Chapter 183: Two Quagmires
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In July 1882, when Bulgaria was losing ground and the combined forces of Romania, Serbia and Montenegro were advancing step by step, the Austro-Hungarian Empire officially announced its entry into the war and gave appropriate military support to the Kingdom of Bulgaria in accordance with the agreement of understanding signed with Bulgaria.
At the same time, the battlefield in South Africa was in a stalemate, and after China and China clearly stated their position, it became clear that the British realized that it would be extremely dangerous to transfer a large number of troops to South Africa, especially the garrisons and servant armies in India and Australia, as the first line to resist the possible aggression of the Eastern Empire.
Hundreds of thousands of British troops, fighting with the Boers in the jungle plains and lofty mountains, and now the war with the Transvaal, undoubtedly become a quagmire for the British army, neither can a large number of troops completely eliminate the Boers, but also can not just retreat without success, in the past few months, the queen and her cabinet have held countless meetings to discuss the war situation in South Africa, it is said that in the Privy Council, the queen called the Chinese "insidious and despicable", obviously the queen and her close friends in the Privy Council are clearly aware that the war in South Africa has been so deadlocked, It is precisely the conspiracy of the people of the Chinese and Western Empires, who can turn this war into a protracted war without spending a single soldier and only using a small amount of materials and weapons, thus gradually consuming the national strength of the British Empire, and making the British Empire have no energy to look elsewhere, and it will seriously weaken the influence of the British Empire on the world.
It has been learned that some members of the Privy Council have proposed that only by declaring war on China can the conspiracy of the Chinese people be smashed and the deadlock in South Africa can be resolved at the root. Declaring war on China would have to risk losing India and Australia in a short period of time, but when the navy of the British Empire completely destroyed the fleet of the Chinese people, the entire Oriental market would once again become the jewel in the Queen's crown, and the price to pay could be extremely huge, but the reward was so rich.
These gossip also spread to the Eastern Emperor and the Northern Emperor at this time, and the people of the country were also crazy and paranoid, and they marched on the streets to protest against the British occupation of Hong Kong Island, the brutal suppression of the Chinese independence movement in Singapore, and the invasion of the British against the friendly Transvaal. The entire Emperor Kingdom waited for their emperor to blow the horn of battle.
Yuanyu Mingyuan Haiyan Hall takes the meaning of "Heqing Haiyan, Guotai Min'an", is the largest European-style garden landscape in Yuanyu Mingyuan, the main building of Haiyan Hall faces west, eleven rooms up and down, there are stacked fountains on the left and right of the building door, under the steps is a large fountain pool left and right in the shape of "eight" arranged with the bronze statue of the head of the human body and beast of the zodiac, twelve hours every day and night, by the twelve zodiac signs in turn to spray water, at noon, the twelve bronze statues spray spring water at the same time in the mouth of the twelve bronze statues, so it is also commonly known as "hydraulic clock".
Haiyan Hall was designed for Westerners, after the death of the French missionary who designed the water spray device, others did not know the mystery of pumping the "dragon tail car" every time the former Qing emperor stayed with this, if he wanted the fountain to spray out the water, he asked the little eunuchs to take turns to carry the water upstairs, but in Ye Zhao's view, the "dragon tail car" that no one would use was naturally not worth laughing at, and now the "dragon tail car" has long become an electric mechanical device, no matter when, you can see the grand occasion of thousands of springs rushing.
This European-style building has already been redecorated and arranged by Ye Zhao, and at this moment in the restaurant facing the fountain on the second floor, there are two men and four women sitting in Ye Zhao entertaining Debin and his two wives, Zhu Qiqi and Qin Wanjun as accompaniment, Zhu Qiqi has been promoted to concubine, Qin Wanjun has also resumed the status of a nobleman, both of them have been given titles, Zhu Qiqi is titled "Han", and Qin Wanjun is titled "Baohua Noble". …,
For more than 20 years, Debin has not remarried until the death of Narcissus a few years ago, Debin missed, and then Guo Luo Luo found a woman who looked like Narcissus for him, and married into the door to do a partial house not long before the two just got married.
After the new lady entered the door, she changed her name to Narcissus, if it seems that the name of the deceased wife has been changed to that of the deceased wife, it is naturally a tragedy within a tragedy, and there is no dignity and no self-substitute, it is simply a tragedy within a tragedy, but this Narcissus girl does not know how happy she is to live, and she is not an ignorant woman, she was originally a clerk of a trading ship, but now she has quit her job and is ready to concentrate on her husband and children at home.
Nowadays, in the well-off family of Emperor Xuguo, there are few women who do things outside after getting married, let alone being as prominent as Debin's family.
Narcissus was the first time he saw the emperor, and he couldn't be restrained, his face was always red, and his hands and feet were not on the ground.
Debin got married, Ye Zhao sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, it's not that he doesn't want to go, a friend who has played together since he was a child, for him who has no friends at all, this friendship is precious, but if Debin gets married, he will go to Daoxi in person, then it will be noisy, what kind of relatives will people become?
However, the congratulatory gift inscribed by the emperor himself is already a great honor.
Narcissus knew that her husband's status was prominent, otherwise she would not have married an old man who was almost fifty years old, but she knew for the first time that the relationship between her husband and the emperor was so special, she was secretly happy with her luck, and since then her own family has become a human being, and she is a weak woman, what more can she ask for?
Guo Luo Luo added Zhu Qiqi and Qin Wanjun, and had long heard of several upstarts in the palace, among which Hui Guifei's sister Han Concubine Niangniang and Fucha Concubine Niangniang were the most favored, and both of them were promoted to concubines at the same time, and it seems that Fucha nobles are also
There is joy, in addition, there is a Mongolian nobleman who was born in the military was also ordered at that time, and the imperial concubine is like a sister to him, although the other two have not seen it now, it is not worth the trip to be able to form a friendship with Han Concubine Niangniang.
As for this Qin nobleman, it seems that she is not treated by the emperor, and it is rumored that she has been whipped, but the emperor occasionally takes her on trips, so she is also a person who must not be offended.
As for the queen, the imperial concubine, and the concubine, as well as the imperial concubines who have gone through ups and downs with the emperor, they are all legendary characters, and since the death of Concubine Yi, Guo Luoluo and others have not seen them again.
"Your Majesty, are we really going to war with the British?" Debin has long since stopped stammering when he speaks, and it seems that because he didn't use his brain much when he was a teenager, his face is also very young.
When Debin asked, Guo Luo Luo and Narcissus also looked over, obviously it was a woman of Narcissus's rank, and the war between China and Britain that might break out had also been heard.
Ye Zhao said lightly: "Try your best to avoid it." In addition to the fact that the current Emperor Yu Kingdom did not carry out a national military mobilization, it was almost ready for a full-scale war with the British, and the Royal Navy and Army had also redeployed around the war against the British.
Debin said: "If there is a war, I am afraid that the emperor's investment in Europe will be damaged." ”
The royal property was nominally managed by the Zongren Mansion, while the silver bank, factories and other industries were operated by the "Royal Investment Management Commission" under the Zongren Palace, which was similar to the executive board, and the members were all business strongmen.
It is Debin, the big housekeeper, who has a general understanding of Ye Zhao's huge industry, and also clearly knows that Ye Zhao has a large investment in Europe and the Americas.
Ye Zhao smiled and said: "These are all small sections, and they are all opportunistic tricks, it is easy to withdraw funds, not to mention that even if it is damaged for a while, it can always be made up for in the future." ”
After thinking about it, Ye Zhao said: "I'll go back and write a note, and you can bring it to Huang Wenxiu and tell those members to resell the Suez Canal shares held by Taihe Yinshu Bank to the General Administration of State-owned Assets of the Emperor State." "After many negotiations with Taihe Yinshu, at the beginning of this year, as the Ottoman Emperor was losing the war and the old Emperor was falling apart, Ai Xi and Pasha finally sold all his Suez Canal shares
With Taihe Yinyu line.
Although Debin didn't know Ye Zhao's intentions, he claimed that he was.
"How are you in your family?" Ye Zhao raised his glass and clinked glasses with Debin.
A complicated emotion flashed in Debin's eyes, paused, and said, "My brother is gone." ”
Brother Xu? Ye Zhao was slightly stunned, then saved and said, "De Chang? ”
Debin nodded slightly, thinking of the thousand feelings in his heart at this moment, and the pain was intertwined. Guo Luoluo's face was slightly unnatural, and he bowed his head and said nothing. This thorn has always been in her heart, she has regretted it a thousand times, she knew today, why bother in the first place?
Ye Zhao reached out and patted Debin's hand without saying anything more.
Next, Ye Zhao chatted with them about the marriage of Princess Yong'an, and before William returned home from a mission in the Duchy of Petersco, he had already held a grand engagement ceremony with Yong'an, although the royal family did not issue a press release, but the outside world still speculated and reported, and the English newspapers in the port of Champ also mentioned it.
After Debin's family left, Ye Zhao chatted with Zhu Qiqi and Qin Wanjun, although Qin Wanjun was a few years older than Zhu Qiqi, both of them were a new generation under the influence of an enlightened family and new ideas, so there were a lot of common topics and speculation.
The two charming and modern urban beauties, together with the soft and slow words of the warbler Yanyan, is really a beautiful scenery.
Ye Zhao stood in front of the window and admired the spring outside, and when he looked back, he couldn't help but get slightly drunk, but when he looked down, he saw the two beauties sitting under the round table, and under the palace style skirt on the left, the curved lace socks were wearing sapphire blue
High heels, dazzling, this naked sense of sexuality of course comes from Qin Wanjun; On the right is a terrazzo blue denim skirt, just up to the knee, without silk socks, a pair of white legs are exposed, and two are transparent with water
The crystal sandals were swaying on Bai Yu's tender little feet, and they could be worn so casually, it was naturally Zhu Qiqi.
Ye Zhao's heart moved slightly, and then he withdrew his gaze, sometimes he also thought crankily about the affairs of men and women, such as hoping that the concubines could be as open as Hua Ji Shawa, but he was just thinking about it.
Lilia, who served all kinds of fruit snacks, secretly looked at Ye Zhao from time to time, she was young, but the children of the poor were in charge early, and she experienced the helplessness of life very early, after several months of training, she was able to enter the palace to serve Qin Guiren a few days ago, and now she often wonders if she is dreaming, the palace in the East, it is really like a legend, it is all made of gold.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and Baozhu walked in quickly, and came to Ye Zhao's side to present a document
Ye Zhao took it and flipped through it, and his face gradually became solemn.
During the extermination of the guerrillas in Afghanistan, several British soldiers were captured when an infantry company of the Imperial Army destroyed a guerrilla nest in the mountains near Kandahar.
Obviously, the British did not just provide material support to the Afghan rebels. (To be continued) [This article has filial piety and filial piety]