"Haha, I'm very happy!" Li Yunzhong was really happy. The last obstacle to the Northern Expedition had been cleared, and the chances of winning were added. By the way! These bastards rushed to Nanjing specifically, and this is definitely not the only thing:

"How many have anything else?"

Bourbron stepped forward in a daze and bowed, "Dear Your Majesty, Mr. Napoleon, President of our country, has already been to become emperor on December 2, 1852, and the French Republic has been renamed the French Empire."

Li Yunzhong immediately calculated and finally found the European time point! He was not a waste of time in his senior year in his previous life. Napoleon III was driven out of power by the Germans and only became emperor for 17 years. So Prussia had to unify Germany in about 15 years. With the support of the Han Dynasty, it was normal that the arsenal established by the Han Dynasty and Prussia was only allocated to Prussia for two years.

As he calculated, Li Yunzhong laughed and said to Bourbron: "Congratulations to Mr. Napoleon of your country, I hope that like his uncle, the French Empire can be strong."

Mr. Napoleon was not his uncle. He praised him with the words "great ambition and talent". He became emperor with the support of most French people. However, his poor foreign policy gradually isolated France and offended powerful countries such as Russia, Austria, the United States, Prussia, Italy, Denmark, Spain and other powerful countries. He desperately made friends with Britain, which pursued the isolation policy, and launched the Second Opium War together. Unfortunately, France received far less than Britain's benefits. Finally, under the condemnation of the whole country, he died of depression in less than two years.

Mai Lian pondered this sentence and said slowly: "Dear Your Majesty, I think we should discuss the situation in Japan. Japan is friendly to the Han people, but is very repulsive to us Europeans. The benefits we get are far less than those of the Han people."

Li Yunzhong had known about this situation for a long time, and Zhao Laoqi's intelligence department played a large part of the role in Japan. For this reason, a mission was sent by the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan to formally visit the Han Dynasty, and now he stayed in the welcoming hotel.

He said perfunctorily: "This is completely voluntary by Japanese people. I cannot force them to do business with anyone. Maybe when they are familiar with Westerners, the situation will gradually improve."

Mai Lian said cunningly: "Since that's the case, I have nothing to say. I think His Majesty has signed an agreement, which is that it is not allowed to interfere in Japan's internal affairs, especially war!"

Hey! Did these foreigners also predict that a civil war will occur in Japan? I have put my treasure on the Tokugawa Shogunate. It seems that these Westerners are secretly supporting the Anti-South Sect. This is a problem. If the Anti-South Sect wins, Japan will inevitably develop according to the historical trajectory and will sooner or later fight with China. I can't raise a tiger to be a disaster. It's better, so I will use Japan to fight against the great powers in advance.

Li Yunzhong had made up his mind and said to Mai Lian: "There is no problem. None of us is allowed to interfere in the Japanese civil war. However, the Ryukyu Kingdom occupied by the Changzhou vassal has always been my Chinese territory. The Ryukyu Islands must be taken back by the Han Dynasty. I hope you can forgive me."

Mai Lian didn't know where Ryukyu was, so she just wanted to stabilize Li Yunzhong and echoed: "I have no problem here, you big men in the Ryukyu Islands can take them back, we will not interfere."

Seeing that the matter was settled, Wen Han walked up to the front from behind and said to Li Yunzhong: "I can act as a witness to supervise your two countries' policy towards Japan, and I hope you can keep your promise."

Oh no! They were fooled by these foreigners. They dug a pit and waited for me to jump down. Li Yunzhong was very angry. This matter was clearly a conspiracy led by the British and the Americans shouted afterwards. They secretly supported the anti-shog faction, for fear that the Han Dynasty would support the Tokugawa family, so they deliberately tempted me to agree not to interfere with the Japanese civil war. Britain could support the anti-shog faction. They must have follow-up plans to support Japan like later generations and restrain China.

Li Yunzhong thought to himself: It seems that the longer the Japanese civil war, the better: "Since Mr. Wenhan is interested, I am willing to accompany you, but I have agreed to some requests from the Tokugawa shogunate. I think this should not be included, right?"

In order not to cause trouble, Wen Han quickly agreed and said, "That is right. As long as you don't send troops into Japan, it will not be within the scope of breach of contract."

Bourbron thought it was time for him to play: "Dear Your Majesty, should you share some benefits for us? After all, in order to convince the local people to stand on your side, we have promised a lot of benefits on your behalf, such as railways, mines, etc."

Li Yunzhong thought for a while and smiled and said, "I don't know if you are willing to support a batch of weapons from the Han Dynasty. If there are warships and cannons, I can give an explanation to the country."

Wenhan pointed to the south: "Your Majesty, didn't you build a dock in Mawei, Fujian? Why do you still need European warships?"

Li Yunzhong took the opportunity to speak out: "The shipyard is still lacking some professional talents. If the UK can make the dock capable of building a battleship, I will give you a lot of benefits."

"A shipyard is not difficult for the UK." Wenhan immediately agreed. There were a large number of professional talents in the UK and it was nothing to bring them to the Far East. Besides, without him, Li Yunzhong could still recruit through other channels. It would be better to use them for some benefits.

Bourbron also echoed: "Our French Empire can also help Your Majesty, please give us corresponding benefits."

American Minister Mailian is not willing to fall behind: "We in the United States of America have this ability, too."

When Li Yunzhong saw the fish take the bait, he showed his true face: "Very good. The Han Dynasty happened to build a shipyard in Nanjing. Wuhu each built a shipyard. People sent by the United States can go to the Wuhu shipyard, and people sent by France can stay in the Nanjing shipyard."

Wenhan secretly cursed: The cunning fox!

Li Yunzhong looked at Hong Renyi who was beside him and was furious. He said to Wen Han and others: "The benefits of your interests will be notified by my Foreign Minister. He can deal with you on behalf of me in the future."

Mailian remembered something, and before leaving, he warned Li Yunzhong: "Dear Your Majesty, I heard that the Dutch are very interested in Taiwan, and there is a crisis happening there. The Dutch have notified the local people, so it is better to capture it as soon as possible. After all, the United States of America does not want the Dutch to have too large influence in Southeast Asia."

Li Yunzhong was clever and then he remembered that he had never instructed Zuo Zongtang in Taiwan's affairs. It seemed that a special envoy had to be sent to deal with the matter specifically.

"Thank you for your reminder." Li Yunzhong watched several ministers walk out of the study and said to Hong Renyi: "What kind of benefits do you think will be given to foreigners to satisfy them."

Hong Renyi thought for a while and replied: "We can ask them to contract the construction of a railway, which can not only enhance the strength of the Han Dynasty, but also expand transportation, and win both of them at one fell swoop."

Li Yunzhong also had this idea: "Then you discuss it with them, remember! They are only allowed to build coastal railways, inland provinces must not. I don't want their power to extend so quickly!"
Chapter completed!