147 Etiquette and Barbarism
As for the current grim situation in the Chinese Empire, Li Long must not let these European journalists know, once the weakness and rebellion of the Chinese Empire are known, the European countries will naturally immediately be unfavorable to the Chinese Empire. So Li Long did not let these reporters enter the inland areas www.biquge.info of the Chinese Empire and returned to Europe, and Li Long's task was to reach a peaceful consensus with European countries, since these reporters had seen the strength of the Chinese Imperial Army. Therefore, they naturally also weighed the relationship with the Chinese Empire. By the time the fleet of Li Long and the Western journalists arrived in Italy, they could already see the world-famous mainland land from afar.
When the fleet arrived at the wharf, a grand welcome ceremony was organized by the local governor and the king's ministers, and the place was already crowded. The local military and police are working hard to maintain order here. These Westerners are really a little unhappy with the reception of the emperor of the Chinese Empire, such a vigilance service, they don't have a good impression of the powerful Chinese Empire, of course, they are better as small countries affiliated with the Holy Roman Empire, those countries such as Spain, Portugal, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Denmark and other countries that have lost countless armies and fleets and lost all their colonies, and their hatred for the Chinese Empire is even deeper, so Li Long didn't even dare to stay in these countries for too long.
Here, there are even some streets like Chinatown, under the organization of many whites and Chinese, the hall has already been set up full of tables of eight immortals, and traditional Chinese wine and delicacies are also piled up. Guan Erye, who was enshrined in the hall, was now covered by the national flags of several countries. This time, the reception officials of these small countries were really busy, and they were sweating profusely all day. Further consultations are underway, and Li Long, as an iconic figure, only stayed for a day before returning to New Shanghai in North America on a battleship, he has too many things to do, and it has taken too much time, and what should be understood by Westerners has already been understood by them, and the rest is the matter of the people below.
With the news of the Portuguese fiasco, the atmosphere of national madness at the beginning has gradually subsided. The change of Portuguese royal power and the changes in the political arena are also not fully understood by ordinary people. The sudden fall of Alfonso VI and his supporter, Luis, Count of Castello Mellor, was followed by the swift ascension of Prince Pedro to power and the marriage of his sister-in-law, Maria Francisca, Isabel de Sabaoia, from France.
But the fall of Alfonso VI and his supporter, Louis, Count of Castello Melol, also gave rise to some folklore legends. The most nose and eye is the queen's betrayal of this king. Prince Pedro and his supporters also reached an agreement on a new policy, promising the nobles to control the economy of the kingdom and increase the development of the army, plus the Admiralty and some ministers also clearly realized that the Count of Louis had almost offended the original ownership of Portugal, so they turned resolutely, of course, it was the original ownership, in fact, it was Prince Pedro, compared to this must be the future power, the others are not to be feared, even if it is a betrayal of the existing nest and the disabled king does not matter. After all, it is a person who can tell whether it is cost-effective to take refuge in the current disabled and poor king, or Prince Pedro, who has the strength and good health, great ambition, and the support of the senators and nobles, has a future.
The relaxed atmosphere and the hard-working mentality of Portugal are no longer to be seen. Everywhere there are people who advocate stepping up their courtwork with Spain and France and rejecting the new technological culture. They have also begun to spend a great deal of money on the military, and in addition to maintaining open supplies in Lisbon, the landed cities have adopted a rationing system. Before the economy completely improves, Prince Pedro estimates that this policy of squeezing the last copper plate out of the people's pockets for army building will continue in the long run. There is now a general feeling of tension in Portugal and life is difficult. But the Army's long-standing expansion plan was finally approved in the Kingdom, including the rebuilding of several elite brigades. Almost half of the entire Portuguese Army has undergone a renewal. Portugal is overdrawing their national power and rapidly arming themselves.
When Li Long left Europe and returned to the new Shanghai of the Chinese Empire in the Americas, the delegation of the Chinese Empire to Europe continued to stay in Europe, and after Sun Wen finished negotiating with Portugal, he took a merchant ship not on a warship but on a merchant ship to the Italian countries to negotiate with the European delegation.
While the delegates were playing on the ship in a relatively relaxed manner, only Sun Wen was locked in his cabin door all day to study the relevant materials about the European countries, and he also borrowed many books on European history in the ship's library, so that it was a day. Although Li Long handled the majority, this negotiation is still so important to him, and now he is in charge of the delegation to Europe as the head of the delegation. If the campaign to exterminate the rebels is stalemate in the future, then the outcome of this negotiation will be able to restrain these European countries to a certain extent from taking the opportunity to fight their country.
Therefore, this negotiation is very crucial, and Sun Wen himself knows that he is not happy to stand on this cusp. But as a minister of the empire, only for the sake of the empire obey orders. When Li Long talked to him before leaving, he said to him briefly: "For the rise and stability of the Chinese Empire and our nation, please do your best Mr. Sun Wen!" ”
At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door of Sun Wen's cabin, and Sun Wen shouted: "Please come in!" I saw that the hatch was pushed open, Li Dingguo and Xigong Shenyi stood at the door in very formal military uniforms, Li Dingguo smiled at him: "The old gentleman has been reading for another day?" I don't see you walking on the deck all day long, what a beautiful scenery! You won't forget that the captain of the Lin family invited us to dinner in the evening, do you! ”
Sun Wen hurriedly put down the book in his hand and said, "Look at my memory!" I got on the boat and was dizzy. I'll go! Li Dingguo smiled: "Just dressed like this?" Sun Wen looked at the civilian clothes on his body. Puzzled, he said, "It's good, isn't it?" Any questions? Li Dingguo shook his head and walked in with a wry smile, helped him open the wardrobe in the cabin, took out a set of imperial official uniforms worn by imperial officials from it, handed it to him and said: "In the Lin family, we are one of the top consortia in the Chinese Empire after His Majesty and the Lu family, and the captain of their family is also the first person on the ship, he invited us to the dinner party must wear our more formal clothes, there are many Europeans on the ship, since we have arrived in Europe, we have to get used to the customs here, let's change into it!" I really doubt that you spent a month in Lisbon without much research on the culture of European people and the culture of seagoing ships? ”
The dinner on the ship was indeed very exquisite, the captain was a member of the Lin family, a great merchant of the Chinese Empire, and there was an English viscount, a French baron, a nobleman of the Holy Roman Empire and two female guests with noble titles, which constituted the most distinguished European guests. Sun Wen really showed his demeanor as a famous person, and he spoke several languages very well. The polite and polite people have been talking and laughing with everyone. He can have a very deep understanding of any topic, and even quite a unique opinion, the widow in her forties, who has the title of countess of the Holy Roman Empire, looked at Sun Wendi, who is not young, and her eyes were about to burst into stars. And Nishinomiya Shenyi and Li Dingguo only hid clumsily on this occasion, Nishinomiya Shinichi did not understand anything except Chinese and Chinese, only Li Dingguo occasionally used his very broken English to talk to everyone. It was easy to get to the end of dinner, Sun Wen politely sent the two back to their cabins, and then Sun Wen, who was a little drunk, walked on the deck.
In the starry night sky, people passed by on the deck from time to time, and the white men saw him as a yellow man in the first class cabin, and immediately nodded and walked away. Sun Wen suddenly felt a feeling of pride, now every person in the Chinese Empire can proudly declare his identity in any corner of the world, and he will also be respected by others? Thinking of the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, what a tragic situation it was, and now this country that once had internal and external troubles has expanded its territory and territory by more than ten or twenty times, and the territorial waters are almost all over most of the world's oceans, his heart can not be calm for a long time, thinking of the person who created this powerful empire, his mood at the moment is like the night breeze and his heart is like fire.
There was a loud sound of footsteps on the deck, Sun Wen turned his head and saw Nishinomiya Shinichi and his Japanese chief of staff hurriedly walking over, although it was already dark, but under the light, Sun Wen could still see that the corner of Nishinomiya Shinyi's mouth was swollen, and the collar of the Japanese chief of staff's shirt was torn, and the corners of his eyes were broken, but he was still smiling indifferently. Sun Wen grabbed Xigong Shenyi and said, "General Xigong Shenyi." How did you two do it? Such a big person is still making trouble everywhere, and I don't want to think about what place you represent now? Who did you fight with? What are you two guys going to order when you're messing around together? ”
Xigong Shenyi's expression was very serious, and he whispered in Sun Wen's ear: "Hehe, my lord, there are also Portuguese delegations on the ship, all of them live in second class, and they accidentally bumped into it today." Sun Wen was stunned and said, "How do you know where they are?" What are you going to do in second class? Nishinomiya Shenyi's smile was a little embarrassed at this time, and he pointed to the Japanese chief of staff who didn't dare to look at Sun Wen and said: "This kid didn't know how to meet a French-born mixed-race girl, and they went back to Europe, and the two talked about dragging us to her cabin to sit, but we were bumping into a few Portuguese, we were all wearing military uniforms, those Portuguese eyes were very poisonous, and they recognized us as soldiers of the Chinese Empire from a distance, and they also saw that they were officers who killed the Portuguese army. It's not nice for them to open their mouths, maybe they remember that we killed so many of them in Qingdao, and we can still give in to the little Portuguese? Let's fight! The Portuguese were tall, but I didn't show weakness, and gave him three hammers, and his face bloomed, and the corners of my mouth were hammered, and while they were fighting, a Portuguese came over, and seemed to be their leader, and he stopped the Portuguese. He also bowed and apologized to me, and this kid immediately recognized me as the deputy commander of the coercion army! He said a lot of good things to me and reprimanded a few of his subordinates, let's stretch out our hands and not hit the smiling man, and then we won't suffer, so we left. ”
Hearing his words, Sun Wen immediately glared at Xigong Shenyi fiercely and said, "This time the delegation has an internal warning punishment!" Next time, if you dare to mess around, I'll let you two swim home! Don't blame me for not giving you face as a general when the time comes! ”
Trains run through the Trans-American Railway, and just by looking at the length of the railway, you can already feel the industrialization power of the Chinese Empire. In just a few years, the railroads of North and South America spread between the two oceans. Along the way, looking out the window is completely different from the Central Plains, but it is also a magnificent scenery. There are also those factories, chimneys, wires and buildings all over the place, but it makes people think even more that the empire they built has finally become a little modern, of course, this is inseparable from the desperate efforts of tens of millions of slaves and sweat workers, in the infrastructure and railways and highways in North and South America, in the deserts, mountains, swamps, Gobi and other harsh areas and environments, there are countless slaves and sweat workers whose lives have laid the foundation for these projects.
Knowing that Li Long took the train to inspect some big cities in North America, the head office of the North American Railway Company of the Chinese Empire specially hung a luxurious float train for Li Long, and also specially sent a polite and courteous beautiful waitress. Accompany them all the way to the East Coast of North America, where the Eastern Province of North America is located. Along the way, Li Long would stop for a short time in almost every provincial capital, and have a banquet with local political and business celebrities, and accept the masses of welcome and comfort. Time is indispensable for this journey. When he arrived in New Xi'an, it was the focus of Li Long's inspection.
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