Chapter 151: The Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens

Arresting the emperor is what the British and French want to do the most, and the French team got the information that the emperor hid in the Old Summer Palace, so the British and French troops rushed to this famous garden of ten thousand gardens.

Emperor Xianfeng fled in a hurry, leaving only a few hundred eunuchs in the Old Summer Palace, and the soldiers of the Monk Greenqin and Ruilin retreated to the area of the Old Summer Palace, but they did not resist stubbornly, and continued to flee after the arrival of the coalition army.

What is the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens? The Three Yuan Ming Palace covers an area of about 3.5 million square meters, with a circumference of more than 10 kilometers, with a total of more than 100 scenic spots, and a large number of precious books, calligraphy and paintings and scholar's treasures, not to mention a large number of imperial porcelain and furniture. When the French army arrived in this good place, it was really a **** that no matter how good the military discipline was, it could not restrain the soldiers from making a fortune. Originally, the soldiers of the coalition army also advised each other not to enter the garden, but at dusk, the French soldiers first could not hold back and entered the garden to rob.

The French army began to loot on a large scale, and everyone from officers to soldiers lost control and joined in this gluttonous feast of treasures. After several hours of confusion, the GIs each carried a large number of treasures, and ran for joy, this expedition was really the most cost-effective in history, and fortunately it was ahead of the British......

The British army was even stricter, until the French had robbed for most of the day, and their commander Grant could no longer bear it and ordered to enter the park to seize the treasure.

Because they were holding too many treasures, they couldn't even free their guns to end, and at this time, there were dozens of people standing gloomily at the main entrance, these were Chinese, but also mixed with a few Europeans, which made the French soldiers puzzled. Everywhere Lord Yang went, regardless of the military and civilians, all the Chinese were frightened and hid, why did these quiet **** Chinese come here? They have neither large blades nor Western firearms, which is even more strange.

Downing had already received reports from soldiers still affiliated with the East India Company who were still affiliated with the Allied forces that the French had begun to loot, so he sent dozens of these men who had been lurking in Beijing to spy to prevent the catastrophe from happening.

The top students who graduated from the London International Academy held a high-decibel horn and shouted loudly in super-punctual London English and Parisian French: "Attention the commander of the coalition forces, please note the commander of the coalition forces, the Duke of London has an order: the East India Company has reached an agreement with the Qing Emperor to auction the Old Summer Palace as war reparations, the Qing Emperor's decree will soon arrive, the agreement has come into effect, the Old Summer Palace has become the property protected by the East India Company, any loss from trespassing on the Royal Forbidden Garden must be doubled, if the Old Summer Palace is destroyed on a large scale, The Duke of London will not guarantee that you will return to Europe safely! ”

The loudspeaker shouted over and over again, and finally more and more people focused on the front of the Zhengda Guangming Temple.

"What's going on?" The frightened British and French soldiers asked each other, "Why is the Duke of London here?" ”

In the industrial world, he is the king of steel, aluminum, telegraph, media, electricity, oil, chemical, pharmaceutical, automobile, shipping, and king, in politics, he is the most bullish underworld East India Company holding boss in history, the father of the Japanese Federation, he ruled the Italian region and Sardinia, the Papal States is fighting a decisive battle and victory, there is a momentum of unifying Italy, the Duke of London's trumpet is showing, and he can really bet on the battle, It wasn't long before Grant Commander, the commander of the coalition forces, approached surrounded by guards.

This commander was originally an errand boy in the East India Company's army and participated in the suppression of the Indian rebellion, and now he has left the East India Company and directly served as a senior general in the British army, but the remnants of the old boss are still there, and no one present understands the power of the Duke of London better than him, and no one understands better than him what a deterrent thing it is for the British and Dutch East India Company bosses who hold the strategic shipping lanes such as the Strait of Malacca and the Riau Strait to say, "There is no guarantee that you will return to Europe safely." Although the Duke has always had a reputation as a philanthropist, he also has the reputation of executing 500 Hessian rebels without falling all of them, and what the Duke said is not a joke.

"Who are you?" General Grant asked earnestly.

The person with the loudspeaker knew the commander at all, and bowed: "General Grant, I am Jon Windsor, a graduate of the London International Academy, working for the Duke of London, this is a signed telegram from the Duke of London, and your liaison will receive a copy soon." ”

Jon Windsor respectfully handed over the telegram with both hands, this young man surnamed Windsor appeared on the stage of history, representing the elites of the London International School Park began to come in handy, he was only 21 years old, but he was already the first batch of graduates of the International School Park, and he belonged to the brave young man who dared to return to the Qing Dynasty to change the Qing Dynasty.

General Grant had already believed half of Jon's English-speaking style, and then read the telegram under the light, and most of it, and now he had to consult with the French commander Montauban what to do.

Montauban, a 64-year-old man, squinted at the telegram under the headlights of the hydrogen fuel cell invented by General Electric, a subsidiary of the Windsor consortium, and said, "I said that this nosy duke will not fool us, right?" Will the dim-witted emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom sell his best garden? ”

The French echoed one after another, how could the treasures that were finally snatched be returned to Zhao lightly?

The British and French soldiers all stared at the people who worked for the Windsor consortium led by Jon, they didn't see that these dozens of guys were hiding the terrible desert eagle, really do it, these dozens of guys had to finish the fun, and the British and French generals also had to lose a layer of skin, and then they were severely retaliated against by the vampire duke, and they really couldn't go back to Europe at that time.

The brave young man Jon saw that these soldiers were very inward, and said calmly: "You can help the Duke to protect the Old Summer Palace, the Duke has always been generous, this time thanks to your restraint to complete an incredible civilization occupation, the Duke will not treat you badly." ”

Not to be disadvantaged? How much does it cost to not be treated? The GIs took their eyes to look at the treasures they were holding, calculating the unbalanced gains and losses.

A young Frenchman shouted: "How much compensation are we going to get the Duke of London to promise us in writing?" ”

Unlike the French, who had a considerable number of East India Company soldiers in the British army, and many Englishmen were proud of the Duke of London, the French were less likely to be a rabbit or a hawk.

Jon: "There's no hurry about this, the Duke still has to rely on everyone to protect the Old Summer Palace, I'll put the things back first, and then we will discuss compensation...... This, protection fee...... No, the issue of allowances, I see that everyone is tired and panicked with large and small items. ”

Since the matter of smashing and looting was discovered by the Duke of London and came forward to stop it, these soldiers should not think of making a fortune, and it is impossible to report this kind of thing to the prime minister and the emperor to solve it, because no matter how arrogant the head of the state is, he will not personally order to do such an incorrect thing as smashing and looting. When the BBC was exposed with negative news, the coalition forces not only robbed the royal forbidden garden of the Great Qing Kingdom, but also the property under the protection of the East India Company, and the pressure of public opinion was also huge.

The GIs thought they were outnumbered, but Jon Windsor, a few dozen people, was so arrogant that they ordered all the items to be placed in the Royal Art Gallery not far from the main entrance, and strictly enforced.

The third young general who walked out of the Ruyi Pavilion was searched, and he was furious, pushed the other party away, and shouted: "The treasures have been put back, what do you want?" Believe it or not, I let my brothers collapse you! ”

His brothers, indignant, raised their steps and threatened them.

Jon Windsor shouted sternly, "Lord Duke of London's orders, dare to disobey, there is no mercy!" The dozens of warriors took the Desert Eagle out of their waists and loaded the bullets.

The French army tended to mess up the scene in order to fish in troubled waters, but the soldiers of the East India Company did not dare to confront the famous super **oss, and advised their allies one after another, "Don't be impulsive, the army of the Great Qing Kingdom is still not far away, don't fight ourselves first!" ”

Durant came over and asked the French army to lower their guns with a gentle voice and gesture: "I have decided, this garden is protected by the East India Company, and it is also our British company, and now I order you to put down your guns in the name of the commander of the coalition forces, and do not take anything with you." ”

The French soldiers looked indignantly at their commander Montauban, who struggled for a long time and said, "Stand aside, wait for the telegraph operator to confirm that this is an order from the Duke of London, if not, kill these Chinese!" ”

Jon and the others ignored the anger of the French, intensified the search for everyone who came out after putting the treasure in the Ruyi Pavilion, and found entrainment, all confiscated and registered their names, and asked his superiors to come out as a guarantee when registering, which was really meticulous, the French were almost mad, their teeth were gritting, I really hope that they are just foxes and fake tigers, and when the time comes, they will fiercely punch n holes in these Chinese. （http：/／.）。

Unfortunately, the French were disappointed, and the Duke of London had already telegraphed the British Prime Minister and the French Emperor, respectively, and soon the Prime Minister and the Emperor personally ordered their respective commanders to assist the East India Company in protecting the Old Summer Palace. A feast of smashing and looting came to naught, and the French soldiers who were born and died wanted to cry without tears.

As soon as Palmerston received Tangning's telegram, he believed it, or what would the six extremely fast azure warships do after entering Bohai Bay? Now it seems that it is time to "negotiate" with Emperor Xianfeng. The French were a little sluggish, Eugenie asked several questions on behalf of Napoleon III, it is hard to believe that Tang Ning had an agreement with the dreamy Qing Emperor, and if there is an agreement, the Qing people may not necessarily abide by it, and anyone really dares to buy the auction of the Old Summer Palace?

Anyway, things were settled, and the next day, the global Telegraph published an auction in Shanghai hosted by the Bank of Zurich, and the BBC also reported on it.