Steel Dynasty - Chapter 726

[Chapter 725 Continuous Shock]

The market outside the window was crowded with people.

Brandon then denied himself: “This is impossible. People from the Republican Association are mainly active in Britain and France. How could they travel thousands of miles to the Great Chongqing? And it is not in their interests, these crazy people But to unify the world, it is not their style to cultivate a powerful opponent for themselves. “

The Republican Society? That secret society established in the UK?” a member said. He had only heard about it. This secret society was very mysterious. And it only recruits influential people from various countries as members.

Only people like Brandon have any contact with them.

Brandon didn’t seem to be shy about mentioning this. He said: “Yes, that’s them. Now they are said to have a large number of scientists, businessmen and political elites joining them. They have never invited me before, but I refused. They The idea of controlling the world is too ridiculous. “

The members looked at each other, Brandon said it easily, but these words made the members tremble.

Brandon also said casually, and then looked at the lively market through the window, “No matter what makes this country of Chongqing move closer to Europe, this is not a good idea for Europe.”

After a pause, he turned Over the top, he said to the thirteen members accompanying him this time: “This permanent negotiating team is located in Qingzhou. You may live here for a long time in the future. In addition to being responsible for trade disputes, you must also pay attention to the development of Qingzhou.”

“Yes, Lord Earl.” the members said.

Brandon nodded. This time he was just leading the team and would return to the city of Geranje in two days.

But before that, he had to take a closer look at Qingzhou, so after having dinner at the restaurant, he and his members walked into the streets of Qingzhou to understand the situation here.

In the imperial study room, Xiao Ming was correcting memorials here after returning from the political affairs hall. At this time, Li San suddenly appeared outside the door.

“Your Majesty, the Dutch delegation has left Qingzhou City and is heading towards the Gongfang District. Do you want to stop them?” Li San looked serious.

“No need.” Xiao Ming didn’t even raise his head. Things like steam engines had already been spread in Great Chongqing, so there was no need to hide it from the Dutch mission.

On the contrary, letting these Europe understand their own strength can also avoid their strategic misjudgments.

War is always a bad idea. There is no need to use guns or artillery when you can get something by showing strength.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Li San scratched his head, hesitated and said, “Your Majesty, we have been keeping an eye on Cao Zhengyang during this period and found that he often goes to Dengzhou and often meets with three businessmen from the UK.”

“British businessmen?” Xiao Ming frowned, “Do you know what they are planning?”

“I don’t know. They are very cautious, and all the conversations are on British merchant ships, and our people cannot get close.

” After a moment, Li San continued: “But our people have been keeping an eye on these merchants in Dengzhou and found that they are very active in Dengzhou, and they are in contact with some big merchants, and even have contacts with the wealthy families in the past.”

Li San San’s words made Xiao Ming wary. In history, the British did not always use force to conquer a country. They also played a disgraceful role in places that were not easily noticed.

According to historical records, the British Arthur Young personally visited the National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.

It can be said that the occurrence of the French Revolution was not unrelated to Britain.

In modern terms, in the process of conquering the world with hard power, the British are also using their soft power to build a world in line with British values.

“Focus on these businessmen and missionaries from the West. If they do anything harmful to the country of Chongqing, immediately notify the local security station for arrest.” Xiao Ming ordered.

Li San nodded, “Then what should Cao Zhengyang do?”

“Continue to let him jump. As the saying goes, you must give beforehand. I want to see what kind of trouble this Cao family wants to make in the Great Chongqing Kingdom.” “Xiao Ming’s eyes narrowed.

Li San’s body trembled. He sensed a hint of danger from Xiao Ming’s expression. This time, the Cao family really wanted to die.

While the two were talking, Brandon had already arrived at the workshop area with the delegation. When he saw the steam engine driving the metal machinery rotating in the workshop area, Brandon’s eyes almost dropped.

The same goes for Rhodes. Qingzhou is a strange yet familiar place to him. He used to come to Qingzhou City often but rarely left the city.

Unexpectedly, Brandon and I saw this scene this time.

“What is this?” Rhodes asked in surprise. This steam engine-driven machine looked like a monster.

“This is a steam engine.” The Dutch have now introduced steam engines from Britain, so he has also seen what a steam engine looks like.

Although Qingzhou’s steam engines are a little different, they are generally the same, and this thing also uses coal as a combustion material.

“This is so surprising. What we are doing is also being done by the country of Chongqing.” Brandon’s eyes seemed to be attracted to the spinning loom.

While the group was stunned, a person walked out of the textile workshop. It was none other than Zhu Wuliu.

In the winter, the entire village came to help build the workshop house. Later in the year, the people from the steam engine workshop brought steam engines and textile machines to install a production line for them. Now they have started producing cotton cloth.

Seeing these blond and blue-eyed people, Zhu Wuliu not only did not feel nervous, but also smiled. He thought these people were here for business.

After all, with the expansion of maritime trade, he is not surprised that such Western merchants often appear in Qingzhou City.

“Are you here to buy cloth?” Zhu Wuliu asked with a little anticipation.

Since the steam engine in the workshop was started and batches of cloth came off the loom, he had produced a thousand pieces of cloth in just half a month.

Now some of these cloths have been bought by merchants, and there are still 400 pieces in the warehouse. He is worried about how to sell them.

Seeing this, Rhodes said proactively: “We are not here to buy cloth, but where did your steam engine come from?”

Zhu Wuliu immediately became alert, and he showed a defensive look, “If you don’t want to buy anything, you are doing it here. What, are you just craftsmen and want to steal our craftsmanship?”

After that, he suddenly roared, and a dozen people with cotton on their bodies ran out of the workshop. These were all people from Zhujia Village. .

“What happened to Wuliu?” the group asked.

“They have been playing tricks here for a long time. They must be craftsmen. Capture them all and send them to the government office.”

When they heard that Brandon and his group were craftsmen, the young people from Zhujiacun screamed and pounced on them. It doesn’t matter if these people are Westerners or not.

(End of chapter)