Xiao Yungui dined with Bao Ling, Blombull and the American minister Mai Lian on the train, this carriage is the exclusive dining car on the Xiwang special train, which can accommodate 30 people to dine at the same time, and the interior decoration and furniture are extremely luxurious, completely modeled after the Western royal special train carriage to build.

Of course, Xiao Yungui is not willing to spend this unjust money, the eight carriages used in this Xiwang special train are all gifts, and the gifts built by Jardine Matheson and more than 20 foreign companies from various countries in Shanghai are specially donated to Xiwang for use. They hoped that King Xi would like to take the train and continue to build more railways in various places. Because of the huge potential of China's huge market, investing in railroads in China has become considered the best investment project in the West, which is even more tempting than building railroads in the middle of nowhere in the western United States. The Suzhou-Shanghai railway will bring huge benefits to investors in the construction of the railway, and Western investors are quite optimistic about the benefits of passenger transport, freight and mineral development along the line. Moreover, the Jiangsu-Shanghai railway also represents a signal, that is, with the first railway, there will be a second and third.

In addition to the special train for the King of the West, the foreign merchants of the foreign company also built a special train for the King of the East and the King of Heaven, a total of twenty-four carriages, and the cost was not much compared to the future income. However, the special trains of the East King and the Heavenly King were sealed by Xiao Yungui in the Suzhou Railway Station, what are you kidding, do you want the West King to die? The West King has eight carriages, and the East King and the Heavenly King are also eight carriages, which is obviously overstepping. Besides, Xiao Yungui didn't plan to let the Eastern King and the Heavenly King come into contact with foreigners, and he was very worried that the two arrogant people who seemed to be wise and martial arts but actually didn't know anything about Shijie patterns and diplomacy would ruin everything he had worked so hard to build.

This time, the Jiangsu-Shanghai Railway was opened, and the King of the West also played a note, but it was only a few simple mentions, and it also mentioned the hope that the King of Heaven and the King of the East would come to watch the ceremony. Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er persuaded the King of Heaven and the King of the East in a high-sounding manner, saying, "The railway built by the Biyi people is actually the same track as the official road used by my carriage and ox cart." The Ranyi brothers took the opportunity to try to see the heart of the Holy Glory and revealed. I want to be the emperor of the Heavenly Empire, why do you need to work for the king of heaven and the king of the east for the inauguration ceremony of the railway, you only need to send an important person to watch the ceremony. ”

So the King of Heaven and the King of the East sent Chen Chengying to watch the ceremony, along with the king's edict, Xiao Yungui read this edict, Hong Xiuquan used his doctrine of worship of God to talk to the foreign brothers, and also expressed satisfaction with the tributes sent by the foreign brothers every year (the so-called tributes are all paid by Xiao Yungui himself, and some are gifts from foreigners to the king of the West), and as the suzerain, the foreigners continue to do business in Sufu Province.

Xiao Yungui asked him to hand over this edict to the translation hall of the West Hall Rite Department for translation, and then hand it over to the foreigners, Chen Chengying is a smart person. Naturally, he didn't ask much, this old boy keenly found that the current development of Sufu Province had exceeded his imagination, and the thighs of the West King had become thicker and thicker, and after a few long conversations with the West King, Chen Chengying began to step on his third boat.

Chen Chengying is a very strange person. He served in the East Temple, and was the eyeliner of the King of Heaven. also has a good relationship with King Yan. In history, he and King Yan worked together to assist the North King to eradicate the East King, and then the North King was eradicated by him and the King of Yan, in fact, he has always bet on the three families, and he is a villain who is used to seeing the wind and rudder. Xiao Yungui slightly showed his acceptance, and the old boy immediately posted it, Xiao Yungui was naturally willing to take advantage of this person. But it doesn't mean that Xiao Yungui completely trusts him, so the two sides have reached a cooperative relationship.

"Your Excellency the King of the West, can you think about the withdrawal of troops again? Without supplies from the coalition fleet and merchant ships, it will be difficult for your troops to survive the winter in the north. Bao Ling's calm and slightly threatening words brought Xiao Yungui's thoughts back to reality.

Xiao Yungui faintly sighed. He put down the knife and fork in his hand, wiped his mouth with a white napkin, and then said slowly: "The Temple Street Fortress and the northern area of Sakhalin Island are both the inherent territory of our country, where the Manchus have seized, if we want to overthrow the Manchus, we must completely drive the Manchus out of every inch of our country, and the Taiping troops on the Temple Street Fortress and Sakhalin Island will not evacuate." ”

Bao Ling, Brombull, and Mai Lian glanced at each other, and the king of the West used Western food to understand the essence of Western culture, but he didn't seem to care about the interests of several Western countries. The British and French had little interest in Kamchatka, Sakhalin, and Temple Street, and they hoped to exchange these places for Russia to relinquish control of the entire northwestern Black Sea, along with a huge ransom. The United States was negotiating with Russia about the purchase of Alaska, and the great powers hoped that the Taiping Army would be able to return Temple Street and Sakhalin Island to Russia in a timely manner, or at least withdraw its troops, so that the Taiping Army could also return to the south with dignity.

King Xi's words once again interrupted the illusions of several people, and Mai Lian said with some displeasure: "Your Excellency King Xi, your army is only a mercenary subordinate to the British and French coalition forces, and the withdrawal of troops is a unified action of the coalition forces, and your army cannot violate the employment contract. ”

Xiao Yungui glanced at the big-nosed American, smiled and said, "Mr. Mai Lian, this is our matter with Britain and France, and it seems that it has nothing to do with the United States." "This annoying American sent a note to the Shanghai Military Administration every month, asking to go to Tianjing to meet the Heavenly King, and the Ministry of Rites in Suzhou even went to Shanghai for him to conduct a negotiation, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites in the West Temple told Mai Lian that the King of the West was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and all foreign affairs were decided by the King of the West, and you can see the King of the West.

But this old boy still wants to see the Heavenly King, just as he has submitted notes to Ye Mingchen and Yiliang, the Governor of Liangjiang, and Guiliang, the Governor of Zhili, many times to ask to meet Xianfeng, he is still thinking about seeing the Heavenly King recently. The attitude of the Manchu Qing side towards Mai Lian was to stay away, but the king of the West was still perfunctory to him, at this time, this old boy actually spoke so unceremoniously, and Xiao Yungui of course did not politely return a word.

Mai Lian frowned and said, "Your Excellency King Xi, I just kindly reminded you. With the enlightened policy of the West King, there are more and more American business activities in China, and Americans will never have trouble with money, and of course they will not have trouble with the King of the West.

Bao Ling hurriedly interjected: "Minister Mailian's words are very correct, if the King of the West insists on refusing to withdraw his troops, we and the French will regard the Taiping Army as a breach of the employment contract, our employment fees will not be paid, and we will immediately withdraw the fleet to Shanghai." ”

Sure enough, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, and Britain and France are not rabbits, but Xiao Yungui seems to have expected that Britain and France will play this trick, and said lightly: "According to the employment contract we signed, when the Russians declared defeat, our employment relationship ended, and the news from yesterday was that the Russians had declared defeat, and the negotiating minister had gone to Paris, and the plenipotentiary envoy sent by Muravyov Tuzhkov seemed to have arrived in Shanghai, two ministers, I think our employment relationship has long ended, But you have not paid our employment fees for a long time, and you are the party that defaults, because Britain and France are both untrustworthy countries. ”

Bao Ling and Blombull's faces turned iron-blue, and Bao Ling said in a deep voice: "The three battleships of the Goddess, the Noah, and the Victory need to return with the Northern Fleet before they can be handed over to you, and if your army does not withdraw, our fleet will not be able to come back, is the King of the West really sure that our fleet can be withdrawn alone regardless of your troops in the north?" ”

Xiao Yungui said lightly: "Since we have chosen to leave the army there, we naturally have our own way, the employment relationship is over, and the combined fleets of the two countries will naturally go wherever they want, thank you for waiting for us for so many days." ”

Bao Ling's anger surged, but he still maintained the restraint of a diplomat: "Your Excellency King Xi, do you think that the coastal navy composed of your pirates in Ningbo and Shanghai alone can complete the replenishment of Temple Street and Sakhalin Island?" After our fleet is withdrawn, the Russians will definitely fight back, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not a victorious country, you have to pay attention to this. ”

Xiao Yungui smiled and said: "I noticed, but it is still a reminder from Sir Xiexie Bao Ling, we are free to solve the supply problem, since the Taiping Army will recover the northern territory sooner or later, it is also a good exercise to let the young men stay there for winter training." ”

Bao Ling finally couldn't help it, he almost roared and said, "Your Excellency King Xi, I hope you won't regret the decision you made today in the future!" ”

Xiao Yungui also stood up and shouted: "The Taiping army will definitely not retreat from the land, the banner of my Western King has been raised on that land, and it will not be easily lowered!" ”

It was the first time that Mai Lian had seen the big voice of King Xi, and he couldn't help but be startled, secretly thinking that if King West was a member of the U.S. Senate, this voice could scold all the members of the Senate to shut up.

Blomble came out in time to sing a white face, and he used French humor to persuade a few words: "Please keep a gentlemanly manner, you have scared those ladies." ”

There are also several female officials in the West Hall in the carriage, all of whom serve in the West King special train, since Hong Yun'er let go of some prohibitions, the control of the women who appeared next to Xiao Yungui is not too strict, so Xiao Yungui arranged several beautiful female officials of the West Hall as train attendants on the special train.

Xiao Yungui and Bao Ling each sat back in their seats, and Bao Ling calmed down to think about the problem at this time, the King of the West is so tough, did he really find a solution to the supply of the northern army? Although there were many naval vessels in Ningbo and Shanghai, Bao Ling believed that those ships were not suitable for sailing to the Tatar Strait, so how did King Xi solve the sea supply line?

Bao Ling didn't think about this problem, but he soon stopped dwelling on this problem, all he had to do now was to immediately order Grant to bring the combined fleet back to Shanghai, since the king of the west was not threatened, then let him really feel the pressure. (To be continued......)