It's like a fish in water. Ogna remained in a state of euphoria for several days.

The British government asked him to put pressure on the Qing State, and he not only did it, but he did it very well. He secured twice the return on the British companies that had already invested in the Hunan-Shanghai Railway, he obtained permission for HSBC to open branches in the Qing mainland, and he agreed for the British Empire and the Qing to further open treaty ports. This is nothing, he also accused the government in the telegram that they asked for too high a price and demanded too much, and the Qing Kingdom wanted to use this railway to borrow some money from the British and did not give it, so the Qing Kingdom did not say that the railway would be repaired by others. If you resell other people's warships to Japan, his sworn enemy, without the consent of the Qing Dynasty, can they not retaliate against you? Now it is not only the problem that the railway has been handed over to Germany, but also the British companies in China who have no manpower to buy materials, and this is the biggest problem.

Is this a problem? For British businessmen in China, indeed. The Shanghai Raw Silk Federation preferred to rot raw silk in warehouses than buy it to the British, and factory workers preferred to run to factories run to lower-paid Chinese factories than come back to work, and British business in China plummeted.

This is indeed a big trouble. But among those factory owners who were able to open factories in the Qing Dynasty did not have a parliamentary background, and even if they were not, there were backstage people. Therefore, in order to solve the problem of the decline in the interests of the Qing State caused by the resale, the British Parliament finally agreed to take a loan of 20 million yuan to the Qing State in four years.

Ogena took the documents agreeing to the loan from the government and entered the palace again to meet Guangxu. After leaving the palace, a decree was sent to Shanghai. Shanghai officials were ordered to order the Raw Silk Federation to sell raw silk to British merchants at market price.

And at this time. In a high-rise building on the Bund in Shanghai, Zhang Baoshan was sipping tea and talking to Lin Qizhao's father, while the line of sight downstairs was visible. The officials in Shanghai cleared a passage through the crowd, and four revolutionaries were escorted into the court in prison vans.

"How's the raw silk in stock?" Zhang Baoshan put down the teacup in his hand and asked the account room who had just entered the door.

"The big shopkeeper can rest assured that all the raw silk in stock has been sold out, and the foreign devils are still thanking him. Now we are waiting for the silk merchants to come and settle the settlement. "The account office is also very angry, since the Jiangnan silk merchants united three years ago, foreigners have spoken more and more politely in front of the Chinese.

"This is only the first step, and the next step is to make the foreigners' yarn mills unable to find people to work. That's where Uncle Laurin comes in. Zhang Baoshan arched his hand to Lin Qizhao's father, who was sitting opposite.

"The old man has already finished the arrangement. They are all my people of the Qing Dynasty, how can they help foreigners harm my Qing Dynasty. If there really is such a person, it will be almost cleaned up. Rest assured, the emperor's plan will not be ruined. Now I'm a Chinese guy who has joined forces to try it out. Just make it difficult for foreigners. It can be seen that if all the people of Tsinghua University can work with one heart and one mind, why not be afraid of foreigners. Unity is the best policy, or the emperor is wise. It is only necessary to hate those revolutionary parties for deceiving people everywhere. ”

Zhang Baoshan glanced at the heads that were being hung downstairs, and said coldly: "Why should Uncle Lin bother. The revolutionary party is nothing more than a clown for selfish gain. If they are really for me, they will be in China. We should not jump out of the court as an enemy when the foreigners are not peaceful and the wolves are looking around, trapping China and civil strife. Nowadays, everyone knows that the Japanese are enemies of China and China, and they still accept funding from the Japanese, which is aiding and abetting abuse, and they should be beheaded for public display. As for the matter of raw silk here, it's just that the raw silk federation can't get used to the actions of foreigners and fights back, so it has nothing to do with the emperor-"

"That's that, the old man is abrupt."

There is the policy of the imperial court to cooperate. The business of the Raw Silk Federation is booming. The British merchants, who had finally bought raw silk, were faced with a new problem—there was no one in the factory. I don't know when the business of Chinese businessmen has become bigger and bigger. More and more factories are being built. Chinese raw silk products are still very popular in the European market, and in the past, British merchants bought raw silk in China to make ready-made garments and send them back to Europe for sale. Since the opening of the Pacific Freight Company's voyage to Europe, more and more Chinese raw silk garments have gone to Europe by Pacific Freight ships. When the Qing began to purchase industrial materials from all over the world, European merchants became rich, and then the whole of Europe seemed to become richer. Whether it is clothes or other products, the sales of Chinese in the European market have increased significantly. In terms of materials, manufacturing and transportation, the ready-to-wear garments sold by Chinese businessmen in Europe are not more expensive than those of merchants from other countries. This also makes the factories of Chinese businessmen more and more and bigger. In order to increase shipments, they have begun to compete with foreign merchants for workers, and foreign merchants are clearly at a disadvantage. Looking at the warehouses of raw silk and the almost empty factories, the British silk merchants wanted to cry without tears.

"I can't help it." In the face of the surging British merchants, Ogna could only spread his hands and said helplessly. Workers have the freedom to choose where they want to work, and you can't recruit workers yourself. O'Gner thought he had done a good job, and in protest he stopped its unfavorable propaganda against Britain and turned to the local culture of the British. Because of their own protests, officials from all over the Qing country are also persuading the people of the Qing country, and the officials of the people forcibly send the wandering beggars on the streets to the British factories, but you still suspect that people don't know how to work, then there is really no way. The Qing State has done its best, just as Emperor Guangxu said: You can't kidnap people from other factories and send them to you.

To put it mildly, I finally persuaded these annoying businessmen away. Ogna returned to the room and opened the drawer, which contained several checks. The largest of them was 30,000 pounds, which was the thank you fee given to him by the Qing Emperor and the largest amount he received in a single transaction. This is my salary income in the past five years, and I am excited every time I watch it. Closing the drawer, Ogner felt that he was too busy for this time, and he was going to relax himself. Not far away, the Four Seas Hotel has been renovated and is already open for business, where the light bulbs are painted in color. I heard that it is beautiful and dreamlike inside, and today is UK Day, so I should feel it. It's just that Emperor Guangxu hasn't canceled Russia Day yet, he hates that kind of music too much.

The sun was still scorching in the South Seas, and the scorching sun shone on the warships. This makes the whole warship like a steamer. On deck, the air blowing from the sea still seemed to be as hot and dry, which made Grace, who was already very anxious, even more irritable.

On the sea. The already dying man was pulled onto the boat. Seeing the man's condition through the telescope, Grace, who had been adrift at sea for many years, knew that he had not replenished fresh water for at least two days. Hunger and thirst tortured a strong man at sea into a soft appearance.

Five days ago, he set sail with the LinkedIn squadron in Singapore to meet a freighter returning from Shanghai. But he waited for more than half a day in the sea area he planned and didn't wait for the cargo ship, he knew what the cargo ship was loading, so he waited until the sun was about to set at sea level. The decision was finally made, and the fleet entered the Chinese waters to check the situation. To the fact that it was not the British fleet in Singapore that was afraid of the Qing State, this was just a convention. In general. The fleets of other countries generally notify the other side in advance before entering the coastal waters of other countries.

Not far in front is the dark sand of Zengmu, and the Qing people always say that this reef is out of the Chinese seas. In this regard, the Qing government claimed that as early as 500 years ago during the Yuan Dynasty in China, the southernmost point of the Yuan Dynasty's southward voyage was to stay here and then return to China. The most amazing thing is. The Qing government actually found a tattered old document from the national archives. On the few remaining pages, it does say that there is such a thing. Guangxu was like explaining a legend, and he really invited ministers from various countries to read this old document. At the banquet, Guangxu also found more old documents, and introduced the origin of the names of the islands in the South China Sea one by one. The ministers of various countries didn't care, nodded yes and went to the banquet attentively. In their opinion, if you say it's yours, it's really yours? Ogner, in particular, doesn't care. India has always been Indian, and everyone in the world knows it since ancient times. So what, it's not the British Empire yet. What have you counted in only 500 years? Since the reef in the British sphere of influence. Even the most powerful British minister had no opinion, and naturally no one else had an opinion.

But for an admiral like Grace, the meaning is different. The British government recognized the Qing government's statement about Zengmu Dark Sand, that is to say, the sea area in front of it is the sea area of the Qing State. As a fleet of other countries, try not to cause trouble without prior notice. The order he received before leaving the port was also to meet the cargo ship in this area, and there was an escort from the Qing Nanyang Fleet along the way. Even without that there was an Imperial cruiser, it wasn't something pirates could challenge. But when the sun was about to set at sea level, it didn't wait, and that was wrong. When something happens, this routine doesn't work. Grace ordered the warship to be gathered and cruise forward to take a look.

As a result, when he drove to the Nansha Islands, he found nothing, and then after three days of large-scale searching, he finally found a corpse wearing the uniform of the British Imperial Navy and an ordinary sailor's suit more than 30 nautical miles north of the shipping route under the scorching sun today. Something happened, something happened. Something happened to the cargo ship escorted by a cruiser, but fortunately, he was able to find the last living mouth among the floating corpses.

"Doctor, doctor. Save him immediately. Looking at the dying sailor who had been lifted to the deck, Grace exclaimed. This is the only living mouth, and only he knows what happened.

It wasn't until all the bodies had been examined that the sailors tied all the bodies to a heavy object and let them sink to the bottom of the sea. This is the custom of the British Navy for burials at sea. It was at this time that the dying man woke up. Grace hurried to the infirmary to check.

"Pirate, it's a sand monk." I just woke up, and I fainted again after speaking. Grace found fear in his eyes. A day later, that one woke up. Reluctantly drank a bowl of gruel before telling Grace what had happened.

His name is Zhang Hao, and he is a repairman in the engine room of a cargo ship. He didn't know what was going on, only that after passing the Nansha Islands, the Qing fleet would return. At the time of the incident, he was in the engine room. Only to know that the captain suddenly ordered the ship to stop and let them all go to the deck, and only after going up did they know that they had encountered pirates, and the escort warship not far away was sinking. When the pirates drove the ship away, they gathered them together in a small boat and shot them at the slaughter. He was caught in the crowd, and when he saw that something was wrong, he jumped into the sea and hid. The pirate stayed where he was for an hour, killing all those who were not dead, and he survived under the cover of the captain's corpse. And the pirates went to the East, and he listened to the Chinese, and the pirates said that their nest was on the island of Palawan.

Grace asked again, "Why didn't the Qing fleet escort them to the Great-Mother Dark Sand and hand them over to me according to the regulations?" ”

"The cargo ship broke down once on the surface of the East China Sea, and it took seven hours to repair."

It was enough to have him, and Grace told the doctor to take good care of the wounded man, and at the same time ordered all the officers to gather on the bridge. It's not that the Qing fleet left early, it's because it's time for them to return.

On the bridge, Grace ordered the fleet to go east with all its might, heading straight for Palawan. He swore he was going to find the damned pirates and hang them all on the gallows. So, two cruisers and three mine-strikers broke through the sea and headed east at full speed. While the other mine-strike ship returned to Singapore at full speed.

Ogener returned to the legation drunk. The newly renovated Four Seas Hotel is indeed elegant, and the light bulbs painted with thin paint emit various colors of light, making the whole Four Seas Hotel elegant and mysterious. The delicious food, the mellow wine, and the beautiful maid and the lamp made Ogner linger and be fascinated. It's so beautiful, it looks like I need to go a few more times. Ogna fell asleep with a sweet dream.

In the dream, the delicate maid was leaning on his arms, and he had begun to untie the maid. Just as he was about to succeed, a rude man began to shake him desperately until he woke him awake.

Outside the window, the sky was just turning white. Ogna looked out the window and complained disapprenantly to the military attache who was still shaking him awake in his pajamas: "Hell, it's only a little bit." "If you have this kind of dream and you are woken up, you will get angry.

"Your Excellency, something is wrong. We have just received a telegram from Singapore that the cargo ship has been snatched by pirates. The military attache said to him anxiously.

"It's just a cargo ship, as for the fuss?" Warships have been robbed, and pirates need to take care of a cargo ship also need the legation to deal with it? Ogna turned sideways, and he wanted to go back to his dream. But suddenly, he sat up like a compressed spring, and asked in a panic: "The one that was robbed, but the one that came out of Shanghai?" ”

The military attache nodded heavily, and then sent a telegram to him.

"Is this true?" Ogna shuddered.

"Yes, they have found the remains of many Imperial Navy officers and soldiers, and they have found the only survivor among them, and their identities have been verified. The pirates are the Sand Monks. ”

"Oh - God. Immediately notify the Far Eastern Fleet to set out and exterminate this group of damned pirates. Ogna got up from the bed and began to get dressed: "I will immediately enter the palace to meet His Majesty Guangxu and ask him to send the Nanyang Fleet to support." ”

The British were robbed of 50 million pounds worth of gold by pirates! The news shocked the world. On the same day, all the world's major newspapers published the news, and without exception, all newspapers had the headline "Shocking Case". (To be continued......) u