When Wang Feng and Yang Shuijiao rushed to the Xiaguan Wharf with the sedan chair man one after another, they saw a three-masted battleship moored by the river, full of white sails, a tall and thick chimney emitting billowing black smoke, and the hull was painted with several English letters HMSHermes.

"What a majestic ship, when will my Taiping Army have it?" Yang Shuijiao couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Wang Feng said in a strange manner: "Oh! My esteemed Emperor Huo Shenhua, save me a battleship! Heavenly Father is omnipotent, Yang Shuijiao, you go back and pray to Heavenly Father. ”

"You hate it!" Yang Shuijiao stomped her foot hard!

Yang Shuijiao at this moment is still quite cute, Wang Feng smiled, turned his head and looked carefully, this battleship is a wooden hull, using a hybrid of sails and steam, with a visual displacement of 3,000 tons, and all the naval guns are large-caliber cannons, judging by the hull structure, the number of loads is between fifteen and twenty, although it is far less exaggerated than the hundreds of guns in the Age of Discovery, but this is a sacrifice necessary to increase power, because the steam engine will occupy a considerable space, which will inevitably lead to a reduction in the number of naval guns, It also forced the development of naval guns in the direction of rapid-fire and large-caliber.

At the same time, the Qing army warships, still follow the Ming Dynasty's Fu ship structure, as for Zheng He's treasure ship in the West, it has long been lost, the naval guns are Hongyi cannons and Franc machine guns, in comparison, the Taiping warships are even more miserable, that is, a few cannons are set up on small sailing boats, and only Furlong cannons can be set, and the recoil of Hongyi cannons can directly overturn the ship.

Seeing that Wang Feng was fascinated, Yang Shuijiao pointed to the English letters: "Wang Feng, don't you claim to be able to talk to foreigners?" Do you recognize those words? ”

Wang Feng said lightly: "Translated as Hermes, Hermes is the god of commerce, travelers and animal husbandry in Greek mythology, and the protector of magic. ”

"Oh~~" Yang Shuijiao nodded in a daze.

Wang Feng didn't explain too much, and called upwards in English: "The second right in the East Hall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has announced Wang Feng, and on the orders of His Royal Highness Wei Changhui, the King of the North, and His Royal Highness Shi Dakai, King of Ji, I have invited Mr. Baron Wenxian to come over the door. ”

The English spoken by Wang Feng is not much different from the English of a hundred years ago except for the vocabulary, especially Wang Feng's accent is still an authentic London accent, because the agent's language requirements have reached a level close to strict, so communicating with the British more than a hundred years ago means that there is no pressure at all.

Sure enough, not long after Wang Feng's words fell, a middle-aged Englishman about fifty years old appeared on the deck, dressed as a naval cadet, with a ribbon draped diagonally over his shoulders, and his expression was a little incredible.

Wang Feng asked loudly, "May I ask Your Excellency Wen Xian?" ”

The Englishman, who was apparently Bonham, waved his hand: "Please wait a moment, I will come down immediately." So saying, he ordered the sailors to lower the gangway.

Not long after, Wen Xian walked off the boat with two soldiers, the soldiers were unarmed, and there was also a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, with big wavy blonde hair, wearing a snow-white bud ~~ silk cake skirt that was popular in British high society in the nineteenth century, Wang Feng couldn't help but look at it twice.

Touching the conscience, modern British women can not see, eighty percent have obesity, the difference is only fat to what Cheng dù, but the British women at that time were slim, convex and backward, which made Wang Feng have to praise, the development of white women is earlier than the Chinese.

Wang Feng glanced at Yang Shuijiao's chest again, Yang Shuijiao was about the same age as her, and she was running around all day long, with enough exercise, but her chest only had a small rise and fall, barely a B cup, and the upper half of the girl's chest was like two hemispheres, giving people a feeling that she was almost about to burst the corset.

Yang Shuijiao obviously also noticed Wang Feng's two different gazes, and muttered sourly: "Are you embarrassed to go out if you wear so little?" Shameless, Wang Feng, you are not allowed to look at it, the seventh heaven of my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not good for adultery. ”

Wang Feng didn't listen, stepped forward and gave a standard gentlemanly courtesy, and said with a slight smile: "Wang Feng is honored to come to greet His Excellency Wen Xian, please get on the sedan chair." ”

Before Wen Xian could say anything, the girl who came down with him suddenly frowned, and screamed dissatisfiedly: "Oh my God, you Qing people are really barbarians, and you actually take people to carry a sedan chair, don't you know that all people are created equal, and you should respect the dignity of others?" ”

Wang Feng was stunned and said, "This young lady is"

The girl introduced me with a smile: "You can call me Alice, Baron Bonham is my uncle." ”

"Fortunately, Miss Alice." Wang Feng stretched out his right hand.

"Luckily!" Alice reached out with some reluctance and shook Wang Feng gently.

Wang Feng then said: "Miss Alice, first of all, I want to correct you a mistake, the land under your feet and Your Excellency Wen Xian belongs to my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, not to the Qing Court, and secondly, I agree with your views on human rights, in today's world, civilization is replacing barbarism, science is replacing ignorance, humanitarianism has gradually been recognized by righteous people, but our China has been enslaved by the Qing Court for two hundred years, and it is only recently that there is a chance to resist, and my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has only been the capital of Nanjing for two months, and it is difficult to take into account all aspects. But we'll do our best to correct it, and thank you for your suggestion. ”

As he spoke, Wang Feng turned his head and waved his hand: "Let's go back." ”

"Yes!" The palanquin man lifted the empty sedan chair and walked back, and there was a hint of appreciation in the eyes of Bonham and Alice.

Wang Feng said with a hint of apology: "Your Excellency Wen Xian, our country is in a hurry, and we haven't prepared a carriage yet, why don't I let someone send a few horses over?" ”

"Oh~~ No, no, no!" Wen Xian waved his hand: "Don't bother, let's just take a walk and have a look." ”

"Please!" Wang Feng bowed slightly.

Walking on the empty streets, Alice couldn't help but ask, "Why is there no one on the street and no shops in your Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" ”

Wang Feng's face was not red, and his heart did not beat and explained: "You should know that outside Tianjing City, there is a large camp of the Qing army eyeing over, and our army is fighting a full-scale battle with the Qing army, but our food and all kinds of materials are very short, in order to tide over the difficulties, we have to take temporary control measures, however, as long as the threat of war ends, Tianjing City will soon restore order." ”

"Oh~~" Alice nodded understandingly: "I sincerely hope that your civil war can be quelled as much as possible, and I sincerely hope that your people can be happy." ”

"Thank you!" Wang Feng smiled and thanked him.

From beginning to end, Yang Shuijiao didn't know what Wang Feng was talking about, and she couldn't interject, she felt very depressed, especially the courteous smile when Wang Feng and Alice were talking, which made her feel uncomfortable.

Wang Feng and Hong Xuanjiao were all talking and laughing with this ghost woman, but they were extremely sarcastic about themselves, and the more Yang Shuijiao thought about it, the more unbalanced she became, and she immediately glared at her with hatred.