C325 Xiao Letian died?

The mid-century leaf was the era of the scientific and technological major change. The technology of the ship had undergone a tremendous change during this period. This was the era where sail battleship technology had reached its peak, the era where steam turbines and Iron-armored battleship had begun to sprout, and the era where new explosives were used to replace old granules of gunpowder …

Countless new technologies were invented and popularized during this period, the advances in technology directly propelling the Second Industrial Revolution's wheels, as well as reshaping a new map of the strong.

The United States, Germany, Japan and even the later red Soviet Union all took advantage of the momentum created by the Second Industrial Revolution, eventually replacing the two established powers.

With the help of new technology, it could indeed change the balance of power in the human world. However, this change was not something that could be accomplished overnight. It would take a long time for any new technology to be popularized.

For example, telegraphic technique s that had changed the pattern of human communication were now very mature, but it would not be easy for telegraph network s that covered the entire world to be popularized. It would take at least ten years to build a communication cable across the ocean.

Now that they were exchanging information, they could only use the telegraphic technique's advantage in limited areas, and most of the time, they still needed ships to take advantage of the winds and waves to send the message far away.

The time difference was very scary, because many schemes and tricks were hidden inside the time difference. What Molière said about speed competition was not empty words, sometimes a piece of information could already determine the outcome of a battle.

"Xiao Letian, I admit that my abilities are far inferior to yours, but the pity is that there's only one Xiao Letian in the entire Eastern World, and you can never become two … "More importantly, the people of East Asia are ignorant and backward. Without the encouragement of a hero, they are nothing more than a bunch of sheep …"

"Just you wait. When you return to Asia and see the Ryukyu being razed to the ground, I think you will definitely regret offending the powerful France … "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

The fanatical Knight Molière stood on the deck, praying to God all night long to show his determination to the Emperor. Under this kind of self-brainwashing, his will to fight grew stronger and stronger.

The fleet that Molière was leading was made up of a battleship, s, seven frigate s, and two cruisers. Among them, only the Glory had three levels of cannons to shoot at the deck, and the number of cannons reached to 140.

As for the two fast cruisers, they only had a single-decked shooting deck and only had 20 cannons. Their main purpose was to use their speed advantage to protect the battlefield.

According to General Bruce's thoughts, nothing unexpected would happen during this punishment battle with the special task force. A total of six hundred cannons, most likely all they needed were two to three shots from the Naha Harbor s to turn the whole place into a sea of fire. Even against the entire Great Qing, the advantage of having six hundred cannons was obvious.

As long as they had sufficient supplies, this expedition team would be able to bombard all the cities along the coast of China once, and then knock over one million and eight hundred thousand taels of silver from Qing Government. That way, everyone would be able to earn enough to retire.

Although General Bruce had good thoughts, he was unable to assimilate Special Envoy Molière. This knight from Paris seemed to always have a worry in his heart, and continuously muttered calculations of the time. There were a few times when General Bruce tried to ask others about it, but he failed to find anything out.

However, all the officers of the fleet knew that this special envoy must have a secret plan in mind.

Just as the French Special Forces were about to pass through the Malacca, in the Great Qing Empire and Ryukyu Kingdom in the north, no one knew that such a fleet was heading towards them.

North of the Forbidden City, at the edge of the North Sea where the Royal Gardens were, the willow trees swayed in the wind, and the cool wind blew gently. Although the Manchu nobles didn't have the Yuan Ming Yuan as a good place to rest in the summer, their needs would still be met by the Shashi Sea's water system.

Although the coal mountain of the North Sea had hanged an emperor, the brave Baji outside wouldn't care. Even when she was alive, she wasn't afraid of the emperor. Not only that, the coal mountain was repaired many times by the Qing Dynasty, and the pavilions and pavilions were even more luxurious than the Ming Dynasty.

The two empress dowager had been in a very good mood these past six months. Although Tongzhi had an overseas student who had popped out of the sky every four years and struggled hard for a year, thanks to their ancestors' blessing, he was still able to calm down in the end.

At the beginning of the year, he had also gotten married. Manchuria's aunt had become his wife, and he had also happily accepted the beauties' group given to him by the royal family. In this half a year, he actually used the Qing San Ye's hands to pay thirty thousand silver taels as tax to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Even though there wasn't much money, but since the imperial family had accepted his kind intentions, with Xiao Letian's current strength, even if he didn't pay for it, the Department of Revenue and the Ministry of Internal Affairs wouldn't dare come knocking on his door. That Monkey Sun really dared to kill people, the Great Qing couldn't stop him from messing around.

But now, when no one urged him, he actually took the initiative to hand it over. Even the Imperial Family could clearly see this strong political signal. Wasn't this just taking the initiative to soften the situation? This matter made the Imperial Family feel extremely proud.

Not only that, Ceng Guofan's suppression of the long-haired remnant evil in the south, as well as Li Hongzhang's suppression of the Twisted Army in Shandong and Henan were going smoothly.

Especially in the Fuqing area, it could be said that everything was going smoothly. In half a year's time, most of the various roads, drainage channels and factory foundations had been built. Every ten days, San Ye would give Head Office a set of paper money, and the joy in his words made him drink a few more cups.

The best entertainment in the Paleogene could be said to be watching a big show. The empress dowagers set up a stage beside the North Sea and spread to the famous ten theaters in the capital, enthusiastically singing for three whole days. Not only did it make the imperial family happy, it also made the civil and military people happy.

In a short period of time, the sound of bamboo could be heard incessantly beside the North Sea. All kinds of scenes were being played, and along the ten stages of the competition, everyone was trying their best to find a way to attract the attention of the civil and military officials.

The Little Emperor and the empress dowagers had never seen anyone singing like this before, even the entire imperial court, including the civil and military officials, were all a little dumbfounded. When they looked back and asked around, they found out that this method was actually used by the Little Emperor's most popular eunuch, Hairy # 2.

"Greetings to the Old Buddha, the Emperor, and all the lords! "I was just randomly thinking about the skills of a servant. Only in a competition would I know how good his skills are, since all ten great troupes are acting at the same time, so everyone can look at whatever they want. Whoever has the most people under the stage will get a ranking, right?"

"There is a competitive spirit in them, do you think they won't work hard? I think in the next three days, they will need to take out all of their ancestor's unique skills. If they can earn the title of number one, then their troupe will become the most famous in the capital! "

After Mao's explanation, everyone suddenly came to a realization. The two empress dowager happily announced that he would be allowed to hang the title of the Royal Theatre for one year in order to once again take the top spot next to the North Sea.

The honor of having a royal title was something that the disciples of Pear Garden did not even dare to think about. The class leaders had taken out all of their family's secret skills on the spot, and the commotion around the North Sea was even more lively than during the new year.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please raise your goblets and congratulate the empress dowager! Congratulations to the Emperor! For the good of our Great Clear society! "" Oh, God! May I live for ten thousand years, ten thousand years! "

"Wishing me the most happiness, ten thousand years, ten thousand years!"

Amidst the cheers, the empress dowagers felt as if he had drank a big bowl of alcohol, and his heart was intoxicated with emotion, "The various subjects are all so loyal, I has already seen it.

Ci Xi roared, causing all the civil and military officials to boil over. Being able to share the glory and wealth under the influence of the royal family, this was a blessing cultivated over several lifetimes. As for how hard life for the peasants and how ambitious overseas Chinese are, that has nothing to do with us. We only want the wealth we have today.

The atmosphere had already exploded. Tongzhi's rise had just been advertised by the scholars amidst such a fervent atmosphere filled with fresh flowers and cooking oil. Who exactly did the Sheng Shi Empire prosper in? How many people were in mourning? This wasn't something that these big shots were willing to consider.

Just as empress dowagers was enjoying his peace of mind, a few eunuchs suddenly ran in from the direction of the southern palace gate.

In this chaotic situation, who wouldn't notice the few eunuchs' hurried footsteps, but Hairy # 2's eyes were extremely sharp, and he saw that An Dehai's head was covered in sweat with a single glance.

An Dehai completely forgot to bow, he walked towards Ci Xi with large strides, and whispered a few words into his ear, then handed him a roll of paper. When Ci Xi opened the scroll and read it, he did not even use half a minute, she was so shocked that he had already started fighting.

Ci An was also stunned, she looked at Ci Xi in shock, and couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? What exactly happened? "

Ci Xi could not tell whether he was in a good mood or bad mood, so he turned and dragged Ci An to a room where a eunuch lived.

"My good sister, quickly take a look at this. This is the latest newspaper that the French Merchant Shipping brought back. That Xiao Letian might already be dead …"

"Huh?" Ci An screamed and snatched the piece of paper from Ci Xi's hands. Opening it, he discovered that it was filled with Chinese characters. Ci An was not stupid, she knew that this was the most popular newspaper in Europe, when she saw the photo, she was so shocked that his jaw almost dislocated.

"Is this Xiao Letian? Did he get stabbed in the chest? "Could it be that he's already dead …"

The newspaper that was in empress dowagers's hands was the French newspaper, Figaro. The picture on it was of course, the one with the bayonet stabbing into the heart that Xiao Letian had arranged for him.

"Hahaha …" "Hahaha …" Ci Xi laughed until he was mad, "Retribution, retribution, this is retribution! I never thought that this troublesome grandson would be taken away in the end, and he would actually die on the edge of the ocean … … Great Qing was blessed, all the citizens were blessed! "Great …"