Chen Mu recalled the meaning expressed before and after the letter, and wondered why Elizabeth called herself the Queen of France. Zou Yuanbiao and others who were sitting upright were all ashen, looking at Drake, both of whom looked bad.

It is not necessary to look at Chen Mu to know that most of the officials below think that this seemingly equal letter is "disrespectful", and it is not someone's fault.

This is the collision between Chinese diplomacy and European diplomacy.

Under normal circumstances, the result of delivering this letter to Wanli is the same as if it were not delivered to Wanli.

Elizabeth sent people to send letters of the country to establish European diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, which was impossible.

Chinese and Western diplomacy was the earliest in history to try various possibilities in the interactions between the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch. The Dutch wanted to engage in trade, but was rejected by the official and then smuggled. Then they had a conflict with the local pirate Zheng Zhilong. In addition, the Macau Portuguese who were close to the Ming Dynasty made trouble, and they were in a blink of an eye.

Even if it is really the Forbidden City to establish connections, at most it is to be played with as a tribute country in Chinese diplomatic relations, which may lead to the progress of the Ming Dynasty, but the English will never get what they want.

Chen Mu lived in the past, and the country was the biggest American fan. He was also suffering from the phobia of insufficient firepower. Since he learned from his teacher, he had to learn that set thoroughly. Is British diplomacy equal? ​​Is American diplomacy equal?

In addition to the civilized world where tribute exists, the relationship between countries and countries, the only relationship between strong and weak is annexation, stalemate, colonization and demise.

For example, after the rise of England, which is now in trade, anyone who trades freely with it will be annexed, all those who can be colonized will be colonized, and all those who can be destroyed will be destroyed. The remaining countries that cannot achieve the above three methods coexist in a stalemate.

The tribute system is the best, most civilized and kind system of regional hegemony from ancient times to the present, and no doubt, it is also a stopgap of peaceful coexistence between strong and weak.

The real fact is that in the era of agriculture, there was no fertile land worth conquering, nor was there any goods worth equal exchange for in the six worlds.

To put it bluntly, no powerful country in the world in history is not arrogant. The arrogance of the Ming Dynasty is reflected in the trick of beating children and formulating a set of rules of "Give me face, I will give you candy."

If you are willing to pay tribute, you will not make any money from you. You have to be happy to give me something back and give me something. If you are not willing to pay tribute, please stay on the tree and don’t disturb Master ascendant.

At least you won’t do anything if you don’t do business with me, and you will even yell that you are free trade.

There is no equality, it is just strength. It’s just that you have strong strength. It’s good to fart even if you have strong strength. It’s even more true to tell lies with your eyes.

So American hegemony is a very normal thing. Even if it is barbaric, even in the 21st century, it is possible to ask the backward small countries to go to the commander-in-law to say "open the door, free trade."

Now that the English want to trade with the Ming Dynasty, they have to give you "safe pass, other extremely needed privileges". Is this normal?

To put it bluntly, why are you?

But Chen Mu is very civilized.

"I already know the content of the letter. Your queen said that if you want to trade with the Ming Dynasty, trade is beneficial, but first of all, how many people do your country have?"

Drake, who had never been to school and had only received a little theological education, could not answer this question, and he made the officials feel a little scared, and could only turn to look at the young but more knowledgeable Francis Bacon.

The young former envoy to France did not disappoint the expectations of the pirate leader and replied respectfully: "Dear General, there are four to six million people in England."

His preparations were done well, saying: "Our countryside has a large number of family-made workshops, producing cotton, linen, wool, wool, clothing, glass, paper, leather, pottery, coal, salt, and copper, iron, steel and grain-processed food."

"What goods we provide are related to your country's needs. Of course, the goods we export the most in Europe are wool and wool velvet. These two of the goods sold in England last year accounted for 82% of the total goods. Although the wool sold is getting less and less, only more than 4,000 packs of wool were sold last year, but as many as 130,000 pieces of wool were sold."

Chen Mu breathed a long sigh with his breath. To be honest, he not only felt relieved, but also admired his original accumulation.

Rest assured that England is not very powerful yet, and admiration is because this primitive accumulation will make England stronger rapidly.

Why did Fei Lao Er have a bad relationship with England? Because he wanted to be the king of England, why did he want to be the king of England? Because he suffered a lot in trade... Spain's fist product is wool, and so is England.

In the long-term competition, England began to accumulate strong production capacity, while Spain gave up its production capacity and used silver and gold in the New World to prosper, resulting in the lack of other competitive commodities in its country.

There are political reasons, insults from pirates, and economic reasons, which will inevitably lead to a war between the two countries.

In fact, the trends of history are often felt by contemporary people, just as many knowledgeable people from the Ming Dynasty who were the chief ministers in Zhang Juzheng's position as the chief ministers, many years ago knew that he would become the chief ministers; before the Battle of the British and Western Oceans began, knowledgeable people could also detect the pace of the war.

"The Ming Dynasty will consider allowing merchants to trade with you, but it depends on whether the profit is appropriate. After all, the Celestial Empire is far from England."

Chen Mu nodded slowly with his sincere expression in his life and asked, "Did you bring samples of goods? And the prices of these goods are not here, but the prices of these goods in England."

Seeing that Drake and Bacon were eager to argue, Chen Mu raised his hand and said, "If you brought the sample, it might take some time to ship it from Qilin Weigang. I suggest you discuss it carefully in the next few days and give a suitable price."

"Because all the goods you can produce are not very attractive to the Ming Dynasty, because we can produce them, and there are also Ming Dynasty that you cannot produce, and they can be sold in bulk. I mean that every transaction is the same as the quantity of woolen you sold last year. As far as I know, you do not produce gold and silver, so trade will be achieved by barter."

"If your goods are priced low, we will buy them from England bulk; if your goods are priced high, we will sell them to England bulk. If the prices are not good for us, we will not have such a trade."

Bacon's face turned red in an anxious manner, and hesitated: "Our merchant ship can transport goods and trade with the Ming Empire, anywhere."

Chen Mu smiled, he shook his head, still very sincere.

"Let me tell you a few things. First of all, in the Mingxi Agreement, all the land in the northern part of the New World belongs to the Ming Dynasty. Any country attempts to get involved will be attacked by the Mingxi coalition forces. The counterattack will include its European land, so no one will climb the northern part."

"Secondly, you will not want to trade in the Gulf of Mexico. The land east of Mexico City is co-governance of the Ming and Spain, and the archipelago belongs to Spain. Given the relationship between England and Spain, your merchant ships will be destroyed by Spanish warships when they approach the archipelago. If you trade in the New World, then I will never see your merchant ships. What's the difference between trade or not?"

"Third, the Ming ships can sail in any corner of the world, and France has many pirates on the sea. Since your king thinks she is the Queen of France, let those pirates not provoke me. If she can't control it, it doesn't matter. I have no intention of interfering in the French royal family. This will not affect our trade. I will send someone to tell the third brother what the rules are. His pirates rob me of my boats, and my people will go to burn his ports."

"Fourth, given the above three points, I think the place of trade is best in England. I tend to set up fixed trading stations in England and Ireland countries, and merchants travel freely in England and countries, and ask the Queen to give all merchants the privileges they need to buy goods in your country; Ming ships once arrived at the port and sold a large amount of goods."
Chapter completed!