Less than 200 people were evacuated from Killarney and Kenmare Harbor, along with a few old and weak women and children, and countless Irish residents were in tears as they watched as two small Chinese clippers disappeared into the distance. In the following half month, Cromwell gradually swept away the remnants of the Irish Resistance in County Cork, while part of the English army, which Cromwell had instructed, took control of Killarney and Port Kenmare and launched a large-scale inventory operation.

The Irish uprising lasted only half a year before it was extinguished as usual, but this small war, which seemed to be only a containment of England by the United States, caused a lot of turmoil in the United States, and the cabinet held several ministerial meetings in succession to discuss the way to deal with it.

According to the previous plan, if there is a possibility that the Irish support plan will fail, all domestic enterprises and personnel in Killarney must be evacuated in advance and the damage must be minimized as much as possible. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of this plan, two small flying clippers of the European Intelligence Department have been on standby in the Azores.

But this time, because of Dai Qingqing's stubbornness, he sent a camouflaged supply team during an inappropriate high-risk period, and also assigned the Military Intelligence Bureau to directly send people into the Irish Resistance Army as military advisers. As a result, several people were killed, not to mention, and finally exposed themselves. Dai Qingqing delayed until the last moment to announce the retreat, which also brought the conflict between China, the United States and England to the forefront.

The loss of assets of the European Intelligence Division and the Department of Defense Military Intelligence in Killarney and Port Kenmare alone is estimated to be more than $600,000, and more importantly, Dai Botong, a diplomat who was supposed to wipe Dai Qingqing's ass, was seriously injured. This can't help but be reminiscent of Zhou Kemin's sacrifice 10 years ago, where England, a land of right and wrong, sucks the blood of the crossing people like some kind of spell.

The attitude towards England is more of a "paranoia of historical persecution", but the fact that a series of butterfly wings have flapped in front of us has to make people really start to examine the changes in England.

The Irish Revolt and the Scottish Bishops' Wars led Charles I to bow to the National Assembly many years in advance, and the National Assembly took advantage of the absurd war of the king. In one fell swoop, it won the support of the population and the army. Who is Cromwell? He was the one who would lead the whole of England into the world hegemony in the future, and the foundation of the British Empire was laid in his hands.

England, where new industrial capital and mercantilism went hand in hand, had benefited greatly from its trade interactions with Huamei, especially in the development of shipbuilding, which was almost twice as large as it had in the same period in history. It is ironic that the CIA-led plan for Irish independence prematurely triggered and changed the course of history, and it seems ironic that England has embarked on a path that does not require a major civil war to bring the bourgeoisie to power.

In the course of Ireland's economic development, a number of gorgeous small businesses with investments in Killarney and Port Kenmare began to cry and cry for their mothers. Although more often of them are entrusted with contracts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense. But after so many years, these small businesses with little capital still put some thought into it, and regarded Killarney and Kenmare Port as their own half life. Now that this half-life is suddenly gone, some business owners who have not recouped their initial investment have begun to wail.

But intervening in the war in England now will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the old French fox Richelieu. Before the fourth phase of the Thirty Years' War was opened, every move of the French would directly determine the feasibility of China and the United States to harvest the "fruits of England."

In the end, Parliament and the Cabinet decided to wait and see, waiting for a change in the attitude of England and France towards the event, and thus to decide on the course of action. Because not long after. The diplomatic envoy of the French Prime Minister Richelieu will personally visit North America, and the two countries will hold the most formal high-level diplomatic meeting ever in the town of Xianglin, Haizhou.

As for domestic public opinion, the fact that the small business owners who have suffered a little bit have been invited to the Ministry of Defense for tea will temporarily downplay to the public what is happening in Killarney.

……

September 7, 1634. Thursday, Mid-Autumn Festival, the American concession of Anglo-Porto Azore.

At night, the main commercial streets of the American Concession and the port area are hung with delicate windproof oil lamps. Local taverns have developed the habit of staying open late into the night, and today almost every tavern is filled with whispers of merchants from various European countries.

Cargo imports from the port of Kenmare in Ireland have been interrupted for almost two months. Not even a single merchant ship from Ireland. Many small businessmen who have dealings with the Irish Killarney Chamber of Commerce are curious about what happened to the Irish aristocratic territory, which was once famous in Angra de Marshamo, Azores.

In a luxurious ward of the hospital in the consulate district, Dai Qingqing, who had recovered to a gorgeous oriental dress, was sitting silently in front of the hospital bed, looking at the frail young man on the bed.

The abdomen was pierced by a shotgun, and this kind of severe injury almost caused Dai Botong to lose his life when he was on the boat. Since the establishment of the consulate hospital, such a high-risk operation has not been carried out, and in the case that ether inhalation anesthesia and opioid alkaloid anesthesia technology are not very reliable, Dai Botong is basically equivalent to walking back and forth from the ghost door, and the side effects of gastrointestinal spasm of anesthetic drugs after surgery almost led to abdominal wound tearing.

"Mr. Dai has passed the dangerous period, and he needs to cultivate well." After a nurse checked Dai Botong's temperature and injected antibiotics, she finally gave Dai Qingqing good news, "As long as there is no more high fever infection in the next week, it proves that the operation was completely successful." ”

Dai Qingqing didn't speak, just nodded silently, and the room returned to a world of two people.

"I'm fine...... For the first time, I felt that our export artillery was so powerful that a single shot could sweep away our defensive line. Dai Botong's face was still relatively ugly, but his expression was very relaxed at this time.

Despite being seriously wounded, Dai Botong still presided over the retreat in the middle of the road, much to the admiration of the mercenaries of the Killarney Guard, who had killed the captain. And the last diplomatic letter he left for the people of Port Kenmare to the English army before he fell into a coma also prevented Port Kenmare from being devastated as harshly as the Killarney territory, which can be said to have protected Dai Qingqing's efforts as much as possible.

"Don't talk, when you are healed, I will accompany you back to China." Dai Qingqing gently tidied up the quilt on the next generation of Botong, and lowered her head guiltily.

"It's time to discuss countermeasures in China, and the phrase you said to the people of Kenmare, 'I'll be back,' is memorable." A smile appeared on Dai Botong's pale face, "Brother Su actually has a plan. After all, now the King of England still owes us millions of debts, and the initiative is still in our hands. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... Dai Qingqing suddenly cried, tears falling on Dai Botong's quilt like threads, "You don't know, the Irish Resistance Army didn't plan to launch this year, and the idea of attacking Cork City was also mine...... Captain Donasius and they are all dead...... Now there is nothing. ”

"I just need to know that." Dai Botong pressed Dai Qingqing's hand and shook his head slightly, "There are some things you don't know, the war just started." The European Intelligence Division had already taken several important local Irish nobles from County Cork and sent them to Spain. As long as they are there, the Irish independence project will continue to be of value. ”

"Ah......" Dai Qingqing raised her head, her face full of disbelief, "Is it really your plan?" ”

"Well, maybe Brother Su is already busy now." Dai Botong supported himself with difficulty, exhaled, and looked a little restless, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival." I have been lying in bed for more than half a month, and I really want to go out and see the moon. ”

"I'll go with you." Pushing through the wheelchair, Dai Qingqing suddenly lowered her head and kissed Dai Botong on the forehead.

One of Dai Botong's hands had just put on the back of the wheelchair. Faced with the fragrant kiss of "happiness came so suddenly", he was stunned......

……

The first edition of the Mid-Autumn Festival exhibition was held on the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Manchester local time, and the open-air exhibition area at Parliament Square in Manchester City could not be more beautifully arranged than other public events. This kind of artistic activity that is too literary is not as attractive as it seems.

In the more than 10 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, although the popularization of art and lifestyle education has not lagged behind, the people of the lower social strata of Europe and the East are mainly the people. In addition to music, which has the lowest threshold for cultural understanding, the acceptance of artistic things mostly stays in clothing, food, housing and transportation. The activities of cultivating, disseminating and promoting the development of social localization have always been the direction of efforts of the cultural and young people after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The works submitted to the exhibition are roughly divided into Eastern and Western styles, and the artistic understanding of the moon as a celestial body has a completely different entry point. There are very few professional painters among the immigrants, so most of the works are graffiti by elementary and junior high school students. Even so, relying on the profound heritage of moon culture, the first place in the painting competition fell into the hands of a Chinese painter. Thinking about it again, cultural diversity should also be taken care of, and the judges of the two knives specially found Zhang Western-style works to tie for the first place.

In order not to let the event drop in the cold, Zhang Ruohan, the editor-in-chief of Manchester City Weekly and the organizer of the exhibition, was furious and directly increased the prize money of the winning works by 10 times, and paid $815 to the two first-place winners out of his own pocket! When the two artists who received the prize money figured out the exact amount, their whole body trembled with excitement, which also surprised the onlookers.

At night, Su Zining did not accompany his wife and children to enjoy the moon in the garden, but stayed alone in the study to prepare some work documents.

"The guests are all waiting for you, Su Zining...... It's not easy, a spoon can finally make a decent mooncake, don't you taste it? Yuan Xinyi walked into the study with a plate, put down the pastry plate and a cup of hot tea for her husband, and then habitually sorted out the books on the table—a large number of original publications purchased from England and published in England.

"Why are you suddenly so interested in English books? It should be a lot of work to read, right? Seeing her husband pondering, Yuan Xinyi gently patted the book in the other party's hand.

"Wife, do you say that an ignorant world is good for us, or is an enlightened world better for us?" Su Zining put down the book, picked up the hot tea, and suddenly asked a question.

"A progressive society will inevitably have strong material and cultural needs, and of course, this social dynamic will also drive the output, development and dissemination of the material and cultural resources of the society. In the process, we naturally make a profit. Yuan Xinyi bit her lip and thought about it, and said her opinion.

"Hmm...... And what if it's Europe? Su Zining smiled and pointed to the European books on the table, "For example, England, here represents the symbol of England's leadership over other European countries, although it is still a surface, it is a country that we have to look at with 'historical persecution paranoia'." ”

"Then look at what kind of foolishness it is. Somewhere enlightened. Yuan Xinyi picked up a book nonchalantly and flipped through it, with her foreign language skills over the years, she could read it more easily than Su Zining, "How many years has the Qing Dynasty Westernization Movement, and the material level is no worse than that of the European powers, but have they gotten rid of their fate?" Spain is also a prime example. ”

Saying that, Yuan Xinyi also deliberately nodded Su Zining's head.

"My wife is wise!" Su Zining stretched out his thumb and praised it, and while holding the moon cake in his mouth, he immediately picked up the notebook. Brushed and written.

“…… We don't need a world of ignorance, low productivity and low spending power to keep us safe, and we can't do that unless we destroy it...... At least on the material level, the progress of the whole world is the foundation of our survival and the driving force for development. Ignorance and backwardness in social systems, ideologies and rules are the key to whether a country can control its own destiny......"

"Hey, you, do you know what day it is?" Seeing her husband look like she was getting into work again, Yuan Xinyi couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Well, Mid-Autumn Festival, I know. I'll be out right away. Su Zining drank tea, chewed moon cakes, looked at the contents of the notebook, and muttered in his mouth. There are many things to prepare for important diplomatic activities with England and France. ”

"Today is the full moon of our little five! The yard is full of people waiting for you to come over! Yuan Xinyi glared at her husband, snatched the pen in Su Zining's hand, and crossed her waist with both hands. Didn't you say that you should wait for the full moon to name your child? ”

Xiao Wu is Su Zining's fifth child. A baby boy who was born at the beginning of last month.

"Oh, yes...... I want to think about it...... Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's call it Su Fangyue. ”

"How does it sound like a girl's name?"

"I think it's pretty neutral......"

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Another 10 days later, several representatives of the National Assembly of England arrived in Angloshafen in the Azores, bringing with them a letter of questioning from the National Assembly.

As early as when Dai Qingqing and others returned to the US concession, they launched a protest against the English diplomats stationed in the Azores.

But now that the matter has been made public, the inside story of the alleged support of the United States in China and the Irish resistance through Guò Killarney territory has made the English National Assembly very angry, and Cromwell's decisive action in Killarney has made the Chinese and American Foreign Affairs and the military feel that they have lost face.

Swenbo directly rejected the request of the National Assembly of England for an explanation of its position on the grounds that "the Killarney Territory of England belongs to the Crown of England and the People-to-People Friendship and Cooperation Project between China and the United States", and instead believed that only the Crown of England could make relevant diplomatic representations as the legitimate governing body of the Kingdom of England and the Chinese and American governments.

Not only that, but Swainberg even hinted that England was able to maintain the front in the Scottish Bishops' War because of the military loan agreement between the Sino-American Atlantic Bank and the English royal family, and the apparent owner of the Atlantic Bank was none other than Dai Qingqing, who was regarded by the National Assembly as a "disaster to the country and the people".

The National Assembly of England has harmed the interests of Chinese and American enterprises in England and Ireland, but it is up to England to give a correct explanation and answer on this point, otherwise China and the United States will consider terminating the military loan agreement with England and even recovering the millions of dollars in previous loans that have been continuously deferred.

The implication is that Killarney Territory is not the property of the Chinese and American governments, but rather the friendly exchanges between Chinese and American private business entities and the English royal family, and should not rise to the level of national diplomacy. The Chinese and American diplomats who visited Killarney were right to protect their own nationals and to target the Irish refugees, but the English army had blatantly used force against Chinese American businessmen in Killarney, and even wounded Chinese American diplomats, in flagrant violation of the London friendship agreement signed between the two countries ten years earlier.

Finally, Swenbeau also proposed a thorough investigation into the Killarney incident in Ireland in order to identify problematic links to deal with through negotiation, and to reserve the right to seek compensation from the English side. The deputies of the National Assembly of England, who were sprayed with spittle, found that they didn't have many handles at hand at this time, and they were so angry that they couldn't speak, and went directly to China by boat.

Swenbo dared to directly confront the representative of the National Assembly of England in this way, in fact, because of a bottom-out negotiation with French diplomats not long ago. The French do not seem to have regarded the rebellion in Ireland as a deliberate conspiracy by China and the United States, but had fallen into the trap of England's intervention in the wars of religion in France in the previous years. Subsequently, the French conveyed the opinion of Prime Minister Richelieu that he wanted "more friendship".

Want arms? As long as France did not interfere in what was happening in Ireland and obediently threw itself into the great cause of the fourth phase of the Thirty Years' War, it was easy to say.

……

Just a few days after sending off the puffing English emissaries. The last major battle of the third phase of the Thirty Years' War in Europe has finally begun.

The Swedish army, having lost its king, was led by generals Horn and Bernhard and engaged in the "Battle of Nedlingen". This is an embarrassing battle, even though the Swedish army is disciplined and brave, but it is still defeated by the strong Spanish Kingdom and the Holy Roman Empire, the Swedish army is almost completely annihilated, the loss of troops is more than 6 times that of the opponent, and even the commander-in-chief of the Swedish army, Horn, was captured.

The Kingdom of Sweden, which had high hopes from the Protestant Union, but the burden of domestic livelihood had reached its limit, finally reluctantly gave up the war. Since then, the German Protestant Union against the Habsburgs has been dissolved, and the whole of Europe has turned its attention to France, which is bent on not wanting the Habsburgs to have a good time. (To be continued......)