New Shun 1730

That being said, the fundamental differences between the two sides have not been resolved to any extent.

Sending prisoners back to London can be interpreted in various ways.

That's what happened.

The unsentimental description is "the Chinese and French forces conquered Gibraltar and sent the prisoners back to Britain."

However, it is impossible to do things without emotion, especially diplomacy and games between countries.

Sending prisoners can be given many different meanings.

It can be intimidation:

Listen to what kind of hellish three months these prisoners have experienced? Listen to how these prisoners describe the Gibraltar hellfire caused by the flying monkey? Listen to how these prisoners evaluate the bloody artillery bombardment of their phalanx by Dashun in the end?

It can also be a gesture of goodwill:

I sent the prisoners back, and we can have peace talks. I have shown my sincerity; I sent the prisoners back, and we can have a separate peace. You should stop interfering in the affairs of the Holy Roman Empire. I will be the arbitrator between Prussia and Austria, and you can throw away this hat of Hanover; I sent the prisoners back, and there is really no need for us to continue fighting. Your finances can't bear it, and I can't bear it either...

It's like some sports competitions in later generations.

It can be a simple sports competition of football or table tennis.

But it is also possible that the result of a certain game triggered a war with the death of tens of thousands of people; it is also possible that a game triggered a diplomatic thaw between two hostile countries.

The act of returning prisoners is simple in itself, but it can be given many different, even opposite political meanings.

The alliance between China and France has had huge differences from the beginning.

However, before the Dashun officially sent troops and before the Dashun fleet defeated Edward Bosken's fleet in Gibraltar, France had no choice but to "have a good talk" with the Dashun diplomats.

However, once Gibraltar was conquered, the differences between China and France, that is, the differences on "how to end this war and how to sign the post-war treaty", could no longer be happy and shelved.

The fundamental reason for the differences between the two is the huge difference in productivity between China and France.

This difference...

Simply put, take the British "Navigation Act" as an example.

Is it against the [British] "Navigation Act"?

Or against the British ["Navigation Act\