Sure enough, the appetite of the British was not small, and the exchange of half of France's colonies in the Caribbean Sea at the expense of Prussia sending troops was not favorable to Prussia.
As mentioned above, with the opening of the New World by Prussia, it is clear that the 20,000 troops currently deployed in the New World can no longer effectively defend all the territories.
Although William also thought about increasing troops in the North American colonies, but in the case of comprehensive consideration of Prussia's national conditions, Prussia's fundamental interests were still in the homeland, and now that the Europa continent is turbulent, no one knows where the future of Europe will go, and once the troops are increased to North America, it means weakening the local forces.
William was not satisfied with the terms offered by the British.
"Your Highness Augustus, I think you may have misunderstood, although you have some connections with Leopold II, but in the current situation, it is impossible for you to be able to stop the Austrians.
In addition, the current European mainland is not calm, at this time to send troops to North America, although it can expand the interests of Prussia, but Prussia has always been a land power, and I am not afraid of your country's jokes when I say it, our navy is just starting, even if we take the islands in the Caribbean Sea, our country will not spend a lot of energy on these islands!
” After William's words, the three people on the British side were moved, especially Augustus's face immediately became a little weird.
This meeting with William was originally only arranged for Pitt to go, after all, as the prime minister of the British Empire, Pitt's status is not low.
However, Augustus expected that William would definitely accept the British proposal, so he decisively joined Pitt's team, considering that he would definitely gain some prestige by participating in the matter.
But now the opinion put forward by his own side was actually rejected by William.
This was somewhat unacceptable to Augustus, who was to know that the conditions of the British were completely giving the Prussians the benefit of nothing, after all, Prussia, which did not have a strong navy, could not go out of the land without the consent of the British, let alone fight for colonies.
While Augustus' face was ugly, Pete was not angry.
As a politician who rose to the position of prime minister of the United Kingdom at the age of 24, Pitt is accustomed to the political relations between the upper echelons of the country.
No matter how good the so-called alliance sounds, it is nothing more than coming together for the common good.
And if there is no common interest, then even the most determined allies will definitely have to go their separate ways, and such examples have appeared many times in the past hundred years.
Not to mention that now William simply did not agree with the conditions put forward by the British.
"Then His Majesty William, it is better for you to speak your opinion and think about it, as a firm ally, the British Empire will definitely take into account the interests of Prussia!"
"Huh.
Now that Prime Minister Pitt has spoken.
Then the next request is very simple, in the next demand not only the colonies of the Caribbean, but also in the Indian Ocean I also hope to be able to get a place for the Prussians to rest!
” These words directly made Augustaton, who was originally ugly, jump in shock "What!
Your Majesty, you are not mistaken!
Did the Prussians want to enter India?
No!
This is absolutely not a no-go!
” Augustus rejected William's request, but William didn't care about his attitude and turned his gaze to Pete.
I saw that Pete's face was also embarrassed.
You must know that from the beginning of the eighteenth century, Britain has been increasing its influence in India, and India has become an important part of the British colonial empire in the world.
The British, through the East India Company, not only had a large number of territories and armed forces in India.
At the same time, through local colonial rule and the opium trade with the Manchurian braids, the British traded with India at nearly five million pounds a year.
In such a situation.
Britain had long regarded India as its own imprisonment, and even though there was a French East India Company in India, the French East India Company did not pose much of a threat under the suppression of the British East India Company.
Now, the British wanted to seize French India as a manifestation of their ambition to dominate India, and even though Prussia was Britain's most important ally in Europe at present, access to India was still uncertain.
"Your Majesty, if I am not mistaken, your country does not have the slightest interest in India, and your country does not even have a large-scale ocean-going navy and ocean-going fleet, in such a situation, even if our country agrees to your country's access to the Indian Ocean, I am afraid that your country will not be able to effectively develop the Indian Ocean region, right?"
Little Pete's rhetorical question made William a little embarrassed, but fortunately, William's face had already been exercised, so he was just embarrassed in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on his face.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister Pitt, what you mentioned are all internal affairs of our country, and it is not convenient for us to discuss them here, but I think it is beneficial for the British Empire to involve Prussia in the development of the Indian Ocean.
To be honest, William has been coveting India for a long time.
It may be a lie to say that India is full of gold, but there is no doubt that there is a lot of money to be made from trading with India.
Indian ivory was often shipped to Europe for a doubling value, and there was one thing that made William's eyes even more covetous: opium.
Opium can be said to be the most hated thing in modern Chinese, but in William's view, it is completely unnecessary to hate the British because of opium, after all, the British did not put a gun on your neck to force you to smoke opium.
According to the saying that if someone takes drugs, he should hate drug lords, so when he fights a war, he must hate arms dealers, and when he has diarrhea, he must hate all kinds of food.
What William hates the most is that in later generations, for the sake of the so-called national unity, all kinds of Qing court dramas were staged to completely dilute the hatred between the Han and Manchuria, and those braided wild boar skins of your uncle are so handsome?
How many months have not bathed the barbarians who have wandered on the grassland, and before they get close, they will smell a lot, and it is estimated that those will be scared to pee when they cross back.
Speaking of which, I would like to digress a word below (There is no China after Yashan, and there is no China after the death of the Ming Dynasty, many people say that the Japanese are inciting China's national separatism, but I don't think this sentence is wrong at all.)
Look at our culture today, look at our clothes, fuck your Qing Dynasty horse coat is actually called Tang costume, why don't those ** die!
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Ironically, a part of Chinese culture has been passed down in Japan, and throughout history, it can be found that Japan has never recognized the Qing Dynasty as China, and Japan considers Manchuria to be nothing more than barbarians who invaded China, which supports the Japanese view.
The Han people have three hatreds, one hates the five chaotic China, the second hates the battle of Yashan, and the third hates the Manchu Qing Dynasty!
Han people who don't know these three, you are embarrassed to say that you are Han!
Those who boast of national integration and a harmonious world, I really want to greet your ancestors for 18 generations!
If it weren't for the lack of strength, William really wanted to command the army under his command to slaughter all the old and young people in the inner city of Beijing.
Six inside and outside, those who dare to call the staff will be killed!
What a heroism!
"Jin Ji": "Since the end of Ji Long, Min has scattered the warehouse to build private favors.
Attack with Qianghu, no moon and no battle.
Qing, Yong, You, Jingzhou, Zhudi, Qiang, Hu, and Man, each returned to its own territory, the roads were staggered, killing and plundering each other, and the hunger and epidemic died, and there were two or three out of ten people who could reach it.
It was Ran Min who awakened the belief in the hearts of the Han people in the world, so there was a situation where there was no battle with the Qiang and Hu, and after the Han people stood up and struggled, those Hu people knew that they could not be defeated, so they returned to their homeland.
Hate only hates that during the reign of the Qing Dynasty, the Han people actually had no heroes. ） Well, all the grumbling above makes you laugh.
Therefore, William not only did not have any apologies for the sale of opium to Manchuria, but was even very happy.
During the period of Manchurian rule, most of the poor people at the bottom were Han Chinese, and a few of these Han people could afford to smoke opium, and as for those rich Han people, a few of them were not willing to be Manchurian slaves, so it was better to use them to contribute to Prussia.
The huge profits contained in opium were enough to make anyone take risks, and William was quite interested in this, knowing that in Southeast Asia, the French also had colonies, and it was not only the production area of opium but also close to Manchuria, which was an excellent opium base.
Pete and Fox discussed in a low voice, although the two were political enemies, but after all, they still belonged to the same Whig Party, and in terms of the interests of the British Empire.
The views of the two are still the same.
After a short period of deliberation, little Pete smiled and reported back to Augustus.
The crown prince did not look good when he listened to Pete Jr.'
s report, but when Little Pete finally gave a few words of advice, Augustus's face improved.
"Your Majesty, your country's opinion, my country will take it into consideration, in this way, it's not too early now, we will continue to discuss it tomorrow, what do you think?"
Little Pete smiled at William and said, and after listening to his words, William also responded with a smile: "Of course, then I'll wait for good news tomorrow!"
With that, Elstner handed William's hat to William, and Augustus and others personally sent William to the palace, and William walked to the palace door and boarded the carriage directly.