I can't die

Let's say that Pachari was unhappy when he learned that Prince Gong spent so much time in entertaining the American envoy, and finally came to Prince Gong's mansion in a hurry.

At this time, Prince Gong was chatting with Childe about the current situation of the United States and the Qing Dynasty, and he was talking happily, but suddenly he heard the report from the ambassador, saying that it was Bacharley who had arrived.

It came so soon, and the old foreign devil became more and more impatient with age.

Although Prince Gong knew that Bacharley would definitely come, he didn't expect that before Chard left, he would rush over. Looking at his posture, he was about to make a fuss.

"It turned out to be a British envoy. I knew it from Mr. Li. It's such a coincidence that I can meet you today." Childe sat opposite Prince Gong, seeing Prince Gong's expression of embarrassment, and said immediately, He signaled that he didn't mind the sudden visit by Parker.Prince Gong nodded with a smile, and went to ask the envoy to invite Bacharley to come in with him.

Bacharley waited in the front hall of the palace for a while, and saw the chief envoy coming out alone, and invited him in, but he didn't see Prince Gong coming to greet him in person, and said a very unhappy sentence: "Prince Gong is getting more and more airy now. gone."

The envoy was stunned in embarrassment by Pachari, thinking that his master was also the prince of a country after all, and this Pachari was going too far.But Bacharley didn't care so much, and went straight in.

After entering the "Yin'an Hall", Bacharley took a closer look, and he really saw a blond man in his forties sitting opposite Prince Gong's dining table. He probably was Childe, the American envoy to China.

"I think this is the American envoy. It's a pleasure to meet you." Bacharley stepped forward and said to Childe, but he didn't even look at Prince Gong, obviously not paying attention to the prince of the Qing Dynasty. inside.At this point, Childe also felt a little embarrassed, so he shook hands: "Exactly, just call me Childe. I have heard about it before, Mr. British Consul, and it is a pleasure to meet you."

Prince Gong was at the side of the two, and he didn't look annoyed at being humiliated by Pacharley. Instead, he stepped forward and said enthusiastically, "Why is Mr. Pacharley here? Take your seat quickly."

After finishing speaking, some servants brought the mess and added tables and chairs.Basha Li groaned with a smile on his face, then took his seat, and took a look at Prince Gong: "A few days ago, I saw that the prince was still unwell, why is he in good health today? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have worried about the prince's health, I’ve come here for this trip.”

"It's a great pleasure to have friends from far away. Even though I still feel a little unwell, I'm getting better soon."

Prince Gong was still not annoyed, but praised Childe: "What's more, Mr. Childe has traveled around the world and has seen a lot. I am a good host both in public and in private."

"However, why did you only hear from the prince a few days ago that the United States and your country had a naval battle in Changzhou?"

Parker looked coldly, as if to say again, "You make it up, keep making it up."

Prince Gong seemed unaware of Bacharley's glance, and smiled slightly: "It was a misunderstanding. It was later clarified. It turned out that the United States and my Qing Dynasty were friends. The United States heard that our Qing Dynasty was fighting in the East China Sea. It’s just that when I came to Changzhou, I had already defeated the Qing Dynasty, so I mistook it for the Japanese and caused a misunderstanding.”

"exactly."

Child also didn't expect that Prince Gong would be able to make up such a nonsense, so he could only say this along the way.

Seeing them singing together like this, Pashaley felt that something went wrong.Could it be that these two people thought he was a fool?

"Then which country's army is stationed in Changzhou now?"

"It's our country. The United States and the Qing Dynasty help each other. It's the same in any country stationed. If you want to come to the Qing court, you have believed in our country, right?" Childe interrupted before Prince Gong spoke, which was more persuasive than Prince Gong's. Parker felt that the weight was heavier.

"Naturally, the friendship between our two countries is incomparable to others."

Hearing this, Bacharley knew that now Changzhou had completely fallen into the hands of the United States, so if he wanted to take Changzhou from the mouth of the United States, he would have to complain to the United States.Pachari also thought about the news that came from Japan some time ago, that the leader of the downfall organization wanted to seek more external support, and it seemed that he wanted to cede more interests and Britain in his words, that's it. . . .

"It's interesting. The Qing court can have such help, so it's no wonder that they don't take Britain in their eyes."

Bacharley's words were blunt, and Prince Gong and Chard were also choked up, and they broke up unhappy.It was a complete face tear.

To say that in this chaotic world, the relationship between countries is really changing rapidly. Countries that were friendly a few days ago may draw their swords at each other after a while, not to mention that the Qing Dynasty and the United Kingdom have long cherished wishes. We were able to carve up Ryukyu together before because the Qing Dynasty lacked supplies and needed the help of the UK. Now that the United States, an apparent ally, is free, it is natural that the UK is so cool.

Besides, when Bacharley left Prince Gong's mansion, he couldn't help thinking about the current situation in Southeast Asia.Originally, the division of Western countries in East Asia was mainly based on the Qing Dynasty, and they competed with each other. Later, the military industry of the Qing Dynasty developed rapidly, and the civil strife was quelled. This battlefield became Ryukyu again, and now it is Japan.

The Qing court is now joining forces with the United States to decide to suppress the fallen government of Japan. Britain has contacted the fallen leader Shinsaku Takasugi, and the two sides are completely on opposite sides.In this way, in order to prevent the expansion of power in Japan from being suppressed by the Qing court and the United States, Bacharley was completely determined to support the forces that fell.

The so-called support is nothing more than secretly funding, appropriating money and selling some advanced technologies, and then sitting behind the scenes to reap the benefits; this is the old line of the United Kingdom. The Southern Army supported in this way.

Zai Chun is now very clear about the UK's habit. It is too much a matter of course for this country to rely on its own advanced technology to make huge profits in this way.

"So what if the UK can support the fallen government? They are so far away. They can control the Ryukyu North Island and the Shanghai Concession. They want to compete with us in Japan. It's ridiculous."

Zai Chun heard Prince Gong's return after meeting Chard, and felt that those British people had really been the world's boss for a long time, and they really felt that they were invincible.If Japan were in Europe, the Qing Dynasty would not dare to challenge Britain in this way, but Japan is located in East Asia, with the Qing Dynasty to the east and the United States to the west.If the two countries join forces to suppress Japan, and the British emperor is far away, can he still change his wings?

"Go, invite Childe to the palace tomorrow. I think our friend is also working hard."