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Chapter 523 They Are Daming People After All (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
Fort Canning Mountain, commonly known as "Mount Royal" or "Shanqi Mountain".This 19-hectare, 50-meter-high hill was once the residence of Sir Raffles. In 1819, after Sir Raffles landed at the mouth of the Singapore River, he saw this hill overlooking the mouth of the Singapore River and built his Governor's Mansion on the top of the hill.

In any corner of this white stone Victorian-style Governor's Mansion, you can feel the luxury of the British in this era. This Governor's Mansion on the top of Mount Royal represents the authority of the British Empire in Southeast Asia. Symbol of empire in Southeast Asia.

Watching the golden-red sunlight shine through the snow-white linen curtains on the wool carpet of the same color, Sir Ward picked up the wide-colored teacup inlaid with gold rims, and gently took a sip of the black tea that exudes a strong aroma.

Black tea is produced in Wuyi Mountain. Although the British introduced tea trees to the Darjeeling Plateau in northern India more than ten years ago, compared with inferior Indian black tea, the real British upper class still drinks black tea from Wuyi Mountain.

Well, that's pretty much the difference between the genuine English ones and the bootleg Prussian ones, which are basically rubbish.The same goes for black tea from Darjeeling.

Since he was appointed by Her Majesty the Queen four years ago as the new Governor of the Straits Settlements and came to Singapore, Sir Ward would sit on the grass in front of the Governor’s Mansion every afternoon, enjoying the cool breeze from Malacca and eating some local desserts. Drinking a cup of fragrant black tea can make him temporarily forget about the busy government affairs and relax his mind.

However, Governor Ward's mood at this time was not as relaxed as before.

He is very annoying!

Daming has set up a consulate here. Originally, he didn't think it was a big deal. Setting up a consulate is a very normal thing.

But now Ward feels he's made the biggest mistake of his life.

"Your Excellency, in the past two days, more than [-] Qing people have become Daming people, and they have all received Ming passports. Now the Ming consul has protested to us many times, protesting that the Indian police beat and bullied their expatriates at will... "

"What are their expatriates, Your Excellency, you know, those people are from the Qing Dynasty, they have long been used to being beaten by Indians, they..."

Henry, the chief of police who was standing on the side, hadn't finished speaking when Harid, the chief of the foreign affairs department, said.

"Sergeant Henry, we all know that they are from the Qing Dynasty, and that we could blackmail them casually in the past, but now, they are from the Ming Dynasty! Their consuls will stand up and speak for them!"

"It's just a group of yellow people!"

Henry said with some disdain, for him who was used to arrogance, he had long been used to discrimination against Chinese.

"This group of yellow people is different. They can send troops to fight in Europe, Henry!"

Ward said a little helplessly.

"Even the United Kingdom needs to buy airships from them. Although they are all of the yellow race, there is a difference between the yellow race and the yellow race, just like..."

When Ward didn't know what to describe, Harid echoed.

"It's like the Europeans and the Turks are white, but so what? The Europeans under the Turks have long forgotten civilization and are shrouded in barbarism. Under the rule of the Tartars The same is true for the Han people, who have completely degenerated into barbarians. Am I right? Your Excellency!"

Harold's explanation made Ward laugh.

"It's true, the Turks... are a bunch of savages, but they're also white."

Shrugging his shoulders, Ward ordered Sheriff Henry.

"Henry, after you go back, tell your subordinates to treat those Chinese who have cut off their braids, no, Ming people, treat them politely, they may not be white, but the country behind them can be regarded as a civilized country! "

Sometimes, one always has to face reality, Ward doesn't want to cause diplomatic disputes because of the greed of Indian police and some low-level police officers, he doesn't think a country that can send troops to fight in France will ignore its own citizens abroad Being bullied, even if they won't bombard Singapore, it will definitely cause diplomatic disputes, which will definitely affect his future promotion.

This is not a good thing.

However, what Ward didn't know was that it was precisely because of his differential treatment that in the next few years, almost all overseas Chinese in the Straits Settlements applied for Ming passports at the consulate, cut off their braids, The same is true of the Dutch East India and other places.After all, the difference between the two is visible to the naked eye!

"Okay, Hared, now you can reply to him and tell them that we will definitely protect the legitimate rights and interests of Ming people, and..."

Just when Ward thought things could end perfectly, Harid said again.

"But your Excellency, the special envoy, Your Excellency, is waiting for your summoning. He seems to have something more important to discuss with you face to face."

"Discuss in person? What's the matter? Where is he?"

After learning that the other party had arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Ward stood up and said a little irritably.

"Hared, I tell you, never deal with an upstart, do you know what kind of people they are?"

When walking towards the reception room of the Governor's Mansion, Ward said with a special emphasis.

"They all look arrogant, for fear that everyone will not see their arrogance!"

But after a few minutes, Ward regretted it. He even regretted why he didn't hand over the matter to Harid. God can testify that what he faced was not arrogance, but unreasonable entanglement.

"Mr. Governor, you must give me a reasonable explanation for the large number of Chinese casualties in the Kedah Sultanate conflict. They are being killed every day, people die every day, their property is looted, and their lives are safe. No guarantee, Mr. Governor, is this the so-called safe environment provided by the Straits Settlements?"

Almost as soon as they met, Zhao Yongfu immediately protested loudly. While protesting and asking for an explanation, he asked for direct understanding.

"Mr. Governor, I hope you can immediately send your troops there to maintain local law and order, prevent conflicts from happening, and protect the safety of the Chinese..."

Chinese, Chinese, are Chinese Ming people?
They all came from the Qing Dynasty, and a few of them came from the Ming Dynasty. Your Ming Empire is obviously in South America, so why did you come to Southeast Asia to quarrel with those Chinese people?During this period of time, Ward, who has long been troubled by the special envoy's protection of the rights and interests of the Chinese, and the equal treatment of Ming people, said directly.

"Mr. Special Envoy, please believe that I have great respect for you and your country, that is, the Ming Empire. From the beginning to the end, I have talked with you with the utmost patience. But you must know that my patience is limited. Limited."

Ward's tone has lost the so-called etiquette, but is full of boredom.

"You have to know that the conflict in the Kedah Sultanate has nothing to do with Britain, nor does it have anything to do with the Straits Settlements. It does not belong to the Straits Settlements. Although we have mediated the local civil war out of humanitarian considerations, but , that is the control area of ​​the Malay state, not the management area of ​​the Straits Settlements, we don't need to give you any explanation for any incidents that happened there! Now!"

Ward took a deep breath, stared at Zhao Yongfu who was messing around and said.

"If you have nothing to do with the affairs of the Straits Settlements, then please get out immediately!"

He's really fed up with this guy's nonsense. Are those people from the Qing Dynasty people from Ming Dynasty?

Is it interesting for him to mess around here?

Faced with the governor's anger and dissatisfaction, Zhao Fuyong seemed to be really suppressed.He was silent for a while, then spoke.

"Okay, sir, as you wish."

(End of this chapter)