This is really not a flattery. It is much better than just using place names as ship names or Arabic numerals. Even if you advertise, there is no advertising revenue. For example, the battleship Lao Ganma, the battleship Wanglaoji, and the aircraft carrier Tongrentang.

Dongfang Sheng: "Remember to give me a reward from the above three companies. This advertising fee is a very important income, which directly affects whether the author will starve to death. If there are too many rewards, the above three ships will have more opportunities to play."

Zhang Cheng held his forehead and said, "Brother, you won't be like this. In my book as the protagonist, you ran out to advertise what you want me to say."

Dongfang Sheng: "Brother, this is very important. I am a principled person. I never borrow other people's money or spend other people's money. So, principled people often go hungry. It's not embarrassing to do commercial advertisements. You don't even look at celebrities and endorse others."

"That's it, then forget it. Let's spare you this time."

Dongfang Sheng: "Thank you, brother, I have no choice, I'm hungry."

Lao Li was guaranteed by Zhang Cheng, and he went to the capital to take over as Prime Minister. Otherwise, who would have gone to this fire to roast himself? When the British and French coalition forces entered Beijing, the southeast was playing with mutual protection.

Before taking office, Li Hongzhang first met the young emperor and the old empress dowager, nominally thanking him, but in fact, only the person involved knew what he said. On the first day of the Prime Minister, Li Hongzhang, invited Sir Dou Nale, the British Minister to Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that Sir Dou Nale and both sides sat down, Li Hongzhang said: "I have obtained the full authorization of the court to the ultimatum of your country to our country. I fully agree with your country's request to compensate the UK for the loss of 200 million taels of silver."

If Weng Tong-hsu died before the British Embassy, ​​Sir Dou Nale could remember this for a lifetime. Although the Qing Dynasty was backward and poor, it was still a large country and its population was the largest in the world. It could suppress this huge country, Sir Dou Nale might have won the title of a conqueror of the Qing Dynasty in diplomatic history. This also joined the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Sir Dounale knew in his heart that there was still some behind.

Sure enough, Lao Li said: "This is the ultimatum of our country to your country. In view of the unreasonable killing of our Prime Minister, Military Affairs Office, Minister of Revenue, and Emperor Weng Tongxi in your country's embassy, ​​our country demands that your country compensate our country 100 million taels of gold.

Now, I remember that the price comparison between gold and silver is one to twenty-four. In this way, your country only needs to give our country 2.2 billion taels of silver or gold worth 2.2 billion taels of silver. We can accept the British pound."

Sir Dounale slammed the table after hearing this: "Do you know what you are saying now is threatening the British Empire?"

Li Hongzhang didn't understand: "How is this a threat? If the dead people compensate each other, isn't this abiding by the laws of the public. The prices of British diplomats are customized by the UK, and the prices of life of our country's Prime Minister, Military Affairs Minister, and Minister of Revenue are determined by our country. It's reasonable. I don't understand why the jazz is a threat?"

To be honest, Sir Dou Nale is definitely not Li Hongzhang's opponent. Li Hongzhang was a natural diplomat in this era, but as the world's number one power, the British Empire is completely unreasonable. For example, after World War II, the US empire would beat whoever they wanted. No reason, I, the US empire, just beat you. If you have to ask why, then the US empire can only say that you deserve a beating. That's enough.

Sir Dou Nale took a deep breath, took the other party's ultimatum and asked, "Mr. Li, can I treat this ultimatum as the Qing Dynasty, oh, maybe it was the declaration of war in Beiyang?"

Li Hongzhang: "You can understand this completely. However, the above is the same as the ultimatum you sent. There are seven days to let you notify London. Declare war or something. You, the minister, cannot make the decision, but I, as the Prime Minister, can make the decision."

If Sir Dounale was manly enough, he would definitely cut off his head here, but Britain had no man since Lord Nelson died in battle. Now Britain has been taking advantage of his old fortune, otherwise it would have been a few hundred million pounds for two or three years because of the Boer War.

The British Empire was the first to understand the cost of modern warfare. Fortunately, Boer not only produced gold, but also diamonds. As long as he mastered the tax collection and dividends, he could recover the war costs of hundreds of millions of pounds sooner or later.

After Sir Dou Nale returned to the embassy, ​​he sent a telegram to London in China. The price of intercontinental telegrams is not cheap, and diplomacy is a cost-effective thing. It is not uncommon for countries with economic tension to choose to withdraw foreign embassies.

Then after Sir Dounale held a small meeting at this embassy, ​​diplomats from the British embassy went to other embassies to contact each other.

Sir Dou Nale certainly believed that the British Empire was invincible, and that the Qing Dynasty was easy to win. However, the Beiyang Navy and Army performed well this time. It was not that the British family could not win, but that the price they paid for might be paid alone was a bit too high. Just like the Boer War.

Especially the British army was only second-rate in Europe, otherwise the Second Opium War would not have brought the French to the French together. At that time, France was not defeated by Prussia, and the army was still the world's number one.

Nowadays, the German and French army run side by side is the mainstream concept in Europe. Of course, Britain is an island country, and it is understandable that the army is second-rate. Otherwise, why is the British Navy called the Royal Navy, and the Army can only be called the British Army. It often loses without any sense of honor. The moment Wellington defeated Napoleon was about the most glorious moment for the British Army.

In fact, Sir Dou Nale also had a plan in his mind, and Russia could only use it because this ** was too greedy and almost divided half of the Qing Dynasty into its own territory, and others were not allowed to intervene.

If Britain goes north in India and Russia goes south in vast expanses, the two countries will probably compete in Afghanistan and Qinghai.

Sir Dounale mainly wanted to form an alliance to deal with the Qing Dynasty or Beiyang, France and Germany. These two countries could make up for the shortcomings of the British army's weak legs.

France has always been very interested in northern Vietnam and Yunnan. This has not been a year or two or two. A few decades ago, France decided to erode the Qing Dynasty from south to north little by little. However, the army was not very successful in the Qing Dynasty and was beaten away by the indigenous Qing people in Zhennan Pass.

As for Germany, because the emerging Germany has no colony that can be taken advantage of, it has been envious of Shandong for a long time. As long as Shandong is assigned to Germany, the German emperor, who has succeeded to the throne, will definitely not give up this land under the sun.

As for the friendship between Li Hongzhang and Germany, Bismarck has returned home to retire. I believe Li Hongzhang understands the principle that tea is cold when people leave.
Chapter completed!