"Her Majesty has agreed to her Majesty's request and is ready to redeem them for two hundred pounds a soldier."
After entering the conference room, Brooke completely put away his arrogance and looked humble.
As a defeated man, he knew what he should do now. After all, the lives of tens of thousands of British soldiers are still in their hands.
Xiao Ming was stunned. He didn't expect that the British would agree so readily this time, while Pang Yukun looked like he had suffered a loss and hated that his price was too low.
"Happy, that's the attitude of negotiation." Xiao Ming said.
With a smile on his face, Brooke went on to say, "but only if your majesty agrees not to block air routes, so that the British can freely trade anywhere in the world. Of course, what we are looking forward to most is to establish trade relations with your country. "
" your Queen Victoria is a smart man, but it's too much to get the right of free navigation with this pound. However, it's not impossible. As long as your merchant ships pay a escort fee equivalent to 30% of the profits to the Empire, otherwise I can't guarantee that they won't be attacked by pirates. "Xiao Ming looks relaxed.
Now the initiative is in his hands, and it's not easy for the British to take advantage of him.
Brooke seems to have a plan. He said, "does your majesty mean global route?"
"Do you think it's possible? The route from Cape of good hope to Empire. " Xiao Ming said with a sneer that up to now these British people still want to set him up. There's no way.
In fact, it is very difficult to ensure the safety of the sea in this era. After all, the sea is too big. There is not much difference between the Empire's warships in the sea and a handful of sand in the Yangtze River.
Seeing that Xiao Ming's wording became more severe, Brooke stopped at the right time. This time he came here, the British parliament gave him full rights, and there were many preparations in advance.
This one was also in the period. After all, the British navy had bullied other countries' merchant ships in this way, so he said, "we also agreed to this one."
Xiao Ming smiles. Compared with the ransom of the soldiers, the income of the trade routes is an important source of money.
But it was based on the close trade between the Empire and Europe.
So the next step is to open up the British market. He said, "next, let's talk about war reparations. Let's not talk about war reparations. I ask you to open London as the trading port of the Empire and allow imperial businessmen to trade in Britain."
When it comes to this issue, Brooke's face is hot. Once upon a time, this was their way to deal with the indigenous countries, but now the Chinese Empire uses this on them.
However, even so, the house has unanimously passed this article. One of the purposes of his coming here this time is to establish trade relations, and to regard London as a free trade port between the two countries has both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that they can buy all kinds of industrial products from the eastern empire to imitate. The disadvantage is that the British local industry may suffer a lot.
However, in terms of measurement, they are still biased towards benefits, because they are now lagging behind. As long as they can achieve scientific and technological progress, it is worth sacrificing their own country's market.
When their industrial capacity catches up in the future, they can use the policy to drive out the industrial products of the eastern empire, and then support the domestic industrial products.
"This one is very difficult for us, but it's not that we can't agree to it. But the House hopes that your country will open up some patent rights to the UK. We are willing to buy your technology patents at a high price, such as steel-making technology, bearing technology, ball production technology and so on."
"You have a lot of appetite." Pang Yukun couldn't help interrupting. In Liuzhou, the patent right was established more than ten years ago.
Now the archives of the Patent Office keep thousands of patent technology materials of the Empire, which are protected by the laws of the Empire.
Without the patent owner's application, no individual or organization can use the technology in the patent for profit.
Now Brooke wants to use patents, which means that the Empire has to disclose technical information to them in exchange for patent fees.
In modern times, it is the use of royalties that western countries extract a lot of domestic wealth.
Brooke said, "Your Majesty, it's just a kind of transaction. We use your technology and then pay a high fee. It's equivalent to making your country earn a lot of money. Why not?"
"Then you can imitate our technology and upgrade your UK industrial capacity." Xiao Ming is from now, and he is very clear about this.
Brooke did not deny it. He said, "is your majesty afraid that our Britain will catch up with you?"
"There's no doubt that you've been left behind by us, but it's not good to let the Empire sell you important technologies for a small sum of money. Don't be paranoid about that."
Brooke said calmly, "sire, we still hope you can think about the technology I just mentioned. At present, our country is concentrating talents to conquer it. With the knowledge reserve, I believe they will be broken one after another. At that time, these patents will be worthless."The atmosphere of the venue cooled down, and everyone understood what Brooke meant. It is obvious that the British have mastered a lot of basic knowledge and are now applying it.
After thinking about it for a moment, Xiao Ming said, "I will consider this point, but I have to send personnel to inspect it before. If what I said is true, I can sell these patents to you in advance. Secondly, in the name of the emperor of the Chinese Empire, I ask for the extradition of the two traitors. If you don't answer, this article is free. "
" yes. " Brooke readily agreed that the two men were of little use to Britain now.
All the things they have are now in the hands of British scientists. It's very cost-effective to exchange these two people for some patents.
Xiao Ming nodded slightly. Brooke said that the patent was only the technology of six states ten years ago. Now the Empire already has more advanced technology.
It's a good deal to exchange these technologies for wealth and promote the technological development of the Empire, because according to the information he got, Brooke's words are still somewhat credible.
If the person dispatched this time has confirmed the technical level of the UK, there is no need for him to hide. It is a good strategy to take action as soon as possible.
However, the second of his terms is the most poisonous. Once these two people are extradited, it will be a serious warning to those who are going to sell their country in Europe.
Because no matter where they were, they could not escape the punishment of the Empire.
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