Chapter 938: Schroeder's Observations
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Schroeder's heart beat uncompromisingly as he looked at the moving steam locomotive, and the stimulus he had received in Dengzhou in the past two days was really great.
Before coming to Dayu, he had never paid attention to the country until the Dutch brought back the steam engine from Dayu and spread the prosperity of Dayu throughout Europe.
This made the Prussian king Verette II also tempted, especially when he learned that France and England had stolen more advanced technology from the Great Chongqing Kingdom and produced more advanced firearms.
After all, Prussia is already weaker than France, and if it falls behind again in firearms, they will lose more of their voice in Europe, and the unification of the German Confederation will be far away.
It was for this reason that the Prussian mission arrived, believing that the Great Chongqing would now need an ally in Europe, and that they would be more reliable than the Dutch.
"Everyone, please visit slowly, the news of your arrival has been sent to Qingzhou by the last steam locomotive, it is estimated that there will be a reply in the evening, if it goes well, you can arrive in Qingzhou tomorrow."
Schroeder's side is the current Dengzhou Assassin Luo Xingyi, he was once Yang Chengye's most powerful acceptance, after Yang Chengye entered the cabinet, Luo Xingyi was appointed as the next Dengzhou Assassin under the review of the cabinet, responsible for Dengzhou's government affairs.
"Thank you for being a good person." Schroeder looked grateful.
They prepared very little for this trip to Dayu, and even when they arrived in Dengzhou, they did not have a person who could speak Dayu Chinese to be responsible for communication.
If it weren't for the large number of translators in the Foreign Affairs Office in Dengzhou, they would probably have returned in vain this time.
Luo Xingyi stroked his beard and smiled, he had been in Dengzhou for a long time, and he was already very familiar with the Westerners who came to Dayu to do business, but it was the first time he had seen someone from Prussia.
According to what he knew, this Prussia could only be said to be a small country in Europe at present, and its status was about the same as that of the Netherlands.
However, the Dutch navy was slightly superior, while Prussia's army was stronger, so Prussia was not like Britain and France, which could expand their influence into Asia, and could only have some small territories in the Americas and Africa.
"It's a trivial matter, since this is the case, the envoy will visit slowly, the official still has important business, so he can't accompany him, and the foreign affairs office will naturally have someone to accompany him."
Luo Xingyi arched his hand, as the assassin of Dengzhou, he can be said to be very busy.
Since the railway to Dengzhou, the development of Dengzhou can be described as changing with each passing day, and now a large number of businessmen choose to build factories in Dengzhou.
In this way, their goods could be shipped to Goryeo, Wa Kingdom, Samsan Kingdom, and Ryukyu by merchant ships as soon as possible.
The influx of a large number of businessmen is certainly a good thing, but it also brings a lot of development problems to Dengzhou, which are all considering his ability.
In addition, the strength of the Great Chongqing State makes him very confident now, and he is just a normal person to treat Westerners, and the foreign affairs office of these missions is in charge, so he doesn't need to ask more.
The reason why he came here this time was just a normal etiquette procedure.
Before arriving in Dayu, Schroeder still had ambivalent feelings about Dayu, after all, all Europeans now believe that Europe is the center of the world, and the world should be ruled by white people.
Even though there was a war in Europe, this kind of thinking was deeply rooted, but now everything in Dayu completely turned his thinking upside down.
From the moment he disembarked, he paid attention to all sorts of new things along the way, such as the black smoke of the warships on the sea, the fishing boats that used huge trawls, the soldiers with advanced firearms on their backs, and the various exquisite industrial products on the market.
Everything here has destroyed the image of Europe that is full of gold, but the natives are very ignorant.
Seeing Luo Xingyi leave, Schroeder was still unsatisfied, he took a deep look at the steam locomotive, and then implored the officials of the Foreign Affairs Office to lead them to visit the factories and even the naval base in Dengzhou.
For an afternoon, Schroeder could be said to have spent in constant shock, and he was dumbfounded by the popularization of the steam engine and the use of various magical machinery in the Great Yu Kingdom.
Returning to Dengzhou City with a shocked mood, they got the news in the evening that they would be able to take a steam locomotive to Qingzhou tomorrow for an audience.
"Prepare our gift to the Emperor of Dayu, this time we will establish a long-term relationship with Dayu, stupid British and French, their misjudgment will be our chance." Schroeder is confident.
The next day, they woke up early at the Foreign Affairs Office.
With his own gifts, Schroeder boarded a steam locomotive bound for Qingzhou under the guidance of officials.
Sitting in his seat, Schroeder looked out the window nervously, surprised by the dense flow of people coming from the platform to the steam locomotive.
Because he realized that the use of steam locomotives in the Great Chongqing Kingdom seemed to be an ordinary thing.
Thinking so, the steam locomotive slowly moved forward after emitting a loud whistle, and Schroeder no longer thought about this, but looked out the window with all his heart, and at the same time experienced the increasing speed of the steam locomotive.
When the scene in his eyes flew by, Schroeder finally couldn't help but let out an exclamation, "This is really a magical country." ”
Amid the roar of the train, the six hours seemed to flow quickly, leaving in the morning and arriving at Qingzhou Station in the afternoon.
Following the flow of people to the outside of the platform, Schroeder's eyes instantly enlarged, compared with Dengzhou, Qingzhou's prosperity is different.
Especially when he saw someone on the street riding a two-wheeled iron frame, he couldn't calm down, which seemed strange to him.
However, the accompanying officials obviously did not want to explain anything more, and took them directly to the palace.
After a brief briefing, they were taken to a beautiful garden.
In the middle of the garden, a young man dressed in bright yellow clothes was waiting for them, and around him were some serious-looking officials.
"Your Majesty, these are the envoys of Prussia." The official of the Foreign Affairs Office bowed and said.
Xiao Ming nodded, and he asked directly, "You envoys come to the Great Chongqing Country and don't know what you have to do?" ”
Schroeder was also a man who had seen the world, he had often traveled to various countries in Europe, and had become accustomed to meeting high-ranking people.
He said: "Dear Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, we are the envoys of Prussia in Europe, and we have come here to establish stable trade relations with the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and I hope that the Emperor of the Great Chongqing Kingdom can agree." ”
"Prussia? That Baltic coastal country? Xiao Ming asked, he was not sure about the situation in Prussia now.
After all, contemporary historical records are useless, and the development of the countries of this world is not the same.