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Chapter 388 The British who conspired against the law (second update, please subscribe)
Don't think so!

Simply perfect!
There is not much controversy, Party A's father is above everything else, and the modified design of Party A is still so scientific!

Based on Luanda's original design, the design has been further improved. A week ago, the Coast Guard Ship Administration Office issued an order.But now, even though a few keels have just been laid, they are placed in front of Seymour and others openly.

In fact, the warships built by various countries in this year are not kept secret at all. Just like the "Indomitable", which was the first ship in history to adopt the "Central Iron Fort" technology, the two sides had a debate on whether to use the "Central Iron Fort" during construction. The newspapers argued for a year or two, and even caused the warship to stop working several times.

In order to show their respective views to public opinion, they even directly posted their respective drawings and designs in newspapers.

As for confidentiality?

Each of them wished to show all the blueprints to the outside world, and even added a little bit of explanation, lest the outside world would not understand.

At this moment, facing this cutting-edge battleship that even canceled the sail, Seymour was a little uneasy, and he stared at the model of the warship.

"You canceled the sails?"

"Yes, although the purpose of saving coal can be achieved with the help of wind power, if the sails are removed, under the same displacement conditions, the saved weight can make the armor thicker by 50%, and can save half of the crew!"

Li Xuelin's answer made Seymour's heart burst into ecstasy. This information couldn't be more important!

"Nanhua has no plans for overseas expansion!"

Almost subconsciously, Seymour made this judgment.

"If my guess is not wrong, the Nanhua Navy's demand for warships should be to serve in the waters around South America, but it is enough to make a proper long-distance voyage at sea. This is the root cause of their cancellation of sails, because in this mission background Now, the warship only needs to be fast and can properly ignore the endurance, that is, the main power comes from the steam engine, in order to ensure the thickness of the armor, they directly canceled the sail!"

In the presence of Edward Thornton at the British Trade Agency in South China, Seymour made his judgment quite proudly.

This is the most important information he collected during this trip!

"So they have indeed built a capital ship?"

The answer is of course yes.

"It seems that we don't have any bargaining chips in our hands!"

Edward Thornton frowned, and then said.

"Now, if they don't need our warships, then the question arises, how should we get them to agree to sell the airships!"

Looking up at Nanhua outside the window, looking at this bustling city, London appeared in Edward Thornton's mind. If Britain does not have airships, then Britain will have to face a real problem-there are French airships. It is possible to fly over London in future wars, and then drop heavy bombs one after another on London. During the violent bombing, tens of thousands of British people will die, and tens of millions of people will become rich. for ashes...

"We have to get the spaceship, and we can do whatever it takes!"

In the reception room, bursts of hearty laughter came out.The ambassador of the British Empire, Edward Thornton, was meeting with Zuo Zongtang.This is not the first time they have met. In fact, they are old friends, and they have communicated and met no less than twenty times.

"As far as I know, the price of rubber in the Brazilian market has increased by 30%, and almost all industrial countries in the world are rushing to buy rubber. I heard that you have established the world's first artificial rubber plantation on the Congo River .”

After a pause, Edward Thornton said half-jokingly:

"I have to admit that your majesty has the most unique vision in the world. Perhaps as early as a few years ago, you had the foresight to predict that the airship would be an important weapon in the world, and its construction is inseparable from Rubber. You have stockpiled thousands of tons of rubber before that,"

Facing such compliments, Zuo Zongtang laughed and said.

"Hoarding rubber is just a normal business practice. After all, rubber has many uses. Apart from airships, rubber can be used in many places."

"The rewards you get in business are extremely rich, but they are far less than what you got in Argentina."

Then, Edward said again.

"Now your goal has been achieved. But I can't help but want to ask you, where will Nanhua's next goal be?"

"The next goal? Hehe, of course it is to build Nanhua. The next step must be to build Nanhua, and I mean the whole of Nanhua!"

Zuo Zongtang said to Edward with a smile.

"The whole of Nanhua? Does it include Buenos Aires? Does it require a lot of investment? Do you have the financial resources?"

"Bonds!"

Zuo Zongtang smiled and said:
"As the victors of the war, our bonds are very popular in France and England. I believe that if we want, there are many bankers all over the world who are willing to issue our bonds. Edward, I will give you a suggestion. If you want to get Great returns, why don’t you buy some of our bonds too! You will definitely get rich returns!”

Without the experience of visiting various countries, Zuo Zongtang would never have made such a transformation. He turned himself into a bond salesman and actively sold Nanhua bonds to Edward.This may be very new in the Qing Dynasty, but in Europe and the United States, it is quite normal for politicians to sell bonds. After all, finance is the foundation of common government. Without sufficient finance, what kind of common government is there?

"As we all know, Nanhua's bonds are high-quality bonds. If there is an opportunity, I will definitely buy them. I will definitely not miss this investment opportunity."

Edward laughed and said again.

"Aside from construction, doesn't Nanhua have other goals?"

"Other targets?"

Zuo Zongtang murmured in his heart.He looked at the guy Edward.I'm afraid that the boy repeatedly mentioned some kind of object, perhaps meaning nothing.

"Yes, apart from construction, I think Nanhua must have other goals, such as the regime in exile in Uruguay!"

Edward took a puff of his cigar, then spoke slowly.

"I think your Excellency, you should know that the existence of a regime in exile is definitely a potential threat to your side."

"The threat is indeed a threat, but it's just a scabies disease, it's not worth mentioning at all."

Despite what he said, Zuo Zongtang frowned.

What he was considering was not the "government in exile", but why Edward mentioned the government in exile. These British people would not mention this for no reason.

What is their purpose?

What is the current situation on the Rio de la Plata?
After Nanhua occupied Argentina, the situation in this area has been completely changed. The careful layout carried out by the British here was completely disrupted by Nanhua.

Logically speaking, it must be the British who are least happy to see South China occupying Argentina, but why do they mention Argentina's "regime in exile" now?
To put it bluntly, the so-called "regime in exile" is basically a dog raised by the British, and they mentioned some potential threats.

Could it be that...they are going to give up that dog?
Zuo Zongtang didn't know what made Britain make this decision, but what is certain is that the British would never make this decision for no reason, they must have a conspiracy.

And for Nanhua, this is definitely not a bad thing!
After pondering for a moment, Zuo Zongtang probed.

"Now the so-called "government-in-exile" is in Uruguay. Even if we want to solve this problem, we probably cannot avoid Uruguay!"

Facing Zuo Zongtang's temptation, Edward Thornton answered directly.

"If that's the case, then why do you have to bypass it?"

(End of this chapter)