Chapter 1903: A Bush of Begonias
Seeing Li Wanjiang's resolute attitude, Angelina had no choice but to reserve her opinion for the time being.
She also generously agreed to Li Wanjiang's request for warship support, promising to sell ten large ironclad warships, twenty medium-sized ocean-going warships, and various other ships to Da Zhou at an 'extremely low' price.
And offered to send some skilled workers to Haining Bay to help Dazhou build a supporting ship repair yard.
Just as we are planning to completely cancel the shipyard in Alaska, we will let them come directly to Haining Bay......
Taking advantage of the situation, the topic was brought to Alaska, we plan to sell this vast land, I wonder if the Great Zhou Emperor is interested?
Li Wanjiang directly refused, claiming that the financial situation of our Great Zhou is also very tight, that is, the money for the purchase of your warships needs to be scraped together, and it is really impossible to take such a large amount of silver to buy a piece of land so far away.
Angelina said in her heart, I haven't made an offer yet, how can you Emperor Da Zhou know that it is a large sum of silver?
It must be Xiao Chen's bastard who revealed my trade secrets! But since Li Wanjiang said so, she had no choice but to give up.
The separate talks between the two men ended in the morning, and in line with the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences, a certain consensus was reached, and other unfinished matters will continue to be discussed in a few days.
Let Valova, Chen Wenqi and Lu Jing discuss the specific details on the basis of consensus, draw up the treaty first, and then make it public to the world after the two finalize it.
Just now to send off Angelina, Honglu Temple Qing Zhang Wuzheng hurried to see the driver, just now the Dongying ambassador Nishimura Zhicun found the minister and said that Dongying had a general and wanted to ask to see the emperor.
"Hehe, I know that Shenzhao can't sit still." Li Wanjiang smiled, "Let's just say that I am unwell and will not be seen for the time being!" ”
"Your Majesty, it's a shogun here." Zhang Wu Zhengdao.
"What's wrong with the shogun?" Li Wanjiang said strangely, "Do I have to see him?" Just let him wait, it's not too late to see him when I'm almost done talking to Angelina, hmph, why don't you come early if you want to see me? This will make my son anxious! ”
"Uh...... Their shogun, Dongying, has a very heavy weight in the Dongying court, and can even influence court affairs, especially the newly appointed general Kobayashi, who is even more powerful, and he came by the will of the gods, and the minister thought that the emperor would meet him no matter what. Zhang Wuzheng said.
"General Kobayashi? It's Kobayashi Inamitsu's daughter, right? Li Wanjiang asked.
"It's her, don't look at her as just a woman, in fact, she is even more powerful than her father Kobayashi Daoguang, a year ago, she led the remnants of the Dongying Water Division, ran thousands of miles, and beat the Javanese fleet to the ground...... Oh, and here's a handwritten letter from her to the emperor. Zhang Wuzheng said and took out a letter and presented it to Li Wanjiang.
"Oh? Is it for me? "Li Wanjiang said in his heart that I don't know you either, what kind of letter did you write to me?
If the letter is still worth reading for a while, what is your letter?
When I opened the envelope, I saw that there was no word written on a blank piece of paper inside, just a clump of begonias.
"Your Majesty?" Zhang Wuzheng saw that the emperor was silent for a long time, his face was cloudy, and he cautiously asked my emperor what was wrong? Don't you recognize the word Dongying? The minister recognizes it, or the minister will help you take a look......
"Where is she now?" Li Wanjiang's voice trembled slightly. "Now in the embassy." Zhang Wuzheng said busily.
"Invite her to come at once...... Oh no, I'd better go see her. Li Wanjiang is a little out of shape.
"How can the emperor go to see her, a shogun?" Zhang Wuzheng was taken aback, this is not compliant, Angelina, the queen of a big country, came to Fengyang in person, you haven't visited Fengyang, how can a shogunate general ask you to go in person?
"I'm going to serve privately!" Li Wanjiang has made up his mind, "You don't have to follow, go down first." ”
"It's not the emperor, you ......" Zhang Zhengwu still had to admonish, but Li Wanjiang had already entered the inner room to change clothes.
In desperation, I had to kneel out.
When he came out, he saw Gong Shouli and Xiao Chen whispering outside the palace gate, and hurriedly went over to pull Gong Shouli aside, "Gonggong Gong, the emperor doesn't know what's wrong?" If you have to go out for a private visit, you must persuade him. ”
"A private interview with Weifu?" Gong Shouli looked confused, "Where are you going?" ”
"Go to the Dongying Embassy, it's not in the hands of our Honglu Temple, and there are no of our people in it, how can the emperor trespass?" Zhang Zhengwu said.
"What did the emperor do at the Dongying Embassy?" Gong Shouli said.
"A shogun just came and asked to see the emperor, and the emperor didn't see him, but he didn't know why he changed his mind? The emperor's temper is afraid that you can't persuade you, but if you follow, you must bring the Ouchi guards with you......" Zhang Zhengwu said.
As he was talking, he saw that Li Wanjiang had already changed into a cloth suit and walked out, changing clothes so quickly, it could be seen that he was in a hurry.
"Zhengwu, why haven't you left yet, what are you muttering to Shouli? What do I do that I still have to worry about you? Seeing Zhang Zhengwu biting his ears with Gong Shouli, he immediately reprimanded.
"Don't dare! Retire! Zhang Zhengwu walked away.
"Xiao Chen, what are you doing here?" Li Wanjiang's eyes were good, and when he saw Xiao Chen standing far away, he was about to slip away, and immediately shouted to him.
"Meet the Emperor!" Xiao Chen hurriedly trotted over and bowed, "The minister is here to talk to Gonggong about something." ”
"Get up, what's the matter?" Li Wanjiang asked.
"Private." Xiao Chen said.
"Nonsense!" Li Wanjiang was happy, "Are you talking to my great eunuch outside the Zhenqin Palace about private matters?" What do you want to do! ”
It's really a private matter, Ling'er and Xing'er went to Jiangnan to meet Duanmu Nanfeng and told him that they wanted to open a candy factory in Jiangnan, Duanmu Nanfeng happily agreed, and even signed a cooperation contract.
This factory is also a joint-stock system, with two major shareholders and two small shareholders, one of the major shareholders is Duanmu Nanfeng, who represents Li Wanyun, and occupies 40%, and Murong Xing'er, who represents the queen, accounts for 30%, Gong Shouli accounts for 20%, and Ling'er only accounts for 10......
Xiao Chen's fart didn't either.
Xiao Chen went to see the queen just now, and Gong Shouli also went to report the matter to the queen, and after he came out, Xiao Chen pestered Gong Shouli and insisted on asking him to give up his shares to himself.
Gong Shouli refused, Xiao Chen kept following, and the two were arguing about this matter just now.
Naturally, there is no need to hide this matter from the emperor, the emperor asks questions, and the two of them will honestly explain.
"Oh? It seems that what kind of candy factory you are doing is very profitable? Li Wanjiang said casually.
"Back to the emperor, it's quite profitable, but it's not a lot, and the servants don't dare to be corrupt or take bribes with the emperor, but they still want to enjoy it, so they made this factory and made some hard money." Gong Shouli said busily.
"Hehe, are you still afraid that I will rob you?" Li Wanjiang said with a smile, "It's not that I don't allow you to get rich, as long as you come in the right way, and you must pay taxes according to the rules, otherwise it will be difficult for me to speak for you." ”