Shanghai

The dusty Mai Lian complained to Perry, who was dressed in military uniform: "Sir, you drove the boat too fast, why didn't you rest in Hong Kong for a few days, so that we missed the opportunity to meet because we were two hours late."

Perry bowed and smiled, "Sorry, Mr. Minister, Hong Kong didn't tell me that you are in Guangzhou, so I replenished Tamsui and drove to Shanghai immediately."

Wen Han, who was standing on the side, saw that they actually complained to the British Empire, immediately stepped forward and said, "Why not go back to the consulate and talk again, what?"

Looking at the several American [***] ships staying at the port, Boulbron echoed: "Mr. Wenhan is right, gentlemen, please."

Several people came to the offices rented in the United States, and Wen Han and others sat down. Mailian made coffee for several people.

Burbron felt that he should have some humor, and held the sing of coffee in his hand, and smiled ambiguously at Perry: "Dear General, you came so timely. I am also worried that the emperor of Han would drive us into the sea and with your warship deterrent, I don't think he dares to act rashly!"

Pei was surprised and asked: "Why did His Majesty the Emperor of Han do this? Is he not afraid of Britain and France's revenge? Is the Han country so powerful that it is not afraid of the great powers?"

Wenhan explained embarrassingly: "Maybe we have angered him. You must know that a person can do everything without his mind, not to mention that he is still an emperor, a person like Napoleon. Although we all hate and hate him, we have to respect him."

Bourbron frowned and retorted: "Sir, please pay attention to your words. Napoleon is the pride of our France. You British hate and hate it. The French all love Napoleon. Otherwise, his nephew would not have been president of the French Republic. I heard that this President is seeking to establish the Second French Empire, and the spring of France is coming again!"

Wenhan muttered, "Damn the damn person!"

Seeing that they seemed to be quarreling, Perry immediately changed the subject of the conversation and made a cup of coffee for everyone: "I came to the Far East with the order of the President this time. There are two main things: the first is to sign a mutual assistance treaty with the Han Dynasty and the second is to sign a cooperation treaty with Japan. Do you think the success may be a big one?"

Wen Han took the coffee and analyzed: "The Han Dynasty may have a larger surname. After all, His Majesty the Emperor is a relatively enlightened monarch. As long as there are no insult clauses in the contract, they can be signed. As for Japan, they are more stubborn than the Qing Dynasty. They have rejected the request of our British Empire several times. Moreover, the island erupts and wars are frequent, and it is not suitable for our British Empire to operate. Therefore, they did not resort to force and forcefully open up Japan's policy of closing the country."

Perry explained with his surname: "But Japan has many natural and excellent ports. I heard that Russia is also making the idea of ​​Japan. If the huge Russia has an outlet in the East, it will not be good news for us."

Wenhan praised: "You are right. Now that Russia is provoking the entire religious forces with Orthodox Church, we should unite and reject Russia's arbitrary requests in the Far East, including Japan."

Boulbron excitedly said: "I must report this proposal to the country to know that the greedy polar bear is suppressed in the Far East and is at an absolute disadvantage. I think His Majesty the Emperor will be interested in this in the future."

Perry stood up and said, "I'm going to Nanjing tomorrow. I wonder if you are willing to accompany me?"

In order to avoid the United States and Han privately signing a treaty, Wenhan would of course follow and agree with a smile: "Of course! With our British Empire cheering for you, I think the Han emperor will reconsider his ideas."

Bourbron echoed: "The same is true for us in France."

The weather in November has cooled slightly. Rows of black dots suddenly appeared on the calm river outside Nanjing, slowly getting bigger and bigger until they clearly appeared less than 500 meters away from the riverside. The defenders on the fort hurriedly waved their flags to the warships and told them to stop moving forward.

The regiment commander Xiong Siyuan didn't expect that he would encounter such a difficult thing as soon as he took office. He looked at his eyes on the fort, wondering what to do, firing a fire? Or not firing a fire?

Burbron looked at Wenhan and asked, "We really won't cause trouble. What if the defenders fired, should we fight back?"

Perry pointed to the waving flags from afar: "They waved the flags to us. Such deterrence is enough. Send the order and stop moving forward!"

Xiong Siyuan stared at the behemoth that was getting closer and closer with a ugly expression. When he remembered the foreigners bullying his compatriots and selling opium, he rushed to his forehead with a passionate blood and shouted loudly: "Fire!"

"Boom boom"

"Boom boom"

Wen Han looked at the shells landing on the river and shouted in panic: "They fired, let's retreat!"

Pei Li said to the adjutant with a ugly look: "Send the order, continue to retreat, and there is no order to not fire the cannon and fight back."

The battalion defenders watched the foreign warship gradually retreat, which was beyond the range of the cannon, and they all cheered, "Sir, the foreigners retreated and were beaten away by us!"

Xiong Siyuan wiped his cold sweat and ordered: "Continue to monitor foreigners, I will report to the division commander."

Wang Gang looked at Xiong Siyuan in surprise and asked, "Did you fire the shell just now?"

Xiong Siyuan looked at Wang Gang's surprised expression and suddenly had an ominous premonition. He nodded in a wooden manner: "The foreigners suddenly drove into the shore. Their cannons can already bombard Nanjing City. Only the last general had no choice but to order the cannons."

Wang Gang sighed inwardly, "If you don't fire the cannon, you will be punished, and if you fire the cannon, you will be punished. He comforted Xiong Siyuan: "Let's go, I'll take you to the commander. If he pleads with the emperor, you may be able to avoid death, but you can't save your position as the commander."

Xiong Siyuan was dissatisfied and asked loudly: "Why is this? Could it be that Mo Jiang will watch them drive the warships under Nanjing? What if they fired fire at Nanjing?"

Wang Gang pressed Xiong Siyuan and explained: "You don't understand. The emperor has always attached great importance to the relationship with foreigners. If you do this, foreigners will definitely ask the emperor for guilt. In order to calm the foreigners' anger, the best way is to find a scapegoat. You understand that in the eyes of big people, we can sacrifice at any time."

Tang Zhengcai looked at Xiong Siyuan with expressionless expression and ordered to Wang Gang: "All the defenders on the fort are withdrawn and they will be on duty. They are not allowed to leave the barracks without authorization."
Chapter completed!