The loss of Guangzhou was a closing of the last door to the world for the Qing Dynasty. After all the five trading ports in Jiangnan were occupied by the Taiping Army, the Qing Dynasty urgently needed to open another window. Xiao Yungui was curious about what price Song Qingyun would offer to Levitra, or what the Qing Dynasty could satisfy the United States.

History has been transformed by the four people into unrecognizable appearances, and it seems that they have no advantage of being foresighted. However, one thing is that they already have the ability, that is prediction. The four people are all from the liberal arts and have systematically studied history (except Xiao Yungui, this guy is half-hearted). The reason why history is a science is that people remind future generations not to make the same mistakes through what happened in history. At the same time, those who are proficient in history often have more accurate predictions on the laws of the development of things.

After the Daoguang year of the Qing Dynasty, the thousand-year-old ancient country ushered in an unprecedented change. The capitalist countries invaded feudal agricultural countries. This proposition was not available for reference before the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, even famous officials in history such as Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang crossed the river by feeling the stones, but their improvement was not successful. Then the Chinese nation took more than 150 years to completely solve this proposition, so the four people had certain historical experience, and they would avoid making mistakes made by their predecessors.

Xiao Yungui fell into deep thought as he listened to Levi Lian's endless lobbying. He began to think from the perspective of others. If he were Song Qingyun facing the current aggressive situation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, what would she do? It would be certain that several ports in the north should be opened as trading ports!

The Qing Dynasty's economy was already in trouble, and Lijin and tariffs became the pillars. The trade ports could drive commerce, and Song Qingyun would not only do business with the Russians in the north. The business of the Russians was not easy to do. Opening trade ports could continue to maintain the Qing Dynasty's economy, and only with money and food could the war continue.

Then it was to introduce foreign forces to intervene in the civil war. Historical experience proved that once the great powers could free up their hands, they were very happy to intervene in other countries' affairs. They did this during the civil war between the north and south of the United States. Xiao Yungui understood Song Qingyun's sinister intentions, and she wanted to muddle the water. The United States stepped forward to mediate and reopen the negotiations, and Britain and France continued to trade with the Qing Dynasty in the north. I believe Britain and France would still agree, after all, they needed trade, especially Britain hoped to continue to engage in their opium business.

Continuing to cooperate and trade with the great powers, the Qing Dynasty could continue to obtain advanced technology and foreign guns and cannons. Xiao Yungui knew very well what kind of miracles he could use as a time traveler to do. Perhaps Song and Lu were willing to sell more national interests to achieve this goal.

After Levitra finished speaking, Xiao Yungui's contemplation ended. He did not listen to Levitra's nonsense at all. He briefly said his opinion, "If your country wants to get rid of the current dilemma, what you need to do is not to find another place to dump goods. You must know that the Far East market is the British. I believe that what your country needs to adjust is its own economic system. As far as I know, most of your country's southern country are plantation economy, while most of your country's industrial and commercial economy are in the north. During this economic crisis, there were more companies in the north, and the prices of agricultural products in the south were also constantly affected.

But the southern economy uses a lot of cheap labor, that is, black slaves. Therefore, their losses will be lighter. If your country wants to recover its economy, in addition to strengthening its own construction, it requires a lot of cheap labor and raw materials. There are plantations and cheap labor in the south, which is exactly what the north needs. If your country does not straighten out its own economic structure and strengthens its own competitiveness of goods, it will not be able to compete with the British. After all, I cannot buy good and cheap goods here and go to sell higher-priced products."

Levitra was a lawyer and was not very good at economic problems, but his former Minister Mailian told him when he was handing over his post that at this moment, the United States does not have the ability to dominate the Far East market. All the United States can do is follow the steps of Britain and France and get the same treatment from both countries, and there is no need to deliberately try to change anything.

Xiao Yungui still smiled and said, "Mr. Minister, the commerce under the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is open and fair. As you said, we do plan to build railways in Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other places, but our bidding and funding introduction are open and will not favor either party."

Levitra sighed. Although he didn't know much about the economy, he also knew that under completely fair conditions, the United States would not be able to compete with Britain, a country known as the world's factory in terms of technology and product quality. It seems that his hope can only be placed on the Qing Dynasty in the North. If the United States could take advantage of the war between Britain and France and the Qing Dynasty and take the lead in opening the market in the North, it might be beneficial to the United States.

Xiao Yungui's rejection was not helpless. He could also agree to the request of the Americans, but he did not like the feeling of being threatened. At the same time, offending Britain and France because of the United States is not a good deal. At this time, the United States was only a second-rate country, and a civil war would break out in at most three years. The Qing Dynasty would not have too many opportunities to take advantage of the United States.

However, Xiao Yungui still agreed to continue to increase the amount of US investment and continue to save American companies and factories. Of course, this guy is willing to do this. Taking advantage of the large number of American companies and factories going bankrupt, bankrupt, and buying shares to pick up garbage. These factories and companies can continue to make a lot of money in the future civil war between the north and the south. Why not do it?

Levitra was very happy, and at the same time, Xiao Yungui also agreed to his request to open the US consulate in Tianjin. At the same time, the United States also agreed to establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom consulate in San Francisco and Washington, the United States, which made the diplomatic relations between the two sides become more intimate.

After sending away Le Wei Lian, Xiao Yungui began to consider whether to destroy the long-planned negotiations of the Qing Dynasty. However, after he had planned to find that the same conspiracy and tricks were used again, it might be exposed, and the Qing Dynasty was unlikely to make the same mistake again. Should he write a sincere letter to remind Song Qingyun and Lu Sixuan that the overall situation of the country should be the first priority, and not be a sinner for the sake of his own selfish desires, and he would sell national interests?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yungui instantly slapped this idea. Now he has opened up trade ports in the occupied areas of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He has absorbed foreign capital to build and develop railways, minerals, etc. Does this be considered selling national interests? And he has also admitted all the terms of the Treaty of Nanjing. This itself is a disguised traitor.

After capturing Guangzhou, Li Xiucheng once went to the Kowloon Peninsula to look at Hong Kong Island. Although Hong Kong Island was protected by a good fleet at this time, there were very few army, with only two thousand Marines guarding it. Li Xiucheng really wanted to recover the here, and the Staff Department even conducted a deduction for the recovery of Hong Kong Island. But in the end, Xiao Yungui called a pause, and the time was not yet up.

The failure to recover Hong Kong means Xiao Yungui’s agreement to the previous treaty. In a sense, he was no different from the Qing Dynasty. He was not strong enough and could not defend his own things, so he would naturally be snatched away. Therefore, Xiao Yungui felt that it would not work for him to convince Song from the national point of view, and Lu and the others would not work. Doing so would only bring shame on himself.

Can Song Qingyun's plan be realized? Xiao Yungui felt that there was still some obstacles. These obstacles came from the conservative forces of the Qing Dynasty. Unlike the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a completely emerging regime. The class he united was a gentry, businessmen and other classes bullied by the bureaucratic group. The class that Song Qingyun maintained her rule was a bureaucratic aristocratic group. It was unlikely that she could convince those diehards so easily. Xiao Yungui held a little comfort and did not make any major arrangements. He just ordered Bai Zetang's forces in Jiangbei to send out some rumors, causing rumors to spread rumors, saying that the Qing Dynasty planned to make peace with foreigners and betray the country's ugly face, perhaps this could cause some trouble for Song Qingyun.

A few days later, the fleet returned from the United States arrived, and Hu Xueyan purchased a large number of cheap equipment and machines. There were also hundreds of skilled American workers, technicians, engineers, etc. Xiao Yungui was not sure about their ability, but he still accepted them. These machines, equipment and personnel were all dispersed and arranged to go to three shipyards. Then he turned his attention to the battle in Guangdong.

After receiving the report that Zhang Wenxiang was hit by the attack, Li Xiucheng began to shrink his troops, but the premise for him to withdraw the troops from the east was to deal with the last Qing army defending Chaozhou, Li Tingyu's Qing army!

Li Tingyu is also a veteran who never gives up after repeated defeats and fights. He also gained the trust of the Qing Dynasty. Especially after Empress Dowager Cixi came to power, she even restored Li Tingyu to his post. Previously, due to the loss of most of Fujian's territory, Li Tingyu was dismissed and retained by the Qing Dynasty. In other words, Li Tingyu has led the Qing army to fight against the Taiping Army at the junction of Guangdong and Fujian for more than a year.

Originally, Li Tingyu was about to be beheaded. Qing Lu, and officials lost their territory died. At that time, there were many memorials impeaching Li Tingyu. When Xianfeng was still there, he was furious and planned to punish him. However, Xingzhen, who was accompanying the memorial at that time, said something to him, "The emperor killed Li Tingyu, who can lead troops to resist Fujian Changmao? Besides, most of Li Tingyu's soldiers and horses are now run by themselves, and they are ordered to send one person to go, and the troops will all be dispersed every night."

To put it bluntly, this soldier was trained by Li Tingyu himself to raise money and grain. Not to mention the consequences of killing Li Tingyu, even if he could kill him, who could take over? So Xianfeng suddenly realized, and Xingzhen smiled and suggested writing a sentence on each impeachment memorial, even if it was approved. This sentence was written like this: "If you ask the criminal, what will you lead the troops in Fujian?" So, no one reported the report later. But Sushun still ignored the opposition and gave Li Tingyu a punishment for dismissal. Sushun's reason at that time was very simple. If the ministers lost their territory, the court would not punish them at all. So in the end, Li Tingyu led the troops in vain, which had little impact on him. This soldier was actually just his private regiment to train troops.

After Xingzhen came to power, Li Tingyu immediately made contributions to resist Changmao and restored Li Tingyu's official position. Although it bought people's hearts, Li Tingyu worked wholeheartedly. The Taiping Army led Guangdong, Wang Yide guarded Meizhou, Li Tingyu guarded Chaozhou, and Meizhou was finally trapped. Wang Yide committed suicide. All the prefectures and counties in eastern Guangdong were lost, but Li Tingyu still tenaciously trapped the lonely city of Chaozhou, like a nail, but refused to be easily pulled out.

Therefore, the Taiping Army in the east of Guangdong needs to shrink its forces and advance westward. The first thing to do is to solve this annoying nail as soon as possible, and it is an old nail!
Chapter completed!