At this moment, on Hong Kong Island, which is not far from Edo, the plenipotentiary of the British Empire in the Qing, the commercial representative in the Qing, the lieutenant admiral, and the Governor of Hong Kong, Bonham received a document from the Dutch. .

The essay is in triplicate. The Japanese one is directly ignored, and the Chinese one is not very clear. Fortunately, there is an English one written by MacDonald.

The content is that MacDonald is now in Edo, the capital of the Japanese Maharaja. The shogunate did not investigate (in fact, dare not) his guilt of entering Japan without authorization, but treated him very kindly. However, the Shogunate prohibits unauthorized foreigners from staying in places other than Nagasaki.

So now the shogunate sent a letter to the British governor in Hong Kong through the Dutch business hall, asking the British side to send a ship to pick up McDonald. Or the shogunate could fund and hire Dutch ships to send McDonald to the British territory.

To put it bluntly, the shogunate was unwilling to offend Taiying. Everything was easy to discuss, and the shogunate could pay for it himself. Quickly get McDonald away, Tokugawa Isaiah is out of sight and out of mind.

The three essays in Japanese and Chinese were written by the shogunate's imperial literati Lin University. They are so literate, but unfortunately they don't read them at all. MacDonald’s English documents were reviewed by Tademon, and they didn’t write anything illegal, so they were sent out.

Bonham, who had just arrived as the Governor of Hong Kong in March last year, was also number one. He has the support of Lord Palmerston, a well-known Victorian politician in the United Kingdom, and this person does not need to be introduced more. His reputation is too great.

He provoked two Sino-British wars, joined the Crimean War, and suppressed the national uprising of the anti-British people in India. Basically, in the middle and late nineteenth century, most of the important historical events on the earth were related to this person. And this man has a famous saying, that is well known.

,, andthoseinterestsitisourdutytofollow (There are no forever friends, only forever interests.)

As for Bonham, as the third governor of Hong Kong, the former governor of the Straits, Singapore and Malaya. It is said that there is still quite a bit of governance in the office, so he was sent to East Asia by Palmerzun as the governor of Hong Kong.

Before receiving these three letters from the Japanese shogunate, Wen Xian was discussing the entry of Guangzhou into the city with his members. After the signing of the "Sino-British Nanjing Treaty", Guangzhou was designated as a trade port, and the Manchus allowed British people to enter Guangzhou for free trade. But in fact this clause has not been fulfilled at all, and the Chinese people are very resistant to the entry of British forces.

Until Wen Xian took office, he still couldn't solve it, and he also had a headache. Palmerston asked him to open the Qing market as soon as possible, and the entrustment of the British power to penetrate into the Qing country was in his ears, and he was also very anxious.

Sitting next to him are the Hong Kong Vice-Governor Major General Seth Pharisee, the Qing Consul General in Guangzhou, Dr. Pauling, and Bonham's personal secretary, Thomas Francis Wade 1818-1895.

Others will not mention it, but Weitoma will mention a little bit. This is a plenipotentiary minister in the Qing Dynasty who has served for more than ten years. He also served as the Taxation Department of Shanghai Customs. He is also a well-known sinologist. It is famous for inventing the Chinese pronunciation system with Latin alphabets---Wittoma-style pinyin. This method is widely used in Europe and America, and then gradually replaced by Chinese pinyin.

"Let the Dutch take him to Hong Kong." Wen Xian put down the letter, still worrying about entering Guangzhou and expanding economic aggression against China.

"Wait a minute..." Wetoma is proficient in Sinology and can read Chinese documents. After reading MacDonald's letters, she seems to have some thoughts.

"What?" Baolin on the side was a little curious. Among those present, Wetoma knows East Asia best.

With only a Chinese, Weitoma is also competent for the position of secretary of the Hong Kong Governor's House. For those who can learn a Chinese, the understanding of China is absolutely needed by all of you.

"Do you still remember an investigation document sent from London to Kolkata?" Wittoma has a good mind.

"..." How could someone remember something.

"James of the United States once received a message from Japan that Japan allowed the East India Company to trade with a person called William as an intermediary. It is just that William has died long ago, but it is said that there are descendants in the country. If that If the descendants are willing to become vassals of the Japanese prince, then Japan will allow the East India Company to trade!"

"It seems that there is such a thing..." Baolin, who was transferred from the East India Company, suddenly realized.

"After the East India Company investigated the documents, it was confirmed that two hundred years ago, there was indeed a trade representative named William Adams who was permanently stationed in Japan to conduct trade. It is just his descendants, and there is no way to find out."

"What do you mean?" Wen Xian was also a human being, and suddenly understood what Weitoma meant.

Since the Qing country's trade has never been able to expand on a large scale, Wen Xian can be regarded as a bad sign of Palmerzun, and his face will be dull. The dignified leader of the British governor, UU reading www.uukanshu.com came to East Asia and did nothing. It would be shameful.

Other governors will either open up territory or expand trade, or at worst can send the Queen a little fancy souvenir from afar. But Wen Xian didn't do anything, he needed a bit of dazzling performance.

If he can reopen trade with Japan in his office, hey, no, what reopens it, it’s him. Then Bonham’s job resume can add a very dazzling experience.

Don't underestimate Japan. Although the country is small, it has a population of more than 30 million, which is the largest population in Europe. If such a huge market can be obtained by the UK. Wouldn't the British industrial products gain a huge dumping market? What kind of foreign cloth, foreign sugar, and iron, directly ruined the small peasant economy in Japan, and it's so beautiful.

"I read McDonald's reply. Japan seems to have no intention of having a grudge with the British Empire. This is a fear of the strength of the empire. Why not try to keep him in Japan and negotiate business matters. Maybe it will succeed?"

If you have dates but no dates, hit him three strokes!

Even if it fails, there is nothing to lose in Britain. If he succeeded, Wenham would have done a lot. When he returned to London, Her Majesty the Queen would knight him.

"It's interesting!" Wen Xian's mind really moved.

He has no knowledge of Japan at all, but he still has a certain knowledge of Qing. Apart from launching another war on the Qing side, there may be really no way to expand its interests. But not necessarily on the Japanese side. He is confident that bringing the British Empire with just a name can make a small country tremble.

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