I can't die

Word of Childe's arrival in China spread quickly, perhaps he had no intention of keeping it a secret.When Parker heard this, he quickly realized that something was wrong. It was obvious that America was coming for Britain.

It has to be said that the unification of the North and the South in the United States has brought a heavy blow to Britain. On the one hand, there is resource consumption. Britain secretly funded a lot of the Southern Army, and these funds were accompanied by the defeat of the South. Gui, on the other hand, has dealt a lot of blows to Britain's prestige. The Netherlands, Portugal, France, and Germany, which had been suppressed by Britain for a long time before, were ready to move after seeing Britain's defeat. long and short meaning.

In order to avoid having long nights and dreams, Bacharley once again came to the Prime Minister's Office of State Affairs to ask to see Prince Gong, but this time the answer he received was three days in a row: "Sorry, Prince Gong is ill today. Come back another day." Or "" I don't even know where Prince Gong is."

Anyway, it just made Bacharley feel ashamed for a lifetime.He also never expected, but there was no immediate decision at that time, so many accidents happened, as if God intended to oppose him.

"Go to Tongrentang to buy some nourishing and heart-nourishing medicine, and then follow me to Prince Gong's Mansion."

Pacharley was annoyed in his heart, but now he was looking at others, so he could only pinch his nose to admit his frustration, and turned to his assistant and said.

The assistant heard Bacharley's words, looked at his boss's face, and ran to Tongrentang because he was so busy, he bought some "Jixin Pill" and "Baoxin Pill" regardless of the indications, and then casually With Pachari went to Prince Gong's mansion.

At this time, Prince Gong was leisurely playing with the birds in the Cuijin Garden behind his Shichahai Palace, when he heard the servants say that Bacharley came to ask for an audience, he immediately laughed: "Yo, it's really a rare visitor, I didn't expect I, devil, have held foreigners for most of my life, and today I will be asked to see them."

"Tell him to wait in the front hall now. When distinguished guests come, he always has to take a bath and change clothes to welcome them."

Shower and change clothes?Bathing and changing clothes for the ancients is not like electric water heaters now, it takes at least half a quarter of an hour to prepare, and this Bachari has to wait.

At that moment, if the entourage really went to talk to Bacharley in this way, the british consul who used to be quite arrogant in the past suddenly turned pale: "Didn't it mean that your prince is unwell? Can he still take a bath?"

Sick people can't take a bath, so as not to aggravate their condition. Obviously, Bacharley couldn't guess what Prince Gong meant.

"Returning to your lord, my palace has a unique medicinal bath in bathrobes, so I think it's okay. Besides, my master has been bedridden for a long time, with unkempt hair, so it's not easy to offend the distinguished guests."

Prince Gong's servant was also eloquent, so Bacharley had nothing to say, so he could only hold back his anger and wait in the lobby.

Prince Gong spent more than half an hour leisurely soaking in the Cuijin Garden ceremony in the backyard, and when he finally came out, he didn't even want to wipe his face with some soap from Fujin. He made his complexion a little haggard.

"Master Consul, I'm really sorry for the long wait." Prince Gong pretended to be haggard, and even pretended to cough twice. I don't know, but I really thought he was unwell.

Bacharley looked at the face of his old acquaintance, and the anger he had been waiting for in his heart eased a bit, and he glanced at his assistant: "I heard from the prime minister's affairs office that the prince is unwell, so I brought some gifts Let’s take a look, I hope the prince will not be disgusted with it.”

"Then thank you consul." After finishing speaking, Prince Gong glanced at his servant, who understood, and stepped forward to take the gift from Assistant Bacharley.He took a quick glance at the gifts, and saw that the packaging of the gift was written with the words "Baoxin Pill" and "Jiuxin Pill", but he couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that this Bacharley is cursing us by turning a corner? Is the prince dead?

"I don't know why your lord is here this time?"

Prince Gong saw those medicines specially used to hang people's lives, and he also felt that it was very bad luck, but he couldn't show it on the surface, so he had to change the topic, cut straight to the point, and dismiss Bacharley as soon as possible.

"I came to look for the prince a few days ago. I don't know how your country thinks about the matter of Changzhou?"

"Ah? Don't you know, Mr. Consul?" At this time, it was the boy next to Prince Gong who spoke, and his tone was very surprised: "A few days ago, my Qingshui division was killed by the US navy division. Zhou was defeated, and my prince was held accountable by the emperor because of this, so he couldn't get sick."

When Pacharley heard this, he was startled, "When did this happen? Why didn't I know?"

"Hold the book, talk too much." Prince Gong reprimanded the boy, and then looked at Bacharley: "Well, it happened five or six days ago."

"Aren't the Qing court and Yankees not bad?"

real or fake?

Bacharley's first feeling was that he didn't believe it. He reasoned that the Qing court had always been friendly with the Americans. How could the Americans suddenly turn against the Qing court for Changzhou?

"Perhaps it's because of your country. The emperor and the queen mothers of the two palaces all accused this king of not handling the affairs of the countries well. Hey, ashamed, ashamed."

Prince Gong intentionally led Bacharley to think that because the Qing Dynasty did not handle the complicated diplomatic relations well, the two countries would suddenly turn against each other.In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is true. Some time ago, the Qing court was very close to Britain, and it was visiting Ryukyu and intending to get involved in Japan.Now that the United States is united, it's time to relax. Don't you just want to fight back against the British and tell the Qing court to be more honest?

"So, the navy of your country in Changzhou has withdrawn? Are the Americans stationed?"

"indeed so."

What Prince Gong said was very confident.That's right, the warships from the Qing Dynasty have begun to return to Ryukyu one after another in the past few days, and counting the days, the people from the United States should be on the way, and they can go to Changzhou soon if they think about it, so that's why Bacharley will go again They sent someone to verify, but they couldn't find any tricks.

Prince Gong saw Bacharley's contemplation, thought for a moment, and said persistently: "I heard that Mr. Childe from the United States is already on his way to Beijing. Why don't you ask Mr. Consul yourself?"

Child?

Parker is very familiar with the envoys of European powers in China, but he is not very familiar with the people in the United States, not to mention the fact that the domestic politics of the United States is undergoing great changes, and the replacement of officials is very ordinary. The United Kingdom has a great understanding of the current situation in the United States. Not as good as before.

"It's so rare that we have to see each other."