。 After all, the shells did not fly onto the dock, the boat with the white flag came closer, and the battery on the west side of the port did not fire, which made Shi Tingge regain his composure, and there was still a way to catch Anson, so there was no need to simply vent his anger.

Of course, the Baltimoreans were full of desire for a peaceful solution, and although Britain had warships in North America, they were scattered all over the place, and it would take more than ten days and a half to come to Baltimore. What's more, those battleships are all patrol ships that patrol and smuggle, and in the face of two super cruisers that almost surpass the fourth-tier battleships in size and firepower, there is basically no possibility of victory. And wait for Britain to send a detachment of battleships to Baltimore...... Maybe we can be there in half a year.

Unwilling to sacrifice themselves, Anson risked being bombarded to pieces by the ship's guns for the sake of his compatriots, and sailed through the harbor shrouded in black smoke and fireworks towards the black and red battleship, and the closer they got to the battleship, the stronger the breathless pressure.

The Baltimoreans conveyed to Stimpor their willingness to negotiate a settlement of the dispute, but as a British colonial power, they had no diplomatic rights and could only wait for the representative of the Governor of Maryland to negotiate. Until the situation is resolved, the Baltimoreans hope that Stinger will stop the shelling, and in return, Baltimore is willing to provide free water supplies and assistance in the refurbishment of the ship.

Stinger clearly felt that the Baltimoreans did not want to stir up this troubled waters, and coupled with the previous unsuccessful efforts to arrest George Anson, he sensibly treated the Baltimoreans differently from Britain and gave a sincere response. A grace day was promised to await the arrival of the Governor's deputies. But at the same time, he also made it clear that George Anson was the ultimate goal of his trip, and if he didn't get this guy, Baltimore would also be responsible for it.

The capture of George Anson was a passionate operation forced by a great threat, and after Anson escaped, the Baltimoreans also calmed down, hoping to find a way to avoid the disaster and get away with it. The Baltimoreans told Stinger that George Anson was, after all, a commodore of the British royal family. They don't have the right to arrest him, but they can take some side measures to put George Anson in Baltimore and make sure he doesn't escape. As for whether or not he can get this person, it can only depend on Shi Tingge's negotiations with the governor's representative.

The pursuit fleet of Stinge had a clear goal, and was equipped with many seamen who knew British, and even Stinge made up for Britannica, in order to only reprimand George Anson in a language that the other party could understand, so the language barrier in the communication between the two sides was not obvious.

While Stinger and his men looked at these North American Britons with close scrutiny, the Baltimoreans were curious and shocked. These local elites are well-informed. He was no stranger to the Ceris Empire, which had made a name for himself in Europa, but it was the first time he had seen a Seris in person.

It wasn't just Baltimore, a young man from the Massachusetts colony who had just been admitted to Harvard College because he was the first to volunteer to be the liaison oarsman and also blended in with the negotiating team, and this young man wrote down his feelings about the meeting in detail in his notes.

"Thank God that I was helping my father oversee a shipment of whiskey to Baltimore to be part of the event that changed the fate of the people of the Thirteen States."

The Seris looked haggard. They were in rags, but they were in good spirits, and the steadfastness in their eyes contrasted greatly with the greed of George Anson's gang. Their first impression on me was not that of a victim. Rather, he is the judge who judges sin and executes justice even in hell. ”

"The blatant bombardment of Baltimore ports without an announcement was as barbaric as piracy, and at first we thought we would meet a group of Mongols who resembled Berbers, or Caribbean pirates, but we were surprised by the calm and graceful demeanor of the other party, restrained and even a little shy. The commander of Seris even has a way of letting you know what he wants, even without speaking. And you feel that rejection is a sinful unique temperament. ”…,

"Perhaps they are so justified that we both feel that this is a righteous act of enforcing the laws of nature. George Anson burns and loots the land of Seris, and loots mountains of treasure, we have seen it clearly these days. The Serisians' pursuit of the murderer was morally justified and did not violate the armistice treaty between the mother country of Britain and Seris, who made the Britons always so arrogant. ”

"We have to pay attention to the demands of the Serisians. With the exception of the cannons on the two cruisers and the heavily armed and well-trained Ceris warriors, our meetings with Commander Seris, and what we saw and heard on the Ceris battleship, showed that the dignity and grace of the Seris people lived up to their name, that each of them was full of confidence and pride from thousands of years of tradition, and that the knowledge and care they passed on made it difficult for even the most arrogant of us to look down at them. ”

A small incident occurred during this period, which made us feel very fond of the Serisians, and the mayor of Baltimore invited the commander to stay in the city, but the commander refused, thinking that he was thinking about security. But an officer who claimed to be the ship's medic said that the Seris would not go ashore easily until the local epidemic situation was determined. ”

"Speaking of epidemics, Baltimore had just experienced a smallpox epidemic a few years ago, killing hundreds of people. When the military doctor heard this, he was surprised and said that the technique of vaccinating Seris had been introduced to Europe by the Portuguese and Spaniards many years earlier, and that Britain had not yet passed on this technique to the North American colonial powers. After obtaining the commander's approval, the military doctor said that if the dispute could be resolved, he would teach the technique to doctors in Baltimore free of charge. ”

"We were all pleasantly surprised by the news and our desire to bring about a peaceful resolution of the matter has intensified. But the mayor of Baltimore could only regret to tell the commander that we had no diplomatic authority to settle the dispute as a party to formal negotiations. ”

"Something was gnawing at my heart when the mayor said this, and I found that my fellow Baltimoreans, including the postal official from Philadelphia, bowed their heads as much as I did, feeling both ashamed and humiliated. If the incident had happened in Boston, I believe I couldn't control my emotions and wanted to ask loudly, to the Britons, why!? ”

"Isn't this North America? Isn't it our own land? Why the dispute between Britain and Seris here, we as the people of the colonial power. But he has no right to express his opinion, no right to vote, and can only sit back and watch the governors loyal to London and the king make decisions according to his wishes!? Will Your Excellency the Governor take into account the interests of our colonial people? Based on what happened to my family, this question. My answer has never changed: no! ”

"We can only assure the Commander that, in addition to George Anson, he will exert all the pressure on the Governor's side to meet the reasonable demands of the Seris as best as possible. When we returned, everyone on board was shouting curses from George Anson. ”

"Samuel Adams, April 28, 1740."

Samuel Adams, who came from a family of wine merchants and suffered greatly from the wine industry in the colonial Colonial Territory of Britain. The account of the return trip is incomplete, and in fact everyone is shouting curses against Britain......

"We should inform the other colonial powers to put pressure on the Governor of Maryland and even the commander in the thirteen states, just the fact that Dr. Seris personally taught cowpox inoculation techniques is enough to mobilize the other colonial powers."

The mayor of Baltimore expressed his desire to seek foreign aid, and everyone nodded at the same time, but then they all looked at the deputy post office chief from Philadelphia. This knowledgeable and admirable gentleman is just here to join in the fun. I wanted to know more about the situation of Seris, but I didn't expect it to be the right time to meet with the Seris people directly. …,

Benjamin Franklin, deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia Post Office, said with a gloomy face, "I'm sorry. All official letters had to be sent to Britain Proper and then forwarded to other colonial powers, and the Mayor's proposal could not be made at short notice. If you want to get in touch directly, you'll have to find a private postman, well...... As far as duty is concerned, I regret to say that this is illegal. ”

Then he added: "It is also illegal to openly accept the cowpox technology of the Seris without going through London. ”

The crowd was furious, and Samuel Adams said bitterly, "yes. We are a colony, thousands of miles away from London, like a flock of sheep grazing by the Scots in the deep valleys of the mountains, and the purpose of survival is to wait for the shepherds to shear and eat meat! ”

On the Xiangjiang River, Stinge asked the Spaniards suspiciously: "Is the relationship between Britain's colonies and the mainland very poor?" ”

The Spaniard frowned and said, "Wouldn't it be good?" Aren't all colonies like this? ”

Shi Tingge shrugged, this situation was difficult for him to understand. This was not the case with the Anglo-Chinese overseas colonies. Of course, he didn't know that the thirteen states of North America, which already had a population of more than two million and were still growing rapidly, were already two economic entities with only six or seven million people in Britain, and among the Anglo-Chinese overseas colonies, Luzon, which had the largest population, was only one million, which was a drop in the ocean compared with the mainland of 150 million. The British and Chinese colonized overseas in order to vent the pressure of population and employment, not as a simple market and raw material like Britain.

Shi Tingge had no intention of delving into this issue, but if he could use the locals to pressure Britain to hand over George Anson, he would not have any scruples about sowing discord between the two sides. And looking at the situation just now, it seems that the relationship is so bad that he doesn't need to provoke it.

The representative of the Governor of Maryland came, and in all fairness, most of the Governors of the British North American colonial powers were very calm and pragmatic, and the Governor of Maryland was more aware of the seriousness of the matter, and the representative arrived in a hurry the next day.

Stinge's demands were very simple, the first was to hand over George Anson and face the trial of Anglo-Chinese law, and the second was to return all the treasures and goods that George Anson had plundered.

The Governor's delegate fully understood the second requirement and promised to do his best to honour it, but categorically rejected the first, arguing that it was impossible for Britain to deliver British citizens to another country for trial, and that George Anson was not a pirate, but a brigadier general of the British royal family, and that plundering in war was also part of the war, and that individuals could not bear legal responsibility for it.

The Governor's delegate further threatened that if Seris insisted on the first request, the Governor would have to make the matter a diplomatic matter and report it to London, which would be decided by agreement between the London diplomats and Seris, which would mean that the second request would also be frustrated.