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At that time, the size of the capital's capital was actually not that big. Even the area surrounded by the city walls still had a large amount of farmland!

South City's Heaven Altar and the surroundings of the First Farmer Altar were all fields and ponds. Further south of the Nanheng Street that Ceng Guofan rented was a large garden filled with vegetables.

If it was like this in the city, there was no need to talk about outside the city. Outside the tall city gate of the Yongding City was the vast North China Plains. There were ditches everywhere and roads everywhere, and villages everywhere!

There were bazaars of varying sizes outside of the capital city gates. This was an important transportation road, with many merchants travelling from north to south and many commoners entering and exiting the city.

As a result, the surrounding villagers spontaneously gathered in the Grass City, opening restaurants, inns and selling fresh fruits and vegetables, including large goods such as wood, stones, etc.

At night, no one could even think of entering the city. Many merchants who came late could only stay in Grass City for the night.

As for the South City of Yongding, it was Beijing's busiest and busiest place. Because it was the official road to the south, the people coming from the south would all come here, with a greater number of people entering and exiting the city everyday than the north.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Grass City had long been on a scale, and there were thousands of people gathering every day!

If not for the security considerations of the imperial government, which prevented the citizens from repairing permanent houses outside the city, a small town would have long since formed on its own!

But today, the citizens of the Grass City outside the Yongding Gate had opened their eyes. They saw a large group of people flying over from the official road in the south … It was not an army. It could be seen that this was just an ordinary caravan.

There were at least a hundred people, and this was a huge deal. With a hu sound, countless porters, peddlers, beggars, thieves, and others rushed up.

Some wanted to snatch some business, some wanted to fish in troubled waters, and even the half-hidden Liu Ying revealed her head and wanted to take some business!

But before they could shout out in response, there was a loud explosion and the crowd immediately scattered in all directions!

"Foreign Ghosts..." Aiyo, it's a foreign devil … "A foreign devil holding a coffin!"

That's right, a group of foreign devils had arrived on horseback. With the protection of dozens of bodyguards, they had arrived from the south with a coffin and six carts' worth of goods in tow!

The leader of the foreign devils wore a black satin robe common in the Qing Dynasty, with a small cap of white jade embedded on the top of his head.

Other than the fact that he did not have a ponytail, the other parts of him looked exactly like the people of Great Qing.

"Look, it really is a foreign devil …" They still have guns! Aiyo, there are all kinds of these guys … "Good boy, quickly get out of the way!"

In the shadow of the tall city gate tower, a plain-clothed eunuch sat on a deck chair comfortably drinking tea. When he saw this group of people, he was so shocked that his purple clay pot fell to the ground.

"Greetings to the Lord!" The eunuch threw himself in front of the horse and kowtowed, "My respects to Your Lordship!" The His Majesty has been waiting here for half a month! "

"My lord's good fortune! "Lord, please enter the city!"

Ouch … The crowd immediately burst into an uproar, "The foreign devil lord?" How did foreign devils become lords? "

The eunuch glared at the crowd and cursed, "You blind bitch, why aren't you kneeling down!? "This is the Emperor General of the Imperial Court, and he is the Lord of England!"

"Lord Great Qing, Lord British Empire! Hurry and kowtow! "

These days, the commoners had to kowtow and pay their respects to the ninth-grade sesame seed officials when travelling. Where had they seen such a double-edged lord? This caused a huge commotion, and a few people whose knees were weak immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

At this time, the guards and attendants had also arrived. Upon seeing the situation, they knew that the guests from His Majesty had arrived and quickly dispersed.

"Out of the way, out of the way …" Make way for General Gordon! Kneel down, you idiot? Kneel down quickly! "

This group of people was the Expedition Gordon, and the person in the coffin was the famous British explorer Samuel. Baker, died in the middle of winter from severe typhoid fever!

After the death of Samuel, the Expedition agreed to escort the body of the legendary explorer back to their homeland!

His assistants, his disciples, and the employees of Europe were pressuring the local government to send money out to escort the coffins!

Oh right, this coffin was given to him by Zuo Zongtang, after all, he had died in his hands!

The local officials of the Qing Government must have face too. If they used troops or government servants to protect the British in the coffin, people would scold them if word got out!

The people had to have broken their spine! There was no choice but to spend the money from the government's treasury and go to the escort company to hire someone to escort them back to the capital!

How much can you walk with a coffin? After fighting for almost five months, Gordon finally saw the majestic city gate tower of Beijing!

"Ah …" My God, I've seen this great city again! Although it has already declined, the rich history on its body is still as heavy as ever! "

After two generations of management, the Beijing wall had already reached a shocking height of fourteen meters, while the city gate towers and arrow towers were even higher!

The five story high city wall was like a mountain pressing down on people. In addition, there were no modern buildings around.

The surroundings of the Middle Age's city walls were all fields of low squares, the strong contrast gave a feeling of visual conflict.

The vicissitudes of history and the majesty and grandeur of the imperial city were all entwined together. In addition, there was a bit of the disheartened era of dynasties. When combined, it was truly a different story!

Gordon did not bother with the eunuchs and officials who welcomed him, and instead waved to one of them inside the cave!

A fast horse ran out from the hole in the city gate. The British embassy's military attaché, Major De Lanni, smiled as she came forward.

"God bless you, my dear sir!"

"Oh …" God bless you, my friend! Today's weather is pretty good! "

"You are very lucky. Yesterday, there was a sandstorm, but today, the sky is blue and the clouds are white. It seems that you are the lucky star!"

"This is …" Sir Sai Mouerbeike's body? " The major quickly took off his hat and saluted.

"Yes, please escort me to the church and ask the priest to pray …" Is the ship you arranged for ready? "

"No problem. In five days the British merchant ship Mockingbird will be grounded in the Northern District... "I have already contacted the captain. He will escort the body of the Lord back to London!"

"Sir Gordon, your escort mission is over … "Right now, let's get into our work and go see His Majesty. I think he's getting anxious from waiting!"