Chapter 118 King Dun takes office as an envoy (4)

When you enter the hall of the governor's office, the furnishings here are made up of two different styles of Chinese and Western styles. The Japanese style is decorated with very simple interior decoration. The light green brick and stone walls are decorated with bright yellow. This kind of bright yellow that is a big taboo in China can be used by anyone in Japan. Yi Qiong shook his head and smiled bitterly. Under the arrangement of the Japanese side, they each sat down. The listener presented tea and fresh fruits to entertain him.

The position of both sides is not as serious as the General Administration of China, but is a more casual way of scattering. Yi Qiong understands that this is also the intentional pretending of Japan and indicating oneself. It is not as tense as the atmosphere caused by the Chinese emperor's dislike of Japan. "The Prince's visit to our country this time is indeed the first blessing between us."

Sanjo Shimei said first, "I am appointed by His Majesty the Emperor of our country to perform the responsibility of welcome and fulfill the friendship of the landlord. It is also the first thing that can be praised in my life. Here, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, I welcome the arrival of Your Excellency."

Yi Qiong waited for him to finish speaking and nodded in his seat, "The Minister of State is so polite." He said, "As the Minister said, China and Japan are close to each other, and the times change in this life, if they practice the law of closing the country as before, it is not an enlightened way. Therefore, my emperor has had a long history, and he must open his arms with the countries of the East and West and the West and the West to be kind and kind. This time, I ordered my king to serve as an envoy to your country, and came with such a purpose. I believe that in the future, those who are precious to us will definitely add to the cake and go to the top."

"This is what our country is trying to do." Sanju Shimei and Yi Qiong each expressed their political scenes. The topic changed and mentioned that in the Vietnamese naval battle ended last year, "Your country is not afraid of powerful enemies, and annihilated the invading enemy outside Tuoshan Port in one fell swoop. This not only greatly increased your country's prestige, but I am the king and ministers who heard about it, but also feel extremely excited that the Asian country can defeat the Western power."

Yi Qiong was funny in his heart. Winning and defeating was my Qing Dynasty. What did the Japanese excited about it? But he said, "Your Excellency is too good. This is all based on the guidance of my emperor, and the lower level is relying on the navy and the green camp soldiers to use their lives to achieve such results."

"We are in a foreign country and we don't know what we know. Can you ask the prince to explain it in detail for us?"

"This matter is not familiar to me, but it doesn't matter. This time, the ones who come with me are my Qing Dynasty sea magic weapons. If you are interested, you might as well ask them for advice."

Sanjo Shimei nodded honestly and unceremoniously, "Just about asking for advice." Although he is not young, he remembers very well. He looked at Shen Baozhen and bowed, "Is this the Lord Shen Danchu, the Minister of the Navy and the Minister of the Weihai Naval Academy?"

"It's Mr. Shen."

Sanjo Shimei smiled, "Mr. Shen led his troops with a scholar and achieved success in his battle, and became famous all over the world. But this courage is really admirable." He asked, "Master Dan, I wonder what the French navy is as powerful as you see?"

"Far from my Qing Navy." Shen Baozhen replied proudly.

"I'm afraid it may not be?" Sheng Haizhou, who was quietly listening to the conversation between several people, suddenly asked. Most Japanese people could speak Chinese, and he was no exception. He heard Shen Baozhen's arrogant words and couldn't help but sarcastic, "This battle was certainly the victory of your navy, but as far as I know, your navy also suffered heavy losses. But if it comes to casualties, even surpassing the French navy, is that something?"

Although Katsuhashishi can speak Chinese, he is not as authentic as Sanjo Mimi and Deputy Shimashima Hoshimo. He has a strong accent. Shen Baozhen half-heard and half-guessed, probably understood and nodded to the other party, "Is this your Navy Master Katsuhashishishishishishishishishima?"

Sheng Haizhou did not dare to lose his manners, and stood up respectfully and bowed respectfully, "It's just below."

"Your Excellency is right. If you talk about the number of casualties in this battle, it is true that the Qing Dynasty is more than that in France. However, this official said that the French army is not as powerful as the Qing Dynasty. For two reasons, please let Chen be the Navy Minister analyze it." He said, "First, since the 12th year of Xianfeng, my Emperor of Qing Dynasty, my emperor was wise and powerful. The Gangang Shengdu was cut off and the foundation was founded, it has been less than ten years since it was in operation. In terms of combat experience and quality of soldiers, they are not as good as those of Britain and France. My Emperor of Qing Dynasty, the emperor of heaven, had an imperial edict when he was ascended to the throne, and he had a rule that he had taken the four words of seeking truth from facts as the fundamental rule of governing the country. It is impossible to imitate the example of Chun Qiu, who is like Duke Huan of Qi, is to avoid medical treatment. Therefore, this time he fought in the South China Sea to protect my vassal state, maintain my tiger power, and protect my sea."

"This is the time when soldiers need to use their lives to kill the enemy. And the two countries have the weapons of fierce battles and dangerous deaths and injuries. What's the point?" Shen Baozhen calmly talked, "In addition, soldiers are both familiar with water and land wars, they are all state leaders. The country raises soldiers for a thousand days, and they are used for a while. My Qing soldiers are deeply grateful to the emperor and have the determination to kill the enemy. This level is something that the French army can never compare with." His sentence paused at this point and looked around for a week. "This is what I said, the first reason why the French army is not as powerful as our Qing navy."

"What about the second reason?"

"The second reason is that my ancestors of the Qing Dynasty have spirits, and the Xu system is endless, and they meet the wise ruler at the time," said Shen Baozhen. "I think you know that this battle against France will be able to win a great victory because of the construction of the Weihai by the Yuan-class iron-clad iron-clad iron ship. This kind of iron-clad iron-clad iron ship was built by my Chinese emperor, the genius, the saint, and the saints painted the blueprint of the hull. It took six years for the British shipyard to build - I have such a wise ruler who was born to know about it. What is the small France?"

Sheng Haizhou and others were stunned to him and the matter of Emperor Xianfeng's hand-drawing of the blueprint of the iron-clad ship was not a secret. At the beginning, the Japanese thought that this was just a praising remark from the Chinese to praise the emperor's wiseness. The manufacturing of ships requires a very high professional level. Emperor Xianfeng never dabbled in this, how could he understand? Later I learned that this was actually a fact-I didn't expect that Shen Baozhen would use such a thing as one of the reasons for defeating the French.

"This..." He hesitated for a moment, and asked unwillingly, "What if you say, your naval soldiers are negligent in their experience?"

"This matter is easy. As long as you train more, the quality of soldiers will naturally increase day by day. Not to mention that after this war, the ship's owned personnel have become independent talents who have experienced bloody training. In the future, they will be distributed everywhere, and teach new people based on what they have learned, battlefield knowledge, and how to teach new people, and they will naturally achieve results."

"According to your words, it seems that in time, the Qing Navy will be invincible in the world?"

Shen Baozhen suddenly laughed, and blinked at Sheng Haizhou in a strange way. He made such an almost insulting action on such an occasion, which made everyone in the Japanese side stunned. He was very confused about what he intended. There was nothing ridiculous about Sheng Haizhou's words? "I suddenly recalled an old incident and found it a bit funny and had no indifference. Please forgive me."

"I don't know what's so funny?"

"Speaking of this, this was after the battle with the French. The emperor came to Dagukou and summoned the officers and soldiers to fight. He also gave him a banquet and reward. Once, I went to the imperial court to report to my emperor and talked about the situation of the war. After the emperor's instructions, I was like you. I will not hide it from you. The questions I asked are exactly the same as you."

"Oh?" Even Yang Tinghui and others didn't know about this. He was very curious when he talked about it on such an occasion. "I wonder what His Majesty the Emperor of Your Country said?"

"My emperor said that if we talk about naval combat power, Britain, France and other countries have been ahead of our Qing Dynasty for many years, but Asia and Europe have long distances and long troops to attack each other, and the wise will not take it. Therefore, it is almost negligible. If we say that the only one who can compete with our Qing Navy in the future is the Japanese Navy."

Sanjo is so beautiful, Sheng Haizhou and others looked at each other and were shocked. Shen Baozhen definitely did not dare to falsely spread the emperor's order on such an occasion, which means that this matter must be true. But why did the Chinese emperor say such things?

"I felt strange at the time, so I asked the emperor for advice. The emperor told me that the Japanese navy is unparalleled in the world, and... for some reasons, it even surpassed the Qing navy. I just hoped that the two countries could be stable for a long time and no war would happen, otherwise it would be a great misfortune for each other."

Shen Baozhen's words were vague, especially the few main words were not spoken, which made Sheng Haizhou, Xixiang Congdao and others feel itchy, but now they are bound to be unable to ask questions, so they have to stare at him with a pair of bright eyes, hoping that he would not have to ask others to ask questions, and that the answer would be perfect. But the latter seemed to have no intention of talking more, laughing, and whispering to Yi Qiong beside him.

After saying a few words, Yi Qi suddenly raised his face and turned around to the listening who stood behind him almost nodded, "Your Excellency,"

"Yes?"

"This time I visited your country, His Majesty the Great Emperor of my country ordered me to bring gifts from all the officials in the court, including His Majesty the Emperor of Your Country, the Minister of the Taizheng, and other officials in the court. I also asked the ministers to collect them." After saying that, he waved his hand, listened to him and submitted a few steps forward, and submitted a gift list. Some people in the Japanese side passed on three 未华未华未华未华.

This was also arranged in advance. The Japanese side naturally prepared a gift for rebate, but they had to wait until the Chinese left the country to give it. The three beautiful women took the gift list and opened it to see it. In fact, this was unnecessary, because they knew what the gift was, mostly some porcelain, wood, lacquerware, and some silk cloth for appreciation. In particular, there were three hundred pieces of Su silk brocade, which was specially issued by the emperor to wove it to Suzhou. It was made. It was not fresh materials, but the patterns were different from the worship of the country. It was mostly made of simple and peaceful huā petals, which was more in line with the aesthetics of the Japanese.

Sanjo Shimi looked at the gift list and nodded to Yiqiu with a smile, then led everyone to grow up, "Your Excellency Prince."

"Yes?"

"Your envoy came from abroad, and the boats and chariots are hard. Please go to Guanyi to rest first. In the evening, I personally welcome everyone at Kobe's 'Or' Pavilion."

Yi Qi frowned, as if he was wondering what this 'Yuan' Pavilion is? "The 'Yuan' Pavilion is the first-class dish in Kobe Mansion. The prince and the Tian family are nobles. There are not many people who can enjoy the guests. I can only ask you and accompany you to taste the authentic Japanese food and drink."

This time Yi Qiong understood and nodded with a smile, "I would like to thank you for this."
Chapter completed!