The Imperial Study.

Pang Yukun put a document in front of Xiao Ming, "Your Majesty, this is the purpose of Brooke's visit to Qingzhou this time. ”

"Steelmaking technology, high-precision machine tools, metal bullet casting process." Xiao Ming read the asking price of Brooke on the document and felt very ridiculous.

Pang Yukun also couldn't laugh or cry, he said: "The brains of the British are really in water, do they still think that they are qualified to ask the empire for a price?" “

"The arrogance in the bones of these Westerners cannot be changed for a while, but they will soon understand where they should put themselves." Xiao Ming said coldly.

"Then how should the lower official reply to Brooke, this time in addition to discussing these issues, Brooke also brought the British mission to prepare to set up an embassy in Qingzhou." Pang Yukun asked.

Xiao Ming is still reading the documents, and the confidence of the British asking price this time comes from three points, the first is the war between the Ottomans and Persia, the second is from the strategy of the empire in North America, and the third is from the war between Tsarist Russia and the empire in Central Asia.

According to Brooke, as long as the Empire agreed to export these three technologies to Britain, then Britain would mediate the war between Persia and the Ottomans, help the Empire's soldiers in North America, and attack America together. ‘

At the same time, they will also be on the side of the empire in the question of Tsarist Russia.

"You go and tell Brooke that Persia will definitely defeat the Ottoman Empire in the next three months, and there is no need for British mediation, and there is no problem with the Empire's North American material supply, and there is no need for Britain to intervene, and for Tsarist Russia, the Empire will teach them a hard lesson." Xiao Ming said in a tough tone.

Pang Yukun smiled, "Xiaguan will go back and tell Brooke, it is estimated that his face will be ugly." “

Sending Pang Yukun away, Xiao Ming remembered the news from Hu about the British bribing and threatening them.

He made a phone call to Yue Yun and asked him to send a team of forty-two warships for a "goodwill" visit to Britain.

Dengzhou.

After Yue Yun took Xiao Ming's call, there was an excited look on his face, and Liu Chen on the side asked, "There is another battle?" ”

"It's not." Yue Yun's smile did not decrease.

Liu Chen showed a disappointed look, "Then what else can make you happy?" ”

"Your Majesty has asked us to send a fleet to England for a friendly visit." Yue Yun said.

Liu Chen listened and became even more incomprehensible, "A friendly visit to the UK? What is there to be friendly with those robbers? “

Yue Yun got up and came to the world map hanging by the office, and he said: "This friendship is not really friendly, but to show Britain the strength of the Imperial Navy. ”

Liu Chen suddenly became interested, "Hey, this is interesting, anyway, it's idle now, it's better to go to England for a turn, and then go around along the European coast, so that those Europeans can see the power of the Imperial Navy." ”

"That's what the emperor meant." After that, Yue Yun walked out of the office and looked condescendingly at the steel battleship moored in the Dengzhou Military Port.

Two years have passed since the Battle of India, and in these two years, the number of warships of the empire has increased from 30 to 120 today.

Nowadays, the Empire's steel warships can be seen on important shipping routes around the world, and some of them are even equipped with the Empire's radio system, through which the radio warships can communicate with each other, so that the cooperation between warships has made a leap forward.

With the increase in the number of warships, the establishment of the Imperial Navy has been redivided, and the former Qingzhou Fleet has been officially renamed the Pacific Fleet.

In addition to this, the Empire also set up the Atlantic Fleet, the Indian Ocean Fleet, and the Arctic Ocean Fleet, each of which is composed of three fleets, and in total, the Empire will have a total of twelve fleets.

These twelve fleets will rule the entire seas.

However, although the number is available, the number of warships in the Empire is not enough to allocate to all fleets.

So at present, the empire has only the Pacific Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet, with 40 and 80 warships respectively.

The remaining two oceanic fleets still need to continue to wait for the launch of battleships.

"Thirty warships from the Pacific Fleet and twelve warships from the Indian Ocean Fleet, this time we will make Europe tremble in front of the imperial warships." Yue Yun's spirit was radiant.

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Qingzhou.

Brooke quickly received a disappointing reply from Pang Yukun, and the queen's confident trading chips were a bad card in front of the empire, without even causing a stir.

And from beginning to end, the emperor and cabinet ministers did not appear to meet him in person, but only conveyed their meaning through Tang Wenjie.

Just from this point it is enough to see that they overestimate the importance that the empire attaches to them, and the number one power in Europe is nothing more than dispensable in the eyes of the empire.

"Ambassador Brooke, the Cabinet has decided on the location of the British Embassy, and you can start preparing it from now on." Tang Wenjie forced a smile.

After Brooke exchanged views with him, he told Brooke that it was impossible for the Empire to make a deal with the British.

Now his judgment is proven, because for the Empire is fully capable of coping with the current situation, while the technology that Britain wants is strictly blocked for the Empire.

Brooke's mood sank to the bottom, nothing was gained in this half-year trek, and no one would be in a good mood.

"I hope you will seriously consider that Persia has already occupied a third of its territory by the Ottomans, and there is no possibility that they will turn defeat into victory." Brooke's words were tinged with warning.

Tang Wenjie's face did not change, they had long known that Europe was playing tricks in the Ottoman attack on Persia.

It can be said that behind the war between the Ottomans and Persia was actually a game between Europe and the empire in Central Asia.

If the empire agreed to the British terms, then the empire had lost the game.

In his opinion, this is of course intolerable to the Empire, not to mention that it is too ridiculous for the West to just give some obsolete weapons to the Ottomans to obtain the Empire's technology through this matter.

"Pang Shoufu has clearly told me that there is no room for maneuver in this matter, and the empire will not accept any compromise." Tang Wenjie said word by word.

Brooke opened his mouth with an ugly expression, this time he was destined to return empty-handed, and as a last effort, he threatened: "Doesn't the empire want the English market?" ”

"This is clearly stated in the armistice, what do you mean?" Tang Wenjie said vigilantly.

"Sometimes an agreement is just a piece of waste paper." Brooke is aggressive.

"Sometimes children get spanked if they don't obey." Tang Wenjie did not give in, metaphorically alluding to the Empire's use of force to force Britain to honor the agreement.