Bao Ling wanted to meet Yang Butang, but it was also a helpless move, this Yang Butang was training troops near Guangzhou, for what, Bao Ling was very clear, since this Yang Butang came to Guangzhou, the British Empire was deflated everywhere in the hands of this Yang Butang.

Assassinating Yang Butang, Bao Ling didn't think about it, and even he specially dispatched a team of more than a dozen people from the few troops on Hong Kong Island, but these people didn't even have the opportunity to get close to this Yang Butang.

This Yang Butang is definitely a big problem for the empire, looking at his age of only thirty years, he is undoubtedly an excellent diplomat, but what is more worrying is his military talent, if such a person can be assassinated, Bao Ling will not hesitate.

But this Yang Butang is really too cautious, the team sent out by Bao Ling can't get close to this Yang Butang within five hundred meters in the downtown area, and on the river, this Yang Butang's barge is on guard for a mile or two, even if the artillery cannons can't hit accurately at this distance.

From this point, it can be seen that this Yang Butang is an extremely cautious figure, thinking about it this way, the Battle of Humen was not a surprise attack of the imperial soldiers at all, but fell into the trap that Yang Butang had made up in advance.

If we add to this, the current tide of public opinion offensive in European and American countries, this Yang Butang's trap is even more obvious, the imperial soldiers in Humen undeclared war, has caused many people to be dissatisfied, and the cabinet is also undergoing a great test.

Today's Qing Kingdom, in the eyes of the English people, is just like what Marco Polo said five centuries ago. It is a country full of gold. Huge market. With an open attitude, this Yang Butang is very good at using European and American diplomatic means, and as a last resort, the current Bao Ling would rather deal with Ye Mingchen, who is like a diplomatic fool, than deal with Yang Butang, this Yang Butang is really powerful, Bao Ling thinks that his diplomatic skills. Far from being comparable to him.

However, the cabinet has recently sent a very clear intention to prevent the signing of the shipyards of the five countries planned by Yang Butang, and the cabinet made it very clear in the order that once the shipyards of the five countries are officially signed, even if it is an empire, it will be difficult to reverse, or it is impossible to reverse it at all.

To start a war and prevent the shipyards of the Five Nations from officially signing a contract, the current Bouling no longer has this idea. Although the empire urgently mobilized several Australian warships, Bao Ling had seen the photos of the giant cannon of the Humen Fort. Without a fleet of a dozen or dozens of warships, it is difficult to penetrate the defense line composed of three giant cannons, and the most critical problem is that the empire does not know how many such giant cannons there are in Guangzhou, once there are more than a dozen, then it must be sent into a formal fleet to fight in the Qing Kingdom.

Diplomatic means, Bao Ling has also tried, but Ye Mingchen, that fool, is simply answering the question, it seems that this Yang Butang's status in the Qing State is not much different from the prime minister of the empire, as far as Bao Ling knows, Ye Mingchen's status in the Qing State is equivalent to the prime minister, a diplomat who makes Ye Mingchen also jealous of the abnormality, Bao Ling even imagined with evil taste, this Yang Butang is the illegitimate son of the former Daoguang Emperor, this age is really about the same.

The means of war are impossible in the near future, if you want to prevent the shipyards of the five countries from signing the contract, you can only use diplomatic means, the minister of Millican and France, Bao Ling also met, the minister of Milicán directly rejected Bao Ling's suggestion, and the French minister Bourblon, but did not answer positively, it seems that France in the five countries shipyard matter, also have a fluke mentality, ten years of thirty percent of the income, it is likely that the French government also wants to participate in it.

The shape is extremely harsh, and if he wants to prevent the shipyards of the five countries from signing the contract, the only thing Bao Ling can do is to meet with Yang Butang, but what is the success rate, he is also clear in his heart, I am afraid that it is difficult for the imperial merchants to refuse such benefits, and Yunyan's formula is also an extremely attractive collateral item for them, with a success rate of one percent, this is Bao Ling's self-evaluation.

"Huh...... Governor Bowling, take the initiative to invite a meeting, but it's rare! I wonder what I'm going to talk about this time? ”

The search into Yang Butang's mansion was still cautious and abnormal, although there was a protest, but Yang Butang's subordinates also made it clear that if they did not search their bodies, they were not allowed to see Yang Butang in person, and they could only handle affairs through guò letters, and for the sake of the empire's entrustment, Bao Ling could only bow his head helplessly.

"Five Nations Shipyard!"

"Oh...... Do you also want to take a stake in the shipyards of the five countries? ”

"Nope! The Empire means: to prevent the shipyards of the Five Nations from signing up! ”

Now, Bao Ling doesn't hide it, it's useless for Yang Butang at all, it's better to throw out his bottom line directly and test Yang Butang's reaction.

"Hmm...... It's a simple matter, doesn't your British Empire have the largest and most powerful navy in the world?

Stop merchants from all over the world from coming to the Qing Dynasty, that's it!

Whether or not the contract of the shipyards of the five countries is signed or not, it is no longer up to the ministry to decide, if the ministry breaks the contract, it will offend the four countries of Britain, France, the United States and Germany, or all European and American countries, and the world is the enemy, we have no such ability!

The purpose of the Governor of Baoling is also clear to the main department, but the current situation is different, unlike the initial initiative, the initiative is not in the hands of our side, but in the hands of merchants of various countries.

Governor Bowling must have known about the agreements reached by merchants from various countries in private, right? The termination of the contract signing of the shipyards of the five countries will inevitably trigger a war against the Qing Dynasty in all countries of the world, and our side will not agree to this matter, whether our two countries go to war or not.

If Governor Bowling had a good idea, he could have said it! ”

Yang Meng's meaning is very clear, it is impossible to prevent the shipyard from signing the contract!

Yang Butang's meaning is roughly the same as the meaning of the empire, once the contract is signed and then stopped, it is against the whole world, even the British Empire does not have such an ability, after Yang Butang said these reasons, Bao Ling knew that he had failed this time.

"If Yang Butang agrees to this, the matter of Humen, the empire can not blame the past!"

"Governor Bowling, don't you think you're a little stupid when you say this? The matter of Humen is your fault, and we are not to blame for what we are doing. What right do you have to be unpunished?

Do you want to go to war?

I'm going to ask you. You are English enough to be in the Far East. Propping up a big war of hundreds of thousands?

Even if France is united, will your two countries be able to organize such a big war?

Although the fleet of the British Empire is the largest in the world, the land area of the Qing Dynasty is also terrifying to you.

After the Crimean War, your English war in India did not go well, although more than 60,000 troops and more than 40 warships were invested. But the pace of war is not as smooth as you think.

At present, the British are still in the footsteps of India, and they are still hesitating in the harbor cities, fighting deep into the interior of the coastal plains, and the British army has no strategic advantage at all.

India is an example for me to learn from the Qing Dynasty, without the supply of India's huge population and resources, how much war can the British Empire support in the Far East?

The situation in the southeast peninsula was also a mess for England, even if the Qing Dynasty was closer to Milican and Canada by sea. The English government can come up with as much wealth and as much time as it wants. What about fighting a big war between countries with the Qing Dynasty?

Our government seems to be weak, but the Qing Dynasty is not the clay-footed giant you see, go to war? As you please, Lao Tzu has trained an army of nearly 50,000 people in Guangzhou, and there are 1230,000 troops in Jiangnan, fighting land battles, nearly 200,000 people, how many casualties will you have to pay in England?

Although the ongoing civil war in our country is a loss of national strength, it is undeniable that the civil war in our country has also trained an elite combat force for our government that has experienced a hundred battles. ”

Yang Butang suddenly talked about the war in India, the Southeast Peninsula and the Crimea, Bao Ling was immediately shocked, this Yang Butang, the situation of the empire, quite unique, in the Far East to conduct a national war comparable to the Crimean War, Bao Ling also thought that the empire did not have such ability.

Threat, the biggest threat of the empire in the Far East, it is none other than Yang Butang, looking at this Yang Butang fixedly, Bao Ling suddenly had the urge to go up and strangle him to death.

"Yang Butang, don't forget that the emperor of your country is different from the empress of our country, and the emperor of your country is full of words!"

"It's rare that you can still remember this sentence, there is another saying in my country, called: The king will not suffer from the life of the king abroad!"

"Tianjin Bay can directly threaten the capital of your country!"

"Governor Baoling may not know that the recruits trained by the headquarters in Guangzhou are used to defend the area around Jinkou, and France has provided enough ordnance to equip 30,000 people, and when the time comes, the battle of Jinkou may be the second Humen!"

Yang Butang's attitude is surprisingly strong, Bao Ling's thinking these days, many things that are not involved, have been answered by Yang Butang, according to the current situation, the empire is helpless against the Qing State, once the contract of the shipyard of the five countries is signed, Guangzhou, a new huge port, is where the empire can not set foot in, once the empire makes a mistake in Guangzhou, it is likely to attract hostility from European and American countries.

"Yang Butang, let's talk openly and honestly! What conditions do you need to terminate the five-nation shipyard contract? ”

Having said that, Bao Ling is already exhausted, and now the form at the negotiation table has been reversed, and if you want to prevent the signing of the contract between the shipyards of the five countries, you can only start from the Qing side.

But this matter, Ye Mingchen's side did not answer the question, the Qing court, Baoling could not be contacted, and now Ye Mingchen and Yang Butang in Guangzhou are the only channel for the British Empire to contact the Qing State.

"Governor Baoling, the headquarters asks you, what price does our country pay to stop the pace of progress and development of your country?"

"It's impossible!"

"That's right! The rise of a country is unstoppable by anyone, and it cannot be exchanged at any price, many people in our country have been thrown into the rising tide, and the shipyards of the five countries are just an insignificant wave of this tide!

To curb the development of our country, there is no other way than a large-scale war!

And there are 40,000,000 unyielding people in our country, and in a large-scale war, how big can England provoke?

Amsterdam of your country said that I am nothing but a giant with clay-footed feet who is strong on the surface and weak on the inside! Emperor Napoleon believed that I was a sleeping lion in the East, and now this sleeping lion will wake up, and you and I cannot stop the awakening lion in the East.

The decision on whether to carry out the contract or not is in the hands of the merchants of each country, and it may be better to persuade the merchants of each country than to delay the work on the side of the main department, Governor Baoling.

Although the shipyards of the five countries collected a lot of funds in the early stage, most businessmen are more interested in the fixed income of ten percent in the three months, and now there is still about half a month before the signing of the contract, and if the governor of Baoling does not take the opportunity to do something, the general trend will be difficult to change.

We also do not want to start a war with your country on an unprecedented scale, this is my final reminder to your Excellency, as for the outcome, or that sentence, the decision is not in our hands! ”

When it comes to the controversy over the rise of a country, three days and three nights are also inconclusive, what Yang Butang said is good, if you start with businessmen from various countries, maybe it is a better way?

"Thank you very much Yang Butang for having an open and honest meeting with me, Yang Butang's words, I will convey them to the empire, as for the future, it depends on the development of the situation!"

In vain, it can only be fruitless, the shipyard of the five countries has become an irreversible thing, Bao Ling feels that the only thing that can be done now is to try to prevent the scale of funds gathered by the shipyard of the five countries. (To be continued......)