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"Sir, you must be joking. It is the responsibility of the officials to help the Imperial Court solve your problems. It is only a million taels of silver. I will need to prepare it for a period of time. To be honest, I will not hide it from you. " The few million taels from the previous purchase of firearms, we have also received quite a lot of goods. " Wu Bingjian started to talk well, but then he started to complain.

I know Merchant Wu is in trouble, "he said. But you all know that if you lose this war and open up the commercial port according to what England said, not only will your business not be good, but many laborers and porters will also lose their livelihood. Merchant Wu rest assured, in the outcome of this battle, the Emperor will reward you with merit and will not treat you unfairly. " Yi Shaan began to draw flatbread towards Wu Bingjian.

Since the lord has said so, I will go back to discuss and think of a way to gather one million taels. In fact, it wouldn't be so troublesome if Young Master Lin accepted the banknotes. The most important thing is that he doesn't accept banknotes. He only accepts cash and goods." Wu Bingjian had no choice. This was how businessmen were like in this era. According to the previous sentence, money had to be paid.

On the way back, Wu Bingjian suddenly felt a little tired.

He had been out of the country before, and often did business with foreigners. He had never been so tired by businessmen from other countries. They were all thinking of ways to earn more money. However, they did not dare to show off too much after earning money. They were afraid that they would be targeted by the Imperial Court one day. No matter what, as long as they used money, the Imperial Court would think of you.

Wu Bingjian recalled what Lin Chen had shown him before. These years, he had been buying some businesses overseas. For example, he had bought a lot of debts from the East India Company and invested in them in the United States, but he did not dare to go too far.

Now that the Lanfang Company wanted to make a deal with Lin Chen, he was more or less an informant. He wondered if he could use this opportunity to transfer some of his assets to the Lanfang Company. Or perhaps he might as well cooperate with Young Master Lin. Originally, he was afraid of Young Master Lin. Not to cheat him of his money.

Now it seemed like he was thinking too much. Just that warship... He was not even worth a single battleship.

Don't look at Wu Bingjian. He was just a businessman, but he had traveled extensively and knew a lot about the outside world. Naturally, he had paid attention to the military as well. He knew that Lin Chen was telling the truth. He even started to suspect whether Lin Chen was a human or a deity. Putting aside everything else, the thing that could be used to play videos was the only thing that could be used. He had never even seen anything like this in the United States and England. It was like a god.

At this time, Lin Chen was sitting in a house in Guangzhou City drinking tea. He was thinking that he was Lin Chen. It was not that he had said too much, but it had backfired.

He originally wanted Yi Shaan to give him some people. If he thought that the British would not be able to protect Guangzhou, he would not let them go.

It was not that he did not want to use AI robots. There were many AI robots on the spaceship, but the problem was that these robots were not cheap. Letting them do these things was a waste. Wouldn't it be better to just create a Second World War naval fleet and sweep across the world?

However, he didn't need to think about these things for now. If he really couldn't do it, he would recruit soldiers from Guangzhou City. Now, he would mainly recruit soldiers from Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Island has a good port. Even a 10,000-ton ship can easily stop. Once this place is built, it will be the same as the future generations. It's a good trading port.

Especially if the Qing Dynasty won the Opium War, they would probably not open up other ports. This way, the goods produced overseas could be directly brought to Hong Kong and sold to the mainland.

Should he send a ship to Singapore to get a sense of presence, at least let the British know that he had lost. After all, nowadays, not to mention radio, even if there were telegrams, there would not be any.

As for why he didn't go to Hong Kong Island, why would he need to personally do such a thing? Forget about investigating Hong Kong Island, it was all done by AI robots that went up north to snipe the British fleet.

The difference in equipment was close to a hundred years. Forget about the Hyper class heavy cruisers from World War II, even the two military cruisers in town forty years later would be able to crush them. In fact, Lin Chen had also considered selling the Hyper class to Lanfang Company. It was unlikely that they wouldn't be able to sell it for tens of millions of taels.

Later on, he felt that he had made things simple. Wouldn't it be nice if he sold the Stabilizing grade Iron-armored Ship at a high price when he had a territory?

Selling weapons was the same as selling computer parts such as cards. They needed to be upgraded and sold bit by bit. Only then would they be able to run smoothly.

What Lin Chen did not know was that at this time, the British in Singapore already knew about the defeat. The merchant ships that had stayed in Guangzhou Harbor had now seen that the situation was much better. Most of the people had left, afraid that the British would come back again. If the port was sealed again, it would take some time.

The Strait Colony Governor Wen Xian heard the news from the secretary and could not believe it. What a joke. The war had gone very smoothly during this period of time. The Far East, whether it was Spain or Portugal, were all defeated by the British Empire. Who would dare to come out and look for trouble?

Moreover, even if they wanted to look for trouble, they did not have the strength.

Could it really be Qing? This was even more impossible. These years, British merchants had been doing business in Guangzhou. They knew very well about Qing Country's navy. Other than the fact that a wealthy businessman named Pan Shicheng had built four copper-bottomed ships two years ago, no one had heard of any powerful warships. Furthermore, those four ships had long been sunk.

However, the clerk was right. Not only that, the merchants had also seen the Qing entering the city with thousands of British captives, and even five warships had been captured. It was said that the army led by Yilu had also been wiped out by the Qing.

Wen Xian felt that things were getting serious. He immediately made some preparations. The first was to send two warships docked in Singapore to Guangzhou to check on the news. Secondly, he sent people to contact the East India Company. The East India Company had a lot of military power.

The first reason they contacted them was because they could get support. They had fast boats and could reach the mainland of England in about four months. Of course, there was no need to contact the mainland now. It would be best to wait until the ship that they took to check the news had results.

"Your Excellency Governor-general, a merchant brought back a sailor. He is a sailor on the Kang Wei." Just as he was about to write a letter, the clerk hurried in.

"Let him in. God, I want to know what happened." Wen Xian quickly put down the quill and said in surprise.

Soon, a man in ragged clothes was brought in. He was wearing the uniform of the Royal Navy.

"What happened? I heard that your fleet was wiped out by the Qing people? What's the situation now? " Wen Xian asked all the questions he wanted to ask.

"Your Excellency Governor-general, our fleet was not wiped out." said the sailor.

"God bless us. I am talking nonsense. How could such a thing happen to the British navy?" Wen Xian let go of his breath and glared at the clerk.

"We split into two groups. One group stayed in Guangzhou, and the other group went north with the transport ship and the army. Five of the ten warships that stayed in Guangzhou were sunk and five were captured." The sailor looked at Wen Xian awkwardly. Why was he so excited before he could finish his sentence?

"That's impossible!" Wen Xian widened his eyes as if he was going to eat the sailor. "What's going on?"