The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

"What's wrong?" Fourteenth Master looked at him nervously: "Defeated?"

"No." Nian Gengyao shook his head.

The Fourteenth Master breathed a sigh of relief: "That means winning!"

"Is that so?" Nian Gengyao didn't nod.

"What do you mean?" Fourteenth Master's eyes widened.

Is it a war, either lost or won, is it still reconciled?

In this sea, who the hell reconciles with pirates?Twitch?

"No, the other party was indeed a pirate at the beginning, uh, but they gave up and talked about a pirate contract with us. Seeing that we look different from them, they even changed the flag and hung it up. Two very strange flags come up." Nian Gengyao said in a daze, "This is the first time I have encountered such a situation, so I am a little uncertain..."

In the previous wars, no one mentioned any pirate contracts. The two sides were either dead or alive. It was the first time he had encountered a civilized negotiation of conditions.

The fourteenth master came to be interested: "Go, call someone over, I will see you."

"Yes!" Nian Gengyao cupped his fists.

The Fourteenth Master hurriedly asked for his prince's uniform, and sat there like a dog, waiting.

What came up was a sinewy foreign pirate with a blind eye and a red beard.

As soon as this person came up, he said a lot of words, and the Fourteenth Master laughed at that time: "British?"

It turned out that the pirate spoke English. Although the accent was a bit strange, Master Fourteen understood.

Back then, when he was in college, in order to work part-study, he got a CET-[-] certificate in English, and went out to be a tutor for others. With such a certificate, the class fee was twice as expensive as others!

The man did not expect to see a young man, and this young man was well dressed, and the people around him were also well dressed, so he looked like a nobleman.

And then there is this boat, beautiful!

Much better than their boats, but people are not familiar with them, they are from the East.

What the pirate said just now was: "This nobleman is so young! He thought it was a fat sheep, but it turned out to be a blue wolf."

The Fourteenth Master doesn't need to translate anymore, just talk to him directly: "I heard you want to see me?"

The pirate looked at him strangely: "Respected noble young master, my name is Hendry, and I am the person sent by the pirate group to negotiate. According to the pirate contract, you cannot hurt me."

"Who do you think you are? Hendry, I am the prince of the Qing Dynasty. Your Highness, you are a mere pirate, and you are talking about a pirate contract with me? It is a customary agreement between you pirates. What does it have to do with this king? "The fourteenth master murmured that the translation had become a decoration, but the translator was not idle, so he took it with Nian Gengyao and the others.

When Nian Gengyao heard this, this guy actually put himself on an equal footing with the Fourteenth Master, so he stopped doing it immediately, stepped forward and kicked him in the hollow of his leg, and immediately knocked him down to his knees: " Bold! If you dare to talk to Lord Fourteen like that, you are looking for death."

The Fourteenth Master opened the fan with a "shua" and fanned the wind, with a comfortable and chic posture.

Although Hendry couldn't say any words of praise, he knew that ordinary people couldn't display such an elegant gesture. This was a prince, a prince!

My god of death, we have robbed a prince blindly.

The Fourteenth Master looked at him and said, "The pirate contract was drawn up by the British pirate Roberts and his companions. The pirates abide by it, but I don't care. But you want me to be a prince, and also abide by the pirate contract? Dreaming?"

In fact, Lord Fourteen knows about the pirate contract, thanks to a famous foreign movie in his previous life, that is "Pirates of the Caribbean".

The term is mentioned several times in the film "Pirates of the Caribbean".

He also looked it up curiously, and remembered it, but he only remembered one of the specific clauses, that is, "people with certain identities can negotiate with pirates and the pirates will ensure their personal safety" , because the heroine relied on this rule to board the pirates' pirate ship and keep her safety and chastity.

Pirate contract, also known as pirate covenant, generally refers to the rules and regulations established by pirate leaders in the medieval period of piracy to facilitate the management of pirate organizations or to restrict each other with other pirate groups.

In fact, it means that the pirates tacitly abide by certain rules, otherwise they don't need outsiders to destroy them, and they have to fight first.

"Master Fourteen, what should we do with this man?" Nian Gengyao felt that bringing him in would be a dirty place for Master Fourteen.

"Pull it out, give it back to the other party, and continue the war!" The Fourteenth Master didn't dare to soften his heart at this time. This person can propose a pirate contract, which shows that he is a real pirate. If you don't kill him, let's continue the war.

"Hey!" Nian Gengyao lifted him up and went out, but Hendry didn't even snort.

He is no longer qualified to speak. Even if the other party is a businessman, there is a possibility of negotiating, but unfortunately, the other party is not.

But as soon as the gunfire rang twice, there was no movement. When the Fourteenth Master was wondering, Nian Gengyao came back again.

"What's the matter? Out of ammo?" Can't you?

He remembered that there was a supply ship in the back, but there was a burst of explosives.

"No." Nian Gengyao shook his head: "The other party put on another four or five flags, and said they are envoys!"

Nian Gengyao also had no choice. After all, the opponent would transform into some kind of envoy. The rule of "when two countries are at war, don't kill the envoy" has been passed down from ancient times to the present, and it is common in both China and the West.

Unless it is a war of endless death and destruction of the country, the envoys will be killed to sacrifice the flag, to inspire the army and express the determination to fight to the death.

What's more, the identity of the other party has changed from a pirate to an envoy. Which one is true?

"Looking at the other party's firepower equipment, they don't look like ordinary pirates." Nian Gengyao said, "And the other party said that they have a nobleman on board, and they want to see your Royal Highness."

The Fourteenth Master was also taken aback: "Isn't it? Is this an Englishman?"

"English?" Nian Gengyao's eyes were darkened when he saw overseas. Just now, when the Fourteenth Master communicated with the pirates in bird language, he admired the Fourteenth Master very much. After all, he is the son of the Long Live Lord. Look at his cleverness. .

"Invite that nobleman to come over, so I can meet you." The Fourteenth Master said, "Let's see what's going on?"

"Yes!" Nian Gengyao had no choice but to run to lead her.

After a while, a person was led in. This person was wearing the court aristocratic dress of Western Europe and China in the seventeenth century.

This should be the restoration of Charles II in England, and the clothing style is court fashion, that is, Baroque style.

This person wears a false wig, a shirt with a large lapel, the collar covers the sleeves of the shoulders, the skirt of the jacket is tied with a belt on the front chest, and the skirt is open below the chest, forming an inverted V shape. The shirt is exposed at the waist, and a wide and long embroidered ribbon hangs over the right shoulder to carry the sword under the left arm.

The tunic has cutouts and a one-shoulder cloak is draped over the left shoulder.

The trousers look loose and bulky, with exquisite lace on the cuffs and trouser legs. He wears baroque leather boots with wide openings and lace decorations. He holds a large hat decorated with long feathers in his right hand.

After entering, he gracefully performed a court etiquette, but it was not the kind of kneeling and kowtowing. When he opened his mouth, it turned out to be a string of beautiful French.

Well, the West during this period is generally French and Latin, because the nobles are like this, and English is only spoken by ordinary people.

The popular language at court was French, and some learned people even used Latin.

"Hello, Your Royal Highness, I am Earl Christophe of the British Empire. I am very pleased to meet you. Oh, praise God, you are so young!" Elegant, but trembling legs betrayed him.

"Britain? Lord knows, the British Empire? Shouldn't it be wrong?" The Fourteenth Lord touched the tourmaline in his hand and said, "How long has it been since the Glorious Revolution? The "Bill of Rights" announced by it restricted the power of the king, expanded the power of the parliament, and established the British Empire. The basis of a constitutional monarchy. Since then, the parliamentary monarchy has gradually formed and developed, and how much power does the British king have?"

Master Fourteen hummed in his heart: Master studied Chinese and Western history back then. Although it was for credits, I don’t remember clearly now, but I will never let you, a little ghost, fool me.

The other party's eyes were like seeing a ghost!

But the psychological quality is very good, and immediately reported another identity to them.

"I am also a count of the Holy Roman Empire, recognized by the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I!" The young man proudly introduced his origin: "Count Christophe! I also have Tsarist Russian blood and the title of baron of the Tsarist Russian Empire. My mother was a nobleman of the Turkish Empire."

What he said was nothing more than raising his own status and involving many empires. It sounded scary, but he was just pulling the tiger's skin to pull the banner.

He has always emphasized the surname of Christophe, which should be the pride of his family.

"Last year, Joseph I, the Holy Roman Emperor, didn't he die?" The Fourteenth Lord said indifferently: "And in the "Prut Peace Treaty", the Tsarist Russian Emperor Peter I returned Azov to Turkey and demolished the fortresses such as Tagangrog, Agreed to withdraw troops from Poland and no longer interfere in Poland's internal affairs, but he never implemented the latter two. King Charles XII of Sweden was given the right of free passage to return home, but was extremely disappointed at the easy escape of his opponent. For three years he Refuse to leave Turkey, and continue to urge Turkey to take major combat actions against Tsarist Russia in vain. So much so that this year, the king's emperor Ama, oh, my emperor's father, had to send the Tulichen mission to the Turghut Ministry , to contact the Torghut Ministry, and don't get involved in those crap things in Tsarist Russia!"

In fact, the beginning of this year was not smooth. On the first month of the new year, the governor of Jiangsu, Zhang Boxing, went to Shuli to impeach the governor of Liangjiang, accusing him of bribing and selling Juren for personal gain with 50 taels of silver in the examination case last year, and refused to go to trial. The truth: When I first came to the post of governor of Liangjiang, I would cover up the civil and military officials of the two provinces, those who catered to them, even if they were filthy, and those who kept integrity, even though they were honest, they would also find fault.Gali secretly purchased Zhang Boxing's statement, and also fabricated several pieces of paper, and played it starry night.

The two fought over this, and they didn't know who was right. Many courtiers were involved, and the court was almost rotten. Otherwise, Prince Yong would not have applied for a business trip to Beijing at this time. In fact, it was not the same as taking refuge almost.

The Fourteenth Master was very fortunate that Kangxi sent him out early.

Fortunately, there were people in the school who took classes for some unpopular majors, and gained a lot of credits for the history department. Western Renaissance.

The other party swallowed hard: "Yes, Your Royal Highness, I am also a graduate of the Royal Society of England. I have written papers and am very knowledgeable."

This is a bargaining chip for him to increase his knowledge.

"Is the president of the Royal Society still Mr. Newton?" The Fourteenth Master said again: "Mr. Newton set up an arbitration committee to review the invention right of calculus at Leibniz's request. I also agree with it."

He said it as if the Fourteenth Lord had the right to speak. In fact, the Fourteenth Lord only remembered that Newton had served as the president of the Royal Society. He didn't know when he made this request, but he definitely mentioned it.

Who knew it was right!

It's really this year.

Count Christophe was completely speechless: "How do you know everything?"

"I'm the prince of the Qing Empire, and I'm a prince. I don't know anything." The Fourteenth Lord opened the folding fan again: "Tell me, what's going on? Don't lie to me, or make up nonsense to deceive me." My lord, this lord can throw you all into the sea to feed the sharks."

Christine had no choice but to confess honestly.

He is indeed a nobleman of the British Empire, but a lonely nobleman. Since the British Empire became a constitutional monarchy, the power of the king and the nobles has been shrinking day by day. The first ones who can't stand it are the minor nobles.

Christophe is a big family, but this Christophe Robert is a marginal figure, a small earl, a small castle, and a small manor, although there is enough food and drink to keep him from starving, but he cannot live a noble life .

It just so happened that the British Empire was recruiting diplomats to establish diplomacy in the Far East. The requirements were noble, literate, able to speak French and Latin, as well as courageous and young enough. Old people were not required because they were afraid of dying at sea.

So he applied for the job and passed!

So after returning, he sold the manor and land, bought these ships, brought cheap sailors hired, boarded the ship, and started a long voyage. He wanted to come to the East, and besides establishing diplomacy, he also wanted to buy some silk. Go back to sell, earn a sum of money, revitalize the family business, and finally marry a wealthy female nobleman as his wife.

Well, I thought well, and what I said was very sincere, but unfortunately, the Fourteenth Master didn't believe his words.

"You're lying." The Fourteenth Master only said four words, and Nian Gengyao repeated his tricks, putting his foot in the young man's leg: "Bold!"

This Earl Robert was very tolerant, he did not yell out, but said in pain: "I am not lying, I am an honest person."