The Chinese embassy in the capital...well, it can't be called an embassy at the moment because the Qing Dynasty has always pretended to be deaf and refused to mention it, so it can only be called the Chinese office to the outside world!
But this office is very impressive. It's on East Chang'an Street, adjacent to the Daqing Telegraph Office, which is the Yamen of Fuqing!
The Telegraph Office of the Qing Dynasty is in the west, while the Chinese office is in the east, starting from the Dongdan Archway and extending northward to Prince Yu's Mansion, including the entire Toutiao Hutong, Ertiao Hutong, and Santiao Hutong!
In order to build this office, the Chinese people paid a total of more than 5 million silver dollars in demolition money, and hundreds of old banner families in Santiao Hutong were moved to Nancheng!
A Chinese office of this size is already the largest among the embassies in the capital. In terms of area alone, it is comparable to Prince Gong’s Mansion!
Moreover, the Chinese have not stopped encroaching. They are currently contacting the homes west of Dongdan Archway in an attempt to expand the area!
Sometimes the owner of Prince Yu's Mansion in the north, Aixinjueluo Benge, would stare at the Chinese territory from the show floor in his back garden in a daze!
This descendant of Duduo had nightmares more than once, fearing that one day Xiao Letian would knock on the door, drop some money and forcefully buy his Prince Yu's Mansion!
This is not impossible. Xiao Letian's evil reputation can be said to stop children crying at night within the Eight Banners. Everyone knows that he is a living king of hell!
Aixinjueluo Benge only took over the title of Prince Yu from his dead father in the seventh year of Tongzhi. He has only been the prince for three or four years. At a time when his foundation is shallow, there are many people in the capital who can step on him. , so King Yu is usually very low-key, basically pretending to be deaf and dumb in court, and does nothing with the title of an internal minister!
This kind of prince is pitiful enough. He has to carefully serve the big boss in the capital. When Xiao Letian came to the capital today, he didn't dare to go out to watch the excitement because two evil guests came and occupied the back garden. He took over the beautiful building where the ladies lived, and asked him, the King of Yu, to guard the door himself!
Who is so bold? This Prince Yu really can’t be offended, because it’s none other than the Sixth Master of the Japanese Army, and Yi Xin actually sneaked into the city just to take a look at his enemy Xiao Letian!
The window of Xiu Tower was opened, and Yi Xin and his son stood there with telescopes like clay sculptures for a long time. They could clearly see the scene of Xiao Letian showing off his power in the capital. They did not put down the telescope until he disappeared into the corner and could no longer peep. !
"Bah... This thief is becoming more and more arrogant and domineering. He actually let the emperor lead the horse himself? He is a rebel. He is a rebel!" Zai Cheng cursed angrily.
Yi Xin said calmly, "Yes! You are indeed arrogant and domineering... If you could defeat France on the battlefield, capture the capital of Paris, and force the French Emperor to abdicate... Haha, you are even more arrogant and domineering than him!"
"Strength! Xiao Letian can no longer control this..."
Zai Cheng rolled his eyes, "What are you afraid of! This time Xiao Letian brought more than a thousand people... If it doesn't work, just devour him in one gulp! If the fire kills him, what's so scary about the dead!"
"Nonsense! If you dare to touch Xiao Letian, the entire Chinese nation will immediately go to war with us! Do you think it is some small country? The population of the Chinese clan has exceeded ten million. Do you know the Han people who fled to the Hua clan in the past year? How many are there?"
"Do you know how many Han people in the Jiangnan area secretly took Chinese nationality? Don't forget, the Chinese have taken advantage of the power of the industrial revolution and turned into iron tigers!"
"Are you fighting them hard? How many lives do you need to fill them in? Even if you win, it will be a miserable victory, and in the end you will gain the advantage of others!"
"Have you never stopped saying that the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole leaves behind?"
"What's more, you can't kill him... Just look up at the sky!"
As soon as Zai Chun raised his head, he saw the nightmare of the entire capital in recent times. The Zeppelin was slowly descending and approaching the Chinese office!
"Fuck...why did you forget this thing! This Xiao Letian was attacked, he can fly out! Damn it..." Zai Chun stomped his feet in depression!
"Are we just going to watch? Do nothing!" Zai Cheng said angrily.
Guiziliu gently stirred the tea with a tureen and thought carefully, "Son! In fact, from that night, I have already figured it out... When the airship started to shoot at the ground, our Eight Banners warriors were like chickens and dogs. The moment I started the massacre, I figured it out!”
"We have all been wrong before. Where did we go wrong? No matter how high we value the power of industry, in fact we underestimate it compared to reality!"
"From the moment people can fly in the sky and fight, I know that our understanding of the world is still too shallow. We have not understood how powerful the power Xiao Letian and the others are studying is!"
"Son! Add ten times to your imagination of the power of Western industry, no, no, no, a hundred times! Maybe it's real!"
"How did such a powerful force form? Let me tell you, this is the way of heaven! The way of heaven has changed. If they had not followed the way of heaven, how could they have such power!"
"Anyone who goes against this force now is against the way of heaven... In this way, Xiao Letian is the orthodox at the moment, but we have gone astray!"
"My military power has been taken away. During this time, I am living in seclusion in Xishan or Kunming Lake. I will also think about our next strategy!"
"I have thought about it. We can no longer restrict ourselves. We should support Zaichun in pursuing this industrialization. At worst, we can grab the fruits of this industrialization in the future, right?"
"Why bother again! My son, clean up your head and tail and withdraw from Qinghe!"
Zaicheng listened to his father's teachings at first, but he didn't expect that his father would say something like this in the end: "Hey, hey, hey... Amma, what do you mean? When did I send people to Qinghe?"
Yi Xin frowned and said, "Who else could it be if it weren't you? There are banner slaves on both sides of the Qinghe River. How dare they confront the emperor! If there was no one to encourage them that night, how could they charge at the formation of the new imperial forest army?"
"Even banned weapons have appeared. Who else could it be if it wasn't you?"
"Ouch... This is an injustice to me. He is really not his son! How can I just do it without my father's order? That night when the airship killed people, not to mention that you, father, were frightened, my son was also frightened!"
"I've been staying at home honestly during this period, and I really haven't gone out to cause trouble!"
"It must be Xiao Letian, it must be Xiao Letian... This guy is evil-minded and capable, and he is setting the blame on us!"
Yi Xin was stunned, "Not you? Xiao Letian? Impossible...absolutely impossible!"
"Xiao Letian will not stir up trouble at this moment. His first purpose is to let Zai Chun take charge, and then he can force Zai Chun to issue an order to lease land to him!"
"Those businessmen and capitalists in the Chinese nation are all gearing up to get this big business! Are they going to throw the pot before making any money? Do you think Xiao Letian is a fool?"
"It's not you, it's not Xiao Letian...then who is it? It can't be the people who are causing trouble on their own!"
