After confirming that Su Xiu wouldn't 'buy back' this watch.
John immediately became Su Xiu's half-brother, and his attitude was extremely warm.
"Su."
John handed an invitation to Su Xiu and explained," This is an invitation to the auction. Only a very small number of London's upper class people are eligible to receive it. I happen to have one more here. If you're interested, you can go and take a look.”
"I will."
Su Xiu chuckled." I also want to see what the auction at the top of the British Empire is like."”
"Haha, you won't be disappointed.”
John had a proud look on his face. He had unparalleled confidence in the prosperity and strength of the British Empire.
In fact, he was indeed qualified to do so.
"Oh, right."
John seemed to have thought of something. He took out a small booklet and handed it to Su Xiu. He smiled and said," There seem to be many items from the East at the auction. This is the list of items that will be auctioned. Su, you can take a look. There might be something you're interested in. You can take a few pieces for fun.”
"Of course."
Su Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly, but he quickly returned to normal. He smiled and said," To be honest, other than opening a clinic in London, I actually have the idea of buying some oriental collections.”
"Oh?"
Bill's interest was piqued. He said excitedly," If you're interested, Su, I have a lot of oriental collections in my manor. When you buy it, I can give it to you directly."”
"Oh?"
Su Xiu chuckled." Thank you, Bill. However, there's no need for too much. My manor might not be able to hold so many collections. You don't have to spend too much money. You should at least keep a few for yourself, right?”
“……”
Bill's smile froze, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
His original intention was to casually give Su Xiu a few pieces.
Then, he would sell the rest to Su Xiu and earn a fortune.
However, Su Xiu only asked him to keep a few pieces and gave the rest to the other party.
Do you think this is human language?
If it were anyone else, they would have already said what they wanted to say, so it would be difficult for them to change their words now.
But Bill was not an ordinary person.
"Actually…"
Bill blushed and wanted to change his words.
However, in the next second, John suddenly spoke.
"Then I'll give you my collection as well.”
John waved his hand and said generously," Since you like Su Xiu, I'll help him to the end. There are still many collections from the East in the shop. I can give them to you."”
"If you still need it in the future, I can help you buy it from others. However, you have to spend money to buy these.”
"No problem."
Su Xiu agreed without hesitation." As long as it's a collection from the East, I want as many as you have!”
"Then it's settled."
John smiled. This could be considered returning the favor for Su Xiu's watch.
At the same time, it was also Su Xiu giving him face.
Taking these things meant that Su Xiu would no longer be concerned about his watch.
It was a win-win situation.
“……”
Bill's smile froze.
Seeing that the two of them were chatting happily, he also chatted about his share.
Bill instantly wanted to cry.
He didn't have as much money as John!
Even though most of the items from the East weren't expensive, all of them added up to a hefty sum!
Wouldn't it be a huge loss if he gave it away just like that?
However, if he went back on his word now, he would lose even more.
This was because he would only offend Su Xiu and John at the same time.
"Then it's settled. Bill, do you have any objections?”
John said as he looked at Bill.
"No, no objections…"
Bill forced a stiff smile, but in fact, his heart was bleeding.
Therefore, the three of them spent another half an hour together, and John and Bill had to leave because they had other things to do.
As for Su Xiu, he watched the two of them leave, and the smile on his face disappeared.
This world also had a dynasty.
However, it was the same dynasty from more than a hundred years ago that measured the resources of the country and won the favor of the country.
This period of time was also the most humiliating period for the Celestial Empire.
To modern people, this era was just a history in textbooks.
However, Su Xiu was currently experiencing history.
He was still too weak now.
A few hundred thousand pounds could make him a millionaire, but that was all.
A hundred thousand was enough to buy a cruiser, but so what?
Great Britain had more than 600 warships!
Even if Su Xiu gambled everything he had to exchange for a cruiser, it was less than 600% of the British Navy.
One against six hundred, this was the true 'advantage in me'.
Even in the 1894 - 1895 naval battle more than a decade ago, one more cruiser would not have been able to change the outcome of the battle.
The current Su Xiu did not have the ability to change the fact that China was poor and weak, and he was powerless to change it.
But at the very least, he could do something within his power first.
He couldn't afford a powerful navy that could support a large country, but at least he could do something.
In the hundred years after the Opium War, millions of cultural relics were lost overseas due to war, looting, and theft.
Among all the well-known foreign museum collections, China had a total of more than 1.6 million pieces. Including the cultural relics collected by the people, there were more than 17 million pieces of cultural relics scattered overseas.
And this number even exceeded the total collection of the local museum and the people in China.
Foreigners had more of China's cultural relics than China's local cultural relics.
This was undoubtedly a humiliation.
A great humiliation!
Su Xiu's ability was naturally far from enough to purchase all 17 million cultural relics.
However, it was still possible to acquire the first part.
For example-
Su Xiu opened the list of items John had given him.
Among them, there was a cultural relic that came into view.
"Painting of Admonitions by Female Historians."
Su Xiu's gaze swept across the cultural relics on the auction list, and he felt a little sad for no reason.
Countless national treasures were auctioned off in foreign auctions.
In this world, the Celestial Empire, which was far away in the east, was still busy measuring the resources of the Celestial Empire and making the country happy.
"Master."
Alina could feel Su Xiu's depression. She gently hugged Su Xiu from behind and said softly," No matter what happens, Alina will be by your side.”
"Me, me too."
Leah hugged Su Xiu from the other side, using her soft body to warm his body and mind.
"I'm fine."
Su Xiu said softly," I just suddenly feel that there's a long way to go. My feelings are a little complicated.”
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