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Chapter 592 Yang Xiuqing: I must be the fourth child of the Heavenly Father! (Please subscribe and vote)

Seoul, Changdeokgung Palace, Injeongjeon.

Letter from Queen Victoria to the King of Korea (Windsor Castle, November 1856)

“To His Majesty, the King of the East of the Kingdom of Korea, the Fourth Son of the Heavenly Father, His Highness, Ximen:

The light of revelation from Seoul to the banks of the Thames finally convinced me of the kinship of souls. My previous life was indeed Mary of Nazareth, and now I have returned to the world as Victoria. I heard that my brother was practicing the way of the Heavenly Father in the Far East and liberating tens of millions of serfs, which comforted me greatly.
I am giving you twenty Armstrong breech-loading guns and ten compound steam engines, all of which are the result of the hard work of British craftsmen. If you want to build a railway or open a mine, I will order engineers from Glasgow to help you across the sea. I also attach a set of engravings of "The Record of the Construction of the Birmingham-Liverpool Railway", hoping to help you lay the track to heaven.
If your subjects need to learn the way of studying things, I can send Oxford professors across the sea to teach. May God bless us and make Britain and Korea like brothers on the Jordan River, sharing the grace of God.

Alexandra Victoria Maria

It was raining heavily outside the Injeongjeon Hall in Changdeok Palace. While Daozi was reading the queen's parchment letter in Chinese, twenty Armstrong cannons covered with red cloth were displayed outside the hall, and a model of the steam engine had been placed in front of King Yangdong.

Yang Xiuqing stroked the model carefully made of brass, with a look of surprise on his face: "The Heavenly Father has not forgotten me! I am indeed..."

He no longer had any doubts about his identity! It was ridiculous for him to pretend to be the fourth son of God, but now the handwritten letter and gifts from Queen Victoria of England were placed there.

This is not something he can accomplish by just performing magic tricks!

Queen Victoria called herself "sister" Alexandra Victoria Maria in the letter. This couldn't be false! Why would the Queen of the British Empire dance with Yang Xiuqing?

The stone that had been hanging in Yang Xiuqing's heart for many years finally fell to the ground. Yang Xiuqing, who was originally a little afraid that Luo Yaoguo would complain to Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother, is now completely fearless - when he, Yang Xiuqing, was still "Ximen Xiuqing" and rebelled in Palestine with Heavenly Brother Ji Du, you, Luo Yaoguo, didn't even know where you were?
"Master Karl!" Yang Xiuqing smiled at Moore, "I dreamed last night about the time when we were together. At that time, I was young and ignorant, and I didn't like to study, so I made you angry a lot."

His words were incoherent and after being translated into English, they made Lord Bonham, Lord Sutton, Consul Styron and Bai Siwen, the old superstitious people, even more superstitious!
There is no doubt that this Moor is the reincarnation of John the Baptist. John the Baptist is much older than Jesus and his brothers. Simon must have been very naughty when he was a child, and he often made John the Baptist angry!

For a moment, Moore didn't know how to answer Yang Xiuqing.

He is now in someone else's palace! Besides being a little overly superstitious, Yang Xiuqing is definitely a very progressive leader. What he did in Korea was something that the British Revolution, the French Revolution, and the American War of Independence could not do - he really swept away the feudal remnants in Korea and evenly divided the land!

The reason why he has made such progress is most likely because of "superstition". So don't expose him!
Thinking of this, Moore could only nod vaguely.

With his nod, those old superstitious people were convinced - this was the "Moorish Prophet"!

Yang Xiuqing continued, "Master Karl, my sister Victoria said in the letter that she could help me build railways and open mines, but I don't know much about these. Can you give me some pointers?"

The "Moorish Prophet" certainly knew what Queen Victoria was thinking. She wanted to support the Korean Heavenly Kingdom to block the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! Of course, she might really believe that she was Mary, the sister of Jesus.
"Your Highness," Moore said thoughtfully, "I have already discussed with Daozi how to use Japan's funds and talents to develop North Korea's industry. Now that Britain is willing to provide assistance, I will make a few more suggestions."

"I would like to hear the details." Yang Xiuqing was still very much looking forward to his "Teacher Karl".

"In my opinion, the biggest difficulty in North Korea's industrialization, besides the lack of resources and funds, is transportation." Moore said, "It took us nearly half a month to travel from Busan to Seoul. If there were a railway connection, we could arrive in half a day at most. Since the Queen of England has mentioned the railway, please ask her to mobilize British capital to invest in a railway from Busan to Seoul to Kaesong to Pyongyang, connecting the four most important cities on the Korean Peninsula with rails."

His words were translated into Chinese by Daozi, and Yang Xiuqing nodded repeatedly. Maria, who was sitting next to Yang Xiuqing, frowned slightly and waited for Daozi to translate Moore's words into Chinese before she interrupted in a low voice: "King Dong, British capital will not do business at a loss. If you use British funds to build the railway in Korea, you have to let them make money. The built road is their industry!"

Yang Xiuqing stroked his sparse beard and said with a smile, "Whether it will make money or not, no one can guarantee it. How can there be a guaranteed profit in business? But this railway was built by someone else, so of course it is someone else's property, there is no problem with that." Then he asked Moore, "Master Karl, this method of using British funds to build a railway is great! Do you have any other tricks you can teach me?"

"You can also open up the Busan commercial port and build a free city facing Japan," Moore added.

"What is a free city?" Yang Xiuqing asked.

"It means allowing any capital to flow in and out freely and to freely set up industries. As long as they do not violate the laws of the free city, any person and any industry can be protected by the Kingdom of Korea." Moore said, "During my time in Nagasaki, I saw that Japanese workers were very miserable, and Japanese businessmen were also oppressed by feudal lords. I believe that if they can be given a piece of land with full freedom and let them give full play to their potential, they will definitely be able to create a career that is ten times more brilliant than in Japan. And their careers will be able to create a huge amount of exports for the Kingdom of Korea. Considering that the Kingdom of Korea will definitely import a large amount of foreign machinery, equipment and raw materials in the next 10 to 20 years, and it is uncertain how long the gold inflow from the west coast can last, the Kingdom of Korea must prepare for a rainy day and cultivate export industries as soon as possible."

Hearing Moore talking about ways to "help the Kingdom of Korea develop capitalism," Friedrich, who was sitting next to him, thought: "Although capitalism is bound to perish, the wealth created by this system in the past hundred years is still quite amazing!"

As the heavy rain outside the palace beat like dense drums on the glazed tiles, Moore finally finished his vision of industrialization for the Kingdom of Korea. When Consul Styron suddenly stood up, the Dutch diplomat shouted in stiff official language: "Your Majesty, our country is willing to open the port of Amsterdam for textiles produced in Korea!"

Wen Xian also stood up immediately: "Your Highness, the King of the East, the Netherlands was once known as the Coachman of the Sea, and the Port of Amsterdam in the Netherlands is still the largest port on the European continent."

"The King of the East is wise!" Styron wiped the sweat from his forehead, "As long as you promote a ceasefire in Java, the Netherlands is willing to exempt all tariffs on silk and lacquerware produced in Korea!"

Maria on the side suddenly snorted: "If you Dutch want to seek a truce, you should go to Tianjing, not Seoul!"

Daozi unfolded a map of Java that Liu Lichuan had brought earlier. The bright red marks of Batavia, Semarang and Surabaya stung Styron's eyes - these three big cities located in the west, central and east of Java now belonged to the Java Paradise!
Yang Xiuqing looked at the Dutch consul with his one eye and said, "The situation on Java Island is now favorable to the Java Heavenly Kingdom. How do you Dutch want to stop the war?"

"We can recognize the rebels' occupation of Surabaya, a port in eastern Java!" Styron said with difficulty, "but Batavia and Semarang must be retained."

"Why?" Maria looked at the Dutch consul. "Your army on Java Island is almost gone, and your navy was defeated in the Karitama Strait. Why do you want the Java Kingdom to return Batavia and Semarang? If you want to stop the war, you have to recognize that the Java Kingdom occupies Batavia, Semarang and Surabaya!"

"Your Highness Maria," Bonham advised, "Although the armed merchant ships of the Nanyang Trading Company defeated the Dutch East India Fleet with picric acid shells, the Dutch's maritime power and traditional influence are still there. If they are unwilling to cease fire, the war on Java will continue. This is not good for your colonization on Java! As far as I know, the Chinese account for less than 10% of the population of Java, maybe only 5%. You need to immigrate a large number of people to Java!"

Bai Siwen interjected: "Java is a good place, with a humid climate, fertile soil, and rice harvested three times a year. It can feed people! If we can have a million acres of land on Java Island, we can transport 300 million shi of rice back to China every year!"

Maria glanced at Bai Siwen with her blue eyes: "Then why don't we want the entire Java Island?"

Bai Siwen smiled and said, "You can't become fat in one bite. Java Paradise must first have a million Chinese before it can unify the island!"

Maria smiled and said, "But a ceasefire will only give the Dutch time to mobilize their troops. There will be bigger wars in the future, and more people will die!"

Bai Siwen shrugged: "Die. With 500 million people, are you afraid of not being able to afford death? The land of Java will eventually be irrigated with blood!"

Yang Xiuqing's one eye swept across the faces of the people who were arguing, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. His tone became gentle, "Okay, stop arguing. This king has always loved peace and does not want to see lives destroyed and blood flowing. So this king decided to mediate the war between the Dutch East Indies and the Java Heavenly Kingdom." He turned his head and glanced at Hong Rengan, "King Gan, please accompany Sir Wen and the others to Tianjing. Tell King Wu what I mean: the war on Java Island can be suspended for one year, and Batavia should be returned to the Dutch!"

(End of this chapter)