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March 15, 1843.

Two black carriages, dragged by tall horses, headed straight for Windsor Castle in Berkshire, southeastern England. The two carriages came all the way out of London, and the places they passed were full of European pastoral style. The flatness

There are tender green lawns on both sides of the hard road, and groups of cattle and sheep stroll leisurely on it. There are some beautiful houses, churches, quiet towns, or villages scattered in the distance.

Manor villas for wealthy aristocrats.

In short, it is a picturesque scenery, which is no different from the European scenery 170 years later in Zhu Jishi's memory. It seems to be two different worlds from the working class area of ​​Manchester, London. The latter seems more like a slum in India to Zhu Jishi.

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Zhu Jishi was currently thinking about his own thoughts in one of the carriages.

His carriage was borrowed from Countess Isabel. Zhu Jishi's own carriage was left in Manchester, and in the leading carriage in front was Sir Reed. This Sir seemed not to be welcomed.

Zhu Jishi said a few cold words when we met in Manchester that day. If Isabel hadn't smoothed things over, there might have been a quarrel.

However, Sir Reid still brought the goodwill of the Royal Society of Medicine, and their charges have been dropped. He also sent an invitation letter to Zhu Jishi, asking him to give a speech at the Medical Association meeting in May - this was very important to Zhu Jishi.

It’s no longer an honor to say that because

The third week of March is when the annual election meeting of the British Royal Society is held. If nothing else happens, Zhu Jishi will be successfully elected as a member of the Royal Society. Later in June, the French Academy of Sciences will also hold a meeting to elect academicians, and there is a high probability of this.

The Ninth Council elected Zhu Jishi as an academician.

Therefore, the British Medical Association should be proud to invite Zhu Jishi to give a speech. However, the invitation from Prince Albert brought by Sir Reed at the same time made Zhu Jishi unable to take it lightly.

He is the prince's husband of the British Empire, the one who made Queen Victoria pregnant. If I still want to hang out in the UK, I'd better have a good relationship with him, otherwise I really have to pack up and leave for France.

The market is mixed.

As for the relationship between this person and the First Opium War, and later the Second Opium War, I can only close my eyes and pretend that I have not seen it. Anyway, Zhu Jishi does not recognize that the Qing Dynasty represents China...

But when he thought of the Qing Dynasty, which was still half asleep, he couldn't help sighing in his heart. Although Engels's analysis that day failed in history, it was not completely unreasonable. The Qing Dynasty was actually

With a good deck of cards, temporary backwardness is really nothing. In fact, the backwardness is not that much. The second industrial revolution was in the 20s and 30s.

Years from now, what will the British Empire have now? It can build sailing ships, steam engines, hundreds of miles of railways, and a lot of sweatshops, that’s all. They fought in the First Opium War

According to Will Heming, the muskets used in the film are just old guns from more than a hundred years ago and can be made by most blacksmith shops in Europe!

As for the cannon, it is not much different from the 18th century. It is just a metal cylinder that shoots iron lumps and shotgun shells. They are basically the products of manual workshops. The technology is not kept secret and is very easy to learn.

Moreover, Europe is currently sitting in the crater of revolution. The working people here have been beguiled by the theory of democratic constitutionalism. Instead of looking for problems within themselves, they blame the bourgeois dictatorship for their suffering.

So chaos is certain, but the problem is

Big chaos and small chaos. Even if Zhu Jishi doesn't remember what happened in Europe during this period of history, he only needs to look at the British working class to take to the streets every now and then, and the inflammatory articles in those radical newspapers to know what will happen in the future.

The situation in 2017 will definitely not be peaceful.

In his memory, it seemed that the Second Opium War would not break out until more than ten years later, in 1856 or 1857. It was probably related to the tense situation in Europe. If the Qing Dynasty could seize this rare opportunity,

"Period of historical opportunity", even if it is a war like the Ottoman Empire or a certain

Incomplete reforms such as those in some Indian states, limiting the reform to the military field first, educating a new group of officers, and training a hundred thousand European-style army, may be enough to withstand the invasion of Britain and France. Even if Russia builds the Trans-Siberian Railway

Before, it was impossible to defeat a hundred thousand European-style armies in the Far East...

Well, after I've been busy for a while, I'd better seize the time to get a few more books introducing Western politics, geography, military, economics, law and humanistic history, and then find a way to get these books distributed in the East.

The carriage ran without knowing how long it took, but the speed suddenly slowed down, and finally stopped completely, and then Countess Isabel's sweet voice said, "Jason, we are here."

Zhu Jishi opened the door and got out of the carriage first, and like a true gentleman, he stood at the door and supported the countess's beautiful hand to help the beauty out - the countess was not on Prince Albert's summons list, but

But he can accompany Zhu Jishijin

When he entered Windsor Castle, he was taught some British court etiquette. It was really complicated to talk about. When can you say something, when should you pretend to be mute, who should you bow to, and who should you kneel down to?

There is no grand ceremony of three bows and nine kowtows.

Sir Reed had also stepped down from the carriage, turned back and rolled his eyes at Zhu Jishi and Isabel, coughed slightly, and walked towards the Norman Gate first.

However, Zhu Jishi didn't care. He just looked up and looked at this huge and luxurious castle. In terms of luxury, this British royal official residence was even better than the Qing Dynasty emperor's garden, but the area was not that large.

And the cost is much less. This Windsor Castle was renovated between 1824 and 1830.

It underwent a large-scale expansion and reconstruction, which cost a total of 300,000 pounds. The cost of Buckingham Palace, another official residence of the British royal family, was about 453,000 pounds, which is equivalent to more than one million taels of silver. I really don’t know those of the Qing Dynasty.

How are the construction funds for the garden, which can easily reach tens of millions of taels, spent?

As soon as the three people walked into the Norman Gate, they saw a strong Scottish man in a skirt walking out of the open city gate. He looked at Sir Reed and said hello: "Baron, you are finally here. His Royal Highness is waiting for you."

I’m all a little anxious!”

Sir Reed did not dare to neglect, and immediately introduced to the Scotsman: "This is Mr. Zhu, and next to him is Lady Deneuve (her countess is not recognized)... This is the housekeeper of Windsor Castle.

Mr. Brown."

Brown glanced at Zhu Jishi and Isabel, and said calmly: "The summons will be held in the audience hall. Sir Reed and Mr. Zhu, please come with me. Madam Deneuve, please wait a moment, someone will take you to the lounge.
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