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Chapter 52 The Queen of Hawaii

Things went unexpectedly smoothly, and William and other ministers then met Queen Liliu Okarani in Hawaii. At this time, Queen Liliu Okarani had been released from the imprisoned Laladiers Garden. The beautifully dressed, black and fat Queen Hawaii did not feel like she was for more than a year. Instead, she returned to her throne with great spirit and accepted the audience from the ministers of various countries.

First of all, the Queen expressed her sincere gratitude to the British Minister William and the envoys of various countries. At the same time, she also expressed her gratitude to Zhang Yunfei, the Minister of the Southeast Asian Republic of the Qing Empire who directly sent troops to help. Of course, she was not stupid. She could not send these vampires with verbal thanks. So she said that she would hold a grand dinner in the evening and promised to prepare a very precious gift for the envoys of various countries, which made the envoys of various countries settle down. At the same time, the envoys of various countries expressed their gratitude to the Queen of Hawaii for their generosity!

Then William and other ministers from various countries left the palace with satisfaction. Just as Zhang Yunfei was about to leave, Chen Fang suddenly grabbed Zhang Yunfei's sleeve and quietly said to Zhang Yunfei: "The Queen wants to see the Lord!"

So, Zhang Yunfei and other ministers from various countries said that something was going to be done, and separated from them, and followed Chen Fang to the queen's private reception room.

At this time, Queen Liliu Oukarani was staring blankly at the statue of Kamehameha I outside the window, her eyes full of respect and nostalgia.

Neither Chen Fang nor Zhang Yunfei disturbed the queen who had just come out of the circle, and stood there quietly, looking at the queen's fat body.

After a moment, the queen, who was stunned, turned around and saw Zhang Yunfei and Chen Fang showing a smile.

"Thank you very much for Mr. Zhang's rescue! Mr. Zhang is young and promising, and he will have a bright future in the future!" The queen saluted Zhang Yunfei.

When Zhang Yunfei saw the queen saluting him, he immediately returned the saluting, "I dare not be the queen, I'm too rewarded!"

At this time, the Queen looked at Chen Fang. Chen Fang understood and turned to Zhang Yunfei and said, "The Queen has something to talk to the adults. I'll go back and wait for the adults!" After that, she turned around and left.

After seeing Chen Fang leave, the queen signaled Zhang Yunfei to sit down and took Zhang Yunfei down. After the queen said to Zhang Yunfei in English:

"I really admire Mr. Zhang for being so young and holding a high position. I want to know how you convinced the ministers of various countries to come forward to save me!"

Zhang Yunfei originally knew some daily local language, which was learned from later generations. Now talking to the queen is obviously not enough. When he heard that the queen actually spoke to him in English, he immediately got freed like an amnesty.

So he replied: "To deal with the ministers of these powerful countries, we naturally have to impress them with money. There is a saying in China that is, 'Money can make the devil push the mill' means that as long as you have money, you can do anything. In order to rescue Her Majesty the Queen, Mr. Chen Fang paid 5 million pounds out of his own pocket, so I must convince the ministers of all countries to come forward to rescue Her Majesty the Queen. So I used this money to bribe the ministers of all countries. However, the ministers of all countries have a big appetite, and 500 pounds are not enough. Considering that Mr. Chen Fang himself is not easy, I paid another 5 million pounds myself, and in the end I spent a total of 10 million pounds to be considered feeding them and let them come out for work!"

Zhang Yunfei actually made 5 million pounds, but he would not tell others his plan. He deliberately said that the amount was 10 million to let the queen win his love, so what if there was something good?

"Oh!" The queen's eyes lit up and she asked, "Chen Fang only gave you 5 million, and you paid another 5 million by yourself. Why is that?"

Seeing the queen ask Zhang Yunfei in confusion, Zhang Yunfei replied: "That's right. Mr. Chen Fang is not a particularly rich person. It should be the limit for him to be able to give out 500 pounds. The reason I also took out 5 million pounds was because I was moved by Mr. Chen Fang's selfless dedication to the Queen of Hawaii and the selfless dedication for more than 100,000 Chinese in Hawaii, so I helped!"

"So that's the case. How can Mr. Zhang pay for it out of his own pocket? It should be done by our Kingdom of Hawaii?" the queen said sincerely.

Seeing the queen's expression, Zhang Yunfei said modestly: "Actually, most of me are so many of them to get the protection of Her Majesty the Queen in Hawaii so that these compatriots who live in foreign lands can live a stable life! Whenever Zhang Yunfei thinks about the experiences of overseas Chinese, he always feels particularly sad.

Queen Liliu Oukarani obviously felt Zhang Yunfei's expression. With her political sophistication, she knew that Zhang Yunfei was not making a false statement, so she said:

"I admire Mr. Zhang for being so concerned about the expatriates in his country! As a reward for me, I will tell you a secret!"

"Secret?" Zhang Yunfei was very interested in these two words, so he immediately woke up from his sadness.

"Not bad! You were deceived by your hero Chen Fang! Because he didn't pay you his own money!" The Queen of Hawaii said in a shocking way.

"What! You mean he doesn't...he...that 5 million pounds is not his?" Zhang Yunfei asked.

"Yes, in fact, the money he took out from me was not 5 million pounds, but 6 million pounds! And he told me that you asked him for 6 million pounds as funds to rescue me. In other words, not only did he not pay a penny, he made 1 million pounds by himself! In the whole thing, you are the one who is the most selfless! Mr. Zhang!"

‘Damn!’ After hearing this, Zhang Yunfei felt so depressed! ‘It’s true! It’s an old fox. Zhang Yunfei thought for a long time before coming up with this way to make 5 million pounds. The old fox didn’t care about anything, and his heart was even worse than himself! He actually got 1 million pounds! Unhappy! Very unhappy!’

"Does Mr. Zhang feel very wronged?" The queen of course could feel Zhang Yunfei's mood, but she didn't point it out, so she continued, "Actually, am I not the same? He Chen Fang lied to you, but he didn't lie to me!"

When Zhang Yunfei heard this, he thought the queen was saying that Chen Fang had swallowed the money, but he didn't care. As a result, the queen said next, which surprised Zhang Yunfei like a shocking moment!

"Do you know why Shanfo and others have been imprisoning me?" Seeing Zhang Yunfei shook his head and said he was ignorant, she continued, "Because I have a huge wealth! In order to get this wealth from me, they did not hesitate to collude with the United States. Do you think Shanfo really forced me for his mother country, the United States? He used this to threaten me and let me hand over that wealth! Since the day Kamehameha I unified the Hawaiian Islands, the great king realized that the real threat was not the people of his subordinates, but these outsiders. They used various excuses to plunder the land in Hawaii to plant sugarcane, coffee, the United States, Britain, Japan, Russia, Germany, France and Spain that made them worth a lot of money. So the final battle made us a neutral country, so no matter which country, they would not directly leave.

The soldiers occupied the place, but they were unwilling to give up. Later, they forced the king to establish a Western parliamentary system, so the king's rights were restricted. They wanted to secretly subvert the Kingdom of Hawaii, but we had no ability to resist and dared not establish a new army to resist, for fear that they would turn us into their slaves when they knew it. But we were unwilling to give up, so we began to store wealth secretly, and had prepared a large amount of wealth by my tenure. Unfortunately, they were found out by someone other than Santer, so he deliberately provoked my hostility to them, and finally launched a coup to imprison me when the US Navy Warrior passed by. He could establish a republic at that time, but he had been dragging it not because of the opposition of various countries, but because he did not have enough money to establish his republic. Do you think he was willing to give Hawaii to the United States? Would he not like the president and become the governor?"

Zhang Yunfei was stunned and didn't know what to say. At this moment, he was constantly thinking about the key to the problem. It seems that Sante and the Queen had their own plans in the aspects of the powers of various countries, which were far less simple than what later generations had disclosed. The United States really wanted to use Sante to subvert the regime in Hawaii, but Sante wanted to use the power of the United States to control Hawaii, but was unwilling to give his throne to the United States. At the same time, he wanted to get the queen's wealth, so he had to drag it until now, while the Queen wanted to restore the country's sovereignty and independence. It was really complicated!

"What about Chen Fang? You seem to be very dissatisfied with him!" Zhang Yunfei asked.

"Chen Fang! Humph! I still regard him as a confidant, but he plotted against me! My brother Wang just told me and Chen Fang and I secretly prepared wealth. Because Chen Fang is the husband of my brother Wang's sister and is loyal to Brother Wang, he told him, but he didn't tell him where he was hiding. Since Shante knew about wealth, it must be Chen Fang told him. Chen Fang borrowed 7 million pounds from a British bank, saying that it was for you to use to rescue me. He knew that I could afford it, so he was fearless!" The queen said angrily.

"Does your country's treasury have no money? Chen Fang still goes to take out a loan?" Zhang Yunfei was roughly clear, but he still talked about it one by one.

"Hawaii has a trade volume of $300 million a year, and the tax is 10 to 3, which should be 60 million US dollars. However, most of them are snatched away by these foreigners, and our own is less than $4 million. Most of my people usually don't keep money themselves, and most of them are handed over to the country. We don't have soldiers here, so all the taxes are supported by a few officials and royal nobles, so there is no need to put much money in the treasury. The income of the treasury is secretly transferred by previous kings. However, I was imprisoned since last year, so the tax revenue of more than 4 million last year and this year's estimated that Santer and others were swallowed by themselves, otherwise Chen Fang wouldn't have to go to the Bank of England to borrow money."

Zhang Yunfei thought: 'Hawaii was very profitable during this period because its sugar production almost monopolized the world's sugar exports every year. This sugar is a strategic material and the price is outrageously high. According to the market price of 600 US dollars per ton, the sugar is 600 million US dollars per ton. But the queen said it was 300 million, and she hid it from me? By the way! Why did she tell me so many things?' At this time, Zhang Yunfei realized something was wrong.

"Why do you tell me so many things and still have secrets?"
Chapter completed!
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