I want to ruin the country

George's wife asked angrily,

"How did you offend them? Can't you tell me?"

George said,

"I can't tell you, I can't tell you, I can't tell anyone, just pretend nothing happened!"

His wife said dissatisfiedly,

"It's just baffling!"

George said,

"Go to sleep and pretend nothing happened!"

George sat alone for a long time before he wanted to go to bed!

Suddenly, the three of them appeared in the middle of the room again!

George's eyes were so wide open that his eyeballs almost popped out, like a ghost.

George thought they regretted their actions and wanted to kill him, so he asked hurriedly,

"You...you guys are leaving, aren't you...what on earth are you going to do?"

It was still Yi who reformed, and took out a piece of paper from his pocket, which read:

“We didn’t even leave, we just wanted to see how you would do!

I also want to tell you that we can come to your home whenever we want and leave whenever we want!"

As he said this, he pushed the chair next to him.

"Wow!"

The chair fell apart!

George sat down on the ground.

"I didn't do anything, I didn't do anything!"

But when he looked up, the room was empty!

He was still worried, so he carefully searched the house with a candle. When he found that there was indeed no one there, he breathed a sigh of relief and made the sign of the cross on his chest!

His wife poked her head out from under the covers and cried,

"George, I peed in the covers!"

George said nervously,

"It's okay, it's okay, just stay alive!"

After all this trouble, George finally realized that the Chinese are not to be messed with!

With a check for 10,000 pounds, Yi Gai, Yi Ping Ou and Yi Ping Mei returned.

I told you what happened.

"Your Highness, it's done. Here's the check from that guy!"

Prince Gong laughed heartily.

"Fuck it, doesn't that mean he bought us three warships and told us to go and fight with them?"

Li Hongzhang said,

"He's a born scoundrel, a bully who only fears the strong and bullies the weak!"

Prince Gong patted Yi Gaige's shoulder and said,

"Eunuch Yi, these ten thousand pounds are public money and we cannot touch them, but I am truly impressed by you. I will personally give you ten thousand silver coins as a reward!

As for your contributions, you will have to report them to the Saint upon your return and receive your rewards!"

The four of them knelt down and kowtowed to thank him for the reward, but Yi Gaige still had a smiling expression on his face.

"We servants are lucky that we didn't bring shame to the Emperor!

Li Hongzhang said,

"Your Highness, we've let out some steam now. Now it's time to start talking to Armstrong!"

Prince Gong said,

"Damn it! If we weren't so anxious, I would have to torment them again. Do they really think I'm made of mud?"

Dou Zhenbiao said,

"Your Majesty, at such a young age, you have already commanded great strategic influence and achieved great success overseas. I admire you!"

Prince Gong was very pleased to hear this, but he said,

"General Dou, you've also learned to flatter. If the emperor hadn't given us the courage, would we be able to come out with such pride?"

Dou Zhenbiao said,

"This old minister feels deeply that a weak country has no diplomacy. Without support, how can it be strong?"

Prince Gong said sincerely,

"We are blessed to have such a good emperor!"

"The prince said so!"

Prince Gong said,

"Let's not talk about anything else. We need to talk and find talented people. The emperor is still waiting at home. Let's try our best to return home for the New Year!"

The subsequent negotiations with Armstrong proceeded according to the pace agreed upon by Prince Gong and his team.

Armstrong had played a good hand badly and was now in a desperate situation with no way out.

In the end, he had no choice but to accept the price of 520,000 taels of silver proposed by Li Hongzhang and sold the warship to Daqing.

And there was an additional condition, which was to loan Deputy Factory Director Martin to Daqing for three years.

As a result, plus the penalty paid to him by the Royal Navy, he ended up basically breaking even.

Although he did not make as much money as he had imagined, he still got an order for three warships. However, he was not very satisfied with the price, which was 650,000 taels per ship.

However, with the French and German shipyards competing with him, he did not dare to ask for a high price. He was afraid that further complications would arise, which would be even more troublesome.

Apart from George losing ten thousand pounds for no reason, everyone was happy!

From now on, George would stay away from Li Hongzhang whenever he saw him, for fear that if he did something wrong and offended this guy, a few ghost-like Orientals would come into his house for no reason!

He was afraid, he was really afraid!

The next major tasks are to train crew members, find various talents and arrange return cargo.

Prince Gong’s main task was to find beautiful women.

He remembered what the emperor said: the more foreign beauties, the better!

After more than two months of intensive work, everything is basically ready.

According to the emperor's arrangement, Li Hongzhang had to stay. His task was to supervise the construction of warships and then look for various technologies and talents.

Prince Gong knew the strength of Yi Gai and his men. After consulting them, he decided to leave Yi Gai and Yi Ping'ou to protect Li Hongzhang.

Prince Gong set the departure date as October 1850, 10. This day was the 27th day of the ninth month of the lunar year of Gengxu, an auspicious day for travel!

On this day, the pier was very lively, with huge crowds of people.

Because this time, including the crew members and various talents, there are as many as three to four thousand foreigners joining the returning team, some of them even brought their families, and together with the family members who came to see them off, the dock was full!

At nine o'clock in the morning, the fleet fired the cannon and set sail on time!

The journey back this time was surprisingly peaceful, and almost no pirates, big or small, dared to show up.

There were several more ironclad warships in the fleet, and the pirates were not stupid. They came here just to die.

After two months of sailing, we finally arrived in Tianjin at the end of November.

After telling these experiences, the Royal Concubine burst into tears again.

"Son, you've suffered a lot this time. You've never suffered this kind of hardship since you were a child!"

Prince Gong said,

"Mother, although my son has suffered a little, he has also gained some experience. I am grateful to the Emperor for giving him this opportunity to train!"

Yining smiled and said,

"Sixth brother, you have done an excellent job this time. I have already issued an edict that after the New Year, he will be appointed to the Grand Council to assist in state affairs, primarily responsible for dealing with the West!"

When she heard that her son had entered the Military Affairs Office, the Imperial Concubine Dowager was overjoyed.

Although the prince holds a high position, he has no real power.

It’s different once you enter the Grand Council. You’ll be considered an important official of the country, and that’s a truly powerful position!

"Son, you went abroad once, and the emperor has given you such a great favor. You must be careful in everything you do and don't make any mistakes!"

After a few more words, Yining said goodbye. Mother and son are reunited after a long separation, so they should have some personal conversations. It's not good to be tactless!

Sure enough, after Yining left, Prince Gong spoke more casually to his mother.