Daming 1805

Chapter 136 The French Are Coming Too
Shen Fu is actually very busy now, sent the Portuguese and Spaniards away, and immediately let the Prussians in.

Hardenberg of Prussia said a few words of courtesy, and then directly explained his intention of coming:
"Shen Shaoqing... We in Prussia want to know whether the promise of Ming Dynasty to support the construction of the Prussian navy is still valid."

Shen Fu nodded directly:

"Of course it works. Prussia is still Daming's most suitable Thai-Western partner. There has been no change in this matter so far."

Hardenberg smiled:
"Since that's the case, is the new main gun tested by Da Ming today included in these supports?"

Shen Fu very experienced explained:
"These main guns are still experimental products, and they have not been widely equipped in the Ming Dynasty Navy, and there is no possibility of direct export for the time being.

"The main goal of the Prussian Navy is to break the hegemony of the British Navy in the North Atlantic, and the existing mature technology is sufficient.

"By the time the British and French develop similar main guns, our technology should be fully mature and popular.

"At that time, we will support you in the development and production of similar naval guns, and continue to deal with the threats of the British and French."

Hardenberg's expression was rather depressed.

The meaning of Da Ming is obvious. The purpose of Da Ming to provide them with technical support is to let Prussia contain the British and French navies.

Therefore, the technical indicators that will be provided are also able to contain the navies of Britain and France.

Instead of giving the best technology and equipment of Ming Dynasty to Prussia directly.

Unless Britain and France built a main gun as powerful as Ming, then Ming would provide the corresponding technology to Prussia.

If Britain and France do not have it, then they will not give it.

Hardenberg left with mixed feelings.

The Austrians who were waiting outside came in.

After Austria is Lucia.

After Lucia came Italy.

Although Prussia, Austria, and Italy formed a small alliance, it was only a loose "group buying" alliance after all.

Many confidential matters will not be discussed in the alliance, including such matters as asking Daming for support, and they all come here alone.

The goals of the members of the Little League and Lucia are actually similar to those of Prussia, they both want Ming's new naval guns.

Shen Fu's answers are also very similar, England, France, and Spain have similar things, and Daming Chai will support them with similar things.

After Daming lifted Lucia's threat, it stopped supporting Prussia's complete unification of Greater Germany.

In case expansionary countries like Prussia and Lucia break out, won't it be troublesome to really build a new Rome in Taixi?

The situation in Thailand and the West is best to maintain the status quo. Countries with different regions and cultures check each other, and it is best to maintain a certain amount of hatred.

So Ming supported Prussia's defense against England and France, supported Austria's defense against Prussia and Lucia, and supported Italy's defense against Austria and France.

What the British did in the past, Ming Dynasty will do in the future, but now the British have also become targets.

Although the answer given by Daming cannot satisfy the representatives of these countries, it is the most realistic and natural result.

These politicians can easily understand Daming's logic, so they can only helplessly accept this reality.

However, they soon relaxed, after all, they all got the promise from Daming.

If the British, French, Spaniards and other opponents designed naval guns of the same level, Ming would give the same level of support.

So don't worry about your warship lagging behind your opponents.

After seeing off the Italians, Shen Fu thought that there should be nothing to do today.

As a result, in the evening, the guards outside came in to announce that the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand had arrived.

Shen Fu was obviously a little surprised. After letting the guards bring Talleyrand in, he said with emotion:

"I didn't expect Mr. Talleyrand to come too. I don't know why Mr. Talley is here?"

There was a smile on Talleyrand's face. I don't know how sincere he was, but he looked like he was smiling and saying hello.

After a few polite words, Talleyrand explained his purpose of coming:
"I don't know if His Royal Highness Prince Dashi has given instructions. Is there any room for negotiation on the terms of the permanent peace treaty signed between France and Ming Dynasty, other than handing over all the Yinzhou colonies?"

Shen Fu directly gave two words:
"No."

The smile on Talleyrand's face couldn't hold back a bit:

"Is it true that Daming must drive France to extinction?"

Shen Fu was very surprised and said:

"Our Ninth Highness has made it very clear that Yinzhou is just a colony, why did you kill it all? We didn't go to your native land to keep no people..."

Talleyrand's expression began to become ugly:

"Could it be that Ming must let the war continue, and must let France fight to the death?"

Shen Fu said indifferently:
"The fish may die, but the net will not break.

"Your anti-Ming alliance back then couldn't touch my Ming mainland.

"Only by you Frenchmen yourself?

"Ha ha--"

Talleyrand opened his mouth, a little bit about to turn around and leave.

But thinking of his task, Talleyrand refrained.

I have to buy more time for France and a relatively relaxed development environment.

Zhu Jianfeng's local threat, coupled with today's display of new naval guns, made the colonial alliance of Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal collapse on its own.

If the Europa people want to truly fight against Ming Dynasty, they still need to form a real Europa native alliance.

20 years of peace may not be enough time for this alliance to truly take shape and truly demonstrate its strength.

The point is, the point is that the countries that sign the 20-year treaty will definitely be targeted by Ming Dynasty, and they will not be able to fully develop.

The rest of the Western native nations, including Spain and Portugal, should all pursue a permanent peace treaty instead.

If France signed a 20-year peace treaty, it would be difficult to directly gain the trust of other Western countries.

They dare not form an alliance with France, and the alliance cannot be established at all.

Therefore, under the current situation, France must find a way to sign a permanent peace treaty.

Reduce Ming's vigilance, integrate into other Thai and Western national groups, and strive for a longer preparation and development time.

Talleyrand brewed his emotions for a few seconds, bowed to Shen Fu again, and said very solemnly:
"We France made a mistake first, I implore the Great Tomorrow Court to forgive..."

Shen Fu asked casually:
"Forgive you for what?"

Talleyrand said helplessly:
"Before this world war, we shouldn't give up our friendship with Ming Dynasty and join the British anti-Ming alliance."

Shen Fu laughed immediately:

"It turns out that Monsieur Talleyrand remembered things before the war, and I thought you French had forgotten all about it.

"Does Mr. Talleyrand know, if you France cooperates with our Ming Dynasty, what can you get now?"

Talleyrand said this time with genuine regret:
"France can get most of the British Yinzhou colonies, and there may be a considerable amount of compensation. We have regretted it now..."

Shen Fu picked up the teacup and took a sip of water:

"There is no regret medicine in this world, so you French people accept the reality.

"If you are unwilling to hand over the Yinzhou colony, we suggest that you continue to maintain your alliance with Britain, because the British must also accept the reality."

Talleyrand knew the Chinese tradition of "serving guests with tea", but he didn't want to leave at this time:

"Damn Britons, past behavior was a mistake and we still have a chance to right it.

"I beg to meet His Royal Highness Prince Dashi, and I hope Shen Shaoqing can convey it..."

Shen Fu was silent for a few seconds, then put down his teacup, got up and went to the inner hall.

After Talleyrand waited anxiously for more than ten minutes, Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Jianfeng's uncle and nephew came in together.

Seeing Zhu Jingyuan, Talleyrand heaved a sigh of relief, but seeing Zhu Jianfeng, Talleyrand's heart suddenly tugged again.

Seeing Li anxiously, Talleyrand repeated his thoughts again and asked if there was another compromise.

After Zhu Jingyuan finished listening, he said very melancholy:
"Actually, I'm a pretty easy-going person, and I agree with our Daming's way of taking a step back.

"Make some concessions on the original goal and sign the peace treaty as soon as possible.

"But according to my ninth uncle's introduction, with my status as Daming, any concessions made to you will be considered weak.

"So, I can only be forced to be tough to the end.

"You French can either hand over the entire Yinzhou colony, or pay 1000 million Daming gold bills as compensation, or continue the war.

"There is no need to discuss everything, because discussing it will make me appear weak..."

Talleyrand was almost desperate. Does negotiation mean weakness?What the hell logic is this?

Zhu Jianfeng, you, Prince of Ming Dynasty, how did you form this kind of thinking?
The point is, it's fine if you think about it yourself, why are you polluting His Royal Highness Prince Dashi?
Talleyrand looked at Zhu Jingyuan with almost pleading eyes:
"Is there really no other plan?"

Zhu Jingyuan looked melancholy and didn't know what to say.

Zhu Jianfeng next to him said with a smile:

"Jingyuan, it's not that you can't make concessions, but if you want to make concessions here, you have to be tougher elsewhere.

"For example, they gave up claiming the Yinzhou colony of France, and directly took their homeland as a colony.

"Drive their royal family to Yinzhou to become kings, and send all the French over there..."

Talleyrand's eyes widened.

What the hell logic are you talking about!

Could it be that the two of you came out just to humiliate me!
Talleyrand felt that he couldn't help it anymore, and directly stated his plan:

"His Royal Highness, France has now sincerely repented, and sincerely hopes to sign a permanent peace treaty with Ming.

"For this purpose France may surrender all lands north and west of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River.

"At the same time, give up the right to develop land in all other areas of Yinzhou."

The French colony in Yinzhou is basically around the Great Lakes and on both sides of the St. Lawrence River.

Mainly the southeastern region of later Canada, plus the north-central and northeastern regions of the United States.

Including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Northwest New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine are all French colonies.

The relatively well-developed places are mainly concentrated on the southern shores of the Five Great Lakes, that is, the northern part of the United States in later generations, and several states around the Great Lakes.

And now the land offered by France on its own initiative, apart from Minnesota on the west side of the Great Lakes, is the southern part of Canada north of the Great Lakes, and there are not many good places.

That's Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa.

However, the more critical thing is that France can promise to give up the development of other areas of Yinzhou.

In this way, the land directly ceded by France may only be hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. The specific figure cannot be calculated because there is no specific boundary between the north and northwest of the colony.

However, the area of ​​land that Daming can confirm the ownership of will be as many as several million square kilometers.

Except for the British colonies around Hudson Bay, the central part of Canada in later generations will fall into the hands of Ming Dynasty.

Although most of them were rotten ground, Zhu Jingyuan was a little tempted.

(End of this chapter)