"These barbaric Chinese!" British Plenipotentiary to China Ergin angrily rebuked. The British civilians next to Elgin were either excited or uneasy, and for the arrogant British Empire, the envoys sent, even if they were unofficial, would not be able to give up after being scolded with "Falk squid".

Of course, the empire on which the sun never sets is not an empire made up of wine bags and rice bags. The British representative also relayed what Hong Renji said to Ergin in detail. In the last war, the British went up the Pearl River, and in order to prevent the artillery of the Liberation Army from attacking the British fleet from the riverbank, they burned thousands of houses along the river. Undoubtedly, the Governor's Office of the Liberation of China took full advantage of this incident to stir up feelings of Chinese nationalism. It was in the area where the British missionaries entered the area where the British army committed atrocities that they were attacked by the Chinese people.

Even when he knew this, Ergin did not make any comment. The British fought wherever they fought, let alone in barbaric China, even after Waterloo entered France, which was also a "civilized country", the British army still looted and raped French women everywhere in France after defeating Napoleon. The fact that the Governor's Office was so hostile to these actions was a surprise to Ergin.

Everyone was waiting for the order of the Erkibu war, and the British did not do nothing after the Anglo-French army marched north. In the past few months, with the consent of the Indian Empress Victoria, 4,000 very warlike Gurkha troops have been brought from India, where the fighting has gradually subsided, and now the naval fleet of the British, French, American, and Russian coalition has not been disbanded, and the Grand Fleet has arrived in Hong Kong south. The Allied Navy had more than 200 warships, large and small, and the French also sent about 4,000 6 Corps to Hong Kong.

Since then, the entire strength of the coalition forces has reached more than 36,000 people. Although more than 16,000 people are a navy that cannot go ashore to fight. There are also 20,000 troops capable of fighting in six places. More than 200 warships and 20,000 6 troops are a military force that can turn the world upside down in any region outside of Europe. Ergin heard from the representative who negotiated with Wei Ze last time, and Wei Ze said that if 200,000 British ** teams entered Guangdong, Wei Ze would be defeated. Ergin felt that this was nonsense, and it was not the slightest difficulty for the 200,000 British ** team to completely defeat China. Without 200,000 people, 20,000 coalition troops are enough.

After scolding the Chinese for their savagery, the Ergin deputies did not immediately raise troops and horses to attack. He changed a representative and went to see the Liberation Army again.

Coincidentally, the delegate was also surnamed Cameron, and the priest who was badly wounded was named David? Cameron, this representative is called William? Donald? Cameron. It's also a bit of a distant relative. However, this Cameron representative has full intention of avenging his distant relatives, and when negotiating with the Liberation Army, Mr. Cameron hopes that the Liberation Army will be some civilized people, that is to say, when the British representative does not do anything out of the ordinary, the Liberation Army can face and solve the problem with a rational attitude.

The ships sailed into the Pearl River and soon entered the naval area of the Guangfu Army. A patrol of two propeller steamboats soon appeared in front of the British ship. Over the past few months, more and more Chinese steamships have been launched. And the types of ships are all iron-boned and wood-hulled ships. The tonnage ranges from patrol ships of more than 30 tons to 2 or 300 tons. The large ships went south, while the smaller boats cruised mainly on the Pearl River.

Seeing these ships, Cameron, who was born in the British Navy, felt that the world was changing so fast. The ships of the Liberation Navy were obviously not as sophisticated as the Royal Navy, and they were also wooden, and the Royal Navy had the best wood. There are the best craftsmen. Those behemoths of the sea are not only powerful military weapons, but also works of art. Looking closely at the steamships of the Liberation Army, many of the planks on the hull are made of old wood, or the kind of old wood that is quite inferior. The wood reminded Cameron of the Chinese wooden sailing boats he had seen on his steamboat on the Pearl River, and that the hulls were made of this wood.

But Cameron also knows that the era is over. The Liberation Army did import a lot of steam engines from Britain, but the Liberation Army did not import marine steam engines. Don't look at the steam engine is the same principle, but different steam engines have their own uses. It's not like you can move the steam engine used on the ground to the ship and then connect it to a paddle wheel. Not to mention that the steamships of the Liberation Army are still propeller-driven, and there are definitely British engineers who went to China to design warships for the Liberation Army.

"Damned traitor!" Representative Cameron cursed in his heart. It's just that before Britain and the Liberation Army enter a state of war, even the British Empire can only accept the status quo for the time being.

After being inspected by the Liberation Army, the British ship was able to move on. The steamships of the Liberation Army were also walking with the British ships, obviously in a posture of monitoring the escorts. Deputy Cameron had not received an order to engage in sabotage, and he completely ignored the vigilance posture of the Chinese ** ship. Soon, the Cameron representative raised the binoculars and looked ahead. Even the British steamships were a little slower. Because what appeared in front of me was the Humen Fort. It is still the Humen Fort after the rebuilding of the Liberation Army.

The Humen Fort is a system that is distributed in places such as Dajiao Mountain, Wushan Mountain and Dahushan on both sides of the Pearl River. After Lin Zexu sold his cigarettes, he and Admiral Guan Tianpei mobilized the people to prepare for defense, strengthened and built 11 new forts, and set up more than 3oo cannons. Shajiao and Dajiao Fort are the first portals, Weiyuan, Zhenyuan, Jingyuan, Consolidation, Yong'an, and Hengduan Qianshan platforms are the second portals, and Dahu Fort is the third portal. During the First Great Smoke War, the Humen Fort was destroyed.

After the First Great Smoke War, the Humen Fort was rebuilt and fell into the hands of the Guangfu Army after Wei Ze led his troops to conquer Guangzhou. Before the outbreak of war in 1856, Weeser removed all the guns in the battery. And without leaving defensive forces inside the Humen Fort, the British were able to easily break through the mouth of the Pearl River and go straight to the city of Guangzhou. From January 1858, the Liberation Army began to rebuild the Humen Fort on a large scale.

By July 29, '58, before Representative Cameron went to negotiate with the Liberation Army, Ergin's instructions contained two elements. First, he questioned the purpose of the Liberation Army's construction of the Humen Fort. Although it was impossible for the Liberation Army to dismantle the Humen Fort at the request of the British in any case, the British side felt that it was time to scare and still have to do enough tricks. The second is naturally to find a way to gather information about the newly built Humen Fort.

The British have long been collecting relevant intelligence, and in the past, as long as the British sent Hong Kong Chinese who defected to the British side, and provided enough money, they could collect almost all the intelligence in Guangdong. Since the Liberation Army began to rebuild the Humen Fort on a large scale, the British side has sent a lot of people and spent a lot of money. However, despite the great effort it took to gather the relevant information, the British were still unable to gather relevant information. This result is completely incomprehensible to the British side.

So by now, even with the naked eye, the Cameron representative must seize these opportunities. When he looked out, he saw nothing. When the Guangfu Army built the forts, they used a lot of cloth and fine bamboo fences to tie up many long rows to cover the forts. Cameron, who had seen this, felt that after these shelters, it should be the long and tall anti-artillery walls in his impression, and the Liberation Army would strengthen these anti-artillery walls higher and thicker.

The Humen Fort shown in Cameron's eyes is not any special different from the past, and perhaps the biggest difference is that after repair, the Fort looks a lot newer. Such a result was far from satisfying Cameron, and judging from the intelligence gathered by the British, the amount of work should be unimaginably huge just for those blasting movements. The turret doesn't look the same.

However, Cameron did not have a chance to go up to the fort to see it, not to mention the Chinese steamship that followed the British steamer, and there were people in the infantry post at the front of the fort. After all, a battery is a battery, and if a steamship comes close, it will definitely be shot. Cameron takes his life very seriously.

When he met Foreign Minister Hong Renji, Cameron now Hong Renji has a steady attitude, with neither anger nor bluff indifference. In general, the foreign minister of the Liberation Army negotiated with Cameron with a frank expression.

The content of the "Treaty of Tianjin" was first given to Hong Renji, and Hong Renji took it and read it carefully. Britain figured out that the Treaty of Tientsin opened the door to China. So most of the main content revolves around this.

1. The Minister is stationed in Beijing;

2. Niuzhuang (later changed to Yingkou), Dengzhou (later changed to Yantai), Taiwan (later designated as Tainan), Tamsui, Chaozhou (later changed to Shantou), Qiongzhou, Hankou, Jiujiang, Nanjing, and Zhenjiang were added as treaty ports;

3. Foreign missionaries were allowed to preach freely in the interior;

(4) Foreigners were allowed to travel and trade in the interior;

(5) Foreign merchant ships can travel to and from ports on the Yangtze River;

6. Amend the tariff to reduce the tonnage tax on merchant ships;

(7) The indemnity to Britain was 4 million taels of silver, and the indemnity to France was 2 million taels of silver.

……

Hong Renji didn't get as angry as Cameron thought after reading it, he stared at Cameron and asked, "I don't know what the British side is for showing us the content of these treaties, what is the purpose?" ”

"We recommend that you accept the same treaty contents!" The negotiations have reached this point, and Cameron naturally can't hide it.

Hong Renji laughed out loud as if he had heard a big joke, "Do you want us to accept the indemnity of 4 million taels of silver to Britain and 2 million taels of silver to France?" ”

"Ugh!" Cameron pretended to be embarrassed and said, "This can be excluded." ”

After Cameron finished speaking, Hong Renji spoke, "We will never allow any foreigners to preach in China, and as for the establishment of extraterritoriality, you don't even think about it. If you accept our terms, then there is a lot of talk. If you don't want to accept it, then please take it easy! ”

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