“Where is this dispute going to be?”

"Corsica. This is a Genoese colony. There are constant rebellions on the island. When I was in charge of Mediterranean affairs, I moved the Maltas to Corsica, making the situation even more turbulent. For Genoa, the value of Corsica was declining. In the early years, some Genoese had come into contact with us and wanted to sell this colony to us at a high price. Because the French were moved and the price could not be negotiated, they had to give up.

Now we can re-mentioned the old thing and talk publicly about the purchase of Corsica with Genoa, which will inevitably trigger a rebound from France. I believe that European countries are also happy to see us having a dispute with France." Li Su said.

"This will harm our interests in France." Someone said

"We just want to capture the big and let go of the small. We don't have much interests in France." Zhao Wenting said.

France is an absolute monarchy country, which is completely different from countries like the Netherlands and Genoa that are open to the empire, and have always implemented limited trade with the empire. Moreover, even if new disputes with France are not provoked, the relationship between the two countries will not be very good. On the issue of North American colonies, Britain and the Maghreb colonies, there are constant disputes between the two countries.

This is a large-scale imperial meeting with many topics, so the imperial meeting will be temporarily adjourned two hours later.

Li Su took this opportunity to find Li Junwei. Li Junwei stretched his muscles and bones in the small yard. He saw an apricot tree in the garden. He picked an apricot that had not yet grown and took a bite. He grinned sourly. Li Su leaned over and said, "Uncle Wang, why do you still try this apricot even though you know it's not ripe?"

Li Junwei spitted and said, "You know that your scalp cutting suggestion will not be recognized, so you have also put it forward."

Li Su was immediately embarrassed and quickly became unlucky.

He mentioned this inappropriate solution, one was to repay King Yu, and the other was to show his performance at the imperial meeting that he had attended for the first time. It was impossible for the emperor to ask about his own rule, he could not do anything about it.

Li Suwen said: "Uncle Wang, you actually know that that is really the only way."

"So what?" Li Junwei asked, and patted Li Su on the shoulder with a smile: "Do you think the emperor would not know?"

Li Su was puzzled: "What does this mean?"

Li Junwei said: "It's not that the emperor doesn't know, nor is it that the emperor is unwilling to do this, but the empire has no room for this kind of thing to allow. Our nation has its own pride and its own moral code. We are not allowed to do such ugly things, but the moral bottom line can also be adjusted."

"What does it mean?" Li Su felt more and more confused.

Li Junwei asked: "Have you ever killed someone with your own hands?"

Li Su nodded and briefly said, "It was in the outskirts of Suez that there was a Bedouin who wanted to rob me." As he said that, Li Su pulled up his sleeve and exposed a scar seven or eight centimeters long.

"If he doesn't want to rob you, will you kill him?" Li Junwei asked back.

Li Su thought about it, shook his head, and a fierce face flashed through his mind. Although he was very annoying, he was not a good person at first glance, but Li Su felt that he would not kill people because of his annoying.

"Yes, you are like this, and so is our nation. The Anza people hate it, but we will not lower our moral bottom line because they hate it. But people who hate it will always do something annoying. When such an annoying thing falls on us, we can use some means to deal with the annoying people." Li Junwei said.

Li Su thought about it, which was different from the answer he thought. He thought that Li Junwei's original intention was to create some events, so that the Ansas people from the North American colonies would infringe on the interests of the empire, and then punish them. This was an excuse for proactively creating, and King Yu meant to wait quietly.

During the recess, there were many people coming and going, but when they saw King Yu chatting with King Rong, no one disturbed him.

Li Su looked around and said, "Uncle Wang, I have two things I want to discuss with you in advance. I originally wanted to see you before the meeting, but who knew that as soon as I entered the palace, I was called by the Supreme Emperor."

"What's up?"

Li Su said: "The third issue is to be discussed next, that is, the issue of the succession of the Polish throne. I have received the exact news that King Sobesky should be dead, or about to die."

"Is that so? This is really bad news." The smile on Li Junwei's face disappeared. He and Sobesky were old acquaintances. The two participated in dividing the land of the Tatars, fighting against Tsarist Russia and the Ottomans. He also personally witnessed Sobesky's feat of saving Europe on the battlefield in Vienna. The two had a good personal relationship.

After Sobesky was seriously ill, Li Junwei also arranged for a doctor to go to Poland for diagnosis and treatment.

The exact news that Li Su got was that all parties were preparing to run for the Polish king. The conclusion was that Sobesky was dead or was about to die. Li Su didn't care about the personal relationship between King Yu and Sobesky, but asked: "Uncle Wang, there were rumors in the early years that the emperor intended to let you run for the Polish throne after Sobesky. I wonder if the old thing will be brought up again this time."

"No, you don't have to worry about this." Li Junwei said directly. He had briefly discussed this matter with the emperor in the early years. He would rather retire than go to Eastern Europe to be a Polish king.

Li Su said happily: "If this is the case, that would be great."

Li Junhua had just had this idea at the beginning. At that time, the emperor vaguely regarded King Yu as a threat to imperial power, and felt that it was a good idea to use the election to throne to annex a major Eastern European country, but the emperor now had no such idea at all. When it comes to this matter, it was just a joke.

"What about the second thing?"

Li Su lowered her voice: "Mr. Fu Liye is back?"

"Why is he back? Why do you want to bring him back?" Li Junwei asked with a stern expression.

Li Su quickly explained: "I don't want to. Before returning to China, I went to the North Atlantic to inspect and supported Mr. Bai to serve as the governor of the Atlantic colony. During this period, I only asked about Mr. Fu Liye's situation and didn't even meet him. But who would have thought that Mr. Fu pretended to be a coal shoveler and boarded my ship. He did not show up all the way. He waited until the ship arrived in Shenjing before telling the truth. I had to settle him first, ask you first before dealing with it."

Li Junwei was somewhat afraid of Fu Liye. Over the years, he has come into contact with a large number of people with equal ideas, including Ozil, Sun Weigong and Bagel, many of whom had the idea of ​​political reform, but Fu Liye was a special one. He was an absolute idealist and very radical, and even provoked armed riots within the empire.

But Fu Liye is a real practitioner. He established a commune called Harmony Village in the heart of the North American colonies with Li Junwei's support, and practiced public ownership and equality to the end. Li Junwei can obtain information about this commune through various channels. At least it is certain that Fu Liye is indeed not selfish. All the 200,000 taels of silver funded by Li Junwei was invested by him in the construction of the commune and did not use any private use. Li Junwei would not regret this alone.

"Why did he say he's doing back?"

"He wants to see you and refuses to communicate with me." Li Su replied.

Li Junwei naturally didn't want to refuse to see Fu Liye. Then he thought that this might be an opportunity to arrange for him to meet with his father.

Soon, the imperial meeting continued to be held, and the discussion was really about the inheritance of the Polish throne.

It has to be said that because of the private friendship between King Yu and Sobesky, the relationship between the two countries has maintained a long-term friendship in the past decade, and even economic and trade cooperation has gone further than politics. Of course, the two countries have common strategic interests and are also the basis for cooperation.

Because of the existence of the empire, Poland is no longer under military threats from Tsarist Russia. Although it cannot restore the old era of dominating the Ukrainian region, the land it now owns can be as stable as Mount Tai.

Poland was originally a major grain producer. After the empire entered Europe, it revitalized the Polish grain sales network, and modern transportation tools, such as the investment of steam-powered ships, made Poland's grain more competitive. The development of the empire Xijin demanded huge demand for coal, wood, and various ores. Poland, especially the Ukrainian region it controlled, was the main provider, which invisibly enriched Poland's economic model.

However, Sobesky's era was over after all. Just from the current state of the two countries, friendship will continue, but the problem is that the empire has never been a country that satisfies the status quo.

The empire needs not only to continue economic cooperation, but also to deepen it.

But the problem is that there are already different voices in Poland.

Take the food production that Poland values ​​most as an example. After the empire took over Xijin, Poland's grain exports increased year by year, but that was a thing of the past, because the development of the empire's Xijin area has begun to show results, which can not only meet local food demand, but also start exporting and seizing the market that originally belonged to Poland.

Moreover, in the years when grain exports increased, profits did not increase as much as possible. It was mainly because Poland and the Ottoman were in a state of war at that time. Poland's food exports required the transportation of ships from imperial merchants. Inland shipping mainly from the Dnieper River was also occupied by the empires with steam-powered ships. As a result, the majority of profits generated by grain exports were taken away by imperial merchants.
Chapter completed!