East India Company, and threatened with war!

It's just crazy!

Although the army of the British Empire is not as good as Rakshasa , Daming, Prussia, and France in the international ranking, it is not something that Dakin, a country that squints in the valley of Central Asia, can provoke!

But Qi Shan, as a diplomat, has the responsibility to come to the Governor's Palace to negotiate.

"Baron, ah, Earl Nelson, you are too!"

In the reception hall of the Governor's Palace, Qi Shan, who was very formally dressed in a Qing official uniform, wearing a cool hat on his head, and his face was covered with beads of sweat, saw Nelson and Amsterde, and greeted them very politely in English.

Amsterd and Nelson also returned the salute politely, and Amsterd asked, "Mr. Borzigit, just now my secretary told me that you are coming to claim compensation from the British Empire on behalf of the government of the Daikin Empire?" ”

"No, no, not to the British Empire," Qi Shan quickly shook his head, "Governor, I have come to ask you to effectively restrain the irresponsible smuggling trade of the East India Company...... The smuggling of the East India Company's smuggling of slices brought great losses to Bukhara and Samarkand, the territories of the Dajin Empire, and many people became addicted to the consumption of slices and slices, and in order to buy smuggling slices and smian products, many people became traitors, making the law and order situation there worse and worse. As the protector of those two cities, the Golden Emperor wants you to instruct the East India Company to correct its wronged trade policy and pay compensation. ”

Amsterd was a little crying and laughing when he heard this, "Qishan, do you know that I am the governor of the East India Company?" ”

The Governor of the East India Company was approached to sue the East India Company...... There's no one left!

Qi Shan nodded: "Of course I know...... But the Dajin Emperor made an order. ”

Amsterd thought for a moment and said, "That'...... Then I'll have someone investigate, and if what you say is true, I'll have someone stop sending films to Samarkand and Bukhara. ”

Of course, he is not really willing to stop the trade of Ya Pian, but he is dealing with Qi Shan. After all, it is not Britain's national policy to make enemies with Dajin.

Qi Shan had already found out a note verbale at this time, handed it to Amster's secretary with both hands, and said helplessly: "I still need to compensate ......"

"How much does it cost?" Amsterd asked.

"Two, twenty-one million silver yuan."

"What?" Amsterd couldn't believe his ears, "Twenty-one million? You, are you mistaken? ”

Earl Nelson also said, "Qi Shan, do you take two thousand or twenty thousand as twenty million?" ”

Two thousand or twenty thousand, Amsterd may have given ...... But 21 million is incredible! And there's a fraction of a million, how is that calculated?

"There is no mistake," said Qishan, "twenty-one million, indeed...... I confirmed it twice, and that's the number! ”

At this time, the diplomatic note sent in the name of the Consulate General had been sent to Amsterd, and the note was written in Chinese and English, and Amsterde, as a senior diplomat of Great Britain, also knew Chinese, so he first read the English version, and then carefully read the Chinese version word by word, and then said to Nelson with a surprised face: "Earl, Emperor Daoguang is probably crazy......

"Crazy?" Nelson was stunned, "What's wrong with him?" ”

"The Consulate General of Daikin has been informed by Daoguang that if we cannot compensate 21 million silver yuan within six months, Dakin's Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers will launch an attack on India!"