A chapter of 5600 words, Xiaoqi intercepted 500 words and put it in the next chapter, although it is nothing to you, but it is also a little heart! Laugh and thank you!

"Your Excellency, there are already people sent by Lin Haijiang, the commander of the Qing Kingdom, to greet us at the port, saying that they are waiting to welcome us to the banquet." The second secretary reminded very dutifully.

In the harbor, forty-nine well-dressed soldiers walked down from the warship, as well as Dalhousie and Dumont. Rosseff and the others did not expect that the port was already crowded, and the streets on both sides were full of people, pointing at the novelty of foreigners.

The French army and the two British and French representatives did not expect that this "etiquette" of welcome had continued from the port to the city, leaving more than 50 people walking like a needle mountain, full of orientals pointing at them with a wicked smile, and the damned restaurant was actually in the northernmost part of the city, and it took an hour to walk.

"Lord Lin, your hand, it's amazing!" In the restaurant, Ye Mingchen saw a group of people walking a hundred meters away, and his face twitched.

"One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, this is not my Lin someone's idea, give them some clothes to wear, it shows my generosity and benevolence in the Qing Dynasty." Lin Haijiang straightened his face, extremely serious.

Ye Mingchen laughed twice, and only these foreign hairs will be here, it seems that the banquet after this meeting is the main event. Although he is the governor of Liangguang, when it comes to rectifying these arrogant foreigners, Lin Haijiang of the Great Qing Dynasty is called the second, and no one dares to call it the first.

Xianfeng's surname is extremely indecisive, Ye Mingchen also has to admit that Xianfeng is not an emperor in his bones, and his close ministers can affect his judgment and decision at any time, Lin Haijiang's Nanyang Navy Commander is also here, with Lin Haijiang on top, Ye Mingchen is not worried about the big things, but the imperial court is really cold to the hearts of a large number of Hanchens when it treats the matter of Nanyang Sailor entering the king of Beijing.

In fact, Ye Mingchen did not approve of Lin Haijiang sending troops to meet the British and French coalition forces, although the imperial court issued a will, but only Zeng Guofan and Lin Haijiang responded the loudest, but Zeng Guofan was thunder and rain, and he didn't practice!

Lin Haijiang has committed a big taboo in the imperial court, and this time the Nanyang Navy Division can be said to be strong and strong, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, no Han Chen has ever commanded troops into Gyeonggi, and the follow-up widowhood is also expected, and Lin Haijiang may be a good hand at commanding troops to fight, but it seems that it is too far away when it comes to being an official.

Ye Mingchen was really worried about Tianjing's side, and the bandits took advantage of the imperial court's war with foreigners, and actually suspended the inner bar to prepare for a new Northern Expedition? According to relevant intelligence, the bandits are actively preparing for an attack in Lianghu, Anhui, Liangjiang, and other places, and this is probably because the weapons, food, and grass have not yet been prepared.

What made Ye Mingchen most anxious was that because of this, the Xianfeng master in Gyeonggi didn't seem to be very urgent? It's just that the food and salaries are mobilized in various places and the regiment is urged to practice new formations, it seems that the imperial court already has something to rely on? Could it be true that as rumored that the imperial court wants to use foreign soldiers to quell the civil strife?

An opponent who killed you to the death before, and the next hour you will become an ally? It's not a good thing to look at!

From the first British invasion of Guangzhou City to the later fierce battle of Pengcheng by the French army, and the invasion of Gyeonggi by the combined forces of the two countries, Ye Mingchen feels like a dream in retrospect, but no matter how sinister the environment was before, Ye Mingchen was not as worried as now.

Ye Mingchen was worried about Lin Haijiang, he was worried that the emperor would no longer use the excuse to remove Lin Haijiang because of the pressure from foreigners? Even in the sin of the forest and the sea?

This time, Lin Haijiang made such a supernatural contribution, but people returned to Guangzhou in a hurry? In addition to the impeachment of Shang Zezi like a mad dog by the imperial historians, there was no movement at all in the military plane? This in itself is already quite unusual.

As the saying goes, it is not good to rebel for ten years, but the rebellion of the chaotic people can be peaceful for a while! If you really want to rebel and start a rebellion, you must be in the army, and the leader of the army must have a certain prestige, and he must also have a strong family foundation to support him.

And Lin Haijiang meets almost all the conditions, the Lin family's business has penetrated into almost every corner of Liangguang, if he raises his arms, I am afraid that Liangguang and Fujian will suddenly collapse from the hands of the Qing court.

The only thing Ye Mingchen hopes for is that those fools in the court don't really force Lin Haijiang to rebel, where would Ye Mingchen know that Lin Haijiang fought the idea of rebellion from the beginning.

Ye Mingchen was thinking about it, Dumont. Ruseff and Count Dalhousie entered the private room, and they still had some expectations for the Chinese banquet.

"Your Excellency Lin Haijiang?" Dumont. Rosseff looked up proudly, squinting at the tall young man who was still sitting in the chair, and there was an unbeatable pride in his eyes.

"Earl Dalhousie? Viceroy of India? I've heard a few things about your family. Lin Haijiang didn't look at Dumont at all, as if he was an insignificant character. Ruseff blushed and was embarrassed, but it was the Earl of Dalhousie that deserved his consideration.

Dalhousie was stunned for a moment, and it seemed that there were people in the far east who knew about his family, and it did not seem to be a casual polite remark.

So Count Dalhousie pretended to be polite and said: "I heard that Admiral Lin has studied in my country, and it seems that I have seen a lot. "The intention is to test whether the opponent really knows something about himself.

"Compared with the Dalhousie family, I admire His Excellency Earl's father, the ninth Earl, George. Ramsay, the man who founded Dalhousie University, has always been admirable for bringing knowledge to more people, not war. What is even more respectable is that he founded the university with the intention of opening it to all people, including the poor, and that there is no restriction on religious beliefs, and that anyone is eligible to enroll. It is a great pity that a person with such a great personality should be so unknown in the East. ”

Dalhousie was proud to be praised for his father, but it was not a good thing for Count Dalhousie to be praised by his enemies or negotiators.

Lin Haijiang smiled slightly, motioned for the two to sit down, and after introducing each other, the delicacies were served one after another, and only four people sat down at a large table that could seat twenty people, which looked a little deserted.

Dumont. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't help but accuse Lin Haijiang, as a local official, for causing the theft of the property of the diplomatic mission, and all valuables and supporting documents were swept away, and he demanded that Lin Haijiang compensate him for 100,000 taels of silver.

Dumont. Roself's lion mouth was clearly not approved by Count Dalhousie, who glanced meaningfully at Dumont. Rotherph.

Dumont. After Rousseff's words were translated, Ye Mingchen wanted to laugh when he heard it, this foreign hairman is really poor and crazy, and he dared to ask for 100,000 taels if he lost some tattered clothes? When the city of Canton is full of silver? However, Ye Mingchen still expressed enough sympathy for the mission that was stripped by thieves, after all, the current commander of the Nanyang Naval Division, Lin Haijiang, was also once put on his neck with a sword on his ship, and it was not worth mentioning that he lost some property by being drugged.

Lin Haijiang didn't pick up, but began to explain slowly: "Originally, the people in the city were simple, but later the priests came to preach, why did they have to hit the right cheek when they were beaten on the left cheek?" Recently, our Nanyang Navy Division has been busy fighting troops with the two countries, but according to international conventions, your country's ships are your country's territory, theoretically speaking, we are not responsible for theft cases that occur on your country's territory, if you insist that we have the right to inspect your ships, then I am willing to compensate for the 100,000 taels. ”

A phone call said that all the blame was put on the thieves, and these thieves are all parishioners? It's a shame to be robbed on your own warship.

Dalhousie and Dumont. Rousseff didn't have any evidence, but he just wanted to use the topic to play, the former made a look, Dumont immediately slapped the table, and shook a wine glass on the edge of the ground and shattered, he was about to reprimand, but he heard a terrible howl outside, and an old man in a long black silk rushed in, holding the fragments of the wine glass on the ground, and cried with tears and snot, as sad as his father and mother died.

Dalhousie and Dumont. Rousseff was stunned, even Ye Mingchen didn't know why, thinking to himself who this old guy was, how could he dare to break in casually on such an important occasion.

Ye Mingchen was about to shout and pull it out, but he saw Lin Haijiang grabbing the old man with a concerned look and said, "This old man, hurry up, what's wrong?" The wine glass is broken, the official will accompany you, this is ten taels of silver, it's enough. Lin Haijiang took out the silver and handed it over, but was slapped away by the old man.

"Ten taels of silver? This is the Nine Dragons Cup given to my ancestors by Master Taizong, it is a treasure that has been consecrated by Master Xuanzang, and last year there was a prince from the capital who offered 400,000 taels, how can the little old man sell the things handed down by his ancestors, this is a priceless treasure! ”

Lin Haijiang asked again: "Taizong?" Could it be Li Shimin? Then dare to ask the ancestors? ”

The old man raised his head, and he felt quite solemn: "That's Yuan Tiangang and Yuan Tianshi, who is under the Taizong Master, and Xiao Lao'er is the forty-third generation grandson of his old man." This restaurant is the property of the old man's family, and now he saw that the Governor and the Admiral were setting up wine here, and they took out these four Nine Dragon Cups for the use of the two adults, but they didn't think about it...... Oh my heirloom! ”

"Poof!"

Ye Mingchen almost squirted out the wine in his mouth, this is too, Yuan Tiangang ran out? Besides, Li Shimin can give the Nine Dragons Cup for the emperor to his subordinates? He took the wine glass and looked up and down a dozen times, and really saw nine ghost drawings similar to loaches at the bottom of the glass.

Ye Mingchen looked at the old man again, and suddenly found that it was very similar to the Yellow Belt Sect Haijiu who served before coming to the army? The more Ye Mingchen looked at it, the more he looked at it, coupled with Lin Haijiang's contrived performance, Ye Mingchen finally understood that the feelings of these two people who were playing the flag man's business "touched porcelain".

Ye Mingchen was a little speechless, Haijiu's ancestor was Yuan Tiangang?

After the translation, the two delegates also understood what was going on. Rosseff's fat face shook a few times, and he said angrily: "With such a cup, you can buy a dozen or so in France for one franc, four hundred thousand taels of silver?" Diamonds are not so expensive. ”

Lin Haijiang smiled coldly: "This is an antique from 1,200 years ago, there are only four of them in the world, not to mention 400,000 taels, that is, 4 million taels, there will be a lot of people to buy them, our Qing Dynasty lacks guns and cannons, but there is no shortage of people, as well as rich people." Your Excellency Rousseff, you broke the wine glass, you just lost a little money, the old man has been passed down for more than a thousand years, how can you compensate for the feelings in it? I'm afraid I won't be able to look at death. ”

"I won't pay it, you're damn blackmail." Dumont. Rousseff yelled, and his hands were about to hit the table, but he stopped abruptly, for fear that there was something on the table that was hundreds or thousands of years old, and he would really roll his eyes.

"No compensation, right?" Lin Haijiang laughed happily instead, he crossed his fingers and calculated: "Then use other things to convert, this official has calculated, the three warships you brought, one warship except the useless part, the metal part should weigh two hundred tons, each ton is one hundred taels, three ships are six hundred tons in total, and the insufficient part will be made up for you to make up for one hundred thousand taels." ”

"What? Three warships are worth only 60,000 taels? Do you want you to help me make up 40,000 taels? You've been kicked in the head by a pig. "Dumont. Rousseff roared, he had never seen such a scoundrel, let alone a hundred thousand taels, even five hundred thousand taels could not buy a third-class battleship.

"Of course, three broken ships that can't be driven away without a helm platform, 100,000 taels is already a lot. Of course, you can choose not to pay anything, but according to our laws, you will be beheaded. Don't doubt the words of this official, now that our country is still at war with France, killing you will not cause any international public opinion disputes, and this official does not care that there are more French people who die in his hands. ”

After a hesitation, Dumont. Ruseff's red eyes stared at the smiling Lin Haijiang, in his eyes, this Oriental had become the embodiment of the devil, even Satan was not far from his insidious and vicious, he began to regret how he came to this damn country to negotiate prisoners of war, is the identity of the French already low to the point of no dignity in the Qing country? And what about the British?

Dalhousie also looked at Lin Haijiang, his calm expression covered the turbulence in his heart, an Oriental who was so unafraid of heaven and earth, and dared to use such rogue methods to extort money, he met it for the first time, and I am afraid it will be the last time, because there is no one else who can compare to this Oriental official. In the past, it was the British Empire compatriots who used this method.

"Have you thought about it?" Lin Haijiang asked, his eyes revealing a chilling meaning, forcing Dumont. Rousseff nodded his head.

"Give me a week, I'll transfer 100,000 taels of silver from Vietnam."

"Very good, it's really a cheerful person, old man, you go out first, and I'll let you know when the money arrives." Lin Haijiang sat back on the chair and said, "Then let's talk about buying clothes next, we can't let the great French soldiers be naked." ”

Dalhousie and Dumont. Rossef saw clearly from the wine glass that this Oriental was despicable, how could he be slaughtered, and immediately took his leave and went back to the warship, but when they went back and sent people to buy clothes in the city, they were told that nothing in the city was allowed to be sold to foreigners, and could only be purchased from the thirteenth head office, and it is said that the thirteenth head office had a very deep relationship with the sailors, and some military supplies were provided by the thirteenth head office, and when they arrived at the thirteenth head office, they found that a set of the simplest clothes was sold for ten taels of silver, and they were not allowed to bargain, and they rose one or two at a time, In desperation, he had to hemorrhage and sign a contract, buy 200 sets of clothes and return to the warship.

As for eating and drinking, it is even more ridiculously expensive, you can not wear clothes, you can't help but fill your stomach, you have to eat a meal for a tael of silver, this is still the price of a bowl of rice and a bowl of greens and a piece of thumb-sized pork. After coming and going for three days, not counting the 100,000 taels of the extorted wine glass, the total amount of the rest of the debts reached as much as 50,000 taels.

The wheel of history has turned its head around in a hurry, entering an unknown fork in the road.

The British army lost, the French army was also defeated, it seems that there is no worry about land reparations for the time being, and those such as the "Treaty of Tianjin" and the "Treaty of Yanjing" in Lin Haijiang's memory will not happen, but the "Treaty of Tongzhou" still appeared. He doesn't know how the wheels will turn in the future, as long as he has the ability, these treaties that lose power and humiliate the country will not appear again.

The most satisfying thing is that the Old Summer Palace is already intact, and what is lost must be taken back, instead of pretending to be generous and benevolent to save the face of the Heavenly Empire, the Chinese have done too many things to die to save face and suffer in the past few hundred years.

On the fifth day of the French [***] ship docked at the port of Guangzhou, Dalhousie and Dumont. Rousseff finally got his wish to see the prisoners of war.

When you see a soldier who is naked [***] and shivering from the cold, and with yellow and thin faces, and clearly has not eaten for a long time, only some officers will look better, but these people are placed on English or French soil, either beggars or vagabonds, where can you still see the appearance of elite soldiers.

"You are mistreating the prisoners, I want to complain to Her Majesty the Empress, send a powerful expeditionary fleet, set foot on your land, and let the Qing Kingdom become a colony of my British Empire."

Seeing the British soldiers in disarray like beggars, Dalhousie could no longer control his emotions, it was really a barbaric country, there was not even a little basic human right to take prisoners, they were not fed and drunk, they were not even clothed, many of them were still wounded, and in such a place that was not even a sheepfold, a large number of soldiers would die in less than a week.

The Qing country is the Qing country, the production technology is backward, the science and technology is backward, the medical technology is backward, and even the basic moral standards are a mess.

"Your Excellency, this official can be said to be the poorest admiral in the history of the Qing Kingdom, and he can't even feed his own soldiers, so it is already God's mercy to let these waste moths who attacked my country eat a meal that keeps them alive, you know, God may not like the behavior of this official, but obviously he hates war more!"

The lives of more than 10,000 British soldiers are in the hands of Lin Haijiang, and these prisoners are given the treatment they deserve? Lin Haijiang believed that these captives were not invited by him, so he was not obligated to entertain them.

Mercy is not arbitrary, Lin Haijiang is the only one in the world who knows what these British and French have done in history, and he will not let history repeat itself.

Earl Dalhousie, a famous ruler in Indian history, insisted on the moral and material interests of British rule all his life, and the popular point is that in terms of morality and money, Britain must be reasonable, even if it is a massacre, it will be said that a group of bloodthirsty demons will be killed by British soldiers as a matter of course.

As for Dumont. Rousseff was purely a man of interest, not France, but his own interests, so he did not feel much about the French prisoners who were hundreds of times worse than the British army, but hoped that these prisoners would never be killed before he brought them home. So based on Lin Haijiang's previous performance, he didn't dare to complain too much, but bought food and clothes for those French prisoners at a high price out of his own pocket, and Dalhousie naturally didn't want the British soldiers to suffer, and also planned to buy food and clothing.

For this reason, they went to the British Concession to find a well-known merchant, Miles, an old acquaintance of Lin Haijiang, who had naturally revealed the details to him, so he simply put aside the loan shark, holding a pile of thick IOUs in his hand, and Miles's eyes were smiling like crescents. He was naturally happy to earn the money of the French, and he was also at ease with the money of his own country, and if he had not offended the powerful in England, he would not have gone to the far east to beg for a living.

The thought of being forced away by the four-pound debt made Miles bitter hate.

But in any case, these are just trivialities, and the next step in the negotiations between the representatives of the three countries is to sit down for an informal meeting on prisoners of war.

The resolution of the British Parliament on the prisoners had already been transmitted to Dalhousie by telegram a day earlier.

(To be continued)