As an unlucky man promoted by the British Navy, James Weir had no choice but to head to the port to contact the Imperial Navy of Great China.
This exchange between the two armies can achieve good results.
That was a task accomplished under the leadership of Prime Minister Oliver Cromwell.
This exchange between the two armies caused England to suffer heavy losses.
He is the scapegoat to calm the anger of all forces in England.
James Weir didn't want to be the scapegoat, but he felt his fate was a bit difficult.
If he cannot satisfy the appetite of the Great China Empire and a war breaks out, he will definitely become the scapegoat.
Satisfying the appetite of the Great China Empire will cost England a huge price, and he will still become a scapegoat.
James Weir looked at the Great China Navy warships moored in the port.
The huge steel warship among them had a metallic luster on its hull under the sunlight.
Some rust stains caused by seawater erosion are embedded in the hull of the ship, and they look like military medals.
General James Weir asked the officer in charge of the coastal defense artillery: "Jamie, are you confident in destroying the warships in the harbor?"
"General Will, you are joking.
If it were the cannon used by the Imperial Navy, we still have hope of defeating the steel warship.
The cannons we use are solid shells powered by black powder.
The results of the Battle of Gibraltar have shown that even the power of coastal defense artillery cannot leave a crater on these armored projectiles.
Unless the warship is too close to the shore defense guns, flooding the warship's deck with a large number of grapeshot can kill most of the crew on the deck."
When General James Weir heard this answer, he did not show any surprise.
It is precisely because everyone in the British Navy knows that their current methods are simply not capable of dealing with the ironclad ships of the Great China Empire.
Only then did he choose to swallow his anger and communicate with the Imperial Navy of Great China.
Before England solved the problem of powerful naval guns and installed them on ironclad ships.
The British Navy can only pretend to be a grandson in front of the strong. This world is a world of the weak and the strong.
General James Weir soon arrived, a representative from London.
As a naval general, he took the lead in this exchange between the two countries, but various departments in England still needed to be present.
Trade and other agreements between the two countries still require the presence of these people.
Congressman Lane looked at General James Weir with contempt.
He didn't say a word, but James Weir understood it all.
He just despised the navy. It was precisely because of the disastrous defeat of the British navy that all walks of life in England suffered huge losses.
In particular, shipyards with close ties to Congressman Ryan have seen a significant reduction in orders.
Everyone in the British Navy is examining the role of sailing battleships.
They cut most of their orders for sail battleships.
As a result, many shipyards that had invested heavily went bankrupt and were acquired by other forces.
General James Weir knew that even if the two of them quarreled, even if he won the argument, he would not gain the respect of the other party.
If the British Navy wants to continue to win respect, it can only show its own style in the next war.
This is also the reason why the British Navy does not want the next war to come immediately.
They were not ready yet and could no longer bear the chain reaction caused by the disastrous defeat.
James Weir and others took a small boat and came to the battleship Tarzan.
He was just shocked that the Great China Empire could build an armored ship of this tonnage.
He looked at the huge guns of the battleship and drooled from the corner of his mouth.
Caliber is the truth. When such a large-caliber artillery fires on the battlefield, any warship will tremble.
The accompanying English engineers were at a loss to deal with the ironclads.
Now that you have something to refer to, immediately write down the situation on the warship.
It is possible that an inconspicuous change can solve the problems they encounter.
Staff Officer Lu Yuanqi saw these Englishmen secretly observing the situation of the battleship Taishan.
He said angrily: "What are these English people looking at? Should we just let them continue to look at it?"
Su Shu said confidently: "Brother Lu, don't worry, let alone let them take a look.
Even if you give them the blueprints, these people can't build an ironclad now.
If you want to build an ironclad ship, you must have strong industrial strength behind it.
The English have such strength that they can build ironclads without boarding ships, so there is no use in defending against them.
They don't have this strength, so we don't need to worry.
Now follow Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan and Mr. Wei Yuansheng there.
Mr. Wei Yuansheng’s understanding of England, coupled with the strength of the fleet as a backing, we should be able to achieve our goal.”
Su Shu immediately caught up with Wei Yuansheng and others' team.
This time, he served as a bystander, observing the confrontation between the two countries in diplomatic situations.
Su Shu does not need to know everything, but he needs to understand some common sense of things to prevent being deceived by others.
The appearance of Wei Yuansheng made many people in the English team nervous.
They hated Wei Yuansheng with all their teeth and wished they could crush him to ashes.
It was precisely because of Wei Yuansheng that the profits that England lost were dozens of times the value of the warships lost on the battlefield.
Wei Yuansheng smiled and said hello: "We are all old friends. When you see an old friend, you still don't smile."
The English representative immediately showed a smile that was even uglier than crying.
When Wei Yuansheng saw the expressions of everyone in Yingjili, he could tell that these people were very guilty and had no confidence at all.
As long as the English have half the confidence, they can show great arrogance.
Wei Yuansheng could not accurately assess the gap between the strength of the Imperial Navy of Great China and the British Navy.
But he can gain more benefits for the empire based on the performance of the English.
He originally thought that his achievements were finalized and that he would have to wait for many years after returning to the empire.
Just like his predecessor Chu Sheng, he had to push his peers away to get the chance to be promoted.
Now that a great achievement has fallen from the sky, he must tightly grasp this gift of fate.
Su Shu looked at Wei Yuansheng and the English representatives, who relied on translators to communicate with each other.
Even if there is a language barrier between the two parties, you can tell just by looking at their expressions.
Wei Yuansheng was relaxed and had the absolute upper hand, while the English representative looked very confused.
Su Shu felt that they had the urge to walk away, but he could only endure it. The smile he barely maintained looked a bit ferocious.
He heard the two parties go through several exchanges, talk about the daily training of the navy, and introduce the power of warships.
British representatives visited the battleship Tarzan for several days.
During this period, tentative exchanges were also made regarding the two countries entering into deeper cooperation.
Until the battleship Taishan completed its military exercise, just one shell from the secondary battery directly penetrated the carefully constructed shell of the coastal defense gun, blowing the cannon inside into the sky.
When the British representatives saw the powerful power of the battleship Tarzan, some of them had firm attitudes, and their attitudes immediately softened.
As the representative of the negotiations, Wei Yuansheng also felt that the situation was about the same.
After several days of exchanges, the two countries have now reached a basic consensus.
In particular, the British representatives have learned about the power of the Chinese Empire's navy.
The idea is to avoid war.
If England wants to avoid war, it must offer its core interests in exchange.
Wei Yuansheng knew that he could force Yingji, but he couldn't force him too much.
We need to give England a certain sense of danger, but not a sense of crisis of national subjugation and genocide.
In this way, in order to develop itself, England will not think about uniting with European countries, but will actively hold back European countries.
Wei Yuansheng smiled and said: "The Great China Empire and England are friendly countries.
After this cordial and friendly exchange between the two countries, the two countries should be more candid.
Tariffs on individual goods between the two countries are still somewhat high.
Britain's tariffs should be in line with those of the Great China Empire.
Mutually agree on tariffs for goods.”
Wei Yuansheng had a hard time explaining the main purpose of this warship diplomacy operation.
If there is no war between the two countries, it will be difficult for the navy to obtain its own interests.
However, using tariffs as a breakthrough can bring a steady stream of benefits to the Great China Empire.
The last war only opened the door to England and other European countries.
The goods of the Great China Empire can be freely traded in Europe.
However, in order to protect their own interests, European countries impose high tariffs on some goods.
Now, with the oppression of the Imperial Navy, it uses extremely powerful strength to break down the tariff barriers of European countries.
Wei Yuansheng's meaning is easy to understand. The Great China Empire's import tariffs on various industrial products are basically low tariffs of about 15%.
As an industrial power, the Great China Empire had a large number of industrial products accumulated in warehouses.
No stupid businessman wants to import industrial products from other countries.
European countries impose tariffs of up to 15% on some industrial products, such as woolen coats and phonographs.
What Wei Yuansheng meant was to have Britain reduce tariffs on a large number of goods, which would be beneficial to the Great China Empire's exports to Britain.
Congressman Lane frowned, Dahua Empire proposed to reduce tariffs.
This is the purpose they most likely wanted to achieve in addition to the purpose of war, as they had discussed urgently before.
This is extremely detrimental to the developing industrial and commercial capital in England.
But they have no better choice, and England is not as strong as others.
If they do not agree to the conditions of the Great China Empire, the two countries will fall into war and their losses will be even greater.
The Dahua Empire has set up a framework for negotiations, and within this framework, they are negotiating on some details.
Negotiations have been going on for two days and progress is very slow.
Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan begins armament training on the battleship Xialing Taishan.
The black muzzles were aimed at the warships in the port and the cities on the shore.
Wei Yuansheng called the English representative and said solemnly: "Our patience is extremely limited.
Now England only has two options.
Agree to the conditions of the Great China Empire, or the imperial warships prompt Britain to renegotiate."
The British representatives saw that the Great China Empire was preparing to use force.
The expressions of General James Will and Congressman Lane changed drastically.
They knew that when the cannon fired, the British were defeated again.
Their fate will be even worse, and the agreement reached will be extremely harsh.
The British representatives immediately made concessions and agreed to adjust the tariffs with the Great China Empire.
But they also put forward their own conditions.
They can increase the tariff on goods by 20%.
Wei Yuansheng bargained with the English representatives and disagreed with the 20% range.
The two parties finally reached an agreement that England could increase its import tariffs by up to 10% compared to the import tariffs of the Great China Empire.
The prices of goods from the Great China Empire are already slightly higher since they are transported across the ocean. Even if the import tariff increases by 10%, it will have little impact on the price of goods.
After this condition was met, England proposed to import technologies that had previously been banned from export by the Great China Empire.
This condition was directly rejected by Wei Yuansheng on the grounds that he had no authority.
After several days of negotiations between the Great China Empire and England.
They signed the Treaty of Friendship and Trade between the Great China Empire and England.
The signing of this treaty marked that the Great China Empire further opened the door to England.
England no longer has the ability to restrict the inflow of goods from the Great China Empire.
General James Will and Senator Lane returned to shore.
Their expressions were a little dazed, and their mental pressure had been extremely severe these days.
They were afraid that a mistake would lead to the outbreak of war and cause more suffering to England.
The current results are not bad. England has lost its tariff autonomy, but at least it has not plunged the country into war.
If Yingjili wants to get rid of the situation of being bullied, he can only strengthen his own strength.
Congressman Lane looked at General James Weir and said in a very resentful tone: "Your navy must strive for success and remember the humiliation we have encountered during these days of negotiations.
I will push Congress to provide more military spending for the Navy.
England must have a strong navy to defend the British Isles."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! General James Weir also felt insulted.
He seemed to be stepped on the ground and crushed by the enemy, but he had no ability to resist.
This sense of humiliation made him determined to lead the navy to stand upright.
The British representative was extremely depressed, but there was celebration on the battleship Tarzan.
Wei Yuansheng said happily: "With this agreement, all forces in the empire will benefit, and they will definitely be grateful to the navy.
In the future, if the navy's military expenditure is slightly higher, it will also receive support from the public."
Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan said happily: "This negotiation between England and the agreement reached between the two countries has provided us with a model.
The military will next visit major European countries, and even European countries with sluggish foreign trade will have to reach tariff agreements with them."
This diplomatic operation conducted by the Navy alone has achieved a good start.
They will continue to work hard to solve more goals.
As long as the navy's next actions go smoothly, it will return to the country with multiple agreements.
The contribution made by the Navy can silence all opponents.
Regardless of whether you are a war advocate or a peace advocate, you must praise the navy's actions.
Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan was also under great pressure. Before he left for the trip, Governor Feng Sanqiu specifically talked to him.
The cost of building a battleship is too high and the importance of the navy must be shown.
Only in this way can all opponents be silenced and the Great China Empire focus on developing its navy.
Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan should perform even better.
The rise of the Imperial Navy of Great China is unstoppable.
Those who dare to oppose the navy, especially those who are short-sighted in the army, must be denounced by the people.
Most people must realize that the navy can bring huge benefits to the empire, while the army will only consume military expenditures.
Only in this way can the navy absorb many talents and truly rise.
