"Embassy? Are you sure? ”

Schroeder smiled, he thought that the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom would not care about how they stayed in Qingzhou, but he did not expect him to make such a perfect suggestion. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"That's right, with the embassy, the envoys you sent to Dayu can handle the affairs between the two countries here, and promote trade, cultural and other exchanges between the two countries."

In the face of Schroeder, Xiao Ming probably proposed the specific functions of the embassy, in fact, in contemporary Europe, there have been consulates that can only be close to the embassy.

Tracing the history of consulates, this is until the Middle Ages, when Western capitalism had risen, and merchants did business in European countries and even settled in the cities where they did business.

These people often have trade disputes with their countries of residence, and they act as arbitrators or mediators with each other to resolve them. So the merchant arbitration consul appeared.

Nowadays, Western civilization is basically in the middle to late eighteenth century, which is generally a period of flourishing international trade, and Western countries have paid more and more attention to the value of the consular system, and even enacted the law of consulates abroad.

However, compared to the West, the diplomatic system of the Great Chongqing State is still relatively backward, after all, the Great Chongqing State basically did not establish contacts with countries outside the tributary system ten years ago.

Countries within the tributary system only pay tribute every year, and there are not so many affairs to speak of.

But now that there is the Netherlands and now Prussia, he believes that as the country of Chongqing shows its edge in the world, more and more countries will set up embassies in the country.

At the same time, in his opinion, with the rise of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the civilization brilliance he brought from the scientific and technological spar will also spread to the world with the Great Chongqing Kingdom as the center, whether it is Asia, Europe or the Americas.

After all, people in this world are constantly moving, and the expansion of commercial activities in Dayu will inevitably add to the culture, economy and technology of Dayu, just as the West also brought its own technology and culture to the colonies while colonizing.

"That's exactly what we're hoping for." Schroeder's heart fell to the ground, judging from the attitude of the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, they were very willing to cooperate with Prussia.

And in his opinion, the only one who can cooperate with the Great Chongqing State is Prussia, first of all, the interests of Tsarist Russia in the Far East are destined to be unable to cooperate between the two, the Netherlands is too small, the population is limited, the army is weak, and it is simply impossible to engage in a full-scale war with the European powers, and Austria and Hungary are not monolithic, while the Austrian emperor is also the emperor of Hungary, the Hungarian nobles are also seeking more rights and interests.

As for Poland, this country is encroaching on the European powers, not to mention France and Britain, Portugal and Britain signed the "Anglo-Portuguese Alliance Treaty" for hundreds of years, this treaty has been maintained until now, it can be said that it is a hardcore ally of Britain, and it will not be used by the Great Chongqing State, and Spain also has many colonies overseas, so it will naturally be a long-term ally.

Thinking of this, Schroeder seemed to see through the limitations of the current dealings between the Great Chongqing Kingdom and European countries, so he boldly said: "Dear Your Majesty, I have one last request, I hope that we can send the children of the nobles to study in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and I hope that Your Majesty will be fulfilled." ”

"Study abroad?"

Xiao Ming's eyes rolled, this question he had thought about before Schroeder came, and now he had the answer.

After a pause, he said, "I grant you this request. ”

Schroeder was ecstatic when he heard this, he didn't expect these noble children studying abroad to learn the most advanced technology of Dayu, but only hoped that what they learned would not let Prussia be left behind by Britain and France, and they couldn't think that Britain and France would use the internal war of Dayu to seize the talents of Dayu.

Agreeing to Schroeder's last request, Xiao Ming talked to Schroeder about some details of cooperation, and finally, he asked Pang Yukun to entertain Schroeder.

Seeing the group leave, Fiji said at this time: "Is this Prussia really so important?" The emperor even agreed to their request to study abroad. ”

"It's important." Xiao Ming said: "Now that Britain and France have been helped by traitors, they will inevitably surpass the current European countries in science and technology and firearms, so that the process of seizing colonies in Dayu will become difficult, and Europe will be unbalanced, and a unified Europe is not what I want to see, so now we have to help Prussia as much as possible, and the rise of a European power will inevitably cause chaos in Europe." “

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, studying abroad is not all bad, through the cultural influence of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, at least a group of pro-Chongqing nobles can be cultivated among these foreign students, and after these nobles return to China, they will influence the decision-making of the Prussian high-level, which is extremely beneficial to the Great Chongqing Kingdom, otherwise even if there is cooperation now, it will be difficult for us to control the diplomatic trend of Prussia." “

"Lao Chen is still a little worried about the leakage of technology, after all, this is a sharp weapon for the Great Chongqing Kingdom to defeat other countries." Fiji is now paying more and more attention to technology.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming laughed lightly, "Fei Ge's old worries are superfluous, the overall technical level of the current Dayu Kingdom is not something that a few international students can surpass when they go back, and I will also require strict secrecy for cutting-edge technology, what they have learned is just backward technology that has been abandoned by us." “

He still has a sentence that he hasn't said, that is, with him, the technology of Dayu will always be in the leading position.

In this way, the old minister will be relieved, in fact, the cabinet has been discussing this issue recently, now the emergence of electricity, part of the steam engine technology has been a backward elimination of technology, no need to invest money in research, the cabinet has also stopped investing in some backward steam technology, but it is a pity to let these steam engine industries disappear, after all, this was once the imperial court spent a lot of money to establish, so, instead of sealing it in the dust, it is better to exchange these backward technologies and products for money to improve the lives of the people of Dayu, After all, these technologies are not backward for other countries, what does the emperor want? Fiji said cautiously.

Xiao Ming looked at Fiji with satisfaction, after ten years of polishing, now this former Confucian has kept up with the pace of development of the Great Chongqing Kingdom and is able to think about some unique issues.

"You're right, rather than letting these technologies and industrial products rot, it is better to exchange them for practical benefits, and I have always wanted to have enough money to make education and medical care free in Dayu, and to build my own country's welfare system like the Dutch.

In a conversation with Brandon, he learned that the Netherlands had a social welfare system established 50 years ago with the generous donations of many entrepreneurs.

They use these funds to fund scientific research and inventions and innovations, and raise the income level of residents.

These have become the soft power of economic development, attracting Europe's technological elite and businessmen like a magnet.