Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

"Christmas is sacred, I will never let Christmas Eve become unsafe. If I can't even do that, then I'm not fit to be the governor of the Philippines!"

"Immediately investigate!" This cargo ship must not approach the shore, stop it at sea! "

Even if Governor Patila was a coward, even if the situation was extremely hostile to Spain, he would absolutely not allow more than three thousand Spencer to be smuggled in. Was he trying to arm the army?

Manila's navy had gone out in the rain, and two patrol gunboats had gone north with more than four hundred soldiers to investigate all the merchant ships that attempted to enter the harbor.

With the storm approaching, there were few ships leaving Manila Bay, and the ships on the sea were racing toward safe ports.

At this juncture, when the Spanish navy stopped the main channel for inspection, the merchant ships who had been rushing into port were immediately angered, and the language of the various nations on the surface of the sea was constantly being scolded.

The captains, under heavy rain, bribed the sacks of gold, but did not expect the Spanish officers to be transgender today? He refused to accept bribes even though it was official business, so he had to check every boat.

All the boats were drifting in the storm, and there were even some incidents of ship slashes. Many of the cargo ships could not stand it any longer and barged in despite the Spanish ban.

"Forget about these bastards. If we keep pushing them, they'll all fall into the sea to be fed to the fishes. Enter the port!"

"What do you want? Can't you check and wait for us to get to shore? "It is too dangerous now …"

Several cargo ships were charging in, but at that moment, a Chinese lucky ship suddenly took advantage of the chaos to circle around the fleet and head into Manila Bay.

The sharp-eyed Spanish lookout hand shouted, "There is a Chinese boat! Attempted to charge at the card! We've found a lucky Chinese ship! "

It was too late for the two gunships to turn around now. The commander who received strict orders shouted, "Fire! Fire at once! "Our department has authorized the free firing of weapons..."

Boom! Boom! Boom! In the rain and wind, the cannon ship's head spewed out flames. The artillery shells accurately concentrated on the deck of the ship, and the bodies that were shattered by the explosions were thrown into the air.

At 7: 45 p.m. on December 18, 1870, the Manila Bay Dragon Fish incident broke out. The Chinese dispatched a third batch of embassy staff from London, and a group of 24 people were bombarded by the Spaniard.

In the shelling incident, the Dragonfish sank, 18 sailors were killed, two of the embassy's preliminary staff were killed, three were missing and the rest had different injuries.

The Chinese, after all, had just received British recognition. It was Prime Minister Gladstone who recognized the Chinese as an independent nation and exchanged letters of credence with them.

After officially establishing a relationship, the most important thing to do was to establish an embassy for both sides. London was, after all, the center of the world at that time.

He entrusted the The Duke of Newkes to purchase the castle, put in a large amount of money to carry out the interior renovations, and then send out batch after batch of advance personnel. Although the first ambassador had not been confirmed, the team had already begun preparations.

This time, the destination of the Dragonfish was Singapore. Once it reached Singapore, it would be replaced by a British cruise that would take it straight to Paris!

It was outrageous that such an important foreign mission should be shelled by Spanish warships for avoiding the storm in Manila.

In the storm, the Chinese crew members who had fallen into the water were saved. The Spaniard saw them as smugglers and tied them up with ropes while the shining bayonets surrounded them.

"Let me go! I am a diplomat from the Chinese Embassy in London. We have diplomatic immunity.

"Stop his mouth! Put them in a customs prison! "We'll interrogate them tomorrow when the Governor is free …"

These Spaniard were already used to it, from the bottom of their hearts, they looked down on these Chinese and did not listen to their arguments.

However, this matter could not escape the eyes of the crew of the surrounding countries. The Chinese were no longer the people who lived in seclusion in China. After many years of painstaking efforts, there were a group of countries in Europe that were relatively friendly to the Chinese.

Don't forget that Xiao Letian had spent a lot of money on the European media in order to brag about the beauty of China's scenery, the simplicity of its customs, and the mysteriousness of its ancient civilization.

Gradually, a large number of Chinese fans also appeared in European people!

During the shelling, a nearby British freighter heard the Chinese people's complaints. The captain and crew looked at each other without saying anything, but the ship had just landed.

The British captain and first and second lieutenants immediately found the telegraph office and sent two telegrams directly to London and the Ryukyu, reporting on the incident with the Dragonfish.

In the pitch black night, when Governor Bai Tila heard that the Dragonfish had been sunk, he finally felt relieved. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he was finally able to have a good night's sleep.

In the damp and cold customs prison, the Chinese envoys had been tied up for a whole night. However, there was no fear in their eyes at all, nor was there any anger from being humiliated. Instead, they were all smiling!

Yes, that was the smile of a fox when it was about to catch a wild rabbit.

Later that night, Brunei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Ryukyu … Including Singapore, all of East Asia knew about this news. Only Governor Bai Tila was like a fool who slept soundly.

It may be slower to teleport to Europe, but London will receive the news in at most twenty-four hours!

The entire East Asian political stage was shaken, the eyes of the Governor of England in Hong Kong almost fell out of their sockets: "The Spaniard has eaten mad beef? How dare you provoke Xiao Letian at such a time? "

"Your French masters in Spain have been killed by them, and you still dare to massacre a Chinese diplomatic mission? Madman, madman … Immediately send a report to Manila, ask Bai Tila if he's crazy! "

During the latter half of the night, the questioning telegram flew like a snowflake to Manila. Britain, the Netherlands, the United States, the Portugal … Even the panicking Frenchmen had consulted on electricity generation.

At six o'clock in the morning, when she was sleeping with a maid in her arms, the adjutant barged in like a madman!

The bumpkin servant screamed out in fear, but the aide-de-camp kicked her in the buttocks and she rolled out like a meatball.

"Governor! This is bad, do you still have the time to play with women? We received more than a dozen telegrams this morning... We... We blew up the Chinese envoy that was sent to London! "

Bai Tila was still in the middle of getting up angrily when he heard this sentence. All of the hairs on his body stood up as an electric current flowed out from the bottom of his feet and straight to the top of his head.

"My God! "Are you kidding me …" He rushed forward and snatched the telegrams.