Chapter 267 The temptation of the devil, do you want to become a billionaire? (Please vote, please order)
A two-wheeled carriage, escorted by a group of Taiping troops, entered Tianjing City from Yifeng Gate, passed through most of the city, and finally stopped outside the old-looking gate of Prince Wu's Mansion.
Wenxian and Weituma got out of the carriage one after another. The person guarding the carriage was still Chen Chengrong - it was he who personally ran to the Xiaguan Pier outside Yifeng Gate to remove these two people from He.
He was invited down from the Hermes and led all the way to the outside of Prince Wu's Mansion.
"Mr. Wen, Mr. Wei, we meet again."
It was Wang Yan who stood outside Prince Wu's Mansion to greet Wenxian and Weituoma.
"Your Majesty," Witoma raised his hand, "Is His Royal Highness the King of Wu in the mansion?"
"Here." Wang Yan replied, "I just arrived in Tianjing yesterday to attend the capital ceremony."
Chen Chengrong asked: "Wang Shangshu, is King Wu free now?"
Wang Yan said: "The King of Wu is meeting guests, and the Sixth Princess has just arrived."
Chen Chengrong frowned slightly: "Sixth Princess. Doesn't that mean the British guests will have to wait for a long time?"
"That's not possible," Wang Yan said with a smile, "King Wu can meet the Yingji guests with the Sixth Princess. The Sixth Princess is also quite interested in Yingji's affairs."
Chen Chengrong smiled and clasped his fists: "Then I'd like to ask the King to inform you."
Wang Yan made a sign of respecting guests and said to Wen Xian and Weituoma: "You two, just follow me."
"Thank you."
Weituma thanked him, then waved to Wenxian, and followed Wang Yan and Chen Chengrong into Prince Wu's Mansion.
While walking through the pavilions and corridors of Prince Wu's Mansion, Witoma asked Chen Chengrong about the "Six Princesses" again.
"This Sixth Princess is very powerful," Chen Chengrong frowned, "She is the general manager of the female army of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. His Royal Highness King Wu's Queen Su is only the deputy general manager of the female army!"
Witoma was surprised: "She is still a female general!"
"More than that," Chen Chengrong said with admiration, "she is also the sixth daughter of Heavenly Father. In the early years, she helped Heavenly King preach with King Nan. Now her status is comparable to King Wu and King Yi! She has a bad temper. You and Master Wen will wait a moment.
Don't talk nonsense."
"I understand." Witoma nodded, and then said to Bonham in English, "Mr. Minister, today we can not only see the angel of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also Hong Xiuquan's sister. She is the highest-ranking person in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
A woman, possibly a God-worshiping archbishop."
"Really?" Wen Xian raised his eyebrows and muttered, "I didn't expect there to be such a person in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."
While they were talking, Wenxian and Weitoma had been led outside a lobby with poor lighting by Wang Yan. In the darkness in the lobby, Wenxian and Weitoma saw a person sitting behind a table inside.
Wearing a dragon robe, a dragon crown on his head, a young man with dark skin and no beard. This young man is obviously not the same person as the "Luo Yaoguo" Weituma met in Shanghai. We don't know the "Shanghai Luo Yaoguo" and this "Nanjing"
What is the relationship between "Luo Yaoguo"?
There is also a plump woman wearing a black robe inlaid with a "pearl cross" who is pacing in the lobby and speaking Hakka quickly, seemingly talking to the young man inside.
Immediately, the announcement from the guards of Prince Wu's Mansion guarding the door sounded, followed by a very majestic-sounding Hakka dialect.
"King Wu invites you to come in!" The woman in black robe greeted again in Mandarin with a slight accent.
Witoma nodded towards Wen Xian, then stretched out his hand to make a sign to invite him in, and then followed the British minister into the lobby.
After entering the lobby, the first thing Wenxian and Weitoma saw was the woman in black robe. She was standing in the lobby, relatively close to the door, and the lighting was better in this position. Wenxian and Weitoma noticed that this woman in black The woman in the robe is young, only twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a very graceful figure, high bulging peaks, and somewhat coquettish facial features, but she is also quite majestic when she has a straight face.
"Hurry and salute King Wu and the Sixth Princess!"
Chen Chengrong's slightly panicked voice suddenly sounded behind the two foreigners.
Wen Xian and Weituma quickly bowed to Hong Xuanjiao and Luo Yaoguo, and then stood in a position a little far away from Luo Yaoguo in the lobby - because Hong Xuanjiao was standing in the middle of the lobby, they had to keep a certain distance from Hong Xuanjiao. distance.
So now they can only see Archangel Luo sitting in the shadows.
Not only was this angel unable to see clearly, but he was also a Hakka angel and could not understand what he was saying. When they saw Wen Xian and Weitoma stood up, they spoke a Hakka dialect in a very dignified tone.
Wen Xian turned back and looked at "China Tong" Wade, but unfortunately he didn't understand it either, and of course he couldn't translate it. Fortunately, Hong Xuanjiao repeated Luo Tiantian's words in Mandarin that Wade could still understand: "The King of Wu said that he had just been appointed as the Westernization Advisor of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. All matters related to Westernization must be handled by the King of Wu first, and then reported to the King of Heaven and the King of the East. From now on, the King of Wu will be stationed in Kunshan County, Suzhou Prefecture, which is not far from Shanghai. Yuan, if you want to negotiate anything, you can go to Kunshan to find the Westernization Military Advisor's Office."
Witoma then translated Hong Xuanjiao's words into English. After hearing this, Wen Xian thought for a while and then said to Witoma: "Let's negotiate first. Let's first ask this Westernization Angel's position on the Treaty of Nanjing. "
"Yes, sir."
Wetoma organized his language and then asked Wenxian's question in straight Chinese Mandarin.
"We, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, will not recognize the Treaty of Nanjing signed between Britain and Qingyao!"
Luo Tiantian seemed to be able to understand Mandarin, but he still spoke in Hakka when he answered, and he spoke quickly and softly. Wei Tuoma couldn't hear clearly at all, and of course he couldn't tell the difference between the voice and that of Luo Da from Shanghai. Handsomeness actually belongs to one person.
But Hong Xuanjiao heard it word for word, and then translated everything into Mandarin.
"Your Highness King Wu, this is not in compliance with the public laws of all nations!" Witoma immediately protested, "This will make it difficult for the Taiping Rebellion to gain recognition from the great powers, and may even shake the neutral stance of the great powers in the Chinese Civil War!"
"Although you support Qing Yao, all the consequences will be borne by you. We, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, will reserve the right to take all retaliatory measures!"
Of course Luo Yaoguo will not give in!
Because Article 4 of the Treaty of Nanjing stipulates that Yin Yang will pay six million yuan as compensation for the opium burned by Lin Zexu in Guangzhou - this is tantamount to recognizing the legality of drug trafficking in the British Empire! And Article 10 also stipulates the implementation of agreed tariffs between China and Britain.
, also stipulated that the upper limit of the toll tax on British goods in China was one penny for one tael of silver, which was one thousandth of the price.
If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom recognized the Treaty of Nanjing, then British businessmen could use this as an excuse to sell drugs to the territory under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Kingdom, and British drugs would only need to pay a customs duty once in Shanghai, and then they could be sold to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's territories almost duty-free.
Moreover, the Qing Dynasty also granted a "one-sided most-favored-nation treatment" to the major powers, which was the privilege granted to the UK by the Qing Dynasty. All major powers could enjoy it. For example, the United States and France were not able to use force to protect their drug trade in the 1840s.
However, according to the "unilateral most-favored-nation treatment", one ship of opium can still be shipped to China.
And this is the most fundamental contradiction between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Britain, France and the United States!
As for Hong Xiuquan's ignorance of the situation in the world, his arrogant attitude when receiving Wenxian, and his claim to be the second son of God, it is not important at all.
If the Taiping Rebellion wanted to get official support from Britain, France, and the United States, it would have to give more than the Manchus!
However, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was unwilling and unable to give, which destined the official stance of the great powers to support the Manchus.
However, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom now has a "prophet of mass destruction" who can make both Bonham and Wade fearful. Now that the prophet says that he will "reserve the right to take all means of retaliation," they had better think clearly.
Of course, "The Prophet" is not a nuclear bomb after all. It cannot cause an immediate and devastating blow to the British Empire. The deterrent effect is not that strong - if a nuclear bomb explodes in London, the voting gentlemen in the Parliament may not be able to do it.
Yes! But some "prophecies" that can shake the foundation of the British Empire will not pose an immediate threat to the lives and wealth of these gentlemen.
However, the role of prophecy in distributing wealth far outweighs the role of destroying wealth, so as long as communication can be maintained and worshipers of God can go out, Luo Yaoguo is still confident that he can use the "Book of Prophets" or "The Book of Great Prophecy" to obtain enough benefits.
In addition, in Luo Yaoguo's view, the fundamental reason for the outbreak of the Taiping Rebellion was the sharp and irresolvable conflict between man and land. After the Taiping Rebellion took over a large area of ​​land from the Qing Dynasty, it also took over the sharp conflict between man and land.
Today, China's contradiction between man and land cannot be completely resolved through internal reforms or even industrialization. After all, it is still during the first industrial revolution, and the labor force required for industrialization is limited.
Going out and carrying out reverse colonization of the colonies under the rule of the British Empire, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and other great powers is the only way to immediately resolve the contradiction between man and land in the country.
So he doesn't plan to completely break up with the British Empire now.
Luo Yaoguo paused and softened his tone: "Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not recognize the Treaty of Nanjing, we are willing to maintain mutually beneficial exchanges of interests with the British Empire. We can sign an equal treaty that is beneficial to both parties!
I know that the British Empire has no eternal treaties, only eternal interests! The Prophet may not be able to destroy a world empire, but it can definitely give birth to many millions, tens of millions, or even billionaires. And as far as I know
You know, getting rich by predicting the future does not violate any British law!
I know there is a place, which is near the Straits Settlements that you are most familiar with. The Chinese name is Perak. In four years, amazing reserves of tin deposits will be found there. If you send British experts to look for it right away, maybe you will find something in advance.
What you gain."
After his words were passed on by Hong Xuanjiao and Weitoma, they were passed on to Wen Xian.
Wen Xian's expression changed when he heard this. A huge tin mine was discovered four years later. And it was also near the Straits Settlements, which he was very familiar with. He could go and verify it, and he should get the results soon.
If this "prophecy" is true, then this angel may be able to provide more prophecies related to getting rich!
After a long pause, he raised his eyebrows and showed a gentle smile: "King Wu, if the new treaty signed between us can allow the British Empire to obtain more, or at least the same benefits, then the treaty can be aborted and re-established.
It’s not something that can’t be considered.”
After hearing Wenxian's words, the corners of Luo Yaoguo's mouth turned up slightly.
Chapter completed!