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The lunch meeting with the ministers of various countries was very harmonious. The shogunate was asking for help. Even Ii Naobi and Matsudaira Qixuan were able to suppress their emotions. They talked and laughed happily with Elgin, Harris and others.

Chungemon originally wanted to talk to Erkin about the ironclad ship, because the Russian-Turkish Sipno naval battle (sinopnaval, November 30, 1853 (Russian 18)) that broke out the year before, Britain, France and other countries have already The development and construction of armored ships are on the agenda, and even the French have begun to design and build armored ships.

Since the shogunate had caught up with this trip, sending people to observe and study the construction and design of the British ironclad ships had to be on the agenda. Tademon thought that buying a British iron-clad ship would definitely be slaughtered. It's better to take advantage of the fact that the British hadn't built an iron-clad ship, and it was purely an experimental stage.

Just like the ironclad ships bought by the Qing Dynasty in history, the Zhenyuan ship was because the Germans were not a sea power country before and had no experience in building large ironclad ships. In the end, it was cheaper for the Beiyang navy who bought ships everywhere.

Regarding the experimental product, everyone cares less about it.

Although the British are beginning to invest in iron armored ships, their enthusiasm is not as good as the French. Regardless of the British Empire’s navy, the world’s number one, but since he is the world’s number one, his arrogance makes it very realistic to look down on the influence of the world’s navies. The ship was in a disaster to turn around, and they themselves had to argue about the direction of the navy's development.

It was Jing Yi Zhibi's side attack, endlessly testing Earl Erjin, can you borrow more? Let's borrow some more. Anyway, our customs will pay it back. Let's borrow some more from me and let Chuemon buy your artillery boat.

Hey, if you don't say that they are the elders, you can't compare to Chuemon's posture of asking people to borrow money.

Not to mention, Earl Elgin has just received letters from London and Hong Kong. In fact, the content of the letter said nothing new. The old tune was repeated, hoping to expand the economic aggression against the Qing and seek greater benefits.

This is a long story, but I still need to introduce it. In 1844, the "Sino-U.S. Pousada Treaty" was signed, in which Article 34 stipulated that "all trade and maritime provisions may not be without slight modifications. It should be waited for twelve years before the two countries send personnel to make fair decisions."

And Taiying has one-sided most-favored-nation treatment in the Qing Dynasty!

In the four years of Xianfeng (1854), the "Nanjing Treaty" expired for twelve years. Britain misinterpreted the provisions of the Sino-US "Treaty of Wangsha" on trade and sea terms that can be changed slightly after twelve years, invoked the most-favored-nation treatment, and requested the Qing government to comprehensively revise the "Nanjing Treaty". The main contents are: the opening of trade throughout China, the legalization of the crow (shielded) trade, the exemption of spouse tax on imported and exported goods, the permanent residence of foreign ministers in Beijing, etc.

Last year, these unreasonable requests made by the British Minister to China, Wen Xian, to the Qing court were completely rejected by Emperor Xianfeng.

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