Shunzhi looked at the stunned envoys, smiled appreciatively at me, and then said aloud: "If you are interested, you can taste the meal of the Qing Dynasty." "Most of the Europeans are arrogant, will not pretend to be prevaricated, listen to Shunzhi say this, have picked up forks, two of them also tried chopsticks, the result is needless to say, in China three-year-old children will use, to their hands seem to be heavier than the gold hoop 'stick'.

Lu Shan really didn't disappoint me, and the rich taste of Chinese food wouldn't disappoint anyone, and the British envoy's face showed a look of chagrin, probably regretting why he had eaten that steak just now, and now there is a lot less place to hold things in his stomach.

A young Englishman was so happy with his face that he said, "Please forgive me why I have eaten so much, Chinese food is really the first class food." As he spoke, there were some tears in his eyes, and the middle-aged envoy sitting next to him also nodded: "I really should let Diya taste it too, she has always boasted that her potato stewed lamb 'meat' is the most 'good'." The surrounding envoys all let out a good-natured laugh when they heard this, only George did not laugh, he put down the fork in his hand, wiped his mouth in an extremely graceful posture, and said: "It is undeniable that the dishes are very rich, and only countries that love food will make so many 'flower' dishes," he looked around, and said with great sincerity on his face: "It's just that the experience of our predecessors tells us that there is nothing more loving to eat than pigs, look at the tail behind them." The smile on his face rose irrepressibly, and Princess Sophie beside him glanced at George disapprovingly, and most of the other envoys frowned slightly when they heard this not funny joke, but a few echoed it and laughed out loud.

Tang Ruowang, who was sitting beside Shunzhi, was extremely embarrassed, he didn't know how to translate these words to Shunzhi, and then he only heard the interpreter say with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, the British envoy is expressing the highest respect to you and your country. As soon as he spoke, I took a good look at this

Translation of "clever". Probably because I have watched too many Anti-Japanese War films, in my heart, the translator does not have a good thing, especially the one in front of me.

is obviously an Oriental, but he has to wear 'wave' and 'wave' hair and wear British fashion to be a foreigner.

Shunzhi listened and faced George

As soon as the "sincere" smile bent the corners of his mouth, I reached out under the table and pinched his big 'legs', and the corners of Shunji's eyes twitched violently, and he looked back at me inexplicably.

I turned to the interpreter and asked, "I wonder where the interpreter is from?" The interpreter was stunned, and Shunzhi and the ministers were also suspicious, as if they didn't understand why I was asking this question.

The interpreter stood up, bowed to me, and said loudly: "Back to the queen, the minister is the country of cherry blossoms and flowers, and the Japanese are nationals." "Japan?

Hmph, look, it's really not a good thing, I slowly stood up, held the wine glass in my hand, nodded slightly towards the interpreter, and said word by word in English: "Japan is a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, and on behalf of the Celestial Empire, I will transfer the respect of the British envoy to the people of your country." Before I could finish speaking, I saw the interpreter's eyes widen in surprise, George was also slightly moved, and Princess Sophie even looked sorry, quite embarrassed.

The princes and ministers looked at me one by one as if they had seen an alien visitor, Shunzhi's body froze at first, and then slowly turned his head, blinking his eyes, and his eyes were full of envy.

I smirked at him and raised an eyebrow, what is this? I've studied English for so many years, and I don't dare to say 'proficient', but ordinary conversations are definitely not difficult for me.

The only one in the audience who was not surprised was probably John Tang, he was so happy that the folds on his face were smiling, originally, he was in charge of envoys to various countries, which could be regarded as foreign affairs

"General agent", the British envoy's visit has a direct relationship with his visit to the UK, in the face of the unceremonious British envoy, he must protect the face of the Qing Dynasty, but also can not blame the other party too much, now I am ahead, he is not happy.

I glanced coldly at the little Japanese with a 'look' on his face, and said to George, "What I said just now, can you understand that you are praising us?" "Listening to my words, all the envoys, including John Tang, are all the same

The expression of "doubt", doubt, doubt, and doubt".

"Pig is really a cute animal," I said with a smile: "not only cute, but also the whole body is a treasure, 'meat' can be used to eat, skin can be used to make leather goods, 'hair' can be used to make brushes, the internal organs are a good product to replenish the body, there is no 'waste' fee, loyal service to people, without a trace of complaints, just like our Chinese nation, simple, benevolent, self-sacrificing." "George and his men changed their faces, and Princess Sophie bowed deeply to me, and I smiled at her, and said to George: "You and I have the same skin and hair color, and so are our habits, but obviously we know better what it means to respect others, because we are not laughing at you for putting sheep wool on your head, although we also think it is ridiculous." "It was popular for the British to wear wigs from sheep's wool on their heads, they thought it would make people look neater, and many of the legations wore wigs like that.

Under the accusatory gaze of several equally distinguished envoys, George could no longer sit still, got up and bowed slightly to me, and said, "Your Majesty, I am here to express my deep apologies to you for your lost words at the next moment. I smiled and said, "There is no difference between the 'exchanges' between the two countries and the 'exchanges' between people, so why apologize for a harmless joke or two between friends?" George smiled slightly, but his eyes still shone with unconvinced light, and sure enough, just after I sat down, George spoke again: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Empress, your country is worthy of being the superior country of the Heavenly Empire, the land is vast and rich, so that the inferior people are very respectful, but everything in your country is fine, but the weapons are a little worse." This time, the Japanese translator didn't dare to make a ghost out of it, and honestly translated George's words into Chinese, and when all the ministers heard it, their faces were 'revealed' with anger, and Shunzhi also said with a slightly calm face: "I don't know what advice your envoy has?" "Weapons!

I suddenly remembered the musket that John Tong had said, and sure enough, I only heard George say: "I have brought with me a few muskets that are very common in Great Britain on this occasion, and if Your Majesty is interested, you can appreciate them." "This kind of request for Shunzhi is not allowed, I stretched out my hand to summon the attacker, whispered a few words, the attacker nodded, turned around, George said: "This gun is different from the previous muskets, the power is amazing, and I also invite His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Empress to appreciate it outside the palace." A room of people walked to the empty field outside the hall, and watched the British envoy coming towards us with two long boxes in his hands, and I couldn't help but be secretly anxious in my heart, hoping that the attack would be faster.

Seeing George open the box,

"George," I affectionately called his name,

"Can you let me see it first?"

"Of course." George generously asked his men to hold the musket in front of me, and Shunzhi and I looked at the box in unison, and in the box lay a musket more than a meter long, with a very long barrel, similar to today's shotguns, with a wooden handle, inlaid with precious stones, very luxurious.

Shunzhi took out the musket, checked it with both hands, looked left and right, his face was as usual, and he couldn't see the thoughts in his heart.

After Shunzhi finished reading the gesture to put the musket back, I reached out and took it, and I pretended to look at it for a long time, until the corner of my eye saw the attacker in the distance and pulled Zhang Dehai to hurry up, and then put the musket back with a smile and praised it twice.

George smiled proudly, took the musket in his hand, took out a small paper barrel covered with grease from the box, bit the barrel open with his teeth, poured a part of the gunpowder into the musket's firing pool, and took out a long strip and stuffed the remaining gunpowder and a silver projectile into the barrel, which was many times faster than the previous arquebus, although in my opinion, it was still extremely slow.

About fifty meters away from us, several tables were prepared, on which were placed a row of small porcelain jars filled with water, George put the butt of his gun on his shoulder, and lowered his head to aim,

With a "bang", the water bottle burst in response, Shunzhi was slightly moved, and although the ministers were startled, there was still a trace of disdain on their faces.

George asked people to move the table to a place nearly a hundred meters away, loaded the gun and quickly pulled the trigger, this time, no one dared to underestimate this new weapon, the two tests all proved that the musket in George's hand, whether it was the loading time or the 'shooting' range, was much more advanced than the existing Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi's face showed a trace of worry, the ministers praised one after another, and Ao Bai looked directly at the musket in George's hand, and squinted his eyes slightly.

At this time, the attacker and Zhang Dehai rushed to my side, and the attacker gasped and stuffed something into me, and asked in a low voice: "Master, is this it?" I secretly spread my hand and saw a metal projectile shining with silver light, I nodded, this is a string of projectile necklaces given to me by John Tang not long ago, it is said that George gave it to him when he went to England, I asked the attacker to take it apart and take off a projectile, hoping that it will come in handy later.

I glanced at the real Zhang Dehai and said softly: "Has Grandpa Hai ever seen the power of that musket?" Zhang Dehai nodded, and I asked again: "Is it safe for Grandpa Hai to dodge the projectile of the musket?" Zhang Dehai squinted his eyes and thought about it, and said, "There are eight points of certainty." I looked at him and said in a very low voice, "Don't be eight, but ten!" Not only that, but I want you to take that projectile. Zhang Dehai's face did not have a trace of 'wave', I quietly stuffed the projectile in my hand into his hand, Zhang Dehai saw the things in his hand clearly, his face 'color' changed, and I said: "It's about the national body, if Gonggong Hai is not very sure, this palace will not be reluctant." Zhang Dehai looked at the musket in George's hand in the distance, and said expressionlessly: "The slave wants to see the power of this musket again." ”