When Nelson heard what Baron Amherst said, he also looked nervous, "What? Someone wants us to pay for the money? Is it the Ming Dynasty? Did your East India Company do something like smuggler D?"
This Nelson is a good match for the Zhuge family's military advisors... The military advisors are afraid of him, and he is also afraid of the Ming Dynasty!
The Zhuge family's military advisors were afraid of him because of his illustrious military exploits. At that time, the emperor's fleet was also very powerful, and even surpassed the British Royal Navy on paper. In the end, it was defeated miserably by the fleet led by Nelson. So Nelson's ability to command the navy is really unspeakable. Nowadays, most of the battle examples cited in the textbooks of the Ming Dynasty Naval Academy were produced by him.
It is inevitable for students to be timid when meeting teachers.
Nelson was afraid of the Ming Dynasty because of the Ming Dynasty's industrial capabilities... Although the total shipbuilding tonnage of the Ming Dynasty was not as good as that of the British, the output of major industrial products such as steel, electricity, oil, and coal in the Ming Dynasty was several times that of the British. There are no more people in the whole of Europe put together.
What’s even more frightening is that Ming Dynasty is also the world leader in industrial technology. In all likelihood, the technology used by the British Empire to build ironclads was copied from the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Ming Dynasty never exported the most advanced military technology, but exported military technology that was a generation behind.
In terms of industrial technology, the teacher is Da Ming, and Da Ying is the student!
So Nelson knows that although the Sovereign Class looks similar to the Hongwu Emperor Class on paper, it is no match for one-on-one combat... Of course, in actual combat, a one-on-one duel between armored ships is unlikely to occur. So Nelson also has some chance of winning, but...it's better not to fight!
If we lose the fight, won't our reputation be lost?
Seeing how nervous Mr. Nelson was, Baron Amherst quickly shook his head and said: "No, no, it is not Daming who is causing trouble, but Daikin."
"Dajin?" Nelson breathed a sigh of relief... Daijin is not afraid. The Eight Banners soldiers of Daijin are all barbarians who look very weak and superstitious, and they still live in the big valleys of Central Asia. Having never seen the sea for generations, it is impossible for them to pose even the slightest threat to the British Royal Navy.
"Then why does Daikin want us to lose money?" Earl Nelson calmed down and asked, "Is it because of the East India Company's free trade policy?"
In Nelson's view, selling the same piece of shit to the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty is a smuggler, and selling it to Dajin is free trade...
Baron Amesh shrugged, "I don't know either. We don't have any trade relations with Wuji Valley and Kazakh Grassland."
In the view of the governor of the East India Company, the Central Asian cities and tribes that were dependent on Dajin, such as Bukhara, Samarkand, Khiva and other Central Asian cities and tribes, could not be considered Dakin’s territory at all, so the East India Company sold the The girls in Hara, Samarkand and Khiva have nothing to do with Daikin.
"Then why are they claiming compensation from us?" Nelson felt a little strange.
Amesh could not answer this question, so he said to Nelson: "Count, how about we meet Qishan, the Consul General of the Kingdom of Jin together."
Earl Nelson also had nothing to do, so he nodded and said: "Okay, let's meet him together and listen to what he said?"
...
Borzigit Qishan, he is a Mongolian who belongs to the Zhenghuang Banner of Manchuria. His ancestors were originally a Mongolian Taiji, and later he defected to Nurhachi and became a Manchurian. Later, his ancestors followed Emperor Kangxi to move westward to Wuji Valley, and the news finally reached him... He is also one of the few Eight Banners nobles who has withstood the butterfly effect and was still born normally.
However, his life growth trajectory is still completely different from before. He was a graduate of Wuji Valley Xiandao University, a nobleman of the Eight Banners, and later studied at Jinling University in the Ming Dynasty, where he studied international politics. After graduation, he became a professional diplomat in the Kingdom of Jin and served in the Ming Dynasty, France, and the Rakshasa Kingdom. When he was serving in France, he also met Emperor Napoleon, and Napoleon calculated a fortune and predicted a good military fortune!
After finishing the calculation, Napoleon went on an expedition against Rakshasa...
Perhaps because he and Napoleon had met several times, Qishan had always had a good relationship with Amherst (he had met Napoleon under house arrest). There had been no conflicts between Daikin and the East India Company before. As the consul general, he had no relationship with Amherst. The occasion for the meeting was either a dance or a cocktail party. I never expected that something like this would happen - the Kingdom of Jin actually wanted to claim compensation from the East India Company, and even threatened war!
This is just crazy!
Although the British Empire's army is not as good as Rakshasa, Ming Dynasty, Prussia, and France in the international rankings, it is not something that Dajin, a squinting country in the Central Asian Valley, can provoke!
But as a diplomat, Qi Shan had no choice but to come to the Governor's Mansion to negotiate.
"Baron, ah, Earl Nelson, you are here too!"
In the reception hall of the Governor's Mansion, Qishan, who was very formally dressed in the official uniform and a hat on his head, and with beads of sweat on his head and face due to the heat, saw Nelson and Amherst, but he was very polite. Greet them in English.
Amesh and Nelson also responded politely. Amesh asked: "Mr. Borzigit, my secretary just told me that you are here to claim compensation from the British Empire on behalf of the Jin Empire government?"
"No, no, not to the British Empire," Qishan quickly shook his head, "Governor-General, my purpose here is to ask you to effectively restrain the East India Company's irresponsible smuggling trade of girls... the East India Company's girls smuggling trade Smuggling has brought great losses to Bukhara and Samarkand, the territories of the Great Gold Empire. Many people are addicted to taking Yupian and Yupian products. In order to buy Yupian and Yupian products, many people have committed adultery. Violations of law have made the security situation there getting worse and worse. As the protector of those two cities, Emperor Dajin hopes that you can instruct the East India Company to correct its wrong trade policies and pay compensation."
Amesh was really dumbfounded after hearing this, "Qishan, do you know that I am the Governor of the East India Company?"
Find the Governor of the East India Company to sue the East India Company... There is no one else!
Qishan nodded: "Of course I know...but the Emperor Jin made the decree."
Amesh thought for a while and said: "Then...then I will ask people to investigate. If what you say is true, I will ask people to stop exporting pornographic films to Samarkand and Bukhara. "
Of course, he was not really willing to stop the Yipian trade, but was dealing with Qishan. After all, it is not Great Britain's national policy to be at odds with Daikin.
Qishan had already taken out a general note at this time and handed it to Amesh's secretary with both hands. At the same time, he said helplessly: "We still need compensation..."
"How much is the compensation?" Amesh asked.
"Two, twenty-one million silver dollars."
"What?" Amesh couldn't believe his ears, "Twenty-one million? Are you mistaken?"
Earl Nelson also said: "Qishan, did you mistake two thousand or twenty thousand as twenty million?"
Amesh might have given him two thousand or twenty thousand...but these two eleven million were really unbelievable! And there is still a fraction of one million. How was this calculated?
"That's right," Qishan said, "it's indeed 21 million... I confirmed it twice, that's the amount!"
At this time, the diplomatic note issued in the name of the Consulate General has been delivered to Amherst. The note was written in both Chinese and English. As a senior British diplomat, Amherst also knew Chinese, so he read the English version first. , and then carefully read the Chinese version word for word, and then said to Nelson with a surprised look on his face: "Earl, Emperor Daoguang is probably crazy...
"Crazy?" Nelson was stunned, "What's wrong with him?"
"The Consulate General of Daikin informed us via telegram from Daoguang that if we cannot pay compensation of 21 million silver dollars within six months, Daikin's Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers will launch an attack on India!"
