Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Throwing away the topic of demolition, Xiao Letian said to Zai Chun in a low voice, "The Portsmouth Military Port is the largest, most important, and even the most important military port in Britain …"

"The port is located in the middle of the southern frontier, in the eastern part of the Strait of Dover, and the exit is controlled from the western part of the English Channel. Behind it is the center of British politics and economics, London, known as the Southern Gate of the Capital.

"Today, Britain is preparing a ship parade for us in the sea off Portsmouth. This means that our plan has been successful. The courtesy we received from Britain has never been seen before …"

"And didn't you hear it just now? The message from the Victory only said that they were going to conduct a small-scale excursion... "Of course it's small, the queen wouldn't start the grand viewing ceremony until she shows up!"

"Wipe your eyes. Today's scene is definitely going to be spectacular!"

Not long after, the barge delivered the Duke of Newcastle to the Zhiyuan Warship. Just as he boarded the barge, the Duke's eyes lit up.

If the British wanted to be second, then no one dared to say that they were first. As a high-ranking aristocrat of the Empire, he had to know more about the navy.

Duke of Newcastle didn't even need to ask about the specific parameters of this battleship, just based on his first impression of it, he could feel how powerful it was.

Ye Zichen reached out his hand to pat the thick steel plate. The vibrations from the feedback were nearly zero, which meant that the thickness of the steel plate was extremely shocking.

Looking at the surface of all the steel paint, there was almost no blind spot and all the places were painted extremely evenly.

After taking off the uniform and raising his head to the sky, the 210 main cannons, completely overturned Duke Ryan's impression of ordinary battleship cannons. The rifled barrel at the muzzle gave off an artistic aesthetic feeling, one could imagine how terrifying the acceleration of a cannon would be.

What surprised him even more was the orderly arrangement of the battleship, as everything on the deck was extremely neat and tidy. The ropes were neatly tied up like a work of art, a skill that only the old sailor could possess.

There was no lack of hygiene or any disorder, including those soldiers who were full of vigor. All the work was done in an orderly manner.

"Is this really the Eastern Navy that was created by Xiao Letian? How could this be? Where did he find so many high-quality weapons? Aren't the Chinese all landlubbers? "

Just as he was muttering to himself, Xiao Letian had already walked over with Zai Chun. Just as they were four or five steps away from him, Xiao Letian extended his hand out with a standard smile.

"Welcome, Your Grace! "I hope you don't find this battleship funny …"

"Ah …" Oh, hahaha... Master Head, you sure know how to joke around. Even my British Empire doesn't have this kind of battleship, how can you joke around? "

"Your English is very standard, but you have a bit of the accent of the North America from New York... Did you grow up in America? I really want to see what kind of parents and teachers can bring up such a great person like you! "

F * ck! At that time, Xiao Letian had already cursed out loud. Old cunning Englishman, did you want to give me eye medicine the instant I get here? Now no one in Asia dares to hold on to my past identity.

But there was no other way, the British had nothing to fear, they were not afraid of the Chinese, you, Xiao Letian, could bully those backward people in East Asia, but you have to be a man in Europe.

"I thank the Duke for his false praise, but I am too ashamed to accept it! My parents are little merchants who roam the world, and they are dead! As for the accent, I'm afraid it's because my English level isn't high enough. Looks like I'll need to find a real grammar teacher in London to correct it. Hahaha … "

When Duke of Newcastle saw that he did not faked anything, he did not continue to provoke. Instead, he turned around respectfully towards Tongzhi and bowed 90 degrees.

"Welcome, Your Majesty. Foreign ministers congratulates you. Long live, long live!" The last three sounds of "long live" was actually spoken in Chinese. Zai Chun was immediately excited.

This is the English duke of power, the queen's right-hand man, an important member of the royal family, bowing to me and praising me!

At this time, Zai Chun had already lost all traces of his old, rotten ways. He had long been thrown into the Atlantic Ocean, kowtowing three times and kowtowing nine times.

After experiencing the true power of Britain, he finally understood that it was already a great honor for her to bow to him.

"Rise!" Faster... We have come all the way to England, and we will be troubling you for a while! " As he spoke, Zai Chun actually took the initiative to extend his hand.

His heart was like a hurricane. He never would have thought that the Qing Dynasty Group, which was famous for its stubborn and conservative ways, would actually produce such an enlightened little emperor.

This was one hundred times stronger than his father, Emperor Xian Feng. Back then, the envoys of the other countries in Europe, who had never seen Europe until the moment of Xian Feng's death, had even destroyed an Eastern summer palace for the sake of a kneeling.

This was not a joke, because at that time the only thing Britain wanted to do was to teach the Qing Dynasty a lesson and get the contract. In fact, the war reparations were secondary.

The British and French combined forces had bombarded the Da Gu Kou. Seeing that she had not been able to win, the Qing Dynasty did not rush to negotiate, and the conditions for agreeing to the English and French did not have the tragic situation of attacking the Beijing afterwards.

At that time, the English and French did not have many conditions, they opened up the right to preach, opened up a few more ports, and finally allowed both sides to establish embassies with each other.

In fact, from the point of view of people in the 21st century, these conditions are actually quite equal.

But Xian Feng rejected it. Not only did he refuse to negotiate, he also refused to contact the envoys of the English and French. In the end, Seng Gelinqin seized the envoys of the English and French and tortured all these foreigners into the dungeon.

When British and French combined forces rescued his envoy, he discovered that everyone's body had been maimed and their wounds were already filled with maggots. Some of them had already turned into cold corpses.

The actions of these barbarians had thoroughly angered the allied army, which was why the punishment act of burning down the Yuan Ming Yuan was finally carried out.

In fact, from the fact that Seng Gelinqin had treated the English and French's diplomatic mission savagely, it seemed that the Qing Dynasty, the barbarian Military groups who came out of the black water, had undergone 200 years of nourishment from the Confucian civilization in the Central Plains.

However, the cruelty and savagery in their bones had never changed!

What was worth mentioning was that the place where Seng Gelinqin imprisoned the English and French envoys was none other than the Yuan Ming Yuan!