108791908 Far East Maniac Chapter 398 moves quickly

The people on the street are running in a panic. Some people went to the embassy district to run to the county. "Some people ran to the outskirts of the embassy district, and most of these people were soldiers.

As an officer of the Italian Legation in China. Lieutenant Alcacino excitedly led a small force of twenty people to the outer area of the embassy area in Dongjiaomin Lane.

As a junior officer of the Italian colonial army originally stationed in Somaliland, Lieutenant Alcassino regretted that he did not catch up with the "crusade war" nine years ago, it was in this ancient Oriental city that eight teams formed an international joint force and drove murderously into the capital of this ancient Oriental country. It was turned into a veritable hell on earth with bayonets and bullets, and the same "order" of Westerners was established in the city with bayonets and bullets. "It was a one-sided war. With little effort, the combined forces drove out the country's two rulers, one the Empress Dowager and the other the puppet emperor in the hands of the Empress Dowager.

In the opinion of Lieutenant Alcasino, that war was not only just, but also brilliant. This is what the Russian Minister of Finance himself said, because one of the results of that war was to put all the citizens of the country on a huge international debt, and each citizen to bear an indemnity of one tael of silver on average, a total of 450 million taels of silver, but if you take into account the interest accumulated during the long repayment period and the continuous depreciation of silver, The people of this country will be saddled with an international debt of nearly nine hundred million taels of silver for the stupid actions of a bunch of dumb aristocrats and bureaucrats.

Nine hundred million taels of silver, which was a number for Lieutenant Alcasino, and for him, a commoner from a family of Sicilian seamen. This figure is not only huge, but it is also so far away that it is not even necessary to dream of it, so that Arcasino, like the civilians of other countries, once thought that the illiterate journalists of the press had mistaken the decimal point.

But at the same time, as a junior officer of the Italian colonial army who had the right to own any trophy. Lieutenant Alcacino had indeed heard rumors of the spoils of war that his fellow travelers had obtained in the ancient Oriental country, from stone statues removed from royal gardens to a brittle jade wrench picked up from the ruins of a nobleman's burned-out mansion. From birdcages made of pure gold to clocks made of silver. From the very little embroidered shoes worn by country women to the strange headdresses with gold and silver on the heads of noble ladies, to the old Oriental books taken from the Royal Library to the equally old astronomical instruments at the Royal Observatory, all the trophies could be brought to European auctioneers for money, and even the odd things could not find a buyer, after all. These things all come from this oriental country with an ancient civilization and a long history, and for the nouveau riche in Europe and the Americas, these things from the Orient can show their taste.

Lieutenant Alcacino regretted very much that he had not caught up with the war, although he had just graduated from the military academy and had a very low rank, but this did not prevent him from looking for wealth in the East, as far as he knew, one of his military academy classmates had appropriated his fortune in the country through the war nine years ago with the rank of second lieutenant, and now, that man had retired from the military and went to the United States to open an imitation weaving factory. And the capital used was the spoils of that war, although it was only a few ivory carvings. But it was enough to make the former officer gentleman propertied class.

Knowing this, one can understand Lieutenant Alchecino's mood right now.

The current Lieutenant Arcassino was very excited, and he had a strong desire for a new war. Therefore, as soon as the gunshots rang out just now, his mood became happy, and in his opinion, even if all the foreigners in the embassy district died because of this war, as long as he himself was not dead, he could find a chance to make a fortune.

That's right, Lieutenant Alcacino eagerly awaited another action against foreigners and foreigners. As long as the embassy district, whether official or civil, is attacked, then all the countries in the embassy will once again find an excuse for military intervention, and if there is another "eight-nation coalition army", Lieutenant Alcacino will consciously join this "crusading army" to fight bravely for his propertied dreams and try his best to "collect" the spoils of war.

"Chinese mobs, please hurry up and attack the embassy district, I can't wait to put my boots on your chests, if you are willing to cooperate, I can consider sparing you from dying."

Lieutenant Alcacino led his troops towards the hill where he had been ordered to be on guard, and at the same time he was thinking about this war deal in his heart. But he didn't notice at all that he had taken a big step towards "paranoia".

Because of being too excited, but also too engaged. Lieutenant Alcacino didn't even realize that he had arrived in the cordoned off area, and it wasn't until a second lieutenant rushed over to grab him that Lieutenant Alcacino saw the disdainful gaze of the major of the Austro-Hungarian Army.

Like Lieutenant Alcasino, the Austro-Constitutional major was ordered to come here on guard. Block traffic at the intersection to prevent the frenzied Chinese from breaking into the embassy area in a panic. Since the gunfire in the capital, the gunfire has become more and more intense, and the diplomats of various countries in the embassy district have had to strengthen the security of the embassy area, because this intersection is between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian embassies

"Fierce, the mouth will be assigned to the embassy guards of these two countries." Hello, Mr. Shaolou. ”

Considering that the two countries are now military allies, Lieutenant Alcassino still politely saluted the Austro-Hungarian major, although the other party was arrogant, but also very politely returned a military salute, but the strange smile on the corner of his mouth still revealed the contempt in his heart.

"Poor willow patient, you don't have a few days to live."

Lieutenant Alcacino also despised the major in his heart, and he was also clear about the catty of the major of the Austro-Hungarian Army, his hobbies, and the lieutenant, in fact, if it were not for the current tension between the north and the south, the major might have been transferred back to China, after all, Austria-Hungary was one of the great powers, if a major Mr. died of illness in this catty because of his undisciplined private life. The words of the state. It will have a negative impact on the image of the Empire, and the last time a consul was recalled to the country because of a heavy smoking attack at a diplomatic banquet, the Empire will not repeat the mistakes of the past.

However, the two officers could no longer continue to despise each other, because the two two-wheeled carriages had already driven to the intersection, and the peculiar structure and the equally peculiar tarpaulin indicated that these were two carriages in which Chinese Sang were sitting.

Before the officers could give the order, the Austrian and Italian soldiers guarding the junction had stopped the carriage with shouts, and then, from the canopy of the carriage in front of them, a man in coolie clothes jumped out of the canopy and shouted a few words in English.

Unfortunately, none of the officers present spoke English, and the Austro-Hungarian major, although he knew a little French, did not understand English after all.

Perhaps seeing that the other party ignored him, the Chinese coolie had to call out a much younger Chinese from another two-wheeled carriage, also in civilian attire.

This Chinese also did not speak French or Italian, Austrian and Hungarian, so the two sides still could not communicate, so all the Chinese on the two cars got off.

Among them, there are several women, some young and middle-aged, and these Chinese women appear. Almost immediately, the Austro-Hungarian Army Major's eyes lit up, but the greedy glint in his eyes faded as he glanced at the women's feet.

Alcacino saw the expression of Mr. Major in his eyes, and his heart was even more contemptuous, and he wondered why this Austrian would like the awkward little feet of a Chinese woman so much, in the lieutenant's opinion. It was simply ugly, and with that clumsy loose clothes like a barrel, the lieutenant's interest in oriental women completely disappeared.

Fortunately, the women in front of them are all Tianzu. This made Lieutenant Alcacino not so uncomfortable, but as a soldier who was ordered to block the traffic, he immediately fulfilled his duty as a soldier, stepped forward, and ordered the other party to leave the intersection immediately.

However, the other party was obviously determined to break into the embassy area of Dongjiaomin Lane, and even forcibly advanced to the south of the intersection despite the obstruction of the soldiers.

But the Italian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers stopped their attempts with bayonets and leather boots. This made them very angry, and one of them shouted excitedly, although still in English. But Lieutenant Alcasino still heard one word clearly: Japanese.

But what does this have to do with the Japanese? It was garrisoned by Italian soldiers, and Lieutenant Alcácino would never let them just walk into the embassy district, even if they were really Japanese.

Perhaps seeing that the soldiers were unreasonable, the Chinese began to use their brains, and one of them stepped forward, took out a handful of Mexican silver dollars, and stuffed them into the hands of several officers.

Alcassino looked at the low-ranking Austro-Hungarian officers with disdain, because it seemed to him that it was better to take the bracelets that the women wore on their wrists than to take the silver dollars. Although it was jade, Lieutenant Alcasino really wanted it to be a high-grade Wada jade. This jade is not worth much in Europe, but it is very valuable in this country.

As Lieutenant Alcassino and the Austro-Hungarian Major refused to accept these humble bribes, the deal did not materialize, and the soldiers refused to let the Chinese civilians into the embassy district.

Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, a four-wheeled carriage drove over from the west side of East Chang'an Avenue. At a very high speed, it entered the cordon of the embassy area, and judging by the diplomatic insignia on the door, it was a carriage of the Japanese Legation in China.

The Japanese carriage stopped at the intersection, and several nervous-looking Japanese diplomats got out of the carriage. Walking to the group of Chinese civilians, they shouted excitedly, and as a result, the Chinese cheered, and then they got into the carriage again, ready to follow the carriage of the Japanese embassy to the west.

However, they did not wait for their carriage to move. Lieutenant Alcasino suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and turned his head to see a six-horse four-wheeled wagon speeding towards the junction at a very high speed. The coachman wore a straw hat, and the whip in his hand "snapped" the horses pulling the cart, as if he was not distressed at all

Lieutenant Alcacino quickly understood. The coachman had deliberately made the carriage go so fast, and he was surprised when he saw clearly the faces of several handymen sitting in the carriage were all Chinese.

According to common sense, in the embassy area of Dongjiaomin Lane, no Chinese coachman dares to rush the car like this, which is not only a matter of politeness, but also a matter of diplomacy!