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“?????? On August 7th, the battleship Prudence arrived at Mango Harbor (Colombo) in Sri Lanka, thus officially entering the sphere of influence of the Chinese Empire?????? Mango Port was first opened by the Portuguese in 15o5 at Christmas, officially fell into it in 1658, after more than two hundred years of European rule, the city is full of various European-style buildings, but unfortunately before the Chinese seized the entire island, it was plundered by pirates, so it caused heavy losses, a considerable part of the buildings were destroyed by Yan zhòng, had to be abandoned and demolished to rebuild, but this also provided convenience for the Chinese to build buildings with typical oriental characteristics here, So much so that when we enter the port, we can see some pure Chinese palaces mixed with European-style houses?????? After getting off the ship, as one of the principal attachés of the French Minister Baron Robert Trimonta, I was honored to be invited by the local governor to attend the welcome banquet. Is this humility or is the banquet in China more exquisite? My heart was full of doubts and curiosity??????"

“?????? On August 15th, we sailed into the famous Strait of Malacca, an important link between mainland China and India, which was once the key to the supremacy of Portugal and the Netherlands in the eastern seas, but now it has fallen into the hands of Chinese, and even the Islamic states on both sides of the strait are now subject to the hegemony of Chinese and willingly become the protectors of this vast empire?????? It is precisely because of the connection between India and China in this strait, so the number of ships coming and going is extremely large, almost making us think that we are back in Calais, of course, also because of the busy waterway, the Chinese sent a large number of patrol ships in the strait, these patrol ships are said to be sent from the Huaxia Governorate on the east side of the strait, but because it is a military restricted area, we did not get permission to stop and observe, and finally because there is no supply point in the future, we were given the opportunity to enter Malacca, but this former famous port, It's starting to be depressed now, because there are so many alternatives along the route, and maybe that's why we're allowed to enter the port??????"

“?????? On the 19th of August we passed through the island where the headquarters of the Chinese Empire's fleet in the East Indies was located, but we did not see large gunboats of the battle line, which were said to have been sent out for cruises, and to our disappointment, and to the disappointment of our Excellency the Baron, who was unable to accurately estimate the naval strength of the Chinese Empire??????"

“?????? After about three days along the long coastline of Borneo, we were temporarily separated from the Spaniards, who were to accompany His Excellency the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of China to Manila to arrange the handover of the territory, while we were to go directly to Penghu, a small island near the eastern capital of China, where the French Crown East India Company's trading post was located on Xiamen Island, a small island about 2 leagues from Penghu, before the Kingdom of France and the Chinese Empire formally established diplomatic relations with the Chinese Empire. Chinese had tried to arrange Penghu as the residence of the envoy of the kingdom, but this decision, which was obviously not in line with the French statehood, was strongly resisted by Baron Tremonta, in this regard, His Excellency Viscount Lu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, could only make us stay in Penghu now, and then arrange for us to take a Chinese ship to the imperial capital to present the credentials to the emperor, as for how to arrange the residence of the legation after the submission of the credentials, it will be decided by the emperor himself??????"

“?????? On the way to Penghu, we passed through the open sea of the eastern capital of the Chinese Empire, and at first I was tempted to make this island known as Formosa a capital for Chinese, but when I learned that the current huge Chinese Empire started from this island, and it took three generations of grandparents and grandchildren to complete the great mission of overthrowing the Tatars and recovering China, I understood the true meaning of making it the eastern capital of China?????? Of course, the island is also beautiful and rich, and it is said that the annual production of cane sugar is worth more than 150,000 francs, which may be the basis of the financial resources of the Chinese Emperor Xià to overthrow the rule of the Tatars?????? When passing through Dongning Island, in the sea off the coast of a port called Kaohsiung, we unexpectedly saw a formation of the Chinese Imperial Navy that we wanted to observe but did not observe, in this formation, I clearly saw that there were twelve battle line gunboats, twelve patrol ships and more notification ships, the largest of which seemed to be a hundred-gun class giant ships, such warships did not have a few in France, but according to the liaison officer of the Chinese Navy who accompanied the ship, this was just an ordinary detachment of the Chinese Navy. There were more than twenty similar fleets throughout the Chinese Empire. Damn, this may be a naked show-off, or perhaps an exaggerated deception, but judging by the fact that the Chinese Empire easily seized the entire East Indies from the Dutch, the strength of the Chinese navy is undoubted. For this reason, I have come to a consensus with His Excellency the Baron that the Kingdom of France, now and for a long time to come, must not come into conflict with such a large adversary, which means that the work we are about to embark on will be of considerable difficulty??????"

“?????? Before arriving in Penghu, the Albatross armed merchant ship turned to Xiamen, and like the Weng Re, after being loaded with Chinese goods, it would return directly to China, and the Wang Navy's Cautious, which had completed the escort mission, would stay for a few more days in order to carry the floating balloons and other equipment provided by the Chinese Empire?????? Penghu is said to be a beautiful coral island, but I didn't feel any different from the islands we passed along the way, of course, the main reason was that I was too tired from a long sea trip, so that I couldn't appreciate this pure Chinese island, in addition, the typhoon I encountered after just going to the island was also one of the reasons why I didn't feel good about the island, obviously whoever saw the trees that were blown down by the wind would not feel beautiful, but fortunately, the [Cautious] had avoided the dock in time, so it was not damaged, Chinese also agreed to help remove barnacles free of charge, much to the delight of the captain, Colonel Ainon and a group of sailors?????? Unexpectedly, the sailors were overjoyed, and they got drunk and went crazy in the tavern on the island, smashed something, and were caught by the garrison of the Chinese Empire and sentenced to hard labor by a military court, which made me and the baron feel very humiliated?????? Of course, the Chinese officials were very polite, and did not discriminate against us because of the soldiers' problems, but gave us a document that stated the precautions during our stay in China, such as open defecation that is very common in Europe, and it is strictly forbidden to appear in the city here, etc., so that we will not make a bigger joke when we go to China in the future??????"

“?????? In Penghu we ate authentic Chinese food, and then we understood why the governor of Sri Lanka would say that the food was not good, in fact, I had never eaten such wonderful food, so that in just a few days in Penghu, I and many of my companions gained weight?????? But the good days always pass in a hurry, the Spanish Baron Gamalo ended the communication with Manila and came to Penghu, so that our leisurely life is over, and then we will change to the Chinese warship and go to the capital to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor, of course, the Spaniards also have a task to collect money, and the thought that they are about to get millions of francs, the French present are all red-eyed - oh, I am wrong, millions of francs are not obtained at once, This time the Spaniards could only get a third of it, but the cunning Spaniards chose to trade the goods for the price, and once they were transported to Europe, they were seven or eight times the value, which was far more cost-effective than getting cash, and His Excellency the Baron was even jealous to death??????"

“?????? I didn't expect that the territory of the Huaxia Empire was so huge, and now it has been four days since we came out of Penghu, and we have just come to the mouth of a major river that flows through the big 6, and it is said that the emperor is in the middle of this river, but we can't do sea boats to enter, and we need to change to river boats?????? At a naval base called Chongming, we switched to a kind of schooner, which was a typical Chinese ship, once called a junk by the Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch, and was characterized by a smooth and upwind course, but the current sea ship is slower, but it is obviously more stable than the sea ship on the inland river?????? Shortly after the change of ship, we passed through a port called Taicang, God forbid, which is an extremely beautiful port city, almost half the size of Paris, but in Chinese mouth, it is only the capital of a marginal province - to clarify, Chinese so-called department is equivalent to a large region of France, but the area is many times larger, and Taicang alone is equivalent to the entire Proswan region, and Taicang, in the Chinese's opinion, is only a second-class province (note: Zhili Prefecture)?????? I have always been skeptical about the claim that Taicang is a second-class province, but then I saw Zhenjiang, Jinling and other large, large cities, I believed it, especially the city of Jinling, through the towering city walls, almost several times the area of Paris, accommodating millions of residents, millions of inhabitants, how many people are in France, this is simply a miracle city, and such cities, in China is said to be as many as a dozen??????"

“?????? If Jinling is a city of miracles, then Taiping is a devil's capital, looking at the towering chimneys and the endless black smoke, I almost feel the power of the devil, yes, if it is not the power of the devil, how can it produce six times the output of iron products in France? However, the French scientists who accompanied the ship thought that Chinese had mastered an advanced smelting technology, and tried to visit them, but the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Viscount Lou, refused the scientist's request on the grounds that the emperor was waiting for us??????"

“?????? After getting away from Taiping, our trip entered the countdown, of course, the so-called countdown does not mean that we can arrive immediately, during which we also passed through Anqing, Jiujiang and other big cities and a number of smaller cities, and it took a full five days to arrive near the capital Wuchang?????? Perhaps it was because of the sheer size of the country and the sheer size of the population that intimidated me, and I became a little frightened, not knowing how to face the rulers of this huge empire, and the baron felt the same way, but anyway, we came to the heart of this empire??????"