I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

I saw that each of these oriental wrists had a gold watch, which was not only elegant in shape and exquisite in workmanship, but also inlaid with various precious stones on the hands and on the watch body.

The light just now came from these gems!

Darwin silently put away his pocket watch.

He felt that he was a scientist and shouldn't do such vulgar and meaningless things...

If I had known earlier, I would have brought those medals and hung them outside my clothes!

Darwin regretted it a little.

But it was useless to say anything, he was about to step forward and directly explain his identity.

But at this moment, those smart people who calibrated the time moved.

They formed a human wall and walked quickly towards a place.

"Hey, gentlemen, where are you going!"

Darwin quickly followed.

"Damn, are you still being targeted by the British? Disgusting Oxford accent!"

An oriental man with the appearance of a leader spoke a sentence in Chinese that Darwin could not understand at all, and then made a concealed gesture towards his subordinates.

Then the Orientals divided into two groups.

Most of them still walked quickly towards the distance, but the separated team suddenly stopped in front of Darwin and his servants.

On the noisy pier, no one noticed that the two Englishmen were covered in their mouths, punched twice in the stomach, and then dragged into the carriage.

The remaining carriages ushered in the guests who were really waiting.

An old man with his head bowed and his face unclear hurriedly got into one of the carriages, and then left quickly.

……

Bismarck's visit to Ming Dynasty is definitely a major secret.

Fortunately, Prussia at this time and Ming Dynasty at this time are both countries that can do the best job of keeping secrets.

In order to avoid the eyes and ears of the British and French, Bismarck had let off the wind that migraines needed a vacation a week earlier.

And the vehicle for his trip did not choose Prussia's own cruise ship, but took the White Star Line's Belfast by surprise.

In fact, in Zhu Fugui's view, Bismarck was too cautious.

Because according to the intelligence from Donald, the British Prime Minister in Downing Street is now addicted to the Hebrew secret medicine and cannot extricate himself.

What fighting and decisive power can opium ghosts have?

And this guy is not just an opium ghost.

His younger brother is not thinking about government affairs, but is always ready to seize the power of his elder brother who has served for more than 20 years and become the first Jewish British prime minister in history.

In short, the entire British Empire did not pay much attention to Prussia, and they lacked objective cognition and quantitative analysis of Prussia's current strength.

It is precisely because they do not realize that Prussia is slowly approaching France, both in terms of the real economy, that is, industrial output, and in terms of military mobilization capabilities, that they are happy to see Prussia challenge France.

After defeating Tsarist Russia and weakening him into "imperialism's weakest link", in the eyes of the British, France was too powerful and lacked checks and balances.

France lost the previous two wars between Ming and France.

But it's not a bone-shattering either.

Especially with the fall of the Second French Empire, a huge republican government appeared on the other side of the English Channel, which the British did not want to see.

A royal country is naturally wary of a republic.

The Queen of England has stated to the cabinet more than once that Britain should take action to resolve the issue of succession to the French throne.

Victoria even wrote a letter to Zhu Fugui, saying that Zhu Fugui should return Mr. Napoleon to London with dignity like a civilized person.

In this regard, Zhu Fugui replied to Victoria:

"Milfs are very beautiful, full of powder and makeup.

Ququ Yuanshan is flying emerald green; dancing sleeves reflect Xiashang.

Pear blossoms bring rain to compete for beauty; peony cages are full of smoke and make-up.

But if you are enchanting, you can move, and you can take back Changle to serve the king. "

In the end, I don’t know if Victoria understood it.

Don't worry even if you understand Zhu Fugui, most likely she just throws it into the fireplace and swears that she will never write a letter to the Emperor of Ming again.

Amin (former president of Uganda) can write a courtship letter to Elizabeth. I am a dignified son of heaven and the emperor of Yin. It shouldn’t be too much to write a lewd poem to Victoria, right?

And this poem also added a full 18 cultural value to him!

I really don't know how the system is calculated.

Of course, Victoria was already in her late forties, and she had suffered a blood loss if she really agreed to Zhu Fugui.

Zhu Fugui would rather hang out with the 30-year-old Xingzhen than face the sharp edge of the 40-year-old aunt.

In short, although the British Empire is now unprecedentedly powerful, it can even be said to be the pinnacle of British national power, but it is not working very well.

Facing the ever-changing international situation, Britain's response is always slow.

But Bismarck is a guy who seeks stability and tries his best not to make any mistakes.

Daming had no choice but to select elite soldiers and strong generals, and use its influence in the Southern Confederation to keep the secrecy work the best.

Without even entering the downtown area of ​​Richmond, several carriages carrying Bismarck and his entourage headed towards Memphis non-stop.

There, Bismarck will take the train to Fengdu.

On the way, one of the carriages stopped in a wilderness.

Two big and thick old Junkers were carrying Darwin's master and servant who had been stripped of their clothes, with socks stuffed in their mouths and tied into rice dumplings.

"Just pay attention to the two of you on the boat!"

"Sneaky, holding documents all day without knowing what I'm doing!"

"Whether you work for Victoria or not, start praying for yourself from now on!"

As he said that, the old Junker searched his body again to make sure that no valuables like the expensive pocket watch before were left behind.

He noticed that one of the Englishmen was clutching something in his hand, and he looked like he regarded it as a treasure.

He broke the Englishman's fingers with joy.

Then Mom was shocked.

It turned out to be a human bone!

Playing with you, Grandpa Junker!

Old Junker threw the bone vigorously, then threw the two zongzi out of the carriage and rolled into the cotton field by the roadside.

On the carriage, Zhao Aqian, Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty and Minister of Honglu Temple, shook his head helplessly.

How rude these Prussians are!

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are wildling robbers.

No wonder the Lord Long Live said that the Germanic barbarians are not a sincere and reliable people, and we must pay special attention to cooperating with them!

Chapter 424 Cotton Capital, Railway

Since the construction of the 1825-kilometer Stockton-Lyndon railway in the UK in 27, railways, an efficient, fast, and low-cost mode of transportation, have become one of the most important forms for countries in the world to determine their national strength and demonstrate their power projection capabilities. .

Today, the total mileage of railways in the world (except Daming) has exceeded 10 kilometers.

Among them, the total mileage of the British Empire Railway has exceeded 5 kilometers, the local railway network has a length of 32000 kilometers, and the total length of the Indian Railways is close to 2 kilometers.

In about two to three decades, the total mileage of Indian Railways alone will reach 30 km.

What's more worth mentioning is that in the 100s, more than 21 years later, the total mileage of the railways brought to Britain by me will be 20 kilometers.

The total mileage of the railways I have taken to India is 6.7 km.

And a certain East Asian country that is about to collapse, always about to collapse, has a mileage of 14 kilometers.

As for the quality of the railway, let’s not talk about it.

……

In this bumpy carriage, Bismarck was having a brief informal chat with Zhao Aqian.

It was mainly the Chinese "Foreign Minister" who informed him about the upcoming itinerary.

To tell the truth, Bismarck wondered why he would risk the Richmond joint.

Because in his perception, the southern government is the sphere of influence of the United Kingdom, and the British are everywhere.

Fortunately, at least up to now, the diplomats of Ming Dynasty seem to have shown supernatural power here, and they easily dismissed the interrogating Dixie soldiers along the way.

But even so, landing on the Atlantic coast and traveling across North America in a horse-drawn carriage is not a good idea.

The Prussian side originally hoped to take a boat to bypass Tierra del Fuego and go to Fengdu from the Antarctic Drake Passage.

In order to appease the nervous Prussian, Zhao Aqian had to explain the situation to Bismarck himself and inform the train arrangement.

Bismarck, of course, had long recognized the importance of railways.

Today, Prussia and Bavaria have built a large number of railway lines.

Bismarck's old friend, the commander-in-chief of the Pudan War and the Prussian War, the old Moltke, once served as the chief of the Prussian general staff, once put forward a famous saying: "Don't build fortresses anymore, give me more railways!"

In the Prussian-Prussian War that broke out last year, Prussia relied on the railway to transport 20 troops and 5 horses to the front line, which played a great role in the war situation.

So when Bismarck heard that the Ming Dynasty's railway had been built to Memphis, he was taken aback and snatched the map of North America from his entourage regardless of his demeanor.

Because of the size and terrain of the country, the Great Lakes-Northeast region controlled by the American federal government has a large number of railways, and the total mileage is even close to that of the British mainland. Bismarck knows it.

(Historically, in 1900, the total railway mileage in the United States reached 20 kilometers, more than the rest of the world combined.)

But he was completely unaware that the Ming Dynasty was also capable of building a railway, and it was a super railway with such a long span.

Due to the rapid change of the Dawang Banner at the head of the city in North America, especially in the central and western regions of North America in recent years, there has never been a reliable map of North America published.

The map in Bismarck's hand was an old map printed by the U.S. government in order to swear the occupation of New Mexico just after the Mexican-American War in 1850.

Bismarck stretched out his fingers, roughly measured the distance, raised his head, and tried to hide the shock in his heart: "Mr. Zhao, you mean, you can take the railway from Memphis to Fengdu directly after a distance of 3000 kilometers?"

Through the translator, Zhao Aqian shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Prime Minister, to be precise, it is Xinyu City, which is across the New Yangtze River from Memphis. There is a railway station here."

Bismarck opened the curtains, and sure enough, the carriage did not intend to stop in Memphis.

He supported his arms and carefully observed the cotton capital.

This is not so much a city as it is a huge cotton transshipment center.

Countless black slaves are packing and packing the endless cotton, and loading it into mules, carriages and cars.

Bismarck knew the car, he had one himself.

It was an extremely expensive smuggled Rising Sun, selling for upwards of £2000 in Europe.

Of course, Bismarck knew that there were a lot of political factors in this price, and it must be cheaper in the Ming Dynasty.

But he didn't expect it to be so cheap, and he was used as a substitute for mules and carts to transport cotton.

"Excuse me, Mr. Prime Minister, are you interested in cars?"

Zhao Aqian noticed the focal length of Bismarck's line of sight and explained, "The road infrastructure in the Confederate States is too bad, and only a few places such as Richmond and Memphis are suitable for driving, so for the convenience of driving, we still arrange a carriage for you. "

"Oh... don't worry about it, Mr. Zhao, I only have the passion to see His Majesty Zhu Fugui in my heart."

Bismarck nodded subconsciously, but his eyes were still observing everywhere.

He found that the cotton merchants in Memphis were both Ming merchants and white merchants.

Of course more black people.

Negro slaves were chained and idly toiled.

Bismarck saw that many Chinese businessmen couldn't stand these inefficient black slaves, and rolled up their sleeves with their fellows to load cotton.

A Chinese who does not look tall can often carry twice as much cotton as a black slave. The huge cotton stacks form a strong contrast with their short stature.

Zhao Aqian also noticed this scene, but didn't say anything.