Xu Qing didn't quite understand what this Prince Albert meant, but this Xu Qing really didn't have a place to stay in London. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Strictly speaking, the Manchu government in this era did not have diplomatic relations with the British, and Xu Qing's identity was only the director of the Manchu office in London, England, or the British offered to reside an official in London, which was a chore in the eyes of most Chinese officials.

However, Xu Qing got a lot of courtesy in the UK, because the British urgently need to open the Chinese market, which is a very urgent need, so that even if it is a director of a customs office, not a real minister, but it is also a hurry to have dates and no dates, after all, Xu Qing is the only official person representing the Manchu court in the UK, catch it first!

"Your Excellency, I am currently the director of the London office of the Chinese Customs, and I have not yet been able to determine where I intend to work. To tell you the truth, in fact, I came to London this time, that is, alone, and did not bring any subordinates! Xu Qing said.

Prince Albert replied, "In that case, how about you stay at our Buckingham Palace?" ”

"Staying at Buckingham Palace?" Xu Qing was also surprised in his heart.

This Prince Albert is really generous, and he actually let Xu Qing stay at Buckingham Palace directly. In Europe, there are not as many strict rules as in China, and it is normal for foreigners to come to the palace and let guests stay in the court. However, Buckingham Palace is the royal palace of the United Kingdom, and this is generally used for foreign heads of state. Only later foreign heads of state who visit the UK are eligible to stay at Buckingham Palace. It's even just a temporary stay, so it's impossible to stay for a long time. However, according to Prince Albert's meaning, it is obvious that he intends to invite Xu Qing to live in Buckingham Palace for a long time.

"It seems that this Englishman really wants to open the Chinese market urgently, and even does not hesitate to give me such an excessive preferential treatment. I'm not even a minister, they actually give me such preferential treatment, maybe on the one hand they really think that the Manchus are still a big country, and they can't be easily provoked. On the other hand, it may be that there is a real and very urgent desire to open up the Chinese market, and as for China's 400 million people, it is almost no worse than the entire population of Europe. With such a huge population market, it is definitely a fat meat. Whoever opens the Chinese market first will definitely make a lot of money! Xu Qing thought.

In fact, there are some similarities between China and the reform and opening up period in later generations. The policy of European countries towards China in the late Qing Dynasty was a long-term change, and after the First Opium War, the attitude of European countries towards China was to hope that China would open its market and let them do business, not really want to colonize China.

However, with the passage of time, on the one hand, the steam engine warships and navy of the Westerners became more and more powerful, and they saw China's weakness and incompetence, so they really wanted to colonize, annex and carve up China.

"It seems that it can be used to make use of the fact that now European countries do not have the idea of colonizing China because of their scientific and technological strength and traditional cognition, but only hope that China will open up their markets, not to annex China. So that I can continue to use them, use their mentality, to achieve my goals! Xu Qing quickly made a decision.

Xu Qing replied: "Your Majesty, Your Excellency, we have a saying in China, which is called "Guest Casual Host". Since Her Majesty and Her Excellency the Prince have invited me, it is my pleasure to disturb you in the future! ”

If the British want to, why don't they agree? People invited to stay in Buckingham Palace to live, so Xu Qing couldn't live in vain, anyway, he saved the cost of renting a house in London!

Soon, Xu Qing was arranged in the guest room of Buckingham Palace, and some servants and maids took the initiative to come over to arrange to take care of Xu Qing. After all, Xu Qing is a foreigner, and governments around the world have certain preferential treatment for foreigners, especially foreign officials.

This is like a guest from outside, who is often more angry and preferential as the host. On the contrary, there are not so many preferential treatment for their families, which is a common problem in almost all countries in the world.

"Mr. Xu, this is your room, if you need anything, you can pull this bell, we will be on call twenty-four hours a day! Her Majesty and Her Excellency the Prince have said that as long as it is not excessive, we will do our best to accommodate you. Of course, we don't look like you China here, we don't provide sex 1 services here, please forgive me Mr. Xu! A blonde maid took the initiative.

"Okay, follow the locals, I know that!" Xu Qing replied.

However, the blonde maid still took the initiative to say: "Mr. Xu came to our London alone, and it seems that it is inconvenient to have no woman by his side." We have a red 1 light district in London, you can go to the red 1 light district if you need it. ”

"Well, thanks, I'll go if I need it!" Xu Qing replied.

Xu Qing is not shy, since he has come to the West, it is natural for him to follow the customs, and this Xu Qing also understands this truth.

Xu Qing stayed at this Buckingham Palace and began to walk around, knowing that it was not easy to come to Buckingham Palace to watch in later generations. You must know that in later generations, even if Buckingham Palace is opened, it will be at least a very small number of places can be opened, and most of the interior of Buckingham Palace, especially the living quarters, will not be open.

In later generations, only foreign heads of state and dignitaries can be qualified to stay at Buckingham Palace, and they occupy the advantage of this era's identity, so they can stay in Buckingham Palace, so of course they should take a good look.

"Is this also Chinese?" "It's really strange, this Mr. Xu is the first Chinese to set foot in our England, right?" "That's right, it should be so, it's really strange that Her Majesty invited him to stay at Buckingham Palace." ……

Along the way, many Buckingham Palace maids and various servants also began to pay attention to this Xu Qing, in fact, just like Westerners who are foreigners in China and have a high return rate. Xu Qing, a Chinese in the UK, is also a "foreigner", not to mention that this Xu Qing is the first Chinese to set foot in England, so it is a living "Oriental view", and when I met Xu Qing, I looked back at you, a Chinese guest from the far East.

"Hello, are you Mr. Xu Qing, director of the London office of China Customs Pigs?" A child voice asked.

Xu Qing turned around, and a little girl of five or six years old looked at Xu Qing with wide eyes.