Among the crowd, the Duke of Buckingham also squeezed through.
This guy was also attracted to the silk.
In his view, Louis XIV was extremely vulgar.
In the whole world, only Buckingham and Queen Anne were entitled to wear such fine silk.
The Duke of Buckingham held a piece of golden silk, embroidered with all sorts of patterns.
He couldn't help but walk up to Queen Anna.
Queen Anne was taken aback when she saw Buckingham arrive.
Louis XIV also noticed him.
"Duke of Buckingham, what brings you here without even informing me? I think this is rather unreasonable of you," Louis XIV said bluntly.
“Louis, my good friend,” the Duke of Buckingham smiled slightly, “I missed you so much that I came here.”
The Duke of Buckingham was followed by a dozen or so people.
These people were all recently selected from the British Isles.
After most of the men around the Duke of Buckingham were killed by Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba, he quickly sent a message by carrier pigeon.
After a frantic rush, the first batch of a dozen or so bodyguards finally arrived last night.
"I'm here as a regular friend, so I don't think we need to be too concerned about diplomatic etiquette."
After Buckingham finished speaking, he didn't even glance at Louis XIV, but looked at Queen Anne.
“It is an honor to meet you here, my esteemed Anna.” After saying this, Buckingham bowed slightly to Queen Anna and extended his right hand.
Queen Anna smiled slightly and quickly extended her hand: "I am also very happy to meet you here, my esteemed friend."
The Duke of Buckingham took Queen Anne's right hand, gently brought it to his lips, and lightly kissed it on her right hand behind her room.
“Queen Anna, I have just selected a batch of silk. If you don’t mind, I would like to give it to you as a gift.” Buckingham waved the batch of golden silk he had selected in his hand.
Louis XIV leaned in and said, "Anna doesn't like this color. Besides, I'll buy her whatever she likes."
“Louis, my old friend, this is just a small token of my appreciation. Your Majesty Queen Anne only needs to tell me what she likes.”
“No need…” Louis XIV said, then took Queen Anne’s hand and got into the carriage. “I’ll take all the silk and porcelain here.”
The merchants under Zheng He were all very excited when they heard this.
Watching the carriage slowly disappear into the distance.
The Duke of Buckingham was furious.
"Louis, you despicable bastard, are you really that petty?"
“The Duke of Buckingham…” Jiang Tian pointed to the car next to him, “I think we should go inside and have a proper talk.”
Buckingham nodded: "Jiang Tian, my old friend, I have something I want to say to you."
The two got into the car, and Jiang Tian slowly started the engine.
"I've already had someone investigate. Louis XIV's 550,000-strong army was completely wiped out, with only a few scattered individuals managing to escape."
Jiang Tian nodded, one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the car window, looking extremely comfortable.
"Duke Buckingham, if I may be so bold, the German Empire received this news as well, just as you did."
I've heard that the Austro-Hungarians are also getting restless.
Whether they were from the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Germanic Empire, they all wanted to conquer the Franks, and then the Russians.
Buckingham Palace, however, remained silent, gazing out the window.
I wonder what he's thinking?
Is this infatuated girl thinking about Queen Anna again?
Jiang Tian drove very slowly.
"Duke of Buckingham, if I may be so bold, are you really just going to stand by and watch this huge cake be divided up and taken away? By then, they will not only get a lot of land, money and people, but even your beloved Queen Anna will be taken away."
Upon hearing this, the Duke of Buckingham clenched his fists so tightly they cracked.
"No one can take my Queen Anna away from me. Anna belongs only to me."
Jiang Tian's car slowly drove out of the city; the 25 million gold coins that Buckingham had promised him were still on a ship near the port.
25 million gold coins is no small sum.
After leaving the city, Jiang Tian floored the accelerator the whole way.
The vehicle sped forward at breakneck speed.
A gust of wind blew into the driver's cab, and the Duke of Buckingham slowly felt himself becoming more awake.
"Are you telling the truth?" The Duke of Buckingham turned around and glanced at Jiang Tian.
Which sentence?
"Everything I just said."
"Of course it's true, every single word is true."
“I know you love Queen Anne, but many others are after the Franks’ wealth.”
This world is a dog-eat-dog world.
If you don't take the wealth that's right in front of you, then don't blame others for taking it.
When everyone else is eating meat, you won't even get any soup.
Two hours later.
The vehicle came to a smooth stop at the port.
Thousands of ships from the Great Xia Dynasty floated on the sea.
The Duke of Buckingham was stunned when he saw it.
"How come there are so many ships all of a sudden?"
"These are all merchant ships from our Great Xia Dynasty." This was the first time Jiang Tian had seen so many ships, including several hundred of Zheng He's treasure ships.
Zheng He's treasure ships were 260 meters long and 35 to 38 meters wide.
The ship is taller than an eight-story building.
If you include the mast, it's at least 20 stories high.
What impressed Jiang Tian the most was that Zheng He's treasure ship was not only driven by sails, but also by steam engines.
Jiang Tian then realized what a real steamship was.
The large treasure ship has drainage wheels on both sides.
To start a ship, you need to start a steam engine.
As the steam engine starts, it spins rapidly, and the high-speed rotation of the steam engine drives the waterwheels on both sides of the treasure ship.
In this way, the ship will speed forward.
Each of Zheng He's treasure ships was as big as an aircraft carrier.
Jiang Tian was increasingly shocked as he looked at it.
All that I learned from history books before was just dry text and numbers.
When Jiang Tian saw these magnificent treasure ships, he realized the immense psychological impact Zheng He's fleet had on the people of the surrounding countries.
"Are all these ships yours?" The Duke of Buckingham looked at Jiang Tian with a puzzled expression.
"You could say that all these ships are mine."
"What are these thousands of ships doing here?"
"In business, all the porcelain, tea, silk, cloth, ironware, and woodenware you see today... these ships have everything."
Our ship departed from the Great Xia Dynasty and sailed westward along the coastline.
I heard Zheng He say that almost everything on the ship had been sold.
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