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Chapter 530 The United Kingdom also admits its counsel (second update, please subscribe)
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"Have you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"Our Daming fleet, in that Kedah country bombarded the king's palace, fought with the king!"

"Huh? It's true, isn't our Ming Fleet too powerful?"

The teahouses and restaurants in Singapore, even the opium-smoking people in the opium dens, gave up the leisure in the past, and talked a little excitedly about the bombardment of Kedah by the Ming Fleet.

As soon as almost everyone met, they recorded it together in a mysterious but excited tone, asking other people.

There was a blue-eyed excitement in their tone and in their looks that came from within.Even when speaking, the corners of everyone's lips are raised with a look of joy.

For many years, they have been looking forward to this day, hoping that this kind of thing can turn from a dream into reality.

Now, all this has become real.How could they be unhappy when their dream came true?

Of course, when people are excited, people talk more about the British. Although the British warships seem to be cowardly, for the more than [-] overseas Chinese in Singapore, they know that the British will definitely not be so cowardly.

What will the British do next?
Soon, the British made their response-Governor Ward took the British Royal Sea "China Fleet" flagship "Odisha" to the Kedah Sultanate. This ironclad warship has a displacement of 3774 tons and is equipped with ten With four Armstrong cannons, it is the most powerful ironclad battleship east of Malacca.

In addition to the "Odisha", there are also the cruiser "Telia" and three wooden gunboats that were previously considered to be intimidating. In terms of strength, they are far above the Ming fleet. However, Ward did not come here to start a war!
"Britain has special interests in this region, and we firmly oppose any country's meddling in Malay affairs."

Ward, who was in the port customs building, said directly.

"In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, I think it is necessary for us to agree on certain issues! What do you think?"

When facing Zhao Fuyong again, Ward's mood was extremely complicated. He never imagined that this guy would be so bold that their fleet would fire so close to Singapore, completely disrespecting the British.

"Your Excellency, when I was in Singapore, I protested to you about the safety and rights of Chinese workers, but how did you respond to us? This has nothing to do with the UK. No matter what happens, the UK has nothing to do with it. Obliged to do anything? You never cared about the legal rights and personal safety of Chinese workers. If you were replaced by British expatriates, they suffered such unequal treatment in this area, and they were even used by natives to kill each other. What would you do? What to do? Don’t listen or ask?”

This is of course impossible, the British fleet must be able to speak, not only can speak, even those earth kings will be completely eliminated!But Ward couldn't answer that, he just emphasized.

"Our special interests in this region must be protected!"

"Our nationals must also be protected!"

Zhao Fuyong said directly.

"Since we cannot protect our nationals, we can only protect them ourselves. This is in line with the principles of public international law!"

What "a hundred volumes of public law of nations is not as good as a few cannons, and several books of friendly treaties are not as good as a basket of ammunition" is for the weak, and for the strong, the so-called "public law of all nations" is also a tool used to bully the weak and seek privileges .

"So, you won't withdraw from this place?"

Ward asked back.

"Mr. Governor, in the past ten years, at the instigation of the local king, more than [-] Chinese died in the conflict between the natives. We can leave here, but we must get enough compensation. At the same time, the safety of the overseas Chinese It must also be guaranteed! Is Britain willing to take the responsibility of protecting the safety of overseas Chinese? If you can treat them fairly and allow all overseas Chinese to enjoy the same rights as European expatriates, then I think we can definitely evacuate here!"

How is this possible, Ward refused without even thinking about it.

"The UK enjoys special interests here, but it still belongs to the state. We cannot guarantee that the state will comply with our request and give overseas Chinese the same treatment as Europeans."

"Since you can't, let's use naval guns to make them treat overseas Chinese the same as Europeans!"

Zhao Fuyong replied directly.

"So, now we have signed a treaty of friendship with them!"

What is a treaty of friendship, isn't it an unequal treaty, but so what?Do the losers have the right to choose?

Seeing Zhao Fuyong's smiling face, Ward wished he could directly lift the table, and then loudly reprimanded the other party, and even chose to start a war.

But he can't, because London's attitude towards the Malay Peninsula is very clear-it is not willing to annex this area, but to ensure the interests of Britain, even London has given a clear answer to the shelling incident of the Kedah Sultanate — asking him to resolve differences through negotiation.

Difference, what kind of difference?
Of course there is a difference of interests.

After a moment of silence, Ward said.

"Your fleet must leave here!"

"Yes, but the friendship treaty we have signed with the Kedah Sultanate must be implemented!"

"You cannot interfere in the internal affairs of the Kedah Sultanate, and the so-called "political guidance" should be removed from the treaty."

The UK didn't even accuse them, how can you?This is the most important thing. Concessions, extraterritorial rights, and mining rights are the most common demands of the great powers.Those are not questions of principle,

What is a matter of principle, of course, is "political guidance". The so-called "political guidance" is clearly to turn the Sudan into a puppet. This kind of thing is not uncommon in India.

The so-called "political guidance"... is actually Zhao Fuyong's wild asking price. A strong country can do whatever it wants, but that is for a weak country. Faced with the intervention of another powerful country, everyone can solve the problem at the negotiating table. France is strong enough, right? In the face of the threat of Prussia during the "Luxembourg Crisis" four years ago, it was still a compromise.

If you want to eat meat from someone else's pot, you need to pay attention to skills, and it is definitely unrealistic to eat the meat in one bite, so the great powers need to negotiate!

And this is Zhao Fuyong's purpose. The firing was to tell the overseas Chinese that Daming's fleet dared to fire for the benefit of the overseas Chinese, and it was also to tell those local chiefs that when bullying the overseas Chinese, they should first ask Daming's naval guns.

But these are not important, what is important?
Of course it's the British attitude!

There is no way, Britain is the number one power in this era, and it is also the backstage of the Nanyang chiefs.It is also because of this that the attitude of the United Kingdom is the most important thing. The success of this negotiation will directly send a signal-if you offend the overseas Chinese, even your master will not be able to protect you!
This is the most important!
Now after asking the price all over the sky, it is natural to pay back the money!
"But you must ensure that the interests of overseas Chinese must be guaranteed no matter what the situation is. Even if the Kedah country is destroyed!"

In what form will this world perish?

Everyone is very clear that his demise must be occupied by the British, after all, this land is within the sphere of influence of the British.

Of course, all of this is temporary, but it is only a temporary compromise.

If you are poor, you will put aside disputes, and if you are rich, it has been since ancient times.

When the strength is not as good as others, appropriate concessions do not mean weakness.Today's concessions are just for better revenge tomorrow.

But is this weakness?Of course not, the whole world will see it, especially the aborigines in Nanyang will see that even Britain must consider Ming's interests!
Just bombard you, what can you do?Even if the British took it out, wouldn't the British still have to admit the facts in the end?
Beat you!

It's not you who hit, it's just that you don't open your eyes!

"Of course, civilized nations will always protect the interests of civilized nations. On this point, our interests are the same."

Ward said a little happily.

"Please believe that we don't care about the interests of those barbarians at all. What we respect will always be civilized countries."

Faced with such an answer, Zhao Fukuo felt a little helpless. Although he was helpless, he knew very well that this was the principle for Europeans to deal with other countries.

They will always only admit that the strong are civilized countries, and as for the weak, they are the fish in their mouths.

The so-called civilization is just lip service. In fact, they are more barbaric than anyone else, and this is the biggest characteristic of this era.

No matter in any country, they will never criticize your arrogance and domineering, they will always do everything possible to bully the weak.

In the scope of their human resources, isn't your weakness just left for them to bully?

People who are good are bullied by others, and horses who are good are ridden by others.

Whether it is now or two hundred years from now, this truth is the most common truth on this little blue star.

You can satirize him, you can laugh at him, but you can't change this fact.

"Yes".

Although the heart is full of sarcasm.But Zhao Fukuo still said very happily.

"Just as we respect Britain very much, we are actually unwilling to intervene in this matter, but, you know, when we deal with barbarians, sometimes we can only do so."

Who is the savage?

Everyone has an answer in mind, but for Ward,

The so-called savages are those natives.

At least they were barbarians before they fully demonstrated their strength, but Daming, now it's a dialogue between civilized people!
(End of this chapter)