"Don't be afraid, I have confidence in our Chinese civilization! Our heritage is not just about surviving hardships, we also have countless experiences of prosperous times turning into decline!"
Xiao Letian almost gritted his molar teeth and said, "The distribution rights of newspapers are in our hands, and the standard setting of the luxury goods industry is also in our hands. As long as we maintain our dominant position, we are not afraid even if the enemy counterattacks!" "
"We are poor and barefoot right now. Even if hedonism spreads, it will take a certain amount of time to be completely infected. At least they in Europe will get rotten before us!"
"This is a game of who can collapse first. Rich people always suffer. What should we poor people be afraid of?"
"What's more, let's not say that the education of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism is not good. With the traditional thoughts of the three schools of thought to stabilize people's hearts, the hard-working character of our Chinese nation will not collapse so easily!"
"Unless we seek our own death, we must obliterate Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, but we are not that stupid!"
"Hedonism is the spiritual opium, and the competition is the determination of that nation! Whoever falls first will die first. The one who survives until the end can quit drugs!"
Wang Huaiyuan couldn't help but rub his arms when he heard the cold words, "You said that I have goosebumps all over my body. Why do I have a bad feeling?"
Xiao Letian waved his hand, "Don't think so much. When mankind enters the late stage of industrial civilization, it will enter an era of great abundance of materials. If hedonism does not appear now, it will appear in the future!"
"We are planning ahead now, so that at least we can control the pace when hedonism is rampant. If we go around because we are afraid of side effects, then this control may fall into the hands of Europeans again in the future!"
"Don't worry too much. This strategy is too huge. I'm afraid it will take three or four generations of our Chinese people to complete it. We still have time to discuss it slowly..."
As he spoke, the sound of a palace trumpet suddenly sounded from the gate of Buckingham Palace. The leading cavalry escort of the embassy convoy had entered the gate, and the British began to welcome the distinguished guests.
Xiao Letian straightened his tie, smiled and said to his subordinates, "Just do what I just said, you should have different ways to deal with different identities!"
"Since the UK is now the world's biggest BOOS, we should have the awareness of migrant workers to give the big bosses a face and satisfy their vanity!"
The last negotiation of the Chinese people in Europe started with the changing of cups, intrigues, mutual flattery, and even the fragrance of the noble lady!
Xiao Letian's analysis of the British Empire is undoubtedly very accurate, and he launched different response strategies for different classes of Chinese officials at all levels.
The aristocrats, capitalists, and elite politicians of those parties have received answers that they are satisfied with!
The Chinese have made it clear that they submit to the international order of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, and they also accept British naval scale supervision. Xiao Letian even said this in front of the crown prince.
Without the British invitation, no future Chinese warships would set foot in the waters of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea!
The future Chinese fleet will be a defensive force in the Pacific region!
All Chinese ports are open to British ships, British merchants have priority in obtaining commercial loans from Chinese banks, and British funds can also be freely invested in the Chinese.
An open Chinese nation appeared in front of the British elite, and Xiao Letian also vaguely expressed his willingness to cooperate with the British maritime strategy!
In the final analysis, if you want me to contain Tsarist Russia, then Tsarist Russia, and if you want me to block the United States, then the United States, it doesn't matter!
Such a deferential attitude made the British high-level officials very satisfied. This era was the most prosperous and glorious golden age in Britain, and a kind of mysterious self-confidence was permeated from top to bottom.
It is this almost arrogant self-confidence that prevents them from seeing potential threats!
Maritime hegemony was maintained, control of gold was unchallenged, and the submissive Chinese also released many commercial interests for the elites of these empires to take a share of the pie.
Countless contracts were thrown out, and countless promises were secretly reached under the wine table. Princess Sissi, the Duke of Newcastle, and even the Crown Prince himself became the Chinese matchmakers in the end.
The entire banquet was more like a business negotiation meeting between the British and Chinese. Just to promote Chinese food and fresh food business in Europe, the plan was revised three times.
Once these obstacles are resolved, subsequent land purchase transaction negotiations will become increasingly smooth.
Xiao Letian's 10 million acres of land are mainly concentrated in the Pass area, Shack Bay area, Golden Bay and Bonaparte Bay in Western Australia.
These are excellent deep-water ports, geographically close to the iron ore mines, gold mines and coastal oil fields that will be remembered by future generations!
Although water resources are a big problem, there are some seasonal rivers here, and the groundwater system should be very rich. There will be certain difficulties in early development, but it is not impossible to overcome.
After bargaining for ten million acres of land, Xiao Letian paid a full fifteen million pounds, which was already a huge sum of money at the time!
Anyway, the accounts were settled from the French indemnity, so Xiao Letian didn't feel too distressed, and then everyone started the difficult negotiation of the concession contract.
At first Xiao Letian opened his mouth to lease 2.5 million square kilometers of land. Such a figure made the British present exclaimed that they had a huge appetite.
Two and a half million square kilometers is one-third of the entire Australia. No matter how courageous Prince Edward is, he would not dare to agree to such a number.
The two sides began arduous negotiations, and this time they did not reach a final consensus even by the end of the dinner!
Within the next three days, the Chinese delegation continued to bargain with the British. With the Queen's final intervention, Xiao Letian spent 20 million pounds and leased 1.2 million square kilometers of Western Australian land for 100 years. .
Within this hundred years, the Chinese have absolute rights to develop and use these lands. No matter how much wealth they create, they will not have to pay a single pound of tax to the UK.
Thirty-five million pounds were spent in this way. This land purchase deal shocked the whole of Europe and changed the geographical structure of the entire world in the future.
The 100-year concession period for the land was in 1971. The British were very smart. They calculated that the Chinese would use a hundred years to develop these lands and make them very rich.
But they never expected that fifteen years later the Chinese would discover the world's largest iron ore base in Western Australia.
At that time, the British media said sourly that even if the Chinese discovered iron ore, they would not be able to develop it based on Western Australia's natural conditions and infrastructure.
But what the world didn't expect was that the Chinese, with their amazing perseverance and perseverance, took just ten years to deliver the iron ore from Western State to every steelmaking plant in the Chinese nation.
Fifty years later, Britain could only regretfully say that the land purchase in 1871 was the stupidest business in Britain!
It was this stupid business that laid the foundation for several future wars between the Chinese and the British!
