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Under the ravages of the plague, London's Thames Dock was much more depressed, and in a certain section of the dock area of the quarantine concubine, a few dozen English nobles were carefully guarding the side, watching a group of Chinese Navy sailors carrying a coffin and slowly walking onto the light cruiser Republic.

Everyone had already boarded the ship, only Su Zining was still standing quietly in front of the board, looking back at the dark London city under the rain clouds. After a night, Su Zining's hair temples rarely appeared a few traces of silver, for a young man who had just turned 31 years old, such a change was impressive

"The brave soldier has returned to God, and England will always remember such a fearless knight. I will do my best to catch all the villains! The Duke of Buckingham said polite words in an empty manner, awkwardly avoiding Su Zining's gaze, and several people on the side drew crosses on their chests.

"I hope that His Excellency the Duke will uphold the hard-won friendship between the two countries, respect the interests of the American Republic of China in North America and the Atlantic, respect the justice of our government, and bring all terrorists to justice." Su Zining nodded indifferently and said the formatted content, "Our government will resolutely support His Excellency the Duke's fight against terrorists in England, and is willing to give all kinds of help." ”

"Terrorism? Oh, yes! It's terrorism! This is intolerable in the Kingdom of England, they are all cancers, even if everyone has a Bible in their hands! ”

The Duke of Buckingham's eyes lit up, and the information revealed by the young diplomat in front of him seemed to be an unprecedented situation. He suddenly realized that this assassination of himself was actually not a bad thing.

The light cruiser USS Republic and the large flying clipper merchant ship Ao Shun slowly left the docks and entered the Thames channel towards the eastern outlet to the sea. Naval officers and merchant sailors alike gazed dejectedly at the departing city of London, and some of the European members of the medical corps kept drawing crosses on their chests, as if rejoicing that they had left the horrible city alive.

In the cabin of the Republic, a group of naval officers and men led by the captain of the ship, Major Bai Jun, silently gathered around the coffin of Captain Zhou Kemin. The first mate, who was talking and laughing a few days ago, slept quietly like this, which made Bai Jun's face darker and darker.

"Order all naval guns in place! Target the City of London! Bai Jun put on his military hat and suddenly turned around and gave a surprising order to the gun officer behind him.

"Sir...... What do you mean? The gunnery officer was frightened, and hurriedly walked up to Bai Jun's side, asking in a hesitant manner, for fear that he had misheard. Looking at Dai Qingqing, the second lieutenant of the army who had been silent before the coffin, the gun officer didn't know whether to carry out such an order.

"Didn't hear clearly? Order the ship's guns to fire at the city of London and hit a base! Bai Jun raised his voice, and there was silence in the cabin.

"Yes, sir! Target the city of London, shell a base! The gunners replied to the captain's order with great clarity.

The hatch opened suddenly, and Su Zining blocked all the naval officers and soldiers who were about to leave the cabin after the silent ceremony with a dead expression.

"Second Lieutenant, you go out first, carry out the major's order, and prepare to fire first, I still have something to say with the major." Su Zining took a deep breath and glanced at the European temporary ensign.

The people in the cabin suddenly walked away, leaving only Bai Jun, who was speechless, and Dai Qingqing, who leaned against the coffin as if she had lost her soul.

"Bai Jun, you can't be rash, this will ruin the layout we have completed with great difficulty." Su Zining walked up to Bai Jun, lowered his voice, and glanced at Dai Qingqing.

"Whose layout? Yours? Or is it Zhou Kemin's? Or rather, mine? Bai Jun showed a sneer and slowly took off his military hat.

Suddenly, Bai Jun's body suddenly rushed forward, and a punch hit Su Zining's chest, directly beating Su Zining into the corner of the cabin. Bai Jun's angry behavior did not alarm Dai Qingqing, but the latter just glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and still turned his head and touched the coffin covered with the naval flag with both hands.

Coughing a few times in a row and spitting out a mouthful of foam, Su Zining struggled to hold on to the bulkhead and slowly stood up, with a wry smile on his face.

"You and Liu Yun won't talk about the anthrax secret, so we can be considered prepared. You didn't fucking expect to play tightrope with those European scum in London and play with your own people?! Bai Jun took a few more big strides up, and hit Su Zining's face with a punch again, this time Su Zining let out a muffled snort, and his body fell heavily to the ground again.

A wisp of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth, Su Zining slowly got up again, shook his body and leaned against the bulkhead, quietly looked at the two companions in the cabin, and did not speak.

"Now you've achieved your goal? Zhou Kemin died, what did we get, money? Land? Bai Jun actually shed tears, approached Su Zining again, and raised his fist again.

"Enough!" Dai Qingqing suddenly shouted loudly, covering her ears with both hands, and also burst into tears.

"Zhou Kemin is here to protect me, don't make a fool of him here!" Dai Qingqing stood up, carefully arranged the military flag on the coffin, turned her head and looked coldly at the two men with strong blood, "You want to fight, go outside!" ”

"I'm sorry." Su Zining loosened his tie and bowed slightly to the two companions, "But Bai Jun, you can't shell London, otherwise we will come in vain this time." Zhou Kemin sacrificed in vain...... Your duty is only to escort diplomatic missions, and you have no authority to determine the attitude towards England. ”

"I really hate you, Su Zining ......" Bai Jun put on his military hat again, straightened out his military uniform, and strode out of the cabin.

The bad news from the light cruiser USS Repubblica was transmitted back to the mainland through the Consulate General of the Azores Porto Sangra, and suddenly created a dead silence in Congress and the government that was far more suffocating than the explosion of the USS Constitution.

Especially in the Navy Command, Rear Admiral Wang Tiezhu, the commander of the Navy, who had already suffered a blow, even locked himself in his office for a whole day and did not show up.

The first phase of the European Proxy Program, a joint initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, intelligence services, and the Department of Homeland Security, has progressed a little faster than expected, but the risk of walking a tightrope has finally emerged, and the risk is so costly.

Historically, Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, died three years later in the assassination of a fanatical parliamentarian in the country because of his arbitrariness and recklessness. It's just that no one would have thought that the assassination would be so early and that the result would be even worse.

Because of this assassination attempt, the contradictions between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians in England deepened and became more public. The English royal family and Villiers will use this kind of thing to purge domestic dissent, and England will fall into great internal strife. In this situation, the English royal family and the Royalists had to turn to China and the United States, which could justifiably openly support the English Royalists, a "national legal system" that had various contradictions with the Protestant Parliamentarians, in the name of fighting terrorism in England, without causing too much interference from Spain and France.

As long as China and the United States continued to benefit the English royal family through trade and financial means, they could use the main war faction to achieve the goal of supporting Frederick V. and eventually the establishment of a proxy state in Europe to work for the European interests of the American Republic of China.

On the surface, this change in the situation in Europe is very beneficial to the internal and external development and expansion of China and the United States in the next two years, and can accelerate the internal and external development of the country with the least restraint, but the people who travel through it have lost a precious companion because of the butterfly effect.

On Wednesday, July 2, the light cruiser USS Republic, carrying Zhou Kemin's body, slowly entered Manchester Bay.

The Inner Bay Fortress first fired a salute, and then the two light cruisers, the USS West Point and the USS Discovery, joined the escort sequence, and all officers and men lined up on deck to salute the Republic.

Both the government and Parliament were closed, and the Parliament Square in Manchester City was once again flown at half-mast in mourning after the USS Constitution bombing. Radio Manchester City and Manchester City Weekly reported the nation-shattering news, and almost all public opinion pointed to terrorism in England.

European immigrants from the British Isles, Scandinavia, and Germany who had been deeply affected by religious strife and persecution were all familiar with the brutality and bloodshed that was commonplace in Europe. In this new country for several years, people have enjoyed unimaginable freedom of belief and a peaceful and prosperous life, and the contrast of life can no longer be expressed in words.

The brave captain of the Navy resolutely used his body to block the ugly bullet in order to protect the safety of his own people, and no matter how noble the object of protection, the story itself was full of heroism, and it was closely linked to the national spirit of the country, and it created an atmosphere of excitement among ordinary citizens that was no less than that of the Constitution bombing.

Thousands of Chinese and European-American nationals who immigrated to North America in the early days flocked to the National Cemetery on the outskirts of Manchester City to spontaneously participate in the highest level of state funeral.

Dharma walked alone at the front of the crowd, following Zhou Kemin's coffin. Dai Qingqing and Navy Commander Wang Tiezhu served as coffin bearers, and the funeral procession stretched from Capitol Square to the National Cemetery. Navy officers, who are well aware of some behind-the-scenes stories, invariably keep Dama and Dai Qingqing at the front of the team.

Captain Andrew, who insisted on being discharged from the hospital to attend the funeral, was now supported by his wife and children, with gauze still wrapped around his face, revealing only a pair of red glasses, walking not far behind the corpse of his comrades-in-arms, limping with one leg and following.

Most ordinary citizens can only stand outside the national cemetery in silence, and most of the people who enter the cemetery are men, women and children who have traveled since the catastrophe. Hundreds of people took families as units and laid down flowers in front of Zhou Kemin's tomb.

Liu Lao, the president of the Senate, under his gray hair, is becoming more and more haggard, while giving flowers to the grave of the once cheerful big boy with the support of his daughter and son-in-law, while silently reciting words that others can't understand with tears.

"Dama ......" held a bouquet of flowers, and Dai Qingqing, dressed in the uniform of an army lieutenant, walked up to the Delaware girl and stuffed the flowers into the other party's hands expressionlessly.

"Zhou went to God, don't let him turn back." Dama was dressed in the traditional linen clothes of the Delaware tribe at this time, looked at these flowers that symbolized longing and remembrance in the eyes of the Chinese, and shook his head slightly, "I'll just take a look from afar." ”

As soon as these words came out, several women around them couldn't help crying, and even Dai Qingqing covered her face and walked to the side.

Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong did not stand at the front of the crowd, but silently watched the rows of people come forward to lay wreaths or flowers for their former friends.

"Daddy......" The eldest daughter in her arms grabbed the tie, Su Zining lowered her head, touched her daughter's head, and then hugged her daughter a little higher, and put her daughter's face on her own face.

Yuan Xinyi and Caterina were both holding their son in one hand and crying with a handkerchief in the other. Yan Xiaosong, on the other hand, was alone by the wooden fence not far away, bowing his head and smoking.

"I plan to submit my resignation tomorrow, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will rely on you in the future." Su Zining walked up to Yan Xiaosong and said quietly, "I want to go to France as an ambassador and finish what I have to do next." ”

"You want to escape?" Yan Xiaosong dropped the cigarette butt and stared at his friend's face, "I always thought you were doing the right thing, and now it is." Many things happen suddenly, and no one can guarantee that there will be no accidents, but you yourself give up first! ”

"That's not really what I was trying to do,...... Bao Zitu once said in the Congress that a mature politician would never ignore the interests of the present twenty years for the sake of the interests of two hundred years from now. I think too far and too far into space, but I ignore the most vital interest of our coming into this world: to live well. Su Zining shook his head and looked at the far east, "This is a subtle but practical truth, respecting the reality and respecting the future are actually not in conflict at all...... History is like a huge iron ball that is constantly rolling forward, and it is as difficult as a little ant trying to change the direction of history with a little cleverness, just as it is difficult for a little ant to change the direction of the inertia of an iron ball. ”

"The inertia of history is so powerful and infinite, to change its direction, it is necessary to throw stones in front of it, so that the inertia of the iron ball slowly changes direction in the collision. Instead of countless little ants desperately colliding with flesh and blood, this kind of price is too great. ”

After hearing this, Yan Xiaosong first nodded slightly, and then shook his head vigorously: "But you can't be a stone now, you are still an ant!" I don't agree with your resignation, those second-hand goods also know that no one will carry this kind of black pot in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and if you don't do it, it is tantamount to slapping their faces, do you still think that you have not offended enough people? ”

"Hehe, is that why no one has yelled at me to get out of here?" Su Zining smiled dumbly, looked at a number of congressmen passing by, and quickly closed his mouth again.

"It's good to know...... Let's go, it's time for us to present flowers to Zhou Kemin. Yan Xiaosong patted his friend's shoulder and pulled the other party towards the crowd.

Outside the National Cemetery, Luo Da and Yan Xianping also symbolically participated in the funeral procession. It is said that every soldier who died in battle in China and the United States will be buried and managed by the state in a unified cemetery, and the family pension behind him is ridiculously high. If it is a person who has made great contributions, no matter where he is born, he will not hesitate to arrange a state funeral and the whole country

Sincerely, it is solemn. Seeing the endless stream of citizens constantly crowding in, Luo Da was full of feelings.

"It's really the love of the whole country, and since then every year has been commemorating, and the incense is endless. The man's horse leather shroud died in battle, and he was content on the battlefield. When Luo Da said this, he couldn't help but be slightly moved.

In Daming, don't talk about military households or anything, as long as you eat this meal that licks blood with a knife head, this life is a life where it is buried. After all, there are only a few who can get ahead, and most of them have become a handful of dust, and it is a luxury to let the family gather and return to their hometown for burial. As for what kind of bereavement benefits, basically only on paper, throughout the ages, it is common for men to die from soldiers to their families.

As he was talking, the distant direction of the Long Island New Area, faintly heard the sound of the church bell, which was the only Catholic church in China to mourn for Zhou Kemin. When the bell rang, the European citizens outside the cemetery drew crosses on their chests, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

"Uncle Luo, why do I want to stay in the home of a local official in Huamei, can't I have my own residence? Actually, I can live with Aunt Qi! ”

Yan Xianping looked at the group of male and female students who were about the same age as him outside the cemetery mourning in silence, and couldn't help but think of the arrangement that Luo Da talked about a few days ago. I don't know whose idea it was, the Huamei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Luo Da actually reached an agreement to let Yan Xianping live in a certain Huamei family. This arrangement made Yan Xianping think that he had been abandoned.

The seventh aunt in Yan Xianping's mouth is the daughter of the seventh uncle of the Yan family who has been responsible for taking the lead when Yan Xiaosong went to Daming, and is the leader of the children of the Yan family's henchmen who moved to Huamei. Since the incident in Shuangwan City, Bermuda, Luo Da specially instructed the seventh aunt to strictly control Yan Xianping, and basically for a month, except for going out to participate in a simple banquet held for them by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States in China, they have stayed at home for the rest of the time.

"Not only you, but many family members and children will live in the Huamei official family, which is a good thing, my Yan family is so valued by the Huamei government, it can be seen that your father's reputation is far and wide. When Mr. Yan talked about this, I also discussed with your seventh aunt about her nodding, and I agreed to it. ”

For Yan Xiaosong's arrangement, Luo Da understands the reason, and the other party hopes that the Yan family will truly be one with the Huamei government. The Yan family seems to be in the middle of the day in Daming, but in fact, they are walking on thin ice, and they can rely on such a backer as Huamei, not only in the eyes of the Francois people, but also the opponent Zheng Zhilong already knows, and even the Governor of Liangguang and those in Nanjing know that it is no longer a matter for the Yan family to get off the boat.

"If my dad was here, it wouldn't be like this." When Yan Xianping heard that Luo Da actually took the seventh aunt as an arrow, he couldn't help but have red eyes and a look of grievance.

"I have written a letter to Tohua, the American sea ship and the Francois man sent to Anpingbao, and if the general has any objections, he will discuss it with Mr. Yan again." Seeing that the other party brought out his father again, Luo Da could only explain along the way.

The two of them didn't know anyone in the crowd, and seeing the crowd coming, the two had to talk and chat, and returned to the city. When he turned around, Yan Xianping suddenly found a group of officers and soldiers of the Chinese American Navy Division who were about the same age as himself walking on the side of the path, and there were a few girls in the middle!

At this time, more than a dozen freshmen of the latest class of the Long Island Naval Academy this year also arrived outside the cemetery and began to line up, ready to enter the park to lay flowers. Unlike the freshmen of the previous two years, the Long Island Naval Academy began to officially recruit female students in this period, paving the way for the future reform of the naval organization. There were only a few female students, but all of them were the younger generation who had traveled through the crowd, most of them were only sixteen or seventeen years old, and the most conspicuous of them was Tang Hannah, the adopted granddaughter of Supreme Justice Zhong Jinshan. Her delicate figure, blonde hair, and all-European face make her stand out from the crowd of classmates.

Tang Hannah is 16 years old this year, and she is the eldest granddaughter of the Zhong family, while Zhong Jinshan's 5-year-old granddaughter Lu Mei has become the second granddaughter, and the 13-year-old Bruno, a Chinese-born mixed-race child, has become the last heel. Although she graduated from the state junior high school only last month, Hannah Tang was admitted to the special class at the Long Island Naval Academy six months ago, becoming one of the first female naval cadets.

With such a large number of outstanding cross-border students in the youngest generation to join the army, and they are also girls, the Ivy League of Higher Education also specially found the two old people Liu Lao, the president of the Senate, and Zhong Jinshan, the supreme judge, to complain, but the two old people didn't care, thinking that when the child reached this age, he could freely choose his own growth direction.

Dressed in a snow-white summer navy women's skirt uniform and cadet epaulettes, Hannah Tang was a young man who was able to follow her father, who was a travel journalist, not only with excellent water skills, but also with the thrilling experience of crossing the Atlantic in a sailboat that her peers did not have. There is such a girl with a strong affinity for the sea who is willing to devote herself to the cause of the ocean, and the commander of the Navy, Rear Admiral Wang Tiezhu, is quite gratified.

With the passage of time, any grief has reached the point where it must end, otherwise it is difficult to say that a few elderly people who have crossed the crowd will not have any physical bad reactions because of their low feelings. At the suggestion of Premier Qi Jianjun, President of the Senate Liu Lao was first sent to the hospital for a physical examination, and several other people over 50 years old were also sent home by others.

At night, on the side of the commercial street square in the Long Island New District of Manchuria, Dama sat on a bench with a beautiful women's winter coat in his arms, looking west.

In Dama's memory, a few years ago, it was a barren place. It was also in this place, on a cold winter night, that kind big brother-like Zhou Kemin took himself into a new life.

It's Wednesday, and the music is wafting out of the square radio again. Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's a temporary arrangement, or maybe it's a send-off gift that the people at Radio Manchester have long prepared for a deceased companion. Jenny's soft and ethereal voice sings a soulful "Dream Chaser".

Let youth blow your long hair, let it pull your dreams,

Before you know it, this earthly history has taken your smile.

Let the delicate flowers of youth bloom into the deep red face,

Flying to the sky is a fantasy of your smiling face.

Autumn comes and spring goes to the red dust, who arranges in fate,

The ice and snow are silent, and the brilliance of the cold night is difficult to hide.

Look at me, don't let the red face keep the empty pillow,

Youth has no regrets and never dies, eternal love. (To be continued)