Chapter 454 Establishing Diplomatic Relations Between the Two Countries
Chapter 454 The two countries established diplomatic relations
Prime Minister Wang Zhongce saw Andre, the head of the mission, preparing to display their country's items, indirectly demonstrating the country's strength.
The cabinet has already obtained relevant information from the things submitted by the mission.
After discussing with the cabinet members, Wang Zhongce had already arranged a response method.
He questioned the strength of the United Kingdom in order to obtain the greatest benefits for Dahua when the two countries negotiate a specific treaty.
The cabinet is responsible for concluding treaties. If Wang Zhongce does this well, as the prime minister of the cabinet, he will accumulate considerable merits.
Wang Zhongce was a civil servant, and the way to obtain meritorious service was different from that of a military general. Only by managing the country well could he accumulate enough meritorious service to go overseas and found a country.
He will never let go of this opportunity.
Wang Zhongce stood up and said: "Your Majesty, if you only let the envoys display relevant items alone, there is no way to understand the strength of this country.
I request that officials from the Ministry of Industry be allowed to display items of the same type in our country.
This allows us to intuitively compare the strengths of the two countries."
When Su He heard Wang Zhongce's request, he was very satisfied.
These European countries respect strength, and they believe that truth should be within the range of the cannon.
Showing Dahua's strength simultaneously can win more benefits for Dahua.
Wang Zhongce only had a few contacts with European countries, and he had a very clear understanding of European countries.
Su He looked at Honeysuckle, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
"Jin Shangshu, it's up to you to represent Dahua. Compare yourself with Andre."
After hearing the emperor Su He's order, Jin Yinhua, Minister of Industry, stood up and bowed, and immediately made corresponding preparations.
He asked the soldiers of Qilin Guard to carry the things prepared by the Ministry of Works in advance to the Jinluan Hall.
Viscount Andre was about to make an introduction, but was interrupted by the Prime Minister of Dahua before he could speak.
He thought something had gone wrong, and was so frightened that he broke out in sweat.
He was extremely anxious, listening to these Dahua officials talking in official style, and he couldn't quite understand many of the words they said.
Viscount Andre asked Lu Ping'an in a low voice. Only then did he figure out what these people meant, and his nervousness relaxed.
Before he went to the temple, he predicted that today's process would not go smoothly.
Along the way, he observed how powerful the Dahua Dynasty was, and the strong ones were all unruly.
The Great China Dynasty successively defeated the Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish. They were now at the height of their power and generally looked down upon European countries.
Viscount Andre was not surprised by the performance of the officials of the Great China Dynasty.
Viscount Andre also just watched the show and did not have a deep understanding of the strength of the Great China Dynasty.
He only hoped that what he would display in a moment would make the Great China Dynasty recognize the strength of the United Kingdom.
He finally waited until the officials of the Great China Dynasty were ready and took out a well-made flintlock gun.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, this is a weapon commonly used by our army in the United Kingdom.
The flintlock gun has been carefully crafted by craftsmen. It is extremely airtight and can shoot at a distance of five hundred meters.
There is no need to light the match rope, you only need to pull the trigger, and the flintlock mechanism at the rear will ignite the gunpowder."
In order to facilitate the understanding of the Chinese people, Viscount Andre has converted the imperial units into common units in the Chinese people.
He held a flintlock gun in his hand, without gunpowder or lead bullets, but demonstrated the process of loading it.
After Honeysuckle listened to Andre's introduction, he smiled and took out a well-preserved muzzle-loading rifle produced five years ago.
He didn't take out the breech-loading gun directly. This kind of weapon was too advanced.
Taking out a front-loading rifle with a similar structure to a breech-loading gun and using a flash cap can demonstrate Dahua's strength.
These European countries use the strength of front-loaded rifled guns to calculate the strength of Dahua. Once the two countries fight, what awaits them will be a decisive blow.
Honeysuckle took out the muzzle-loading rifle. He first put the flame into the rear of the barrel, took out the cylindrical lead bullet, and put it into the gun from the front of the barrel.
Honeysuckle did not load gunpowder in the gun chamber, but he pulled the trigger, and a flash of fire flashed from behind the gun chamber.
Viscount Andre was finally able to observe the muskets used by the Dahua Dynasty up close.
As soon as he saw the barrel of the musket, he was immediately shocked.
The barrel was so complete that he couldn't see any gaps. The process couldn't be rolled, it could only be formed in one piece.
Some craftsmen in the United Kingdom have also proposed using drilling methods to make gun barrels.
The barrel manufactured in this way has no gaps, will not explode easily, and has a long service life.
However, the cost of producing gun barrels in this way was too high, and it was extremely difficult to produce qualified iron materials, so this technology was shelved.
Now it seems that Dahua Dynasty has solved the problems encountered by this technology.
The technology that surprised him even more was the firing method of the Dahua Dynasty musket.
This ignition mechanism is more sophisticated, and the ignition situation seems to be more stable than that of flint.
Andre knew that the firing rate of a flintlock gun was only about 85%.
Dahua Dynasty did not allow him to conduct a live ammunition demonstration, but he was relieved.
Viscount Andrei looked solemnly when he saw the lead bullets used by the Dahua Dynasty.
The lead bullets used in the new muskets of the Habsburg army were similar lead bullets.
This was also one of the reasons why he came to Dahua Dynasty, to learn the related technologies of this kind of firearm.
Viscount Andre did not see the live firing of this musket, but he had seen the power of similar muskets in Europe.
The Dahua Dynasty was not like the Habsburg Dynasty, which only equipped a small number of troops with this kind of musket.
On the way here, he saw navy sailors and some city defense troops. This non-front-line army could all be equipped with similar muskets.
Viscount Andrei can deduce from this situation that the Great China Dynasty has equipped similar muskets to the front-line army.
He could not even imagine the strength of an army of hundreds of thousands equipped with such muskets.
Arrange in a dense formation and shoot. The range of this musket alone can destroy the army using traditional muskets.
Viscount Andrei put down his musket and looked at the model of the artillery.
He had already seen the powerful cannon-casting technology of the Dahua Dynasty at Dagukou, Tianjin.
Viscount Andre did not humiliate himself by skipping the artillery model, but instead brought out a large clock as tall as a person.
He said confidently: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of China, when sailing on the sea, time is the most important thing.
Navigation clocks allow people to accurately understand the time that has passed."
On the way Viscount Andre came, he had seen the huge bell tower.
He still took out the clock. The core technology of the clock is miniaturization.
Large clocks are easier to make, but small clocks that can be carried away by one person require extremely high skills.
Honeysuckle, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, saw Andre take out the clock and he already recognized the technology of the United Kingdom.
Clocks can be said to be the crystallization of industrialization.
If industrialization does not reach a certain level, it will be impossible to manufacture gears and escapements, the two core parts of clocks.
Honeysuckle smiled and took out a clock the size of a plate from the box.
He said confidently: "This is a small clock produced in our country."
Viscount Andrei looked at the ticking clock, his eyes widened and he watched carefully.
It is really incredible that the craftsmen of the Dahua Dynasty can make clocks and watches so small.
He looked at the box and saw that there were many small objects, but he did not display them any more.
Viscount Andre has learned that the strength of Dahua is much greater than that of the United Kingdom.
He directly took out a model of the first-class battleship of the Armada.
This one-meter-long model perfectly reproduces all the details of a first-class battleship according to scale.
Viscount Andre has already seen the warships of the Royal Navy of China.
They were also sailing battleships. The warships he saw were similar in size to the first-class battleships of the United Kingdom.
Viscount Andre has extremely strong self-confidence, which is what he is most proud of.
The geographical location of the British Isles determines that they must have a powerful navy to ensure safety.
As long as it is a sailing battleship, the United Kingdom will definitely not be inferior to others.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, this is the first-class battleship of our United Kingdom.
Our shipbuilding industry in the United Kingdom is the best in Europe.
The United Kingdom's Invincible Armada gives us control of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic."
Viscount Andrei explained the details of the battleship to everyone.
Viscount Andre learned that the Great China Dynasty also had vast colonies overseas.
Officials of the Great China Dynasty must understand the significance of a strong shipbuilding industry.
The country has a few battleships, and they may have purchased them from other countries, so they can only dominate for a while.
Viscount Andre's introduction was so clear that he made Dahua officials realize that the United Kingdom's continuous energy supply and ability to manufacture battleships represented strong strength.
Before Honeysuckle showed off the first-class battleships of the Dahua Dynasty, he glanced at Weihai Marquis Liu Guangsheng's expression.
Weihai Hou Liu Guangsheng served as the chief engineer of the Dahua Dynasty battleship.
He expressed to Honeysuckle that the United Kingdom's battleships were very strong.
Others may not understand that Weihai Hou Liu Guangsheng was a shipbuilding expert and naval general.
He could clearly deduce the powerful strength of the United Kingdom's battleships from this model and Andre's narration.
This battleship has many merits, especially its masts and sails, which are very well constructed.
Weihai Marquis Liu Guangsheng could tell that this kind of battleship was very fast and could cope with bad weather very well.
If the powerful power of naval guns is excluded, the battleship he designed may not be able to win in a naval battle against such a battleship.
Jinyinhua, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, saw the signal from Weihai Hou Liu Guangsheng, and he understood what Liu Guangsheng meant.
He was quite familiar with Weihai Marquis Liu Guangsheng, and asked Liu Guangsheng to remind him before going to court.
This is a task assigned by Prime Minister Wang Zhongce. We need to be more careful in the officialdom. Who knows if these tasks will lead to pitfalls.
Honeysuckle knew that talking too much would lead to mistakes. He made a mistake on this occasion and was pointed out by someone from the mission.
He can no longer be the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
He looked at Emperor Su He with his peripheral vision and found that Emperor Su He was smiling. Honeysuckle knew what he should do.
Honeysuckle took out Dahua's battleship model and said confidently: "The battleships of our two countries each have their own merits.
The United Kingdom can travel thousands of miles by boat from Europe to Dahua. I recognize the strength of the United Kingdom."
Viscount Andrei was overjoyed when he heard Honeysuckle's words.
As an insider, he can see the powerful strength of the Dahua Dynasty battleship.
He thought he would need to go through several rounds of confrontation today, but he didn't expect the situation to go so smoothly.
This is the first time a high-ranking official from China has recognized the strength of the United Kingdom.
Prime Minister Wang Zhongce saw this situation in the court and observed the performance of other officials.
Even the officials of the old Confucian school had no intention of preventing the two countries from signing a treaty.
Sea trade has brought huge benefits to the imperial court. Now any official who stops sea trade has no choice but to resign and return home.
He stood up and saluted Emperor Su He and said: "Your Majesty, I also recognize the strength of the United Kingdom and they can be Dahua's partners.
The full name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain is too complicated, so I suggest that the United Kingdom be called England for short, or it can also be called Great Britain."
When Su He saw the performance of the officials in the court, he was quite satisfied.
After many officials met with this mission, they also gained a certain understanding of the world situation.
They know the vastness of the world, rather than staying alone in this small world.
Su He looked at Andre and issued a decree: "I agree to the request of the United Kingdom. Dahua and the United Kingdom will establish diplomatic relations and conclude a treaty of equality and mutual benefit."
He then looked at Wang Zhongce and said: "The abbreviation proposed by Wang Aiqing is good, I agree.
I leave the matter of concluding the treaty to the Cabinet.
After the treaty is successfully concluded, the Ministry of Rites will propose candidates, and the cabinet will select the envoy to Britain."
The abbreviation of the United Kingdom was Su He’s signal to Wang Zhongce that in the future, when the names of other European countries are translated, they will all be names familiar to Su He.
After hearing the words of Emperor Dahua, Viscount Andrei immediately bowed and thanked him.
The United Kingdom's mission of sending him to the Great China Dynasty has been completed. He has become the envoy to China and can continue to complete the king's instructions.
At the end of the court meeting, many officials went to court and were discussing the country of England.
Some officials who are curious about the West take the initiative to collect relevant information.
The most core officials of the Dahua Dynasty realized the vastness of the world because of this incident.
Viscount Andre's matter is not over yet.
After he went to court, he was invited by Dahua officials to the Wenyuan Pavilion of Wenhua Hall.
He wanted to discuss the treaty between the United Kingdom and the Dahua Dynasty with the cabinet members of Dahua.
The strength of the United Kingdom is lower, and Viscount Andre is at a disadvantage.
He argued hard and fought for the interests of the United Kingdom, but when there was a stalemate, he could only choose to retreat.
After several days of discussions, they concluded a diplomatic treaty.
There are only two core points in this treaty.
The United Kingdom and the Chinese Dynasty established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level, sending envoys to each other to establish embassies in the other country.
Both sides open their respective countries' ports, and merchants can freely trade with both countries and only need to pay normal tariffs.
The most difficult part of the treaty is the tariffs between the two countries. The result of the tariffs is more beneficial to the Great China Dynasty.
Viscount Andre considered the pros and cons and signed his name on the treaty on behalf of the United Kingdom.
On behalf of the Great China Dynasty, Wang Zhongce signed his name on the treaty.
With this treaty, merchants from the Great China Dynasty had a foothold when traveling to Europe.
It was difficult for the Dahua Dynasty to enter Europe before, but there was a breakthrough in England.
The Great China Dynasty will soon be able to extend its influence to the entire Europe.
Wang Zhongce still remembered when he discussed the situation in Europe with Emperor Su He.
Emperor Su He once said that it was a pity that European countries had been fighting wars for decades and it was about to end.
If the Great China Dynasty can expand its power to Europe, it will have to find ways to add fuel to the fire between the two sides and not let the war between the two sides stop.