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Chapter 576: Thirty Years of Covenant and the Little Prince of God's Family (Request for subscription and votes)

Although the leaders of the British Empire had realized how terrible the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which had entered the industrial age and had more than 1857 million square kilometers of land and a population of 2 million, was! But this did not affect their reaching a "Medium-Term Alliance Treaty" with the diplomatic mission from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from February to March 3 for a period of to years. After all, the hegemony of the British Empire was not absolute. If the industrial countries on the European continent wanted to cooperate with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the most Britain could do was "advise" them. If they did not listen, Britain would not have any coercive measures.

Therefore, unless all advanced industrial countries reached a consensus on the "Yellow Peril", there would be no effective means to curb the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's industrial development. In this case, the British Empire certainly could not kick the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a friend that it could still get along with happily, to France, Prussia, Austria or the United States.
In the ceiling mural of Waterloo Hall in Windsor Castle, the goddess Britannia, holding a trident, is looking down at a world map spread out on a long oak table.

Wu Chongyao's quill pen traced the Gulf of Siam to the Bering Strait, and paused at Alaska: "From Sakhalin Island to Malacca, this land should be bathed in the glory of civilization - of course, British merchant ships will always enjoy the right of free navigation."

The gold-plated fountain pen in the hand of British Foreign Secretary Crowley drew blue "circles" one after another on Alaska, the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese Archipelago, the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippine Islands, the Dutch East Indies, the Malay Peninsula under British control, the Strait of Malacca, and Lower Burma facing the Indian Ocean: "Mr. Wu, these territories do not belong to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

Feng Yunshan interjected, “Korea belongs to the Eastern King, and Japan is jointly protected by Korea and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!”

His words were translated into English by Wu Chaoyue.

The Queen of England, who was sitting at the head of the conference table, put down the Doucai milk tea cup produced in Jingdezhen and said: "The King of the East is also my soul brother. If he admits that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the suzerain of Korea and Japan, then I will admit it too. Otherwise, I hope that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can coexist peacefully with Korea and Japan under the rule of the King of the East!"

Wen Xian immediately translated the queen's words into Chinese word for word. Feng Yunshan thought about it and nodded gently: "It must be written in the treaty that both Korea and Japan are protected by the King of the East."

Victoria took a sip of her milk tea: "Of course!"

Prime Minister Palmerston then raised a question: "What about Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands? Alaska is a territory of the Russian Empire, while the Kingdom of Hawaii is a free kingdom jointly protected by Britain, France, the United States and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

"The status quo of the Hawaiian Kingdom remains unchanged," Feng Yunshan said, "until the thirty-year covenant expires!"

The treaty that is currently undergoing final negotiations is also known as the Sino-British Thirty Years Treaty. The "thirty years" here means that the treaty is valid from 1857 to 1887.

For the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was in the early stages of industrialization, a thirty-year alliance with Britain was extremely important!

This means that in the next thirty years, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom does not need to invest heavily in national defense and security, and can completely take advantage of Britain and develop in the international security system built by Britain. Moreover, it can also obtain a certain number of colonies through treaties to ease the population pressure at home.

For Britain, the Thirty Years' Treaty could not only limit the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's expansionist impulse, but also maintain stability in the Pacific region for the next thirty years. It was also the best option when an "international anti-China consensus" could not be reached - France, Prussia, Austria, Russia and the United States could not be allowed to take advantage of this!
Britain must come first!
Palmerston loudly emphasized: "The Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies must remain unchanged for the next thirty years!"

"But the premise is that there must be no anti-Chinese incidents in those areas!" Feng Yunshan said, "Otherwise, even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not involved, the True Treaty Party must take action!"

The True Covenant faction had already taken action!

The True Testamentists were so arrogant in Japan and the United States, so what about the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies? Moreover, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's kings were all relatives of Queen Victoria, and they were all reincarnations of Jesus' brothers. How could the colonial authorities in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies not be so smart?

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot interfere!" said the Queen of England - Queen Victoria was not actually a figurehead, she was simply lazy! But now that her husband Albert was still alive, the Queen had a strong say in British politics.

And "the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not interfere" was also a trap that Albert and her had agreed upon to set for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could not interfere, but Yang's Korea could!

Feng Yunshan thought for a while and nodded gently: "Okay!"

In his view, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies were not very profitable, but their geographical locations were too important. If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom took action, it might cause a break between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Britain, and this risk was not worth taking. For the Heavenly Kingdom, the most important thing was to successfully swallow up Vietnam, Chenla, Siam and other agricultural powers on the Indochina Peninsula.

"But the ownership of Alaska should be decided by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Russia through negotiations," Feng Yunshan added, "Britain must guarantee its support for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's demands!"

"Negotiate?" Viscount Palmerston said with a wry smile, "Your Highness the King of the South, the war has not been won yet!" "The war will be won soon!" Feng Yunshan glanced at Rinzi.

Rinko took out an ebony box and opened it carefully. Inside the box were some dark green crystals wrapped in beeswax.

"This is."

"Piric acid," Wu Chaoyue carefully pinched the beeswax, "Its power is ten times that of black powder. Two thousand tons of picric acid explosives filled into shrapnel or made into explosive packs are enough to send the Sevastopol bastion into the sky. General Shi Dakai's 30,000 elite troops have arrived at the front with the new French Expeditionary Force Commander-in-Chief Prince Napoleon. We will usher in victory in the war within a month!"

Is this victory?

There was silence in Waterloo Hall, and the British people had complicated expressions. This war lasted too long and was too cruel!
"Let's finalize the 30-year treaty!" Feng Yunshan broke the silence at this time, and he raised three fingers, "First, recognize our sphere of influence in East Asia and the Pacific - just in accordance with the agreement just now; second, jointly establish a global mining company, with Britain providing capital and technology, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom providing labor, and King Luo Wu providing prophecy, and we only get 30% of the net profit!"

"Thirty percent is too much!" Prince Albert immediately raised an objection loudly when he heard Wenxian translate the second condition proposed by Feng Yunshan.

"Third." Feng Yunshan ignored the prince and turned to the map of India on the wall. "When the rebellion flag is raised in Delhi, let King Shiyi put the crown of the Queen of India on your majesty."

Prime Minister Palmerston shouted: "Ridiculous! The loyalty of the Indian Army is impeccable!"

"That was King Luo Wu's prophecy!" Feng Yunshan said word by word, "And you also know that India has long been a powder keg. The corrupt officials of the East India Company have been ruining that fertile land for more than a hundred years. In the past decade or so, they have been keen on depriving the Indian princes of their land! Now all they need is a fuse, or an excuse to incite riots!"

"The paper-wrapped bullets of the Enfield rifle have to be bitten open with teeth." Rinko suddenly interrupted in a standard Oxford accent, "But the Hindu soldiers found that the grease used to lubricate the bullet casings contained tallow, and the Muslim soldiers smelled lard--"

"When?" Prince Albert stared at Southern Prince Feng Yunshan and asked in stiff Chinese.

"May 1857." Feng Yunshan said, "If the British side does nothing!" He paused, "I suggest you do nothing! Because the Indian uprising is doomed to fail, and a failed uprising will put the crown of the Indian Mughal Empire on the head of Her Majesty the Queen. Moreover, the fighting angel of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is also willing to fight for his soul sister!"

All the British people looked at the Queen, who showed an expectant expression in her eyes: "India should indeed become my crown territory! As for the thirty-year alliance, it can be signed!"

In an abandoned Catholic church in downtown New York that was converted into a True Testament church, Xianfeng, dressed in a red robe, wore a cross necklace that tapped the pulpit to the rhythm of the sermon.

The only person who came to listen to Xianfeng's sermon today was Senator Jamie O'Connor. The California senator seemed absent-minded and almost fell asleep while listening to Xianfeng's "fairy tale" in broken English about how people in heaven traveled between the various "continents" on "planes".
"Ah, who are you?" Xianfeng suddenly yelled heartbreakingly, startling the senator and making him look up. As the candlelight flickered, Xianfeng had already fallen to the ground, foaming at the mouth and his eyes rolling back.

Oh no, Zhao Si has epilepsy!
Jamie O'Connor quickly stood up and called out the new foreign name Xianfeng had given him: "Nicholas, are you okay?"

Before he finished speaking, Xianfeng had already jumped up from the floor like a carp digging a well: "I am the little prince of God, and I have been ordered to come down to earth today."

As a True Covenant believer, Jamie O'Connor knew that Xianfeng was possessed by a god, and was immediately shocked. "Possession by a god" is strictly prohibited in the True Covenant sect! Only Yang Xiuqing could accept Hong Xiuquan's divine descent. What's going on with Zhao Si? How could he be possessed by the son of God? Is it true or not?

Before he could react, Emperor Xianfeng had already started to recite a poem: "The youngest son of God has been born, and the United States is in turmoil. The Southern King of the Dai family has received the mandate of heaven, and the Northern Chiefs have rebelled and the Federation has been divided. General Okanagan will turn the tide, and the holy flag will be held high to determine the outcome. God has ordered you to save America, and you must make the Federation great again."

After reading these doggerel, Xianfeng's eyelids rolled again and he fell down suddenly, leaving Jamie O'Connor standing there, looking at a loss.

(End of this chapter)