Zhong Liqing squinted at Richard, "Mr.
Richard, do you think my Da Ming will lie to you?"
” Seeing that Zhong Liqing was sure of what he said, Richard hesitated, "Lord Zhong, how can there be such a channel?"
If there were, we in England should have discovered it a long time ago when we explored the East. ” Zhong Liqing sneered in his heart, with your current technology, do you still want to discover such a hidden channel in just a few years?
If the Ming Dynasty does not give Yingli, then the time for Yingli to discover this channel will be pushed back by a hundred years.
Zhong Liqing said slowly, "There is indeed such a waterway, which I found after a long time of searching for the southeast by the Ming Dynasty, it runs through many small countries in the southeast, as long as England is willing, your troops can enter these waterways at any time." ” Those small countries in the southeast are not as ambitious as the countries in the Western Regions, since the beginning of the Zhu Yuanzhang period, they have always maintained a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and there will be people who come to pay tribute every year, and the Ming Dynasty is also very good to them, and there is a lot of trade help.
It can be said that between the Ming Dynasty and the small countries in the southeast, it is the real alliance relationship, and those small countries also understand that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to swallow them, they would have done it a long time ago, but the Ming Dynasty chose a peace policy, which also made the monarch of the small country very happy.
Therefore, there is no problem at all with the help of their shipping lanes, and the Ming will use itself as a guarantee to protect the safety of those small countries in the southeast, and England can take advantage of this opportunity to defeat Spain.
Zhu Yunwen thinks about more than that, as the monarch of the Ming Dynasty, he must think, what will happen to England after blocking Spain?
Obviously, Spain had cut off the main source of economic trade, and there was bound to be a war between him and England.
And England, which is known for its navy, has been silent for so long, and it is fully capable of defeating the Spanish Armada, and the West has no threat from Spain, and England dominates, so what about after that?
Zhu Yunwen also thought about Yin Yingji.
But this idea was quickly put aside by Zhu Yunwen, dealing with foreign countries, it doesn't need to be all conquest, the battle of the Northern Yuan, the battle of Korea, it is all because these places are very close to him, just like the matter of Sulu this time, the lips are cold.
For those Western countries far away from the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen is ready to maintain trade, with the current level of science and technology of the Ming Dynasty, it is not lagging behind England, and the Ming Dynasty has more capable people, Zhu Yunwen believes that in the future technological innovation, the Ming Dynasty can do better.
The Ming could lose the help of the English firearms, but the English could not lose the porcelain and tea of the Ming Dynasty, the tea and manufacturing from the East had a unique beauty, and the British royal family and nobles loved these things.
Charles thought about it, indeed, with the current relationship between England and Daming, Daming has no need to deceive himself, and Zhong Liqing also said very clearly that Daming is also to be able to suppress those troublesome countries in the Western Regions.
Charles took a deep breath, and he looked at Zhong Liqing seriously, "How do you judge that the passage is real?"
It seems that Charles still has doubts about Zhong Liqing's words, and he doesn't want the English fleet to come and pounce on it.
"Don't you believe me as the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom?"
Zhongli looked at Charles straightly, "Mr.
Charles, you have also met with my Ming monarch a few times, you should also know very well what kind of person the emperor is, how about it, should England think about it?"
” Zhong Liqing knew that Charles was the spokesperson of the British royal family, and the members of the British royal family came to Daming to discuss trade, but it was Charles, and the identity behind Charles was definitely not simple, even if he behaved very respectfully in front of Zhong Liqing.
"It's not something I can decide."
Charles muttered, "After all, the English Empire is not mine alone, and I must go back and ask the king's opinion, but Lord Zhong, if you can tell me this, I want you to thank you on behalf of England." ” "It's not me who wants to thank you."
Zhong Liqing waved his hand, "This is the emperor's appointment to let the British troops pass through the small country in the southeast, which is also the emperor's idea."
Zhong Liqing didn't take credit for himself at this time.
Charles was silent for a moment, he took out something from his arms and put it on the table next to Zhong Liqing, "Lord Zhong, please accept this, this is my gratitude to Lord Zhong for coming all the way to Fuzhou to see me." ” Zhong Liqing raised his eyebrows and said, "Mr.
Charles, you should know that as an official of the Ming Dynasty, the most taboo thing for me is to accept these things.
"Hahahaha."
Charles laughed, "Of course I do, Lord Chung. ” Charles took the thing in his hand and played with it, "This is a small box in England, many people want to solve the mystery, but no one has succeeded, so I want to give this thing to Lord Zhong so that Lord Zhong can play with it." ” Zhong Liqing took it curiously, only to see that it was a small toy with six sides, Zhong Liqing slid it slightly, and one of them began to move with the remaining rows, and the pattern also changed.
"This...
It's interesting.
Zhong Liqing spun around a few more times, "How the hell is this playing?"
Charles took the thing, "This one is in our place, it's called the Rubik's Cube, which means magic cubes, and if you put these patterns together to form a complete six-sided cube, the Rubik's Cube will be transformed." ” Zhong Liqing's interest increased greatly, he turned it a few times, and found that he couldn't restore those patterns at all, the more this happened, the more Zhong Liqing wanted to try, he always felt that his intelligence was excellent, and now he might have lost face on such a small toy.
"Hahahaha, it looks like Lord Zhong is very interested in this thing."
Charles stood up and patted Zhong Liqing on the shoulder, "Lord Zhong, thank you again for telling us this information, I was going to go back to England in a few days, but now I have decided, go back now." ” "This Rubik's Cube is just a gift I left for Lord Zhong."
Charles used Daming's farewell method, he hugged his fists and said, "Lord Zhong, there will be a period later."
Zhong Liqing also stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Mr.
Charles, there will be a period in the future, there is no chance to be lost, please make a quick decision in England." ” Although he said so, Zhong Liqing knew very well that Charles would definitely succeed when he returned to England this time, Zhong Liqing was ten percent sure, and he heard the emperor say that the British royal family was greedy for pleasure, but they would not give up such an opportunity.
Zhong Liqing looked at the back of Charles leaving, Da Ming was already unconsciously seeing that he was very close to Western countries, and Zhong Liqing sometimes had to sigh at Zhu Yunwen's foresight.
Li Shen and Xu Yu saw Charles leaving, they walked in together, and Li Shen saluted, "Lord Zhong, is the matter finished?"
Xu Yu also looked at Zhong Liqing curiously.