Chapter 20: Surabaya

12,000 words have been released, and yesterday's should have been made up. The new book is a month, and it is also about 200,000 words. That's not a small amount.

Maybe I'll continue to make amends today, let's watch the rp............

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The long whistle of whining was accompanied by the stunned anchor and the sound of shouting trumpets and throwing cables. Several Qing Dynasty commercial consuls stationed in Surabaya on the shore all looked at the sturdy men on the boat with gloomy faces. This time, however, the sailors were not in a hurry to get off the ship, as they had been in Nagasaki last time. They all hugged their arms and waited to see what was lively.

The blond, blue-eyed, frighteningly tall Dutch colonial officials and foreign soldiers around them did not look very good. During this period, two ironclad cruisers visited. No matter how you say it, it is a matter that makes the authorities of the Javanese colony feel uncomfortable.

But now there is no way to keep these ships from coming. The Beiyang Navy patrolled the South Seas, and various ports docked at the media, which was a common practice. The Netherlands did not go to war with the Qing State, if they did not let their ships dock. Doesn't it mean that the colonial authorities have lost control over the city's security? Java is close to the busiest waterway in the South Seas and controls the Sunda Strait, so don't make a fuss so that merchant ships don't dare to anchor.

Therefore, the Huayang natives who were ready to greet them all had the ambition to work together, all the coal and water supplies were ready, the coolies were doubled, and they hurriedly finished overhauling and loading things, and sent them away!

Those Qing Dynasty consuls in Surabaya are even more troublesome than them, and the consuls who are going abroad are all waiting to mix qualifications. Get a person who knows how to go back and wait for promotion, and wait for the vacancy. Or just sit and make some money from trade. I am most afraid of trouble, but there are no foreign-related negotiations. Either turn a deaf ear, or hide it and push it up. I don't want to bear the slightest bit of involvement.

The warships are not enough, and they are holding the telegram from the Beiyang Yamen in their hands, so they can be restrained for a while. However, there is also a member of the committee on the ship who is said to be two hundred and five famous, and the Beiyang can't control it!

At such a juncture, something went wrong with him, or simply he caused some trouble. It's not fun...... But fortunately, there is some understanding with foreigners. These foreign adults gave face, and they also came forward to be perfunctory, ready to eat and drink a good reception, and finally invited him to walk and it was over.

In short, the characters waiting on the dock are not in a good mood.

Before the two ships had finished dropping anchor and throwing the cables, the port inspection ship came over with black smoke spitting out. The coaling ship is also rushing here. Piles of local coolies, shirtless, revealing their thin and thin black bodies, stretched their necks and waited to see the excitement. Those mixed-race foremen and stewards patrolled with sticks and foxes and fake tigers, waiting for a greeting and rushed up to load the goods.

When Zhengdu's eyes widened, he saw that the signal flag was suddenly raised on the foremast of Zhiyuan, and the faces of several foreigners in charge of port affairs became doubly ugly when they saw it.

Zhiyuan host failure!

The Qing Dynasty consul, who didn't know the banner, was sweating profusely and looked at the foreigner for a while, and looked around suspiciously. Suddenly, there were two cracks, and two cannons rose on the Zhiyuan deck. The foreign soldiers on alert were nervous for a while, and the officers leading the team all pressed their command knives. Some of the foreign soldiers took off their rifles on their shoulders. I saw Cao Tianen, the alternate prefect of Surabaya Commercial Consul General, busy pulling the interpreter to the representative of the Governor of East Java Province in the Netherlands. Lieutenant Colonel Detann explained: "This is ...... This is the guard of honor of the Chincha Commissioner. When the Qin negotiators arrived, they had to be neatly guarded to show their solemn diplomatic relations...... It's not a foreign gun, it's a cannon! Empty, is empty. Only medicine without marbles......"

He was sweating profusely and pointing his fingers and explaining there, and the more he explained, the more chaotic it became. I couldn't get out of the cannon and I couldn't lift it, and my face was blue. The lieutenant colonel de Tann was even more gloomy, how could he be such an errand boy?

A pure Aryan race of 1.90 meters, the blonde lieutenant colonel looked at the short consul with a smoky face in front of him. He just snorted contemptuously and touched his sweaty white gloves.

The climate in the colonies was indeed detrimental to the health of Europeans......

Sure enough, after a few cannon shots, a group of soldiers walked down the gangplank with a brilliant young official in their arms. Deng Shichang, the pipe band of the Zhiyuan ship, also wore the red cap of his named admiral, and followed the official with a saber.

When he arrived at the place where the envoy was dispatched, all etiquette was respected by the Qincha, even if Deng Shichang was already a military attaché from the first rank, he could not be ahead of him. Everyone's eyes were focused on the young official.

is wearing an official uniform, how awkward it looks on him. The top is also red. But he didn't look at the solemn appearance of those high-ranking officials, and he looked careless. Laughing and talking to the two young officers beside him. After the Manchu donation was opened, it was not for nothing that these 20-year-old red toppers were absent. Anyway, the highest official rank is donated to the four-grade Daotai, and the addition of a second-grade top is just enough to make the top red. But in his twenties, he became a special Taoist platform for the Han people, and now he is a member of the Qincha Committee, which is unique!

Several consular officers glanced at each other, and they were all secretly sighing that under the wind of the world, people's hearts are not ancient. In the blink of an eye, they stiffened their faces one by one, wait, no!

The faces of the foreigners were also more ugly than the other, and several consuls froze for a moment, only to find that the team of this Qincha's attaché Goshha actually had dozens of people! Moreover, these people are all in Western-style military uniforms, with agile steps, and they are descending from above the two warships, and they actually look like a small army!

Xu Yifan stood in the middle of the team and knew in his heart that now his attaché team was a little bigger than Nagasaki. Many sailors in Zhiyuan also changed into the military uniforms of his Xu Daotai team and became his attachés!

He and Deng Shichang had already secretly agreed that on the grounds that the Zhiyuan machine was faulty, they would spend a few days in Surabaya to see the weather. When it was Xu Yifan's backing. Many sailors of Zhiyuan filled his attaché to make a strong reputation. No matter what the situation in Surabaya is like now, at least let this propaganda committee member help them in terms of momentum!

Deng Shichang: There is only so much they can do. As for Qiu Baoren, the pipe band of the other boat, he was not the commander of this formation, and he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb. Xu Yifan never expected him to have anything to do with it.

The team silently rushed off the boat, and Xu Yifan stood in front of him with a smile. Look at the foreigners. went straight to a few embarrassed-looking consuls, and smiled and bowed from afar.

Although he is a member of the Imperial Mission, he is not a minister of the Imperial Mission, and he cannot accept the gift on behalf of the heavens. However, in terms of the team, Cao Tianen, the consul general of Surabaya, was one class behind him. Suddenly, seeing Xu Yifan salute first, Cao Tianen and his entourage hurriedly came over, and his hands were a thousand, and he stood up and gave his hands again: "My lord has worked hard all the way!" ”

Xu Yifan smiled gently: "It's not hard, it's not hard, it's not hard, do things for the emperor, what kind of hard work can you talk about?" When I arrived at your place, I hoped that a few old brothers would greet and take care of me. I don't know how many brothers, where are the brothers placed? ”

Cao Tianen looked at the Dutchmen with ugly faces, and then at his team, a group of military cadets who had been trained by officers for three or four years, and they were naturally lined up as straight and neat as knives on the dock. These words have opened their eyes to these military trainees, and they have traveled around the world. It's okay, Xu Yifan will give them a lecture on military science, compared to what those foreign instructors said. Xu Yifan, who was also a military fan at the beginning, said it differently. They didn't fight for Xu Yifan's face, and now wherever they go, they are all regarded as the person who is Xu Erhundred-and-five!

The sweat on Cao Tianen's face was more and more urgent, and when he got up in the morning, he swallowed two cooked bubbles to resist his addiction. Now I'm nervous, and I feel like I'm going to commit it early. Busy smiling: "The adult's hotel, the Beifu is naturally settled down, and even Mr. Governor has to entertain the lord in the mansion...... It's just that Beifu didn't expect that the adult's attaché would be so ...... Hehe, it's so spectacular, I don't know ......."

Xu Yifan smiled: "I'm a member of the Qincha Committee, aren't I?" Is my attaché an envoy? Can't they set foot in these realms? My brother's words are too unreasonable. ”

While he was talking, he saw De Tanen striding over and coming straight towards Xu Yifan. Without waiting for Xu Yifan's signal, Li Yunzong had already stepped out and stopped in front of De Tanen! A white uniform, a yellow uniform, and suddenly their eyes were in one place. Although De Tann was tall, Li Yun's vertical body was light and fierce, and he did not let the momentum of the blonde officer gain the upper hand in the slightest. A tough gesture came out, and he snorted in his nose, which means very clearly, stay away from us adults!

De Tann froze, and the hands of the two adjutants behind him were pressed against the command knife. Xu Yifan didn't look back and greeted Cao Tianen, poor Consul Cao looked at the episode here, and hurriedly jumped over: "This is Fan Junmen, the representative of the Governor of East Java Province!" Master Xu, don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong! ”

Xu Yifan still didn't reply, and snorted: "Yunzong, let him come!" ”

Li Yunzong sneered, retreated back, and stood back in the team, Chu Wanli quietly gave a thumbs up: "It's the jackpot in Java, congratulations!" ”

Detann's chest heaved with rage, and he approached quickly, shouting in Dutch. Xu Yifan slowly turned around and looked up at the big man. Not to mention, under the shade of this human body, it is cool enough......

The general of the consulate whispered: "Fan Junmen said, such a large team of attachés, and they are all soldiers, it is not in accordance with the rules, and adults are only allowed to bring six people into Surabaya......"

Xu Yifan smiled, looking very easy-going: "Wow! I also want to make less trouble for Consul Cao. So many people eat horses in Surabaya, I have to eat poverty............ Lord Deng? ”

Deng Shichang had a straight face, looking like he was smiling or not, listening to Xu Yifan's greeting, and hurriedly agreed: "Mark it down!" ”

Xu Yifan smiled at him and said, "I'm a member of the Qincha Committee, right?" Zhiyuan is a warship of the imperial court, isn't it? ”

"If you go back to your lordship, yes!"

"Nacheng, let's continue to go back to the warship, eat the food of the imperial court, and save some chewing. When will my mission be completed, and when will Zhiyuan come and leave Surabaya...... Lord Deng, does this make sense? ”

Deng Shichang gritted his teeth and endured it, and said loudly: "Back to the adult's words, it makes sense!" ”

Follow this 205 singing double reeds, it's really cool!

The general matter was translated in the past, and several low-level consular officials simply lowered their heads, nothing else, and couldn't help laughing!

Detann froze there, his white-gloved hands trembling slightly. I have never seen a Qing Dynasty official who insists on the dignity of the system, this is the kind of style! For a while, he didn't know, was it better to turn his face or endure it? Once you turn your face, needless to say, the guy in front of you who is smiling hatefully will die on the ship. As a diplomatic envoy, there is no reason to rush hard. But the two ironclad cruisers Zhiyuan and Laiyuan were forced to stay here, and there were hundreds of fully armed Chinese sailors......

In the Kingdom of the Netherlands, there are only two old ironclad patrol ships "Goldland" and "Haai", which were launched in the 70s and are only 1,850 tons. Although he did not believe that Zhiyuan would dare to open fire on the territory of Her Majesty Empress Wilhelmina. But after all, it's a troublesome thing......

Looking at the able-bodied men who stood straight, the lieutenant colonel made up his mind. Let the Governor worry about these things!

Whether it's a Chinese or an indigenous monkey, they all look just as hateful!

His stiff face finally loosened, and the smile that squeezed out was almost like crying, and he slowly saluted. Stretching out his right hand: "Your Excellency, welcome to Surabaya." Your Excellency the Governor has set up a banquet at the official residence, and I hope to talk to you about it. I hope you enjoy the city too. ”

Xu Yifan smiled and held hands with him: "Alas, that's right." What about my attachés? ”

Detann smiled bitterly and gestured, meaning all to go. Xu Yifan smiled: "Okay, brother, let's go to the banquet of the governor!" ”

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