Chapter 451 Of course the Crusaders will help the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! (Please order, please vote)
"Mr. Lei, look quickly, is that the Taiping Rebellion's fleet over there?"
On a steamer sailing north along the Qianshan waterway, Robert Hurd, the secretary of the British Embassy in China, who had just reported to the British Embassy in China, raised his hand and headed to the inner harbor of Macau not far away as if he had discovered a new world.
Pointing at the pier, he saw a row of majestic steam gunboats moored there. He asked Li Taitai at the top of his lungs.
Li Taitai looked in the direction of Hurd's finger. Good guy, he saw the "Big Mac"-like cruiser Dingyuan at a glance. He immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "Yes, yes, that's it...:.
.Oh, that’s not right, that’s not right!”
These words completely confused Hurd. He turned his head, looked at Li Taitai and asked: "Mr. Lei, is that true?"
Li Taitai's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he stammered: "Well, the Dingyuan is not wrong, and the ships following it are indeed gunboats of the Nanyang Fleet, but... But the ones mounted on it are indeed
The flag is not from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at all!”
Hurd then took a closer look and saw that the Dingyuan and the nine small guns following it were hung with a red background and a white cross flag. Hurd, as an outstanding British diplomat in the nineteenth century, how could he not recognize this flag?
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"Red, the Cardinal's flag?" Hurd was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. "What's going on? Why did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's warships hang the Cardinal's flag?" Just as he was talking, he suddenly saw the flag in the distance again.
On the Sanba Fort,
A bishop's flag with a red background and a white cross was also slowly raised, and he hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Lei, look at the Sanba Fort, there is also a cardinal's flag raised! God, what on earth is happening here?"
Li Taitai glanced around and saw that a cardinal flag with a red background and a white cross was flying on the big castle near Sanba Fort!
That is the official residence of the Portuguese Governor of Macau!
Why was the Portuguese flag on the governor’s residence replaced by a cardinal’s flag? Li Taitai was dumbfounded.
I kept thinking in my heart: Could it be that the Roman Catholic Church sent a cardinal with the Crusaders or Knights to occupy Macau? This plot only existed in the Middle Ages, right? Now that we are in the 19th century with civilization and progress, how can we still do it?
Could such an outrageous thing happen? Could it be that Archbishop Paul de Doria was seduced by the "devil" King Wu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and let King Wu's army come to occupy Macau under the banner of the Crusade?
Thinking of this, Li Taitai turned red with anger, turned his head and lowered his voice and said to Hurd beside him: "Robert,
It seems that the ‘devil’ succeeded:::.:.But we still have to bite the bullet and go ashore to see what happens!”
"Devil?" Hurd trembled in fright, "Why did a devil appear?"
He originally thought he was "dreaming back to the Middle Ages", so why did he dream about a devil now? There were no devils in the Middle Ages!
Li Taitai turned around and glanced at Hurd: "Why, you haven't heard of "The Prophet" in Europe?"
""Prophet"?" Hurd was stunned, and his face suddenly changed, "You mean...
"The 'devil' who wrote the 'Book of Prophets' is probably the prime minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wu Wang Luo Yaoguo!" Li Taitai said through gritted teeth, "and he is also Luo Xueyan, the governor of Shanghai in the Qing Dynasty!"
"What? Luo Xueyan and Luo Yaoguo are the same person, no, the same demon?" Hurd's face was full of disbelief.
"He is probably in Macau now!" Li Tai Tai clenched his fists, his face looked as ugly as possible.
After this, Li Taitai and Hurd were silent for a long time, until the steamer they were on docked at the pier of Macau's inner harbor.
At this time, the pier in Macau's inner harbor was under martial law. A group of "Crusader Soldiers" wearing red cross white robes and red round hoods had already set up defenses on the pier. When they saw Li Taitai and Hurd disembarking, they
Immediately, a young Crusaders officer came up with two of his men.
The young officer first gave the two foreigners a very formal Roman hand-raising salute, and then spoke in Chinese with an Anhui accent: "Two gentlemen, I am Ding Xianda, the captain of the Crusade squad, and I have been ordered to stay in Macau.
Harbor Pier 8 is on guard duty! The whole city of Macau is now under martial law, and you are not allowed to disembark for the time being."
Well, this is the Anhui Crusaders.
"Captain of the Crusaders?" Li Taitai looked at the short, thin, high-boned Chinese youth in front of him. At first glance, he thought it was unreal. But he still asked patiently: "Then what are you Crusaders doing in Macau?"
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Ding Xianda replied seriously: "Of course we Crusaders are here to help the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom defeat the demons!"
"What?" Li Taitai didn't know how to answer the question, ("The Crusaders helped the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Mr. Ding,
Do you know who the Crusaders are loyal to?"
Ding Xianda glared: "Of course I know! The Crusaders are loyal to the Pope of Rome! Our Pope is a loyal servant of God, and the Taiping Heavenly King is the son of God! If God's servants don't help the Son of God fight, how can they help the Qing Dynasty?
Monster?"
Hey, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this...\n. But how could the Holy See admit that Hong Xiuquan was the second son of God's family? This is so ridiculous!
Thinking of this, Li Taitai had no intention of arguing with the Chinese crusader named Ding Xianda. He directly revealed his identity and then proposed to meet Archbishop Doria and King Wu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Ding Xianda did not refuse, he just asked them to go back to the ship and wait, and he would summon them when the work above was done.
And the people above, that is, Luo Yaoguo and Paul De Doria, didn't have to work very long to get Macau under control.
After all, they both have the right to control Macau, and they also have great appeal to the native Portuguese and mixed-race Portuguese in Macau, and they have really brought a "teacher who belongs to the Pope"!
Good guy, there are 8,000 people, all of them equipped with foreign guns and bayonets. How can those native Portuguese and mixed-race Portuguese in Macau hold up?
On the night after Macau was completely under their control, Li Taitai and Hurd were led to the big castle next to the San Ba ​​Fort.
"Isn't this Mr. Li? We meet again, what a fate!" Luo Yaoguo, who was dressed like a soldier of the "Cross Taiping Army", greeted Li Taitai with a warm face and his eyes turned to Li Taitai.
On the one who came with him, "This is-"
"His name is Robert Hurd," Li Taitai quickly introduced, "Secretary of the British Embassy."
Oh, here comes Hurd, who helps the Qing Dynasty collect debts! Luo Yaoguo muttered in his heart: "This is a powerful character. I wonder if you can dig him out for us?"
"Mr. Hurd, nice to meet you." Luo Yaoguo looked at Hurd and smiled.
But Hurd was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his back - it felt like the devil was smiling at him! He also said "Nice to meet you" - this was too penetrating!
At this moment, Archbishop Doria smiled and asked Li Taitai what he was doing here.
Li Taitai's mind turned and realized that His Excellency Bao Ling's letter could not be handed over at this moment, so he could only talk about something else. So, he immediately put away his smile and said seriously: "Your Highness, King Wu, Hong
Your Highness the Bishop,
Minister Bao Ling heard that something happened in Macau, so he sent Mr. Hurd and I to find out the situation. In addition, I also hope that His Highness King Wu will understand that the Kingdom of Portugal is our traditional ally of the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom is responsible for the security of Macau, the colony of the Kingdom of Portugal.
That is responsible!"
When Luo Yaoguo heard this, his face darkened. However, he did not go back on the spot. He just gave Paul De Doria a wink.
Paulo De Doria immediately took over the conversation with a solemn tone: "First of all, I have to correct your mistake. Macau is not a colony of Portugal at all! No treaty mentioned this. Secondly, Macau is now Rome.
On behalf of the Holy See, I signed a 20-year lease agreement with the Prime Minister of the Taiping Rebellion on the Holy See's concession. Now Macau is under the direct control of the Nanjing Ecclesiastical Province of the Catholic Church! I think Britain will never attack the territory of the Holy See.
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Li Taitai was really unsure whether Britain would attack the territory of the Holy See. But he knew very well that the British Minister to China, Bao Ling, did not have the courage to provoke a war with the Holy See. If there was a war, it would be between the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church.
What a religious war!
How could he, a little minister, be so capable?
Besides, the UK is currently fighting with France and Sardinia. These two countries are both Catholic. If the UK starts fighting with the Holy See, who should the French Emperor and the King of Sardinia help?
Also, the Pope in Macau is acting like he is a true teacher!
Bao Ling, the commander-in-chief of the Hong Kong Army, can't even assemble a regiment under his command, so he can't defeat him at all!
Just as he was thinking about it, Li Taitai fell into silence. At this time, Luo Yaoguo next to him spoke again: "Secretary Li, please give Mr. Bao Ling a message. We and the Holy See do not want to confront the British. We just want to deal with the people in Guangzhou.
Help eliminate demons. As long as Mr. Bao Ling can remain neutral, I promise that when Guangzhou is liberated, Britain will
Chapter completed!