1825 My New Daming

Chapter 162 The Bad Guys Are (asking for a subscription, asking for a monthly pass)

France, Versailles, Petit Trianon.

"Mr. Canning, George Elliot has already left Japan with three galleons of the East India Company, and the other seven galleons and most of the British Royal Navy ships visiting Japan have also left without any obstruction. I left, and now only the injured Revenge is left! Do you want me to arrange someone from Jiangnan Heavy Industry to help repair it?"

The person who just wanted to arrange someone to help the British Royal Navy repair the battleship was Zhuge Jiujiu, who was presiding over a series of diplomatic negotiations in France!

The people who heard him say this were British Prime Minister George Canning and British Cabinet Secretary Harker who came from afar, and what Zhuge Jiu said was translated into English word by word by Harker.

"No, no need," George Canning shook his head like a rattle, "Our shipbuilding experts feel that the Sovereign-class 13.5-inch main gun is too large, which is not conducive to maintaining the balance of sea power. Your Ming Navy currently only has The 305mm main gun, the 13.5 inches we use is equivalent to 343mm, it is too big, we have to change it to a smaller size, and change it to 305mm, so as to show the determination of our British Empire to maintain world peace!"

Zhuge Weijiu nodded again and again, "Oh, oh, oh, you mean, the Vengeance is no longer repaired?"

Huck continued to act as interpreter, and translated the words into English again.

"I won't fix it, I will go to the factory to upgrade it when I return to India!" George Canning replied.

"India?" Zhuge Weijiu was taken aback, "India also has the ability to upgrade battleships now?"

George Canning said solemnly: "Your Highness, don't look down on India. In the era of King Zhuge Wuzhong, India was also a great country like Ming Dynasty. That Emperor Aurangzeb was still a good friend of King Wuzhong!"

The emperor of Hindustan who was contemporary with King Zhuge Wuzhong was Aurangzeb of the Mughal Dynasty. At that time, it was also the heyday of the Mughal Dynasty. Western colonists could only move around the area ruled by Aurangzeb. The British East India Company was defeated in the war with Aurangzeb, and finally had to pay compensation-Britain, there is a time when it really loses money to India!
But that was also India's highlight moment. After Aurangzeb's death, the Hindustan Empire quickly fell apart and was finally eaten piece by piece by the East India Company.

During his lifetime, King Zhuge Wuzhong wrote more than once to remind the Hindustan emperor that he must beware of the threat of Western colonialism, especially British imperialism, and even kindly expressed his willingness to send military advisers to help him.

However, Aurangzeb has no interest in the cause of anti-imperialism, and only wants to complete the great cause of unifying India.However, he is very grateful to King Zhuge Wuzhong for his kindness. Although he did not accept Daming’s military advisor, he still purchased a large amount of Ming’s weapons. In the early years, Jiangnan Heavy Industry was developed by relying on Indian arms orders——Indian arms orders what!Moreover, India at that time was the richest country in the world, with a population of 5000 million to tens of millions (the Ming Dynasty had only over [-] million people at that time), and its GDP was the richest country in the world even higher than that of Ming Dynasty!It is conceivable that this business makes a lot of money.

It's a pity that Ming's advanced arms only helped Aurangzeb fulfill his long-cherished wish to unify India, but it failed to prevent his empire from disintegrating after his death. Those arms that Ming sold to India eventually turned into a civil war in the Mughal dynasty weapon!
And when the Mughal Empire collapsed in the civil war and imperialism took advantage of the opportunity, King Zhuge Wuzhong, who was devoted to anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism, was long gone. And the descendants of King Zhuge Wuzhong regarded India as a Daming's potential competitor.Well, India has such a large population, such a rich land, and it is also located in the middle of the east-west trade line, so the conditions for development are very good!

Therefore, the Zhuge family's India policy has always been "doing nothing" and "doing nothing" by selling arms, but it has also been paying attention to India.Therefore, Zhuge Weijiu was very surprised that India would upgrade the Revenge.

Seeing the other party's surprised expression, George Canning was also a little proud in his heart - he had already figured it out, as long as India could be shocked, Daying would be able to suppress Daming!

Because compared with Ming Dynasty, Great Britain has superior resources-the empire on which the sun never sets!The land is still huge.Science and technology are a little worse, but not significantly behind.The real difference is actually the population!
The native population of Ming Dynasty is 3.6 million, while the population of Great Britain is less than 3000 million. This gap is too big.

So no matter how hard Great Britain worked, it even integrated most of Europe and America into its industrial chain to a certain extent, and it was far behind Daming in terms of industrial strength.The only way to catch up is to release India, the "sleeping elephant". After all, before the advent of the industrial age, India and China were both major exporters of handicraft products in the world.

Now that China has exploded with huge productivity after completing industrialization, if India can develop industry under the leadership of Britain, won't the strength of the British Empire be able to catch up?
George Canning smiled again and said to Zhuge Weijiu: "We have already agreed with the Dutch to exchange two colonies on the coast of Africa for Batam Island and Bintan Island. These two islands and their small islands will be Handed over to Ming soon after.

However, our British Empire also requires a new condition, and your Ming Empire must guarantee that it will not interfere in Indian affairs. "

"What?" Zhuge was taken aback for a long time, "Intervene in India? India is already your colony, what else do you want to do?"

George Canning did not lie to Zhuge for a long time, and said bluntly: "India's Barack II very much hopes to abdicate his throne to our country's Prince William!"

He said the word "Zen Rang" in Chinese, which directly amused Zhuge Weijiu.

"Hehehe, it's okay to give in. If he wants to give in, then let's give in!" Zhuge Weijiu said, "But for the sake of fairness, we also have to add a condition. You can no longer interfere in Japanese affairs!"

Huck translated the words again.

George Canning frowned: "What? The Emperor of Japan also plans to abdicate the throne to your prince of Ming Dynasty?"

"No, no," Zhuge Weijiu waved his hand, "We won't do such a thing. Our Ming Dynasty doesn't make concessions."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Weijiu actually had a little regret in his heart. At that time, many people wrote memorials saying that the Ming Dynasty was exhausted, and that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty should give the throne to King Zhuge Wuzhong.

Even the second generals Guo and Yu had already prepared the yellow robes. But when the yellow robes were added, Zhuge Wuzhong suddenly woke up. stick.

If the ancestors had slept a little longer, Zhuge Weijiu would be the emperor now!

"Then you want to turn Japan into your colony?" George Canning asked again.

"No, no, Daming doesn't set up colonies." Zhuge waved his hand again for a long time.

Seeing him waving his hand, Canning asked again: "Is it a vassal state?"

"This is even more impossible," Zhuge Weijiu said with a smile, "Japan does not meet the conditions to become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Japan is too poor, and the lower class people in Japan also lack basic rights, which is not in line with Ming's 'people-oriented' the rules."

Becoming a vassal of the Ming Dynasty is almost the same as joining the European Union in later generations!Today's Japan is not eligible.

George Canning also knew that things were not so good, "Then what do you guys want to do with Japan?"

"We just want to help Japan get rid of the bad guys!" Zhuge Weijiu didn't keep it up for a long time, "We have investigated and found out that the responsibility for the Battle of the Kii Waterway lies entirely with some bad guys in Japan! They are the culprits who must be held accountable. You must stop All assistance to them, and declare them to be the enemy of Britain. Only in this way can we reach a preliminary understanding. This is very important for the next stage of arms negotiations and the formation of an alliance against the Turkish Empire."

(End of this chapter)