Feng Yunshan said this reason, but Bao Ling always felt that something was wrong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The king has not protested to you yet! The rebels in Shanghai City have long announced their surrender to the Holy Kingdom, and they have also accepted this Wang Shan as a general, and Shanghi County has also returned to the territory of the Holy Kingdom. And your army, not to mention trespassing into the territory of the Holy Kingdom without authorization, also helped the Manchus to attack our Holy Kingdom, and this king has already regarded it as your declaration of war against the Holy Kingdom! Since the war was declared as an enemy country, and it was the first to attack the king's army, it was natural to fight back. Feng Yunshan categorically insisted that they were the first to attack, and they were in a state of declaring war.

The corners of Bourblon's mouth were bitter, he didn't want to declare war with the Holy Country, but the commander of the French Navy, Rael, was newly arrived in Shanghi, and he was self-righteous and eager to expand French influence and help the Manchus recover Shanghi, which led to the current situation.

Long before coming to China, he was told to pay attention to the relationship with the Holy Country, and now the trade volume between the United States and the Holy Kingdom is increasing, especially in Guangzhou, the United States has surpassed Britain and France to become the largest trading party. This is completely different from the pattern when Guangzhou was still in the hands of the Manchus, when 90 percent of the trade volume was basically occupied by the British.

However, if he destroys this excellent situation soon after he takes over as US commissioner to China, it is conceivable that this responsibility will fall on his head. Mai Lian was well aware of the influence of the trade merchants, and even if she was a close confidant of the new President Peirce, it would be difficult to keep herself.

Thinking of this, Mai Lian only felt bitterness in her mouth, and hurriedly hugged a smile: "Your Highness the Holy King, we in the United States did not participate in the attack on Shanghai City, nor did we have a dispute with your army. ”

Feng Yunshan sneered: "Then why did my army capture an American warship?" ”

Mai Lian said hesitantly: "Is there one? I don't know much about that. However, as far as I know, recently our East India Fleet has been led by Admiral Perry to the city, and no American warships have appeared in the Shanghi area, and the one mentioned by the Holy King is certainly not an American warship and has nothing to do with the United States. ”

Feng Yunshan saw that Mai Lian didn't even want a warship, so he flatly denied it, so he laughed and said, "In this case, the Holy Country and your country are still friendly partners. Strengthen trade cooperation in the future! ”

Mai Lian secretly dripped blood in her heart, why was she so confused in the first place, renting the warship to that Wu Jianzhang? made chickens fly and eggs, and a mouthful of chicken feathers.

Seeing that these two people were hooking up in front of him, Bao Ling had already cursed Feng Yunshan and Mai Lian thousands of times in his heart: He actually despised my Daying.

"Your Highness, it seems that your army thinks that it is strong, and some of them don't take us Britain seriously. Do you know the military power of our Great Britain? From the point of view of an old friend, I advise the Holy King to retract his declaration of war, consider my suggestion, apologize to Great Britain, sign an indemnity agreement, hand over the murderers who attacked the concession to us for trial, and withdraw his army from Shanghi. Otherwise, the British Empire will send a huge expeditionary fleet to tear your country apart. Bao Ling was stimulated, and he was also a little annoyed and angry, and directly opened his mouth to threaten.

And Feng Yunshan happened to know the cards of the British, knew that the Crimean War had probably begun, Britain and France and Russia had started a full-scale war, and they had to continue to increase troops in the Balkans from home and abroad, and the Crimean War was followed by the Indian uprising, but it was quickly suppressed by the British army. But in two years, it was impossible for Britain to send any more troops to the Far East.

Moreover, even if he is currying favor now, even if he kneels and licks the other party, when the war over there is over and he has his hands free, he will still come to attack, which is determined by the colonial policy of the other side. In the original history, in the Second Opium War, Britain and France would start a war in order to further open up the Chinese market, force the Manchus to open more treaty ports, and expand their aggressive interests. In fact, through the war, they not only obtained tens of millions of taels of silver in compensation, but also seized Kowloon and other lands, opened many treaty ports, and successfully reduced China to half of India.

The most hateful is Russia, which has seized 1.5 million square kilometers of China's land through the opportunity of mediation.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan only felt indignant, where would he pay attention to the threat of Bao Ling! He said angrily: "If you want to fight, this king will fight!" As an old friend, I remind you that in the event of a declaration of war, the king shall immediately expel all English merchants and missionaries within the territory of my holy kingdom, and at the same time, I now inform you that the king will recover all the concessions and send troops to occupy the island. ”

Bao Ling's face changed, he had just taken over as minister to China, and before he could gain a firm foothold, something happened that the Taiping Holy Kingdom captured Shanghi. Not only did the British Concession suffer some losses, but even the three warships led by the commander of the British Fleet stationed in Shanghai, Shi Deling, were forcibly occupied by the Holy State in the name of compensating for the losses.

As the Manchu forces were driven away from Shanghi, the management of Shanghi Customs, which was originally taken over, was also regained by the Holy State. The relationship with Wu Jianzhang that he had maintained for many years also disappeared.

However, all this can be pushed on the head of Shanghi Consul Aliguo. Originally, there was a conflict between him and Ali Guo because of the competition for the minister to China, but now he can't wipe his ass for Ali Guo.

Thinking of this, Bao Ling's fierce appearance had long since disappeared, and his face changed a few times, and finally changed to a smiling face: "Your Highness the Holy King, we are also old friends, I don't want to become a hostile country with your country because of this unpleasant matter." You and I will take a step back, and I will explain it to London, so as not to hurt the friendship between the two countries. ”

There is no way to do it. When encountering a monarch like Feng Yunshan who does not play cards according to common sense, it is not at all like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the threat is useless, the key thing is that he has no troops to send, so he cannot directly send troops to force him to subdue by force. Moreover, after this incident of going to the concession, he also understood that so many British merchants and industries such as Hong Kong Island, Guangzhou, and Shanghai still had to maintain a superficial relationship with the Holy Kingdom before they had enough troops to protect them, so he had no choice but to give in.

Originally, Xingshi mobilized the crowd to question, wanting to threaten him to make some practical benefits, but he was so choked that he had to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, Bao Ling didn't have the face to stay anymore, and left on the grounds that he would not disturb Feng Yunshan and Liu Shengbang's treatment.

Feng Yunshan knew Bao Ling's intentions, and with the British, he only needed to maintain the appearance. With the strength of the Holy Powers, there will inevitably be a threat to British interests in the Far East, and there will inevitably be a conflict between the two countries, and eventually, there will be a war. Therefore, I can't care so much about it, and only by speeding up and strengthening my own strength is the right way.

As soon as Bao Ling left, Bourblon has been following in the footsteps of the British, and at the same time he is about to leave office, and he can't care so much, the emperor's focus is still in Europe. So, he also took his leave.

However, it was the U.S. Commissioner to China, Mai Lian, who had been chatting with the owner of the clinic, Dr. Habaander, and kept her face dirty.

After Feng Yunshan's wound was treated, Mai Lian leaned over and said, "Your Highness the Holy King, first of all, I want to state that this assassination has nothing to do with the United States. I would very much like to strengthen my partnership with your country. I just talked to Dr. Habaander, and I plan to fund the American Presbyterian Church, which is organized by Dr. Habaander, to open three large schools in Guangzhou: a boys' day school, a girls' day school, and a boarding mixed school; Two more hospitals will be opened. ”

Feng Yunshan was a little strange, he didn't expect that this Mai Lian's mind was actually turning very fast, in order to please herself, in such a small way, she could consolidate the relationship with the Holy Kingdom by funding the construction of schools and hospitals through Habaander's side.

However, this is exactly what you need.

"Excellent! The people of Guangzhou on that royal behalf thanked Mr. Mai Lian and Dr. Habaander. Feng Yunshan finally smiled, nodded and said, "In this way, this king is also ready to contribute some funds to open schools and hospitals, but there is no manpower, I hope that Mr. Mai Lian and Dr. Haba'an can help introduce some talents from your country to the Holy Kingdom." ”

"Definitely, definitely!" Mai Lian hurriedly agreed, chatted a few more words, and felt that she was one step closer to Feng Yunshan, so she said goodbye and left with confidence.