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Chapter 744 Fatty Hill

When Xinming had such a big event, Pan Mengyuan, as the governor, naturally had to report to the local area and also requested local support.

This time, the fast fleet that returned to the local area was specially sent by Pan Mengyuan. There were not only Xinming's messaging personnel, but also from the Communications Office. This is also the reason why Deng Bing left in a hurry after receiving the news just now, and Pang Min rushed to come again in a blink of an eye.

After hearing this, He Xianzu was shocked. As a minister stationed in the Ming Dynasty, he did not know the importance of this matter. He immediately instructed Pang Min to immediately arrange for the Clippers to send the messenger back to the local area. As for the ship from Xinming, it was temporarily resting in Ryukyu because the journey was long.

As for the public office, He Xianzu didn't need to contact him specifically. He believed that Deng Bing naturally had his arrangements. And that's all he could do now, and as for the rest, it was not something he could control.

Three days later, the situation about Xinming was placed on Zhu Yicheng's desk through the military and the General Office. After carefully reading the memorials written by Pan Mengyuan, Zhu Yicheng's face sank and a hint of anger appeared in his eyebrows.

Zhu Yicheng was not surprised by the contact between Xinming and European forces. Although North America is large, it is just a continent after all. Moreover, the terrain of North America is different from that of China. There are no unclimbable mountains and plateaus between the eastern and western United States. As for the desert area, it is only a part, and the road is flat and unhindered.

Under such circumstances, the Ming Dynasty's power in North America will eventually meet other European countries in the east and south. Moreover, after the Ming Dynasty developed the New Ming Dynasty, it occupied more and more territory and population, and its deepening towards the hinterland of North America became faster and faster.

Therefore, Zhu Yicheng had long thought that one day the Ming Dynasty and European countries were directly in the competition for North America, but he never expected that this time would come so quickly and so suddenly.

In fact, Zhu Yicheng considered this issue when he was planning to North America before. The reason for his cooperation with the UK was two reasons.

The first reason is that the strongest person in North America is not Britain but France. Moreover, Louis XIV, a strong man, is fighting with European countries. Britain is at a disadvantage. In diplomacy, it is a common thing between countries and countries to do. However, Britain, which suffered huge losses in the European war, needs the ally of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty can open up the huge commercial market of the Far East to Britain.

Secondly, in the Battle of Queen Anne in North America, Britain and France were mortal enemies. Although the scale of the war between the two sides was not as big as that of Europe, they fought hard. In this way, the British could attract French firepower for the Ming Dynasty, allowing the Ming Dynasty to develop safely in North America. Even if all forces encounter each other, if the British and Ming Dynasty stand together, France would have no way to deal with the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that Zhu Yicheng had a good idea, but he overestimated the credibility of the British. In other words, the British made an attitude after encountering the Ming forces and Britain and France not only did not put the Ming Dynasty out of trouble, but instead, the British intentional actions caused the Ming Dynasty to suffer a great loss without preparation, and at the same time, it was unexpectedly directly involved in the war.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yicheng couldn't help but feel anger in his heart. If it weren't for his relocation of energy and body relocation over the years, he would have been cursing his wife a few years ago.

"Come!" Zhu Yicheng shouted, called Xiaohuangmen and asked him to immediately invite the ministers of military affairs to enter the palace, and at the same time issued an order to summon George Churchill, the British Minister to the Ming Dynasty.

George Churchill is the ancestor of the famous Churchill in later generations, and is also a member of the famous Duke of Marbarrow family in Britain.

His father was the current Duke of Marbaro I, the commander of the British in the European battlefield and was known as one of the most powerful families in Britain.

George Churchill was the youngest son of Duke Marbaro. Although he himself had the title of knight, as the son who was ranked low, according to the inheritance law, unless all his brothers suddenly died, the title of Duke would not have the chance to be with him in his life.

The Ming Dynasty was the most powerful country in the world. After Britain made breakthrough diplomatic progress with the Ming Dynasty, the British royal family and government attached great importance to the Ming Dynasty. It is precisely for this reason that when setting up an embassy to the Ming Dynasty and sending an envoy, the powerful Duke of Marbaro specially obtained the consent of Queen Anne to give the position of this envoy to George Churchill in order to consider the future of his youngest son.

In short, nearly two years have passed since George Churchill crossed the ocean from the distant Europe to the Far East. In the past two years, George Churchill can be said to have spent the best time in his life.

He never thought that there was a powerful and fertile country like the Ming Dynasty in this world. Whether it was the prosperous cities of the Ming Dynasty, the charming oriental style, the dazzling array of goods, or the beautiful and gentle oriental women who made all men tempt, they all fascinated George Churchill.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty was open and the technology was advanced, and the entire country was full of vitality. Compared with backward Europe, George Churchill felt that this was the real civilized society.

Not to mention the others, just Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty. This huge city inhabited by hundreds of people is impossible in Europe. What's more, this city is managed in an orderly manner, with people friendly, and everyone on the streets is full of confidence and a heartfelt smile. More importantly, compared to the streets full of shit and urine, the smell is so stinking that it can't go out without a few liters of perfume on it, the urban sanitation of the Ming Dynasty is simply amazing. When you come here, you feel like you're in heaven.

As the British ambassador to the Ming Dynasty, George Churchill actually has no work on weekdays. His existence is just a representative of one country to another. At most, it is to handle and coordinate some business matters between the Ming and the British. Naturally, his professionals below deal with these work, and he only needs to listen to opinions and sign and stamp some documents.

The leisurely and charming life made George Churchill even think how wonderful it would be if he could live in the Ming Dynasty forever in his life. And what he was most keen on doing is either eating and drinking with some friends, or lingering in Nanjing, or attending some banquets at the invitation of the Ming Dynasty, etc. These days, he was fascinated by the scenery on the Qinhuai River and ran there every few days.

On this day, George Churchill slept until the sun was three times on weekdays before he got up. After washing up, he changed into a beautiful silk robe, then walked to the front hall to enjoy the extremely rich Chinese delicacies prepared for him by the servants.
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