He could finally see some results. It seemed that the national treasury would receive at least ten million taels of silver this year, an annual increase of twelve percent. It was already quite good to have achieved results in half a year.
East Ocean Empire.
The Emperor's Residence
"Your Majesty, the Qing Kingdom has already established a new army, and is vigorously setting up machinery factories and armaments factories. It seems that they are preparing to improve.”
Ito Bowen respectfully knelt in front of Emperor Meiji, his face full of worry.
"The Empire has been on WeChat for 20 years. The Empire has gradually begun to recover. We can't be overtaken by the Qing people.”
Emperor Mingzhi also had a serious expression. He wanted to bring the Imperial Kingdom into an unprecedented situation, and his biggest opponent was the country on land.
"Your Majesty! We have already started to contact the British and French. They don't want to see the Qing Kingdom expand, so they will sell some ironclads to us. However, the price was too high.“
Ito Bowen lowered his head. He knew that the situation was not good for them.
However, there were many enemies in the Qing Dynasty.
"Try your best to buy the ironclads. Our navy is too backward.”
After a complicated expression flashed across the Emperor's face, he was very clear about the domestic economic situation.
They had taken advantage of the Imjin incident, when Lord Big Bowl and Concubine Min were fighting for power, to station troops in North Korea.
"Ha Yi!“
Yiteng Bowen was a little confused, but he didn't dare to object and didn't get up.
"The French and the Qing might fight. If we lose, it will be our chance!”
Finally, when Ito Hakubun had to stand up and leave after waiting for a long time, Emperor Meiji said,"
"Ha Yi!“
Ito Bowen bowed deeply and left quickly.
This was an opportunity! When the Qing people returned from Dingyuan, they would go into hiding again.
…………
In the Ying country's embassy in Dongjiao Min Alley,
Country Ying's ambassador to China, Ba Xia Li, was tasting a glass of good whiskey.
This was his favorite. The commander of the Ying Country's Far East Fleet, General Tang Weilan, who was sitting opposite him, had brought it over.
European wine did not sell well here. It seemed that there were more varieties of wine from the Qing Dynasty than theirs. The locals liked them more, so few people bought their wine.
However, Ba Xia Li still liked the taste of his hometown.
"The French army in the south of Yue has been defeated! What a bunch of idiots!" Basharli put down his wine glass and began to complain about this embarrassing thing for Westerners.
Of course, they did not have a good relationship with France, so they could be considered to be gloating.
Tang Weilan was still munching on the fresh fruits greedily. There weren't many of these fruits on the ship. Even if he was a general, he wouldn't be able to get a few.
"Alright! My general, you just came from there, so you should know the situation very well! I would love to see the French lose again.”
"The failure on land was because the French did not send many regular armies. The combat effectiveness of those colonial armies is very weak. This failure is excusable. Those who defeated them were the local armed forces. The Qing army only knew how to smoke and could not fight at all.”
Tang Weilan could only stop and say helplessly. In fact, he did not expect those people to be defeated.
"How about the navy?"
Basharli nodded. He also felt that this was the case. Once the Qing army in France increased their troops, they would not be able to defeat them.
Although he knew that the Qing Kingdom had trained a new army, he didn't take those people seriously at all.
"In terms of navy, the French are undoubtedly much stronger, unless the Qing people take a few ships back to China. But I think the French will definitely make a move again.”
Tang Weilan obviously didn't care about the strength of the Qing Dynasty.
" The current Qing Kingdom has the advantage of buying warships, training a new army, and setting up industries. They are determined to develop the country.“
Barclay nodded after hearing Donald's words. He also felt that this was the situation.
"Humph! They are overestimating themselves. We don't have to think so much. The Qing people have many enemies. The Japanese and Russians all want to occupy their land. Mr. Li and Mr. Zuo's troops don't dare to mobilize easily. I think they don't dare to declare war on the French at all.“
Tang Weilan pouted in disdain.
It wasn't that the Qing Kingdom had never resisted before. The results of those two times were right before their eyes.
It would be best to let the French and the Qing people fight and both sides suffer. That way, they could sit back and reap the benefits.
Berlin, Prime Minister's Office
"Prime Minister! Fu Erkeng sent news that the Qing people wanted to test the sea ahead of time and seemed to want to return home early.“
A minister was reporting to Bismarck.
"Ha! The situation in the Far East is unstable. They need two battleships to increase their confidence! However, I don't think the French will let them pass through the Mediterranean Sea. Perhaps it's too late.”
Bismarck smiled. He also wanted the Qing Dynasty to contain the strength of the French in the Far East, but unfortunately, this country was still too weak.
"They also want to acquire Vulcan Shipyard!”The minister continued.
"Alright, we won't consider it for the time being! " Bismarck shook his head.
" However, they can be allowed to increase the number of international students.”He thought for a moment and continued. Although the frames of the Vulcan Shipyard were no longer good, they could at least last a few years.
However, they had already received an order from the Qing Kingdom worth 20 million marks. Since they had rejected it, they could only compensate them in other ways.
Anyway, the other party would pay for the international students.
The pressure on him from Britain and France was increasing, and the alliance of the three countries was in danger. The situation in the country was not optimistic.
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