Chapter 104: Conquered by You Like This

After two months of hard travel, Tang Shaoyi finally arrived in London.

During this period, it crossed the Strait of Malacca, crossed the Indian Ocean, crossed the Red Sea, crossed the Suez Canal, traveled across the Mediterranean, passed through Gibraltar, Zuihou entered the Atlantic Ocean, and arrived in the United Kingdom. Although he had studied in the United States before, along the way, the white man was arrogant, the yellow man was low-voiced, the black man was inferior to the pig and dog, the busy Calcutta freighter terminal, the thick and sweet Indian tea, the rice flag showing off everywhere on the ocean, the shijie was big, the world was strange, unbelievable, and difficult to describe.

This reminded him of what the emperor said before leaving: "Being born in this era is the luck of the ambitious, and the tragedy of the incompetent." He understood that this was an encouragement to him.

You know, it was only necessary to send one person from the Chinese embassy in the UK, but the emperor did not hesitate to send him to carry out the mission, which shows the importance of the mission and the trust in him. If the task can be completed, Feihuang Tengda is naturally just around the corner, and a lot of pride swells in his chest for a while.

When he arrived in London, he first met with Wu Tingfang, the minister to the United Kingdom, who had made an appointment with the other party in advance, and Tang Shaoyi went directly to the Rothschild Bank in the City of London.

A moment later, a box-drawn carriage departed from Silver and began to drive west.

Tang Shaoyi sat in the carriage, looking at the scenery on the side of the road through the window decorated with brocade, the dull sound of Big Ben faintly sounded in his ears, and the sky was a layer of hazy fog.

The carriage passed through Trafalgar Square, built to commemorate the famous Battle of Trafalgar Harbour, with a monument and bronze statue of British Admiral Nelson standing in the center of the square.

Then head north, through the bustling London district of Soho, to a densely wooded, quiet place. Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but secretly admire, behind the noisy street market, in front of the melodious bell St. Martin's Church, living here is the meaning of "quiet in the middle of noisy".

A series of dark buildings, enclosed by iron fences like fences, with delicate marble balustrades, steeply sloping roofs, elaborately carved walls, and windows as high as two stories.

Tang Shaoyi was ushered into the door, and as soon as he entered, he saw a man of extraordinary style, slowly descending from the long staircase covered with a dark red carpet, with a linen white shirt inside, a tuxedo dress on the outside, silver hair neatly combed, white gloves, and an ebony cane.

Tang Shaoyi has studied abroad for many years and can speak fluent English, and after the two sides sat down to greet each other, several servants of Indian descent came out with clean and shiny bone china tea sets.

Take out the special sugar cube from the sugar jar, pour fresh milk from the milk cup, put it in a glass pot with the black tea leaves, pick up the hot water kettle and add water to it, then use a tea drain to filter off the black tea tea residues, then pour it into a round bone china teapot, and pour the brewed haode black tea into a delicate wide-mouthed narrow-bottomed bone china teacup. The brown color is clear and bright, orange and yellow, red and bright, wafting the fragrance of black tea, and the color is extremely attractive.

On the three-tiered silver shelves next to it, freshly baked snacks are savory sandwiches, sweet English muffins, and fresh strawberry cakes.

The servant picked up the dim sum plate, put some dim sum in each with a tong, and placed it on the round table in front of the guest of honor with the teacup, and placed a silk scarf folded into a triangular shape next to it, which was used to wipe the mouth.

Then the servants bowed their heads and retreated, and Rothschild picked up the teacup, took a sip, and smiled: "Dear Chinese friend, is there anything I can help you with?" "

Noble, elegant, exquisite, high-end, rich and proud? Exquisite utensils, delicious food, decent dress, elegant temperament, a picture of aristocratic atmosphere.

But Tang Shaoyi looked at all this, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and one mouth made the other party stiff.

"Load! Keep loading! Isn't it aristocratic faction? High society, isn't it? There are two stinky bucks, aren't they? Life is blissful, isn't it? Don't, don't pretend, okay? Aren't you tired? I'm here to help you, it's me to save your nation, your faith, your children, I'm your Jehovah, I'm your God, it's too late for you to pray to me, you're still putting shit on me and asking how you can help me?! "

Rothschild held the teacup, froze in mid-air, not knowing whether to drink or put it down, and said for a while: "I thought that the Chinese have always been more reserved. "

Tang Shaoyi is vibrant: "When it should be subtle, I will naturally be subtle, when it is time to drink tea, I will also drink tea, we Chinese scholars drink tea, taste wine, chant poetry and paint, three days and three nights." But now, at the behest of the Emperor of my country, I have crossed thousands of miles and oceans to do a great and urgent thing, and time is my enemy. In this very moment, there have been countless Jews expelled, humiliated, wronged, murdered, and time is the enemy of you and your fellow citizens.

At this time, the anti-Semitic storm in Russia intensified. Millions of Jews were discredited and uprooted from their homes.

In Austria, anti-Semites openly advertised the slogan "Do not buy from Jews" in newspapers and at rallies.

In France, the anti-Semite Trummond had just published of the French Jews, declaring that the economic depression and social poverty of France were the sins of the Jews. The book has now sold 100,000 copies!

In Germany, more than 200,000 people have now signed a petition to Chancellor Bismarck demanding the deprivation of Jewish citizenship.

Mr. Rothschild, do you need to go on with examples? Throughout Europe, Jews are street rats, lost dogs, headless flies, and lonely ghosts.

If you are a person who is indifferent to the suffering of your fellow citizens, if you are a person who can stand by and watch an entire nation be driven to hell and still drink black tea with grace.

Then I'm sorry, I'm in the wrong place, I disturbed your good mood of drinking tea, chatting and eating snacks.

But if that's not the case, then I feel like we have more important things to do than have a cup of tea and a chat. "

Tang Shaoyi went straight to the point, and even rude and rude words, directly shattered the other party's disguise, in fact, this is a pre-designed haodejihua.

Tang Shaoyi believed that through prior contact, the other party had already understood his intentions, and with the shrewdness and cunning of the Jews, he would inevitably put on an indifferent posture to bargain. But in this matter, the sense of urgency of the Jews is far greater than that of China, and the Jewish people are already on the verge of a desperate situation, and they need a lifeline. In this case, you can open your door and show a resolute attitude, and the effect may be better.

Rothschild was obviously stimulated, and Tang Shaoyi knew better than anyone that he didn't care about the other party's attitude, he was a businessman who only cared about interests.

Rothschild said solemnly: "Mr. Tang's frankness was beyond my expectations. In that case, we don't have to go around in circles. What kind of road did your ambassador say earlier about giving the Jews a way across the Red Sea? "

The road across the Red Sea refers to the story of in which the Jews fled from Egypt to Palestine to escape the slaughter, and the prophet Moses carved a way from the Red Sea to save the Jews.

Tang Shaoyi also replied solemnly: "It's the road to Zionism!" "

Looking at the other party's wide eyes, Tang Shaoyi continued: "In the whole of Europe, there is no place for Jews. Your prophet Moses thousands of years ago led the Jews out of Africa, and now it's time for you to go out of Europe. People discriminate against Jews because you are not a country, and the only solution to this problem is to establish a Jewish state. There is no room left for this shijie to form a Jewish state, but our great, merciful emperor is willing to give the Jews a piece of the "Promised Land" to make it a homeland for the Shijie Jews. "

Rothschild popped out a word from between his teeth: "Where?" "

Tang Shaoyi unfolded the map and pointed it to him, "The northern part of the Indochina Peninsula is an area equivalent to two Cyprus, which is enough to accommodate all the Jews of Shijie. "

Rothschild looked at the map for a long time before he said: "How can we trust the sincerity of your country?" "

"Our Emperor will issue a proclamation to the whole Shijie setting forth our Jewish policy, which will be vouched for by our national credibility and the supreme dignity of our Emperor. If you think that's still not enough, then unfortunately, there is no oath magic on this shijie. Nor do I think there are other countries that would be willing to give the same opportunity and allow a Jewish state to emerge. "

Rothschild said slowly after a long time: "I personally appreciate your frankness very much, but this is a major matter of the Jewish nation, not a few people can decide, what I can do is only to spread the news, of course, I can also persuade some famous people to participate, and all this takes time, I believe you can understand." Now, tell me, what kind of return does your emperor want? "

Rothschild spread his hands, like the owner of an antique shop, with a gesture of "please make a price".

It was a full two hours before Tang Shaoyi left.

Three days later, on June 23, Ding Yuntong issued a short manifesto to Quan Shijie through the Imperial News Agency, the full text of which read:

"The government of Emperor Bixia of China was in favor of the establishment of a national home for the Jews in Phongsali in Indochina, and would do its utmost to bring about this goal. It should be made clear, however, that the civil and religious rights of the non-Jewish peoples already present there, as well as the rights and political status of the Jews in other countries, must not be harmed. ”

This manifesto is called the "66123 Declaration", and within a short period of time after it was published, it spread throughout Shijie and caused a sensation throughout Shijie, like a star suddenly erupting in the sky in the vast dark night, and everyone couldn't help but look up.