C2133 The Emperor lands on the shore

In a diplomatic situation, every detail can reveal a lot of secrets, but you have to be an expert to understand both sides of the language without sound.

Or it could be said that Benjamin's current British Government, at this moment, did not recognize the Chinese as an independent and independent nation. Even if the Ryukyu Kingdom had already offered up his own territory and sovereignty, and even merged with the Chinese, the United Kingdom would not recognize it.

This was indeed very unreasonable. The Chinese possessed all the basic elements necessary for a country: land, population, government, culture, language, religion, army …

He had everything that countries had, even some that small countries didn't. However, this was not recognized by the British, and until now the British had declared the Chinese to be nothing more than an organization, a paramilitary organization that could be observed but not acknowledged.

As for the recognition of Prussia and the other countries in the Austria, Italy and Asia, those are all meaningless to the British Empire. If I say that you are not a country, then you are not a country.

It was very difficult to do so, until now, the UK still did not recognize the Ryukyu's denunciation, and still treated him as her Subordinate States, which caused great trouble for Xiao Letian in conducting diplomatic activities.

This trip to Europe, war was a very important task. The second important task was to gain recognition in English. At the very least, they had to sign a memorandum.

In terms of overall strength, they were even stronger than the America of the 21st century. Although the later generations of the America were powerful, they were restricted by the Soviet Union before, and then there were the challenges of the third world and the developing countries.

In terms of one-sided comparison of strength, Britain now far surpasses the America of the 21st century.

In many countries, the attitude of the British cannot be ignored in foreign policy. In other words, if the British do not recognize the Chinese, then most of the countries in the world will not recognize the Chinese either.

This is difficult. If the other party doesn't recognize you as an independent country, then many countries won't be able to negotiate, many strategic partnerships won't work, and you won't even be able to enter certain areas.

Not to mention the extensive business exchange and financial transactions, even large European banks were unable to engage in business exchanges with Chinese banks, and many large trade transactions were simply impossible.

To put it another way, the global trade in precious metals had been monopolized by European countries, and precious metals such as gold and silver had to be negotiated with European governments to trade.

Gold trading, for example, may turn a blind eye to small deals that are worth less than 10, 000 ounces, and if you buy more than 50, 000 ounces, governments will certainly intervene at the first possible moment.

Even the current flourishing silver trade in the Ryukyu was only conducted with the secret support of the America. Silver was not gold after all, and only because of that, had an opportunity to join the trade.

Otherwise, not to mention the silver from the Rocky Mountain Range, even if it was Mexico's silver and the silver from the South America, you, Xiao Letian, would not be able to transport even a single piece away.

The difficulty of governing a country was not something an ordinary person could imagine.

The people on the Zhiyuan Warship were all secretly counting the number of cannon shots. After the nineteen cannon shots had rang out, the faces of the higher ups of the Chinese clan turned ugly, many of them had even cast their hostile gazes towards the Duke of Newcastle, but the old fox prince did not care about that. He had long stood beside the little emperor.

"Your Majesty, the ship has docked. Please prepare to disembark …" On the pier, there is a welcoming ceremony for the British Government. Prime Minister Benjamin is personally waiting there … "

"Your speech yesterday was really brilliant. Today, we specifically invited all the reporters from famous newspapers across Europe to watch. There are more than 60 of them, and they are all looking forward to your brilliant speech …"

Zai Chun laughed: "My dear Duke, you have given me such a difficult problem, I did not prepare any speeches during this trip to Europe, you are just here to watch me make a fool of myself, aren't you?"

"Where? Where?" "Last night at the manor, you handled everything with ease in front of all the guests. You have a mature old Taoist whose age doesn't match your age, so it's not a problem at all for you to display your abilities on the spot. You're too modest …"

Xiao Letian almost spat on their faces. So shameless, this disciple is really not bad, stealing my master's speech script, and not having any change in expression. He also looks at Englishman's face, we were just discussing business yesterday, once the business is done, he would immediately go and hug Zai Chun's leg.

They are all born politicians, the thickness of their skin is natural, they don't even need to train in the future.

With the help of the barge, the Zhiyuan Warship's body finally touched the hard plank bridge. Soon after, the sailors threw the heavy rope towards the dock, and the experienced British sailors on the shore took the rope and began to wire the ship.

The gangway was also set up, and the band started to play. The cheerful welcoming music set the atmosphere to a set point, and before the Chinese guests could step onto the gangway, the reporters had already pressed on the camera's shutter.

"It's out …" "His Majesty the emperor of the Great Qing Empire has come out …"

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zai Chun finally stepped onto the gangway under the umbrella. At that time, the entire crowd was in an uproar, all the government officials, members of the council, and even the surrounding people clapped.

This senior government official even took off his hat and bowed to the Great Qing Emperor ninety times!

The strength of China's three thousand years of civilization was just too great. The title of Emperor of China was even more honorable than any emperor in Europe.

Forget about bowing 90 degrees to Zai Chun, even kneeling down to welcome him was a given. If this was before the Opium Wars, or before the glory of China had been covered by the dust, if the emperor of the Great Qing came to Britain, these high ranking officials would have to kneel down on one knee, just like kneeling down to the queen.

Zai Chun took a deep breath. He looked at the dense crowd of bowed gentlemen and the countless ladies bowing in respect, and thought to himself, "It is my honor to be born in China, and even more so my fortune … "Even an empire in the middle of a storm could receive such treatment …"

"What about the Empire that will be in my hands? What sort of glory could one obtain? "I don't dare to think, I really don't dare to think …"

Every step that Ai Xinjueluozaichun took was abnormally heavy. He did not dare to take the wrong step because he knew that from this moment onwards, every step he took would be the first in history.

At this point, the event for the Eastern and Western emperors began, and in that dark world inside the Beijing, people were still sleeping. Most likely, none of them were willing to pay attention to the difficult decision made by their emperor.