From the moment he stepped on land, Yi Shui clearly felt the complex gaze that gathered on him, containing a variety of emotions such as confusion, surprise and contempt. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info But he was calm, and he had expected this to happen when he decided to participate in this military operation, so he didn't feel nervous or embarrassed.

He followed closely behind Mahan, keeping half a distance from him, and walked steadily towards the crowd on the dock. When Thomas and his squad raised their guns to salute him and Mahan, Yi Shui returned a very standard American military salute in a dashing manner.

Then they stood in front of Su Yuanchun, who came up, and the welcome and handover ceremony began.

One of Su Yuanchun's entourage was the first to come forward, and the translator Mahan had found in Hawaii immediately began his work. "His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, the Governor of Guangxi, the Second Class Light Car Commander, Erdemonbaturu, and the Crown Prince Shaobao......"

There is no doubt that Su Yuanchun's title is extremely lengthy, although it is still too short compared to the titles of European nobles, but those titles with Chinese characteristics still make Mahan dizzy - the colonel did not know what "Second Class Light Vehicle Captain" and "Erde Monbaturu" were, and in the end it was Yi Shui who helped him solve his trouble.

"He is the highest military governor of the Qing government in Guangxi, Su Yuanchun." He whispered.

"A general?"

"Yes." Yi Shui said, "In 1885 he commanded the army to defeat the French army at Zhennan Pass, on the border between China and Vietnam......," Yi Shui said.

However, this is not Mahan's concern. Now, his head is no longer dizzy, but it is painful. He was only a colonel, while Su Yuanchun was a general, and in formal diplomatic occasions, Su Yuanchun had a higher rank than him, and as a soldier, he had to admit this rank gap.

This would put him in a less pleasant position in the negotiations.

Mahan felt rather depressed - but it was completely unnecessary. "Congress should think of this and grant me the rank of brigadier general or appoint a brigadier general as commander." He complained, in his heart.

Yi Shui didn't know what Mahan was thinking, but seeing that the Colonel's expression suddenly became a little weird, he felt that he might have said something wrong, uh...... Of course, it does seem inappropriate to talk about the defeat of Western colonial forces in China in the presence of an American military officer...... Despite the fact that the Americans were quite willing to see the French suffer defeat.

Yi Shui shrugged his shoulders slightly and ended his whispering. And by this time, Su Yuanchun's entourage had already finished speaking, and the interpreter had also said the last word, so it was time to introduce the representatives of the American side.

This should have been done by the American Minister to Beijing, Conger, but he seems to be still in Canton, or Xiangshan, or whatever...... Anyway, he wasn't here, so Mahan had to casually find a Marine officer to do it.

Thankfully, the Marine officer behaved well, neither being intimidated nor giggling like an idiot, but starting in earnest.

"Commander of the Task Force of the United States of America, Acting Governor of the Canton Bay Concession, Admiral of the Navy, Alfred•Thayer•His Excellency Mahan......" These were the original words of the officer, and what Yi Shui heard, while Su Yuanchun's translation paraphrased the content: "Admiral of the Great U.S. Navy, Actual Governor of the Canton Bay Concession, Capitan Efrey•Saiyi•His Excellency Mahan......"

He almost laughed - "Kapitan", and if it weren't for the fact that he knew that the Marine officer was talking about "Colonel," he would probably never have known what that word meant; "Jiapitan", this is really ridiculous - but Yi Shui managed to control the urge to laugh, and still made himself look very serious.

Because he was the second officer to be introduced, after Mahan, before the captain of the "San Francisco". “…… His Excellency Yi Shui, Acting Deputy Governor of the Canton Bay Concession of the United States of America, Commander of the 'McBride' Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and Lieutenant Colonel of the Marine Corps, ......"

Su Yuanchun's translation almost choked, and Li Yunrui also opened his mouth involuntarily because of shock, and his eyes bulged.

Although they thought that Yi Shui was a very important figure from the beginning, they never imagined that he would be so important - the acting deputy governor of the Guangzhou Bay Concession! And then there are two titles that they don't know the meaning, but certainly exalted...... God, this "traitor" who followed the American admiral turned out to be a great man?

"Oh my god," Li Yunrui felt that his voice lacked a real feeling like a dream. "I thought he was just an interpreter or a staff member for the Admiralty of the United States."

"Li Gongzi, what did you say?" The master who made him feel annoying leaned over, obviously, he was also interested in Yi Shui's identity, "What was that foreign devil talking about just now?" ”

"He just introduced to Master Su," Li Yunrui took a deep breath, "The person standing next to the American Admiral is the acting vice governor of the concession. ”

"Oh......" Master nodded, and then came to his senses. What the! He shouted, an expression of disbelief on his face, "That kid who doesn't even have hair on his mouth is the deputy governor of the concession?" Then he remembered again that his voice was too loud, and he hurriedly closed his mouth.

But it was too late, and everyone around him heard his scream. In the next instant, all of their eyes shifted to him. "Master Zhang, what did you say? The kid standing among the foreigners is the vice-governor appointed by the foreigners? ”

"I didn't say it," the master argued, "it was Li Gongzi who said it, and he knows foreign language." The hot potato crossed a perfect and beautiful arc and fell into Li Yunrui's hands.

Finding out that he had become the object of attention, Li Yunrui was not happy at all. He cursed loudly in his stomach, but the expression on his face did not change. "That's what the Americans say." He tried to make his tone as calm as possible, "That kid named Yi Shui is the acting deputy governor of the concession. ”

Undoubtedly, the news is quite shocking, and it is also much more interesting than the ongoing diplomatic process.

A "buzz" sound rang out in the crowd. While passing this on to those who had not yet heard it, but were interested in Yi Shui, there was a lively discussion, so that more and more people knew that the deputy governor of the American concession was a Chinese, and the number of people involved in the discussion became more and more.

As was the case when they first saw Yi Shui, people's feelings are still mixed.

Some people were full of contempt for Yi Shui, because it was clear that he was the traitor and the second devil who helped the foreigners to oppress the Chinese, but some people were glad that in their opinion, since Yi Shui was Chinese, he would certainly not be too fierce in his treatment of his compatriots - but immediately there were people who objected with undisguised hatred, and many examples proved that the two devils were far more fierce than their Western masters in bullying the Chinese.

Of course, there are other feelings. The vast majority of feelings are clear, public, and constantly mentioned, but there is one feeling that is hidden deep inside people. Everyone who feels this way, no matter what position he stands in the discussion, despised, hated, rejoiced, or whatever, he is extremely careful not to show it.

Eat one's heart out. It's not just a few people who feel this way, it's very real in the hearts of many people. No one knew why Yi Shui had become the lieutenant governor appointed by the Americans, so they thought that they could sit in his place if they had the opportunity - all they lacked was an opportunity compared to Yi Shui.

An opportunity for them to get close to and be appreciated by Americans.

"Some people don't become traitors, not because they don't want to betray the country, but because they have no way to sell the country." If Qin Lang was here, he would definitely say so in an extremely mean tone, but in fact, before Yi Shui left San Diego, he had said this to him.

Then he went on to say, "And you, Yi Shui, when you appear in front of these people, you become a banner for them. You're too young to look like you're qualified to be big, so everyone will think they can do as well as you do, or even better than you. So they go out of their way to find an opportunity - even though they don't understand what to do to be appreciated. ”

"You know we have a plan, we need some tools that we can utilize, and even though those tools will eventually be swept aside, we still need them in the early days of the program." Qin Lang finally said, "Among those who aspire to be you, find our tools. ”

Now, at this moment, Yi Shui couldn't see which people were eager to be himself, and he didn't know which of them were the "tools" that Qin Lang needed, but he knew that they would eventually appear in front of him, as long as they knew that there was a young man named Yi Shui who was the acting deputy governor of the concession appointed by the US government.

There is no doubt that they will appear.

For a moment, Yi Shui's breathing seemed to quicken, but then it returned to its original rhythm. He took his gaze away from Su Yuanchun, whose expression was unnatural, and turned a slight angle to look at the people who were whispering.

A good start.

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Note: Kapitan is the transliteration of captain, and the English of "Colonel" is Captain instead of Colonel ("Captain of the Navy" is Lieutenant), so according to the translation method at the time, Mahan's military rank became Kapitan (to be continued, if you want to know what happened next, please log in to the WWW.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )