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Chapter 1292 The Innocence of Daming (Second update, please subscribe)
London in November is filled with fog. Winter fog and soot haze are mixed together, filling the air with a choking soot smell. Although the snow that fell yesterday was white, after one night, the road A layer of black dust has fallen on the white snow beside it.

Although the smell of smog is very choking, people still need to run in the smog to make a living, regardless of whether they are rich or poor.

In the thick smog, people could only see each other's figures. Suddenly, the shouts of the newspaper sellers were heard in the smog. The hoarse shouts of the newspaper sellers echoed on the street.

"Darkest week in the history of the British Empire - the rout in Southern Africa!"

"Kimberley, the city of diamonds, has fallen!"

When crows screamed like crows echoing in the smog, people's hearts were heavy. In the past month, there was no good news at all. When talking about the war there, I always feel that this war will end soon. After all, the Boers... But there are only a few hundred thousand people. They don't even have an army, only a group of policemen.

In this blind optimism, the Boers taught the Brits how to behave with guns.

People didn't make it, they became ghosts directly!

The British, who couldn't react after being hit by a few sap sticks, were so stunned that even London was affected-fiasco, defeat, and London was also shrouded in a bleak cloud of smoke.

This kind of weather should suit the mood of the British at this time.

Although it is daytime, the cars driving on the street still have their headlights on to illuminate the road ahead.

"Hey, there is no such thing as a good banquet!"

Schneider, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, thought silently in his heart that as the imperial ambassador to the UK, he had just received a call from the British Prime Minister's office.

Meet with the Prime Minister.

No need to ask, Schneider knew why.

It must be for things in southern Africa.

What are they up to?

When the car stopped in front of No. 10 Downing Street, Schneider took another look out of the car. The door was closed as usual, and there were two policemen in police uniforms standing outside the door. Here is The center of political power in Britain.

Before getting out of the car, Schneider took a deep breath, and then walked out of the car.

...the real challenge begins.

"Yours,"

"Yours,"

"Yours,"

"It's still... yours!"

Every time he said "yours", Prime Minister Robert Gascoigne-Cecil kept throwing photos in front of Schneider one by one.

What's on the photo?
Type 70 rifle.

Decade machine gun.

First Year Grenades.

Type [-] field gun
Type 64 A Mortar Cannon
……

These weapons... well, they are all Daming's, and there is nothing wrong with them.Not only Daming's but also Daming's brand-name products.

"Mr. Prime Minister, this is?"

Schneider asked pretending to be puzzled.

"These weapons are all found in southern Africa. They are all weapons produced by Ming Dynasty. Mr. Ambassador, I think we have reached an agreement. We even sacrificed part of our interests in the Persian Gulf in exchange for your support, but What now?"

Cecil said in an angry tone.

"What did the army of the British Empire encounter there? It was the armed forces of the Ming Empire! The Boers used weapons from the Ming Empire. Armed them with your weapons, thousands of British died in your The hand of arms, Mr. Ambassador, the British Empire needs an explanation."

"explain?"

Schneider looked at the other party with a surprised look, as if looking at an idiot, and then said.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I think you have forgotten one thing. In the past ten years, the Ming Empire exported a large amount of arms every year, and those arms would naturally be sold to Boer, and last year. Daming imported millions of dollars worth of arms, isn’t it normal for these weapons to appear on the battlefield?”

Made in Daming is a brand-name product known all over the world.They will appear in South Africa, it is simply a normal thing.Someone would protest because of this, what is it if it is not an idiot?

"Uh……"

Schneider's answer made Prime Minister Cecil very upset. Of course he knew the other party was telling the truth, but this guy didn't tell the whole truth at all.

"Are these arms exported before the war?"

Facing Prime Minister Cecil's uncertainty, Schneider replied directly.

"This can be passed through the customs. I am very sure that these weapons were definitely exported before we reached an agreement with you. Of course, if there are some smuggling operations, you know, we are powerless to stop them. After all, the border is so long. , it is impossible for us to block the entire border, but what is certain is that during the signing of the treaty, not a single bullet passed through the railway, passed through the customs, and entered the territory of the Boers..."

There must not be a single bullet, there are thousands of them.As for the railway... Daming is a country of automobiles, does it need railways?

Without even thinking about it, Schneider believes that the embargo is a rare opportunity for the merchants of the empire, and they will definitely seize that opportunity to export weapons in every possible way and earn huge profits.

Of course, those are non-governmental actions and have absolutely nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty officials.

"Mr. Prime Minister, we have always cherished the friendship with your country, how could we violate the agreement signed with you?"

Then Schneider naturally introduced what kind of efforts the Ming Empire had made to ensure the progress of the agreement, such as prohibiting heavy weapons from entering the Bechuanaland Special Zone, prohibiting explosives, and exporting weapons licenses. In a word, Daming behaved more purely than the big white rabbit.

"Mr. Prime Minister, the empire has always been a model in abiding by the agreement. We believe that the agreement between us and you is conducive to international peace, and it is also conducive to the future of our two countries, so the empire cherishes this opportunity very much. , cherish this opportunity to adjust relations with the British Empire."

Faced with such an answer, Prime Minister Cecil was speechless. What could he say?

"I believe that the imperial officials must abide by the agreement. However, Mr. Ambassador, what we need to notice is that there is a lot of evidence that after the outbreak of the war, the Boers still obtained a lot of weapons from Ming Dynasty. Those smugglers, they ..."

Staring at Schneider, Prime Minister Cecil said:
"Their behavior not only damaged the friendship between you and us, but also violated the laws of the empire. We hope that the empire can punish them. After all, what they violated was the laws of the empire."

"That is for sure!"

Schneider replied directly to Prime Minister Cecil's "proposal".

"As long as we catch them, we will definitely give them the most severe judicial sanctions. Please believe that, Mr. Prime Minister, the laws of the empire cannot be trampled..."

The premise is to be able to catch them. As for what will happen after they are caught, that is... Well, after being caught, of course it is a legal issue.

But no matter what, the smugglers must be caught before the next step, right?
"So, we will definitely investigate this matter."

(End of this chapter)