Chapter 2079 Tianshui Jiji (5)

   "Let's see."

   Bonaparte found a thick book from the box in the accompanying library. She opened it and looked at it. It was full of comics.

  "This is a British ‘caricature’." He said as he closed the curtains of the carriage.

  Georgina flipped through the colorful cartoons by candlelight. Many of them were caricatures. One of them clearly showed that the Chinese emperor was receiving foreign envoys, but from every aspect, this picture was wrong.

  She didn’t know what Qianlong looked like, but he could not be as fat as in the comics, and he was lying on the scarlet Persian carpet. The Forbidden City in the travel magazine had the Golden Luang Palace, and the emperor should be sitting on the throne.

Next to him stood a man with a red machete in his hand. The knife had a red pattern, but it looked more like blood at first glance. The British envoy was panicked, kneeling on his knees, looking like he was intimidated. NS.

  "What is this picture? The Mongolian golden tent?" Georgiana asked incredulously.

   "Have you seen how they painted me?" Bonaparte said indifferently.

  Georgina was speechless.

"I heard that the Macartney delegation's visit to the emperor was not going well this time, and their conditions were not fulfilled." Bonaparte sat next to her, leaning close to her, and pressing her body weight on her. , Like she is a pillow.

   "What are the conditions?" Georgiana asked.

  "Have you ever heard the phrase ‘Who is your friend and who is your ally’."

   "I heard about it now, who said this?" She asked excitedly.

  "Your British friends didn't tell you?" he asked with a smile.

   "Someone told me,'France is our untrustworthy ally.'" Georgiana answered honestly.

"Silver is important, but having silver does not mean having everything. East Asia has a tributary system that has been implemented for many years, and we are forming a new system, my continental system, and the English trading system. They want a system that can be freely plundered. Market."

  Georgiana was surprised.

  "Do you know what a tribute is?" Bonaparte asked.

   "Yes, I think I know." She said softly, "The envoys of the vassal country must present gifts when they meet with the monarch."

"This is an Eastern etiquette. The Sultan of Turkey also paid me a tribute to pearls. According to the etiquette, I will give him a gift, which is the tapestry you found. If England needs to establish a trading base in Asian countries, they must destroy this tribute. In this way, we can obtain the market within the empire and the tributary system circle. Many British and Dutch people think that diplomacy is not feasible, but Macartney thinks Qianlong is an enlightened monarch, as long as he explains to the emperor Guangzhou Customs The corruption made him realize that the corruption of officials has caused business difficulties, and their business demands will be responded to."

   "And they didn't get what they wanted." Georgiana said, looking at the painting in her hand.

   "Have you heard what Mr. Brown said just now, do you think the emperor is an enlightened monarch?" Bonaparte asked.

  Georgiana has nothing to say.

"Sooner or later, the British trade logic and the tribute logic of the Chinese empire will conflict. Chinese silk still has export restrictions. The export of silk and satin is accompanied by official merchant ships from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Japan to purchase copper and silver. Guangzhou only has raw silk, Mr. Brown. The silk used by the palace is very precious. I heard that he still has another one. You..."

   "I don't want it." She said without hesitation, "I like fish, but it doesn't mean that I have to accept it. It means that I must accommodate some of his requirements."

   "I will tell him that you like the fan he gave me." Bonaparte squeezed her hand and said, "Remember what I told you just now, ‘Who is your friend and who is your ally?"

   "Should allies accept gifts?" she asked, confused.

"Because of India, Britain has the foundation for development in East Asia. The influx of silver has brought prosperity to the empire, but it has also planted instability. Peru’s silver mines are almost exhausted. You know how much the United Kingdom is lacking now. money."

   "But it is unwise to go to war with China now."

   "Yes, it is unwise to go to war'now'." Bonaparte repeated her words once, "I heard that they are still using matchlocks and are not interested in the cannons and muskets brought by the envoys."

  Georgiana has nothing to say again.

"There are three ways to solve this problem. First, Britain used force to destroy the tributary system and coerce the empire to manage trade according to'reasonable conditions'. Second, Britain completely abandons trade. Third, Britain absolutely obeys all the rules of the tributary system. What do you think of England? Which way will you choose?"

   "Oh." She said in frustration.

  "One day I will encounter the same problem. It is unwise for Britain and France to go to war ‘now’. Mr. Brown loves you very much, so don’t break his heart." Bonaparte said jokingly.

   "What?" she asked inexplicably.

  He seemed to be thinking how to explain to her.

  "Because sugar and silk are not restricted?" she asked.

   "This is the benefit of free trade." He replied immediately with a sigh of relief.

   "But that was wrong." Georgiana said.

  "Why do you think that?" he asked rhetorically.

  Georgiana saw that when the rich man’s wife was saving money and doing housework at home, he took his mistress to buy luxury goods in London.

The same was true for Victorian men. It was a fashion to raise an elegant mistress, and it was a fashion to use a mistress instead of a legal spouse to go out. Even French men were like this. The wife gave birth at home, and Louis XV always brought his mistress to attend. Various public places.

  The liberation of desire and love is one of the driving forces of luxury consumption. Which of those "adventurers" is not a rich man who wants to find a successful career?

   "You said you like sugar."

   "It's not sugar squeezed out by slaves." She said listlessly, "Let's go."

   After she finished speaking, she planned to throw away the picture album in her hand and leave the carriage.

  But she just stood up when she was pulled into his arms.

  This is a passionate kiss, unlike in the banquet venue before, even if it is bold enough.

  The carriage was filled with the rustle of cloth rubbing, which made her feel immoral.

   "He will kill me, won't he?" he asked after the kiss was over.

  Georgiana stared into his eyes.

   "Unless he comes to me." She said calmly.

  He also looked at her without saying a word.

  "Do you want to leave early, Sultan?" Georgiana asked.

   "I like the me who used to be, the me who is passionate about power." Bonaparte said.

   "We will live the way we hate the most one day, but you seem to hate so many people before." She smiled and said, tidying up her manners, and then left the carriage.

  As soon as she opened the car door, there was a burst of cheers, and then she saw a magical scene. A fire was actually burning in the water column of the fountain, which looked like a flame fountain of water and fire.

   "There is oil in the water!" A woman said, "It is the oil that burns on the water."

   "No, it's just ordinary water, I can guarantee it." A man said, "Can you stop it."

   "Of course." A young man replied, and then the fire-breathing fountain stopped spraying water, and of course the fire went out.

   "Look, it's just water." The man who spoke just now said.

  Everyone began to whisper.

  "Want to see something rare?" Georgian asked Bonaparte, but his face was gloomy and gloomy.

  So she stopped paying attention to him and went to see what happened over there.

  (End of this chapter)