I want to ruin the country

Li Hongzhang asked,

"My lord, what is this?"

Prince Gong chuckled.

"This is a treasure. The Emperor said it could be sold for ten million silver coins."

Li Hongzhang opened his mouth wide.

"What treasure is so valuable?"

Prince Gong said,

"This is the blueprint for the most advanced warship. Don't you think it's a treasure?"

Li Hongzhang was shocked and asked,

"Ah, the blueprints of the most advanced warships, of course they're treasures. Where did they come from?"

Prince Gong said,

"Don't worry about where it comes from. The emperor wants us to sell it for a good price!"

Li Hongzhang said,

"The Emperor is thousands of miles away, how can he know the situation in Europe so clearly?"

Prince Gong smiled in an inscrutable way and said,

"Don't guess, the emperor is the emperor. You will be shocked when you return to your country. I can hardly recognize my country now!"

"Yes, I've heard from people who have come back that it's unimaginable now that we have electric lights, cars, telegraphs, and telephones!"

Prince Gong said,

"What we are doing now is not very important, it is just to buy time.

The Emperor said their warships are rubbish. When our warships come out, they will be much more advanced than their ironclad ships!"

Li Hongzhang asked,

"It's much more advanced, how advanced can it be?"

Prince Gong said,

"After returning, the Emperor ordered all the guns on the warships to be removed?"

Li Hongzhang was stunned.

"why?"

Prince Gong said,

"We have our own cannons, all with shrapnel shells that can fire forty miles. What do we need this crap from them for?"

Li Hongzhang was surprised and excited.

"It can hit forty miles, my goodness!"

Prince Gong said with a smile,

"This is top secret, don't tell anyone!"

Within a few days, Prince Gong and his entourage received invitations to visit several countries, including Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Prince Gong gladly accepted, and his first stop was Copenhagen, Denmark.

Here they were warmly received by the Danish Prime Minister Adam William Moltke.

Denmark has its own Royal Shipyard, which is very powerful, but they have not yet developed an ironclad warship weighing more than 3,000 tons.

Everyone knew what the other needed, so they quickly got to the point.

Prime Minister Adam said,

"Your Excellency Prince Gong, we heard that Daqing is purchasing ironclad warships."

Prince Gong nodded and answered calmly,

"Yes!"

Prime Minister Adam said,

"Also, we heard that the British Empire has rejected you. Is that true?"

Prince Gong nodded calmly.

"it is true!"

Prime Minister Adam continued,

"Furthermore, Prime Minister John is lobbying to stop other countries from selling warships to you?"

Prince Gong nodded slightly.

"Prime Minister Adam is right!"

Adam said,

"And we happen to be England's enemy, so the British can't reach us!"

Prince Gong said,

"Prime Minister Adam means you can sell us warships!"

Adam leaned back in his chair and said,

"As long as the price is right, nothing is impossible to trade!"

Prince Gong smiled calmly.

"But we will not purchase your warships!"

"why?"

Prince Gong said,

"Of course I don't like it. You don't have the technology to build a 10,000-ton ship!"

Adam did not blush,

“Neither would the British in the first place!”

Prince Gong smiled and said,

"How long will the Prime Minister keep us waiting?"

Adam stretched out his finger,

“One to two years!”

Prince Gong said,

"It's been such a long time. Your Excellency the Prime Minister, you know a lot can happen in two years!"

Adam said,

"Your Excellency Prince Gong, you can first order a few 3,000-ton warships. We can build such ships!"

Prince Gong smiled again.

"Prime Minister Adam, I don't like beating around the bush. Don't you want to restore our former glory?"

Adam was stunned after hearing this. In the previous few decades, Denmark and Britain had conflicts in many aspects, and there was fierce competition in politics, economy and colonies.

Britain wanted to weaken France's influence by controlling Denmark, and to control Denmark it needed to control Denmark's ports and waterways.

Denmark wants to ensure trade and maritime transportation through its control over the Baltic Sea?6?8.

This competition has turned the two countries into adversaries.

Denmark used to include Sweden and Norway, but it was because of the British bombardment of Copenhagen and other reasons that Denmark was forced to get involved in the French War and lost Norway.

Then it gradually became a small country with no sense of existence at all.

However, England became a world power through the Industrial Revolution and colonial expansion in the 19th century.

This situation made the Danes resentful, and the conflict between the two countries became increasingly acute.

Now the meaning of Prince Gong's words seemed to be meaningful, which made Prime Minister Adam stop imagining things.

Before he could speak, Prince Gong said,

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Although we don’t regard England as our enemy, they have already classified us as their enemy!

Therefore, our Emperor believes there should be room for cooperation between us!"

Prime Minister Adam is a qualified politician, not someone who is easily fooled. He said,

"Your Excellency, the British say you've caused them a lot of trouble in Burma. It's hard not to see you as an enemy!"

"Haha, the British have come all the way to our doorstep. Prime Minister Adam should know better than me who caused the trouble!"

When it comes to expansion, whether it is Britain, Denmark or France, they have always believed that fists are the only way to win. What logic is there to talk about?

So, Adam didn’t think there was anything wrong with what the British did!

"Your Excellency, I think we should refrain from judging what the British did in Burma. The law of the jungle is the nature of this world!"

Prince Gong said,

"Well, Prime Minister Adam, what you said is the truth!

According to what you said, it is reasonable for me to attack you with the warship you sold me!"

Adam thought to himself, you let the British beat you to a pulp in the battle on your home turf. Daqing has come thousands of miles to get here, and you have the ability to fight all the way to Europe. It's a joke!

However, he did not want to hit the Chinese in this regard, he said,

"Your Excellency, this is perfectly acceptable. If your country can truly defeat us, we will certainly submit!"

Prince Gong said,

"Okay, Prime Minister, what you mean is that this is a world of the strong, and everything should be said from the perspective of strength, right?"

Prime Minister Adam said,

"Of course, without strength, everything is zero!"

Prince Gong asked seriously

"If we can restore Denmark to the top of Europe, would Prime Minister Adam be interested?"