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After more than 10 days of dispersal operations, the French mission, which witnessed the operation of the floating balloon and personally boarded the balloon to overlook the land, reunited at Wuchang Wharf with the Spanish mission, which was eager to return to Penghu to receive seven ships of belongings.

The French received what they thought was the latest military technology and several sets of original balloons, while the Spaniards benefited several times the original compensation price through the difference between the East and the West. Only the papal mission, which insisted on the supremacy of Rome over the believers in the East, hit a soft nail -- the Chinese court agreed that the Church had freedom to proselytize in the East, but issued a ban on the domestic nobles, meritorious people, commoners, and vassal officials from practicing Catholicism and Protestantism, and those who violated the order were punished by confiscation of property and exile to distant lands -- the special envoy of the Holy See, Bishop Ilten, could only continue to stay in Wuchang to make a final effort, and therefore could not travel with the missions of the two countries.

Of course, the French and Spanish embassies were also dissatisfied, first of all, they did not see Zheng Kezhang himself, and second, the permanent missions were actually located in Dongning Chengtianfu on the edge of Penghu and the nominal eastern capital of China -- the same treatment as that of France and Spain, the embassies of the Hajj embassies in China from Annam, Vietnam, Siam, Champang, and Chenla were uniformly moved to Qiongzhou Mansion in Nanjing, and the Korean Hajj Embassy was changed to Tianjin Mansion in Shangjing.

Remembering that this was a city where the mausoleum of the Chinese emperor was located, and that there could be no fleshy court balls and private mediation of Luo weaving conspiracy, the two missions condemned the arrogance of the Chinese in unison. However, apart from the common denouncing of the Chinese, the French and Spanish missions were not compatible in other respects, and on the riverboat, Viscount Gamalo tried to ask the French side to agree to arrange for the Spanish side of the [Prudence] contract to return to Europe together, but Baron Trimonta refused.

"Pirates? No, no, Your Excellency the Viscount, how did I hear that the Chinese took out six Galen ships as part of the offset? Since the ship was to transport valuable floating balloons, Tremonta did not want to follow the Spaniards too closely, not to mention that the Spanish merchant ships in the brigade were the best targets for the pirates along the way, so he did not want to be in the heat of the Spaniards.

"Six Galens are true, but they're all second-hand." Viscount Gamalo said through gritted teeth. "The two armed Galens that accompanied the Chinese Foreign Minister to and from Europe, plus four small armed merchant ships taken from the Dutch, how could it be only 50,000 francs?" To be honest, even if the Huaxia side refurbishes these six ships, after they are loaded with full goods, they will basically become a dead target for poor scheduling when they go to sea. "Besides, Manila still has to evacuate overseas Chinese, and the space is far from enough."

Baron Trimonta shook his head like a rattle: "Actually, the [Cautious] is also going to carry oriental goods back to China, and there is not enough space for the Spaniards in Manila. ”

Speaking of this, Baron Teremonta said: "The United Dutch East India Company lost one hundred and twenty ships in the war, and the Chinese should still have many captured war ships and armed merchant ships, why don't you buy a few more with the Chinese." ”

"Even if the Chinese have and are willing to sell, do you think we still have enough sailors to manipulate?" Viscount Gamalo smiled wryly. "No, there are not enough sailors at all, not even these six ships, maybe Manila can solve part of it, but it's only part."

"That's a problem." Baron Teremonta gave a helpless look. "But even if the Cautious were to follow it to Manila, wouldn't it be able to provide enough sailors to sail the six ships?" The [Cautious] is a small 60-gun military battleship with 450 officers and men on board, while the Dutch's small commercial Galen can generally operate with only 20 or 30 people, so the [Cautious] alone has the ability to make most of the ships operational, if you add the local recruited native sailors, as long as there is no large-scale pirate siege, it is still possible to maneuver these six ships back to Europe. "That's right." Perhaps for fear of being exposed by Viscount Gamalot, Baron Teremonta threw out another Jianyì. "After the Chinese captured the Dutch ship, they should have captured the sailors on board."

Although Viscount Gamalo understood that the other party was making excuses, he still responded seemingly seriously: "Didn't the Chinese release all the Dutch prisoners after receiving Sri Lanka and other places?" ”

"Dear Thorn, the Chinese released the Dutch captives on the condition of receiving Sri Lanka and all Indian strongholds, but how many of the Dutch ships were real Dutch?" Teremonta winked at Gamalot. "As far as I know, twenty thousand employees of the United East India Company were taken prisoner, of whom about two thousand five hundred Dutchmen were released, and where did the rest go? Of course, we don't need to care about the life and death of those German mercenaries, but the 6th Army is only a small part of the strength of the United East India Company, what about more sailors? What about Indigenous sailors in particular? ”

"You mean that the Kingdom of Spain will pay the ransom for these people, no, it can't be." Viscount Gamalo said without hesitation. "The Kingdom of Spain could never have paid a peso for these lowland traitors."

Teremunta interrupted the tsundere Spaniard: "But you need to ship the goods paid by the Chinese back to China." ”

"Damn it." Viscount Gamalo cursed in a faux parole. "Maybe you're right, I should talk to the Chinese, but I still hope that the [Cautious] can participate in the joint return operation, after all, the cannon of the [Cautious] can give those pirates enough threat." After talking for so long, of course Viscount Gamalo knew what the other party was doing. "As long as we can guarantee that this batch of Chinese goods can arrive safely in Spain, I believe that the Royal Government will also approve of the payment of some compensation."

"Dear Thorn, you've got a question wrong." Baron Trimonta remained unmoved. "It's not that I'm unwilling to assist in escorting the merchant fleet, the point of the matter is how much time will it take you to complete the preparation for the transport? Cautious obviously can't afford to wait a few more months on the Spanish side, which will miss the trade wind. ”

Viscount Gamalot's face finally became gloomy: "It seems that the French Navy is not short of a sixty-gun battleship." ”

"There is no shortage of them." Baron Teremonta sighed. "But you should know that my king is very old."

"Your Excellency is the Minister to China," Viscount Gamalo said through gritted teeth. "I'm afraid that I won't be able to intervene in the changes at the court of Versailles."

Viscount Gamalo almost pointed his nose and scolded, but it was right to think about it, Tremonta could only be an insignificant baron, and his status in the court was very low, even if Louis XIV died, countless people would benefit from it, and Tremonta would not be able to touch one or two.

"Your Excellency is right." Teremonta replied with an unchanged face. "Personally, it doesn't matter what changes have changed in Versailles, but let me be honest with you, there is an admiral on board the Cautious, and this lord needs to hurry back home."

"Admiral!" Gamalo was shocked by Trimonta's revelations. "How is that possible, who is it?"

"I can't tell you who he is." Teremonta said solemnly, and from the outside, it was impossible to tell whether he was lying or not. "But I can tell you that this lord is here to observe the strength of the Chinese Empire's navy, and he is also responsible for receiving secret weapons provided by the Chinese."

"Secret weapon?" Viscount Gamalo thought carefully about the attaché around Teremonta, but he was never able to connect the people around Teremonta with a magnate like the Admiral, so his tone became a little uncertain. "Is it a floating balloon? Can the Chinese really take to the skies? ”

"It's a floating balloon." The mentality of Europeans is completely different from that of the Easterners, who are subtle and want to hide their strength, but the Europeans want to let everyone know as soon as they have something new, in order to show off and deter. "You can really fly into the sky, I've ridden it myself." After faintly vomiting something, Tremonta turned the subject back again. "Dear Munn, isn't it inappropriate for you to think of something so important that I should just receive it."

After Trimonta's guidance, Viscount Gamalot, who was still in a state of shock, nodded subconsciously, yes, such a terrible weapon is indeed worthy of a marshal to be personally presided over by an admiral, but why is it an admiral and not a marshal of the 6th Army? Viscount Gamalo only felt dizzy at the moment, unable to understand.

Whether he understood it or not, Viscount Gamalo grabbed Baron Teremonta's hand: "Dear Robert, do you think that this weapon is also impossible to introduce into the Spanish king's ** team?" ”

"We've just gotten this weapon, and we haven't fully mastered it yet." Baron Teremonta said in embarrassment. "Besides, such heavy military technology is not something I can say, and it requires the consent of the king and the Privy Council." Looking at the Spaniard who was distracted again, Baron Trimonta smiled coldly. "Of course, Spain can also apply to the Chinese to buy it, but according to the agreement between the Kingdom of France and the Chinese Empire, this technology will not be disclosed to a second country for fifteen years."

Viscount Gamalo knew that he couldn't fully trust the words of the French, and he would have to talk about it after direct contact with Xia Fang if he succeeded, so he didn't show too much frustration, but said lightly: "It's just that I can fly to the sky, it's not a big deal, since France and the Chinese Empire have an agreement, let's wait a few years." ”

Baron Trimonta also knew what the other party would do, so in order to dispel the other party's thoughts, he further broke the news: "France has paid a heavy price in order to obtain this technology, not only will those dozens of scientists definitely not have the opportunity to return to France, but France has also promised to borrow money from the Swedes on behalf of the Chinese to help the other party continue to fight with the Russians." ”

This is a new piece of information, Viscount Gamalo rolled his eyes and asked: "Why do the Chinese support the Swedes?" ”

"It is said that the northern border of the Chinese Empire borders Russia." Baron Tremonta did not feel that the matter was important, so he did not hide it. "The two sides have some conflicts over the border issue, so they will help the Swedes, probably trying to drag the Russians from the west."

"Does France still have the financial resources to support the Swedes?"

"In fact, the Chinese paid for it themselves, but in the name of France." Baron Teremonta shrugged. "It is said to be a batch of pearls worth six hundred thousand francs."

"Pearls, there are so many pearls in the Chinese." Viscount Gamalo sighed meaninglessly, and then asked. "Since France has not paid, what is the big price?"

"Isn't France's open support for Sweden the price??????"