The trip to Guangzhou by the European envoys was rushed to Yang Meng. In the past ten days, the European envoys had a general understanding of the diplomatic strength of the Qing Dynasty. The one who had the deepest experience was Britain and France. The Qing officials twenty years ago did not know what diplomacy was?

Today, the Qing diplomats are proficient in several languages ​​and familiar with many customs in the European and American worlds. The diplomatic methods are even more perfect. After ten days of contact, European envoys have learned very limited information from the Qing diplomats. Most of the time, they are stepping stones for the further growth of Qing diplomats.

Gladstone and Ferdinand of Britain and France did not even have to explore the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty, but they knew that the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty would not be weaker than those of Britain and France. It was not unique to the Chinese people. As the Minister of Finance and Foreign Minister of the European Power, if they did not even have this little vision, they would be a little frivolous.

Once again, the European envoys were shocked again. The barges transported them this time were extremely fast inland gunboats. Although most of these gunboats were made of wooden, the two cast gunboats and dozens of small cannons on the gunboats were not decorations. Such small gunboats were rare in Europe.

Nearly 100 small inland gunboats are undoubtedly the first deterrent for European envoys. With these things, the inland rivers of the Qing Dynasty are as solid as a living thing. If it is combined with the shore fort, it is almost impossible for European warships to enter the inland rivers of the Qing Dynasty.

Before this arrived in Guangzhou! Many European countries participating in naval warfare plans began to retreat, and warships came across the ocean. It was not to establish outposts on the coast of the Qing Dynasty. The strength of the Qing army. Tsarist Russia has personally tried it, and it seems extremely stupid to fight the powerful Qing army on its own.

The voyage lasted for more than ten days and started in the shock of European envoys. Unlike when they first came to the Qing Dynasty, this batch of inland gunboats traveled very slowly, and the Qing army's restrictions on envoys from various countries were not so tight. During the journey of the arrival, envoys from various countries were not allowed to board the deck, but this time, European envoys could board the deck at will and watch the scenery along the coast.

After the boat left Tonghui River and entered the real Grand Canal, the European envoys also began their surprise journey. When they passed by the Grand Canal for the first time, many things from the Qing Dynasty were like a quick look for the European envoys. Under the restrictions of the Qing army, there were many things that they could not see.

This time, the speed of the boat dropped even lower after the gunboat sailed out of Tonghui River during the day. Every time you go to a construction site or a crowded place, the speed will drop even lower.

The factories that are being built or have been built have not aroused much interest from European envoys. What really interests them are the Qing people who come and go on the river bank.

The things that really surprised the European envoys were nothing else, but were muskets of various colors. After a three-day journey, the European envoys had an inviolable mind in their hearts, not for anything else, because of the popularization of muskets in the Qing Dynasty.

During these three days of journey, the people they saw were not everyone with guns. Only those who seemed to be in a hurry were equipped with guns, either long or short. Sometimes, a horned pot on the waist of pedestrians could arouse the exclamations of European envoys. However, as more and more things were seen, envoys from various countries could also guess that in the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the regular army, there was another armed force, and the number of this armed force was absolutely large.

Some of these people were farmers who were farming in the fields. The rifles were erected on the ridges, making everyone frightened. Ignatiev, the Russian minister of Tsarist Russia, regretted it. If the people of Tsarist Russia also had such equipment, the Eastern European plains would not have fallen so easily.

The European envoys became more and more frightened as they walked along the way. From sailors and translators, they learned that the Qing people wearing guns, either farmers, merchants, or militias guarding waterways along the way were not uncommon in the European world, but what is rare is that almost all of these people wore guns and swords in the wild, from Zhili to Shandong, from Shandong to Jiangsu, through Hongze to the Yangtze River, from the Yangtze River to Taihu Lake, then into the Yangtze River through Taihu tributaries, then into the Yangtze River, cross the Yangtze River into Dongting, from Dongting to Xiang River, and enter the Pearl River through the Hunan tributary waterway. The fleet of endless days and nights took twenty days to send a group of European envoys to the city of Guangzhou.

The original ten-day voyage was delayed by Yang Meng for ten days. During these twenty days, Yang Meng not only dragged down the interested people who followed the way, but also dragged down the information that European countries launched a naval battle offensive against the Qing Dynasty.

Without Yang Meng's intentional arrangement, as long as the fleet passes through the Yang Family Trading and Farm area, European envoys can naturally see a large number of Qing people wearing guns. Along the way, European envoys saw far fewer civilians without guns than those with guns. The reason is even simpler. For ordinary civilians, who would fool around at this time?

The unintentional coincidence made the big men of European countries miscalculate the popularity of the Qing Dynasty rifles, from the initial 10% to the final 70% to 80%. What a beautiful misunderstanding for Yang Meng?

Although the guns worn by the people of the Qing Dynasty were all eliminated by the army in the eyes of all figures, rifles are rifles after all, and their lethality is beyond doubt. The official population of the Qing Dynasty was 400 million. Even based on a 30% popularity rate, there were more than 100 million rifles scattered among the people in the Qing Dynasty. This is definitely a disaster for European countries. In the eyes of the Qing emperor, these more than 100 million people are just people, but in the eyes of travelers, these are untrained troops!

More than 100 million troops, no matter how chaotic their age or how combat effectiveness, such a number of troops are invincible, too many!

Thinking of these, the great men, led by Britain, France and Germany, could only sweat coldly at night.

The composition of the European embassy gave European people the ability to distinguish the authenticity. For the senior executives of various countries, they would rather not have such ability. The result of this ability is that along the way, the Qing people seen by the European embassy were carrying out normal activities and were not arranged in the riverside area at all.

During this journey, many unexpected voyages were arranged by Bismarck, Ferdinand and Gladstone, and Yang Meng was happy to satisfy the requests of the three. All the waters where barges were navigated were all the Yang family's sphere of influence. It was not strange that there were many people carrying guns. The Yang family's forces were armed except farms. The armed personnel had to train the people of the farm to use guns. It was not a deliberate move to see more guns along the way.

For Yang Meng, these can only be regarded as an unexpected surprise, and the authenticity is far inferior! It is not enough to truly determine the situation in Tsarist Russia. Guangzhou's iron-clad ships are the things that truly determine the overall situation. With these iron-clad ships, we can truly dispel the covetousness of some people.

When Yang Meng arrived in Guangzhou, he was not in a hurry to lead everyone in Europe to see the world. The first thing he did was to take the big figures from Britain, France and Germany to the Militar embassy to meet with Militar Secretary of State Seward.

At this time, Militaria had already made human heads into dog brains. Advanced weapons, advanced artillery, and advanced ammunition were all things that were missing from the north and south of Militaria. The number of paper-shelled Dresses was the first to export the arms of Yang Meng, but it only needed the Tsarist Russia to verify it first.

After the five figures from Britain, France, America, Germany and Qing dynasties sat down, Yang Meng also immediately went straight to the topic. The Dresses, which were lower than the price of Militaristic rifles, were unlimitedly supplied paper shells and new rear-loading guns, which aroused Seward's interest at the first time.

The purpose of Seward's trip was to play soybeans and take advantage of the matter of splitting Tsarist Russia. Who would have thought that the Dresses team that Ding Taichen had taken had Seward stranded in Guangzhou for nearly two months. Although Seward was not a figure in the Militarious military, the advancedness of the Dresses could be distinguished without professional vision. Range, shooting speed, and power were all things on the surface. Two months were enough to make Seward familiar with the Dresses from top to bottom, from inside to outside.

With the introduction of arms, Yang Meng opened his mouth and proposed the conditions for Alaska to be transferred to the Qing Dynasty, at the cost of discounts on arms, involving transactions of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of arms. A little discount means millions of taels of real money.

Alaska may be of some use to Canada, but it is really useless to Miligan today. Although Congress has a policy of God blessing Miligan, for the current Miligan government, maintaining national unity is the real priority. At this time, because Alaska has given up arms that can turn the situation around the war, it is a choice that no politician will make. At most, after the national unity, it will only determine the ownership of Alaska through war means. Sometimes, the immediate interests cannot be given up.

Without Militar support in the Alaska incident, Gladston, who had thought of some actions, gave up that unrealistic idea. Now that the Qing Dynasty has the ability to occupy Alaska, the situation on Tsarist Russia is more important to England and Geely.

Along the way, he also discovered the shortcomings of the Qing Dynasty, that is, the development time is not enough. This is also the main reason why the Qing Dynasty has adopted a defensive policy towards Russia. With the industrial foundation of the Qing Dynasty, it is still a bit difficult to support such a war. If such a war occurs five or ten years later, Tsarist Russia and Europe will not have a chance of winning.

Now, the idea of ​​Gladstone, Bismarck, Ferdinand and the three have shifted from invading the Qing Dynasty to limiting the expansion of the Qing Dynasty through international treaties. When this great empire in the East is strong to a certain extent, joint confrontation and containment are the way out for the European world. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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