New Shun 1730

With a knowing smile, Louis XV understood that the distant empire, like his France, really needed to conclude a sacred alliance.

The unholy, need the name of holiness.

The competition between the Dashun handicraft industry and the budding industrial capital and commercial capital and the British and Dutch industrial capital and commercial capital was covered with such a sacred imperial skin by Liu Yu.

However, this skin has an irresistible magic for Louis XV.

Lies are always logically self-consistent. Whether a lie can be believed depends on the purpose of the lie and the inner desire of the listener.

The worry about "after I die, there will be a flood" and the worry about the enlightenment scholars such as Voltaire in the Paris salon have already made Louis XV panic.

Now he heard from Liu Yu that the "perfect system country" in those pamphlets was actually a fantasy like Atlantis, which made Louis XV even more uneasy.

The truth is not terrible. If the Eastern Empire is indeed an ideal country ruled by a philosopher king, it is not a big problem to be honest.

But those people knew it was not the truth, but they insisted on saying it was the truth. What was the reason? This is self-evident and can be imagined.

Just like these people in Paris praised Britain, it was because of Britain's success that it was praised.

Speaking of which, Poland's king selection system is also very strange and unique, which highlights Poland's uniqueness, but no one praises Poland's king selection system.

France itself has psychological sequelae left by John Law's bubble and paper money incident. For any theory, it needs a living successful example before it dares to try, and it is more convincing.

It seems that Dashun seems to be preparing for a rainy day and trying to curb the rise of these non-absolute monarchies as much as possible.

Everything makes sense.

When Dashun's anti-British thing made sense, Liu Yu's subsequent suggestions were natural.

Taking this opportunity, Liu Yu mentioned the Dashun ginseng collectors going to North America to assist France. This was one of the few helps that Dashun gave to France, and it was also a reaffirmation of the friendship between the two countries, or the friendship between the courts of the two countries.

Including supporting, a batch of new muskets will be provided to the pro-French tribes in North America; Dashun will train a group of Catholics who were driven away from "persecution" and throw them to North America to help France, etc.

The number of people will not be too large, and Dashun has no intention of getting involved in North America at all, mainly to disgust the British.

Anyway, Catholics are marginalized in Dashun. There are so many Catholics in Macau who have no food and clothing. If they can be soldiers, they will definitely be willing, and if they can go to a place where Catholicism is the only religion, they will be happy. Besides, they don't think that Dashun, which prohibits religion, is their motherland, so it's good to send them away to disgust others.

Three to five hundred people, basically all need to be trained as artillery to add strength to the chaos in North America. It is better to send some ambitious officers, former smugglers on the banks of the Heilongjiang River, gold diggers, former soldiers who have been forced to gather in the mountains after the incident, retired naval officers who want to do something big but are afraid of Liu Yu, and tribesmen on the north and lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, etc., let them go to North America to cause trouble.

Since it was certain that Dashun did this to curb the rise of non-absolute monarchies, Louis XV certainly supported it and was grateful.

France had been operating for more than a hundred years, so how could it worry about the impact of Dashun's people in North America? Now Dashun provided money, people, and guns, and they were all Catholics, helping France to fight against Britain in North America, which was really what they wanted.

In this regard, Louis XV expressed his gratitude and also expressed his understanding of Dashun's ban on Catholicism: since France was able to form a blasphemous alliance with Turkey in the past, it was also very smooth to accept and understand Dashun's move of banning Catholicism on the one hand and being friendly with France on the other hand.

Louis XV was not a qualified diplomat, not even at the entry level. After the two said they were happy, Louis XV directly raised the issue of the transfer of papermaking and textile technology conveyed by Fleury.

Maybe he was very happy to talk, thinking that Liu Yu was a good person, and that Dashun and France were going to conclude a holy alliance, so this little thing should not be a problem.

Or maybe it was because France really couldn't offer something that Dashun wanted very much in exchange, so there was no exchange at all.

What Liu Yu wanted was of course Indian cities like Pondicherry and Madras, but of course he couldn't mention it now.

"Your Majesty, the Celestial Empire can certainly give France enough support on this issue."

"But on the one hand, it is necessary to investigate the situation in France; on the other hand, it also requires me to make some preparations after returning home."

"If everything goes well, I think the Celestial Empire can give more support than Your Majesty thinks."

"For example, the papermaking industry at the level of first-class European, Japanese and Korean paper; for example, some cotton textile technology; for example, flat glass, etc. This will effectively increase France's national strength."

"However, this will take some time. I think we should not talk about this issue for the time being, but discuss this issue after the war is over and the Celestial Empire comes to sign an armistice."

"The sacred alliance between China and China must simultaneously contain the expansion of non-monarchy and parliamentary countries in Asia and Europe. This is the basis of the alliance between China and France. And we sincerely hope that your country can adopt the correct strategic thinking, Know the choice and give your greatest strength to the sacred mission of the Holy Alliance.”

Louis XV did not give an answer immediately, but the strategic and diplomatic considerations Liu Yu mentioned had already planted seeds in his heart.

Now Liu Yu has drawn a big pie, saying that technology transfer is absolutely no problem, and the scale will be larger than the French thought, which also makes Louis XV very happy. Although it seems that it will be at least a few years later, he can still wait for this time.

It's just that the better the pie Liu Yu paints, the more acceptable the French will be to betrayal and exchange on the Indian issue in the future.

Liu Yu also took advantage of the opportunity to talk about French colonial affairs. He implicitly criticized France's colonial policy. Louis XV had a hard time saying that it was possible to relax in the Colbert era, but it is unlikely now. It can only continue.

Following the issue of colonial policy, Liu Yu talked about the focus of France's overseas interests.

In Africa, North America, the Caribbean, and India, the French navy simply cannot gain all the advantages in these strategic directions. The result of an all-out war is destined to be total failure.

The value of colonies waxes and wanes.

Dupleix realized that India's wealth lay in India's land tax and poll tax, and also realized that French goods were difficult to sell in India. He even realized that it was entirely possible to conquer India now.

But now, no one has seen how valuable this colonial diamond of India is.

Twenty years ago, John Law said that money is wealth, and as long as there is a rapid increase in currency and the issuance of reserve-free banknotes, the economy will improve. But the result was the Mississippi Bubble.

Now Dupleix said that by conquering India, one would gain huge wealth and France would be invincible. But few people believed what he said. What if this was also John Law?

On the one hand, it was the Bashu strategy that Liu Yu told Louis XV, and on the other hand, the ginseng and mink skins from North America made France the first country that did not need to carry silver when trading with China.

At this time, every more Catholic, every more gun and cannon sent to North America from Dashun will increase the weight of North America in France's heart.

Once Dashun reveals its ambitions for India in the future, India's weight in France's heart will drop by one point.

Liu Yu talked eloquently, not trying to reach any form of written treaty at this time, but constantly paving the way for the future.

Louis XV listened with great interest. After all, Liu Yu had gained hundreds of years of experience, added perspectives and methods of understanding the world, and had more than ten years of experience in the upper echelons of Dashun. He was just a fool. In terms of the overall strategic situation, the level is really no higher than those of those in the Palace of Versailles.

The two people chatted behind closed doors in a small conference room for three whole days, but when they came out, they did not reach any form of treaty.

However, the less there is a treaty and the absence of a joint statement from China and France, the greater the consensus reached at this meeting will probably be.

And, it's probably dangerous.

Louis XV was in a very happy mood, and Liu Yu looked very happy too. The two did not issue a joint Sino-French statement, but repeatedly reiterated their everlasting friendship.

Many foreign ambassadors in Versailles said sourly: "The friendship between China and France is so deep that the level of participation is the most gorgeous among the Dashun missions in Europe."

"The proud French and the proud Chinese are like animals admiring each other's beauty. They display their etiquette in a complicated and gorgeous manner, and each symbolically bends their stiff necks with pride."

"One is the eldest daughter of a Catholic, and the other is a leader who bans Catholicism and is anti-Christ in East Asia. The friendship between the two parties is so deep."

"Every time I see France praising his devotion to the Lord, I can't help but cry out for Judas - of course, in a sense, the two are so similar. Judas took thirty silver coins from the Romans and betrayed They betrayed Jesus; the French used ginseng to take three million silver coins from the Chinese and betrayed God.”

No matter how harsh the words are, they have no impact on reality. The French dared to form a sacrilegious alliance, so what's wrong with forming an alliance with Dashun, a country that believes in "God"?

No one knows what Louis XV and Liu Yu talked about during those three days, including Fleury, the Prime Minister of France. The content of all conversations is highly confidential.

And after that conversation, the two sides did not hold any formal talks. Because Louis XV was convinced that after the 45-year war, Dashun would send another envoy to Europe to sign a treaty, and then it would be time to truly implement the economic, technical and other cooperation details.

After the conversation, the atmosphere remained harmonious and relaxed.

Either a dance, a banquet, or letting Liu Yu travel around France, or letting Liu Yu hold a salon with people in the Paris scientific circle to talk nonsense.

Liu Yu stayed in France for about half a year. It was not until the French Prague Army escaped from the encirclement on all sides, and until France really transferred to strategic defense as he envisioned, that Liu Yu left France.

I went to Britain for a few rounds, visited Newton's tombstone, looked at what the legendary flying shuttle looked like, looked at the meeting format of the British Parliament, collected some British woolen textile technology, and bought some scientific books.

Then he went to St. Petersburg again in 43, mediated the war between Sweden and Russia, and warned Denmark not to interfere in the affairs of the Swedish crown prince, otherwise he would impose an embargo on the Danish East India Company.

After the peace between Russia and Sweden, he took the opportunity to sign the "Armed Neutrality Alliance Treaty of Asia Trade between Russia, Sweden and China", reorganized the Swedish East India Company, and pulled Russia into the East India Company of Sweden and Dashun. It completely worsened the relationship between Denmark, Sweden and Russia, and also planted a nail in the relationship between Britain and Russia.

Then he placed a large number of entourage, abducted academicians of the Academy of Sciences, technical tools, and some recruited handicraft talents on the ship, and asked the fleet to wait until the monsoon blew and return with the East India Company fleet of China, Sweden and Russia.

He himself took some military entourage and set out from St. Petersburg by land, visiting the Torghut tribe under Russian surveillance. He then went to Omsk, inspected the boundary treaties and boundary markers of both sides, and drafted the first draft of the trade port regulations for the northwest border.

From Omsk, he went south to the Western Regions, inspected the city building and immigration at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and visited the tribes of the defeated generals of the Junggar tribe, telling them that he was still alive and well.

Then he crossed the Hexi Corridor, followed the old route of the Han and Tang envoys to the Western Regions, and returned to Dashun before the fleet arrived.