Chapter 162 The bad guy is (please subscribe, please vote)

France, Versailles, Petit Trianon.

"Mr. Canning, George Elliot has left Japan with three East India Company galleons. The other seven galleons and most of the British Royal Navy ships visiting Japan have also left without any obstruction.

We left, and now only the injured Revenge is left! Would you like me to arrange for people from Jiangnan Heavy Industries to help repair it?"

The person who happened to have good intentions and arranged for someone to help the British Royal Navy repair the battleship was Zhuge Weijiu, who was presiding over a series of diplomatic negotiations in France!

The people who heard what he said were British Prime Minister George Canning and British Cabinet Secretary Harker who came from afar, and Zhuge Weijiu's words were translated into English word for word by Harker.

"No, no need," George Canning shook his head like a rattle, "Our shipbuilding experts feel that the 13.5-inch main gun of the Sovereign class is too big, which is not conducive to maintaining the balance of maritime power. Your Ming Navy currently only has

For the 305mm main gun, the 13.5-inch gun we used is equivalent to 343mm, which is too big. We need to make it smaller and change it to 305mm, so that we can show the determination of the British Empire to maintain world peace!"

Zhuge Weijiu nodded repeatedly, "Oh, oh, oh, you mean, the Revenge will not be repaired?"

Huck continued to act as translator and changed the words into English.

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

"India?" Zhuge Weijiu was stunned, "India now also has the ability to upgrade its battleships?"

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

The emperor of Hindustan who was contemporary with King Zhuge Wuzhong was Aurangzeb of the Mughal Dynasty. It was also the heyday of the Mughal Dynasty at that time. Western colonists could only operate around Aurangzeb's ruling area. Rao was

The British East India Company was defeated in the war with Aurangzeb, and finally had to pay compensation - Britain really had to pay compensation to India!

But that was also India's highlight moment. After Aurangzeb's death, the Hindustan Empire quickly fell apart and was eventually 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 had no interest in the anti-imperialist cause and only wanted to complete the great cause of unifying India. However, he was very grateful to King Zhuge Wuzhong for his kindness. Although he did not accept the Ming Dynasty's military advisor, he still made the purchase

A large number of Ming Dynasty weapons. In the early years, Jiangnan Heavy Industry relied on Indian arms orders to develop - Indian arms orders! Moreover, at that time, India was still the most prosperous country in the world, with a population of more than 100 million (at that time, the Ming Dynasty

With just over 50 million people), its GDP is higher than that of Ming Dynasty, which is the richest country in the world! You can imagine how profitable this business is.

It is a pity that the advanced arms of the Ming Dynasty only helped Aurangzeb fulfill his long-cherished wish to unify India, but they failed to prevent his empire from falling apart after his death. The arms that the Ming Dynasty sold to India eventually turned into a civil war in the Mughal Dynasty.

weapon!

When the Mughal Empire collapsed in the civil war and imperialism took advantage of the situation, King Zhuge Wuzhong, who was bent on anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism, was long gone. And the descendants of King Zhuge Wuzhong regarded India as Potential competitors of the Ming Dynasty. Well, India has such a large population, such fertile land, and is located in the middle of the east-west trade line, so the development conditions are very good!

Therefore, the Zhuge family's India policy has always been to ignore death and sell arms and "not save". At the same time, it has also been paying attention to India. Therefore, Zhuge Weijiu felt very much about the upgrade of the Revenge by India. Accident.

When George Canning saw the other party's surprised expression, he felt a little proud in his heart - he had already let it pass. As long as India can stand firm, Great Britain can suppress Ming Dynasty!

Because compared to the Ming Dynasty, Great Britain has superior resources - the empire on which the sun never sets! The territory is still huge. Science and technology are a little behind, but they are not significantly behind. What is really behind is the population!

The Ming Dynasty has a population of 360 million, while the British population is less than 30 million. This gap is too big.

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

Now that China has exploded with huge productivity after completing industrialization, if India can develop industry under the leadership of the British, won't the strength of the British Empire be able to catch up?

George Canning smiled and said to Zhuge Weijiu: "We have made an agreement with the Dutch to exchange two colonies on the coast of Africa for Batam Island and Bintan Island. These two islands and their affiliated islands will be It was handed over to Ming Dynasty soon after.

However, our British Empire also requires a new condition: your Ming Empire must guarantee not to interfere in Indian affairs."

"What?" Zhuge Weijiu was stunned, "Interfering in India? India is already your colony, what else do you want to do?"

George Canning did not hide anything from Zhuge Weijiu and said straightforwardly: "Barak II of India very much hopes to abdicate his throne to Prince William of our country!"

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

"Hahaha, you have to give in. If he wants to give in, then give in!" Zhuge Weijiu said, "But for the sake of fairness, we 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 Ming Dynasty prince?"

"No, no," Zhuge Weijiu waved his hand, "We will not do such a thing. Our Ming Dynasty does not make concessions."

Having said this, Zhuge Weijiu actually felt a little regretful in his heart. At that time, many people wrote memorials saying that the Ming Dynasty had exhausted its power and that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty should give the throne to King Zhuge Wuzhong.

Even the second generals Guo and Yu had prepared yellow robes. But when the yellow robes were put on, King Zhuge Wuzhong suddenly woke up. Not only did he refuse to become emperor, he also scolded the two generals and had them pulled out to beat the army. stick.

If our 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, the Ming Dynasty did not establish colonies." Zhuge Weijiu waved his hand again.

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 for becoming 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 the Ming Dynasty's 'people-oriented'

the rules."

Becoming a vassal of the Ming Dynasty is similar to joining the European Union in later generations! Today's Japan does not meet the conditions.

George Canning also knew that something was not that good, "Then what do you want to do to Japan?"

"We just want to help Japan get rid of the bad guys!" Zhuge Weijiu said no longer. "We have investigated clearly that the responsibility for the Battle of Kii Waterway lies entirely with certain bad guys in Japan! They are the culprits who must be responsible. You must stop

Provide them with all assistance and declare them to be enemies of Britain. Only in this way can we both sides reach a preliminary understanding. This is very important for the next stage of arms negotiations and the formation of an alliance to attack the Turkish Empire."
Chapter completed!