When Brooke set foot on British soil, he had mixed feelings.

Compared with the prosperity of Qingzhou, he sees London as the countryside of the Eastern Empire, a world that has not yet truly entered civilization.

For the first time, he wondered about the British system, how could an empire in their eyes surpass them in just a few years?

After a moment's thought, Brooke regained his attention, and beside him was Hu Chuan, the ambassador sent to England by the Eastern Empire, and he also needed to arrange for this ambassador to meet with the queen.

"Ambassador Hu, I will stay in a hotel in London for the night tonight, and tomorrow I will take you to meet Her Majesty to discuss the establishment of an embassy."

Hu Chuan was looking at London, and when he appeared, many British people in the port cast strange looks at him.

These eyes contain emotions of disdain, bewilderment, curiosity, and horror, after all, it is not appropriate for the current Western world to have so many oriental faces on their soil.

"Okay, we're looking forward to meeting Queen Vidomia." Hu Chuan also smiled politely.

Brooke then asked his deputy to stop a carriage and take Hu Chuan to the most luxurious Martil Hotel in London, while he and the other envoys went in the other direction.

After getting into the carriage, Hu Chuan continued to observe the streets of London, and the deputy ambassador Kang Ming opposite him said: "This ghost place is really backward, I am afraid that I will miss Qingzhou every day." “

"Who's to say it isn't? But that's our job, we don't do it, the emperor will always have someone to do. Hu said.

Kang Ming sighed: "I hope we won't be in danger here, everyone here looks like robbers." ”

"Rest assured, we will be safe here, because we are the victorious nation, unless they still want to be beaten." Hu Chuan is very confident.

With that, the two chatted for a while.

In the meantime, Brooke had arrived at his office on the banks of the River Thames in London.

Taking out the notes he had recorded in Qingzhou from his bag, he went straight to Murphy's office room.

"Hi Brooke, welcome back." Murphy was pleasantly surprised and stepped forward to give Brooke a hug.

They had waited for a year since Brooke, which was too long and kept them nervous about the negotiations.

With a hearty smile, Brooke patted Murphy on the back and said, "Thank you, this negotiation went well, we paid some price, but in exchange for peace, this is the agreement." “

Taking the agreement, Murphy looked at it carefully, flipped through all the terms, and finally sighed, full of humiliating conditions for the British.

But at the same time, he understands that they have to accept it, because they need time to improve the level of technology in the UK.

They were not afraid of war, but they feared that the Eastern Empire would completely cut off their sea trade routes.

This would be a disaster for the small, resource-poor Britain. ’

"You've done a good job, I'll go see Her Majesty now, and go with you." Murphy carefully rolled up the treaty.

After a pause, he said: "There is also the issue of the embassy, we need to negotiate in advance." ”

Brooke didn't seem to be very interested in the queen in front of him, and he said a little dejectedly: "I have seen too many miracles on this trip to Qingzhou, these have been recorded in the diary, you should take a look at the above content now, if you finish reading, I believe you will make the right move when you meet the queen next." “

Murphy was stunned, "What else do they have besides ironclads and advanced firearms?"

"Prime Minister Murphy, ironclads, firearms and so on are just the appearance of the Eastern Empire, what is really terrible about them is the industrial capacity, do you know their annual steel mill volume? Just Qingzhou's steel production is ten times the total amount of steel produced in a year, and this does not include the large factories in other regions, and the most important thing is that their steel quality is much better than ours. “

Murphy was stunned by Brooke's words, and as prime minister, he naturally understood the significance of steel production.

In the age of firearms, this means the war potential of a country.

Stopping, Murphy took Brooke's diary and looked at it, and the new terms suddenly made him dumbfounded.

"What the hell is the telegram, the telephone? Can they really do it for thousands of miles? Murphy was shocked.

Brooke just nodded slightly, "These things have quickly become popular in this empire in a few years, but this is not the point, the steam engine has been an obsolete industrial product in the Eastern Empire, they are already using electric motors driven by electricity, and what is even more unattainable is that they have created something called the internal combustion engine, which is the core of the car that can run eighty kilometers per hour, and now they are still developing large transport vehicles, once successful, the transportation of this empire will be more convenient." “

Murphy's gaze swept over the unfamiliar yet mysterious names, and now he finally understood the gap between Britain and the Eastern Empire.

"I see what you mean, we can no longer look at this Eastern Empire with the same eyes as before, we must let the British understand their strength, so that we can catch up the most." Murphy said from the bottom of his heart.

Brooke nodded, "This should be in the newspapers, Yelang arrogance is the most dangerous for a country, it will make us short-sighted and arrogant." ”

"I'll do it." Murphy said earnestly, he was really frightened by the scene described in his diary.

He then dragged Brooke to the Tulip Palace, where he also had Vidomia read the diary.

"Tomorrow we will hold a banquet of the highest order for the emissaries from the Eastern Empire to welcome their arrival, and also choose for them the best building in the city center to be used as an embassy, if we do not follow in the footsteps of this Eastern giant, Britain will continue to decline, which we cannot tolerate." Vidomia's pale face added a layer of sorrow.

Although she did not want to admit it in her heart, the era of belonging to Britain had passed, and the world stage in the future would belong to the Eastern Empire.

After a pause, he said: "Immediately form a trade delegation to negotiate the patent matter of the Chinese Empire, no matter what the cost, we must get their technology, and at the same time strictly implement the content of the agreement." ”

Murphy and Brooke looked at each other, and it was clear that the contents of the diary had also scared the queen from the bottom of her heart.

The technological gap between them is similar to that between the European colonists and the natives, and they are glad that the emperor who ruled the country was not a madman, otherwise they might actually have to fight the armies of the East on their own soil.