Xinshun 1730

Chapter 560 The intersection of fate on the eve of World War I

"Sailing, it's a science. And obviously we in the UK are at the forefront."

After speaking proudly, he stretched out his finger to the hanging nautical clock and said: "This is the source of my confidence. This clock can keep accurate time despite the turbulence of the sea. Your country does not have such technology, and it is far away from the warship. Thames Estuary, your country is still far away. Don’t you want to visit the Marquis?"

As if a slap had been slapped on the face, Liu Yu gritted his teeth and cursed secretly, took a deep breath and raised his head, and said conceitedly: "You can watch it, or you can't watch it. Sorry, it's just a clock."

"Whether we can go or not is up to us. Since you said so, then so be it, you hoist the sails and flags. Drive out and forcefully dock directly."

"Since diplomacy is the principle of reciprocity, it was the same when I went to England. I took the fleet straight to the Thames River. It is nothing more than death. If I die, China and Britain will go to war."

Liu Yu, who was slapped with a nautical clock, had no choice but to resort to the most rogue tactics in diplomacy, shamelessly using power to overwhelm others, turning trivial matters into big ones.

He himself didn't like George Ansen very much.And the ship he was on had a different mood for the Chinese.

For a Chinese, this ship really needs some different emotions.

Historically, for China, the Centurion was the first battleship to arrive in China. It forcibly broke into Lingdingyang and berthed in Guangzhou. It didn't know what respect was.

For the Chinese, George Anson, the captain of the Centurion, is the No. 1 British insult to China and the No. 1 British advocacy of war against China.

At this time, there was Montesquieu in France who sat at home and made up that "the reason why Japan does not trade with European countries is because European merchant ships employ cunning Chinese sailors"; The great hostility of local officials, George Anson, who advocated declaring war on China after returning home.

In fact, Liu Yu really didn't understand where George Ansen's "confidence" came from, and where did his courage come from.

Even if the Qing is full of waste, but the British Naval Logistics Bureau has not yet been established at this time, less than 2000 of the nearly 200 crew members will die of scurvy, and Jamaica can send 6000 troops to the shore on the expedition across the Atlantic How dare you come up with the idea of ​​going to war at the level of one-third of the staff reduction?

At this time, the one-year delivery capacity is limited and the level of India has not been achieved. In East Asia and Southeast Asia, even a navy that is one third of the level of Denmark can close the door of Malacca.

Besides, I have already set up the navy's airs. A battleship that is bigger than the Centurion, has more guns, and runs faster is slamming George Anson in the face. Why is this person still so arrogant?
Is it really a bad habit in places like the Caribbean, India, and Africa?

Duplex on the side clearly heard the dissatisfaction in Liu Yu's tone, thinking that this was an opportunity to slander Britain.

Just about to say something, Liu Yu first asked: "Mr. Duplex, is it true that Britain is also in Europa?"

Of course not, Duplex said in his heart. If the British warship dared to enter the French port without lowering the flag, it would be sunk directly, but it was not so kind and allowed to berth.Wasn't it because he didn't give way when he was beaten in Guangzhou?If you want British respect, you have to go to war with him.After being beaten by our sailors in Guangzhou, the British would naturally avoid our ships in Guangzhou.

But knowing this, he didn't say it, but added fuel to the fire.

"Master Marquis, the British always try to be the emperor, and want the whole world to use British law. Whatever the British say is legal. They have always been like this."

What Duplex said was nothing to George Anson. On the contrary, it seemed to be praising Britain for its ambition and ambition to be the hegemon of the world.

But Fazaklei of the East India Company on the side turned green with fright when he heard this last sentence.

This sentence is an ordinary sentence in other places, but here is Lingdingyang, which is within Wanghua.

If this word really spreads to the court, something big will happen.

But the Frenchman's arch was so perfect that he couldn't think of what to say for a while.

Duplex said this in Chinese, and the officers who followed Liu Yu were immediately furious.

Liu Yu didn't expect that the level of the French's fighting was so high. At this time, he had to make an attitude no matter what.

Turning around, he said to Mantou: "Tell the fleet to withdraw. Tell them to raise their sails, raise their flags, and enter the port directly. Tell the fort not to fire. I am the most reasonable person, fair and equal, and I just want to go directly to the Thames Estuary." It's nothing more than a death, let's go to war, is it possible that your majesty can watch me be beaten to death by the British for nothing?"

"Yes!"

The officer who boarded the ship behind immediately turned around and was about to follow Liu Yu's order.

Fazakley cursed "rogue-like diplomacy" in his heart, feeling that this person really has no shame.

Of course, the British navy is not afraid of going to war. With China's level of not even having a halfway naval base, how many warships can reach the Thames River alive?
But is this a matter of fighting to see who wins?
Dashun certainly cannot threaten the British mainland, but can the East India Company give up its business with China?

There was a diplomatic incident today, the news spread to Europe, and the stock of the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam was about to soar that night.

In addition, countries such as Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, and Spain are eager to monopolize trade with China.

Besides, Dashun was indeed unable to land in England, but there was a Frenchman standing beside Liu Yu.France is neither short of people nor technology, but short of money.But is Dashun short of money?
Although Shun couldn't go to the Thames Estuary, Britain couldn't pull all the main force of the Royal Navy to Asia.

Dashun can support France and Spain.

Who will the UK support to fight Dashun?
North Korea, or Vietnam?
Fazakle quickly knelt down on the ground, as if he was familiar with the Guangdong Jiedu envoy, and said: "Your Excellency does not remember the faults of villains, please forgive me. We promise that in the future, in the territory of the Celestial Dynasty, we must abide by the rules of the Celestial Dynasty." Laws and systems will never be violated in the slightest."

While talking, he saw George Ansen trying to pull George Ansen standing there to kneel down, but George Ansen was unmoved, upholding the so-called soldier's glory.

Fazaklei thought that the people in the navy were idiots, and said repeatedly: "Master Marquis, he is just a soldier. He has never been to China, so he doesn't know the rules here. Please forgive me. Britain will strictly abide by your country's rules. Laws, strict compliance with customs and port berthing rules. I can assure you, a gentleman's guarantee."

Liu Yu stared at George Anson on the side, and said coldly: "Your arrogance and rudeness make me very unhappy. Come!"

He called his entourage, wrote a note in front of the British, and handed it directly to Duplex next to him.

"Mr. Duplex, please take this note to Songjiang to collect 12 taels of silver. Please do me a favor, please build a battleship in your country, and donate it to Stuart in exile in France in my own name. The descendants of the Te Dynasty as their private property; the rest please buy a batch of guns for them, and give them to the Indians who attacked England in the Battle of Queen Anne, and pay my personal respect.”

"Whoever makes me unhappy for a while, I will make him unhappy forever."

After finishing speaking, he smiled slightly at Fazaklei, who was completely shocked, and said: "This is my personal attitude, not representing the imperial court. It's just that Mr. George Anson's arrogance and rudeness make me very unhappy. I This matter will be reported to the court."

"In addition, Mr. Fazaklei, you should now consider the personnel arrangement after the closure of the shop. Once the monsoon comes in December, the closed staff can return to London. Please hurry up."

Turning around to leave, Fazaklei hugged Liu Yu's leg, pleading constantly, his heart was about to collapse.

If you do this, something big will happen!

In order to be able to trade in China, the East India Company gave Li Dan and others a lot of money during the reign of Emperor Tianqi, hoping that the group of big pirates in Hirado really had good hands and eyes, and they could build a relationship with the court.

After the solar eclipse gambling incident, Catholic missionaries were in full bloom in Dashun. The East India Company admitted its mistakes and confessed to the crime of attacking the Ming Dynasty merchant ship with the Netherlands and forcibly breaking into Humen, so that it was able to expand its trade with China.

It finally opened up the situation, survived the squeeze from the Netherlands and Denmark, and brought down the Ostend Company. Finally, Dashun opened up diplomacy, and the East India Company finally waited for a bright future.

But today, it was going to be completely destroyed!

Today's matter is indeed what George Anson did wrong. This is not India, nor the Caribbean, and it is not the place of those African chiefs.

The faults that are used to there are used here, isn't this courting death?When going to Port of France or Port of Spain, do you dare not lower the flag?Although India and China are both Asia on the map, they are not the same thing at all!
It has been more than 100 years since the British tried to ask for trade, and finally reached the current situation, and now it is all ruined.

He tightly hugged Liu Yu's leg and begged, "Master Marquis! Lord Marquis! Calm down! Calm down!"

Liu Yu stopped, looked down at Fazakle, and said indifferently: "I have no control over the war between you and Spain. The imperial court actually doesn't like Spain either."

"But remember my words, from Omsk to Luzon, from North Korea to Vietnam, nothing can be done without the nod of China."

"We have no control over the affairs of the Mediterranean Sea; we are also temporarily powerless about the affairs of the Atlantic Ocean. But here, in Luzon, if the Chinese government does not guarantee that Britain will win, Britain will not win."

George Anson on the side was already stunned. Although he still pretended to be the arrogance of the Commodore Royal Navy on the surface, he was actually panicking in his heart.

I thought about it, and it's all right to talk about it, at least I don't lose on the face.But I didn't expect Liu Yu to be a hooligan at all, and he used an extremely disgusting routine that the British are quite familiar with to fight back.

When a shit stick.

The old usurper is still in exile, with the English and Scottish thrones claimed on his head.

Liu Yu sent a big ship, and even asked France to send a batch of guns to the Indian tribes that attacked England, just because of George Anson's arrogance.

12 taels of silver is a large amount. Even if only 3 taels were used to support those Indian tribes, the casualties and losses caused to Britain would be far greater than this amount.

Britain, on the other hand, was helpless.

The same is 12 taels of silver. If you get it in East Asia, who will you give it to?

To North Korea, let North Korea rebel against the suzerain?North Korea will immediately take the 12 taels of silver to the table, and send the British to the capital by the way; to Vietnam, Myanmar, or Japan?
For these countries, 12 taels of silver can provoke them to go to war with China?
Or, funding a role similar to the old usurper?
The problem is that Dashun doesn’t have any, and 12 taels seems like a lot, but it’s really a drop in the bucket when it comes to supporting rebellion in the vast China.

It is true that Dashun cannot go to the Thames Estuary, but Dashun's silver can reach the Thames Estuary.

In France and Spain, silver is still silver.

With money, you can really do whatever you want.

At this time, George Anson had already regretted the pointless and unreasonable dignity he had insisted on before, and knew that he had caused a catastrophe today.

If the old usurper and the James Party really launch a coup in the future, I will bear the responsibility.In this matter, I am afraid that the parliament will let him take the blame. The diplomatic situation that was so easy to open is likely to be ruined by himself.

The United Kingdom itself has a history of hijacking ships with the Netherlands during the Apocalypse, and France has had high-level official ties with Dashun since Louis XIV.

George Anson's face twitched when he caused such a big disaster with his enthusiasm and dignity as a patriot.

Fazakle stood up in a hurry, grabbed George Ansen and knelt down.

Although George Anson pretended to be reluctant, he still knelt down on this step. Otherwise, with his many years of life at sea, how could a senior curator of the East India Company be able to pull him.

Although George Anson had gold under his knees, he really didn't know how to deal with this situation. This matter would cause trouble, and his future might be ruined when he returned.

Although there is infinite hatred in my heart, I can only hold back, only thinking about revenge in the future.

Liu Yu doesn't care, this kind of person is already thinking about starting a war against China, and he won't be influenced by his own concessions, so why should he care about one more hatred?

He also didn't want to really get into trouble with Britain at this time, but he just used Duplex to tell the British and other countries that Dashun has woken up, and you don't have Qin Shihuang, and you are torn apart. Dashun has [-] ways Disgusting you, but you have nothing to do.

Now that the 6000-man expedition to Jamaica can abolish the level of [-] people halfway, put away that arrogance, when will we take India as a springboard, and when we can complete the military logistics reform and deliver the scale of [-] people at one time, come here again to show your strength arrogance.

Fazaklei had heard about Liu Yu's beating of Dutch sailors; there were also rumors that Liu Yu's teacher was Dai Jinxian, vice-president of the Chinese Diocese of the Jesuits, who might be a secret Catholic; he also knew Liu Yu's reputation as a fanatical militant.

Seeing that this matter is really going to cause a major diplomatic disaster, and seeing that the East India Company's century-old attempt is about to be destroyed, he really almost collapsed.

At this time, he finally pulled George Ansen to admit his mistake according to Dashun's rules, and appealed repeatedly.Until George Anson also had no choice but to admit his mistake, thinking about keeping this hatred and insult in his heart, and repaying him a hundredfold in the future.

Only then did Liu Yu turn around, and said in a cold voice, "Forget it, since you have this attitude, let's forget it. Remember, when you go outside, you have to admit your mistakes, and you have to stand up when you are beaten."

"This isn't India, and it's not Africa. Get rid of your habit of being in a place like that."

"Here, follow the rules here."

"An order to tow away a British cruiser and sink it in the open sea. As an example to others. If you want to go to war, then I will wait for you to go to war. If you don't, choose a cruiser honestly. I will give you half a day. "

He didn't ask for the note he had already given back in public, and left the centurion with an unhappy expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)