This is the home of one of Christina's best friends, and it just so happened that she was going to celebrate her birthday, so she invited Xu Hao in such a name, which sounds pretty good.

Of course, Xu Hao still pretended not to know English very well, but said a few simple hello and the like, and Christina's eyes were very funny.

Of course, the birthday cake thing appeared early, and it didn't have the habit of all kinds of extravagant parties in the future, and it was even very different from the crazy appearance in the movie, it was a tea party.

Not many people even noticed Xu Hao, after all, not many girls would care about anything political, of course, a foreigner, just as a white man will be curious to watch when he arrives in the East, naturally there are also people watching Xu Hao, of course, under the protection of Christina, he has not been too miserable, maintaining the most basic decency, in fact, he is very interested in observing them.

After a while, Christina suddenly whispered, "How about we go upstairs, there are a few interesting paintings there." ”

Xu Hao suddenly felt that this scene was very familiar and a little unbelievable, how did this look like he was going to start an indescribable past, but he was either not confident, or he felt a little incredible.

Christina whispered something to some of her female companions, and they laughed out loud, the kind of whispering between girlfriends, which was really inaudible, but soon she came over, took him affectionately, and walked upstairs.

When Xu Hao was still fantasizing about what kind of affair he would have, he had been taken to a dark room, which seemed to be a study, with a large bookshelf, and a lot of oil paintings hanging on the wall, of course, it was difficult to see clearly only by relying on the candle in Christina's hand, but at this time, Xu Hao felt that the atmosphere in the room was ambiguous, at least he felt that it was so ambiguous, what should I do next? Do you want to hug it slowly, or do you say a few words first, you are so beautiful, and I was fascinated by you the first time I saw you?

He was just about to put his hand on her and praise her waist and hips, when he suddenly heard such a voice: "Okay, Mr. Xu, I now greet you on behalf of the Lord of Britain, His Majesty Charles I." ”

Xu Hao's original fantasy of the affair was gone, and he blurted out directly: ", I knew it wasn't that good!" ”

"What did you say?"

"Oh, I said I wasn't surprised at all, a friend said that the city of London is now full of supporters of the King, and that is not to say that I am wrong."

Christina nodded arrogantly and said: "That's right, so please don't think of a temporary victory as an eternal victory, the council is just a rabble, they can't agree with each other, sooner or later the inside will be scattered, and the king will come back." ”

Xu Hao smiled and said, "I understand what you said, um, but it may not be a short time." ”

Christina was a little anxious, and said: "The council has long been divided, they may be able to unite to disobey the king, but it is absolutely impossible to unite, as long as we find an opportunity, we can come back, don't you think about winning the king's friendship." ”

There is a fart to win the friendship of your king, his prestige in the eyes of the British has long been brushed to a low point, and the better one is cold, which is not something that can be transferred by human will, and then Cromwell will directly dissolve the parliament by force and play the military dictatorship, but unfortunately the name is not justified, and he does not dare to really be crowned king.

Europe has always played this kind of descent theory, especially the simplest so-called Glorious Revolution, that is, 43 years later, in 1688, the British deprived James II of the throne, but awarded the throne to James II's daughter Mary II, and Mary did not retaliate against her father's behavior after she ascended the throne.

Xu Hao said: "Please understand, we never thought that we would encounter such a thing, after arriving in a country, the king of that country is gone, in fact, there is a gift for the king on my ship, why don't you send it to me another day?" The point is, I can't get any attitude right, our attitude is, no attitude. ”

Christina said: "But your actions, objectively, have stabilized the situation for the rebels, who have spread the word everywhere that the Chinese have brought many of your new inventions, which can bring jobs, profits, and a good life to the people in the city, so that the king has become an irrelevant person!" ”

Xu Hao shrugged his shoulders and said, "The British Empire does not belong to the king, but to you nobles. ”

Just as China is not the China of the emperor, but the China of the landlords, and Japan is not the Japan of the emperor, but the Japan of the samurai, in Europe, at least until the new bourgeoisie occupies an absolute leadership position, it is the aristocracy that really holds power, well, Cromwell is also an aristocrat, but in terms of faith is different from the king, in fact, the reason why the parliamentary army is fighting back, ostensibly because there is no agreement on the issue of taxation, in fact the question of religion is also important.

From the fact that it can still be restored after more than ten years, it can be seen that Xu Hao has no intention of interfering in the real mind of the British, because the situation is too complicated, and it is easy to get out if he falls into it.

All events can be traced to the economic roots, and the reason why Catholicism has broken its foundation in England is actually clear from one point of view.

Catholicism prohibits the charging of interest.

Since interest is not allowed, it is very painful for businessmen, because you don't have interest does not mean that it is a good thing, it means that people's desire to lend you money is also low, historically, where Catholicism is the mainstream, its business atmosphere is not very good, and in this era, the first to establish Protestantism, a sect that allows interest, as the state religion, is England.

So faith doesn't matter, the price of money is higher, and whoever is the king can't stop the people from getting rich, just like when Chongzhen was in power, once the scholar was in power, the court really couldn't even collect all taxes.

If the policy of a country is not in line with the interests of the ruling class, then there is not much need to exist, at least for the British at this time, although Cromwell does not know how to govern in the future, what kind of government, but there is one thing that is not said, the power is still in his own hands.

Many times in history, some people have offered persuasion tables and asked Cromwell to be crowned, but this product has not been agreed from beginning to end, and the reasons for consideration are very complicated, but Xu Hao has begun to understand him, these nobles are against the king, but they are definitely not against the kingdom, otherwise, who will give them the title, who will help them brush up the qualifications, so Charles II, the beggar king, (in Europe, the royal family asks for support and no one cares) once he landed in the UK, it was full of leading parties, as if they were all loyal, But one by one, Charles II signed a pledge to execute only a few unlucky people who caused the death of his father before he became king, and the others were amnesty.

"Huh!" Christina suddenly pulled out a dagger, startled Xu Hao, hurriedly took a step back, grabbed it in his clothes with one hand, but didn't dare to act rashly, he was more or less lustful, he actually walked with this woman, if he was really stabbed just now, he would have been directly over, what is really embarrassing, where did she get this dagger.

Christina didn't aim at Xu Hao, but on herself, and said, "This dagger is not for you, but for the traitor, but I can die with them at any time!" ”

"Now, you can trust me." She put the dagger away, her color softened.

"Believe, believe, I believe everything you say now!" Xu Hao looked at her skirt and said in his heart, is it true that women wear so much, is it just to do this?

He sighed and said, "I don't know how to do it until now, and the above didn't let me get involved in your civil war." ”

Xu Hao sighed, he could understand why hundreds of nobles ruled Britain for so long, and even in the 21st century, they could still have a deep-rooted influence on the world, which was really different.

Compared with China, no one obeys anyone, the common people in Britain are really tame enough, and these nobles are also worthy of the support of the common people.

Christina smiled slightly and said, "If you can, you can say that you are going outside to play, and I can take you to meet Your Majesty." ”

Xu Hao immediately shook his head and said: "I came out this time, and the British guards who protected me were not very satisfied, of course, the reason you found is very good, to celebrate a lady's birthday, I can come out once out of curiosity, but now, it's winter, and if I go out again, I'm fooling the IQ of those parliamentarians." ”

Christina's eyes wandered, looked at Xu Hao, got closer, made Xu Hao tremble, and said: "If it's me, tell the outside world that I fell in love with you at first sight, so I took you to my family manor to play, so even if you are suspicious, it is impossible to send someone to keep an eye on you, isn't it your soldiers outside." ”

Xu Hao hesitated a little and said, "You? ”

Christina straightened her hair and said, "Look, I'm not ugly, isn't it insulting your status, or are you married in your own country?" ”

Xu Hao felt that he was unkind and smiled, this kind of beauty trick was something he couldn't imagine, originally, in which country, the noble ladies are all living in a simple place, and they don't go out of the door, and they actually put forward such a shocking request, but thinking of what she said, it should just be under the guise of this to meet its king.

Why are you so interested in yourself all of a sudden? Aren't you afraid of betraying them yourself, and aren't you afraid of ruining your reputation?

Xu Hao thought about it, at this time Shakespeare had been dead for some years, and he didn't know if the description of British society in his script was right, of course, Xu Hao hadn't seen those Shakespeare plays, but he just had a general understanding of Europe in this era.

Speaking of the sky, the reason why he did this is the power brought by his own ship.

Williams also politely expressed the idea of wanting to get on the ship to "visit", and was very curious about how the ship was built, of course, Xu Hao himself did not know how to build it, but he knew that the ship used a lot of later technologies, whether it was wood distillation, waxing, painting, it was not very simple.

In any era, military science is the application of science and technology that a country must quickly climb, even in the Qin Dynasty, the supervision of a bow and crossbow is actually a system that is responsible from the prime minister to the craftsman from top to bottom, it can be seen that although the ancients did not establish scientific literacy, but advanced technology is the thinking of combat effectiveness.

At this moment, Charles I doesn't have much of his own basic army in his hands, only some guys at both ends of the head and rat are left to ask for all kinds of benefits, in all fairness, since he was a child, the king who has learned how to rule and fight is not bad, and he is not cowardly at critical moments, and he can charge in person, how can the people of a country have their minds floating, so they are defeated, and a group of apprentices who have never held a weapon in their lives have come up to fight with you, how to fight.

King Charles I is a figure whose dominance and force are both 90, but his political power is not up to par, but because of the system, it is really not their family that can inherit the throne.

"I think that at this time, I will not have a great effect when I go to see your king, after all, I only have a few dozen guards, and I am almost powerless to change the situation of the battle......"

Seeing that Christina was about to speak, he immediately said: "My warship does have some strength, but do you think that a ship that lacks supplies and needs to be repaired and scraped off the bottom of the ship is how it is possible to confront a country?" ”

Christina gritted her teeth and said, "Are you ready to denounce me to the council, even if I trust you so much?" ”

"No!" Xu Hao's heart suddenly moved, and he didn't know what he thought of, by the way, this Christina looks a lot like an actress in a domestic movie, it was a movie about Qin Shi Huang, and there was a sentence in it that he suddenly remembered deeply.

Odd goods can live.

The king is a treasure, even if more than ten years later, after Cromwell's death, England was in chaos, and his son wandered in France for many years, and finally was taken in by the French, returned to England, and soon became king.

But after Charles II returned to England, the first thing he did was not to avenge his father, but to sell the British land of Dunkirk to the French at a low price, and its generosity and boldness can be said to make anyone stunned, of course, there must be a secret deal in this, after all, Charles II is only 16 years old this year, and soon he will face the abolition of his father, guillotine, and he went to the European continent alone to seek refuge, and those relatives who have milk are basically not his relatives.

Xu Hao's saliva was about to flow down, if he could find a way to put his hands up and down inside......

(End of chapter)