Cutting 1719

Chapter 666 Strategic Determination
No matter how fierce the fight on the stage is, there is no shortage of open and dark arrows in the audience. Qian Songtao has already begun to figure out how to use the last value of the Mughal Empire-of course, the premise is that this plate of meat is not only in the hands of Da Chu Staring, there are still many big countries sitting at the table, waving knives and forks.

In order to better share the meat, Qian Songtao quickly hosted the French ambassador Gabriel and Anthony, the head of the French East India Company in Ponducherry, accompanied by the Great Chu Royal Chamber of Commerce in Mughal On behalf of Liu Quanyi.

"Hahaha, in fact, when I was in Nanjing, I heard about Ambassador Gabriel's name from Ambassador Ettington. Seeing him now is really refreshing!"

Gabriel is a typical person from the southern coast of France. He has a typical Mediterranean black hair, is relatively short, and has a very bold personality. He said: "When Ettington went to China, he once said something to me, That is, Da Chu will shock the whole world in the future, I didn’t believe it at the time, but now the facts are in front of me.”

"Oh? Please enlighten me." Qian Songtao's smile remained unchanged.

Gabriel squeezed the cigar in his hand and said with a smile: "During these years, what Da Chu has done is really shocking. After defeating the Russians and the Dutch, he almost occupied the entire South Seas and the North. Now Isn’t it shocking that it has extended its hand to America and India again?”

When the translator expressed the meaning in Chinese, Qian Songtao was not annoyed by it, but smiled and said: "Ambassador Gabriel is indeed telling the truth, because China is the leading civilization in the world, and we naturally need to take on more responsibility. Much responsibility, as the French did in India and in America, isn't it so?"

"Dear Qian, I have to say, you are indeed a very smart person!"

Gabriel took a deep puff of his cigar and said with a smile: "Qian, since you met us first, it can fully explain that the price offered by the Mughals did not impress you."

Qian Songtao smiled slightly, "That's right, Great Chu will only be friends with victors, while the Mughal Empire has become a loser."

Hearing this, Gabriel's expression changed slightly, he squeezed his cigar and said with a smile: "In this case, who is the winner in India?"

Qian Songtao's eyes were slightly fixed, and his fingers were shaking slightly. The intention of the other party's question was obvious. It was not referring to the victor between the Mughals and the Marathas, but the British East India Company and the French East India Company. To be precise, it refers to who is the winner in Britain and France.

After all, the previous conflicts between Britain and France have shown a tendency to become public. Ernst, who is far away in the sky, knows, and Gabriel, who is close to India, naturally knows better. There will be violent conflicts and even wars.

Qian Songtao smiled: "At least for now, we are more inclined to France."

"I'm afraid it's because of Russia. They are now very close to Britain-Prussia. If your country wants to protect the Elizabeth regime, it must fight a war in the north that cannot see the end, so you have no choice."

Gabriel had a smile on his face, and there was a little sharpness in his eyes, "You support us, you just hope that we can contain the British in India and distract them."

Qian Songtao was slightly silent. Anthony and Liu Quanyi beside him were not of sufficient status, so they didn't dare to say anything more. The atmosphere fell into silence for a while, but Gabriel watched Qian Songtao with a relaxed look.

"So, what are your options?"

In this era, due to the distance, colonial empires such as Britain and France had great power in the colonial governors and ambassadors to other countries, so they could often make decisions based on the current situation.

Gabriel stretched out his palm and said with a smile: "Like your country, France only treats victors as friends."

Indeed, rather than saying that Great Chu needs France at present, it is better to say that France needs Great Chu more, and this has a lot to do with the current situation of France.

France is now under the rule of Louis XV, and this descendant of the Sun King has become king since he was five years old. He is expected by all French people. People expect him to become a great emperor like the Sun King , and the early Louis XV also did a good job.

After dismissing the authoritarian Bourbon cabinet, Louis XV gave power to the tutor Cardinal Fleury, who has been the prime minister since 1726, and 12 years have passed until now, and these 12 years Here, France also began to look more powerful.

After deposing the authoritarian Bourbon cabinet, Louis XV gave power to the tutor Cardinal Fleury, who has been prime minister since 1726, and 12 years have passed until now, and these 12 years Here, the French economy has grown rapidly, and the currency has been further stabilized.

It is particularly worth mentioning that under the strong leadership of Fleury, the current France has been doing the same thing as Da Chu - that is, building roads.

Beginning in 1726, after Fleury stabilized the French currency and balanced the fiscal budget through financial reforms, he began to improve transportation and organized a lot of manpower and material resources to dig a Saint-Quentin Canal, thereby connecting the Oise River and the Somme River. Greatly improved water transportation in France.

In addition, Fleury also established a national road network system, in which national bridges and road schools were established by the state, and a highway from Paris to the border was built, in addition to having what is currently the most excellent and extensive road network in the world ——It can be said that even the road network near Nanjing and the capital is not necessarily as dense as Paris.

In this case, the most obvious manifestation is that the volume of French coastal trade has more than doubled from less than [-] million livres to [-] million livres, which can be called an important period of France's national strength.

But the problem is that once the French start to be awesome, they are destined to start seeking hegemony that dominates Europe. Even if Fleury seeks peace at all costs and is always seeking reconciliation with Britain and Spain, it will not be able to stop Louis XV With his determination, he has been interfering in Poland since five years ago and seeking the territory of the Principality of Lorraine, so that he has been hindered by many obstacles.

In addition to the intertwined contradictions on the European continent, the struggle for colonies has also become the main point of contradiction. Therefore, the current situation in France in Europe is not so good. They also hope to seek some help from outside Europe. If it will not over-stimulate Europe, then the olive branch of Dachu is also a good choice.

As for the so-called 'Yellow Peril Theory', it can make those ignorant people cry out for it, but it can't hide the eyes of politicians. If there is enough interest base, Gabriel is even willing to cooperate with the devil.

Although Lord Qiu's famous saying hasn't really come out yet, in the psychology of these people, all of them have implemented this truth.

In December of the 15th year of innovation, after continuous negotiations, Da Chu and France finally reached a package of secret trade agreements, that is, Da Chu will fully support the interests of the French East India Company in India, and will carry out a large number of fixed Investment, and in return, the raw material market of the French East India Company in India will be opened to Dachu.

Among the series of treaties, there is also a very high-level secret agreement, that is, in the event of a war between Britain and France in the future, the Great Chu must send troops to India to expel the British and fully support France in the Americas.As a price, although France will not openly support Da Chu's interests in the north, it will be able to maintain a public attitude in the future.

On the surface, it seems that Da Chu is relatively disadvantaged, but because this is a secret treaty, it did not cause much disturbance, and this article was quickly spread back to the country.

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"A disadvantage? In my opinion, this is not a disadvantage."

In the Nanjing State Affairs Office, Ning Yu turned the teacup gently, and the faint fragrance seemed to emerge little by little, and it would not be easily smelled, and it seemed to affect everyone's nostrils.

"On the surface of the treaty, it seems that we have suffered a bit, but in the overall situation, it is a great good thing. At least it has played a role in dividing Europe, and supporting the investment of the French East India Company in India is also a good thing. It is not a bad thing, at least it has laid the foundation for us to enter India in the future, and if there is a change in the future, the difficulty for us to win India will be much easier."

After finishing speaking, Ning Yu looked at Song Enming with a smile again, and said, "Song Qing seems to have a lot of hands and feet here, so let Song Qing introduce it for me."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Song Enming smiled slightly, and continued: "In addition to the points your majesty said earlier, it is by no means a bad thing for us from an economic point of view, because the cooperation with France is undoubtedly a good thing for future foreign trade. After all, we still continue to trade with the British, but as soon as the Northern War breaks out, the trade between the two sides will definitely be cut off. With France, at least we can guarantee that the scale of foreign trade will not be directly cut in half."

"Secondly, for me, Dachu, we have now entered a period of large-scale construction. In addition to exploiting a large amount of resources in our country and colonies, India will also become an important resource market for us, which will also help to further reduce Costs, especially domestic demand for dispatched labor have peaked, so this will certainly be a lucrative business in the future.”

Speaking of this, Song Enming took a sip from his teacup and said with a smile: "Right now we need to deal with the British, so we will cooperate with the French. But when the British and French fight and lose both sides, the whole of India will naturally fall without attacking."

Most of the rest of the courtiers had thought of one or two layers, but now when they heard this, they couldn't help being a little surprised. It seems that this is really a lucrative business.

Ning Yu continued: "Not only that, but at the moment our Great Chu lacks a lot of funds to carry out construction, but the princes of India are not short of money. We can cooperate with the French to issue construction bonds in India, and use the funds raised Funds are used to add another force to our industrialization. At that time, we can reverse-export industrial products to India to repay the bonds."

"Yes, India is indeed a rich place"

Ernst sighed: "The reason why the British are so focused on developing in India is also because of this. They also covet India's wealth very much!"

"For Dachu, we do not lack financial foundation. Tea, porcelain, silk, palm oil, rhubarb, and a large number of industrial products can all be exchanged for a huge trade surplus. Once the waterway to India is opened, we will The foreign exchange income can be doubled!"

Ning Zhonghai, Minister of Industry and Commerce on the side, was a little excited. He counted with his fingers: "Those Indian princes have always been very eager for Chinese products. If such a trade cooperation relationship can be achieved, the foreign trade of Dachu will only increase in the future. The more prosperous and prosperous!"

Ning Yu nodded and said with a smile: "Qian Songtao is still very effective in the Mughals. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce can organize another business group to go to the Mughals and Maratha to organize fundraising. In addition, tell the French that in the future I am willing to cooperate with you." They divide the world!"

"Divide the world equally?" Everyone couldn't help being shocked.

"That's right, tell the French that I rule the eastern world, and Emperor Louis XV rules the western world. As for the specific territory map, we can discuss it slowly, but the premise is that we need to defeat the British together!"

Ning Yu's expression was a little cold. He had no intention of dividing the world equally. He just wanted to draw a big pie for the French. In the future, as long as Da Chu becomes the world's hegemon, today's pie is naturally just a piece that can be torn at any time. It’s just a treaty, and it’s not a big deal—the key point is that Dachu needs more time to develop, and it’s best to let the conflict between Britain and France break out before Yingchu. At that time, Emperor Ning will definitely thank the French !
What is rather strange is that Ning Yu thinks that the chances of the French agreeing are very high. The reason is that France is about to lose a wise old man and is about to usher in the madness of young people!

This wise old man is the French Prime Minister Fleury. According to the original history, he probably lived well in the past two years. After his death, Louis XV, who really took power, was quite arrogant. And the very incompetent emperor, with the recklessness and impulsiveness unique to young people, after he learned that Emperor Ning wanted to carve up the world with him, he might be more elated than rational.

At that time, the French chariot will no longer be able to stop, and the Anglo-French war may come much earlier than in the original history, and at that time, Emperor Ning's great opportunity will come.

"I think that only with sufficient strategic determination can we win this game of chess."

(End of this chapter)