Chapter 80: The Liu Family Brothers Ask for Support
On the second day of Sanjiang, the collection, recommendation, and Sanjiang tickets are not powerful, and Da Luo Luo can only spell the update, and the first one is more presented
After arriving in London, Zhu Jishi, Maria. Clementina, Napoleon III and Isabel and Han Si were divided into two ways. Napoleon III and Isabel went to Deneuve's House in Oxfordshire - on the English Channel, Zhu Jishi officially broke off with Isabel completely, he didn't want to quarrel with the future French emperor for a one-night stand, anyway, he now has a new love. Zhu Jishi and Maria. Clementina returned to Villa Roman, Manchester.
"Jason, is that you? You're really back, great! β
As soon as Zhu Jishi got out of the carriage, a beautiful woman trotted out of the villa, threw herself into Zhu Jishi's arms and had a French wet kiss with Zhu Jishi.
"This is ......" After kissing, Mrs. Duran saw that there was a young woman beside Zhu Jishi who was far above herself, and her face suddenly showed an aggrieved expression.
"She's Maria. Clementina, Duchess of SΓ©gur. Zhu Jishi introduced with a smile. Madame Turan was his mistress, not his wifeβwith Zhu Jishi's current status, it was not appropriate to marry Madame Turan. However, those young and beautiful aristocrats or bourgeois ladies are what Zhu Jishi does not want to provoke. Once they are married, they will have to give up the entire forest for a tree, and more importantly, these women may not be willing to go to Hong Kong with them. If you want to divorce at that time, it will inevitably be a huge loss of property.
"You're Maria!" Mrs. Duran knew Maria, but she wasn't very familiar with her, "Oh my God, you're on good terms with Jason!" β
"Roman, I don't mind sharing Jason with you." Maria embraced Madame Durand, and said very generously that she was with Judjese for the counter-revolutionary cause of the Bonapartist elements, partly to cover the flight of Napoleon III, and partly to serve as a bridge between Napoleon III and the outside world, for which there must be an excuse for a long stay in England. It's not really that I want to stay with Zhu Jishi for a long time, so it would be too inauthentic to drive Dr. Zhu's old lover away.
"That's right......," Mrs. Duran smiled awkwardly, and suddenly added, "By the way, Jason, there were two guests from China in your absence, and they both came to visit you." β
Then she turned around and shouted at the villa: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu." Sir Zhu is back, Sir Zhu Jishi Zhu is back from France! β
As soon as the words fell, I saw that the door of the villa was pushed open, and two men walked out of it, and by looking at their faces, they knew that they were visitors from the East like Zhu Jishi.
Looking at their clothes again, they are long shirts and horse coats, with a collar of fox fur around their necks, and winter warm hats. The appearance and figure of the two are also seven or eight points similar, both of them have faces like crown jade, eyes like a single phoenix, and their five short figures look extremely strong, if it weren't for the fact that the age of the two looks a lot different, Zhu Jishi would almost think that they are twins.
The two of them also saw Zhu Jishi, who was dressed in a dress, and walked over quickly, respectfully and respectfully.
"In Xia Yihexing Liu Peng (Liu Jiong), I have seen Sir Zhu."
Jardine? It's William. The people of Jardine? Bai Swen just sent away, this opium dealer got two more Chinese for himself, what kind of heart did he have?
Zhu Jishi wrinkled his nose and hesitated: "William. Mr. Jardine sent you? β
The older man was stunned, and waved his hand with a smile on his face: "Down there is Liu Peng, the manager of Guangzhou Jardine Bank," he pointed to the young man next to him, "This is Liu Jiong, the owner of my two brothers, is the chief merchant of the Thirteen Banks in Guangzhou, Wu Haoguan, the owner of Jardine Bank, not William of Jardine Matheson. Jardine. β
Liu Jiong beside him is even more of a long to the ground, "After learning from Guangzhou Liu Jiong, I have seen Mr., Mr. Daming, after learning like thunder, Hou Xue is willing to be in front of Mr. and perform disciple ceremony!" β
Disciple? Zhu Jishi looked at the young man in front of him, a smile appeared on his face, who said that Chinese do not want to learn Western studies? People have come all the way to apprentice.
Liu Peng said with a smile on the side: "Sir Zhu, my brother has studied Western languages in the academy jointly established by the Thirteen Lines since he was a child, and can speak English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch foreign languages, and has also studied Western medicine with American priests, so he is very interested in Western affairs. β
Able to speak the foreign language of the Five Kingdoms! What a talent. Zhu Jishixin said that this person is exactly what he needs, and he still has a lot of manuscripts written by Engels, and he has to rely on himself to translate what year and month?
At that moment, he nodded heavily, and stretched out his hand to help Liu Jiong up, "Okay, you will be my Zhu Jishi's student from today on." He said to Liu Peng again: "Mr. Liu, let me settle down for a while, let's toss some wine and food tonight, chat all night, and you can tell me about the situation in China." β
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"Oh, the two of you came all the way to England to ask for an account from Jardine Matheson."
Zhu Jishi picked up the Dutt wine (without cocaine) on the table, filled Er Liu's wine glass, and poured it for himself.
Probably because he was not used to sharing a man with Maria, Madame Duran gave Zhu Jishi a few French dishes, and then went to bed early under the pretext of being tired, and now it is Maria who accompanies Zhu Jishi to entertain the two Chinese guests. Clementina. In the restaurant, there was no one else except the four of them.
Liu Peng's eyes were slightly strange and glanced at the French beauty Maria. Clementina, it is estimated that she is envious of Dr. Zhu's peach blossom luck in her heart.
He looked at the half-baked steak on the plate again, frowned quietly, and said with a smile: "Our Jardine and Mr. Jardine's Jardine's Jardine were business partners before the Sino-British War, and we also had a lot of financial dealings. Later, Lord Lin Shao Mulin was ordered to ban smoking, and Mr. Jardine left in a hurry, and some accounts were not settled. β
"Lin Shaomu?" Zhu Jishi thought about it and asked again: "Is it Lin Zexu?" β
"Exactly, Shao Mu is Lord Lin's name, but I didn't expect Sir Zhu to have heard of Lord Lin in the UK."
Nonsense, who hasn't heard of Lin Zexu? National heroes! Zhu Jishi said again: "How is Lord Lin now?" Still being the governor of Liangguang? β
"Lord Lin has been fired a long time ago!" Liu Jiong, who was on the side, interjected with some resentment: "Together with the Sino-British war, today's saint listened to the traitor's slander, dismissed Lord Lin from the rank of governor, demoted to the rank of Sipin Qing and sent to Zhenhai to listen to the edict, and the following year, he was relegated from the title of Sipin Qing and sent to Yili, Xinjiang, to atone for his sins. Now I'm probably in Xinjiang! β
Zhu Jishi sighed lightly when he heard this, "The cause of the Sino-British war may be related to Lin Zexu, but the defeat is not Lin Zexu's responsibility, and the defeat of this battle is not necessarily a bad thing for the country." He glanced at Er Liu, "What do you two think?" β
Liu Peng sighed and said: "I don't know if it's a bad thing for the country and the people, but it's a big bad thing for Yu Yihe to travel to the thirteenth line and the businessmen in Guangdong!" The compensation of 21 million taels almost fell on us people. β
Liu Jiong gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Why did my million-strong division of the Qing Dynasty lose to more than 10,000 heroes?" It's just that they can't fight at sea, but they still lose again and again on land, and these officers and soldiers really don't know what to eat! β
Zhu Jishi smiled, shook his head and said: "I haven't seen what the Qing soldiers look like, but I have seen the British, French, Austrian and the armies of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. By the way, I also have two retinues with me, one who used to be a soldier in the French Foreign Legion, and the other who is a general in Pasha, Egypt, this ...... Xiao Liu, why don't you go and ask them for advice tomorrow? β
Hearing Zhu Jishi's name for himself, Liu Jiong couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, this Sir Zhu is indeed a master of Western studies, but he really doesn't know anything about China's rules. At that moment, he arched his hand to Zhu Jishi and said: "Sir, the font name below is Mu Lin, and my eldest brother's font name is Mu Wen." Pls is the font size of the gentleman ......"
Size? Zhu Jishi thought about it, it seemed that there was such a thing, but he didn't bother to afford any font size, so he followed the appearance of the Liu family brothers and arched his hand and said: "In the next word, Jishi is my name." β
He didn't know that his practice of words later became one of the evidences of his plot against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty!
"Mr. Jishi." Liu Peng muttered in his heart: "Mr. Jishi is good, but it would be a bit weird if he was called Jigong......"
Liu Jiong nodded slightly, and said, "Sir, you said that there are two people around you who are proficient in the Western art of war?" β
Zhu Jishi nodded, and Liu Jiong sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity, if I can meet Mr. early, I can present the Western art of war to Lord Lin." β
"Do you know Lin Zexu?" Zhu Jishi looked at Liu Jiong curiously. The heart said that Lin Zexu is the minister of the Governor of Liangguang, and you can get him as a small businessman?
"The student used to serve as a general secretary in the curtain of Lord Lin, responsible for collecting the internal information of Western countries for Lord Lin, but unfortunately there was no way to find content related to military affairs, so he missed a major event!"