After meeting Zhang Shun, Duan Yixing gave up his intention to continue the expedition, they would gather together, repair the ship and start to sail back. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When they arrived at Dali Island, they caught up with the tailwind, crossed half of the Western Ocean, and came to Lion State.

Because the Lion State is regarded as an important stronghold of Jingluo Tianzhu, unlike other colonies, the Lion State has a complete shipbuilding industry, and Zhang Shun's fleet can be overhauled here.

And at this time, the Lion State Faxian City is no different from the mainland of China, but it can also comfort their homesickness.

The news of their completion of the round-the-world voyage was transmitted back to China with a telegram as soon as possible, and under the hype of the newspapers, Zhang Shun and his crew had become legendary heroes before they returned to China.

In October of the sixteenth year of Huaxia Yuanxian, Zhang Shun and his fleet returned to Haizhou, and like Cheng Dachang, he was also greeted by Zhou Quan.

Robert and Nehru, the British envoy who had been in turmoil all the way, also formally paid a visit to Zhou Quan the next day.

Zhou Quan did not argue for false courtesy, so the British envoy only had to kneel on one knee, but Nehru still knelt in front of Zhou Quan.

The British envoy Robert didn't have much understanding, but Nehru knew how much power the Chinese man in front of him, who was not yet fifty years old, had in his hands. To put it more profoundly, most of the world kneels in front of the person in front of him, he is just a Tianzhu person, and he is not a high caste, it is already his glory to be qualified to kneel.

In addition to Zhou Quan, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, there were also Prime Minister Li Qing, President of the Privy Council Ye Chu, President of the Chinese Academy Sun Cheng, as well as Shang Shu of the four ministries and some generals of the military. Such a big battle made Robert very surprised.

And after knowing the identity of everyone present, Nehru fell to his knees.

The meeting lasted all day, and most of the time, it was the high-ranking officials of the Chinese Empire who were asking, and the British envoy Robert was answering.

In the evening, Robert, who returned to his lodgings, wrote down his experience in Latin.

"I noticed that all the nobles of this empire were dressed in splendid and decent uniforms, all washed very cleanly, and every one had a look of interest and curiosity. But what struck me the most was their self-confidence - when I mentioned to them the kingdom of gold, a powerful force called Satan by the countries of Europe, their reaction was very flat, as if I were talking about a small country in the distance. ”

"I asked them my doubts, and then they explained to me that the Kingdom of Jin was originally located in the northeast of the Huaxia Empire, and at the rise of the great Huaxia Emperor, he drove it to the northwest, and then to Persia, Dashi, until it was driven to Europe. In this pursuit, the great emperor captured the two emperors of the Jin State one after another, and even the eldest son of the Great Emperor, the noble and heroic emperor, also killed the previous emperor of the Jin State with his own hands - it was the unlucky emperor who stole the mystery of the thunder from the Chinese Empire and helped the Jin State to create artillery and muskets! ”

"The Emperor and his noble nobles asked me many questions, first of all about our England, our political system, our population, our property, our cities, our fortresses, our rivers...... Contains almost everything on the Anglolands. Of course, they also greeted our king, the great emperor of the Chinese Empire, who was very interested in the character of our king, and he repeatedly asked me what price would be paid for our king to agree to the conditions he proposed. ”

"He demanded the opening of five port cities and the allowing of merchants from the Chinese Empire to come and do business; He demanded that Dover be ceded to the Chinese Empire so that the two countries could have friendly exchanges; He demanded a uniform tariff in the Anglolands, that is, goods from China should pay the commercial tax once at the port, and no more taxes could be levied at any other checkpoints; He demanded that the Chinese nationals have legal power, because the laws of the two countries were different, so that if the Chinese broke the law in the Anglalands, they had to be handed over to the Chinese judge in Dover, which the Chinese called Taibai; He demanded that the Chinese clergy be allowed to preach freely in the open treaty ports, and that the Anglos be allowed to convert to the Chinese religion - God is above, and I must have been frightened at that time, so I did not dare to stand up and defend the divine power of God! ”

"How can I not be frightened, I have traveled all the way, and every place I pass through seems to be the territory of China, and the population of a city in China is greater than that of the whole of England. The Great Emperor and his loyal army can easily shred the armor of any knight with iron and fire, and his warships can destroy castles like the White Keep! I really can't think of anything that can stop the will of this great emperor, in fact, I think this great emperor is too humble, if I have his power, no, any monarch of Europa who has his power, I am afraid that he will be eager to dominate the whole world! ”

"But I also understand this great majesty, who has all the things that the earth can have, and along the way, I have seen in China what the legendary heaven does not necessarily have: the lights that shine at night, the iron chariots that run with a great roar, the towering Tower of Babel, and even the toilet and toilet paper - I love this thing to death, which keeps my room free of smell, which is the way of life of a civilized man. How could His Majesty the Great Emperor, who had all this, have thoughts about England, like a millionaire, how could he fall in love with a beggar's piece of black bread! ”

After writing this paragraph, Robert put down the pen, both paper and pen, which also made it convenient for him, but the impact of these two things was masked more than anything else.

Then he pulled the cord, turned off the light, and lay down in bed and slept soundly.

While he was sleeping, Damingtang was brightly lit.

Many messages were received from the British envoys about Europa, and at the order of Zhou Quan, the ministries made a decision here to determine the policy towards Europa.

Sun Cheng had his eyes half-closed, except for Zhou Quan, who was sitting with his eyes open when he spoke, others spoke, including the current Prime Minister Li Qing, who was speaking in the cabinet, and he was all like this.

Ye Chu raised his head slightly, as if he was looking at the lights on the roof in a daze.

Yue Fei was sitting upright, while Han Shizhong was biting his ears and whispering to the people next to him, thinking about his own thoughts when he didn't speak, and from time to time there was a slightly ruffian smile on his face.

All this is in Zhou Quan's eyes, and the reaction of the senior executives is in line with their situation at this time.

Sun Cheng has always had this kind of expression since he went to the Middle Academy, Ye Chu seems to be a little uncomfortable after he goes to the military, while Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are adapting to their new identities.

When the people who were arguing quieted down, Zhou Quan spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have experienced countless kingdoms and tribes since the Burning Expedition, what do you think is the difference between the countries of Europa and the tribes of Tianzhu and Kunlun, or the natives of Huzhou and Chengzhou?"

The crowd was a little hesitant, they hadn't thought about it yet. Only Sun Cheng raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Quan, with his understanding of Zhou Quan, he knew that Zhou Quan must have made a decision when he said this.

"To tell you the truth, it's not that I look down on those tribes of the kingdom, but it seems to me that even if they are warlike and bloodthirsty, they are still weak on the steppe in nature, and they are prey on carnivores, even if they grow fat and even have horns and hooves. But the countries of Europa, they are already relatively complete carnivores, but they are not yet strong...... Jin Guo got over there and gave them a strong chance! ”

"Even island countries like Britain have begun to learn to cast artillery, and that German king even implemented the county system, opened imperial examinations, and set up mines in his country, and we have encountered such states in Tianzhu, Kunlun and Huzhou?"

As soon as Zhou Quan said these words, everyone immediately sat upright.

They heard what Zhou Quan meant: The countries of Europa may become the great enemies of China!

At the beginning, Wanyan Wushu and Yelu Dashi both "stole the teacher" Zhou Quan, Yelu Dashi was not able to change the fate of the Liao State because of his humble position, but Wanyan Wushu took the remnants of the Jin State and resurrected it several times, and even the psoriasis-like Western Xia was destroyed, but Wanyan Wushu was still alive, if he hadn't been killed by Zhou Yu, he would definitely be alive now.

What a problem he and his Jin Kingdom have caused to Huaxia!

"And from a geographical point of view, the countries of Europa are close to Kunlun and Chengzhou, as long as they learn the system and technology of Jin, they will have a more distant advantage than us in Kunlun and Chengzhou, and it is entirely possible to rise and become our henchmen. What's more, don't forget, the Jin country is here, the lord of the Jin country is complete, and the majesty is not under the vultures, if we don't take Europa, he will definitely take it, and then unite the power of Europa and compete with me for the world! ”

Everyone looked more cautious, although everyone looked down on the Jin Kingdom, which fled from the wind and relied on the great plague to survive, but what Zhou Quan said was reasonable, and if he couldn't look at it, he couldn't give the other party this kind of opportunity.

"Therefore, we are not talking about whether to march into Europa or not, but how!" Zhou Quan said toughly.

He knew that these were the most terrible places in the realm of monotheistic civilizations, and they would hold high the banner of the gods, do all the bad things in the world, and then go to the temple to pray to the gods and repent, so that they could enjoy the bloodstained spoils of war with peace of mind.

The problem now is that Europa is too far away, and it is easy to win one or two battles, send a fleet with more than 10,000 soldiers, and then sweep Europa, but it is extremely difficult to maintain a presence there for a long time, and the logistics supply lines that have flooded into China are enough to exhaust the financial resources and manpower that China originally used for education, research, welfare, and infrastructure projects.

"Europa cannot be allowed to form a unified state, not even a larger unified country, it must be divided and conquered!"

"The Kingdom of Jin must be weakened, and it is extremely necessary to send a small force to destroy the industrial capacity of the Kingdom of Jin!"

"We must use war to feed the war, control the trade routes, earn financial resources through trade, and then use this financial resources to maintain the existence of Huaxia in Europa!"

With the tone set by Zhou Quan, everyone began to offer suggestions.

However, they thought so, and the enemy was not idle, and on the banks of the Danube, Wan Yanliang met with a guest.

King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor Freette the Redbeard!