British Prime Minister William Pitt looked at the message sent by Foreign Secretary Grenville, and his mood could only be described as anxious.
But it’s not too unexpected, but it feels like it’s true:
As expected, Daming was not prepared to let go of this opportunity to gain profits.
However, this is not entirely a bad thing for me. I have another reason to put pressure on the parliament and the opposition.
As a result, Pitt began his life of battle of wits and courage with the Parliament and the opposition.
Opening up a large number of basic, key, and important industries in the United States to the Ming Dynasty was not an easy decision.
Even if Peter could make the decision completely on his own, he would not be able to make a decision in a short time.
What's more, now we still have to deal with the parliament and the opposition.
Therefore, the negotiations with Ming Dynasty and Britain once again reached a stalemate.
The British and American delegations will continue to stay in Xintianfu to live and communicate.
Queen Charlotte is of course happy to continue playing at Xintianfu.
Zhu Jingyuan went to see Charlotte every now and then, often giving her new clothes and jewelry.
Just like it was done to Ciel, it strengthens the other person's memory and cognition, allowing her to continue to maintain her trust in herself.
This lasted for nearly half a month, and the British response finally came.
William Pitt finally convinced the British Parliament and reached a compromise with the British aristocracy and bourgeoisie.
Grenville took the main representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States to visit Zhu Jingyuan again to explain the United Kingdom's final decision:
“Your Royal Highness, the decision of the British King, the Regent, the Parliament, the Prime Minister, we can cooperate in the American region.
“The Kingdom of America hopes that Daming Bank will lend money for investment and construction in the American region.
“Food trade and processing, textile and clothing-related industries in the United States can be opened to Ming manufacturers.
“The financial, highway, railway, shipping, electric power, steel, machinery, education, culture, and communications industries in the United States can allow Ming Dynasty manufacturers to participate in operations.
“But we must cooperate with British or American manufacturers to establish joint ventures for construction and operation.
“And the shares of British or American domestic manufacturers shall not be less than 50%.
“At the same time, plans to build new roads, docks, and factories, as well as plans to open new schools, newspapers, broadcasting, and telegraph companies, should obtain the permission of the Governor-General of British America.
“Of course, this is just the beginning, just the beginning of our cooperation.
"In the future, we will further relax restrictions and expand the scope of cooperation based on the effectiveness of the cooperation..."
The idea of this final decision is very similar to the French.
After all, the importance of the industries Zhu Jingyuan proposed to open is similar.
As long as you think calmly, the final choice will be similar.
It's just that the opening up of the United States is limited to the United States, and does not include the British mainland and other colonies at all.
At the same time, compared with the degree of openness of the French, the degree of openness of the United States is smaller.
After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan said noncommittally:
"In other words, food and textiles are directly open to the public? Everything else has to be realized through joint ventures?
"And the opening of all specific businesses and factories must be applied to the British Governor's Office separately?"
Grenville nodded a little guiltily:
"Yes... that's true, but this is just the beginning, and we will gradually continue to relax."
Zhu Jingyuan leaned on the chair:
"I do not believe."
Grenville's expression froze.
Grenville prepared many reasons and excuses in his mind, but Zhu Jingyuan, who said "I don't believe it," was left speechless.
Grenville was struggling with how to respond, but Zhu Jingyuan had already spoken again:
"I won't embarrass you, just make some changes based on your plan.
"Joint ventures are possible, but there are no strict restrictions on shareholding and capital ratios. The stakes of British and American manufacturers exceed 20%.
“Opening schools, newspapers, broadcasting and telegraph companies, building and operating roads, docks and factories, of course should be registered.
“But it should be the same as ordinary local American manufacturers, just register with relevant agencies of the American government.
"Submit the information and go through the process, and the registration will be reviewed normally. The Governor of British America has no right to interfere.
“Finally, the creation of a dedicated American Development and Construction Corporation.
“The company is not registered in the UK, but directly in the United States, and its shareholders are Queen Charlotte and the American court.
“Da Ming’s loan to America was directly given to this company.
“The subsequent joint venture partner of Daming Manufacturer could also be this company.
"This is my final condition, there is no room for bargaining.
“If you don’t accept it, let Queen Charlotte live here permanently.
“You can give me a confirmation as soon as possible, and we can start actual cooperation as soon as possible.
“The U.S. region is in dire need of development, and it really needs an injection of funds.
"And you, the UK, can't come up with funds now, so you can't watch another rebellion in the United States, right?"
When Grenville heard the previous requests, he instinctively wanted to say something.
As a result, after hearing the last two sentences, I suppressed the words I had just been thinking about.
Zhu Jingyuan has already said this, and it is useless to reason any more.
There was silence for a few seconds, and Grenville solemnly saluted and explained:
"I will convey your thoughts to the relevant people and institutions in the United Kingdom and urge them to respond as soon as possible."
Grenville got up and resigned, wrote a telegram to Pitt, and left the trouble to Pitt to deal with.
Five days later, Grenville went to see Zhu Jingyuan again:
"Your Highness, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of America are willing to accept your request."
Zhu Jingyuan nodded with satisfaction:
"Okay, you should have agreed a long time ago. After going back and forth for so long, it was all wasted time.
"Now that the matter has been determined, let's start discussing the construction plan of the United States."
Grenville was a little confused by Zhu Jingyuan's instructions:
"Your Highness...well, we...mainly Your Majesty Charlotte, can we return to London?"
Zhu Jingyuan said rather dissatisfied:
“Verbal promises make no sense, especially since you initially showed no intention of cooperating with us.
"When our cooperation agreement with the United States is officially signed and actual cooperation operations are officially launched, I will let Queen Charlotte return to the United States.
"I think it will take at least three months."
Grenville wanted to say that Zhu Jingyuan should not go too far, but in the end he kept his anger inside.
For adults, three months is actually not a long time, and the negotiations will pass with a little delay.
These three months are also used to discuss specific plans for cooperation.
So although Grenville was helpless, in the end he could only bow respectfully and said:
"Your will."
After the cooperation plan with the United Kingdom and the United States was finalized, American representatives also entered a similar state as France.
Discuss and plan specific development and construction plans, allowing Zhu Jingyuan and Charlotte to determine the cooperation plan.
Due to the remnants of Charlotte, the first project to be identified was "Richmond Paradise".
The amusement city, game hall, sports ground and other projects built by Zhu Jingyuan in Xintianfu will also be developed in Richmond.
But these are not private, but commercial projects that are open to the public.
Accordingly, the capital of the United States was placed in Richmond and was not moved to other areas.
The first construction project launched by France was the bridge connecting Long Island and Manhattan Island.
Before Chang Island was assigned to the Ming Dynasty, there were already plans for a bridge between Chang Island and Manhattan Island.
Now it is finally officially confirmed to be implemented.
The plan was originally made by the British and Americans, but now it is the Ming Dynasty Dongyi Kingdom and French Canada that have realized it.
The bridge was in turn part of a rail and road project linking the inland Ming colonies with French Canada and the Dongyi Kingdom.
Zhu Jingyuan met with Charlotte and Charles from time to time to discuss the investment and development of Beiyinzhou.
Investment in France must be gradual, while Canada and the United States can be more simple and rough.
After all, these two places are only colonies in theory, and making some big moves will not stimulate local manufacturers in the two countries.
Moreover, the local area has been in turmoil for several years, followed by large-scale population migration from the United Kingdom. Now it is in a state of exhaustion.
Under such circumstances, it is actually the most suitable time to make large-scale adjustments and in-depth reforms.
It's like starting everything over again, which is more convenient than tinkering with the original order. The main thing is that you can let go.
At the same time, for the Ming Dynasty manufacturers headed by the royal consortium, now is an opportunity to buy at the bottom.
The continued unrest has caused the prices of daily necessities here to rise, but the prices of fixed assets have plummeted to the bottom.
A large amount of land, manors, and properties are rapidly falling into the hands of Ming businessmen.
