Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 433 Butterfly Wings ([-])

The sea should always belong to England!In his early fifties, slightly plump, with a bald head like the Mediterranean, Van Foster Green stood at the bow of the ship facing the wind, overlooking the horizon at the far end of the sea, quietly clenched his fists, and secretly frowned .Difficult, difficult!Van Foster Green knew how difficult the task he was facing, but no matter how difficult it was, he had to complete it. Even if it wasn't for the trust of His Majesty King Anne, Van Foster Green had no choice.

In fact, as the vice president of the English East India Company, Van Foster Green did not like war, let alone fight against the Qing Dynasty. The company made a lot of money, but the domestic economy did not improve due to the fortune of the East India Company. On the contrary, at this time, the handicraft industry in England went bankrupt, a large number of refugees fled around, and the whole society collapsed. edge.

Fortunately, it can only be said that it is fortunate that the improvement of the steam engine and the invention of the flying shuttle gave England an opportunity for economic rise. However, this opportunity came at a bit of an untimely time. Luxury goods are flooding, and England needs, and desperately needs, a large market with strong digestion capacity. The Qing Dynasty is undoubtedly the most ideal dumping place for industrial products.It's a pity that the Qing Empire never allowed England's fleet to dock at the port of the Qing Dynasty, let alone set up a trading firm. What Van Foster Green hated the most was that the Qing Empire had nothing to do except from the East India Company. In addition to importing some raw materials and grains, at most they only imported some chime clocks, and they refused to buy anything else. This made the East India Company lose a lot of money.

Money is a good thing, money can buy everything, right?At least Van Foster Green thinks so. During his stay in Guangzhou, the money in Van Foster Green’s pockets was spent like running water, but the effect was obvious, and he finally figured it out Now the emperor of the Qing Dynasty is the young prince he met back then. As for the third prince who is greedy for money and a bit stupid to negotiate with him, oh, there is also a hairless prince. Qi's second prince.Very good, this is very good!Thinking of the greedy and incompetent Third Prince, a rare smile suddenly appeared on Van Foster Green's face.

"Good morning, Your Excellency, you got up so early? Why don't you take a little more rest." The friendly greeting from Dutch Ambassador Count Van Horn Cage woke Van Foster Green from his reverie.

"Good morning, Your Excellency Earl, don't you also get up early?" Although Van Foster Green didn't think much of the young Earl who was in his thirties and looked like a playboy, he still greeted him politely One sound.

"Oh, my lord, I'm going to Tianjin Wei soon. It's hard to get used to the life on the shore, but it's really boring to sit on the boat these days." Earl Van Horn Cage said with a lazy face Leaning on the side of the ship, he said rather angrily.

What a damn stupid pig, just a gilded bastard, who knows what the King of Holland thinks, to send such a pig as an ambassador, probably because he has an affair with the King of Holland's daughter.Van Foster Green was thinking viciously in his heart, but he said politely on his face: "Yes, it's almost here, there are still three or four days of voyage, oh, you, I believe the agreement between our two countries Your Excellency will not forget, will you?"

"How can it be? Don't forget that the former king of your country, William III, was originally our consul in the Netherlands. Even if there are differences between your country and ours, the interests of the Far East are the same, isn't it?" Van Horn Kai Earl Qi chuckled lightly.

Oh, damned guinea pigs, never forget that they once contributed a king to great England.Van Foster Green was extremely dissatisfied, because this annoying Dutch earl always talked about William III. To be honest, Van Foster Green never trusted this earl, not only because of The count himself is very disgusting, and more importantly, the Dutch envoy was the first European country to bow three times and nine times to the Qing emperor. As early as the end of the last century, the Dutch had sent envoys to the Qing Dynasty. He kowtowed in a disgraceful way, which is already a laughing stock in the diplomatic circles of European countries. This time it is hard to guarantee that the ignorant and greedy Dutch will not relapse, but out of politeness, Van Foster Green is still very polite. He bowed down politely, and said with a smile: "It's the best, oh, it's getting late, and I haven't had breakfast yet. Would you like to enjoy the delicacies of Qing Dynasty together, sir?"

"Great, hehe, to be honest, these days in the east, I let go of eating and drinking. This accident has changed my body shape. Hey, I have to lose weight in retrospect. It's really troublesome. However, to be honest, those Qing delicacies are really to my liking." Earl Van Horn Cage said with a happy expression on his face.

Seeing that Earl Van Horn Cage didn't have the slightest diplomat demeanor, Van Foster Green shrugged his shoulders and didn't say much. He half turned around and made a gesture of invitation, never thinking of Van Horn Cage The earl continued with a smile: "Your Excellency, the weather is fine, the sun is shining brightly, and the sea is calm. If you don't want someone to bring the dining table up, you can enjoy delicious food while sightseeing on the deck."

"Well, if your Excellency insists." Although he disliked Earl Van Horn Cage's proposal, as a diplomat, Van Foster Green still had some restraint. He just turned around and planned to tell his entourage After a confession, I suddenly heard a trumpet sounding in the distance, and I was shocked to look back.

"Ah, my God, didn't we encounter pirates?" Earl Van Horn Cage was surprised to see a huge fleet approaching here at a high speed in the distance, and immediately shouted in panic.

pirate?What a hopeless guinea pig!Although Van Foster Green didn't use binoculars, when he saw such a huge fleet, he knew that it was definitely not a pirate. No matter how powerful a pirate fleet was, it was impossible to have so many giant warships. It was just Van Foster Green. It is not clear whether this is the Qing Dynasty's legendary armada - Van Foster Green also tried to find out the reality of the Qing Dynasty fleet when he was in Guangzhou, but no matter how much money he bought, no one dared to Tell him the size of the Qing fleet, and no one dares to take him to visit the fleet in Guangzhou.

Compared with the panic of the British and Dutch envoys, the sailors of this welcoming ship did not panic at all. They did what they had to do, and there was no sign of preparing for battle or fleeing at all.Van Foster Green beckoned to an interpreter accompanying the regiment and asked him to find out the truth, but after a while, the Chinese who was born in Mumbai quickly turned back and reported respectfully: "Your Excellency, that It is the First Fleet of the Qing Empire, and it is said that it is conducting exercises."

exercise?Van Foster Green suddenly became interested, ignored Earl Van Horn Cage who was yelling nervously, and quickly rushed back to his cockpit, took out a monocular from the luggage, like a A big, fat rat ran onto the front deck, aiming the binoculars at the First Fleet of the Qing Dynasty, which was undergoing exercises.

"Report, the bait is in place, and the commanders of each squadron are asking the general for instructions on the next move." A naval officer dressed as a sergeant walked quickly behind the commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Liu Yao, and shouted asked for instructions.

The 35-year-old Liu Yao had a determined face, and a pair of sharp eyes showed a trace of determination on his dark face. He waved his hands and said, "Order the fleets to proceed as planned!"

"Yes!" The naval officer who came to report answered loudly, saluted, and ran under the mast to convey Liu Yao's order. Waving two small flags, one red and one yellow, he issued the order to each squadron. In an instant, the originally calm sea suddenly became noisy. Nearly a hundred ships of all sizes adjusted their formation according to the order, sailing, Grabbing the wind and turning the rudder, the large fleet that had gathered together quickly divided into several rows, and the rows of gun portholes were opened, revealing rows of black holed cannon muzzles. The squadron ships of the battle lines opened fire one by one, and fired fierce artillery fire at more than a dozen old merchant ships as targets. The loud noise like cannons echoed on the sea. The dozen or so merchant ships that were used as targets caught fire, and thick smoke billowed and covered most of the sea.

"Oh, my God, it's terrible." Earl Van Horn Cage opened his mouth wide, staring at the First Fleet of the Qing Dynasty who was in the exercise, with an expression of disbelief.

"The rate of fire is every 3 minutes, and the range is about 800 meters to 1000 meters; the speed is full sail, the wind is eight to ten knots, the large ship has 62 guns, the medium-sized warship has [-] guns, and the small warship has [-] guns... ..." A member of the mission wearing the uniform of a British naval officer kept reporting various observation data, but his voice became softer and his face became paler and paler.

The entire exercise only lasted for more than an hour. Except for the endless gunpowder smoke, there were only some broken wooden planks floating on the sea surface, until the huge lineup of the Qing First Fleet went far away, and the ship parked in the distance The welcoming ship moved forward slowly and continued its unfinished voyage. The originally active British and Dutch envoys calmed down, and they were no longer seen rushing on the deck. In the next few days of the voyage, During the day, the two envoys met frequently for meetings, discussing carefully...

"My lord, the second elder brother is here." Gao Nianying walked lightly to Yin Zuo who was buried in correcting the scriptures, and said something pleasantly with a low eyebrow.

"Oh, just ask him to come in." Yinzuo raised his head from the pile of zhezi and murmured for a while.

"I have met Huang Ama, and I greet you." The second elder brother Hongyang hurried into the upper study room, and when he saw Yinzuo, he knelt down immediately and said calmly.

"Oh, Yang'er is here, why are you so eager to see me?" Yin Zuo asked without raising his head.

"Report to Emperor Ama, the pigeons from the First Fleet have arrived, saying that the exercise has ended and everything is going well, and in three days, the British and Dutch envoys will arrive at Tianjin Wei." Hongyang said calmly.

"Oh? That's good." Yinzuo put down the vermilion pen in his hand, looked at Hongyang and said, "Yang'er, you and your third uncle should hurry up and finish this matter. If you have any questions, just ask me again." , go."

"Yes, Huang Ama, I obey." Hongyang kowtowed respectfully, bowed and exited the upper study.

Yinzuo thought about it a little restlessly, and didn't have the mood to continue correcting the papers. He sighed, got up and went to the harem, intending to go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to have a conversation with the Queen Mother Wu Yashi, and waved his hands to let those with the plaster The eunuchs and maids, who seemed to be sticking behind them all day long, did not need to accompany them. They wandered around and headed towards the direction of the Palace of Compassion and Peace. They never thought that just halfway there, they heard a few court ladies chatting together at the corner. , Yinzuo didn't care at first, and was about to walk over, but suddenly heard that the woman in the uterus was talking about the queen Lan Yueer. Curious, Yinzuo stopped and listened, but the more he listened, the more angry he became , their complexions suddenly turned livid, and those maids didn't notice that the emperor was eavesdropping around the corner, and they were chattering nonsense there.

"...You know, my mother should be the master of the main palace. Unlike that guy, she doesn't care about everything if she is capable or not. If it weren't for my mother's help, the harem would have been messed up long ago. "

"Nonsense, it's not your mother's credit, no matter what, my mother is in charge of this harem, and besides, my mother is an imperial concubine, and her status is higher than yours anyway."

Damn it, these court ladies are so daring, they dare to talk about the affairs of the palace indiscriminately, and they are so unscrupulous, hateful!Yinzuo was very angry, but he also knew in his heart that Lan Yueer was very generous and didn't care about others on weekdays, but she was not the best candidate to manage the harem, but the problem was that Lan Yueer was the main palace. Seeing other people talking nonsense, and besides, Yinzuo has always loved Lan Yueer and did not allow others to plot against Lan Yueer. Hearing this, he became angry and turned around the corner with a pale face, staring at the group of people with sharp eyes like knives. Shocked maids...

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