"War, they need war!" A face flushed with excitement, as if he had caught the yellow-faced woman cheating on someone and was extremely angry, Major General Ford waved his hands fiercely. "Damn it, despicable Qing people, and those shameless, equally nasty Western tooth people, they don't take our British Empire seriously at all."

"Calm down, dear Major General Ford, I think you should need to be calm, war is a must, I agree with you, but for now, we must listen to Mr. Ambassador." Staunton's face was still pale, but anyone could tell that his eyes were filled with angry fire.

Macartney sat by the porthole with a glass of brandy, his gray-blue eyes were intently looking at the wine in the glass, the scene just now was so shocking to him that he couldn't help but close his eyes and let out an unbearable moan at the thought of those heads tipping out and rolling at his feet. "May God punish those damned infidels. If Lord Dundas learns of this, he doesn't know how angry he will become. ”

"Mr. Ambassador, we need your advice." Staunton looked at Macartney and reminded the wise ambassador again.

"My advice...... War is inevitable, we come with respect and friendship, and give them enough respect, but what do we get? Macartney drank all the brandy in the glass, put the glass on the table, and shrugged helplessly: "Nothing was obtained, all our conditions, they were unwilling to agree to any of them, our sincerity was regarded by their arrogant Emperor His Majesty as a group of slaves, yes, he actually regarded our British Empire as a vassal under his feet, which is the most unforgivable." ”

"But, war, gentlemen, what kind of war do we need? What are we here for? War must serve this purpose, and not just because of the lives of one or two hundred people of the British Empire. Remember, loyalty to our empire is our noblest mission. Macartney's words were quite good, and his words not only carried the surname of incitement, but also analyzed the key points of the war, since it was to be fought, it was necessary to find a legitimate excuse and reason, and the reason that the Qing did not agree to their diplomatic treaty was far more just and more justified than avenging nearly 200 crow smugglers.

"You're right, it's true that this ancient empire is now only superficially glossy, and its officials and army system are completely rotten, in fact, if we stretch out a finger and push it so gently, it looks like a gorgeous and exquisite porcelain...... Shattered to the ground. There was a sinister smile on Staunton's lips.

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"Mr. Staunton, please don't underestimate this empire too much, even if you think it is extremely fragile, but don't forget that this empire is so large, so large that even the whole of India cannot be compared, and India has never been unified in history, and even such a country, our British Empire has spent nearly two hundred years, but we are still not able to occupy this land that has not been unified again.

And here, it's completely different, this empire for thousands of years, after a short period of division, will always be united, their civilization has been passed down for thousands of years, for thousands of years, they have always thought that they are the center of the world, although this seems to be ignorant and arrogant, but it is undeniable that the countries around this empire still maintain enough respect, even fear, for this decaying and old empire. ”

"So, what we need is a small-scale local war, and what we do is to make this empire feel that our British Empire has the same and equal right to dialogue with them, and not to anger her completely. Otherwise, it won't do us any good. ”

"Mr. Ambassador, your wisdom is enough to illuminate this ocean, your analysis is so incisive, yes, what we need is to make this empire understand that their slumber behind closed doors should be over. They must know how to respect us. Major General Ford heartily greeted Macartney.

For such an envoy who has won the favor of the British Parliament and His Majesty the King of England, his mind is indeed admirable.

"Actually, as a gentleman and nobleman from a civilized country, I am disgusted with bloody conflicts, and I am even more respectful of war, but, for the sake of the honor and dignity of the Empire, we can only choose this radical way to wake up those who despise us." Macartney drew a cross on his chest, and his face was pitiful, like a martyr, a saint with a shining light on the back of his head.

"Your kindness is enough to move the world, Mr. Honorable Ambassador." Major General Ford pursed his lips covertly, trying not to show that look of contempt on his face.

"A typical bitch still wants to set up a torii." If Liang Pengfei was here, he would definitely give this virtuous Macartney a proper comment, and a middle finger as thick as a carrot.

"How? What did you hear......" In a small cabin below this wide cabin, Liang Sanhuai held the stool and whispered to Wang Jinxi, who was standing on the stool, holding an old-fashioned stethoscope-like wooden gadget with two large ends and a small middle against the roof of the cabin.

"They said they were going to start a war, well, they said they were going to clean up the court, and ...... They said they were going south, they were going to Luzon, and how did that sentence translate, oh, Xingshi asked for guilt, they were going to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and the other thing was to occupy Luzon Manila so that they could get supplies to the British fleet that entered the South Seas......" The interpreter's eyes were kept tightly closed, and he recounted the intermittent things he overheard sentence by sentence.

"They're starting to talk about afternoon tea, you idiots." Hearing the end, Wang Jinxi, who found that it was all unnutritious words, scolded quietly, and then jumped down and rubbed his red ears. "I said team leader, since they want to do something to the court, what should we do?"

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the cabin, Liang Sanhuai raised a finger to signal to Wang Jinxi to silence him, and then lowered his voice in his ear and said quickly and quickly: "Pass the news on, and then wait and see." ”

"Teacher, are you in there?" At this time, the voice of Little Staunton came from the hatch.

"What's the matter, little Staunton." Liang Sanhuai opened the door and looked at his beloved disciple with a smile. "What's the problem?"

"It's already three o'clock in the afternoon, teacher, it's time for the lecture." Little Staunton looked at his shirt with a look of anticipation. "Yesterday, I talked about Zhao Zilong's battle against Changbanpo, and I'm still waiting to hear the following."

"It's three o'clock, okay, come in, little Sidangdong, the teacher will tell you about it." Liang Sanhuai rolled his eyes, patted Xiao Si Dangdong's shoulder and smiled.

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“…… The British envoy fleet suddenly occupied the port of Manila before the 15th, although the Spanish soldiers put up a stubborn resistance, but the firepower of the opposing warships was strong, and the shore artillery in the port of Manila was insufficient, so it only took two hours for the port to fall......" Sun Shijie read the official document that had just been presented to his hand, and his brows furrowed tightly.

“…… Governor Marcello agreed to the use of Manila by the British Envoy Fleet and the British East India Company and the Bengal Fleet as a supply base. ”

"Good!" After hearing the news, Ni Ming's hand holding the pen couldn't help but slam his fist on the table excitedly. In this way, the arrangement of the adults has begun to bear fruit. The war, which has already begun......"

"My lord, you took advantage of the greedy surname of the British, prompted them to occupy the port of Manila, and built a bridgehead for the British fleet in the East at our doorstep, although the expected goal was achieved under the premise that our strength could not be exposed, but the strength of the British in the East was not only far above the Dutch, this time it was he attacking, we defended, how can we let them touch the court according to our wishes, this is the most important thing." Sun Shijie was not as optimistic as Ni Ming, but began to worry.

"Brother Shijie is reasonable, adults must also know, our country, for so many years, has developed a top-down arrogant surname, for these Westerners, there is only one attitude, that is, contempt in the bones, and this kind of people, and the Jiangnan and Central Plains are the most serious, these places are full of celebrities, and the people who read account for most of the world, and their eyes are ......" Ni Ming did not say any more, but his face was full of mocking smiles.

"You mean, find a way to drive the British to attack the waters of Fujian and Zhejiang? Unexpectedly, you actually thought of a piece with me, hahaha, my way is not lonely, my way is not lonely......" Liang Pengfei's eyes lit up, stroked his palms and laughed as happy.

There are a lot of staff generals in the room, hearing Liang Pengfei's self-praising words, which directly made many people raise their eyes to the sky, the corners of their mouths twitched, their faces were distorted, and there were black lines on their faces.

(To be continued)