Chapter 376 About wealth, we have a common language!

Moreover, in the eyes of Sgtong and others, if the negotiators of the Zhenjiang Treaty they signed (which had been preserved as an invalid historical relic by Master Liang) were replaced by the previous three, Sgtong felt that the British may not be able to gain the upper hand on the negotiating table as at that time.

Sure enough, Macartney also looked shocked. When he heard Pan Youdu standing in front of him greeting him in fluent English, he woke up.

"Pan Youdu, the backstage boss of Tongfu Bank, is currently the general manager of Guangdong's thirteen banks. In other words, he is Mr. General Representative of Guangdong Export Trade. His total assets even exceed the treasury of some of our Western countries. This is Ye Shanglin, Mr. Ye is the boss of Yichengxing, and this Lu Guanheng. Mr. Lu is the boss of Yichengxing, and the wealth of these two is almost the same as that of Mr. Pan.

Mr. Ambassador, you should know that there is only one port in Guangzhou for Qing's foreign trade, and they are the most powerful ones in Guangzhou. And Boss Pan is the general representative of the whole Qing country's export trade. It can be said that they can control most of the whole Qing country's import and export trade market. Speaking of this, Sdangdong couldn't help but be a little dry.

Even without the introduction of Sdangdong, after hearing the names of these bigwigs in the import and export trade of the Qing Dynasty, Macartney's waistboard was subconsciously bent slightly. I'm really sorry, I'm rude. Dear Mr. Pan, you and your father's big name, I have heard of it for a long time when I was in the West. The evaluation of the reputation of your fellow merchants in the West is absolutely amazing, even much higher than that of some countries. A noble businessman like you is exactly what I admire. Speaking of this, Macartney subconsciously took a look at Liang Pengfei standing beside Pan Youdu, which meant that it was obvious that compared with this world-famous businessman, those poor credibility could not even reach the soles of Boss Pan's.

Liang Pengfei ignored the British ambassador's contemptuous eyes at all. Just hand over this kind of person to Pan Youdu. Liang Pengfei is convinced that the crafty minds of Pan Youdu and others will definitely make this negotiation a complete success.

After everyone sat down, Liang Pengfei, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at Macartney and smiled, "Dear George, now you should believe in my sincerity, right? In addition, in addition to the specialties of the Qing Dynasty, I also have a lot of things to trade with your Britain, such as Nanyang spices, precious wood, and even silver, or gold.

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When Liang Pengfei said this, Macartney had heard the sound of Sdang swallowing saliva beside him, and glanced at his deputy with some displeasure. Macartney suppressed his equally extremely excited mood.

None of what Liang Pengfei said is not pursued by Britain or even the whole of Europe. Those spices, especially pepper, cloves and so on, are indispensable necessities on the table of almost every European with a taste of life.

However, before that, it had been controlled by Spain and the Netherlands, which is why the British Empire's East India Company frequently invaded the east and always wanted to enter the South Ocean, because the fragrant plant spices in the plantations here can be exchanged for an amazing amount. Wealth.

And those furniture made of precious wood have become the favorite utensils of European royal families and those aristocrats, not to mention silver and gold. The reason why Macartney was sent to the East is not to get more shares of oriental luxury goods and get more wealth?

Isn't the East India Company planting opium for smuggling the same purpose?

However, the Liang Pengfei in front of him is definitely not a good bird. He must have a purpose in doing so. It is precisely because of this that, although he is extremely excited, Macartney still tries to make his expression calm and calm, but the constantly rubbing fingers reveal his heart. The secret.

"Dear Führer, frankly speaking, we all need these things in the British Empire, but I don't know what you need in the West, or what you need."

"Ha ha, it seems that there is really a common language between us about wealth..." After Liang Pengfei saw the performance of Nasddon and Macartney, the smile on his face became more and more amiable. He knew that these British were really moved.

Negotiation is nothing more than bargaining, and the reason why Liang Pengfei, a lazy man, invited Pan Youdu and three other bigwigs of China's import and export trade, is that commercial matters still need to be done by professionals.

And what Liang Pengfei needs is not uncommon for the British. Craftsmen, all kinds of machinery, scholars, watchmakers, in short, Liang Pengfei thinks what he needs are all mentioned. The most important thing is that Liang Pengfei asked to share the achievements of the Royal Academy of Sciences, that is, those scientific and technological documents.

At this time, the best scientists are in the West, while the most outstanding talents are in the UK. This is a reality. Liang Pengfei doesn't want to deny it, and it is not so necessary. However, since you have so many outstanding talents in the Royal Academy of Sciences, there must be a lot of good things in it, I will exchange materials for the scientific documents I need in your Royal Academy of Sciences and pay you a large amount of wealth, although this is tantamount to supporting the work of the Royal Academy of Sciences in disguise. .

However, Liang Pengfei can't take much care of it now. After all, China must take great strides to catch up with the West. Although in terms of overall strength, the East is not inferior to the West, the other party has already entered the high-speed lane, and China is still walking leisurely on the sheep intestine path. Sooner or later, it will be Pull it down.

In addition, there is also about the purchase of patents. In short, this negotiation that exhausted both sides lasted for nearly three months, and the number of British negotiators finally increased from a few people at the beginning to more than a dozen, including three senior executives of the East India company, including Viscount Edmund, because For them, they also realized that after a painful failure, they may be able to get a lot of things that could not be obtained from the Qing Dynasty from Liang Pengfei through negotiations, mainly wealth, and the reason why the British Empire occupied so many colonies was a large amount of wealth.

As long as it can be achieved, it is not impossible for Viscount Edmund and others to keep their position as members of the committee. Even he may have succeeded in running for the chairman of the committee because he saved the East India Company, which is on the verge of crisis. The seat that has been spied on for a long time.

However, Liang Pengfei had a deep discussion with Villa during this period of time. He wanted to buy Spain in the New World, the Spanish colony on the continent now known as North America. The price he put out is really exciting. At least, Villa is moved. In addition to the staggering amount of silver and gold, there is also Spain's trade share in the East and other additional conditions.

However, although Villa was a special envoy of the king of Spain, he did not have the right to dispose of the Spanish colonies. At least the colonies on the American continent could not be dealt with without the authorization of the king.

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The important thing is that although the colonies that Liang Pengfei bought from him are not barren, they are actually almost the same. The important thing is that Spain, whose strength has declined sharply, really has no strength, and there is no way to stop the infiltration and invasion of those damn French and Americans into their colonies. A powerful European power and a new country are jointly squeezing Spain's colonial space on the American continent.

What's more, Spain's most important colonies on the American continent are Baja California and Mexico, where gold and silver are valued by the Spanish. Of course, Villa also wanted to find out why Liang Pengfei had such an idea to buy such a large area of land. You know, except that the northern part of North America belongs to the United Kingdom, and the central area is owned by France, a considerable part of North America still belongs to Spain, at least nominally. This.

Of course, Liang Pengfei's answer made Villa a little speechless, that is, there are too many people in China. You know, the population of the Qing Dynasty has reached more than 400 million now, far exceeding the population of the whole Europe. Moreover, Liang Pengfei told the Spanish envoy that the land suitable for cultivation in China is really too Less, so he needs a large area of land to implement the immigration plan, and North America, which is still a barren land, is a good choice.

Importantly, if Spain is willing to sell their colonies to Liang Pengfei, then Spain will be able to form a firm ally with the Chinese Federation led by Liang Pengfei. Spain's colonial power in the East will be placed under the protection of Liang Pengfei. Similarly, the Spanish will be with Liang Pengfei. They formed strong allies in North America to fight against the French and the American, two countries that are a headache for Spain.

After careful consideration, Villa told Liang Pengfei that he would rush back to Spain as soon as possible to inform their respected king of everything about the East. In addition, he reported to their Majesty that Liang Pengfei was willing to invest in the acquisition of Spain's colonies in North America. Sincere will.

I believe that the wise King Carlos IV of Spain will listen to their opinions and give Liang Pengfei a satisfactory answer.

Moreover, when he left, Liang Pengfei sent a very unique gift that almost made Villa crazy. A whole thousand pounds of gold, as well as a lot of jewelry and oriental antiques, Liang Pengfei told him that this was used to convince the king of Spain and the actual ruler of Spain, Liang Pengfei's mother-in-law, who liked to play with power, but the stupid Princess Maria of Parma. Louisa and her equally stupid but more greedy love husband Manuel. De. Godoy.

(to be continued)