Chapter 937 Embassy

A chill followed the breeze blowing through the imperial garden, and Schroeder couldn't help shivering.

This time he felt nervous in front of the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, because he found that he could not use the knowledge he had learned to guess what the emperor was thinking.

"I can agree to this on behalf of His Majesty the King." Schroeder said solemnly.

Before he came to the Great Yu Kingdom, he got the bottom line of the transaction from the mouth of Ferrier II. In fact, because Prussia and the Great Yu Kingdom were too far apart, the cooperation between the two could not endanger the other party, and would only benefit.

"It's so good." Xiao Ming, Pang Yukun and the others looked at each other like a fox that had eaten chicken. It was clear that Schroeder had not yet realized the hidden trap.

The money of the Great Yu country is currency in the Great Yu country, and you can buy things, but in Prussia it is equivalent to waste paper, and the Prussians may not accept it, so this feature will make Prussia at a disadvantage in trade.

They must use the currency of the Great Yu country to buy the goods of the Great Yu country in exchange for selling their own goods. In this way, the Great Yu country only needs to buy Prussian resources at low prices, and sell industrial products at high prices to maintain a high trade surplus.

After negotiating the first step of cooperation, Schroeder became more daring, and he said directly: "We want to obtain the firearms manufacturing technology and steam engine technology of the Great Yu Kingdom, and hope that Your Majesty can do it?"

As soon as Schroeder's words fell, the officials were unhappy at first, whispering one by one, obviously dissatisfied with Prussia's greed.

Xiao Ming took a sip of the tea, and the smile on his face grew stronger.

He understands that the changes that have taken place in the Great Yu Kingdom can no longer be concealed, whether it is railways, steam locomotives or bicycles, factories roaring with steam engines, warships driven by steam engines, or weapons carried by soldiers are all on the bright side.

Anyone from other countries will be able to see and understand these as long as they enter the Great Yu Kingdom. After all, there are already Western merchants living in the trading ports like Dengzhou all the year round.

From the newspapers, it is easy to get relevant news from the mouths of the people of Dayu.

But these things are the foundation of the prosperity of the Great Yu Kingdom, how could he give the technology that he is using to the Prussians.

Even if he believed in the sincerity of the Prussians, the technology could easily be stolen by others once it reached Europe.

And the most important one is that once the Prussians have learned the technology, they will no longer need the Great Yu Kingdom. It is a truth that the apprentice of this church and the master starve to death.

At that time, what can he use to restrain the powerful Prussia?

Therefore, he rejected Schroeder's proposal for the first time. For him, the best way at present is to let Prussia buy ready-made industrial products in Dayu, and cultivate a group of Prussian comprador forces in Prussia.

Thinking of this, he frowned and shook his head resolutely, "Emissary Schroeder, your request is too harsh, I can't agree to you, whether it is musket manufacturing technology or steam engine technology is the foundation of the great Yu Kingdom's strength."

Schroeder's eyes dimmed when he heard the words. Of course he knew that his request was too much, but negotiations have always been to ask for a high price first and then negotiate slowly.

"It's a pity, so what did your majesty mean?"

"Like the Dutch, we are willing to sell firearms, steam engines and other industrial products to your country." Xiao Ming said lightly, regardless of whether the Prussians could crack the musket and steam engine technology, he had to make the first money.

"Including steam locomotives and battleships?" Schroeder asked tentatively.

"No, this is the advanced technology of the Great Yu Kingdom, and it is not within the scope of the transaction." Xiao Ming's tone became a little stern.

Schroeder nodded. He now has a calculus. What Dayu Country sold them was not the most advanced technology. Although it was a pity, it was better than nothing to him.

"Well, I hope His Majesty can give us a detailed purchase order for us to choose from," Schroeder said finally.

Xiao Ming gestured to Li Kaiyuan at this time, and Li Kaiyuan came to Schroeder with a booklet and bargained with Schroder with the cooperation of the translator.

Pang Yukun shook his head at this time, "Your Majesty, is this Prussia really reliable?"

"There are only interests between countries, not reliable, unreliable, and now we need Prussia to create chaos in Europe, so we will help him. If Prussia becomes stronger in a few years, we will find a way to repair him. Maybe then France will make us I have become an ally of my country, and international affairs are ever-changing. You, the chief assistant of the cabinet, need to be flexible. Now domestic affairs have to be dealt with, and these foreign affairs have to be dealt with.” Xiao Ming said sternly.

Pang Yukun blushed. How could a scholar like him ever imagine that he would one day communicate with these Western barbarians, but now the situation in the Great Yu Kingdom is happening too fast, and sometimes he can't keep up.

The discussion between Schroeder and Li Kaiyuan lasted for about ten minutes and then ended. Li Kaiyuan gave the brochure to Xiao Ming at this time, and it ticked the industrial products that Schroder wanted to buy.

The Great Yu Kingdom had a hundred reciprocating steam engines of the first generation, ten thousand expedition muskets, sixty field guns and some ammunition for explosive shells.

In addition to these important industrial products, Schroeder purchased some special products of the Great Yu Kingdom, such as tea, porcelain, silk and the like.

Rolling his eyes, Xiao Ming handed the booklet to Li Kaiyuan. Obviously, Schroeder had carefully calculated and purchased things with a purpose.

However, from this point, he can also see how much Europe loves tea, porcelain and other traditional products of the Yu country, because these things also account for a major share of the trade between the Dutch and the Yu country.

But he believes that with the improvement of the industrial level of the Great Yu country, Europe will buy more and more industrial products of the Great Yu country. After all, the gap between the industries is not too big.

Once the electric revolution begins, the Great Yu Kingdom will be able to take the lead in technology.

"That's right." Xiao Ming said loudly.

Schroeder smiled. Although the scale of this trade was small, it was a big step for Prussia.

Because for him, he is not so reassured about Dayu Country, but even so, he has made up his mind to continue to maintain a good relationship with Dayu Country.

At the same time, he swears in his heart that he must find a way to get the most advanced technology from the Great Yu Kingdom, even if the exchange condition is to let Prussia attack France.

After pondering for a while, he said: "Dear Your Majesty, in order to maintain the friendship between Prussia and the Great Yu Kingdom, I implore Your Majesty to leave a resident envoy in your country to be able to exchange matters between the two countries at any time. I hope Your Majesty will complete it."

Xiao Ming nodded. He felt that it was time to formalize foreign affairs, so he said: "In this case, I will allow you to purchase a piece of land, and the building built on this piece of land should be called the embassy."