Generally speaking, the British were very satisfied, and on the train to Dagukou, the triumphant British envoys had already opened champagne to celebrate, Bazali's bow tie was crooked to the side, he raised his glass, and saluted Jacob, the Privy Council Vice-Chancellor, who was sitting by the window, "Dear Jacob, thank you for your advice to the country, not only to solve Kashmir, but also to earn a lot of silver from the Chinese!" ”

"No, no, no, this is our common credit," Jacob also put down his cold poker expression, and said with a smile, "Mr. Minister, you know me, I am a soldier's character, and I am not suitable for working hard in the officialdom, I can only provide certain advice on the military side, and dear Bazali, the Foreign Secretary has resigned because of his mishandling of the affairs of the Boers, so that the position of Foreign Minister has become vacant, I believe that after you return to China, you will be entrusted with important tasks by the Prime Minister and officially become a member of the cabinet, After all, there are very few ministers who have been praised by Her Majesty's personal letter. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Bazali smiled, "May God make your words come true." ”

The train roared, and soon arrived at the railway station of Dagukou, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway is the first railway built in China, has been put into use for more than ten years, Tianjin Railway Station is very prosperous, but everyone does not get off here, directly from Tianjin to Dagukou Station, here is very close to the wharf, Edward is the third day of the first month of February to leave, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military has arrived in Tianjin in advance on the second day of the first month of February, but the Tianjin governor is busy with the transfer of the group.

However, the local officials in Tianjin have long been accustomed to ushering in the days of sending, the Beijing-Tianjin railway is passed, and the officials who go to Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangzhou, and Liangjiang to take office are all from Tianjin by boat, which is convenient and fast, and go to the southwest or the Central Plains to take office, so they will take the train south directly from Beijing to the Daimyofu, and now there is no ability to assume the railway bridge technology across the big river, so the train in Zhili until the Daimyofu is the end.

After the Yellow River, short-distance railways have been built in all provinces one after another, and other official roads are also convenient. So now I don't know how much faster travel is than before, and the corresponding mail stations have also developed, and in recent years, it has been rumored that the DPRK and China will set up a new Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and I don't know whether it's true or not. But the leopard in the tube, this matter can be seen the prosperity of logistics.

The dock had already been emptied, and when the Empress Dowager Cixi and Edward's carriage procession arrived, all the princes and princes of the military cabinet and the nine secretaries had arrived, and the clothes were full of beasts. Wear a brilliant top.

Many people looked at the British ironclad ships that covered the sky and the sun and were silent, Guo Songtao waited behind Zuo Zongtang and quietly said to him, "The gap between Chinese and British sailors is still very big." ”

Zuo Zongtang raised his eyebrows, "That's true, the Indian fleet has one warship of more than 7,000 tons, three warships of 5,000 tons, more than a dozen warships of less than 2,000 tons, and countless ships of small tonnage. But now we only have two or three thousand tons of warships, and we don't have a single one of more than 7,000 tons. ”

"Because of this strong strength, we can be proud of the world," Guo Songtao shook his head, "If it weren't for that, how could we force us to sign the alliance under the city?" ”

"This is not right, although Shi Dakai gave some way there, he is not afraid inside," Zuo Zongtang said, "It's not my race." His heart must be different, Shi Dakai and others, in the end, are still Chinese. ”

"You also have a reason, and I don't know why the Queen Mother wants to give the British so decent. not only personally sent off the guests, but also pulled so many civil and military officials to send them off. ”

"We all know about this other thing," Zuo Zongtang said with a smile, "Of course, there are reasons to give dignity to the British, and there are." Have you seen it," he stretched out his finger and pointed at Li Hongzao and the people behind him, their faces were very surprised and ugly, Xu Tong looked at those towering warships, his face was snow-white, and everyone was blue-faced.

"Have you seen it," Zuo Zongtang pointed to the imperial history on the side, Zhan Shifu and the others, everyone showed shocked expressions at the British fleet, especially compared with the Beiyang sailors flying the Yellow Dragon Banner.

"Compared with the Indian fleet, the tonnage of the Beiyang Naval Division is simply the difference between a rabbit and a tiger," Zuo Zongtang said lightly, he glanced at Peng Yulin, who was silent behind him, "Of course, Xueqin, it's not that you are not good for governing the army, it's just that the national conditions are like this, and we can't build warships ourselves." ”

"It's okay, in the past, when I sent Xisheng to visit India and pass through it, I was already humiliated," Peng Yulin said calmly, "The sailors already have the intention of lying down and tasting courage." ”

"You have it, they don't." Zuo Zongtang snorted coldly, "The court has a lot of beaks about throwing the water master's sea-like silver into it, thinking that the water master is strong enough, the queen mother wants everyone to take a look, and you will know the level and severity of the comparison, this trick is wonderful," Zuo Zongtang exclaimed, "Anyone who is sensible, at least in the future, will not obstruct the affairs of the water master." ”

"Although it is a rabbit, it is not a docile rabbit," Peng Yulin said indifferently, "A rabbit bites when it is in a hurry, not to mention that the Beiyang Navy Division is also a rabbit with weapons." ”

"This is natural, if any country wants to bite our rabbit, it must be prepared to break its teeth." Zuo Zongtang said with a smile, "What's more, after today, the rabbit is no longer a rabbit, at least a hunting dog." ”

After a while, the Empress Dowager Cixi's car arrived, and everyone stopped talking, straightened up and prepared to salute to greet them. Edward got off the carriage first, and arrived in front of the carriage of the Empress Dowager Cixi, waiting for the Empress Dowager Cixi to get off the horse, the carriage door opened, and stretched out a slender jade hand, Edward stretched out his hand, but was preempted by Li Lianying, Li Lianying helped the Empress Dowager to get out of the carriage.

Today is a full set of auspicious clothes, the sky blue phoenix wears the auspicious clothes of the peony and eight treasures and mountains to set off the Empress Dowager Cixi's special fair skin today, Edward wears a bright red dress, and the two people standing together really complement each other.

Long live the ministers, Edward in front, Empress Dowager Cixi in the back, one after the other, the salute roared, Edward turned his head and wanted to say something to Cixi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bazali stepped forward and said a few words in Edward's ear, Edward frowned slightly, slightly displeased, the salute rumbled, Cixi didn't hear what they said at all, and when Bazali left, she asked with concern: "What's the matter?" ”

"No big problem," said Edward, "except that the Boers on the north and south sides have provoked another war, and some Dutch descendants will not have any effect on the British." (To be continued.) )