C255 Mediterranean Enclosure

Xiao Letian's trip to Europe could be said to be very safe. A political rising star in East Asia, the powerful Prime Minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, was enough to receive courtesy from any country in the West.

English and French would give Xiao Letian a lot of face, but he would definitely monitor every single movement of Xiao Letian's. They didn't mind disrupting the friendly agreement between him and any other country, especially the rising Prussian Germany.

There was no true friendship between countries. The royal families of Europe were basically relatives left behind by the Habsburg, they were all very close to each other.

First, let's ignore the British Isles, let's talk about Prussia's neighboring France. If they were to find out that Xiao Letian had come to Europe, then all of the intelligence officer on the Mediterranean coast would probably move out.

They would do everything they could to invite Xiao Letian to Paris so that all sorts of parties and balls could slow him down and slowly reveal his purpose for coming here. You want to cross to Prussia? No, no, no, France will have ten thousand reasons to hold you back.

Of course, Xiao Letian could also choose to cross Gibraltar and travel through the Strait of Dover to the hamburger, but that would probably delay him for another month. If something were to happen to the Poo War s along the way, he wouldn't be able to reach Germany either.

"Time, ah, what we urgently need now is time. It's the beginning of April, if there is no major change in history, in two months, Prussian Army will head south, and the little States who supports the Austria will soon start a war with Prussia. In seven weeks, the Austria will be declared defeated, and the Prague Pact will enter into force …"

"Enough, I will snatch away this one month. I need to see Bismark before the battle begins, and I, Xiao Letian, need to get involved." Didn't Qing Liu scold me as Great Qing's sh * t stick? Today I'll be another Europa shit stick! "Stop messing around, the more chaotic the political situation is, the better it is for China..."

Xiao Letian understood that ever since the First Opium War, when the Qing Dynasty was forced to open up its territory, there had been countless opportunities for them to rise in power that had been missed for nothing.

Just when Xiao Letian was standing on the deck and carefully analyzing the situation, he didn't know that a small security chaos was happening in the port that they had just left in famous Egypt.

Inside a typical Egyptian flat-roofed stucco house, a middle-aged man with Nordic features was pushing two bags of silver coins to a Arabian merchant, who bowed in gratitude.

"This escort mission is confidential. You must swear to God that you will never leak a single word of it... "Of course, if you dare to leak it, I will personally send you to hell even without God's punishment …"

The Arabian Merchant quickly stood up and pointed to the roof, chattering. It seemed like she was swearing an oath.

At the very last moment of the oath, the wooden door of the house was suddenly kicked open with a bang, and the big leather boots and the Gun bayonet rushed in.

"Catch him, lone wolf of the Middle East, looks like you have made a big deal, can you tell me?" The one who spoke was a French Army captain. Under his command, more than ten guns surrounded the two people in the room.

The fearless merchant was the first to raise his hands and shout in Arabian. Before he could even interrogate his, he had already confessed all the causes and consequences of this meeting.

The Prussian spy who was nicknamed lone wolf laughed bitterly. It seemed that this mission was a complete failure, the sense of smell of this group of French dogs was truly sensitive.

The French captain was fluent in the Arabian language. That day, when he heard that a group of mysterious Chinese had left the port in a boat under the protection of the German intelligence agencies, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

"lone wolf, I think you know the methods of my torture methods. We are all gentlemen of a civilized world, I hope you don't let me use force. It would be beneficial for both sides for us to cooperate a little … Now tell me, what do the Chinese do? Why is it worth the protection of the Prussian Intelligence? "

lone wolf did not say anything, he only extended his hand to grab the cup of black tea in front of him. Before his finger could even touch the cup, there was the sound of a gunshot.

"Would you like some tea? "It's best to be honest. You must remember that we have the most French Fleet in the Mediterranean, and our firepower is also the strongest, so the time that you delay is of no use at all …"

lone wolf rolled his eyes at him, as if he did not care at all, "You want my information? "Then it's best to be polite. My mouth is very dry and needs the nourishment of the black tea …" He reached for the cup of black tea.

This time, the captain didn't stop him. lone wolf finally drank that cup of warm tea. "That's great, but it's Indian black tea. It would be even better if we had a cup of Chinese black tea."

He waved his hand at the captain. "Come here, I'll tell you the secrets of the Orientals …" Just as the captain's ear was close to lone wolf's mouth, lone wolf sneered.

"That is a grand character that you all couldn't even imagine, a mysterious and unfathomable person … "Pfft!" Before he could finish his sentence, he spat out a mouthful of blood. Half of the captain's body had been dyed red.

lone wolf grabbed the captain with his trembling hands, and a strange smile appeared on his face. Go with questions... "Let's go to hell …" With a tilt of his head, the lone wolf died from poison.

"AHH!" "Ahh!" The Arabian Merchant laid on the wall with her hands on her cheeks, shouting frantically, "He wants to kill me with poison, he's not here to give me silver coins, he's here to silence me …"

He took out his handkerchief and wiped the blood off his body. Pointing at the merchant, he shouted, "Use torture to get all the secrets out of his belly... This group of Prussian s are practically stubborn stones … "

Ten minutes later, all the French warships and merchant ships on the harbor were anchored, and with the latest orders they began to cast nets at the Mediterranean in search of the mysterious Chinese.

In 1866, telegraph line had already started spreading throughout the continental Europe, but they did not connect to the network. Many areas that did not have electric wires installed still relied on the speed of the horses to send messages.

With the port of Sai at the center, a coded message that only the French could understand began to run along the north and south side of the coastline. Almost all French intelligence agencies and garrison troops received this strange message.

When the message was copied, the soldiers outside the door rode their horses to the next telegraph station.

The French lighthouse on the coast kept sending signals to ships of its own on the ocean, with only one message: "Search the Mediterranean for an Italian merchant ship and capture a fleet of Chinese on it."

In just two short days, the Mediterranean Sea had exploded. No matter if it was a French warship or civilian merchant ship, as long as they met, they would release lighting signal s and flags language to copy the news.

One was passed to two, and two to four. Three days later, even the British knew of this news, they had even informed the garrison of the Strait of Gibraltar, telling them to guard one of the Italian merchant ships strictly.

The whole Mediterranean coast was in an uproar. No one knew what the French and English were up to, or what the Italian merchant ship had done to them. As for the news of China's mysterious guests, it was even more incredible to all Europeans.

There were more than ten thousand ships in the Mediterranean, and under the mobilization of the French, they soon covered the entire ocean with a huge search network. With the protection of the Strait of Gibraltar, everyone believed that finding these Chinese was just a matter of time.

On the evening of the fourth day after they entered the sea, a small French frigate appeared on the surface of the sea. It sent lighting signal s to merchant ships from far away, requesting them to stop the ship for inspection.

"F * ck, the French are too arrogant. What right does he have to check our Italian ships? This is Sicily, not the French coast …"

"Let's go over there full of sails. Don't give these arrogant roosters any face, ignore them …"

The deck was filled with shouts and curses. The Italian sailors pointed at the frigate and cursed. At this time, Paul, the German intelligence officer and the Italian captain Alexander, who were escorting Xiao Letian and the others, hurried over.

"Guests from China, we are in trouble now, the French are crazy, they actually forced us to stop the boat to inspect, you have to be mentally prepared …" "Guests from China, we are in trouble now, the French are crazy, they actually forced us to stop the boat to inspect, you have to be mentally prepared …" The captain said anxiously.

At this time, the German intelligence officer Paul also spoke out, "Respected Prime Minister, please be at ease, we will protect your safety, but I am afraid we will have to inconvenience you. We have two methods, one is to flee in full sail, under the cover of night, we have a seventy percent chance of getting rid of the French battleship … "

"The second method is a bit more passive. I hope you can hide in the dry fish containers. I don't think these Frenchmen would be crazy enough to open all the boxes …"

Without waiting for Paul to finish speaking, he saw the frigate in the distance suddenly flash with a red light, followed by the sound of gunfire. Soon after, a hundred meters away from the merchant ship, a huge pillar of water soared into the sky.

"The French are firing! Heavens, is this group of bastards crazy? Were Italy and France now at war? "Madmen, they're all madmen!"

This time, the tone was even more severe. If they did not stop sailing, they would aim and fire at the body of the boat.

Xiao Letian smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid that the only way for us to escape is by running. The French are already prepared to dismantle the boat, do you think that you can deceive us with just a few wood box? "What are you standing there in a daze for, hurry up and sail away …"

This time, the Italian captains had taken the lives of Prussians and Chinese. Their only mission was to safely send the Chinese to the vicinity of the Marseille and meet up with the support troops. All the sailors were paid three times the normal salary.

After taking their money and getting rid of the calamities, these Italians had business ethics. They charged towards the north as soon as they saw that the situation was not looking good.

"Speed up, we are a triangular clipper, frigate will definitely not be able to catch up with us. Run at night …"

Xiao Letian stood on the deck and shouted out in English, "Brave sailors, as long as you can complete the mission, I will bestow each of you with a hundred Gold franc!"

"Long live!" Cheers of excitement filled the bow and stern of the ship.