Chapter 281: White Wolf with Empty Gloves

As soon as Goxinga's request came out, everyone felt incredible. Although Goxinga provided the British with two strategic weapons, machine guns and breech-loading rifles, the British had already spent a large price of 500,000 taels. Moreover, it also gave a lot of benefits to Goxinga, and the two sides paid off the money and goods, and the British did not owe Goxinga. It doesn't matter if Goxinga just asks for assistance in training the navy, and the British should hire a few coolies, but it is a bit of a lion to open his mouth to provide a medium-sized fleet for free.

"The ships of the fleet are no more than ten years old, and the supporting weapons can be dispensed without, I will ask for ships, and the talents trained by your Royal Naval Academy in Greenwich, British Empire!" Guo Xing'a saw that none of the Ying sides spoke, and all of them had strange faces, so he hurriedly made up for it.

However, as soon as Goxinga's addition came out, the faces of these people on the British side became even more exciting. A warship that is ten years old, unless there is a problem with the design, is definitely a capital ship in service, and even if it does not need weapons, it will cost a lot of money. As for the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, it can only be said that Goxing Azhen will pick a place, which is the best naval academy in the British Empire. The British Empire helped other countries train talents, and they must have been bombarded with that shipping school for two years, and then rushed to the warship to work as a sailor for a while. Unless it is a noble child who has spent a lot of money to further his education, he does not even want to see the gate of the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Goxinga is good, as long as the people he sends, all of them have to go to the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. And Grant and the others were still a little puzzled, how did Goxinga, an Oriental general, know about the Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

"My proposal is shocking! But don't worry, I'm not crazy, so I'm sure I have a quid pro quo that will make you happy! Guo Xinga smiled mischievously at the British people.

"Your Excellency, your humor is truly impressive!" Erjin was wondering in his heart whether Goxinga was going to be appointed as the governor of Liangguang, and if Xing'a could fully open Liangguang to them, he would really dare to agree to Guoxinga's request.

"If you can agree to my request, I will use my influence in the military circles of the Great Qing Dynasty to persuade our emperor. In the next 10 years, the Qing Dynasty will purchase warships from your country on a large scale, with a total purchase amount of not less than 5 million taels. If we fail to fulfill our commitments, I will personally pay for my fleet and training personnel, and pay your country 800,000 taels for ships and training! With the help of your country, I will soon become the master of the largest arsenal in the Qing Dynasty, and you should believe that I have the ability to pay 800,000 taels! Guo Xing'a said with an oath. He is very confident that even if he doesn't do anything, the Qing Dynasty will purchase the Aspen fleet, not to mention that he will fan the flames. Xianfeng is going to stop cooking in less than a year, and with Yixin's devotion to foreign affairs, he can definitely say that Yixin will be moved.

"We can certainly trust you, if you are able to do it, this will undoubtedly be the UK's largest overseas order!" Ergin was still hesitant, but the order of five million was indeed very tempting.

"The officers trained by the Royal Naval College Greenwich are of course the most suitable for commanding and operating British ships, and that fleet without weapons will be a user experience that you provide to me in the Qing Dynasty! This is not only a transaction of five million taels, but also the subsequent purchase of warships in the Qing Dynasty, the construction of docks and shipyards, will come from your country, and the subsequent transaction volume is truly considerable. In addition, I hope that there will never be another war between you and me, and that our friendship will last forever. The fact that the navy of the Great Qing Dynasty was inherited from your country is undoubtedly an important beginning to enhance the friendship between your two countries and even reach an alliance! "Guo Xing'a has no cash and no land now, so he can only rely on his mouth.

"I'll consider your proposal carefully!" Ergin still didn't spit out, although the British don't have a very strong sense of technological blockade now, as long as they can make money, they want to sell anything, but the suspicion of the white wolf of Guoxing Akong gloves is too great.

"Our military cooperation is not limited to my troops, I can also persuade the emperor to agree that a part of the army will start receiving your military assistance now! In addition, we have a common enemy, and the Qing Dynasty is definitely the best strategic ally of the British Empire in the Far East. "Guo Xing'a can only increase the size again, he can't afford to buy a fleet, so he can only take advantage of the rare opportunity to flicker. He is just greedy enough, if the British get him twenty or thirty boats now, he can't afford to raise them, and there is no place to put them. Gu'an doesn't even have a pond, and Guoxinga can't put the warship on the ground and drag it away.

"Your Excellency, General, perhaps because of your sensitivity to the military field, you have discovered our common enemy, but we seem to lack your sensitivity and have not found out where this enemy is." Ergin wants to run away, and Goxinga has now begun to talk nonsense for the sake of the warship.

"Russia has been looking for an outlet to the sea and expanding its sphere of influence in the East, and if it were not for your righteous words this time, they would have swallowed the five thousand miles of fertile land of our Qing Dynasty, and they are also constantly challenging the position of the world leader of the British Empire, I think they are our common enemy!" Goxing Ake is not good at analyzing the international situation, but he has a golden finger! Britain was able to support Japan in its original history, and today it can support the Qing Dynasty.

"There's some truth to what you're saying!" Ergin nodded in agreement, and the greedy polar bear was indeed a headache for the British.

"Under my influence, the Qing Dynasty must be very willing to form an alliance with your country to jointly limit Russian expansion. When the Russians are making trouble in the West, I will do my best to contain Russia in the East! "Guo Xing'a is complete nonsense this time, the Qing Dynasty didn't dare to fight back when it was hit by Russia, let alone go to help the British, but he had to fool for the sake of the fleet.

"It is indeed our luck to have a general like you, who is accustomed to war, and who has good intentions towards the British, in the East!" Erjin and the others felt that Guo Xing'a's new chips were very tempting.

"Our army can contain the Russian army from Manchuria to Kamchatka, and at the same time, if you have a navy trained for me by your country, I can also suppress the Russian navy in the Far East, and even block the Bering Strait to cut off Russia's connection with the Americas!" Gohinga knew that Siberia was of little significance to Russia at the moment, so he spoke of Alaska, a barren but barren border with Canada.

"I think our parliament will be thrilled that a fleet can receive such a reward!" Ergin was a little relieved, but he still refused to agree, but he already had a beautiful blueprint in his heart. When Britain had a dispute with Russia in the West, as long as a force like the Gu'an Army appeared in the Far East, it would certainly turn Russia's rear upside down.

"If the training and fleet matters can be completed, I will also propose a military plan to our emperor, and borrow teachers from your country to help suppress the bandits in the war to exterminate the bandits in Jiangnan!" Goxinga threw his last chip.

It is not a new word to borrow teachers to help suppress it, and various countries have already taken initiatives, and many places have even done it altogether. In the second year of Xianfeng, when the Taiping army attacked southern Chu, some people had already proposed to ask foreigners to enter the river to help suppress it, but it was later suspended because of the military parade of the governor of Liangjiang along the river. After the Taiping Army occupied Nanjing and Zhenjiang in the third year of Xianfeng, and the Xiaodao Society revolted in Shanghai, although Britain and France declared "neutrality" on the surface, the local gentry still tried every possible means to ask Britain, France, the United States and other countries to exert pressure on the Xiaodao Society. In the end, it was the French army who bombarded the county seat of Shanghai with artillery, which indirectly led to the destruction of the Little Knife Society.

Although there are many successful cases in the past, Daqing has not called much about this matter, that is, he is willing to use it when he is helpless. Because in the eyes of the imperial court, bandits and foreign devils are almost the same, and none of them are good people. The foreign soldiers are not fed, so why should they help the Qing Dynasty fight for no reason. If these people are let in, the bandits are not exterminated, and they have a rebellion, what if it is good?

In fact, the court really wronged the foreign devils in this matter, although they are not full of food, but the evil intentions they harbor are really not so big. All countries are too far away from China, and no one can send hundreds of thousands of troops to China, and no one has thought of occupying China by force, so they really won't take the opportunity to make any big trouble. The main reason why the great powers actively borrowed troops from the Qing Dynasty was that the Taiping army blocked their financial route. Of course, this financial route is not because the Taiping army does not allow the sale of opium, after all, not everyone in China takes drugs, and the sales of opium are not very large. With the development of manufactured goods in various countries, the opium trade is no longer their main priority, they want the origin of raw materials and dumping markets.

It just so happened that the destructive power of the Taiping Army was very great, but its production and construction capacity was too poor, and it was destroyed wherever it went. Not only did it destroy the raw material production area of the foreigners, but it also ruined the dumping market, and the only commodity that could be sold into the areas occupied by the Taiping Army was munitions. The Taiping army used arms to offset drugs, but other industries also had to develop, so naturally the Taiping army was not pleasing to the eye. What is even more excessive is that although the Qing Dynasty is arrogant and ignorant, at least it can communicate normally, but the Taiping Army is a group of fanatical cultists, and they can't even do normal diplomacy. In order to restore the market order, the great powers also wanted to help Jesus and God vent their evil anger, so they naturally wanted to help the Qing Dynasty exterminate the Taiping army.

"If Your Excellency the General can fulfill the matter of borrowing the help of the general, General Grant and I will definitely persuade the domestic parliament to agree to the request of Your Excellency the General!" Ergin was excited, this was something they had been thinking about for a long time. Originally, after the Anglo-French Council reached a peace agreement, it would take the initiative to propose to Yixin a plan to borrow teachers to help suppress it, but this time the peace talks between Britain and France completely fell behind, and Gro and Ergin did not mention this matter again. They are now more enthusiastic than ever to borrow their teachers to help suppress the country, and the Great Purge of Guoxinga is really too weak, and they must help the Great Qing Dynasty quickly quell the civil strife, otherwise the benefits of their treaty will not be easy to fulfill.

"It's a deal!" Guo Xing'a became a traitor, and wherever the foreign soldiers went, even if they did not commit adultery and plunder, they would definitely get a lot of benefits. However, Guo Xing'a didn't have any psychological burden, even if he didn't propose this matter, he would borrow the help of his teacher to suppress it later in the Qing Dynasty, anyway, the result was the same, and he at least got some benefits back.

The dinner party between Guo Xing'a and a group of foreign devils was reached because both parties had to feel that they had taken advantage of it, and finally the guests and hosts broke up happily. However, there is a little thing that makes Guo Xing'a even more proud, the miscellaneous affairs department found a guy wearing "heavy filial piety", and after receiving the reward, he quietly slipped into Prince Gong's mansion.

However, Yi Xin, who had inserted the inside line, didn't get any news at all, and the guy who was dressed in pure white "heavy filial piety" brought back a reply with a bitter face that he didn't know anything. Yi Xin didn't blame his cronies, who would have thought that Guo Xing'a could also speak English, and the guests and hosts communicated in English throughout the whole process, although Yi Xin's secret agents listened to a word, but they didn't understand a word. Yi Xin will not ask Guo Xing A no matter how short of heart and eyes, she can only admire Guo Xing A's high chess move.

The next day, Guo Xing'a easily persuaded Yixin, and the two jointly signed a letter to Xianfeng about applying for a loan to help suppress him. Then Guo Xing Ah happily returned to the station, and was busy selecting future naval talents, but after a few days of busy candidates, a will that Guo Xing Ah did not expect was handed to him.