The sun never sets in America

Chapter 146 Life, Death and London

On the Atlantic Ocean, a thousand-ton ship was sailing through the sea in a storm.

Originally, the weather in this area was fine an hour ago, but unexpectedly the weather changed suddenly. The sky looked like a rolling tornado, with lightning and thunder.

"Quick, turn the steering wheel..."

In the captain's room of the ship, Captain Pedro, who was recruited from Canada, was frantically giving orders to the helmsman.

Even in a thunderstorm, there were still beads of sweat on the helmsman's forehead, which was frightened by the weather ahead.

This kind of thunderstorm weather is actually rare at this time of year and in the direction they are traveling in. But just on the route they thought was safe, such weather appeared that scared everyone on the ship to death.

"Fake Squid...Fake Squid God!!" In desperation, the captain even insulted the God he believed in on the spot.

Everyone in the captain's room didn't even react at all, because they couldn't care less.

bump……

A wave hit the bow of the sailboat, hitting it like a heavy hammer, making everyone's hearts tremble.

In a certain cabin with a kerosene lamp lit, Wan Fang was tremblingly declaring a suicide note. In fact, he also knew that something had really happened, and the so-called suicide note was of no use, and eventually sank into the sea.

"My minister Wanfang, under the entrustment of His Majesty the King of Han, traveled to various countries in the Americas... signed treaties of friendship and diplomatic relations with many countries, and started trade. When I passed by the Republic of New Granada, the country was violent and humiliated our Han envoys. I could not bear the humiliation, and I also I didn’t dare to lose my dignity as a big man... so I changed my route to Nicaragua and crossed the Caribbean... However, I was blocked by the United States, so I had no choice but to ask Jamaica for escort by British ships. When I passed through the East China Sea of ​​the United States, the United States did not dare to block it, so I let it go..."

"When I was in Canada, I talked a lot about Sino-English friendship with the Governor-General of Canada, and then they talked about the Oregon matter. The British governor was a foreign minister and did not dare to make his own decision, so he had to talk to London in person. I should imitate Zhang Yi. The story of Huo Qubing is I, the Han Dynasty, expanded the territory, but the weather did not go as planned, and we encountered violent storms on the road... I was afraid that I would be in danger of death, so I wrote this book and hid it in a secret letter. If one day I can reappear in the sea and sky... Although I died, I No regrets.”

Wan Fang, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Han Dynasty, pays homage to my king! !
With tears in her eyes, Wan Fang finished writing this farewell letter, then put it into a glass bottle, and then put the glass bottle into a wooden box. The wooden box had three layers and was wrapped with copper in the middle to ensure that nothing would happen. .

Just as Wan Fang was arranging his clothes and preparing to die, a burst of chaotic cheers suddenly sounded on the ship. After hearing this, Wan Fang immediately opened the hatch.

"We passed through... We survived!!"

"God bless us and let us survive!!" The captain who had just cursed God was now praying to God devoutly and constantly crossing himself.

"Master Wan, we have passed, here we come..." Lu Wenshan, who was wet from the splash just now, ran to Wan Fang excitedly and said.

"Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless..." Lu Wenshan took out a Guanyin Bodhisattva jade pendant from his chest and said gratefully.

"Wenshan...is there any damage on the ship??" Although Wan Fang was also very excited, he still calmly asked Lu Wenshan about what happened on the ship. After all, after passing through the thunderstorm area, it can only be said that the most deadly threat is over. But that doesn't mean that all dangers have disappeared. Apart from anything else, if there was one, or even several big holes, or even small holes in the ship during such a big thunderstorm just now, then for them, the danger has not left yet. .

"This..." After hearing Wan Fang's words, Lu Wenshan immediately woke up, "Everyone, go and check, check if there are any loopholes..." Lu Wenshan, who woke up, immediately shouted to the sailors and ship repairmen on the ship. , especially the ship repairmen, were directly sent by Lu Wenshan to the bilge where danger was most likely to occur, inspecting every plank, even the copper underneath.

When Wan Fang returned to the cabin, he slumped down at the desk, as if he had collapsed.

"Haha..." Touching the wooden box on the table that symbolized his death note, Wan Fang laughed and cried. He laughed and cried at the same time. He didn't know how long he cried and laughed until he recovered.

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The next day, early in the morning, the entire sea was illuminated by the blue and reddish colors of the high-hanging sun. The hot sunlight shone on the deck of this merchant ship flying the British and Chinese flags. It even appeared due to the storm last night. Reflective.

On the deck, several Canadian sailors were cleaning up the still-beating sea fish on the ship. These sea fish were all blown onto the ship due to yesterday's storm. Because of the accumulation of water, they were not dead all night.

Except for a few groupers and cod that tasted good, other sea fish that were inedible or even poisonous were thrown into the sea by the sailors.

The grouper and cod were made into some lunch dishes.

Sometimes you have to admit that not being good enough or even being stupid can actually save your life! !

On the deck, sailors took rags and wiped the areas covered by sea water again and again. They did this to clean and prevent corrosion.

Wan Fang walked out of the deck and looked at the bright sun reflected on the water. He felt as if he had survived a disaster. Especially when he saw the blue sea, he no longer had the usual love and appreciation, only the sudden fear. .

What happened last night, to Wan Fang, was no less than escaping from the gate of hell.

I became extremely awed by the sea.

Wan Fang even wrote down what happened this time and the story of his trip to London on the next journey. It was successfully published a few years later and became one of the best-selling books in Han Dynasty.

Of course, this book doesn't exist yet, because the protagonist is still in the book! !

"Mr. Captain, how far are we from England?" In the captain's room, Wan Fang looked at the captain invited from Canada and asked sincerely. After all, if it hadn't been for his command last night, they might have been there by now. Buried in the belly of a fish.

"There are about two days left..." The captain looked at the map on the table, estimated their current location, and accurately calculated the speed at which the ship would arrive in England at its current speed. "Of course, this Everything is under safe conditions. After all, if what happened last night happens again, I'm afraid..." The captain shrugged to Wan Fang with some lingering fear. He was scared, but also showed a teasing smile to Wan Fang.

"I believe God will protect us from experiencing something like last night, forever!!" Wan Fang said to the captain in the name of God, and even pretended to sign a cross on his chest, pretending to be a Christian.

"Haha... Mr. Wan, you are not a Christian." The captain looked at Wan Fang's pretending to be pious and burst out laughing. After laughing, he joked to Wan Fang.

"But, at least on this ship, here, we are all believers in God, right??" Wan Fang pointed to the sea under the nail plate, who knew how many meters deep it was, and answered the Canadian captain with a smile.

"Of course, we are all God's people now!!" After hearing this, the captain also smiled and looked at Wan Fang and said.

"I hope we arrive in London safely..." Wan Fang took two glasses of wine from Lu Wenshan and handed one of them to the captain in front of him who saved their lives.

"Sliced..."

"Sliced..."

The two looked at each other, smiled, and then drank it all.

On the sea, this huge sailing ship continued to sail, facing the bright sun and sea breeze. The vines and seaweed on the ship's body, and even the starfish that were blown and adsorbed on it, were the most glorious medals of this Starfish! !

The sea will never fail a brave man, but the sea will also never let anyone go.

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London……

A city with a population of one million, it is also the first city in Western Europe with a population of one million.

Since reaching a population of more than 1840 million in 100, the city's population has grown rapidly every year.

London is a city where people die and live every day, and it is also the capital of this world empire.

Government orders issued from London can affect any continent except Antarctica and the Arctic.

How to evaluate London? Maybe Londoners don’t know how to evaluate it.

This is a city where death and survival coexist. Due to industrialization, the whole of London is gray every day. Londoners can only see blue skies and breathe clean air in the countryside.

This is a city whose output value ranks among the best in the world. Remember, it is a country that is being compared with London.

In this city, you can see a financial trading market larger than Amsterdam, and an industrial base larger than the Ruhr area of ​​Prussia.But at the same time, London is cruel. People die on the streets every day, and then those who are found are dragged to the suburbs and buried.

If you find it troublesome to bury it, then the smelting furnace of the nearby steel plant will tell you what it means to have no bones left! !
The average life expectancy in this city is only around [-] years old, or even lower.

The life expectancy of workers in the world's most powerful industrial country is actually worse than that of farmers in agricultural countries. It has to be said that it is really a joke in the history of human development.

But the people in this city are proud, just like that famous saying.

Even if a beggar mentions the British Empire, he will puff up his chest! !

If future generations say, if you love someone, send him to New York, and if you hate someone, send him to New York, then now it is if you love someone, send him to London, hate someone, send him to London! !

In London, if you are an ordinary British person, then you will probably have to live your whole life in a slum that is messy and even smelly.

But if you are a noble in London, or an emerging rich man, congratulations, you will enjoy the best treatment on the planet.

When the American cowboys were still herding cattle, when the tea farmers in China were still picking tea leaves, when the lower class people in India were still eating mushy curry.

These British nobles have already enjoyed hunting, concerts, manor villas, and golf.

We have begun to discuss a hundred ways to drink tea, and even study how to make it more decent.

London is a city where heaven and hell coexist, and it is also a side that this world empire brings to the world.

No matter how you slander Britain, you have to admit that London during this period contained power, a power called industry.

What kind of industrial power is there? Just look at the fact that Britain produces more steel than all other countries combined! !
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The Port of London is the largest trading port in the UK. Although the British naval base is in Portsmouth, this does not mean that London has fewer warships than Portsmouth. As long as you look down at the entire Port of London from the sky, except for those of various types like sardines, merchant ship.

It’s those dozens of warships. The smallest of these warships are fourth-level sailing battleships, because only when they reach the fourth level, they are suitable for ocean decisive battles...

Royal Navy, born for the sea! !
A mottled ship, flying the Union Jack flag and the Chinese dragon flag, docked in the port of London.

Indian workers in the port quickly tied ropes to the ship to prevent it from tilting and colliding.

Tread...  

Wan Fang, who changed into a black dress, wore a black top hat and held an ivory handcuff, disembarked from the ship with Lu Wenshan, who was similarly dressed and well-dressed.

The Indian workers on the dock immediately lowered their heads when they saw how they were dressed, as if Indian untouchables like them were not qualified to touch the eyes of nobles.

"Hey..." Looking at the dark-skinned Indian workers in the port, Wan Fang sighed, and then got on a carriage that had been arranged.

In fact, the Han Dynasty had embassies in Europe, but because of its early stage, the scale was not very large. There was only one minister and a few staff working in the office to deal with matters related to Britain.

In fact, it was nothing. It was just helping to introduce British technology and then negotiating with the British.

The real effect is actually not big, but for the early Han Dynasty, it was actually enough.

But for the Han State, which is now committed to deepening ties with the British, this embassy with three or two big cats and kittens is actually not enough, so this time Wan Fang also brought several diplomats who knew English. Official, joined the Chinese Embassy in Britain to assist in diplomatic work with Britain...

After the carriage left the dock, it passed through several streets and entered the main road of London.

Wan Fang looked at the city of London outside the window. The general structure of the city was actually no different from the many British-style buildings Wan Fang built in Han. (Due to trade with the British and the Chinese learning from the British, British-style buildings are still very popular in the Chinese)

Of course, there is still a little difference, and that is history, the history of the City of London. Although the City of London actually has no history at all (London was burned), in Wanfang’s view, there are more British-style buildings in London than in Han Dynasty. I had a hazy feeling that I couldn't describe or explain. I could only attribute it to London's historical background.

(Actually, I was intimidated by the national power of the British Empire)
And when Wanfang's motorcade passed through London Bridge and entered the most prosperous area in Britain.

The construction industry in London is gradually becoming more retro and luxurious.

Among them, Westminster Abbey attracts the most attention. This church is also known as Westminster Abbey and has appeared in many movies and TV series in later generations.

After leaving this section of the road and going around for a while, Wan Fang arrived at the Han Dynasty's legation in Britain.

A European-style apartment called NO.18 has a sign written in Chinese characters and English, Embassy of the Kingdom of Han in Great Britain.

On the door on the second floor of the apartment, there is a Han national flag fluttering in the wind upside down...

It is in sharp contrast to the tricolor flag on the French embassy not far away...

At this time, the door of the legation was wide open, a red carpet was spread outside the legation, and several diplomats from the Han legation were standing in front of the door, as if waiting for something.

"coming……"

As soon as the sound came, Feng Xiuwen, the minister to the UK, immediately straightened his collar and wrinkled sleeves, and stood respectfully outside the door.

A European-style carriage pulled by two flower horses stopped outside the legation.

A staff member of the legation immediately stepped forward and opened the door, and out came a Chinese man in formal dress and holding an ivory handbag, as well as several young people who were also smartly dressed.

"Minister Wan..." Feng Xiuwen immediately stepped forward to shake hands with Wan Fang and said, "Minister Wan, thank you for your hard work along the way. I have prepared wine and food in the embassy and are waiting for the minister to arrive." Feng Xiuwen shook hands with Wan Fang. , Regretfully flattering Wan Fang.

"Master Feng is interested." Wan Fang nodded lightly in approval, and then followed Feng Xiuwen into the European-style embassy.

Wan Fang carefully looked at the situation inside the embassy.

Inside the legation, there were a few oil paintings of European scenery hanging on the walls, but these were hardly able to attract Wanfang's attention.

Until an ink painting attracted Wan Fang's attention.

"Master Feng, what is this??" Wan Fang pointed to the Han army formation picture painted above and asked Feng Xiuwen with some surprise. You must know that paintings like this are actually oil paintings in the Han Dynasty. After all, oil paintings have bright colors. Easier to express meaning.

This is the first time Wan Fang has seen something like this ink painting.

"Minister Wan, this is a local Chinese florist who heard about what our army did after their victory over Mexico. After finishing the work, they donated it to our embassy..."

Feng Xiuwen talked about the origin of this ink painting.

"It's true that he is a descendant of my Yan Han Dynasty. Wherever he goes, he never forgets his roots!!" Wan Fang looked at the ink and wash Han army formation map and said with some emotion. (The Han Dynasty relied on firearms. Although there were gold mines, it was a fire virtue)
"Master Feng, is this British matter easy to deal with??" After several rounds of changing glasses at the wine table, Wan Fang asked about the business, "I mean, what does the British think about the Oregon matter??" Wan Fang was afraid that Feng Xiuwen wouldn't understand, so he continued to explain.

"Sir Wan, to be honest, this Oregon land is actually very divided in the current UK. Some people are willing to sell it to us, but some people are not willing. The two parties have not come up with a result until now... ..." Feng Xiuwen replied to Wan Fang helplessly.

"But the mainstream figures in the UK are still willing to sell it, that is..." At the end, Feng Xiuwen stopped talking.

"It's just the price..."

Wan Fang said coldly.

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