A middle-aged man in British squire costume entered the conference room of the guild, and almost all the people and merchants in the conference room looked at the MP they had never heard of before.

"Dear friends from the East, under the name Cromwell, come to negotiate with you on behalf of the Parliament, and hope we can have an open and honest talk." Cromwell placed his hat on the square table and looked around everyone.

"Our Western companies from China have no big relationship with your parliament. We maintain a neutral attitude in this war. I hope you don't make things difficult for us." Huang Xiushan sat in the main seat and said calmly to the arrival of the parliament representative.

"Of course. The Parliament has confiscated the king's land in London and some nearby counties, and the land where the factories are located is also royal land, but we have not confiscated your factories, which shows that our Parliament has no intention of making things difficult for you." Cromwell said.

"Then why is your purpose for coming this time?" Huang Xiushan asked.

"I heard that before the king fled, he had entrusted you to produce seven Eastern artillery for the Royal Guards. Could this be the case?" Cromwell asked.

When Chinese merchants heard Cromwell mention the production of artillery for the king, they looked at each other.

The other party probably has the bad person who comes, and the good person who is good does not come.

"We do produce artillery for the king, but the factory is full of spies sent by the parliament. I believe that as long as we dare to transport the artillery produced from here, we will definitely be forced to stay by you. So we have stopped production now." Huang Xiushan said.

"I'm just talking bluntly. If our parliamentary army wants to buy these cannons, we will pay you as much as the king is willing to pay you." Cromwell said.

Huang Xiushan glanced at several of the directors and refused directly: "We merchants are just doing business and have no intention of participating in the civil war between you. When we agreed to produce artillery for the king, we did not expect the king to use these artillery for your internal war. Now we are discontinuing production and will not provide artillery for the king. Similarly, we will not provide artillery for you to deal with the king. Our merchants' attitude is completely neutral."

"We are willing to pay double the price. As long as you are willing to sell artillery to us, everything will be fine. The king is unpopular. In the future, our parliament will have the financial power and will be able to provide you with more artillery orders, and it is not impossible to become our only artillery provider in Britain." Cromwell threw a proposal that made Huang Xiushan and others excited.

The profit margins of selling artillery are very high, and if they can become the only arms dealer, they can get a lot of wealth from the parliament every year.

"Mr. Cromwell, you should understand that Britain cannot be without a king, otherwise the aristocratic system will collapse because of this. That is to say, you are about to defeat the king 99 times, and he is still the king. If you fail once in the civil war, you will become prisoners. We are not worth taking this risk to help you and be hated by the king." Huang Xiushan's words broke the fantasies of some directors.

Some Chinese directors thought of what Huang Xiushan said and had to admit that his words were very reasonable.

In the Civil War in Britain, as long as Charles I did not smash his good cards, even if Charles I was defeated, according to the British tradition, he would still be the king and still have considerable power. But if the parliament was defeated, the main betrayer of the parliament would be executed by Charles I now.

"Can't the parliament execute the king? If it is really a divine right of the king, then if the king does something wrong, we nobles and civilians have no right to judge him?" Cromwell slapped the table with some excitement, "Please think carefully. King Charles has committed public anger. He proved to the people of Britain arrogance that a person who is determined to do so is not qualified to continue to lead the people of Britain."

When Huang Xiushan heard Cromwell say this, he had to admit that what he said made sense. However, Huang Xiushan was not concerned about the interests of the British people, but focused on the interests of the Chinese group he led. The person who signed the treaty with them was Charles I. Even though the kingly system began to appear somewhat out of place with the development of the times after the emergence of the Republic of the Netherlands and the Republic of Venice, they would still be biased towards the king in order to safeguard the interests of their own group.

"I still say the same thing. Our business group will maintain a neutral attitude and will not help the king deal with the parliament, nor will it help the parliament deal with the king. I hope your parliament will not provoke us. We just want to do business well." Huang Xiushan made a gesture of seeing off the guests.

Cromwell was disappointed here, knowing that it would be boring to stay and make things difficult for him to stay, so he said, "You have signed some treaties with the King that have not been ratified by the Parliament. I think we may need to rediscuss the rationality of these treaties, because some of them may harm our interests, especially the rights to tariffs and mining rights. On behalf of the Parliament, I would like to inform you that if you can help us provide artillery and other materials we need, after the war we will consider keeping the treaties signed between you and the King in force, otherwise it is very likely that the applicability of your treaties will be stopped."

"Let's talk about it when you defeat the king, and see off the guests." Huang Xiushan ordered the guards to send Cromwell out.

After Cromwell left, many businessmen could feel the threat of the parliament to them.

This is also what they fear the most. If the Parliament abolishes all the treaties signed by King Charles after it comes to power, then the investment they made before will probably be wasted.

"Parliament is a positive threat to us. We must win the king, otherwise we need to negotiate with them after they win. They don't know what conditions will be proposed!"

“If we support the Parliament, will the Parliament really be willing to continue to apply the terms we signed with the King?”

"This may be a delaying strategy they proposed. If we help them win, and they put forward harsh conditions, what can we do? Although Charles I was cheating on money, he was basically convinced about selling privileges. It is easier to control a person than to control a group of people?"

Directors and businessmen argue noisily.

Huang Xiushan was playing with a silver dollar with a dragon pattern. This silver dollar was a new currency shipped from the local area. He wanted to consider protecting the company's property from the threat of parliament during the British civil war.
Chapter completed!