Shanghai

The dusty Mai Lian complained to Perry, who was dressed in military uniform: "Sir, you have sailed the boat too fast, and why don't you rest in Hong Kong for a few days, so that we missed the opportunity to meet because we arrived two hours late." ”

Perry bowed and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, Hong Kong didn't tell me that you were in Guangzhou, so I replenished fresh water and immediately sailed to Shanghai." ”

Wen Han, who was standing on the side, saw that they were complaining about the British Empire, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Why don't we go back to the consulate and talk about it?" ”

Looking at the several American warships staying in the harbor, Bourblon echoed: "Mr. Wenhan is very right, gentlemen, please." ”

Several people came to the office rented in the United States, and Wen Han and others sat down. Mai Lian made coffee for several people.

Bourblon felt that he should use his humor, took the coffee he had sung in his hand, and smiled ambiguously at Perry: "Dear general, you are so timely, I am also worried that the emperor of the Han State will drive us into the sea, with your warship as a deterrent, I don't think he will dare to act rashly!" ”

Perry looked surprised and asked: "Why did His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Kingdom do this, isn't he afraid of the retaliation of Britain and France?" Could it be that the Han State was already strong enough to not be afraid of the great powers? ”

Wen Han explained embarrassedly: "Maybe we made him angry, you must know that Lu Dao can do anything when he loses his mind, not to mention that he is still an emperor, just like Napoleon, although we all hate and hate him, we have to respect him." ”

Bourblon frowned and retorted, "Sir." Pay attention to your words, Napoleon is the pride of our France. You British hate and hate, and the French all love Napoleon. Otherwise, his nephew would not have been the president of the French Republic, and I heard that this president was seeking to establish the Second French Empire, and the spring of France was coming again! ”

Wen Han muttered, "Damn dictator! ”

Seeing that they seemed to have a tendency to quarrel, Perry immediately changed the topic of the conversation and made a cup of coffee for everyone: "I came to the Far East on the orders of Mr. President this time mainly for two things, the first is to sign a mutual assistance treaty with Han, and the second is to sign a cooperation treaty with Japan, do you think there is a good chance of success?" ”

Wen Han took the coffee and analyzed: "The Han Kingdom is more likely, after all, their emperor His Majesty is a relatively enlightened monarch. As for Japan, they are even more stubborn than the Qing Dynasty, and have rejected the requests of our British Empire several times, and the volcanic eruptions and frequent wars on the island are not suitable for our British Empire's management, so they have not resorted to force and forcibly opened Japan's policy of closing the country to the outside world. ”

Perry patiently explained: "But Japan has many natural and excellent ports, and I heard that Russia is also attacking Japan's idea. If huge Russia has an outlet to the sea in the East, it will not be good news for us. ”

Wen Han praised: "You are right, now that Russia is provoking the entire religion with the Orthodox Church, we should unite. Rejection of arbitrary requests from Russia in the Far East, including from Japan. ”

Burblon excitedly said: "I must report this proposal to the domestic intellectuals, the greedy polar bears are suppressed in the Far East. At an absolute disadvantage, I think the future Emperor His Majesty will be interested in this. ”

Perry got up: "I'm going to Nanjing tomorrow." I wonder if you'd like to accompany me? ”

In order to avoid the United States from signing a treaty with Han in private, Wen Han would of course follow. Smiling approval: "Of course! With our British Empire by the side to cheer you on, I think the Emperor of Han will reconsider his ideas. ”

Bourblon chimed in: "We are the same in France. ”

The weather in November had cooled slightly, and rows of black dots suddenly appeared on the calm river outside Nanjing, slowly getting bigger and bigger, until they clearly appeared less than 500 meters from the river, and the defenders on the fort hurriedly waved flags at the warships to stop advancing.

The regiment commander Xiong Siyuan didn't expect that he would encounter such a tricky thing when he first took office, looking at the eyes of the battery looking at him, he didn't know what to do, open fire? Or don't fire?

Bourblon looked at Wen Han and asked, "We really won't cause trouble like this, in case the defenders open fire, should we fight back?" ”

Perry pointed to the flag waving in the distance: "They waved the flag to us, this kind of deterrence is enough, pass the order down, stop advancing!" ”

Xiong Siyuan stared at the behemoth that was getting closer and closer with an ugly face, thinking of the foreigners' oppression of compatriots and selling opium, a stream of blood rushed to his head, and shouted loudly: "Fire!" ”

"Boom"

"Boom"

Wen Han looked at the shells falling on the river, and shouted in panic: "They have opened fire, let's retreat!" ”

Perry said to the adjutant with an ugly look: "Order, continue to retreat, and do not fire back without an order." ”

The defenders of the fort watched the foreigner warship gradually retreat, which was beyond the range of the cannons, and they all cheered, "My lord, the foreigners have retreated, and we have beaten them away!" ”

Xiong Siyuan wiped a cold sweat and ordered: "Continue to monitor the foreigners, I will report to the division commander." ”

Wang Gang looked at Xiong Siyuan in surprise and asked, "You shot the shell just now?" ”

Xiong Siyuan looked at Wang Gang's surprised expression, and suddenly had an ominous premonition, and nodded Mu Ran: "The foreigners suddenly sailed into the shore, and their artillery was already able to bombard Nanjing City, so the last general had no choice but to order the cannon." ”

Wang Gang sighed secretly, if you don't open the cannon, you will be punished, and if you open the cannon, you will be punished, and comforted Xiong Siyuan: "Go, I'll take you to see the army commander, if he pleads with the emperor, maybe you can avoid death, but your position as the regiment commander can't be kept." ”

Xiong Siyuan was not convinced, and asked loudly: "Why is this, could it be that the last general watched them drive the warship to the city of Nanjing?" If they fire at Nanjing, what will the last general do? ”

Wang Gang held Xiong Siyuan and explained: "You don't understand, the emperor has always attached great importance to the relationship with foreigners, if you do this, foreigners will definitely ask the emperor for their guilt, in order to calm the anger of foreigners, the best way is to find a scapegoat, you know, in the eyes of the big guys, we can be sacrificed at any time." ”

Tang Zhengcai looked at Xiong Siyuan with an expressionless face, and instructed Wang Gang: "The defenders on the fort are all withdrawn, and another team is on duty, and they are not allowed to leave the barracks without permission." ”

Xiong Siyuan plucked up the courage to ask: "What is wrong with the last general to be under house arrest, I gave the order to open the cannon, and the brothers just obeyed the order, and if they want to kill, they will kill me." (To be continued......)

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