Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

"Don't worry, I have confidence in our Chinese civilization! Our foundation is not only about surviving through hardships, we also have countless experiences in turning the tide of prosperity! "

Xiao Letian gritted his teeth and said, "The distribution rights for the newspapers are all in our hands, and the standards for the luxury goods industry are also in our hands. As long as we stand firmly in the upper hand, we won't be afraid of the enemy's counterattack!"

"We are all poor and barefoot right now. Even if hedonism were to spread here, it would take some time for us to fully infect them. At the very least, their Europe would definitely be worse off than us!"

"This is a game that breaks down before anyone else. Wealthy people are always at a disadvantage, so what are we, the paupers, afraid of?"

"Furthermore, let's not talk about how the Confucianism, Taoism, and Scholar Gui's education is not good. With the three traditional ideas to stabilize the hearts of the people, the hardworking characters of our nation will not crumble so easily!"

"Unless we seek our own deaths and insist on killing all of the Confucianism's Daos, we are not that stupid!"

"hedonism is the opium of the spirit, which is to say the steadfastness of that people! Whoever falls first dies, stay alive till the end before you try to detoxify them! "

When Wang Huaiyuan heard the cold words, he could not help but rub his arms, "You made me feel goosebumps all over, why do I have a bad feeling about this?"

Xiao Letian waved his hand, "Don't think too much about it. Humans who enter the later stages of the industrial civilization will enter an era with abundant resources.

"At least we can control the rhythm when hedonism is rampant. If we take a detour because we are afraid of the side effects, then the control will fall into the hands of Europeans in the future!"

"Don't worry too much. This strategy is too huge. I'm afraid that we will have to spend all our efforts to complete it. We still have time to slowly discuss it …"

While he was speaking, the sound of a palace trumpet suddenly came from the gates of Buckingham Palace. The lead guard of the embassy convoy had already entered the gates, and the English began to welcome the distinguished guests.

Xiao Letian straightened his bow tie, smiled at his opponent, and magnanimously said, "Do as I said just now, you have to have different methods to deal with different identities!"

"Since the UK is now the world's big BOOS, then we should have some awareness of the workers. We should give face to the big boss to satisfy their vanity!"

The final negotiations between the Chinese in Europe began with toasting each other, cheering each other on, flattering each other, and even the scent of a noble woman!

Xiao Letian's analysis of the Empire of England was undoubtedly very accurate, and he started to formulate different strategies to deal with the different classes and levels of Chinese officials.

The aristocrats, capitalists, and the elite politicians of the various parties all received a satisfactory answer!

The Chinese had clearly expressed their loyalty to the international order of the British Empire, and had also accepted the supervision of the British Navy. Xiao Letian had even said this in front of the Crown Prince.

Without an invitation from the United Kingdom, Chinese future warships would not set foot in the waters of the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

The future fleet of the Chinese race was a defensive force in the Pacific region!

All the ports owned by the Chinese were open to British ships, and the British businessman had priority in obtaining business loans from Chinese banks.

An open China elite had appeared in front of the British elite, and Xiao Letian had even faintly expressed his willingness to cooperate with the British Ocean Strategy!

At the end of the day, if you want me to hold back Russia, then I will hold back Russia. If you want me to block the United States, then I will hold back the United States.

Such a submissive attitude pleased the top brass of the UK, which was the most prosperous golden age, with a kind of enigmatic confidence.

It was precisely this kind of self-confidence that bordered on arrogance that prevented them from seeing any potential threats!

The hegemony of the sea was preserved, the control of gold was not challenged, and the submissive Chinese had even released many of their business interests for the elites of these empires to share.

Countless contracts were spilled, countless promises were made secretly under the table, Princess Cissie, Duke of Newcastle and even the crown prince himself became a matchmaker for the Chinese people.

The whole banquet was more like a business gathering between the British and Chinese races. Just the promotion of the Chinese cuisine and the fresh source business in Europe had already changed three plans.

After dealing with these obstructions, the negotiations for the purchase of the land became smoother and smoother.

Of the ten million acres of land, Xiao Letian was mainly concentrated in the Western Australia's Paz region, the Shaq Bay region, the Golden Gulf and the Bonaparte Bay region.

These were all excellent deep water ports, their geographical locations close to the iron ore, gold mines and coastal oil fields in the memories of the later generations!

Although water resources is a big problem, but there are some seasonal rivers here, groundwater system should be very rich, early development will have some difficulties, but it is not impossible to overcome.

Ten million acres of land. After bargaining, Xiao Letian had paid fifteen million pounds, which was already a huge sum of money at that time.

did not feel too bad about the compensation he got from the French people, so they started to negotiate for the lease agreement.

In the beginning, Xiao Letian wanted to rent 2.5 million square kilometers of land, but this number made all the British people present extremely surprised.

2.5 million square kilometers, that would be one-third of the entire Australia. No matter how brave Crown Prince Edward was, he wouldn't dare agree to such a number.

Both sides began their difficult negotiations. Even at the end of the banquet, they still did not reach a final agreement!

In the next three days, the Chinese delegation continued to negotiate with the British. Under the final intervention of the Queen, Xiao Letian took out 20 million pounds and rented 1.2 million square kilometers of Western Australia land for a hundred years.

For the next hundred years, the Chinese have absolute rights to development on these lands. No matter how much wealth they create, they will not have to pay a pound tax to the UK.

Thirty-five million pounds was spent just like that, a huge purchase that took the whole of Europe by surprise and changed the geography of the world in the future.

The British were very smart. They calculated that the Chinese would spend a hundred years to develop these lands.

But they never would have thought that after 15 years, the Chinese would find the biggest iron ore base in the Western Australia.

At that time, the British media still said sourly that even if the Chinese found out about the iron ore, with Western Australia's natural conditions and Infrastructure's abilities, they still would not be able to develop it.

However, the world did not expect that the Chinese would rely on their perseverance and perseverance to send the iron ore from Theo State to every Chinese steelmaking plant in only ten years.

Fifty years later, Britain could only regretfully say that this land purchase in 1871 was the stupidest business transaction in Britain!

It was this stupid business deal that buried the future wars between the Chinese and British!