Collins formally met with Xiao Lin in Conference Room No. 1 on the fifth floor of the Government Affairs Building, and he was extremely respectful throughout the whole process. Xiao Lin originally wanted to give Collins a dismount, but this stretch out his hand and don't hit the smiling person, the posture of the person has been extremely low, and if you go to harm others, it will not be a matter of dismounting, but of quality. Collins felt that it had always been the Yanhuang Trading Company that the British had taken the initiative to provoke.

Because of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's policy of closing the country to the outside world, the West has very little understanding of China, and it is not known how Yanhuang came about. Sholin's identity as an Indian has never been doubted by anyone in the outside world. The people of the Addams family seized the territory of the Eagle Tribe, and it cannot be said that the Eagle tribe is at fault if they are attacked. And although the heir of the Addams family died in the leopard's mouth on the way to escape, it is not wrong to attribute it to the Eagle Tribe, and it is normal to send troops to retaliate.

It's just that the Addams family was too careless and didn't directly extinguish them when they were weak. When he waited to the back, he was overturned by the company car. This was the fault of the Addams family, and Charlie did not pay much attention to it at the beginning when he came out for the Addams family, that is, the fault of the entire British North American colonies. Since you have made a mistake and want to solve this mistake, it is inevitable to lower your posture. As an excellent noble child, Corinth naturally knew a lot about this set.

However, Xiao Lin knew his own family affairs, and the dispute with the British North American colonies was actually his first move. If it weren't for the three hundred white pioneers he had plotted to bring with Tony Adams, if he hadn't wanted to make a career out of these people, Tony wouldn't have died, and the Addams family probably wouldn't have sent an army to retaliate. Although there will definitely be a conflict with the British in the end due to expansion, at least the Addams and Pandey families will not be so miserable.

Without the company, the British would slowly dominate the North American continent. Until there is no foreign enemy, he will squeeze the civilians under his rule to the death, causing an uprising in the United States, and maybe the North American continent will become a dazzling pearl in the queen's crown. Therefore, Xiao Lin is still a little weak-hearted. If he doesn't even have this little bit of weakness, then he will completely evolve into a politician with a full level of thick black learning. After only a few words, Xiao Lin consciously stopped his subordinates' mockery of Collins and went straight to the point.

Collins came for two purposes. One is to reach a non-aggression pact with the company, at least until the British and the French are divided, and to ensure that the Yanhuang Trading Company does not side with the French. Of course, it would be better if the Yanhuang Trading Company could be pulled to the side of the British. And this, in fact, is also the second real purpose. It's just that the colony doesn't have much hope for the realization of this goal, and just lets Corinth try his best to fight for it.

The second goal that Collins had to accomplish was to secure the company's civilian and military material support. For the aristocracy, especially the aristocracy who has been exploited in North America for tens or hundreds of years, there is no shortage of money. But now the situation in the British colonies has reached the edge of a precipice. Because of the several waves of hard exploitation by Charlie, coupled with the brutality of the French invasion of the colonies, most of the people have no intention of producing.

And the arsenals of the colonies produced weapons that could barely compete with the French's weapons, not enough for them to defeat the strong with the weak. The sword musket that Charlie personally ordered, after this period of verification, is not necessary at all. After all, it is a crooked imitation, and the safety and stability are not as good as the brown bass. And it takes a long period of training before a soldier can use it competently. The key is because of the complex process and the high requirements for steel, and the cost of a sharp sword is worth five brown basses.

In the present critical situation, the sword style was simply not suitable for the British army in the North American colonies. Although the fleet calling for help has already departed, if they can't support the arrival of local support, even if there is a strong fleet, it is no longer of any use. Besides, the fleet of the French is not a vulnerable existence. This comes and goes, and it will take a year to a year and three months at the earliest. When the messenger arrives, it will take time to save the resolution and discuss the process, and it will take time to transfer troops and supplies and load the ship.

Therefore, the British wanted to purchase weapons and food from the Yanhuang Trading Company. Under the guidance of the most advanced agricultural technology in the 21st century and the influence of water pumps and fertilizers, the company has never had a bad harvest, and has always had a bumper harvest, and it has long been able to achieve self-sufficiency in grain. Later, the canning factory was established and expanded, and with the addition of some food purchased from other places, all kinds of canned meat and fruit also became the company's fist products, and the British naturally knew that the company was not short of food.

As for weapons, the company has long played a brand effect. The entire North American continent, with the exception of the Indians who stayed in the mountains and had no contact with the outside world, knew that the company's weapons were extremely advanced and reliable. The British did not expect the company to sell them the most advanced muskets and artillery, and the highest requirement was to surpass the French musket artillery. For this, Corinth also brought muskets and artillery that they had captured from the French in active service.

Xiao Lin did not reply to him immediately, invited him to a company government working meal, and let Collins go to rest. And he gathered all the people of the core group who stayed on the North American continent to discuss together. The so-called core group is Yu Xiao, Qu Jun, Yu Wei, several relatives and friends who support him, and representatives of veterans and old factory workers who joined them later. Some of them are too late, so they use wired telephones to express their opinions, and there are special people to deliver the content of the meeting for them.

"Let's talk about whether we want to agree to the British. ”

"Ahem, as the first batch of old people in the company, I, Qu Jun, will speak first. First of all, I think that in this Anglo-French war, we should stand behind it. In other words, we cannot really get involved in this war. After years of fighting, the ratio of military and civilian is already very large, and the casualties of the army last time were not small, so if you want to make up for it, you must recruit more people. And with just two slave traders, the population grew too slowly. Re-recruitment will definitely affect the company's industrial and agricultural development. ”

"I agree with that. This is also the tone I set for myself at the beginning, building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming king. ”

"The boss is right, I add Qu Jun's words. We can't get involved in this war ourselves, but we can coordinate behind it. How can we coordinate it? It is necessary to keep the British and French forces evenly matched. If one side is weak, strengthen its strength, and let both sides devote more troops to this meat grinder, and continue to weaken the military potential of both sides. And now, it is clear that the British are already at an absolute disadvantage. ”

"That's right, the French only sent half of the army, and they have already supported it very hard, and they are all fighting too hard in front......"

"Shhhh ”

After Xiao Lin, Qu Jun, and Yu Xiao spoke, the conference room became lively, everyone exchanged opinions with each other, and said everything, which was a little noisy. Xiao Lin waited for a moment, turning up the microphone to stop them from slowly getting louder.

"Alright, then, let's vote now, and raise your hand if you decide to support the British at this stage. ”

As a sign of importance, everyone in the core group has the right to vote. This is the edification of the 21st century, and there is no way for Shawlin to change it. Only in this way will they be more actively involved in the affairs of the company, instead of being a job and receiving a dead salary every day. Of course, as the absolute leader, Sholin has a limited decision in his hands. The so-called restriction means that when more than 90 percent of the people oppose it, Xiao Lin cannot insist on going his own way.

Fortunately, in this vote, the members of the 25 core groups, except for two old workers, abstained, the rest agreed.

"Very well, let's talk about what we can sell to them. ”

"This is very simple, except for the strategic civilian materials such as cement and asphalt, the rest of the land can be sold. Since the British have come up with food, let's sell it first. Recently, the canning factory has worked out the recipe for canned blood meal, and the taste is okay, and I think it can be sold completely. ”

As the head of the company's civil industry department, Qu Zhenguo immediately stood up and spoke when Xiao Lin looked over. The so-called canned blood meal is a flour mixed with animal blood to pass off as various canned meat. This kind of canned food was once made by Dongying people in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War because of a shortage of materials. Later, some black-hearted Chinese businessmen actually carried it forward. It was not until the promulgation of the Food Law that this kind of behavior was completely eradicated.

And in this era, if you can pit people, you can pit people, Xiao Lin doesn't care at all. Moreover, the proposal for this formula research was put forward by Qu Zhenguo, a seemingly honest old sullen man. This is not Xiao Lin's disrespect for his elders, it is his son Qu Jun himself who said it, and after that, Qu Jun was hung up and beaten for a whole night, and the wailing can be heard in the entire company officials' residential area. At least the company is not too pitiful, using high-quality flour and unexpired duck blood and pig blood, and the taste is not much different from canned luncheon meat.

Or because of the raw materials, the cost is only half of the original canned meat, and the price is the same, so you can earn more.

"And what about weapons?"

"Or, Hall M1819 muskets and heavy-fist front-loading rifled guns?"

"No, these two weapons are too easy to imitate, even if they are stumbling, at most ten years the white people can successfully imitate them, and it will not be good for the future rule of the company. ”

"But can't they be copied without selling it? Under the company's high pressure, they are already starting to conduct their own research. Moreover, the company's weapons cannot be left unimproved. ”