The word convergence of the Grand Fleet sounded very magnificent, and when Wei Kun saw it with his own eyes, he felt that it was better to meet than to be famous. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info there are a few lonely warships on the sea, and in addition to the blue sky, white clouds and sea water, there are only occasional seabirds around. When the fleet began to march in formation, it was even more prosaic. The warships kept a fixed distance from each other and drove forward and forward.

"It's boring." Wei Kun complained to Wang Mingshan.

Wang Mingshan looked at Wei Kun and said in a sarcastic tone: "Insiders look at the doorway, and laymen look at the excitement." But ordinary people often don't realize that their level is not even a layman, just a simple white neck. ”

Although Wei Kun was accustomed to Wang Mingshan's criticism and education, even if he felt that what Wang Mingshan said was very right after hearing this, Wei Kun knew nothing about the navy. But it's really not easy to admit that he's a white neck, not to mention that Wei Kun also has a considerable level in his professional field.

Finally reluctantly resolved the unhappy emotions, Wei Kun took out the derivation document that Wang Mingshan had made before, and asked him questions he didn't understand. When he was in Nanzhan City, he didn't have time, but now he finally has time to ask. To Wei Kun's surprise, Wang Mingshan did not directly tell Wei Kun these specific knowledge, but started with the basic organizational principles and organizational structure for Wei Kun. At first, Wei Kun felt very boring, but after Wang Mingshan finished the description and turned to the part of combining theory with practice, the content of the derivation of East Africa suddenly became vivid. It was some of the theories and experiences summed up by the countless accumulated knowledge of the Restoration Party, and these things were not something that Wei Kun could imagine with his cleverness.

On the fifth day of learning, according to the regulations, everyone had to take a day off. After Wei Kun got out of class, he said to Wang Mingshan, who was a little tired: "Secretary Wang, I really want to fly back to Sudan now and use everything I have learned." ”

Wang Mingshan drank a sip of water and moistened his thirsty throat. He said: "Don't be in such a hurry, things are all accumulated. Don't you young people have to accumulate this knowledge after you have learned it? It's not like that, you have to accumulate anyway. We didn't have so many things to summarize back then, so we could have done it more slowly. We can't get up fast if we want to. Now you must not only learn fast, but also work fast enough, and accumulate as fast as you can. The demands on you are higher than when we were younger. ”

Wei Kun really wanted to understand what Wang Mingshan said, but he found that he really couldn't find the corresponding direction of imagination for these discussions, and these things based on age and experience were really beyond his imagination.

However, Wei Kun did not have time to think about this, because before he could rest, the fleet arrived at its destination, the British sea. This is the second time that China's Grand Fleet has arrived in the North Atlantic, and Wang Mingshan is very emotional. The arrival of the Grand Fleet in Europe last time caused a sensation, and Wang Mingshan also went to Europe to negotiate with these Europeans. At that time he met Grace, who was still the widow of the deceased marquis. Now the Chinese Grand Fleet has once again arrived in the North Atlantic, and China's power is far beyond the level of those years.

It's different from last time, probably because many countries don't know it at this time, and there are not many European warships that come to watch the Chinese warships. However, the British Grand Fleet sent a large number of warships to meet it. When dozens of warships, large and small, appeared on the sea, Wei Kun began to be able to distinguish the difference between different warships.

There are too many 'accessories' of warships in Europe, and the various turrets look very hedgehog on the hull. Compared with them, the shape of the British warship is more similar to that of the Chinese warship, but compared with the very simple British warship, the shape of the Chinese warship is more sophisticated, although the number of turrets is only four, but the volume of the turret and the thick length of the barrel are better than the British warships.

Wei Kun carefully discerned in the telescope, and he could determine that the Chinese turret was larger, but it looked like the Chinese turret felt smaller than the British one. He couldn't tell the difference between this weird question, so he had to give up.

Under the watchful eyes of warships from various countries, Wei Kun and the others moved from the battleship to the cruise ship. The cruise ship did not follow the large formation of battleships around the Cape of Good Hope, but went directly to the closer Suez Canal and reached the British sea through the Mediterranean. Not only is the route close, but the sea conditions are much smoother than those of the stormy Atlantic. There were not only the cruise ships that Wang Mingshan and Wei Kun were on, but also the four oil tankers that resupplied the Grand Fleet.

The Chinese Grand Fleet did not continue in the direction of Britain, and the next escort tasks were handed over to the British fleet. Transferred from the behemoth to the exquisite and beautiful pure white cruise ship, looking at the environment and living conditions are much better. However, this kind of cruise ship that provides a small number of passengers is far inferior to a battleship in terms of size and height, from looking down on a number of warships of other countries to looking up at the warships of other countries. Such a difference in perspective made Wei Kun feel as if he was feeling something.

His Royal Highness returned to China earlier than Wei Kun, and the official letter of the Republic of China to the British informed that 'Wang Mingshan, the envoy of the East African Administrative Region, and Wei Kun, the county guard of the three counties of Sudan, had come to visit Britain. So it was the British Colonial Office that greeted it, and of course it was His Royal Highness who came with the Colonial Department. When he met Wei Kun again after nearly a month, His Highness seemed very happy.

Britain has the first-class administrative system in Europe, so the British did not take Wei Kun as the object of negotiation, but began to negotiate with Wang Mingshan as the object of negotiation. The two heads of the British Colonial Office and the East African Administrative Region negotiated the question of distant South Africa. The cornerstone of the negotiations had already been set, and Britain decided to abandon the Rand gold mine in order to keep the Kimberley diamond fields. So the whole thing about this negotiation is what to do with the Boers and Zulus. The meeting between the Boers and Zulus was only discussed, and the two parties were not Boers and Zulus, and the representatives of the Boers and Zulus were not able to attend the meeting. These two sides did not even know that a meeting was taking place in faraway London that would stake their fate.

"Southern Africa is left with only the East African Administrative Region, the Cape Town Colony, and the Zulu Kingdom. We think it's good. Wang Mingshan's attitude is very clear.

The British looked like an old god, but they still demanded a Boer state between the Cape Town colony and the Zulu kingdom. "On the map, there is no common border between the administrative regions of East Africa and the Boer kingdoms. The Zulu kingdom is located in it, so why do you have to destroy the Boers? The British delegate spoke with all the same stern words as if it had not been the armies of the British Empire that had been trying to wipe out the Boers once and for all a few months before. In order to be able to exterminate the Boers, the British mobilized an expeditionary force of more than 300,000 and traveled thousands of miles to southern Africa.

The British played this hand, but Wang Mingshan was not moved. The reason why the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not approached in this negotiation is that the nature of the East African administrative region makes the use of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs very abrupt, and on the other hand, the diplomatic rhetoric of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not suitable for such naked negotiations. Wang Mingshan's status is very suitable for this kind of negotiation, so Wang Mingshan said unceremoniously: "If Britain completely annexes the Boers, we can still trust the British side's control." If you were to make a Boer state alone, I think you would probably be inciting the Boers to attack the Zulu kingdom behind your back. At this time, we want to find the person responsible, but we are afraid that we will not be able to find it. Is your real idea that you want us to come forward and destroy the Boer state? ”

Wei Kun listened carefully and remembered carefully. This kind of negotiation needs to be able to grasp the attitude of the other side, anyway, the Republic of China means that if the British really play the strategy of stirring with the Republic of China, then the Republic of China will probably have the only response to completely eliminate the Cape Town colony when it is free. What Wei Kun has to do now is to come up with evidence that the British are credible or not, and the war may be fought casually, but it will never end casually. It is a very serious question to determine whether war or peace is with a big country like Britain.

Opposite Wei Kun, His Royal Highness was also in attendance. But Wei Kun looked at this guy several times, and saw that he was listless, or listened to some seemingly interesting conversations as if he were fresh. Wei Kun was busy himself, so he didn't have time to look at that guy more. Wei Kun felt that those conversations that sounded interesting were actually just witty words deliberately made by both sides when trying to de-escalate the situation. It's those conversations that are so long and so defining that they feel very boring that they show everyone's goals and bottom lines. And these conversations did not interest His Highness.

Insiders look at the doorway, and laymen look at the liveliness. But ordinary people often don't realize that their level is not even a layman, just a simple white neck. Recalling Wang Mingshan's words, Wei Kun felt that they had been fully confirmed. Recalling his previous criticism of the Navy's seemingly simple and boring operations, Wei Kun felt that he was too tender. During Wang Mingshan's voyage, Wei Kun also accepted some explanations from the navy as a substitute, and after listening to the explanations, he realized that it was very difficult to quickly complete the formation with simple and clear command on the rough sea. This represents whether an army is well trained or not. Being able to see well-trained as boring, Wei Kun has a very full understanding of the horror of the white neck.

It's just that when I go to the UK, I can't meet the British upper class. Wei Kun found that he couldn't really communicate with the British upper echelons, especially the prom. A kind of upper-class character is well-dressed and dances in gorgeous clothes. It's really noble. But Wei Kun wanted to return to Sudan as soon as possible, and there were also some local black dances in Sudan, and these black brothers danced full of black characteristics under the bonfire. Although the dance is full of wild style, the Black Brothers really have fun through campfires, sweets, alcoholic beverages and dancing. Wei Kun couldn't find any feeling in such a ball.

Watching Wang Mingshan's festival envoy first calmly talk to the aristocratic women in Europe, when the music sounded, Wang Mingshan took the arm of the beautiful woman and joined the ranks of the dancers with the others. Wei Kun suddenly understood how Wang Mingshan fell in love with the beautiful Italian marquis, at least judging from the black and white photos, the marquiss had an elegant and dignified appearance, and the smile on her face was warm and sincere, which made people have to feel good.

"Your Highness, don't you know how to dance?" His Royal Highness suddenly appeared next to Wang Mingshan with a drink.

"No!" In fact, Wei Kun also learned to dance, but he didn't like it himself. So it's very simple to use it to shirk.

"How about I ask someone to dance with you?" His Royal Highness had no intention of letting Wei Kun go.

"No!" Wei Kun replied categorically, "I'm a good-looking person, if so many people are left with a bad appearance of me dancing, then it is better for them to see me standing and drinking." ”

It can be seen that His Royal Highness can understand Wei Kun's attitude very well, and he nodded, "In that case, I will introduce a friend to you." ”

Wei Kun couldn't shirk this request, and he himself felt that he always had to know some European locals when he came to Europe. So he followed His Royal Highness in the direction of the young men. Wei Kun was stunned by this introduction. Among them were members of the German royal family, Austria-Hungary royalty, Spain, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, all of whom came to the ball.

Traveling abroad for a dance, Wei Kun couldn't imagine such a thing at first. Just if you look at the map of Europe, the distance between the capitals of these countries and London, England is smaller than the distance between Nanjing, China, and Beijing. Xinxiang City, which now serves as the administrative center of North America, is thousands of miles away from Beijing, almost half a circle around the world. It is really inappropriate to look at Europe in terms of the difficulty of China's going abroad.

It can be seen that being able to meet a real Chinese 'royal family' in person is full of interest for these European aristocrats. The boys looked at Wei Kun with a curious and wary gaze that looked at the object of the fight, and they were more restrained when they spoke. The curiosity of the female royal family seemed to have completely prevailed, and in addition to looking curiously, the young of them couldn't help but pinch Wei Kun's clothes to see how this fabric felt different from European fabrics. It can be seen that if it weren't for the fact that these women felt that they had to be at least reserved, they would have touched Wei Kun's face to see that Wei Kun's skin was different from that of Europeans. Like most Chinese, Wei Kun's hair on his skin is not thick, especially on his face, and a faint layer of fluff can only be seen when he is very close. Compared with the head-to-toe hair in Europe, the skin of the Chinese is significantly different.

The way to satisfy curiosity is not touch, but also verbal communication. "How to pronounce your name", "How many brothers and sisters do you have at home", "How far is China from here?" were asked one after another.

When they learned that Wei Kun was now the county guard of the three counties of the Sultan, the European royal family thought that Wei Kun had a territory. Knowing that Wei Kun was an administrative official, the European royal family was full of envy in surprise. In Europe, royals like Wei Kun rarely come out to do administrative work directly, and engaging in administrative work itself gives Wei Kun a great degree of freedom.

"Your Highness, will you become the Governor of the East African Administrative Region in the future?" Some women asked curiously.

"That's probably my goal right now." Wei Kun smiled.

"If you succeed, will you be canonized as king by the Emperor of China?" Women are even more curious.

Wei Kun immediately shook his head, "Our country only has administrative positions, not titles. So I'm just an official in the administrative system. ”

This question sounded boring, so the next question arose, "I heard that China can have many wives at the same time." ”

Wei Kun hated such a question very much, and he immediately said with a straight face: "After the establishment of the Min Dynasty, a strict monogamy system was implemented. There is no question of having many wives at the same time. If anyone dares to do this, it is the crime of bigamy. ”

Seeing what Wei Kun said in a hurry, an Italian royal family couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then Lord Wang Mingshan won't be held accountable?" ”

Wei Kun was white, this guy who spoke thoughtlessly, really didn't open any pot and mentioned which pot. Although Wang Mingshan's intimate girlfriend is Italian, it is not the turn of a scumbag like the Italian royal family to laugh at Wang Mingshan. So Wei Kun avoided answering the time.

After acting as a rare animal for a while, a royal sister invited Wei Kun to dance. Wei Kun refused again, but he didn't expect the sister paper to be very persistent, and finally dragged Wei Kun to the edge of the dance field. Looking at this royal sister who must be about 168 tall and 175 in high heels, Wei Kun suddenly remembered one thing, his height of 175 in Europe must not be considered low. Of course, those Nordic guys are really super tall, and even this Danish royal sister has about 168 papers. Compared with the guys from England, Western Tooth Extraction, Italy, and even Germany and Austria-Hungary, which are very close to Northern European blood, Wei Kun does not suffer from his height. It seems that there are only a few countries in the tall one, Wei Kun made such a judgment.

Just when he suddenly became interested in height, the sound of dance music sounded, and Wei Kun could only wrap his arms around his sister's strong waist and rotate according to the rhythm of the middle three of the dance music.

This social activity lasted for three days, during the day Wang Mingshan and Wei Kun negotiated with the British colonial department, and at night Wang Mingshan took Wei Kun to eat, drink and have fun with a group of British and European elites.

On the fourth day, the negotiations entered the final stage. The British, too, made it clear that they had negotiated with the Boers in the hope that they would accept the proposal to annex the Cape Town colony. The Boers refused to comply, and the British originally hoped to annex the Boers for the purpose of the Rand Gold Mine. Now that the Rand Gold Mine has run out of chance, the British forcible annexation of the Boers has become a complete loss. In addition to these reasons, the British also concluded, "We will not be stationed in places that make no sense, so we will leave those areas regardless of whether the negotiations are successful or not." It's not that we're hostile to you, it's that there's really no way we're going to waste that much energy. ”

"If you see it that way, I would like to ask how you will react when the Zulu Kingdom has seized those regions." Wang Mingshan did not insist with the British again this time, but proposed a Chinese solution.

The British side took a tough stance, "Since you govern the Zulu Kingdom, we insist that it is necessary for you to fulfill your obligations and control the borders of the Zulu Kingdom. Can't let them expand so unreasonably. ”