On June 20, 1740, the cruisers Xiangjiang and Weak Water sailed into Lisbon, and Wang Youdun, deputy governor of the General Embassy, minister to Portugal, and minister of the European countries, and Marquis de Pompado, the special envoy of the King of Portugal, led a team to meet them at the pier. Before entering the port, the advance personnel had notified the relevant parties, and Portugal made careful arrangements to prepare to receive George Anson and his party.

In addition to the waiting time to enter the port, it took only a little more than a month for the two cruisers to reach Lisbon from Baltimore, and although this speed was far less than the 13-day transatlantic crossing of the Atlantic by American clippers, it was enough to make George Anson dumbfounded compared with the standard speed of one and a half or even two months at this time.

When he parted ways with Stinge, he expressed his admiration from the bottom of his heart: "If your sailors were more skilled, and your navigator could be at the level of our Britons, maybe I would have been caught by you in Dili, damn it, how could you build such a fast ship!?" ”

After getting along for more than a month, Shi Tingge and Anson have had a lot of exchanges, and their personal hatred has been put down, and the two still have a sense of sympathy, Anson admires Shi Tingge's perseverance, and Shi Tingge admires Anson's boldness and professionalism.

Anson's question, Shi Tingge felt that there was nothing to hide, and said frankly: "If the boat can be twice as fast, the time spent on the ferry will be half less, and then the available ship will be doubled." When our Sailis Navy was first created, there were too few crew members who knew how to operate soft sails and knew how to sail thousands of miles. In order to save manpower, we have to use one ship as two or even three, so ...... The pursuit of faster speed is also a choice that we have to make in Seris. If we were like you, we would have been able to capture a crew member who could sail far and wide, and we wouldn't have to spend so much effort on this speed. ”

As a naval latecomer. Shi Tingge did not know the details of the initial creation of the Anglo-Chinese Navy. The left and right door gods of the navy, the Jinyin Carp, which is still serving as a training ship at the Hong Kong Naval Academy, was designed by the emperor himself. But after Xiao Sheng took over the construction of the navy. is faced with the situation that Shi Tingge said: there is money, but there is a shortage of people. Under the guidance of the situation, the Anglo-Chinese Navy set up the purpose of "speed first, machinery first".

Anson rubbed the gangway with envy and nostalgia for a while, and then said with a hopeful face: "As a loser." I know I don't have the right to ask for anything, but I want to know why your crew didn't get scurvy? ”

Anson was on the run for three years, and by the time he reached the Caribbean, only a third of the sailors were dead, most of them from scurvy, and all who were alive had rotten teeth. His hair fell out, he was covered in blood spots, and his complexion was pale, and he looked like a demon. Although there are many injuries in Seris's pursuers, they are languishing. But no one got scurvy. This made him wonder, what kind of magic weapon did the Seris have?

Shi Tingge looked at Anson meaningfully, this is a great secret, although the significance is not as great as cowpox vaccination, but once it is deciphered, it is enough to affect the navigation of the whole world. And this secrecy is the same as cowpox vaccination. One sentence can be broken.

If it was before, Shi Tingge didn't have to think about it, and directly refused with a word. But when he met with Wang Youdun just now, Wang Youdun conveyed the emperor's latest plan on the overall situation of the East and the West, under which the method of preventing and treating scurvy is no longer a secret, just like the cowpox inoculation technology that Yinghua is spreading to countries around the world.

Anson was just a 1/10,000 chance when Stinge spoke. He was immediately enveloped in a great sense of happiness.

"More than three hundred years ago, when we were still in the Ming Dynasty. The Three Treasures Eunuch Zheng He went to the West, you must know this story. Scurvy was discovered at that time, but the ship's doctor quickly solved the problem. There are several kinds of things to prevent scurvy, and some of the things you see on our ship have this effect, but you don't pay attention to it, and it is just the eating habits of our Seris. ”…,

Shi Tingge casually took out a small glass bottle from his pocket, which contained tea and green tea. This was used for chewing, and Anson had only chewed betel nut as a Nanyang before, thinking that the mouth of the Seris would always be busy at all times.

"Not only that, the sprouts you eat on our ship are the kind of soybeans with white stems, and it can also prevent scurvy. Everywhere we go, we have to stock up on fruits such as lemons and citrus, which can also prevent scurvy. ”

Shi Tingge naturally did not know the principle of scurvy, but the prevention and treatment methods he knew were not only the historical accumulation of Zheng He's voyage to the West, but also the research results obtained by the Tiandao Academy commissioned by the navy.

Anson couldn't wait to hug Shi Tingge, and kissed him fiercely with his stinky mouth that was almost completely rotten, this is a secret worth millions of pounds, Shi Tingge actually said it so lightly.

"Don't take us Seris for big fools, once this secret is revealed, the whole world will change, just like cowpox inoculation technology."

Seeing Anson's strong self-suppressed joy and a breezy expression, Shi Tingge couldn't help but sneer, as he expected, Anson's face suddenly turned red. Tasting Anson's ashamed look, Shi Tingge said again: "The reason why I said it to you is because this secret is about to be announced to the whole of Europa. ”

Anson blinked, still desperately ununderstanding why Stinger and even the Seris were doing this. The ability to effectively prevent scurvy means that there is one less major obstacle to the ocean-going navigation of various countries, and the impact of vaccinia inoculation technology is even greater, in this era, although there is already vaccination technology, but it is still mainly relying on human vaccines, which is very unsafe, Seris has improved their traditional cowpox inoculation technology so that it can be promoted on a large scale, and now some countries in Portugal, Spain and even France are grateful to see that this technology is helping their citizens to effectively fight epidemics such as smallpox.

Whether it's cowpox, or the way to prevent scurvy, if it's Britain or any Europa country, the first thought will be to keep it as secret as possible, even if it will eventually spread, but it can be monopolized for as long as it lasts, and if it can be ahead of other countries, every hour is precious.

Shi Tingge didn't explain further, he pulled back the topic: "Given that you did not go beyond the boundaries of war during the raids in Nanyang and Nanzhou, and the robbery of ships will also leave enough water for the victims, and the knightly rules you follow are also in line with the morality of our Serisians, I personally have no grudge against you." But this does not mean that we, the Seris, will give up our demand to sanction you, and if you Britons are unwilling to bear the crimes you have committed and hand you over to our country, I will gladly see you sentenced to death. ”

He added: "Out of respect, I will do my best to convince the higher authorities that you will not lie under the guillotine, but hang from the gallows that you are familiar with." ”

Anson grinned, "Shi, although you will definitely be disappointed, I still want to thank you for your kindness." ”

He snapped again and saluted, and said solemnly: "If we can meet again on the battlefield, I will express my respect for you with the most intense artillery fire." ”

Shi Tingge also solemnly replied: "Me too, you can't run anymore then." ”

Anson left, it seemed that he had gained a lot, but Shi Tingge also received a good reward for him, and the route from Nanzhou to North America alone made Yinghua's navigation career an extremely valuable asset.

This was the end of his mission, and he spent more than half a year in Portugal, recuperating and witnessing the Consulate's negotiations with Britain, as well as selling large quantities of goods. And he returned to Yinghua with gold and silver to complete the feat of circumnavigating the world in 1742. …,

During this period, Wang Youdun led the General Embassy and took advantage of this matter to attack Britain again, thus adding more favorable clauses to the previous draft of the "Anglo-Bhutan Indian Peace Treaty", which was also the reason why Li Shi was very relieved after receiving the revised text of the peace treaty in Weiyang Palace.

The addition of the clause stemmed from British fears, and the presence of the Cyris Navy in Baltimore alarmed the London side, and although the incident was mixed with George Anson's personal reasons and the Caribbean Detachment did not do its best to intercept it, the Cyriss Navy at least proved that they were capable of sending a fleet sufficient to invade the colonies to the east coast of North America.

In addition to bitterly deleting the description of the scope of the armistice in the peace agreement and making it clear that the two sides are pursuing peace on a global scale, London also clearly recognized the Indian continent as Seris's sphere of influence, and at the same time demanded that Seris confirm Britain's colonial rights and interests in Africa, the Caribbean and North America.

After Portugal, Spain and France, Britain finally recognized that Britain and China were rivals in the same chess game as the Europa powers and had the power to colonize the world.

One detail that attests to this shift is that Britain no longer has the right to ban Anglo-Chinese goods from entering Britain at will, unless it is again at war, and can only control it by soft means of high tariffs. Before Britain united with the Netherlands, oppressed Portugal, and even pulled Spain and France and other countries, and has been blocking the direct voyage of Anglo-Chinese merchant ships to Europa, it will also be regarded as a serious provocation, and Britain and China have the right to respond by reciprocal means in North America and Africa, but Britain cannot elevate this matter to the nature of a conflict between the East and the West, and then entangle other Europa countries to act together.

For Anglo-Chinese, the door to Europa was only fully opened after 1740, which meant that the door to the world was officially opened...... ）