Chapter 240 Secretly contribute to the flames!
It took several days to finally escort the British envoy to Macao. It took another two days, and Liang Pengfei finally rushed back to Guangzhou to hand over the order.
And under the intentional or unintentional publicity, those officials in Guangzhou went to Macao from time to time. Therefore, those British envoys were distressed to find that if they stayed like this, they would no longer have a pocket watch to see the time, and even the glasses of scholars became souvenirs, and their mouths The bag is squeeping down quickly. Not to mention gold coins, even small coins have become the target of search for Qing officials who like Western novelties.
This forced the agent of the East India Company to temporarily borrow a sum of money from those British businessmen in Macao, and some Western things to deal with the greedy officials.
And the four priests, as Liang Pengfei expected, persisted in leaving the mission station despite the retention of the British, got into the church in Macao and stopped showing up. The four interpreters called by Liang Pengfei, who were originally shelved by the envoys, became their mouthpieces to deal with Chinese officials. One of them also took over the position of Father Li and patiently taught the cultural and artistic concepts of little Sidangdong China. In fact, he tried to find ways not to let this The little fart children who can understand Chinese disturb their ulterior motives and are mixed with the translation of some necessary things from time to time.
The more members of the British Mission have with the officials of the Qing Dynasty, the more obvious the contempt for the country will be. The political institutions of the country despise foreigners from the top to bottom. Their ignorance of foreign power makes them believe too much that they are strong, believing that this mission is just A manifestation of loyalty made Macartney and others feel extremely absurd and ridiculous in addition to being angry.
Moreover, with the help of interpreters, Major General Ford had the honor to dive to the Qingshui Division camp near Macao and saw the daily life of the Qing Dynasty Marine Division, which raised Major General Ford's understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Qing Dynasty Marine Division to another level.
"Garbage, it's completely a pile of garbage. I'm sorry, Your Excellency, I'm not so rude, but I think only this term is suitable for the soldiers of this empire." Ford's Qing costume still hasn't been taken off, but the hat on his head has been taken off, revealing his typical Western face.
But at this moment, this face is full of contempt and contempt, as well as sarcasm and resentment. In short, it's like a big man driving a BMW Mercedes-Benz looking at an unlicensed and assembled tractor that dares to run parallel with himself on the highway.
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"Didn't they find you? Although I admit that your dress makes you look closer to those Qing people, you can see the difference at a glance. Macartney looked curious. Although the endless torture of Qing officials made him tired to deal with it these days, he was still very motivated, because the more he contacted, the more he knew about this country full of arrogance and arrogance.
However, he really didn't expect that a boring idea of Rear Admiral Ford would succeed just with the help of an interpreter, and a military site such as a naval base.
"Do you know? The guards there were not vigilant at all. They wandered idlely, either in groups of three or five to drink and smoke, or gamble. Moreover, even if they saw us, they didn't come to stop us, and they didn't even look up. Major General Ford explained after taking a sip of black tea.
"The soldiers in the barracks and the guards outside are doing the same thing. I even saw an officer in officer's clothes listening to the play in the barracks, and there were even hawkers selling things inside. My God, I thought I was hanging out in the market in Macao. How could such a soldier protect Defend your own country?
"It seems that the members of the Imperial Diet are too careful. Maybe we should send a fleet, not a mission." Next to him, an army lieutenant colonel shrugged his shoulders and smiled easily. Such an army, even if there are one million, as long as you can give me 5,000, no, three thousand colonial troops, I am confident to occupy this country.
"Lieu. Colonel Rooney, please pay attention to your words and deeds," Macartney glanced at the lieutenant colonel who just spoke, straightened the wig on his head, continued to enjoy the black tea produced on the ancient land, and continued: "In the past 200 years, we have sent at least 15 missions to Europe. Attempts to establish formal diplomatic relations with this ancient and huge empire have failed. Now, our British Empire has the strength to establish equal trade and diplomatic relations with this empire. And the mission of our mission is to make this ancient and old empire understand that the West of this world has a powerful country with almost all over the whole world, and they need to face it and treat it equally.
"You know, I'm just an ambassador with a peace mission, unlike Lord Dundas, chairman of the East India Company Oversight Committee, who has the right to declare war," Macartney said after saying this, put down the teacup and walked straight to his room on the second floor.
The Lieutenant Colonel Rooney shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "After afternoon tea, it's time for me to see if the soldiers are infected by the laziness of this country."
And Major General Ford frowned for a long time, and his eyes lit up. The moment he raised his head, he saw the same sudden expression of Sidang, who was sitting opposite him. The two couldn't help looking at each other and raising the teacup in their hands.
"This is really a memorable afternoon tea." Major General Ford laughed, and both of them drank all the fragrant tea in the cup.
After a family reunion, after a celebration, Liang Pengfei found a servant and asked the women he wanted, but the news was frustrating. The allied forces of the Shi family and the Mo family had just captured Lantau Island, and she needed to stay there to deal with the follow-up affairs.
In addition, Xu Sanyan, whose strength was damaged, but led the main battleship to escape, had arrived in Annan and fell under Zheng Lianchang's command.
At least Maria, since she left Xin'an, she has followed Shi Xianggu. Now I'm afraid she hasn't received the news of her return to Guangzhou, but Pan Bingjie has returned to Guangzhou, but yesterday she accompanied her aunt back to her mother-in-law's house to save her.
Before Liang Pengfei could feel sorry for himself, he received the information from Macao from the four interpreters he lent to the British mission.
"Your Excellency, I'm afraid it's not easy for these foreigners to come here. Look at their list of personnel, there are so many people in one go. Even if they deduct the guards and some handymen and so on, there are still a lot of them. Their navy, army, as well as this doctor, painter, scholar, and this map surveyor..." Sun Shijie put the list on Liang Pengfei's desk and said Tao.
"Well, of course it's not simple. In addition to their missions, they also have the task of surveying the geography of the Qing Dynasty, coastlines, ports, as well as the combat effectiveness of our soldiers, and even the composition of soldiers." Liang Pengfei said with a cold smile.
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"Your excellency, do you mean that they actually want to come thousands of miles away to use force with the court?" Sun Shijie was scared by Liang Pengfei's words and took a deep breath.
Liang Pengfei's fingers tapped gently on the table: "What dare they not do? Tianzhu, you should know that today's India, which used to be a big country comparable to our country, but now, it is a semi-colony controlled by a British trading company. Those earth kings can only lower their eyebrows when they see the British now. I'm afraid that in a short time, it will also be controlled by Britain. It is listed as their colony.
"So, they are really bold enough. For the sake of profit, unexpectedly..." Sun Shijie couldn't help shaking his head and had to admire the greedy and adventurous spirit of these Westerners.
"They don't have this kind of adventurous spirit. The world is still a pool of stagnant water. I'm afraid it's our China. I don't know how many years behind the other party will be before we find out that we have already become frogs in the well." Liang Pengfei had a bitter smile on his face.
Sun Shijie didn't say anything more. Although he was also a scholar, he did not have the kind of pedantry of scholars. Moreover, after wandering around with Liang Pengfei, seeing the weapons and equipment of those Westerners and understanding their colonial history, the last trace of pride was also put down.
"But it's good." Liang Pengfei stood up and looked out of the window, where a young branch was stretching out at the gray branch of a dead tree. How can I see the rainbow without experiencing the wind and rain? Originally, I was worried. Now, I can't wait for those heroes to be a little bolder. First let the Chinese people open their eyes and look at the world. It has begun to change..."
If you play the drum, you should use a heavy hammer. Maybe it's a good thing to let those British open the door of the East in advance and wake up the Chinese people. The wicked, let the British do it. Only at the right time will the reaction of the Chinese people wake up, and it will be better to guide them at that time.
"Young master, Miss Pan is here." At this moment, the call of the servant came from outside the door. Liang Pengfei's serious and heavy expression disappeared in an instant. He threw all the things to Sun Shijie with a smile and went to the front yard. He saw the black line on Sun Shijie's face, who was full of relief for his owner's worries about the country and the people.
(to be continued)