Chapter 586 After the win-win ending --
The Liuhe wharf in the north of Jiading City was extremely lively. The cargo ships docked here. With the help of those simple lifting machinery, they unloaded rails, cement and various building materials, and then drove away from the wharf and headed for the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Wusongkou wharf in the east of Jiading city also drove into a group of cargo ships, but compared with the Liuhe wharf, it is much quieter here. Around the wharf, there are countless heavily armed soldiers patrolling.
"slow down, be careful, be careful." The captain of the cargo ship greeted loudly, fearing that the personnel carrying the goods would accidentally damage these extremely valuable and important machinery.
"And on your side, you must be careful. That thing must not be tilted. If not, the things inside will be spilled out, which will kill people." On the other hand, he also repeatedly reminded the first mates of these porters sent by the military.
Mei Acai, the head of the special division, who was responsible for escorting these things, reached out and scratched her scalp and said angrily, "Grandma, what are these things? It's so shocking."
"Master, we can't know what these things are. Don't forget what the teacher said when he asked us to escort us." Next to him, Liang Pingshun, the political commissar of the League, lowered his voice.
Mei A Cai was suddenly dumb and reluctantly stared at Liang Pingshun: "Nonsense, of course I know. I'm just curious to ask. By the way, your boy has always been fond of ghosts. Do you know what these are? It's so grand that it's going to let our special division come out.
Liang Pingshun glanced around and saw that the guards were far away, so he came to Mei Acai's ear and whispered, "I don't know the details, but I heard from the teacher that it seems to be a communication tool that allows adults to know things thousands of miles away at the first time."
"Damn it, it's not nonsense, is it?" Hearing Liang Ping's words, Mei Acai couldn't help staring at her eyes. This thing has no legs and wings. Can it be faster than a carrier pigeon?
"Do you think the young master will talk nonsense about such a thing?" Liang Pingshun glanced at this one and hummed.
"...Grandma, are you so divine?" Mei Acai didn't believe it even if she was beaten to death. These metal things in wooden boxes can be so amazing.
"I just heard that I can't guess that this thing will have such a ability. However, I think the young master said so, so it must be right. Liang Ping answered in a low voice. This was approved by Mei Acai. In their minds, Liang Pengfei, the young master, can almost be regarded as an omnipotent and omnipotent god. So far, there is really nothing rare to live with Master Liang.
--------------------
The line from all provinces to Jiading has begun to be poled, and the line pole work from Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other southern provinces to Jiading has been completed. As long as the communication cable is in place, it is believed that the laying of these lines can be completed in two months at most.
Because communication cables should be given priority to the main trunk lines in each province, the construction of state and county lines in each province can only be delayed. But this is about to happen, which has also made China's communication level far exceed the world average.
And Liang Pengfei has not been idle to register any patent for cable telegrams in the West for the time being, because he does not want to expose this communication tool that far exceeds the level of modern communication to Westerners prematurely, at least before the land of China is full of telegraph lines.
"I don't want to carry the name of the enemy for a little patent fee." Liang Pengfei boasted about himself patriotically.
However, Liang Pengfei really doesn't want Westerners to get this technology. Even if he gives more money, he can't be ahead of science and technology. Liang Pengfei, who has seen Europe and the United States's technology blockade of the mainland in later generations, knows this truth very well.
The next morning, Liang Pengfei waited for the British's willingness to agree to cooperate. After fierce debate and discussion, in the end, Liang Pengfei was bloody and allowed the British to restore the State of Arakan, which was destroyed by Myanmar more than a decade ago. It originally belonged to the Kingdom of Arakan and is now occupied by Myanmar. And the southern part of Chin Pradesh will be colonized by the British. The Chinese Empire recognized the British's colonial rights over the Arakan.
In addition, Liang Pengfei agreed to return the Muzoram and Manipur, which originally belonged to the Arakan State, to the Arakan State, and the British must hand over their British colonies around Penang to Chinese rule, which is equivalent to replacing the colonies.
And the basis of all this, that is, the premise of the implementation of the treaty, is that the British must send at least 10,000 British troops to attack Myanmar from the south of Myanmar and capture the state of Rukkai and the southern Chin state. Attract Myanmar's heavy troops to the south. Only when the British do all this will Liang Pengfei recognize the validity of the Jiading Treaty signed by the two sides.
For the British who were originally worried, the treaty that Liang Pengfei took out really made them sad and happy, because the British Empire had lost more than 90% of their colonies in the east, and the conditions thrown out by Liang Pengfei made them at least see a glimmer of hope, although This area is not as rich as India's products, nor as rich in minerals as the Southern Ocean, but at least the territory is a hundred times better than Penang, which is small and inactive.
Moreover, not long after the destruction of the Arakan Kingdom, the people who originally belonged to the Arakan Kingdom were very disgusted with the rule of Myanmar, and rebellion can be said to be commonplace.
Although the monarch of Myanmar has a headache, he can't give up when he eats the fat in his mouth, so he naturally calms and caresses, but has little effect.
And all this is the best place for British East India companies, whose strength is much thinner than two and a half years ago.
You know that when the royal family of the Arakan Kingdom was broken, they fled to the Portuguese colony to seek asylum. They know this. In the name of the Arakan royal family, then the British East India Company can fully fulfill the treaty with the existing strength and the help of those Arakan nationals. .
Although this document called the Sino-British Jiading Treaty was signed in just one day, the bargaining and brainstorming are really not enough for outsiders.
--------------------
But all this, whether it is the side of the Chinese Empire represented by Ni Ming and Sun Shijie, or the Viscount Edmund and Macartney of the British East India Company, although the poor unlucky Burmese king Meng Yun was kept in the dark, those still The Western colonists stranded in Jiading have become witnesses to the Jiading Treaty, which represents the capriciousness of the British.
For them, their attitude towards Liang Pengfei can only be described as more fear and respect. For the British, in their minds, they have always been resentful and contemptuous of their compatriots on the island outside the European continent. Now, they have deepened their impression, and, for Britain's capricious vigilance is even more vigilant.
After that, under Liang Pengfei's deliberate propaganda, the image of the British in the East fell to the bottom. Even the Indian kings who were originally under the rule of other Western colonists who flirted with the British saw the real and ugly face of the British and finally broke off the British. The idea of deep friendship and cooperation among Chinese people.
As for the Arakan Kingdom, which Liang Pengfei promised to be colonized by the British, with the help of the British, after the re-establishment of the country, he began to be cruelly exploited by the British colonization, because they would use the wealth and products of the Arakan Kingdom to make up for the loss of India.
Although the British colonists controlled the puppet royal family, Liang Pengfei also had a backhand in it. Through Portugal, who was friendly with the Arakan royal family, he had already hooked up with the royal family of the Arakan royal family.
In the years after the United Kingdom helped the founding of Arakan, because of the crazy plunder and irresponsible rule of the British colonialists, the king of Arakan Kingdom of Durham finally gave up his illusions about the British and turned to the Chinese Empire, which had occupied the Central South Peninsula.
In just a few years, the British Empire was once again forced into a desperate situation by Liang Pengfei's repeated means, and had to leave the territory of the Arakan Kingdom humiliatingly and recognize the reading ability of the Arakan Kingdom. Of course, this is a later story. Now, after receiving the cargo ships, merchant ships and warships that have finally come to the East from Europe for more than a year, coupled with the construction of the Hong Kong shipyard, Liang Pengfei is finally satisfied with his maritime power. At least, Liang Peng Fei felt that his maritime military strength was no less than that of any European maritime power.
At this time, Liang Pengfei received the emergency military information from the New World at the fastest speed. The United States of America had sent an expeditionary force to attack the colonies of the Chinese Empire in the New World. In addition, the news through the information stations placed on the West Coast by Spain was also sent back at the same time. A large number of United States of America fleets went south through the Caribbean Sea, and then contacted the expeditionary force. Everything is self-evident. It can only prove one thing that the United States of America seems to want to break the power of the Chinese Empire in the New World.
Liang Pengfei and the Imperial Staff Headquarters were not too surprised by this news. After all, Liang Pengfei had already issued an order to carry out military equipment and armed personnel to the New World.
After the completion of the shipyard, the Hong Kong Shipyard has successively built all the warships that left the factory, all of which had been launched to the New World three months ago, in order to supplement the maritime strength of the New World.
(to be continued)