Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

"Our comrades in Prussia, a piece of silver could not wait to break into two halves. They used all their strength to collect a large amount of firearms for us. The musket's barrel was already carved with rifled muskets, the high hardness of the impact needle, the latest telegraph parts, the boiler instruments, and the safety explosives for the engineers …"

"We are temporarily unable to produce these firearms. Do you think that the British will allow them to be safely transported to the Ryukyu? Stop dreaming, wake up! "

The meeting room immediately fell into a deathly silence. Only the heavy breathing and furious gazes could be heard.

"So, we have to pack up the net, we need Jiangnan's wealth right now, we need to stabilize Jiangnan's bank credit, and then we have to pull out Real Gold and Silver s to buy arms!"

"The British can block the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, but they can't block the Pacific Ocean! Now the Carnegie family has agreed to help us increase arms exports... "But the price!"

Xiao Letian shook his head: "I have to lower my head when I'm under a roof! Who told us to be weak? Who told us to be unable to produce so many things? This money will make the Americans rich … "

Bang A loud noise was heard, it was Cai Mao's fist that struck the table, but even if it was smashed, it would not solve the problem, the difference in strength between countries could not be made up by simply emotions, if you could not do it, you would not be able to do it.

Xiao Letian's prediction was very accurate. Although the Ryukyu's information seal was very strict, to those old cunning foxes who had experienced a lot of battles, not a single trace or trace could escape their eyes.

Ryukyu's intelligence was blocked, no one knew what was happening on the main battlefield, but the British intelligence officer knew how to count! It should be enough for thirty thousand soldiers to rob a treasury for forty-eight hours, but three days have already passed, why is there still no sign of Russian fleet?

Wasn't Molière supposed to contact the French intelligence services regularly? Why was there no sound?

He looked back at the countless Chinese places and saw that there had always been people taking in paper money. If he still couldn't explain it, then he could only call the British idiots.

Under the coordination of the British counsellor Wei Tuoma from Beijing, all the forces in East Asia made a pessimistic judgement, and the Governor of England began to change their strategy.

The busy Malacca Strait and the rested British Fleet had completely sealed off the entire Strait. Any suspicious ships would be forced to board ships and search one by one.

In just a day's time, two merchant ships with the Dutch flag and a Portugal flag were found. They opened up the cargo holds and pried open the wood box, revealing numerous buttered Mauser gun barrels.

The primer, compact-gauge, and optical lens of a firing pin, explosive, bullet, and projectile... The precious military goods on the European market were actually searched and found in Asia.

Three freighters were enough to assemble more than thirty thousand cargoes of Maoists and equip two companies with explosives.

"Hehe, God really should punish you, Dutch? Portuguese? Would you sell your soul to the devil for money? Who are you guys going to buy it for? Is he Xiao Letian from the Hua Clan? " the Navy Captain roared.

"Oh, my God! We are only merchants, we do not understand politics, please do not make things difficult for us … This is normal business behavior, and is there another law that prohibits us from doing business? "

"Argument!" Damned merchants, mercenary scumbags, you are enemies! Why are the latest weapons being sold to the Chinese! "

"This is a free world, this is a free commercial rule. You English people haven't fought against the Chinese yet. Why are you forbidding us to do business?"

"Good, good, good …" Tough mouth, your mouth is really hard! "Men, drag this ship into the military port. Don't ask me what kind of crime I am guilty of. Let me think slowly. Maybe I will give you a reasonable explanation in half a year!"

Ignoring the protest of the merchants, British Navy took over the cargo ship forcibly. The captain and the sailors were abandoned at Singapore, and all the cargo were taken away.

The same scene played out in the Malacca Strait. Suez Canal, who had just started sailing, also Strait of Gibraltar, who were under the control of British cannons, including the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, and Andaman Sea. All of the Royal Navy went out in droves to search for any merchant ships that supplied arms to Xiao Letian.

The arms trade between Prussia and the Chinese race was suddenly split. Not only did it make London even angrier, half of the arms payments that Xiao Letian provided to Prussia were actually settled in gold.

The United Kingdom was the most powerful gold standard country at that time, and the sterling's credit was maintained by a strong navy and a huge gold reserve. In the eyes of the British, all the gold in the world should be controlled in their own hands, and a small amount of gold could not affect the financial security of the British Empire.

But the gold trade between China and Prussia was absolutely out of the question. Who knew how much gold was hidden in this ancient country that had existed for thousands of years? Who knew how much practical benefit Prussia would give Xiao Letian?

Look at the existence of the Zhiyuan Warship, it had already ruthlessly slapped the faces of the countless European strategic analysts!

He was very sensitive about the alliance between Prussia and the Chinese race. He believed that Xiao Letian's actions now was the result of the previous Prime Minister Derby being muddle-headed.

Under Benjamin's covert instructions, the chain of maritime interests between Prussia and China was forcefully severed. Not only was the arms trade banned, even ordinary goods such as tea, silk, porcelain, medicine and other common goods were also harassed.

"Prussia wants to take advantage of the Chinese gold to dominate Europe? This is absolutely not allowed! "

In an era where there was no global information network, cross-border trade between banks could not be delivered from another country. Small sects did not have any problems with their money, and once they encountered a large trade, humans would have to use the most traditional method of delivery to settle their transactions.

Prussia's arms had to be shipped to Asia, and Chinese gold, silver and goods had to be shipped all the way to the hamburger. Every transaction involved a sea route, and the world's golden routes were completely under British control.

In Xiao Letian's previous life, the United States played the role of a financial hegemon. As long as the status of the dollar's global settlement currency was not challenged, the United States would always be strong.

In this world, Britain plays the hegemony of the logistics network. The entire sea is controlled by its cannons, so you want to engage in cross-border trade? Let me ask my Royal Navy if she agreed.

An unprecedented crisis was looming over Xiao Letian's head. If he wanted to break out of this trap, he would have to direct his gaze towards the Pacific Ocean, spanning across the vast Pacific Ocean. On the other side of the ocean, there was a country that was not controlled by Britain yet, and only he could help the Chinese get out of this crisis.