The British government was under tremendous pressure because of Mukden's rejection of British businessmen, and not only the business community, but also the House of Lords and the House of Commons were quite dissatisfied with the government's China policy. As soon as Salisbury heard lawmakers talk about China policy, he began to have a headache, and his thoughts were wrong, leading to total passivity.

Salisbury has criticized and expressed serious dissatisfaction with the handling of the Mukden incident by the British minister to China, Juerdian, and if the issue is not satisfactorily resolved, the cabinet will consider recalling Juerdian and replacing him with someone else to preside over diplomacy with China.

But Zhu Erdian also sighed in vain, since the last time he had an unpleasant relationship with Zhang Yi at the negotiation table, Zhu Erdian has never had contact with Zhang Yi, but now he wants to ease the relationship again, and he can't be accepted by others, isn't this forcing people to die.

At this time, just in time for the Qing court to reform the law, the court and China were in chaos, and Zhu Erdian couldn't take care of this matter anymore.

Now that Mukden's supreme military administrator has come to Britain, of course, these people are ecstatic, and this is a godsend opportunity to intervene in Mukden!

Although it is not an official visit, what does it matter, as long as the relations between the two sides can be eased so that British goods can smoothly enter the Mukden market, Britain does not mind making certain concessions on some minor issues. You must know that the three provinces outside the Guanxi are developing rapidly, the GDP of Fengtian Province has exceeded the sum of Zhili and Shandong, and the fiscal revenue has been close to half of the treasury income of the entire Qing court, which is too rich, and there are also Jilin and Heilongjiang, and now the population of the two provinces is increasing sharply, and the people are becoming richer and richer, rich in resources, which is really a beautiful gift from God to China

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Prime Minister Salisbury directly ordered the foreign minister to ask Xue Fucheng to meet with General Sheng Jing and meet with General Sheng Jing, and the British government will receive General Sheng Jing with a high standard!

Xue Fucheng is now helping Zhang Yi to conduct a preliminary inspection of the warship, preparing to assist Zhang Yi in purchasing several advanced warships, and he is naturally very happy to hear the news that the British government has taken the initiative to show goodwill, so after seeing Zhang Yi, he immediately conveyed the news to Zhang Yi. [Marshmallow]

Zhang Yi listened to Xue Fucheng's introduction on the road, and he had the bottom in his heart.

Zhang Yi sneered in his heart, since these British people are greedy for the benefits obtained by the Germans, they have bargaining chips for themselves, don't you sell the warship to Lao Tzu, will the Germans sell it to me? Will the Americans not sell to me? However, if you want to enter Mukden, I'm sorry, without Lao Tzu's nod, even if Cixi's old lady speaks, it's still not good! It just so happened that Lao Tzu took the opportunity to bargain, and it is estimated that he will save me a lot of silver!

In London, Prime Minister Salisbury led the key members of the cabinet to hold a grand welcome ceremony and welcomed Zhang Yi into Buckingham Palace.

Salisbury said: "Dear Mr. Zhang Jianzhi, I have great admiration for you, you are one of the few Orientals in England who can be truly respected by Westerners, you are one, and the other is your iron-blooded Prime Minister, Lord Li Hongzhang. I have high respect for Zhang Jianzhi's ability to command the battle and govern the local area to develop rapidly, which is definitely not something that an ordinary person can do, and in the West, there are only figures like Napoleon and Bismarck who can compare with you. ”

Zhang Yi nodded and smiled: "Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for your praise, these achievements I have made are just a light of fireflies in the eyes of the British Empire, and now the British Empire is in full swing, and there are many talents, which is the most envied by my generation, but it is a pity that our China is prosperous and declining, and it has completely declined from the Kangqian period......

Salisbury laughed: "Napoleon once said that China is a sleeping lion, don't wake him up, once he wakes up, it will hurt people."

。 I also think so, China's territory is too big, the land is vast, there are countless labor, inexhaustible resources, once it rises, the whole world will be unstoppable. ”

Zhang Yi smiled, did not continue the topic, and said: "Mr. Prime Minister, I think that this time you personally came forward to meet me, a small governor, not just to have a good time......

Salisbury laughed and replied: "Mr. Zhang Jianzhi, you are really quick to talk, in fact, I can meet with Mr. Zhang this time, my greatest wish is to get closer to the friendship between Britain and China, I know the former, our minister has been a little unhappy with you because of the Sino-Japanese negotiations, but these things are small things, and I have also called to severely criticize Zhu Erdian's actions. Wouldn't it be better to hope that we can have a deeper friendship with the general, and that we can develop together? ”

"Oh?" Zhang Yi smiled and asked: "In this way, I would like to thank Mr. Prime Minister for your attention, and I also hope to get the friendship of your country, but friendship cannot be exchanged with words, and only common interests can consolidate friendship." ”

Salisbury smiled for a while, and secretly slandered Zhang Yi and cunning in his heart, this guy obviously wanted to buy a warship, but he never opened his mouth, hanging his appetite, he didn't say, if he proposed it, then the price would not be able to take advantage.

But Zhang Yi has never said it, he can't help but mention it, since he wants to get closer to Zhang Yi, how can he do it without showing a little sweetness? Otherwise, the interests of Mukden will be cheaper than Germany and the United States.

Salisbury paused and said, "Mr. Zhang Jianzhi, I heard that a few days ago, Japan attacked your country's Weihaiwei and severely damaged the Beiyang Fleet. ”

Zhang Yi nodded and replied: "That's true, the day before I left for the United States, I got the news that now the imperial court has declared war with Japan, and the second war between the two countries is about to break out, and I will return to China to preside over the war against Japan again!" ”

Salisbury replied, "General Naken, now that the Beiyang Fleet has fallen, how can you resist the Japanese navy?" Today's Japanese navy is very strong, and it is already considered to be in the forefront of Western countries? Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Your Excellency, we Chinese have a saying, called soldiers come to block, water comes to cover." Japan is a small country, why be afraid, at the time of the first day of the year, the entire Qing Dynasty did not have a single elite soldier available, and the small Japan that was not as big was embarrassed? Today, I have 100,000 elite soldiers under my command, as well as my own military academy, all of which are new-style officers trained by the Germans. Zhang Yi's resolute face really surprised Salisbury, so bold!

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