Fettley hurried back to the British Legation and, without saying a word, immediately sent an urgent telegram to the homeland, bringing the good news to Foreign Secretary Granville. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Instant news detonated in the British political and business circles, China wants to develop a large number of railways, invite the British to participate! According to what the Emperor of the Chinese Empire said, the railway that will be handed over to the British to build is more than 5,000 kilometers, 5,000 kilometers, which will cost millions of pounds, or even tens of millions of pounds, and the benefits that can be obtained are definitely not few!

In three days, in just three days, the bank tycoons headed by HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank and Barclays, as well as the railway tycoons led by the East Coast Railway Company and the Foster Railway Company, formed a trade group in the shortest possible time, asking the government to send a special envoy to lead the trade group to the Chinese Empire!

At this time, the British government showed more than work efficiency, Queen Victoria appointed the Minister of Railways, the Earl of Coster, to lead a business delegation to the Chinese Empire for business talks, no matter what, this cooperation will be done, 5,000 kilometers of railway, once it is taken, it will bring huge economic benefits to the British Empire!

However, what they did not expect was that when they were organizing a delegation to visit the Chinese Empire, the news that China was going to build a large-scale railway was like wings, and it spread from Beijing to all the powerful countries in the world through the envoys of various countries, and small countries were not capable of participating, and the construction of 5,000 kilometers of railways could not be tens of thousands of kilometers of railway construction, which could not be eaten by small countries and small railway companies.

First of all, the ministers of various countries expressed their serious dissatisfaction with Fitley, there is such a good thing, your British Empire cannot be swallowed by one country, it is easy to choke to death if you eat alone, and you must share some of its benefits with your friends.

Fitley is already going to be dizzy, what's the matter, the benefit is that I begged for it alone, you have the ability to take care of His Majesty the Emperor yourself, now look for Lao Tzu to protest and do a fart? In a word, no distinction! There is no precedent for the benefits of the British Empire to be handed over!

To no avail, the ministers of various countries flocked to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Railways, demanding an explanation from the government of the Chinese Empire and asking to participate in the construction of the railways of the Chinese Empire.

The American minister Montello even broke into the harem of His Majesty the Emperor Guo Ye, if you want Your Majesty to ask in person, with the close relationship between the Chinese Empire and the United States of America, such a thing, you should first talk to us Americans about cooperation, what is the British? A month ago, I was still fighting and killing with the Huaxia Empire!

"Your Majesty, I have already informed President Lincoln of this matter, and President Lincoln is gravely concerned about this matter, and I ask you to see that in the friendly relations between the two countries, you must hand over the right to build the railroad to us Americans, and we will provide the best technology and funds!"

Monte said anxiously to Guo Ye.

Guo Ye sat on the Spring and Autumn chair very calmly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Montello, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's just that the railway construction in your country is in full swing, and your country's railway companies are too busy to build their own country's railways, and they still have the energy to build the railways of the Chinese Empire?" ”

"Forehead ......"

Montella was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, our country's railway company is indeed making every effort to build a major artery connecting the east and west coasts, and it is difficult to draw too much technical force, but we have money, if we need a loan......

Guo Ye's face sank, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Montello, you must know that there are still a large number of loans in your country that have not been repaid to me!" This is also the request of President Lincoln of your country that we will postpone the repayment period of part of the loan so that your country can cope with the forced debt of the West. Well, please repay the loan owed to Qilu Bank first......"

Monte was almost choked to death, and his face suddenly became bitter, and he forgot about this stubble!

"Your Majesty, you know the situation of our Americans best, our federal government is in financial difficulties now, but the government's financial difficulties do not mean that the people have no money, Citibank, Morgan Bank and even Goldman Sachs Bank have strong economic strength, which can fully meet the financial needs of your country's railway construction!"

Guo Ye's face slowed down, and he was about to speak, when Xue Fucheng and Guo Songtao hurriedly ran in, and when they saw Monterlo, their faces were even more distressed, they were all baskets stabbed by His Majesty......

Guo Ye asked, "Bochen, Shuyun, what's wrong?" ”

Xue Fucheng complained: "Your Majesty, let's not bring this, today the ministers and counselors of various countries have already filled up the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there is not even a place to put their feet, everyone unanimously demanded that the Chinese Empire can hand over the railway construction project to their country for construction, France, Tsarist Russia, Prussia, Spain, Austria, oh, look, Minister Montello is also for this matter, if you don't go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they all come to you, what should I do?" ”

Guo Ye spread his hands and replied, "What should I do?" Cold! Anyway, my railway project is here, whoever has the ability, whoever snatches it, and those who don't have the ability can't blame others, anyway, the opportunity is given to Fitley, if he can't grab it, then blame himself for being stupid, isn't this Monteillo still waiting? ”

Montello's eyes lit up immediately, Guo Ye's meaning couldn't be more obvious, he still has a chance, at least he can compete with the British, this has to give enough conditions for himself, and winning all railway projects is not empty talk!

"Your Majesty, this time we in the United States are willing to compete fairly with the British, please treat Your Majesty fairly!"

"Fair fart!"

An angry roar rang out from outside the door, and Fitre burst into the room in a rage, shouting, "Montello! You are so shameless, this project was negotiated between me and His Majesty, what is the reason for you to stick a stick in the middle? If you have the ability to ask Your Majesty for other projects, I will never interfere, and no one will think of snatching away the projects that have been handed over to our British Empire! ”

Guo Ye's face sank, and he shouted, "Fetley, what kind of place are you going to treat me here?" Come as you want, argue as you want? This is the Forbidden City! Not your legation! ”

Fetley looked stunned, and hurriedly laughed: "Your Majesty, yes, yes!" It's not like I'm mad at them! Don't take it as an example, don't take it as an example, you know that I have always respected you! ”

(To be continued.) )