"Her Majesty agreed to Her Majesty's request and was ready to redeem them for two hundred pounds per soldier. ”

Brooke completely put away his arrogance as he entered the room, and his expression became humble.

As a vanquished, he knew what he should do now, after all, the lives of tens of thousands of British soldiers were still in their hands.

Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the British to agree so happily this time, while Pang Yukun looked like he had suffered a loss, hating himself for asking for too low.

"Happy, that's the attitude of negotiation." Xiao Ming said.

Brooke smiled, and he continued, "But only if Your Majesty agrees to no longer block the shipping routes, so that the British can trade freely anywhere in the world, and of course, what we are most looking forward to is to establish trade with your country." “

"Your Queen Victoria is a shrewd man, but it would be too much to take this pound to gain the right to freedom of navigation, but it is not impossible, as long as your merchant ships pay the Empire a fee equal to 30% of the profits, otherwise I cannot guarantee that they will not be attacked by pirates." Xiao Ming's demeanor was relaxed.

Now the initiative is in his hands, and it will not be easy for the British to take advantage of him.

Brooke also seemed to have a plan, and he said, "Does Your Majesty mean global routes?" ”

"Do you think it's possible? The route from the Cape of Good Hope to the Empire. Xiao Ming sneered, until now, these Britons still want to set him, but there is no way.

In fact, it is very difficult to ensure the safety of the sea in this era, after all, the sea is too much, and the Empire's warship in the ocean is not much different from a handful of sand in the Yangtze River.

Seeing that Xiao Ming's words became stern, Brooke stopped at the right time, this time he came here to give him full rights in the British House, and there were many preparations in advance.

This one is also in the period, after all, the British Navy has also bullied other countries' merchant ships in this way, so he said: "We also agree to this one." ”

Xiao Ming smiled, compared to the ransom of the soldiers, the income from the trade route was a continuous and significant source of wealth.

However, this was based on the close trade between the empire and Europe.

So the next step is to open up the British market, he said: "Now we will talk about the war reparations, and the issue of war reparations will not be discussed, I ask you to open London as a treaty port of the Empire, and allow Imperial merchants to trade in Britain." ”

At the mention of this question, Brooke's face suddenly became hot, once upon a time, this was their method of dealing with indigenous countries, but now the Chinese Empire is using this on them.

Even so, the House of Representatives unanimously passed the article, and one of the purposes of his visit was to establish trade exchanges, and to see the advantages and disadvantages of London as a free trade port between the two countries.

The advantage was that they were able to buy all kinds of industrial goods from the Eastern Empire to imitate, and the disadvantage was that Britain's native industry could suffer heavy losses.

It's just that when measured, they still focus on the benefits, because they are lagging behind now, and as long as they can achieve scientific and technological progress, it is worth sacrificing their own country's market.

When their industrial capacity catches up in the future, then they can use the policy to drive out the industrial products of the Eastern Empire and then support the domestic industrial products.

"This article makes us very difficult, but it is not impossible to agree, but the House of Representatives hopes that your country will open some patent rights to the United Kingdom, and we are willing to buy your country's technical patents at a high price, such as steelmaking technology, bearing technology, steel ball production technology and so on."

"Your appetite is really not small." Pang Yukun couldn't help but interject, in the Liuzhou region, such a thing as patent rights was established more than ten years ago.

The archives of the Patent Office now hold thousands of patents and technical materials of the Empire, which are protected by the laws of the Empire.

No individual or organization can use the technology in the patent for profit without an application from the patent owner.

Now that Brooke wants to use the patents, this means that the empire will have to disclose the technical information to them in exchange for royalties.

In contemporary times, Western countries have used royalties to extract a lot of domestic wealth.

Brooke said: "Your Majesty, this is just a transaction, we use your country's technology, and then pay an expensive fee for the use, which is equivalent to giving your country a lot of income, why not?" ”

"Then you can imitate our technology and improve your British industrial capacity." Xiao Ming is from now, and he is very clear about this.

Brooke did not deny it, he said: "Is your majesty afraid that our England will catch up with you? ”

"There's no doubt that you've been completely left behind by us, but it's not okay to ask the Empire to sell you important technology for a small amount of money, and you still don't want to be delusional about that."

Brooke said calmly: "Your Majesty, we still want you to think about it, the technology I just said is currently being concentrated in our country to conquer talents, and with the knowledge reserve, I believe that they will be broken one after another, and at that time, these patents will not be worth much." ”

The atmosphere in the meeting cooled down, and everyone understood what Brooke meant, and it was clear that the British had now mastered a lot of basic knowledge, and were now putting that knowledge to use.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Ming said: "I will consider this, but before I will send personnel to investigate, if what I said is true, I might as well sell these patents to you in advance, and the second point is that I ask for the extradition of those two traitors in the name of the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, if you don't agree, this article will not be discussed." “

"Yes." Brooke readily agreed, and now those two men were of little use to England.

All the things they had in their hands were now in the hands of British scientists, and it was still very cost-effective to exchange these two people for some patents.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, the patent that Brooke said was just the technology of more than ten years ago in the six states, and now the empire already has more advanced technology.

It is still very cost-effective to exchange these technologies for wealth to promote the scientific and technological development of the empire, because according to the information he has obtained, Brooke's words are still somewhat credible.

If the person who sent him this time confirmed the technical level of the UK, there was no need for him to hide it, and it was a good idea to act as soon as possible.

However, the second of the conditions he proposed is the most poisonous, and once these two people are extradited, it will be a serious warning to those who are ready to go to Europe to sell their country.

Because no matter where they are, they will not be able to escape the punishment of the empire in the end.