Lu Renjia knew Wang Ju's intentions well, and he also knew that this thin piece of paper could not restrain this cunning businessman at all. But he still has a killer feature, and when he took it out, Wang Comprador was directly dumbfounded.

Lu Renjia showed Wang Ju a video stored in his laptop. When Wang Ju saw his image from the LCD screen and heard his voice from the speaker, he was shocked.

Wang Ju, Wang Shouke, and Wang Comprador are not ignorant women and children in the countryside, but they are civilized people who have received more than ten years of modern education, and they have even learned calculus. The principle of optics is also understood, and although I don't know anything about photosensitive materials involving chemistry, I also know what a camera is all about. But in this era when photography needs to be exposed for tens of seconds, and movies have to wait for more than 40 years to be invented, a high-definition video file undoubtedly belongs to Zenith Technology.

The content of the video is the process of Lu Renjia and Yun casually interrogating Wang Ju captured by the monitor, and seeing the real reproduction of the scene on the screen, Wang Ju's stunned expression has been maintained for ten minutes. Wang Ju's expression made Lu Renjia very satisfied, "Mr. Wang, don't you think it's amazing?" ”

Wang Ju, who had an O-shaped mouth, didn't answer, just nodded.

"The development of science and technology is beyond your imagination." Lu Renjia looks like a big scientist. "It's just a normal camera technique, preserving moving images and sound conversions, just like photography, but more advanced than photography. It can truly record every picture and the first sound, and can record the words and deeds of the next person, so that it will not die out with the passage of time. And what you have said and done, we have also recorded it truthfully, as a witness in the future, I believe that Mr. Wang will make the right choice and will not do anything that violates the promise. ”

"Yes, yes," the sweat on Wang Ju's head came out again, "the villain must serve the Liberation Army wholeheartedly, if he violates this oath, he will be thundered by the sky." ”

"Then let's talk about what you will do when you return to Guangzhou!" Lu Renjia knew that the threat had worked. The next thing is easy to do, Wang Ju's request to him is to agree. The thoughts he had just had had thrown out of him, and he believed that if the British saw this thing, they would hang him. Lu Renjia asked him to find out the next move of the British army after returning to Guangzhou, and then asked someone to send the information to Xin'an, for which Lu Renjia specially handed him a ring as a token. Wang Ju's goal as an important person is too obvious, of course, he can't personally send the information, so he can only send his henchmen to complete the work, and the messenger has to use the ring to gain the trust of the director of the Lu Intelligence Department.

In order to prevent Wang Ju from arousing the suspicion of the British after he returned, Lu Renjia also prepared some gifts for him. Several sets of stainless steel cutlery—bowls, plates, knives, forks, spoons, two horses of chemical fiber fabric, two bags of white powder—monosodium glutamate, and a few plastic washbasins—were the goods he trafficked back. These are things that are not available in this era, and they are more practical, and I believe they can attract the attention of the British. Moreover, Lu Huijia also gave Wang comprador a task, which was explained by the Commercial Department of the Management Committee, which was to find buyers for these goods in Guangzhou, and to open up sales channels for the mountain of goods that the era traveler moved from the original time and space supermarket.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, comprador Wang drove a donkey and carried the "trafficked" goods on the road to Guangzhou, and his mood was heavier than when he came.

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While Wang Ju and Lu Renjia were playing tricks on each other, the British in Guangzhou were preparing for war.

As a messenger, Second Lieutenant Davis, under the leadership of Wang Ji, made a hurried journey all the way, and finally arrived in Guangzhou City in the afternoon of the next day. The highest chief executive of Canton, Sir John Bowing, Governor of Hong Kong and British Minister Plenipotentiary to China, thought it was an April Fool's joke after listening to Davis's report, even though April Fool's Day had passed for almost a month.

John Bo (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872), also known as Bowing and Bunning, was the 4th British Governor of Hong Kong. It turns out that Bowing Street in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, and the reclaimed Bowlington Canal (i.e., the location of Canal Road) were named after him. In his early years, he worked for the Chamber of Commerce in Exeter. He received his doctorate in law from Groningen in 1829. 18)) Became a member of the House of Commons in the municipal elections. In Parliament, the British silver decimal system was advocated. In 1849, he founded a company, but unfortunately it was illegal to do business, so he returned to politics. In 1849, he came to China as the British consul in Canton and learned Cantonese dialect. In 1852 he came to Hong Kong as acting commercial director. In April 1854 he was promoted to Governor of Hong Kong, Commander of the British Army in Hong Kong, Vice Admiral, Plenipotentiary to China, and Superintendent of Commerce. Whether it was the "Yarrow Incident" or the attack on Guangzhou, he was present in this series of events.

"Are you saying that our heroic British Army, a company of British Army, was defeated from the front by a platoon of Chinese?" Sir Bao Ling suspected that he had misheard and had reversed the position of the British and the Chinese.

"Yes, Sir." Davis's face was very embarrassed, after all, he was also a member of the heroic British Army.

"What measures did General Spintozi take?" Bao Ling is now the highest-ranking British official in South China, and Hong Kong is his old nest, so he can't help but be nervous. News came from home that in Britain, the Upper House of Parliament was quarreling at the same time, and the House of Commons was also quarrelling. Bauling's old friend Cobbton filed a denunciation, announcing that he had broken ties with his "friend of twenty years." In his opinion, the Yarrow incident was too bad. John Russell, the patriarch of the Whigs, said that entering the city was a major event and had to be carefully considered. You can't force the Chinese emperor too much, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is messing with him, and if you are not careful, other people's rule will be in danger. If the governor of Liangguang is not good, we can suggest a change to the Chinese emperor.

Before Cobton's proposal was voted on, the British people were not idle, and some people spoke in support of Cobton at the mass meeting: The actions of the Baoling in China are illegal, they have destroyed a big city, stopped Sino-British trade, killed many innocent people, and the new taxes for this are not only on our heads, but also on the heads of the Indian people, can Cobton and his friends agree to this war? The crowd shouted: No! It can be said that the Whigs are in danger under the attack of the Tories.

Sir Palmerston, who supported him, made a statement in the House of Commons: Ye Mingchen is the most brutal barbarian who has brought shame to the nation, and is the culprit who tramples on human dignity; Cobton's motion will make old friend Bao Ling sad; If this condemnation passes, our businessmen will have no security in China. Be careful, your decision may be a death sentence for your compatriots abroad. The final vote in the House of Commons was 263:247, and Palmerston lost. Queen Victoria said of the Tory victory: "It is very sad that the vicious partisan conspiracy which has no patriotic feelings at all has succeeded. ”

According to the British Constitution, the Cabinet loses the support of the House of Commons and either resigns, or the Prime Minister asks the King to dissolve Parliament and hold a new general election to finally decide whether the Cabinet will stay or not. But in 1784, British Prime Minister Pitt Jr. created a constitutional convention, that is, the cabinet could ask the king to dissolve parliament without resignation, and hold a new general election, directly seeking the approval and support of the voters. In the new general election, Palmerston's Whigs won, which is said to be the biggest Whig victory since the passage of the Reform Act of 1832. On March 20, the British government sent the Earl of Elgin as a senior envoy to officially use troops against China. Now it seems that things are going well, but if there is another problem in Hong Kong at this time, he does not know how many parliamentarians, businessmen and citizens will have to face.

Davis recounted Spintozzi's response in detail: he was sent to negotiate with the Liberation Army to get back the bodies of the fallen soldiers; dispatched Wang Comprador to infiltrate enemy-occupied areas to collect intelligence; Strengthen the defense of Hong Kong Island, protect civilians, and recruit militia. That's all Mr. General can do, after all, he only has a force of 300 men.

"What about the strength of that group of Chinese?" Although Bao Ling is not a soldier, he still knows the truth of knowing himself and his opponent.

"At the time of the conflict, there were more than 30 people in the Liberation Army. Sixty or seventy more men were transferred afterwards, and the current strength in the Kowloon area should be about 100. ”

"Was this a reconnaissance discovery?" Bao Ling asked.

"It's not. The reinforcements of the Liberation Army came by boat, and they were on the shore of Kowloon in front of us. ”

"The Chinese also have ships? Is it the Navy? Bao Ling became more and more interested in this neighbor who suddenly appeared.

"Yes, their sailors' uniforms are similar to those of the Royal Navy, so they should be navy as well." Speaking of this, Davis had a strange expression on his face. "It's just that their warships are peculiar, they have no sails, but they are very fast, I estimate more than ten knots. And the draft is also very shallow, it can be docked directly on the beach, the bow of the ship can be opened, and people and supplies can be directly ashore. ”

"It's peculiar enough." Bao Ling agreed with Davis's statement, "There are no sails. Is it a steamer? ”

"I can't be sure, because I don't see the chimney."

"Impossible! Without chimneys, without sails, what does it sail on? Is it by the witchcraft of the Chinese? Colonel Bertram, commander of the Canton Squadron, who had been sitting next to him, spoke. Second Lieutenant Davis, your words are very unscientific! ”

"Mr. Colonel, are you accusing me of lying?" Ensign Davis was angry and the consequences were ...... The consequence can only be to express one's anger in words.

"I think you were so nervous because of the failure of your comrades that you hallucinated. All along, the army has been too dull, these weak enemies in the east have made you lose your enterprising spirit, and only our Royal Navy is the sword of the United Kingdom. "The Colonel of the Navy is superior to the second lieutenant in the army, regardless of rank, position, arrogance and sense of honor.

"I was awake and not hallucinating. Nor do I think a man a hundred miles from the battlefield knows the situation better than I do. "It's an honor for the Army. Davis could only argue with the colonel.

"All right, gentlemen, let go of these frivolous arguments! We need to come together now to get through this together. "Before the argument developed into a quarrel, the Governor opened his mouth and diverted the subject." Ensign, do you know the reason for the failure of that conflict? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Davis withdrew his glare, "I talked to our captured officers and soldiers, and the infantry firepower of the Liberation Army was very strong, there were many guns that could be fired continuously, and the fire output far exceeded the density of the platoon guns, so our troops were killed more than thirty people in a few minutes of firefighting. ”

"Ridiculous!" Colonel Ramsay spoke again, "If the Chinese have such powerful weapons, why would we easily occupy a big city?" Second Lieutenant, are you sure your comrades aren't telling a science fiction story? "At this time, Mr. Jules Verne had not yet begun his science fiction creation, otherwise the colonel would have thought that the army had mistaken the Chinese for Captain Nemo.

In fact, if Davis hadn't heard it with his own ears and knew Lieutenant Winters better, he would have had a hard time believing this fact. After all, in an era when there are no even metal fixed ammunition, automatic fire is unthinkable.