"Language" is a use-it-or-lose-it thing.

If you talk too much, you will naturally learn to talk; if you talk too little, you will naturally stop talking.

Once out of the corresponding language environment, even the mother tongue will quickly degrade.

If it were before time travel, Qingden, who was born as a top student, would still be able to communicate with people in simple English.

Today, he can still recognize most common English words.

But when he opened his mouth to speak English, he would stutter like a stammer, and he couldn't even say a word for a long time.

Funny to say, because he always interacts with the Angoulême family, he is now more fluent in French than in English.

Qingden lowered his eyelids, squinted his eyes, and stared straight at the Julius, which was getting closer and closer.

With the excellent eyesight blessed by his talent "Fire Eye + 5", he clearly saw that the side of the Julius facing Xianlinmaru was filled with densely packed sailors.

These sailors were hanging on the railings, looking at Xianlinwan with interest, as if they were watching animals in a zoo, with strange smiles on their faces, whispering to each other, and saying something "chirp".

Due to the distance, Qingdeng couldn't hear what they were saying.

But he could roughly guess that he was probably saying: "Look, the monkeys from the East are here again", "What a bunch of stubborn guys" and other words full of discrimination and ridicule.

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In fact, the sailors on the side of the Uriaus were exactly as Qingteng expected.

While they were full of contempt, they ridiculed and cursed unscrupulously:

"Look! It's the shogunate's ship!"

"The Japanese monkeys are here again!"

"Oh my gosh, their ships are really small! Fortunately it's a sunny day today. If the wind blows, I'm worried that their ships will be capsized!"

"Don't say that, this is already the best ship they have!"

"What a bunch of stubborn guys! Where did they get the courage to challenge us?"

"It is said that they changed an envoy! It seems that they sent a... uh... some kind of king."

"What's his name?"

"I don't remember, I just know that he seems to be a general, and his status seems to be quite high."

"Who cares who he is! How many envoys have they changed before? In the end, they were so intimidated by us that they clamped their legs and fled in a panic!"

"The captain is so kind! Send a few cannonballs into their city so that they don't dare to say anything again!"

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Their sentences and expressions were full of undisguised contempt.

On the other side, Captain Jocelyn, the captain of the Uriaus, was saying to their temporary minister John Neil:

"Your Excellency, the messenger from the shogunate is here."

Neil replied without raising an eyebrow:

"Well, get ready to welcome it."

Colonel Jocelyn continued:

"Your Excellency, do you need to put on a 'welcome ceremony'?"

"certainly!"

Neil curled up the corners of his mouth, and a sly smile appeared on his lips.

"Send the order, let the soldiers get their weapons, line up in formation, and give the shogunate's envoy a 'grand' welcome ceremony!"

Colonel Jocelyn then showed a strange smile.

"Yes! I will do it immediately!"

Previously, in order to intimidate the shogunate's envoys and to demonstrate the "power of God" of the empire on which the sun never sets, whenever the shogunate's envoys boarded the ship, they would arrange neat and powerful military columns on the left and right sides of the boarding port.

The soldiers in the military column were all carrying the latest rifles, with bright bayonets attached to their muzzles, making them intimidating.

Looking back at every previous negotiation, it can be said that their move was always successful!

Whenever they put on this "welcome ceremony", the envoys from the shogunate who came to negotiate were all shocked and changed their expressions.

What's more, it's even difficult to walk.

For example, the young lord of the Owari clan, Tokugawa Yoshiki, turned pale with fright after seeing the British "welcome ceremony".

Have you ever seen such a large number of musketeers in the shogunate?

Have you ever seen such an awe-inspiring array of rifles?

As the British negotiator, Neil was naturally the first to learn that the shogunate had changed its envoy.

This envoy was the commander-in-chief of the shogunate and enjoyed extremely high prestige in East Japan.

Neil had only one thought about this: So what?

For Neil, it didn't matter who the shogunate negotiated with them - even if Tokugawa Iemo came here in person - he felt it didn't matter from the bottom of his heart.

He had seen through the weakness of the shogunate and the incompetence of the shogunate officials.

No matter who comes, they are just coming with a new soft-footed shrimp!

They lack both diplomatic experience and the courage to overturn the table.

Neither of them exist, both are just like a piece of plasticine that they can poke and press.

No matter what, we in the UK will decide on this 100,000 pound compensation!

Thinking of this, Neil proudly picked up the pipe in his hand, took a long puff, and thought with interest about how he would tease the new envoy of the shogunate who was coming soon.

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Hamrimmaru sailed to the side of the Julius and then moved it across the hull so that the two ships could be as close to each other as possible.

Due to the huge size difference between the two ships, it is impossible to directly "jump gangs" to board the ship.

A rope ladder was thrown from the side of the Julius to allow Aomori and others to board the ship.

There are three people in charge of boarding the ship——

Messenger Qingdeng.

Deputy Katsurin Taro

Translated by Manjiro.

Katsurin Taro looked at Qingden and said solemnly:

"Qingdeng, let's go."

After that, he and Manjiro turned around and walked towards the rope ladder.

As a result... Qingdeng stayed where he was, motionless.

"Rintaro, Manjiro, don't be anxious."

The two of them were stunned, turned around, and gave Qingdeng doubtful looks.

Qingden chuckled a few times.

"Anyway... let's give them a little 'surprise' first."

After saying that, he gently caressed Vairocana on his waist...

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The Julius—

The sailors on the ship have formed two neat rows of tight human walls on the left and right sides of the boarding port as Neil planned.

They all held their heads high, straightened their chests, and wanted to point their nostrils to the sky. They held their rifles tightly in their left arms, with the muzzles of the guns and the tips of their bayonets pointing diagonally at the sky.

As for Neil and Colonel Jocelyn, they stood side by side at the end of the human wall.

They held their hands behind their backs and had soft smiles on their faces.

At first glance, they seemed to be waiting for the arrival of Qingdeng and others - in fact, they couldn't wait to see what Qingdeng and others would show after seeing their "welcome ceremony" Interesting reaction.

The sailors held their heads high and their chests high.

The minister and captain were full of ambition.

A peaceful place.

But at this moment... the scene suddenly changed!

A certain sailor suddenly frowned, his expression was painful, his waist was bent, and his steps were swaying uncontrollably.
To be continued...