New Shun 1730

In this era, communication is extremely difficult.

Some things can only be agreed in advance, relying on the pitiful mutual trust or policy inclination between countries to achieve this kind of cooperation across half the world.

Liu Yu has been planning this. If Louis XV really wants to abolish the prime minister, it will be a good thing for Dashun. I have already made a lot of emotional investments in women who can blow pillow wind. Once the prime minister is abolished, won’t the pillow wind have the final say?

Now Count Maurepa has also taken the initiative to mention the cooperation strategy, and he has not done anything to lure the enemy into a trap.

"Joining the war is not a problem. The key is the treatment of the Netherlands after the war. I hope that our two countries can reach an agreement on this point."

This is considered to be an acknowledgment of Count Maurepa's problem. Obviously, Dashun will definitely go to Southeast Asia, and will definitely cooperate with France tacitly to completely defeat the Netherlands.

Count Maurepa was secretly happy. He did not tell Bishop Fleury about the secret agreement between Dashun and France, but used it to please the king, thereby increasing the king's trust in him.

As for how to deal with the Netherlands, this seems to be a problem, but in fact, Count Maurepas believes that it is easy to reach an agreement with Dashun on this matter.

Because Dashun cannot reach out to Europe, and although the spices in Southeast Asia are tempting, France cannot reach out. At that time, European affairs will be decided by France, and Asian affairs will be decided by Dashun.

Liu Yu did not hesitate to cooperate against the Netherlands, which made Count Maurepas most happy.

"My Lord Marquis, I think it is easy for our two countries to reach an agreement on the issue of dealing with the Netherlands."

"I hope so."

The private conversation between the two ended here. Count Maurepas got the answer he wanted most, and Liu Yu also gave France a shot in advance-going to war, no problem. Dashun must also have the right to speak on the post-war disposal.

The key to going to Southeast Asia is not Southeast Asia, but how to sell goods to Europe.

Liu Yu really doesn't want Dashun to get a port of trade in Malacca, and the emperor monopolizes the spice trade. Then the significance of going to Southeast Asia is really not too great, at least it is far from the result he expected.

As soon as the meeting with Count Maurepas ended, Liu Yu met Dupleix again, who looked unhappy. He was dissatisfied with the fact that the Palace of Versailles recalled him from India this time.

This man was capable and ambitious. He saw at a glance that the value of India lies in conquest, collecting head taxes and land taxes. Relying on Indian soldiers and a small number of French troops, he could get extremely high returns.

"Either conquer or withdraw, there is no middle way."

This is his view on the French-Indian issue, because he knows the level of French business. The East India Company has gone bankrupt and reorganized. The middle way is nothing more than occupying a few ports for trade, which is simply a money-losing product.

Therefore, he hopes that Liu Yu can talk more about India when he meets Louis XV. If Dashun can provide some support, especially support for the navy and ordnance, France is fully capable of defeating Britain in India.

Dashun has built a navy for so many years. Starting from scratch, it is estimated that there should be seven or eight battleships. If there are seven or eight battleships, in cooperation with the French navy, it is completely possible to suppress Britain in India.

But Dupleix was not stupid. He knew that although Dashun was an ally of France, it was against Russia in the early stage, and there were common interests. If Dashun had no interests, how could it go to India to help France?

However, Dupleix could not come up with a condition that would make Dashun excited.

The condition he could think of was that China and France would cooperate to conquer India first. At that time, part of the British colonies would be transferred to Dashun.

But considering that Liu Yu was also a veteran in the diplomatic world, this idea would definitely not make Liu Yu excited: if the Netherlands was not attacked and Dashun did not take Nanyang, then there would always be Nanyang between India and Dashun.

At that time, it would really be "making wedding clothes for others".

Unless Dashun declared war on the Netherlands and Britain at the same time. Going to Nanyang and attacking India would be very beneficial to Dupleix's Indian plan.

He met with Liu Yu privately just to persuade Liu Yu to let Dashun declare war on the Netherlands and Britain at the same time.

"Mr. Marquis, you should know how rich India is. We can have long-term cooperation in India."

"The huge India, with hundreds of millions of people and vast land, can accommodate France and China. Now is a perfect time. If we can cooperate and fight side by side, we can completely drive the forces of Portugal, Britain and the Netherlands out of Southeast Asia and South Asia."

"China and France have a long-standing friendship and should have mutual trust. Facing the rich India, we also have common interests."

"Even if there may be some conflicts in the future, as long as both sides can maintain mutual trust, these are all completely solvable problems."

Liu Yu is teaching the French about ginseng and sable fur trade and thinking about post-war cooperation with Dutch merchants in order to dominate India.

It is not the right time to go to war with Britain. Britain is not injured, and going to war at this time is purely to help the French.

How many years has France been operating in India? Dashun has not even obtained India's trade license. Before getting Ceylon, Liu Yu would not be so stupid to think about conquering India.

In the future, they will try to trick France and make it give up its interests in India in exchange for Dashun's opposition to Britain. This can be a deal when necessary, but if they do it now, it would be meaningless help.

Between countries, meaningless help is meaningless.

But Liu Yu couldn't say that he was just trying to trick you in the future, so he used a reason that didn't sound diplomatic but seemed to make sense to reject Dupleix's suggestion.

"Mr. Dupleix, I cherish the cooperation and friendship between China and France. However, the premise of cooperation is that it is beneficial to both sides."

"Dashun wants to do business. Your country's trade volume with China... Please forgive me for being frank, it is too small."

"There is Sweden in Northern Europe and Denmark in Central Europe. Western Europe and North America are in Britain and the Netherlands. In a short period of time, other countries cannot replace the trade volume between Britain and the Netherlands."

"If our country goes to war, we can only choose between Britain and the Netherlands."

"Just like a person, you can't cut off both legs at the same time. You have to keep one."

"If both legs are cut off, it will be a disaster for our country's export industry, and it will cause huge shocks in a short period of time. I hope you can understand."

"Of course, I will fulfill my original promise and provide some warships and sailors when you need them. However, we will not go to war openly, nor will we give a large-scale Too much support. At least, not before the Southeast Asian issue is resolved. "

"In fact, I am quite enthusiastic about your plan to divide India equally. But the premise is that we solve the Nanyang issue first."

"There will definitely be opportunities for cooperation between us in the future. But I will give you some advice in my personal capacity now. In India, it is better to maintain peace with Britain as much as possible."

"Britain has not yet declared war on France at this time, but is fighting with France in Europe in the name of maintaining the state edict. If you take the initiative to provoke a war in India, I am not optimistic about your offensive in India."

"The Low Netherlands, North America, the Caribbean, and India. France is unable to gain advantages in all four directions, and it always has to make some trade-offs."

"With the development of ginseng and mink trade, I think India's weight will decline further."

This reason, as well as the final suggestion, made Dupleix no longer have illusions about Liu Yu. He knew that it would be difficult to convince Liu Yu by presenting facts and reasoning. Because every sentence Liu Yu said was crucial.

Dupleix had been in India all along and knew the situation in India very well, so he thought that conquering India and obtaining excess profits by collecting land tax and head tax would be absolutely no problem.

But the people in the French court did not really understand India, and they could not help but think that Dupleix's idea was pure nonsense. How could it be so easy?

How many troops, warships, and energy would be invested? With this energy, wouldn't it be better to go to the Caribbean, North America, and the Netherlands Lowlands?

How could France have the ability to start wars in four strategic directions at the same time?

The bottom line given by Liu Yu was that Dashun would not make efforts in the direction of India before going to Southeast Asia. Perhaps some support could be given, but it would not be too much.

However, this made Dupleix quite embarrassed.

The Indian issue was not that he could make peace just by saying no.

Even if he didn't want to fight, what would the British do?

If he didn't fight the British, would the British not fight him?

There was another key thing here, that is, French cargo ships from North America to China had to dock in India for supplies.

It would have been fine, but now, a cargo ship full of American ginseng and mink fur is worth hundreds of thousands of silver coins.

The British are pirates by nature, so would they not rob?

After robbing, if they don't start a war, wouldn't that be weakness? Besides, this is also a huge loss for the company.

"My Lord Marquis, since you value the issue of trade. Then, if a war breaks out in Europe and the enemy robs the cargo ship going to your country for trade, what is your attitude?"

This is actually hoping to set up a "treaty constraint".

On the one hand, it is hoped that with the help of Dashun, Britain will be frightened not to rob the ship.

On the other hand, Dupleix has been fighting with the British East India Company for half his life, how could he not know the nature of the British East India Company?

If Dashun can issue a decree to threaten Dashun with an embargo if it dares to rob the ship going to Dashun for trade, it may drag Dashun into the war.

Liu Yu also knew this, thinking that you really overestimate us. Although some battleships have been built in recent years, they only have the ability to speak in Nanyang. Even if the whole army goes south now, they can't speak after passing Malacca.

Moreover, robbing merchant ships is already a major event at the level of "Zhou Gong's Ritual". After the war, can we rob enemy merchant ships? It is recognized in Europe that it is completely possible. How powerful does Dashun have to make robbing merchant ships illegal?

Without that ability, it is unwise to ask for the weight of the tripod. If someone really violates the etiquette and law, but is unable to punish, it will make people laugh.

Just about to refuse, I didn't expect Dupleix to have a backup plan.

"Or, can the Marquis authorize our company to use your country's ships? Of course, in order to ensure that the flag is not used indiscriminately, your country can send someone to supervise, and we promise that it will only be used for commercial purposes."

Liu Yu thought to himself, nonsense, don't think I don't understand your European tricks. The Dutch flew the Prussian flag, but the British still robbed them. The British were so rude that unless China was ready for a full-scale war, this would be a problem.

If they were really robbed, would they intervene or not?

If they pretended to be dead and didn't care, and if they were involved in this matter and it was hyped up by others, it would be a disgrace to the country and it would be difficult for them to step down.

No matter what, the British will probably still hijack the ship, but they may send the people and the flag back safely. If they do, they are not ready at this time.

But if they refuse, it will be bad. Dashun has always hoped to increase its influence and even participate in the formulation of international law. If they can't speak in Asia, it will really hurt the dignity of a big country.

While having a slight headache, Liu Yu suddenly thought it through. I thought that your title level is not enough. I know your ability and you are a ruthless person, but now you are just the person in charge of India. If we really talk about things in Versailles, you will have no chance to participate.

So he nodded sincerely, even showing joy.

"Mr. Dupleix, you have provided an idea. Please write a report on this matter. I will discuss this matter with His Majesty the King of your country in Versailles. Or, we can both propose a treaty that prohibits hijacking merchant ships trading with China, and ensure its implementation within the range of our ship guns."

But in his heart, he thought that the treaty must be signed, but forget it this time, there will definitely be no chance to use it in the next few years. I don't want to get involved in your affairs with Britain for the time being. The two countries now have the Netherlands as a basis for cooperation. There is no need to make trouble. We can reach cooperation smoothly.

Besides, given Dupleix's current state, once he returns to India, even if the British don't fight, he will find a chance to go alone. The winner will not be condemned, but can gain fame and wealth, as long as he wins. Now that he has too close a connection with him, who knows how he will use his power to bully Dashun.