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At the same time that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was invited to the House of Lords of the British Parliament and delivered an important speech on "Policies Concerning the Two Countries", the "Times" published on the new day was quickly sold out by the shocked citizens of London amid the clamor of the newsboys selling on the streets.

"Sell the newspaper, sell the newspaper, 23 European nobles challenged the duel of the Tang Emperor, 19 nobles were killed on the spot, and the life and death of three people were uncertain, shocking the whole of Europe."

"His Excellency the Duke knelt down on the spot, and the glory of the family for hundreds of years came to an abrupt end."

"The collective witness of London's high society; The prehistoric beast-like emperor of the East killed more than 20 British nobles in a row. ”

"The Times Special Commentator Article; In the face of great power, any provocation of the divine kingship is tantamount to suicide. ”

The news made London a sensation, England was a sensation, almost the whole of Europe was a sensation, the news was like a wind blowing all over the continent of Europa, and many illiterate Europeans heard the famous name of "Charlie the Demon King" for the first time, and it turned out to be such a powerful news.

The three British nobles who were seriously injured in the duel died one on the second day, one on the third day, and one was seriously injured and barely survived for more than ten days, and finally still died.

Therefore, the duel record of 1 to 23 this time was finally fixed at 22 dead and 1 wounded, and Duke Churchill, whose nose was smashed and had a severe concussion, now has less time to be awake in bed and more time in a coma.

By the way, there was also a colony minister, Lord Igtz-Reitz, who broke his neck, and after holding out for a few days, finally breathed his breath and died a very unsettled death.

A week later

Plymouth Harbour, the home base of the British Royal Navy's home fleet, is 310 kilometers northeast of London, and is surrounded by ships in the bay anchorage, demonstrating the invincible majesty of the British Royal Navy.

Most of the bay here are high-masted sailing ships, about 300 of them, a few of which are iron-clad wooden steam twin-powered sailboats, and the decks are overcrowded.

The Royal Navy is known for its stubborn adherence to tradition, and even though it is known that the technical route of sails and steam power is both expensive and impractical, the new ships that the dockyard continues to build are still this kind of stacked design, and there is a kind of momentum to go all the way to the black.

Anyway, there is money and willfulness, that's it.

The two ironclad cruisers of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, the "Storm" and the "Mountain Wind", were parked in the harbor on one side, attracting a large number of officers of the British Royal Navy to observe, and the deck of the ship was full of people, which was as lively as a festival.

Emperor Richard, accompanied by Edward, Prince of Wales, visited the University of Plymouth and the Royal Plymouth Naval College, where he met with British students and donated £2,000 and £3,500 respectively to the two schools for the construction of the Oriental Library.

These two donations are already a lot, compared to the great famine that starved millions of Irish to death in five years, and Her Majesty the Queen only donated £2,000.

It is said that after the Great Famine broke out in Ireland, the Ottoman Sultan Mejid I announced that he would donate 10,000 pounds to the victims of the disaster in Ireland, but the British government stopped him from donating only 1,000 pounds to the victims.

No matter what, it can't overshadow Her Majesty Queen Victoria!

When the emperor of the Tang Empire, Richard, visited everywhere, the diplomatic negotiations between Tang and Britain for several years finally met their eyebrows.

With the personal involvement of the high-level leaders of the two countries, the representatives of the two countries, who had been holding intense negotiations for several days, finally signed a series of memorandums of understanding and agreements, and they were all overjoyed.

The governments of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom signed the Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Right of Self-Determination of the Representatives of the Representatives of the British Canadian Colonies (British Columbia and Yukon Territory only), the Toronto Canal Tolls Package, the Memorandum of Understanding on Guatemala and Other Regional Issues in Central America, the Memorandum of Understanding on Financial Arrangements in the United States of America, the Memorandum of Understanding on Further Strengthening the Economic and Trade Relations between Britain and Denmark, the Joint Action Plan on the German Confederation, and the Joint Action Plan for East and Southeast Asia between Britain and Tang. A number of outstanding issues of intergovernmental cooperation have been resolved, and programmatic policies have been defined.

Besides

The Royal Armstrong Arsenal of the British Empire has reached several contracts with the Colt Arms Company for the introduction of breech artillery technology, and has reached a series of major military cooperation agreements with the Colt Chemical Company for the import of 5,000 tons of nitroglycerin high-explosives and 200,000 contracts for the import of advanced triggering fuzes, and has achieved satisfactory results for both sides.

The Royal Navy promised;

No less than 800 sets of 12-pound to 60-pound Colt Advanced breech guns of various calibers will be imported, and the Royal Arsenal of Armstrong will be granted a patent for breech guns, and a licensing fee will be paid for each set of breech guns manufactured.

The license agreement has a 20-year exclusivity, during which Colt Arms Company is not allowed to license advanced artillery technology to other countries, a clause that the British representative deliberately emphasized and insisted on.

Its purpose, of course, was to maintain the supremacy of the Royal Navy of the British Empire and to limit the rival French and Prussian navies.

The needs of the British Royal Navy have always been at the top of the list.

To be able to get a large artillery order from the British, Colt Arms Company had already smiled crookedly, and of course agreed with a mouthful.

As the most wealthy buyer in the world today, the ironclad warships of the British Empire sailing on the world's major seas need to be equipped with tens of thousands of advanced artillery.

Fortunately, the two sides reached a patent licensing agreement, and the British, in order to show their sincerity, agreed to import 800 sets of Colt breech guns in stock, which is a very profitable order.

The British Royal Navy also played a trick of guns, just saying that the order covered 12-pounder to 60-pounder guns, and did not specify the number of each type of artillery?

This left a back door for the British battleships to import a large number of 60-pounder main ship guns of the main force, and as long as the budget could keep up, it was really possible to import as much as they wanted.

The price difference between a 12-pounder gun and a 60-pounder gun is huge, with the former costing just over £680 and the latter costing more than £10,000 at all.

The Royal Navy likes to pile up heavy firepower, and a 10,812-ton ironclad battleship launched in 1862, the Minotaur class "Akincourt" is mainly armed: 4 9-inch rifled front-loading guns and 24 7-inch rifled front-loading guns.

This formed an armored long gun column on the "Akincourt", which was densely packed with thick gun muzzles, which exuded a cold luster in the sunlight, making people feel their scalps tingle when they looked at it.

Today, the two 10,000-ton ironclad battleships "Minotaur" and "Agincourt" are quietly moored in Plymouth Bay, and their huge hulls dwarf the many brigs and three-masted sail battleships, representing the most elite naval decisive force of the British Royal Navy.

Similarly, the juxtaposition of the tall masts and chimneys of the two new ironclad battleships is unusually conspicuous, and it is always uncomfortable to look at.

It is undeniable that although there were some minor episodes, the state visit of Emperor Richard of the Tang Empire was a complete success, which effectively promoted the further development of relations between Tang and Britain, and made great progress in many aspects.

The Tang Empire also responded in good faith in many ways, and His Royal Highness Don Li Yuan, Duke of Hawaii (Grand Prince), will end his study tour in the Kingdom of Italy and transfer to the Royal Naval Academy in Plymouth.

His Royal Highness Don Li Geng, Duke of Panama, will also end his trip to Paris and enter the University of Oxford in England to continue his study tour in Europe.

After Richard personally shot 1 against 23 Liwei, the status of the nobles of the Tang Empire in the British Isles skyrocketed, and they were basically able to get slightly inferior treatment to the British nobles, which was already very good.

The French have been fighting the British for centuries, and now the French aristocracy is still the object of ridicule and exclusion in the upper class of London, not to mention other small European countries.

The arrogance of the British aristocracy stems from the blood genes, and from time to time they will show a sense of superiority, which really can't be changed.

The most obvious change in the Duke of Panama's side was the removal of all the civil and military attachés, who had returned to the Empire a few days ago with the Atlantic flight, and heard that he would be sent to overseas provinces on business in the future.

It's not Hawaii or South America, and the career is definitely over anyway.

It is a sin that the Duke's unforgivable sin cannot be forgivable in any way by not knowing the exhortations of the Duke of Panama, not knowing that the mouth of those French ladies should be silenced and that the reputation of His Royal Highness the Duke has been tarnished.

Changing to an environment like London, with less warblers and swallow dances, and more respect and purity, may be a good thing for the growth of the Duke of Panama (the second prince).

On the morning of June 10

A grand farewell ceremony was held at Plymouth Pier, and the Tang Emperor Richard ended his 10-day visit to the United Kingdom and embarked on a journey to visit the Dutch royal family.

After the 21 gun salute, Emperor Richard led everyone to wave goodbye to Edward, Prince of Wales, and many British nobles and dignitaries.

Watching the luxury cruise ship of the Tang Empire leave the dock, His Royal Highness Edward also breathed a long sigh of relief.

In order to receive the royal family of the Tang Empire, he has been so ruthless these days that he needs to vent well. At the very least, you have to hold an uncovered assembly for five days and five nights in a row, otherwise you will feel lost.

After the two British escort ships were sent out of the country, the formation of four visiting ships of the Imperial group had just entered the North Sea, and several black spots appeared in the sky, and then fell rapidly.

It turned out that the five bald eagles kept in the remote estate of England came back and landed firmly on the crosswood outside the luxury cabin for the royal family on the top floor.

In order to avoid extra complications, the five bald eagles left the team on their own and landed in a remote manor after performing a secret mission, spending more than ten days unknown to anyone.

Hearing the cheerful chirping of the bald eagle, Richard immediately walked out, took out the cut meat strips from the large basin held by the royal guards next to him and threw them into the air, attracting the bald eagles to scramble for peck.

"Don't grab a few of you, you have all the meat strips, will you still be hungry for a few of your precious eggs?" Richard said with a smile, grabbed the strip of meat and scattered it again, teasing the bald eagles with great interest.

This visit to the UK was very rewarding, and these bald eagles also made contributions.

After reaching a memorandum of understanding with Britain on the self-determination of the people of British Columbia and the Yukon, the two provinces can also enjoy the same treatment as the three provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and decide whether to become independent or join the Tang Empire through democratic voting, and the British side will not interfere.

In this way, the way was paved for the above two provinces to join the Tang Empire.

Now the British are pushing for the establishment of Dominions in the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, which are dominated by British immigrants, under the name "Canada", which is the earliest Dominion of the United Kingdom.

As for joining the United Kingdom, it is absolutely impossible, and the British are still a bit selfish in this regard, and do not want all cats and dogs to enjoy the glory and wealth of the British Empire.

Not in Canada, not in Australia and New Zealand, not in South Africa, and the future development direction of these colonies is Dominion, which is a new change in British colonial policy.

Canada could only exist as a Dominion under British rule, which was the highest form of colony.

The Dominions, which enjoyed the greatest degree of political and democratic self-determination and the right to set independent tax policies, effectively governed themselves and did not cause trouble to the British Empire.

The Tang Empire is not afraid of trouble, Richard is happy to calculate the current imperial territory, and plans to use 2~3 years to continue to immigrate to British Columbia and Yukon in the north, and then join the Tang Empire through democratic self-determination.

Well, the year 1867 is appropriate.

Because British Canada is now arguing, the originally independent provinces have different opinions on the establishment of Dominions, especially the French white residents of Quebec, who are the most vocal in opposition, and most of them disagree.

Now that the autonomous provinces of Canada owe direct allegiance to the British Empire, they have no affiliation with each other, they are all used to freedom, and many provinces do not want to have a weakened version of the leader, so what's the point?

In the original history

By suppressing opposition and excluding Quebec, the British managed to unite the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1867 to form the so-called "Canada", thus giving birth to the first Dominion of the United Kingdom.

Canada then absorbed other provinces, and the last Alberta did not join Canada until 1949, forming the Canadian territory of later generations, which was 82 years after 1867.

The Tang Empire took advantage of this opportunity to take British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, and then formed the ultimate territory from the Arctic Circle of Alaska along the Pacific Ocean all the way south, and finally to the Strait Province and Zhennan Province in the south.

After a few years of chaos in the civil war of the three Central American countries, the land of these three countries also matured and became the bag of the Tang Empire.

Until then

The territory of the Tang Empire can be extended all the way to Panama in Central America, what an exciting and glorious moment it should be?

As soon as he thought of this, the corners of Richard's mouth couldn't help but show a happy smile, it was worth it, this visit to England was full of gains, how could he not smile?

To say that the British Empire in this era is really a cow, and it is not a lie to say that it leaks between its fingers and eats and wears all after its buttocks.

And the British have always been more concerned about their own people, let's say that the second stop of Richard's upcoming visit, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is the beneficiary.

If it weren't for the fact that after defeating Emperor Napoleon in 1814, the British lost the East Indies to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in return for their merits, and what would be the case with the Netherlands in the East Indies today?

At that time, Britain and the Netherlands were the main players in the East Indies, but the British struggled to run the Straits Settlements, mainly Malaysia, Singapore, Johor and Penang.

The territory occupied by the British is too big to be developed at all, so they simply let the people who follow them take advantage of it.

The Dutch crown took advantage of this advantage, the huge profits squeezed from the East Indies colony, and the annual monopoly of the spice trade almost half of the Dutch royal family's income, maintaining the Dutch status as a third-rate country in Europe.

As long as the British were not happy, they could just take a card in the Straits Settlements, or the Indian Viceroyalty deliberately embarrassed, and those spiced coffee on the Dutch merchant ships would be completely destroyed, and no matter how old they were, they would not be able to transport them.

Maintaining a close alliance with the British and repairing the rift between the two countries, whether in Central or South America or in the future colonial expansion into Asia, was of great strategic importance to the Tang Empire.

As long as the British turn a blind eye, the Tang Empire can completely ignore the role of France, Germany, Russia, and Austria, and with the cover of the leading big brother, it will be much easier to get things done.

Some people say that the Tang Empire is so strong, why should it look up to people?

This question should be viewed from two aspects: when the strength has swelled to a certain extent, it is indeed necessary to implement an independent foreign policy and set up a mountain to be the king of its own.

The strength of the Tang Empire only lies in the army, which is a regional power.

If you confront the European powers, there is no certainty of victory, these European powers have advanced weapons and equipment, the population size is not small, and they can find many allies who call for friends, and their economic and military strength are relatively strong.

Therefore, the strength of the Tang Kingdom can only be limited to North America, and it will reach the sky if it is supported by radiation to South America, and it has no ability to radiate to Europe.

If you want to expand outward, such as the Far East and Southeast Asia in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, you have to ask Britain if the world hegemon agrees.

Also, you need to ask for the opinion of France, otherwise people will beat you up in minutes.

It is an irrefutable truth that there are many friends and few enemies are divided, whether in society or in international politics.

As long as the British are recognized as the big brother, many things will be implemented much more smoothly, and the French will not dare to intervene unscrupulously, which is the reason why it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

Before the Tang Empire surpassed Britain in economic strength and established a powerful Royal Navy, it was the king to continue to hibernate.

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