Alchemy Greater China

The tariff pricing power of the Qing Dynasty is actually the spoils taken from the pockets of the United Kingdom and France. Except for the original vested interests, the United Kingdom and France, I believe the rest of the countries will be very happy.

And Britain, as the defeated party in the naval battle, Fremantle acted as its representative and signed the manual: the share of eight points, I believe he will never be subject to domestic criticism.

Because, if there is no Far East Fleet, the United Kingdom is not eligible to attend this distribution meeting.

Fremantle's fleet has created such an opportunity for Britain to attend, eight points are eight points, it's better than nothing!

After the feast, Li Hongzhang, who had an empty stomach, could barely read the detailed instructions.

Generally speaking, the Qing government didn't get much, only [-]% of it, but after all, it won back its own rights.

Sometimes, in negotiations at the national level, the amount of interest is not the only criterion for measuring success or failure, but the key.

China is a huge country, and it has been a tradition since ancient times that face is the most important thing.

Regardless of whether it is [-]% or [-]%, anyway, Liu Kunyi, as a signatory representative, won the tariff pricing power lost for many years for the Qing Dynasty, which is enough to make his reputation climb to the peak.

Under such circumstances, no matter how dissatisfied the Qing court was, it was impossible to punish him.

This can be regarded as a political winner and loser, and Liu Kunyi is undoubtedly the big winner in this political struggle.

Thinking of this, Li Hongzhang felt a little disheartened. When the banquet was over, he let out a long sigh, put down his posture, and found Liu Kunyi: "Master Liu, I have something to talk to you, let's talk alone."

Li Hongzhang could afford to let it go, seeing that it was impossible to bring down Liu Kunyi again.Then it is the wisest decision to put down face, throw away dignity, and come to compromise.

Li Hongzhang's tolerance has been repeatedly proved in historical events.

"Just right, I also have something to say to Lord Zhongtang."

Liu Kunyi did not taunt Li Hongzhang again, but replied in a calm tone.It's just that Li Hongzhang could still feel the arrogance mixed in that tone and the showing off of the winner.

But at this moment, there is only patience.

Find a room.Ping went to his subordinates, Liu Kunyi and Li Hongzhang sat down facing each other, and after a while, the door opened.Princess Ashley, who was more charming than Hua, also walked in gracefully.

I thought it was a private conversation between myself and Liu Kunyi.The sudden appearance of Princess Ai Shili really surprised Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang had mixed feelings about the 'culprit' who ordered the submarine to sink the Jingyuan, and he couldn't say whether he respected or hated him, and was silent for a while.

Facing the cold scene, it was Ai Shili who broke Li Hongzhang's complicated and unspeakable mood with the first sentence: "Hey, this is Mr. Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang? I am Ai Shili. I have heard about you for a long time. Daming, I saw you today. It really is extraordinary... I heard that Lord Li lost a gunboat that day, and it was all my fault. Here, I want to say sorry to you!"

War is the most sensitive thing, but Princess Ashley said it straight to the point, Li Hongzhang let go, he waved his hand, shook his head and said: "Swords have no eyes on the battlefield, and the sea is just as dangerous. People are not good at learning art, so it’s hard to say who’s not to blame.”

Ai Shili's bright eyes rolled and she giggled coquettishly: "I know, you Chinese pay attention to using an upright and upright teacher to conduct an upright battle. I use an advanced submarine to launch an attack on the bottom of the sea, and it is always a bit overwhelming. Wu."

Ai Shili said this in Chinese, although it was a bit nondescript, but Li Hongzhang could understand it to a certain extent.

He fell silent after listening to it. Anyway, the princess of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not as arrogant as she imagined. At least from these few words, she showed a certain degree of respect and verbal respect for herself. apology.

To be honest, Li Hongzhang felt quite comfortable after hearing this.

"In order to express my apology, I will personally present Mrs. Li with a gunboat to compensate for your loss." Ai Shili's exotic tone lifted Li Hongzhang's spirit: Well, you must compensate me gunboat?Good thing...wait a minute, this Austro-Hungarian princess is not related to me, how could she be so kind?Won't there be any conspiracy?

Li Hongzhang immediately said vigilantly, "His Royal Highness is too generous. Unfortunately, I, Li, is now a defeated general, and my future is uncertain. There is really nothing I can give back to the princess."

Li Hongzhang's implication is that a mere gunboat will not be able to buy me off. Moreover, Liu Kunyi, the most popular fried chicken in the Qing Dynasty, is by your side. If you want to invest, you should vote for him!

Ai Shili giggled coquettishly, trembling: "Master Li is joking. Who doesn't know that the pillar of the Qing Dynasty in the past ten years is not Mr. Li? The naval battle that day was just an accident. This small setback will not hurt you. For me, it's just a small storm, a small ditch, how can you not get over it? Your future is still bright!"

"The princess is absurd!"

The so-called flattery and flattery, Li Hongzhang finally showed a little smile: "But it's a pity, my defeated ships are all trapped in a port, waiting for your disposal, princess! Let's see what the princess wants."

Li Hongzhang's mind is still very clear. Since the princess expressed kindness to him, although he doesn't know the reason, why didn't he take this opportunity to get rid of his heart disease?

Yes, Li Hongzhang's current heart disease is the eleven Beiyang gunboats including the Zhenyuan. If those ships are all buried, Li Hongzhang will really jump into the sea.

Of course, he also knew that Liu Kunyi had the upper hand now, unless he was crazy, he would not kill Beiyang.

"Waiting for my disposal? How come, Lord Li, those warships of yours can leave whenever you want!"

Ai Shili blinked her big innocent eyes as if she didn't know the truth. Li Hongzhang couldn't help admiring her acting skills. Well, anyway, the crisis alert of the Beiyang Navy's gunboats was finally lifted.

So far, Li Hongzhang is quite satisfied with the olive branch thrown by Princess Ai Shili, which warms his heart and lungs a little.

The atmosphere is harmonious.Afterwards, the conversation went much smoother.

I only heard Ashley continue to say: "Master Li, you failed in this naval battle. It is not because of personnel and tactics, but because of equipment! With all due respect, your gunboats have been outdated for many years. It’s useless, even if I don’t use submarines, I’m afraid your Beiyang fleet can’t beat my Nianlong.”

The battle was lost, but Li Hongzhang did not fully agree with Princess Ashley's words.

Yes, Beiyang's equipment is poor.It is also behind the international trend, but you said that with just one Nianlong, you can defeat twelve gunboats including my Zhenyuan.this cow.Blowing up a bit?

Besides, the tonnage of Zhenyuan is just enough?

Is it at least bigger than your ship Nianlong?

Seeing Li Hongzhang's expression, Ai Shili knew that he didn't believe him, but she was not in a hurry to defend, but said with a smile: "To be honest with Mr. Li, my navy in the Austro-Hungarian Empire is actually very weak, and there are not many in the Mediterranean Sea." Based on the capital, not to mention the spare power to develop the navy to Asia... Fortunately, I know a noble person. With his generous sponsorship, I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, can sit at today's conference table and get a part of the expensive The country’s tariff pricing power! This person must have been guessed by Mr. Li, yes, he is the king of the alchemy country, Long Hao! Nianlonghao was named to express my gratitude to him..."

Hey hey, you couple who are passionate about adultery, you should show your affection in moderation, too much is not good!Li Hongzhang had a gloomy face, cursing Ai Shili and Long Hao crazily in his stomach.

"It turns out that this Nian, Nianlong ship is an American ship..."

"No, Master Li, you are wrong. The Nianlong is not an American ship, but a new type of warship independently produced by a shipyard under Long Hao's subsidiary!"

Ai Shili chuckled, like pear blossoms blooming: "However, the main business of this shipyard is not to build large warships, this Nianlong, but I begged His Majesty Hao for a long time before I asked him to order the shipyard to share Set aside a period of time, specially designed for me, specially built for me!"

"Then... what is the main business of this shipyard?" Li Hongzhang was shocked and couldn't help asking.

"It's just... building a submarine!"

Ai Shili's beautiful eyes turned, and she gave the answer that Li Hongzhang had already guessed: "So, with the strength of this shipyard, I have absolute confidence in the Nianlong, and I can compete with Lord Li's Beiyang Fleet on the surface of the sea. I've made a move!"

boast!

I don't know how high the sky is!

Li Hongzhang categorized Ai Shili's words as "idiot words of a nympho girl", and he was more concerned at the moment: "Your Highness, what is the name of this shipyard?"

"Kunpeng!"

... On the second day, the residual temperature of the tariff distribution meeting had not yet passed. At the port of Shanghai, another fire heated up the continuation of this matter to the hottest!

The eldest grandson princess of the Austro-Hungarian Empire wants to personally receive ten submarines from the Kunpeng Shipyard of the Alchemy Kingdom at the port of Shanghai! !

The term submarine has become the most popular and trendy term in Shanghai since the East China Sea War.

It seems that whoever doesn't say a few words "Saba what Marin" is out of date.

No way, who let this 'submarine' deflate the mighty British, and also exposed the Qing Dynasty's reliance on the Beiyang Navy.

Before today, submarines in Shanghai, and even within the scope of the two rivers and three provinces, were simply described as the mounts of the Dragon King on tour. As long as you have one, you can run wild in the dangerous ocean.

Compared with Chinese people's imagination and worship of quasi-deification, foreign friends are much more rational. They are the darlings of the era brought up by the steam revolution, and they believe in science even more. They read a lot of materials and finally found the principle of submarines and other things. It once appeared briefly in the American Civil War... However, they couldn't figure it out just like the naval personnel who had encountered submarines before. How could submarines move freely on the seabed for a long time?

Could it be that this Kunpeng Shipyard has really overcome these problems that plagued the development of submarines?

Have advanced technology?

If this is the case, then the advent of a new generation of submarines will undoubtedly bring about earth-shaking changes in the pattern of world naval warfare.

Today, thanks to Princess Ashley, I was able to see the submarine floating on the surface of the port.Anyone who is interested in submarine technology and future prospects will never miss this rare opportunity.

Maybe, try to get in touch.Looking for Kunpeng Shipyard to place an order for several submarines?

Those representatives of the great powers who had gained a lot of money at the tariff distribution meeting had money in their pockets, and most of them had this idea in their hearts.

The sea water outside Shanghai Port is clear and transparent, and the fish and shrimp are plump. All kinds of seafood are scrambling to jump ashore. Come and enjoy today's strange scene: why are there so many human beings.And most of them were stopped some distance away from the sea water?

This is not surprising, because the true appearance of the submarine is about to be revealed, and the area around Shanghai Port is full.If it is not controlled, the incident of falling into the water may be inevitable... Therefore, Liu Kunyi had to dispatch Qing soldiers to maintain order.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned.Liu Kunyi's worries seemed a little unnecessary.Because the work of maintaining order has long been taken over by Sun Renjun's National Defense Forces, and the number of these National Defense Forces who have taken off their alchemy armor... seems a bit large.

Among the many new faces mixed in, a confidant secretly told Liu Kunyi that they seemed to be members of the Mutual Aid Association who had recently emerged in Shanghai.

Liu Kun understood what the Common Aid Association was after a little recollection: this rescue organization that popped up suddenly when the local gangsters in Shanghai rioted, won the hearts of the local people in Shanghai very much.

Liu Kun doesn't even need to guess, most of these people are related to Long Hao.

Governor Liu's intuition is good. The "mysterious organization" of the Mutual Aid Association is indeed related to Long Hao.But now Long Hao only focuses on big things and delegates power to small things.As long as it is a resolution passed by the board of directors, you can do whatever you want without asking yourself everything.

So strictly speaking, Long Hao doesn't really know much about the composition of the Mutual Aid Association.

The initiator of the Mutual Aid Association was Uncle Long. This old housekeeper who was loyal to the Long Family and Long Hao was really unwilling to be lonely. One set tried to move to the country.

The Dragon Scale Party is now a non-public organization, and it will not vigorously recruit party members like it did in Huaxia Town before.

Because, with the establishment of the Alchemy Kingdom, the Dragon Scale Party has been positioned as a high-level political party. As the cornerstone of Long Hao's rule of the Alchemy Kingdom, if you want to join, you can only join as soon as possible.

Now is the golden time to join the Dragon Scale Party. Unless it is a particularly outstanding talent, such as Li Enfu, it will be carefully approved by the eight core members of the Dragon Scale Party and allowed to join.

This fact made the Chinese who did not join the Dragon Scale Party in Huaxia Town because of hesitation and lack of willpower. After a few years, they learned the truth. Everyone regretted it and spent the rest of their lives sighing.

You must know that in the future, the Dragon Scale Party will be a symbol of alchemy's domestic rights. Its rarity is about the same as the number of Jinshi in China, and its status is even more faintly above that of Jinshi... and it can only be seen Benefits, such as the huge dividends received from the Alchemy Kingdom every year, are enough to kill these short-sighted people.

Well, the topic is a bit far away, let's go back to the matter of the Mutual Aid Association.

The Dragon Scale Party has changed from openness to secrecy, from the general public to an elite party. Uncle Long is a little worried about this, and also a little unwilling: How can such an advanced party as the Dragon Scale Party die just like that?Especially in this vast land of China, where the population is countless, if they are not allowed to understand the superiority of the Dragon Scale Party, and if they are not allowed to support the young master, that would be called recklessness!

Based on this consideration, the Mutual Aid Association came into being.

It's a bit ashamed to say that the structure of the Mutual Aid Association was built by Long Bo with the help of people borrowed from the American Black Gang!

The Black Shirts obviously have a lot of experience in how to build an organization rooted in the masses.

Long Bo also thought about whether the development of the Mutual Aid Association can rely on the strength of those Jianghu sects?However, this proposal was rejected by the alchemy country's board of directors from the very beginning.

History has shown that although there is never a lack of non-governmental organizations in this land of China, they are either liar organizations, or reactionary organizations planning to rebel and want to be emperors.

The Mutual Aid Society obviously cannot follow their old ways.

Therefore, it is not advisable to learn from the structure of Jianghu sects.

To cheat people's money?

Obviously, the alchemy country with a full wallet doesn’t bother to do it, and it’s meaningless to do it. If you want to make money, just import the goods in. It’s too low-grade to use tricks to cheat the hard-earned money of foolish men and women!

Rebellion is even more ridiculous. With the military strength of the Alchemy Kingdom, if you want to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, you can do it directly. Why do you have to play tricks against the government at the bottom?

Too pediatric!

According to the discussion and decision of the Alchemy Kingdom's board of directors, the Common Aid Association was defined as a non-profit rescue organization that aimed to help the people of the Qing Dynasty and solve their difficulties, similar to the Black Clothes Gang.

Of course, unlike the Black Clothes Gang, which is determined to win the votes of U.S. congressmen, the Aid Society will not directly go out to buy officials from the Qing Dynasty. It will only serve as a preparatory group for the Dragon Scale Party. Discover talents among the people, cultivate talents, and prepare a rich 'blood bank' for the Dragon Scale Party, ready to be replenished at any time.

This goal is very huge. After listening to it, Uncle Long was very motivated, as if he was ten years younger, and immediately set out to do it. Therefore, the first shot of the Mutual Aid Association on the stage was fired in Shanghai by taking advantage of the riots!

From the current point of view, the Mutual Aid Association has a good reputation in the eyes of Shanghai citizens, with a good momentum of development and gratifying results.

The explanation of the origin of the Mutual Aid Association has come to an end. At present, the focus of everyone's attention is still on the sea outside the port. It is said that submarines will surface there at any time! (To be continued..)