Chapter 1292 The Innocence of Ming Dynasty (Second update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1292 The Innocence of Ming Dynasty (Second update, please subscribe)
In London in November, fog was everywhere. The winter fog mixed with the haze of bituminous coal, filling the air with a choking smell of soot. Although the snow that fell yesterday was white, after one night, the road
A layer of black dust has fallen on the white snow beside it.
Although the smell of smog is very choking, people still need to run around in the smog to make a living, whether rich or poor.
In the thick haze, people could only see each other's silhouettes. Suddenly, the shouts of the newspaper sellers were heard in the haze. The newspaper sellers' hoarse shouts echoed in the streets.
"The darkest week in the history of the British Empire - the Great Rout in Southern Africa!"
“The Diamond City of Kimberley has fallen!”
When cries like screams of crows echoed in the haze, people's hearts were heavy. In the past month, there was no good news at all, although at the beginning of the Boer declaration of war, people were
When talking about the war there, I always felt that this war would end soon. After all, the Boers... only had a few hundred thousand people. They didn't even have an army, just a group of policemen.
In this blind optimism, the Boers directly used guns and guns to teach the British how to behave.
If you don't become a human being, you will become a ghost!
The British, who had been hit with a few sap shots and could not react, were stunned, so much so that even London was affected - a disastrous defeat, a defeat, which enveloped London in a bleak smoke.
This kind of weather really suits the British mood at this time.
Even though it is daytime, the cars driving on the street still have their headlights on to illuminate the road ahead.
"Hey, there's no such thing as a good feast!"
Schnander, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, was thinking silently in his heart that as the imperial ambassador to the UK, he had just received a call from the British Prime Minister's Office.
The Prime Minister made an appointment.
No need to ask, Schnande knows why.
It must be about things in southern Africa.
What do they want to do?
When the car stopped in front of No. 10 Downing Street, Schnander took a special look outside the car. The door was closed as usual, and two policemen in police uniforms stood outside the door. This is
The center of political power in Britain.
Before getting out of the car, Schnander took a deep breath and then got out of the car.
...the real challenge begins.
"Yours,"
"Yours,"
"Yours,"
"It's still... yours!"
Every time he said "yours", Prime Minister Robert Gascoigne-Cecil kept throwing the photos in his hands in front of Schnander one by one.
What's on the photo?
Type 70 rifle.
Ten-year-old machine gun.
Original style grenade.
Type 11 field gun
Type 64 armor mortar gun
…
These weapons...well, they are all from Ming Dynasty, there is nothing wrong with them. Not only are they from Ming Dynasty, but they are also famous brand products of Ming Dynasty.
"Mr. Prime Minister, what is this?"
Schnander asked pretending to be confused.
"These weapons were all discovered by us in southern Africa. They are all weapons produced by the Ming Dynasty. Mr. Ambassador, I think we have reached an agreement. We even sacrificed some of our interests in the Persian Gulf in exchange for your support. But
What now?"
Cecil said in a tone full of anger.
"What did the British Empire's army encounter there? It was an army armed by the Ming Empire! The Boers used weapons from the Ming Empire. Your weapons armed them. Thousands of British people died in your
Hand of Arms, Mr. Ambassador, the British Empire needs an explanation."
"explain?"
Schnander looked at the other party with a surprised look, as if he were looking at an idiot, and then said.
"Mr. Prime Minister, I think you have forgotten one thing. In the past ten years, the Ming Empire has exported a large amount of arms every year. Those arms will naturally be sold to Boer. And in the past year, Boer has never
Ming Dynasty imported millions of dollars of arms. Isn’t it normal for these weapons to appear on the battlefield?"
Daming Manufacturing is a famous brand product known all over the world. It is completely normal for them to appear in South Africa. Some people actually protest because of this. What else is this if not an idiot?
"Well……"
Schnander's answer made Prime Minister Cecil very upset. Of course he knew the truth, but this guy didn't tell the whole truth at all.
"Were all these arms exported before the war?"
Faced with Prime Minister Cecil's uncertainty, Schnande replied directly.
"This can be done through customs. I am very convinced that these weapons were definitely exported before we reached an agreement with you. Of course, if there are some smuggling operations, you know, we are powerless to stop it. After all, the border is so long.
, It is impossible for us to seal the entire border, but one thing that is certain is that during the signing of the treaty, not a single bullet passed through the railway or customs and entered the territory of the Boers..."
There is definitely not a single bullet left, there are thousands of them. As for railways... Ming Dynasty is a country of automobiles, does it need railways?
Without even thinking about it, Schnande believed that the embargo was a rare opportunity for the merchants of the empire. They would definitely seize that opportunity and do everything possible to export weapons and earn huge profits.
Of course, these are all private actions and have absolutely nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty officialdom.
"Mr. Prime Minister, we have always valued our friendship with your country. How could we possibly renege on the agreement we signed with you?"
Then Schnander naturally introduced what kind of efforts the Ming Empire had made to ensure the progress of the agreement, such as the ban on heavy weapons entering the Bechuanaland Special Zone, the ban on explosives, and the weapons export license.
, in a word, Daming behaves more innocently than the White Rabbit.
"Mr. Prime Minister, the Empire has always been a model in abiding by agreements. We believe that the agreement between us and you is conducive to international peace, and it is also conducive to the future of our two countries, so the Empire cherishes this opportunity very much.
, cherish this opportunity to adjust relations with the British Empire."
Faced with such an answer, Prime Minister Cecil was speechless. What could he say?
"I believe that the official empire must abide by the agreement. However, Mr. Ambassador, what we have to note is that there is a lot of evidence to prove that after the war broke out, the Boers still obtained a lot of weapons from the Ming Dynasty. Those smugglers, they
…”
Staring at Schnander, Prime Minister Cecil said:
"Their actions not only damaged the friendship between you and us, but also violated the laws of the empire. We hope that the empire can punish them. After all, what they violated was the laws of the empire."
"Definitely!"
Regarding Prime Minister Cecil's "proposal", Schnande responded directly.
"As long as we catch them, we will definitely give them the most severe judicial sanctions. Please believe, Mr. Prime Minister, the laws of the empire cannot be trampled..."
The premise is that they can be caught. As for what will happen after they are caught, that is...well, after being caught, it will of course become a legal issue.
But no matter what, we need to catch the smugglers first before we can take the next step, right?
"So, we will definitely investigate this matter to the end."