The sea should always belong to England! Van Verst Green, who was in his early fifties, slightly chubby, and had turned bald into the Mediterranean Sea on the top of his head, stood on the bow of the ship against the wind, looking at the horizon at the far end of the sea, quietly clenched his fists, and secretly felt ruthless in his heart. It's hard, it's hard! Van Verstgreen knew how difficult the task was, but no matter how difficult it was, he had to complete it, even if it was not for the trust of Her Majesty King Anne, Van Verstgreen had no choice.

In fact, as the vice president of the East India Company of England, Van Verst Green did not like war, let alone fight against the Qing Dynasty, the reason is very simple--- the East India Company made a windfall from the trade with the Qing Dynasty, and the whole company made a lot of money, but the domestic economy did not improve because of the East India Company's fortune, on the contrary, at this time, the English handicraft industry went bankrupt, a large number of displaced people fled around, and the whole society fell on the verge of collapse.

Fortunately, it can only be said that fortunately, the improvement of the steam engine and the invention of the shuttle gave the English economy an opportunity to rise, but this opportunity came at an untimely time, on the one hand, the rapid growth of industrial products had nowhere to digest, and the luxury goods from the Qing Dynasty were flooded, England needed, and it was extremely necessary to have a large market with strong digestion capacity, and the Qing Dynasty was undoubtedly the most ideal dumping ground for industrial products. It's a pity that the Qing Empire never allowed the English fleet to dock at the ports of the Qing Dynasty, let alone set up a trading house, and what Van Verstergreen hated the most was that the Qing Empire only imported some self-striking bells except for some raw materials and grain from the East India Company, and refused to buy anything else. This cost the East India Company a lot less money.

Money is a good thing, you can buy anything with money, right? At least that's what Van Verst Green thinks of during his stay in Guangzhou. The money in Van Verstgreen's pocket was spent like running water, but the effect was also obvious, and he finally figured out that the current Qing Emperor was the young prince he had met back then, and as for the one who was sent to negotiate with him, it was the money-greedy and somewhat stupid third prince, oh, and the second king who didn't have any hair. That's good, that's very good! As soon as he thought of the greedy and incompetent Third Prince, a rare smile suddenly appeared on Van Verstgreen's face.

"Good morning, Your Excellency. You woke up so early? Why don't you take a little more rest. The affectionate greeting of Count Van Horncage, the Dutch ambassador, woke Van Verstgreen from his reverie. =--First-Launch=

"Good morning, Your Excellency, don't you also get up early?" Although Van Verst Green did not look down on this young earl who was less than thirty years old and looked like a gentleman. But I still greeted him very politely. "Oh, Your Excellency, I'm about to go to Tianjin, and I've finally adapted to life on the shore, but I've been on the boat for a few days, and I'm really bored." Count Van Hohencage leaned back on the side of the ship with a lazy look, and said with some sullen breath.

What a damn stupid pig, just a gold-plated bastard, and God knows what the King of the Netherlands thought of sending such a pig's head as an ambassador. It's about a relationship with the daughter of the king of the Netherlands. Van Verst Green thought to himself with some viciousness. But he said very politely: "Yes, it's almost here, there are still three or four days to sail, oh, I believe that the agreement between your two countries will not be forgotten, right?" ”

"How can it? Don't forget that your predecessor, King Wilhelm III, was originally my Dutch consul, and even if you and I have differences, we have the same interests in the Far East, don't we? Count Van Horncage chuckled.

Oh, damn Dutch pigs. It is never forgotten that they once contributed a king to the great England. Van Verst Green was extremely dissatisfied. Because this hated Dutch count always talked about William III, to tell the truth. Van Verstgreen has never trusted this earl, not only because the count himself is very disgusting, but more importantly, the Dutch envoy is the first in European countries to bow to the Qing emperor three times and nine bows, as early as the end of the last century, the Dutch have sent envoys to the Qing Dynasty, and they kowtowed very undignifiedly, which is already the laughing stock of the diplomatic circles of European countries, this time it is difficult to ensure that the ignorant and greedy Dutch will not relapse from the old disease, but out of politeness, Van Verstgreen still bent down very politely, He smiled and said, "That's the best, oh, it's not early, I haven't had breakfast yet, why don't you enjoy the delicacies of the Qing Dynasty together?" ”

"Great, hehe, to be honest, these days when I came to the East, I let go of eating, letting go of drinking, this accident, my body shape has changed, hey, I have to lose weight in retrospect, it's really troublesome, but, seriously, which Qing delicacies are really my appetite." Count Van Hoencage said with a happy expression. &&&&First&Hair

Seeing that Count Van Horncage did not have the demeanor of a diplomat, Van Verstgreen shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything, half-turned around and made a gesture of invitation, never thinking that Count Van Horncage smiled and continued: "Your Excellency, the weather is good, the sun is shining, and the wind is calm, if you don't let people bring the table up, you can enjoy the food while sightseeing on the deck." ”

"Well, if Your Excellency insists." Although he was very disgusted with the proposal of Earl Van Horncage, as a diplomat, Van Verstgreen still had this kind of self-cultivation, and just turned around and was about to give an explanation to the attaché, when he suddenly heard a horn in the distance, and suddenly looked back in shock.

"Oh my God, we shouldn't have met pirates, right?" Count Van Hohencage was surprised to see a huge fleet approaching at high speed in the distance, and immediately shouted in panic.

Pirate? What a hopeless Dutch pig! Van Verst Green didn't use a telescope though. But when you see such a huge fleet, you know that this is definitely not a pirate, and no matter how powerful the pirate fleet is, it is impossible for it to have so many giant warships, but Van Verst Green does not know whether this is the invincible fleet in the legend of the Qing Dynasty---- Van Verst Green also tried to find out the reality of the Qing fleet when he was in Guangzhou. But no matter how much he used money to bribe him, no one dared to tell him the size of the Qing fleet, and no one dared to take him to visit the fleet in Guangzhou.

Compared with the panic of the British and Dutch envoys, the sailors of this welcome ship did not panic at all, and did what they had to do, and there was no sign of preparing for war or escaping at all. Van Verstgreen beckoned an interpreter from the group to inquire about the situation, but in a few moments, the Chinese from Mumbai quickly turned back. Respectfully reported: "Your Excellency, that is the First Fleet of the Great Qing Empire, and it is said that it is being exercised. ”

Exercise? Van Verst Green was immediately interested, and paid no attention to the nervous babbling of Earl Van Horncedge. Quickly rushed back to his cockpit, took out a monocular from his luggage, rushed to the foredeck like a fat mouse, and aimed the monocular at the First Fleet of the Qing Dynasty that was in the exercise.

"Report, the bait is in place, and the commanders of the various detachments have asked the general for instructions on what to do next." A naval officer dressed in a staff uniform walked quickly behind Vice Admiral Liu Yao, commander of the First Fleet, and asked in a loud voice.

Liu Yao, who was thirty-five years old, had a resolute look on his face, a pair of snowy eyes on his dark face showed a hint of resoluteness, and he waved his hand and said, "Order all fleets to proceed as planned!" ”

"Yes!" The naval officer who had come to report replied loudly and saluted. Ran under the mast. Liu Yao's order was conveyed, but seeing that on the high mast, a flag soldier quickly waved two small flags, one red and one yellow, in his hand, and gave the order to each detachment. Rows of gun portholes were opened. A series of black holes of cannons were exposed, and the orders of the flagships of each detachment were issued. The ships of the detachment that formed several battle lines opened fire one after another, firing fierce artillery fire at more than 10 old merchant ships as targets, and a loud sound like cannons echoed on the sea, and in less than a pillar of incense, the more than 10 merchant ships as targets caught fire, and thick smoke covered most of the sea.

"Oh, my God, it's terrible." Count Van Hoencage opened his mouth wide and stared at the First Fleet of the Qing Dynasty in disbelief.

"The rate of fire is 3 minutes per shot, and the range is about 800 meters to 1,000 meters; The speed of the voyage is full sails, the tailwind is eight to ten knots, the large ship has one hundred and eight guns, the medium battleship has sixty-two guns, and the small battleship has thirty guns......" A member of the mission, dressed in the uniform of a British naval officer, kept reporting all kinds of observations, but the more he reported it, the quieter it became, and his face became more and more pale.

The whole exercise lasted only more than an hour, except for the unfinished gunpowder smoke on the sea, only some broken planks floating on the sea surface, until the huge lineup of the First Fleet of the Qing Dynasty went far away, and the welcome ship parked in the distance slowly moved forward and continued its unfinished voyage......

"Holy Lord, the second elder brother is here." Gao Nianying walked lightly to Yinzuo, who was burying his head in correcting the folds, and said with low eyebrows.

"Oh, just call him in." Yin Zuo raised his head from the fold and groaned slightly.

"Erchen has seen Huang Ama, and Erchen has greeted you." The second elder brother hurriedly walked into the upper study, and as soon as he saw Yinzuo, he immediately knelt down and said with a calm face.

"Oh, Yang'er is here, what's the matter with being so anxious to see me?" Yinzuo asked without raising his head.

"Emperor Amma, the flying pigeon of the First Fleet has sent a message, saying that the exercise has ended, everything is going well, and in three days, the British and Dutch envoys will be able to arrive in Tianjin." Carry forward said calmly.

"Oh? That's good. Yinzuo put down the pen in his hand, looked at him and said: "Yang'er, you and your third uncle have stepped up to handle this matter, if there is anything unclear, just ask me again, go." ”

"Yes, Huang Ama, the retainers obey the order." Carry forward kowtowed respectfully, bowed and exited the upper study.

Yinzuo thought about it a little uncertainly, and didn't have the heart to continue to correct the folds, sighed, got up and went to the harem, planning to go to Cining Palace to talk to the Queen Mother Wu Ya's good life, waving his hand so that the eunuchs and palace maids who were stuck behind him all day long like plasters did not have to drive, and walked in the direction of Cining Palace by themselves, I didn't think that I had just walked halfway, but I heard a few palace maids chatting together around the corner, Yinzuo didn't care about it, and was about to walk over, But suddenly heard that the palace maid was talking about the queen Lan Yue'er, Yinzuo was curious, so he stopped and listened, but the more he listened, the more angry he became, and his face suddenly became iron-blue, and those palace maids didn't notice that the emperor was eavesdropping around the corner, and they were chattering nonsense there.

“…… I know no, my mother should be the master of the main palace, which is like that goods, if you have the ability or not, you don't care about the price all day, if it weren't for my mother's help, this harem would have been messed up a long time ago. ”

"Nonsense, which is the credit of your mother, what happens to this harem is also in the hands of my mother, and my mother's mother is the imperial concubine, so it is higher than your mother's position."

Fuck, this group of palace maids is so daring, they dare to talk about things in the palace indiscriminately, and they are so unscrupulous, hateful! Yinzuo was not lightly angry, but he also understood in his heart that Lan Yue'er was very generous, and she didn't care much about people on weekdays, but she was not the best person to manage the harem, but the problem was that Lan Yue'er was the main palace, which was the turn of other people to talk nonsense, and besides, Yinzuo had always doted on Lan Yue'er, and he didn't allow others to calculate Lan Yue'er...... Everyone knows that Xiaoliu has never had the habit of saving manuscripts, but even if it is late, Xiaoliu will definitely insist on finishing more! Again, please support you with a monthly pass!