System, help me be an empress

Chapter 170 Negotiations are over
During the negotiation, Xu Youxi and Lenato discussed some details about the business exchanges between the two countries. Lenato expressed the hope that Xu Youxi could hand over the sole trading rights of Dagan sea trade to the British Empire, but Xu Youxi declined.

joke.

She, Xu Youxi, is kind enough if she doesn't come up with an auction mode.

After the negotiation, the Lenato caravan decided to rest on the shore for one night, feel the local customs and customs on the Dagan shore, and wait for the next day to dawn before returning.

For such trivial matters, Xu Youxi didn't need to accompany her personally.

Xu Youxi arranged for local officials to be guides, responsible for taking these distinguished guests around for a good tour.She saw that several tasks were on track, so she was going to go back to her residence to rest.

On the way back, Xu Youxi was still sorting out the information collected today in his mind.

The current United Kingdom is also under the reign of the Queen. Lenato seems to be an ordinary overseas businessman, but in fact his etiquette and posture are very cultivated.After some inferences from Xu Youxi, it can be basically judged that the relationship between this person and the queen is very close.

This can also explain why Lenato can so easily persuade the Queen to write a letter hoping to do business with Da Da.

As for the relationship between Lenato and the queen, Xu Youxi didn't have the time and energy to pick up any gossip.

I believe that as long as she lives long enough, she will have the opportunity to read the wild history of Great Britain! ! !

What's more, these ships from Lenato returned to the UK from Dagan Port, even if the sea was always calm, it would take at least half a year to go back and forth, not to mention the goods that the other party had to prepare for trading .

In other words, the next time these British merchants arrive in Dagan will be the earliest spring of next year, and she can take advantage of this time to prepare the goods for trading.

When they came again, Xu Youxi felt that she still had to go there herself, and then she would find a way to sell the products of Shengong Bureau overseas.

The reason why Xu Youxi didn't take out all the things in the bottom of the box in advance this time is mainly because he hopes that the two sides can maintain a state of trade balance for the time being.

If we say that before and after each sea trade, only the big players are making profits, and the rest of the countries get meager benefits.Then these people will definitely secretly think about how to bring down Daqian, so as to reverse the unfavorable side for them.

In order to prevent this from happening, Xu Youxi decided to buy more time for the Shengong Bureau to upgrade weapons and equipment.

Xu Youxi had so many things to think about, that in the middle of the night, she was still lying in bed unable to fall asleep.

There is no morning morning tomorrow, and there is no need to get up early.Xu Youxi was even less in a hurry to go to sleep, and turned on the system, ready to try the [Dream Entering Technique] purchased a few days ago.

"Why can I only choose who the dreamer is, but not who I dream of?"

Xu Youxi tried several times without success.

[Dream entry technique: If you never forget, there will be echoes. 】

[The object of a dreamer's dream must be someone he will never forget.This skill is suitable for two lovers, or the situation where a confidant is hard to meet.Friendly reminder: Single dogs and lonely people use it with caution! 】

"..."

This dream-entry technique was simply designed based on Xu Youxi's pain points!
Anyway, there are [-] copies in stock, so what if one is wasted?
Xu Youxi grandly chose to consume a [Dream Entering Technique].

Object of use: Smell
Is the host willing to spend 1000 prestige points to open the dream spectator mode? ps: The inappropriate images in the dream will be automatically mosaiced.

Xu Youxi clicked Confirm without thinking.

In the next second, Xu Youxi's whole body seemed to be wrapped in thick fog, and his body began to become light. Everything around him gave people a strong sense of unreality.

This is a dream?
At this time, Wen Deyi, who is the protagonist of the dream, is repeatedly assembling the machine and dismantling the gears, but every time he fails because the machine is not powerful enough, and then fails again.

Even in the face of repeated repetitions, there was no trace of frustration on Wen Deyi's face, as if he had been used to it for a long time.

At this moment, a gentleman in a suit driving a three-wheeled car descended from the sky. After observing Wen Deyi's movements for a long time, the foreigner finally couldn't help laughing, but there was no malice in the smile: "You use How can a pile of broken wood be used as fuel?"

"who are you?"

Wen Deyi raised his head and asked suspiciously.

Then his eyes fell on the three-wheeled car that the foreigners were riding in, and his tone was full of surprise and envy: "Can your car move without burning wood?"

"Of course. This is due to the internal combustion engine I invented. It is responsible for providing kinetic energy to the car. In fact, I also use fuel, but I use fuel oil. Do you know what fuel oil is?" The foreigner nodded proudly and introduced, "By the way Let me know, my name is Karl Benz, I invented the internal combustion engine."

Xu Youxi looked at Wen Deyi, who was speaking Chinese, and then at Benz, who was speaking fluent German. How did the two communicate without any grievances?

Xu Youxi herself can't understand German at all!

"System! Come out!"

[Host, translation is a separate price...how about upgrading to a vip first? 】

"You send me out."

[If you quit early, you have to upgrade to vip. 】

"You profiteer!"

【Thank the host for the compliment! 】

After activating [Dream Entrance Technique VIP], Xu Youxi finally understood what Benz said, but it was useless, so she chose to quit early.

After all, she was also afraid that she would quit later, what if she accidentally learned how to make an internal combustion engine.

Leaving from Wen Deyi's dreamland, Xu Youxi discovered the greatest use of [Dream Entering Technique].

the other side.

Wen Deyi woke up from the dream, and rushed to the Shengong Bureau in disheveled clothes, still muttering in his mouth: "Paper, where is the paper, I have to write it down quickly, fuel, steam, piston, exhaust hole……"

Seeing this exaggerated posture, many people were frightened, thinking that Director Wen had contracted some kind of emergency.

In just two days,
Wen Deyi successfully built Dagan's first tricycle;

Two days later,
Daqian's first bicycle came out.

As for the internal combustion engine?
Then I'm afraid I have to dream more...

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Day two.

Lenato's merchant ship returns.

On the morning before leaving, the sky was exceptionally clean, and the sun seemed to inlaid the surface of the sea with luminous gold. Lenato and his caravan waved goodbye to the shore with tears in their eyes. Became a bosom friend.

After Lenato visited the bustling area of ​​Guangzhou last night, he also considered whether to stay for a few more days to observe and observe.

But he was also afraid that he would delay for a few days, and the previously negotiated business would change, so he hesitated again and again, and decided to return according to the original plan.

As the merchant ship gradually moved into the distance, Lenato sat on the recliner, with no expression of regret on his face: "Daqian is a very powerful country, it's a pity that we can't occupy large countries for a long time like those small countries." Do it, or we'll be the richest men in the whole of Great Britain in no time."

"Captain, we will definitely not be able to occupy Dagan based on our strength, and their warships are also very powerful. Besides, many countries have tried to use force to open the gap in their maritime trade before, but they failed. This time we But it didn’t cost a penny to succeed, and this experience will definitely shock the old guys at home and abroad!”

Lenato felt a lot better when he heard this: "But Dagan didn't agree to only do business with us. Isn't our sincerity not enough? I'm afraid that someone will want to share a piece of the pie with us..."

"Whoever dares to touch our interests, we, Great Britain, are not easy to bully!"

Lenato patted the crewman on the shoulder and told him to go back and rest first.

……

In the Dagan sea area, several military ships are still cruising around.

"General, since those merchant ships have left, can we go back to shore now?"

The confidants standing beside General He couldn't help asking everyone's thoughts. At this time, He Jiangyi was still observing the shore with a telescope with a serious expression. After a long time, he opened his mouth and said unhurriedly:

"Leave one military ship to continue cruising, and the rest of the ships are moored at the port to rest. Soldiers can go home to visit relatives, but they must always pay attention to emergency calls."

"Yes!"

As soon as He Jiangyi finished speaking, he heard a muffled cheer coming from behind him. Most of these soldiers were locals. This time, they had completed a task of more than four months in one breath. Everyone was homesick.

When the military ship was moored at the port, relatives of the soldiers kept running over, pulling the soldiers into hugs, and taking them home.

"Thank you, General He!"

"General He also rest early!"

"Thank you General He!"

……

The soldiers who were about to go home and the relatives who were with them kept waving to He Jiangyi who was still standing on the boat to thank him.

"Shengshi, do you have a place to go? Why don't you come to my house?"

Xu Shengshi looked at his comrades in arms, shook his head and said, "No, I will guard the boat."

"Don't be polite with your brother, you can still afford a bite of food." The soldier put his hand on Xu Shengshi's shoulder, "Let's go. What's the point of you guarding the boat every time? After you come, you can either stay On Taizhou Island, or floating on the sea, you haven't seen Guangzhou yet!"

"Yes."

At this time, the Jin Yiwei arranged by Xu Youxi who were disguised as soldiers also followed behind them as if nothing had happened.

"Sheng Shi, your family is in Shangjing, why did you come to such a far place as Taizhou to serve as a soldier?"

Xu Shengshi didn't seem to know how to answer this question. Fortunately, his comrades just mentioned it casually, and didn't intend to delve into it.

"How many people are there in your family?"

"Father, mother, sister."

"Are you not married yet?"

"Married." Xu Shengshi replied truthfully.

"After you get married, how can you say that there are only four people in your family? Sheng Shi, I have to criticize you. Your wife is also a family member. Why didn't my siblings come to Guangdong with you? How is she now? In Shangjing ?"

Xu Shengshi said calmly, "She? She became a monk."

"...Forget it." The comrade-in-arms hesitated to speak, but in the end he still held back from asking why your daughter-in-law became a monk.

He looked very handsome in his prime, so how could his wife be willing to go home?
Xu Shengshi's footsteps stopped suddenly, his eyes met the familiar face in front of him, and the nagging comrade in arms next to him also raised his head, and his eyes were full of surprise.

This girl looks a bit like Sheng Shi!

Xu Youxi stretched out his hand and gave Xu Shengshi a big hug.

Jin Yiwei, who followed Xu Shengshi, stepped forward and patted the dumbfounded comrade-in-arms, and said something meaningful: "My brothers and sisters are reunited, why are you joining in the fun?"

"Oh, yes." The comrade-in-arms couldn't help looking at Xu Youxi a few more times, but it wasn't for any purpose, he just thought the girl looked familiar, "Sheng Shi, I'm leaving first."

The comrade-in-arms left with doubts.

Xu Shengshi was bored for a long time before slowly opening his mouth: "Why are you here?"

"Otherwise, who do you think those foreigners talked about leaving?"

"But you are here, what about Shangjing?"

"Going to Beijing won't be a problem." Xu Youxi pulled Xu Shengshi and started walking towards the residence, "Because there are more important things to do than staying in Shangjing."

"Then when are you going back?"

"Stay for at least two months."

"Is it really possible to leave Shangjing for so long?"

Xu Shengshi repeated those similar questions over and over again.

"Shanghai is holding the once-in-ten-year summer festival, and it will take ninety-nine and 81 days to pinch the head and tail. It doesn't make much sense to go back early."

"You don't have to participate in the sacrifice?" Xu Shengshi asked.

"There is my substitute in Shangjing." Xu Youxi comforted, "The only major event in the imperial court recently is the imperial examination, but there are still two screening assessments in the early stage of the imperial examination, so the time for the imperial examination has to be scheduled until winter."

"If you're fine, you'd better go back to Beijing early, it's not safe for you to be running around all the time." Xu Shengshi persuaded.

"Who said there's nothing to do?" Xu Youxi raised his eyebrows, and retorted, "I look idle?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not! The steamship manufacturing branch of Shengong Bureau has been built along the coast of Guangzhou. The steamship has already been built. I have to get on the boat to feel it myself before thinking about returning to Beijing, right?"

"Steamboat?"

Xu Shengshi was also exposed to this word for the first time.

"Well, do you want to go and have a look? In less than two years, all the dry ships will be replaced by steam ships."

"Want to see."

Xu Shengshi proposed to see the steamboat, Xu Youxi readily agreed, and before it was dark, he found two batches of horses and planned to take him there overnight.

"Is that place far away? No, I can't go far away. In case the army calls urgently, I..."

Xu Shengshi subconsciously refused.

"Xu Ling, tell General He that I have taken him away. If there is any emergency, please let me know at any time."

The Shipbuilding Bureau was established for a very short time, and the construction was relatively hasty, so that the most luxurious place in the entire Shipbuilding Bureau is probably the only gate.

Entering the Shipbuilding Bureau, there is still a large area of ​​open space, and the workers are carrying out the shipbuilding work in an orderly manner.

　I'm so sleepy, good night
　　
　
(End of this chapter)