It was not yet evening, but some British guys couldn't hold it in any longer. They led their respective female companions to show off their money in the daytime.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Alice quickly took Xuewei back to her room.
Formal negotiations with the British took place, with Alice as the representative and several rounds of friendly consultations with Lord Hamilton.
Since both parties were sincere in cooperating, the negotiation process went very smoothly.
However, because the British proposed to monopolize an island in Zhoushan and even prohibited businessmen from other countries from landing on the island, Yuzhu was offended.
As a result, the temporary storage location of the goods was changed from Zhoushan to an island in Xin'an County, Guangdong Province.
The Zhoushan Islands will become one of the bases and home ports of the Chinese Navy in the future.
His arms couldn't twist his thighs, so the British had to hold their noses and admit it.
At this point, the text of the treaty has been fully negotiated.
However, at present, Alice can only stamp her own private seal and initial the treaty.
The treaty also makes it very clear that the date of formal entry into force is yet to be determined.
Of course, there were so many British merchants in Dagukou, and Hamilton also knew the reality of the Qing Dynasty.
Yuzhu was the de facto king of the Qing Dynasty, but he had not yet officially ascended the throne.
However, Lady Alice is the most powerful woman in the East, and word has long spread throughout England and London.
Previously, Alice's private seal was a guarantee of credibility. There had never been any record of breach of contract, so Hamilton was naturally satisfied.
The entire purpose of Hamilton's trip, except for a small deviation, was achieved at a rate of over 95%.
The perfect ending made Lord Hamilton feel very good.
So, he sent another big gift package and invited Alice and Yuzhu to have afternoon tea together.
"Dear Mrs. Alice, Your Excellency Yu Zhongtang, please allow me to have the great honor to introduce you two to a distinguished guest," Hamilton pointed to a British naval vice admiral beside him and said enthusiastically, "
This is His Excellency Lord Nelson, Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Royal Naval Staff of the United Kingdom of Great Britain..."
Oh, a lieutenant general of the Royal Navy, his position is not small, and his power is not small either.
Yuzhu stretched out her right hand very enthusiastically, and held it tightly with Lord Nelson.
"Dear Yu Zhongtang, considering that the prevalence of pirates in the Nanyang area often threatens the safety of maritime trade between London and Dagukou, I feel that it is necessary for your country to form a Nanyang fleet to encircle and suppress pirates..." Lieutenant General Nelson deliberately emphasized Nanyang.
The many horrors of pirates are that Yuzhu will not agree to form a Nanyang fleet.
Yuzhu blinked and thought to himself, this is really like kowtow meeting a pillow!
Yuzhu chose to form an alliance with Britain mainly because the British Navy has always been willing to export naval shipbuilding technology.
Given the poor temperament of the British, it is definitely impossible to export the shipbuilding technology of a first-class sailing battleship to Yuzhu.
Yuzhu didn't intend to become fat in one go. Even a second-class sailing battleship had more than 3,000 tons, four decks, and more than a hundred artillery pieces.
As long as they do not start a war with the British immediately, the Qing Dynasty, equipped with second-class sailing battleships, will surely become the master of the entire East Asia, Southeast Asia, and even Oceania.
Because, as late as 1770, the British Captain James Cook landed at Botany Bay near Sydney and declared the eastern part of the Australian continent to belong to the British Crown.
Hehe, this year is only 1721!
China's maritime situation, if it controls Nanyang and the entire Oceania, and then takes advantage of the situation to include Japan, will form a half-moon-shaped closed loop on the maritime periphery, with the only sea gap being the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
The so-called chain of islands locking dragons will surely become a thing of the past.
Historically, because it wanted to compete with Spain and France for hegemony, and to guard against Russia's march south to India, Britain chose Japan, which had won the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1895, as its ally.
The strong rise of Yuzhu and the friendly cooperation with the British have given China and Britain a solid foundation to become allies.
British businessmen traveled frequently between the Qing Dynasty and Great Britain, and there must be spies from the British cabinet among them.
The British were also well aware of the fact that the Great Qing Navy was vulnerable.
Precisely because the Great Qing Navy was weak, Britain took the initiative to help Yuzhu build a Nanyang fleet.
However, the conditions proposed by Vice Admiral Nelson for the establishment of a navy were not so friendly.
The money for shipbuilding came from Yuzhu. The officers and sailors of the navy were trained with the help of the British. The most important thing was that the fleet was also commanded by the British.
Yuzhu was actually very happy in his heart, but he pretended to be embarrassed and argued that the Empress Dowager's approval was needed and the matter could only be discussed in the long term.
Good things must take a long time!
After several more rounds of negotiations, until the British agreed to set up a naval academy in Dagukou and help build a shipyard, Yuzhu reluctantly agreed.
Of course, the money came from Yuzhu, and the naval instructors and shipyard technicians were sent by the British.
After the agreement was officially signed, Lord Hamilton and Vice Admiral Nelson returned home with a full load.
Yuzhu, an old bureaucrat, is proficient in gift-giving.
Lord Hamilton was a man of culture, so Yuzhu sent him a box of exquisite palace porcelain.
Vice Admiral Nelson was a martial artist, so Yuzhu instructed Alice to give him five hundred taels of gold.
The standard selling price of one ounce of gold coins (22K) established by Britain in 1717 was 3 pounds, 17 shillings and 10.5 pence, which is equivalent to 4 pounds, 4 shillings and 1.5 pence per ounce of pure gold.
One ounce is approximately equal to 28.35 grams.
One tael of gold in the Qing Dynasty was approximately equal to 37.3 grams.
These five hundred taels of gold are equivalent to about three thousand pounds.
What is the concept of three thousand pounds?
In 18th century London, this was definitely a huge sum of money.
Because the annual salary of the Royal sailors at the same time was only 10 pounds, and it was often in arrears.
You know, at that time, in London, where land was at a premium, you could buy a luxury villa for 2,000 pounds.
Later in 1762, King George III bought Buckingham Palace for a total of 20,000 pounds. The king could only choose to pay in installments, and could only pay 5,000 pounds each time. It took several years to pay off the debt.
payment.
After seeing off the British, Alice took a bath, but Yuzhu disappeared.
Alas, after riding the Ocean Horse for more than ten years, I have already developed the feeling that my left hand touches my right hand.
Yuzhu went back and hugged the sixteen or seventeen-year-old young girl. Isn’t it delicious?
In the morning, when Yuzhu was drinking after-dinner tea with Xuewei, he received a secret report from Wu Sidao that there was something unusual in the capital.
Well, hum, if there is any abnormality, it is normal. If there is no abnormality, then it is really strange!
Yuzhu turned around and went out to the recruits' camp.
Xiao Xuanyu was assigned to the 21st Recruit Company. Yuzhu also missed his son and went over to see him.
"stand at attention!"
"Take a break!"
"turn right!"
"Let's go together!"
"Settled."
"Cross the columns!"
Yuzhu stood on the side of the queue, staring at Xiao Xuanyu's figure with great joy.
Well, this kid is tanned!
Well, it would be weird to do queue training under the bright sun all day long without getting tanned or peeling off a few layers of skin.
The non-commissioned officers in training had a bad temper and would whip people with sticks at every turn.
In fact, in this era of widespread illiteracy, it is impossible to talk too much about personal rights during military training.
Simpler and rougher, it will be more effective.
Yuzhu saw clearly that Xiaoxuanyu was implicated by his pig teammates and received two sticks.
But the child said nothing, as if nothing happened, and still stood upright, like a javelin poking into the ground.
Yuzhu started his career by relying on the knife handle, and his successor must understand the basic principles and logic of the knife handle.
The emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty were all better than the women in the palace or the eunuchs. They knew what it meant to eat empty pay and drink the blood of soldiers?
In addition, after the Tumubao Incident, the Ming Dynasty absurdly adopted a system of civilian leadership.
No matter how good a general is at leading troops in battle, he still looks like Sun Tzu in front of low-level civil servants.
In the late Ming Dynasty, a small seventh-rank patrol officer dared to scold the dignified commander to death.
When Yuan Chonghuan was in charge of military preparation, he supervised the armies outside the Pass and were stationed in Ningyuan. The general army was all over Guangxi, and he was nominally his deputy, but he had to kneel before him.
Why are Mangui and Yuan Chonghuan at odds with each other? They are noble in culture and cheap in martial arts. They have gone too far.
"Zhang Kunlun, come out!"
"Zhang Kunlun, listen to my command and stand at attention!"
When Yuzhu heard the sergeant calling Xiao Xuanyu's pseudonym, he immediately became energetic.
I saw that Xiao Xuanyu, under the command of the sergeant, completed a complete set of actions in compliance with the standards.
Yuzhu narrowed his eyes and nodded secretly. This kid really put his heart into it. He was not like that idiot from Eighty-nine who kept doing nothing, which made people hate him.
Perhaps it was Xiao Xuanyu's spirit of absolute obedience that impressed the sergeant, who simply made him a model for the entire platoon of soldiers.
Lu Wu saw that Yu Zhu was in a good mood, so he joked: "Chief, you have a successor!"
Not to mention having a successor, that's fine. As soon as he mentioned having a successor, Yuzhu immediately thought of that snarky bastard Xiao Tiezhui.
This unlucky kid has been sold by others a long time ago, and he still helps to count the money ignorantly, which makes Yuzhu angry to death!
There are more than a dozen sons under Yuzhu's knees. Except for those who are still nursing, all the children over seven years old are around.
If Yuzhu becomes emperor in the future, nominally, these dozen children will all have the right to inherit.
According to Yuzhu's thoughts, it is natural to hope that he will choose the right person and establish him.
The emperors of the Qing Dynasty, since the death of Yongzheng, have become worse and worse from generation to generation.
The key point is that in order to prevent Jiulong from seizing the heir, the princes were deprived of their real power to serve as officials in the administration department.
The consequence of not being down-to-earth is that Xianfeng is incapable of governing the country, but desperately wants to seize power, so he can only reuse Suliu.
The emperors in the early Han Dynasty, from Gaozu, Empress Lu, Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, Emperor Wu, to Emperor Xuan, were all powerful emperors.
Leaving aside Gaozu and Empress Lu, Emperor Wen took great pains to cultivate Emperor Jing. He simply designated several counties as fiefdoms for him and let him manage them.
The same goes for Emperor Jing's training of Emperor Wu.
In the future, Yuzhu's sons will definitely be dispatched as county magistrates, prefecture magistrates, magistrates, or governors overseas.