The Travelers of the Heavens

In the fifty-third year of Huanglong in the Zhou Empire (AD 1793), the imperial capital Luoyi was immersed in a festive atmosphere, because this year was the eightieth birthday of Emperor Zhou Ji Yu.

In order to celebrate the birthday of Emperor Zhou, the Moon God ordered the whole country to be tax-free for two years. However, tax exemptions have been commonplace in the past two thousand years, so the people did not feel there was anything special.

But thousands of sea miles away, on the Rooster Land, a group of Westerners were leaving the capital cursing, preparing to return to the boat on the seaside, and then return to the country by boat.

This group of Westerners was the envoy of Great Britain. Led by Earl Macartney, they came to discuss with the Qing Empire the major matter of opening ports for trade.

However, the Qing Empire first had a dispute with the British mission due to etiquette reasons. Emperor Qianlong required Macartney to kneel three times and kowtow nine times, but Macartney insisted on only bowing. In the end, both sides took a step back, Macartney knelt down on one knee, and the farce ended happily.

Later, when the two sides negotiated the opening of ports for interoperability and commerce, they argued endlessly. In the end, the Qing Empire resolutely refused to open the ports, and Macartney led his people to leave the capital.

A few months later, the British fleet unexpectedly arrived at the waters near Donglai of the Great Zhou Empire. They had penetrated deep into the territorial waters of the Great Zhou Empire.

"Stop the boat! take inspection!"

"Stop the boat! Otherwise, let go!"

The Eastern Navy patrol fleet discovered the British fleet. The sailors on board shouted and at the same time sent out flags on the masts to ask the other side to stop the ship.

However, because the semaphore of the Great Zhou Empire Navy was not universally accepted, the British fleet saw it but did not respond.

"Shoot the arrow!"General Zhonglang gave the order.

The dense arrows flew towards the British fleet on the opposite side.

"Oh my god, this is awesome!"

"God, this is actually an arrow. This ancient and smelly thing is still in use."

The feather arrow landed on the British sailing battleship"Lion", these yellow-haired and blue-eyed sailors said disdainfully.

At this time, there were already feather arrows Hit some British sailors who had no time to dodge.

"The 64-gun fourth-class sailing battleship"Lion" is the flagship of the Macartney mission. It will soon be kicked out of the"battleship" class and downgraded to a large double-decker gun deck cruiser.

"What happened?"Macartney received the report and came out of the cabin

"Count, we are under attack," said a second lieutenant holding up a feather arrow.

"what is that? Those ships are coming!"Suddenly, someone shouted.

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the sailor.

"My God, this is the first time I have seen such a big ship." Even the well-informed Macartney was also surprised when he saw the 108-meter-long tower ship of the Eastern Navy. We know that even the 120-gun first-class sailing battleship of Great Britain has a hull length of only 58 to 61 meters, and if you include the bow beam, it is only 80 to 90 meters long. The hull of Macartney's flagship"Lion" It was only more than forty meters long. How could Macartney not be shocked by the huge castle-like building in front of him.

Immediately, the captain ordered to prepare to fire, but Macartney stopped him. Perhaps he could inquire through the soldiers on the building. get some useful information

"The people on the ship listened! We are the patrol fleet of the Eastern Navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Please stop the ship immediately for inspection." The shout came over

"Count, let's fire, they are just a bunch of barbarians who have not been baptized by civilization!"The captain of the Lion saw that the building ship was getting closer, and he asked to fire

"No, you prepare the soldiers to join the battle and act according to my orders," Macartney said.

""Yes, Earl," the captain responded.

The sailors or marines of Great Britain took out their flintlock guns and loaded their bullets. Most of them were lying in wait on the ship, preparing to make a surprise attack on the soldiers of the Eastern Navy as soon as the order came.

"Who are you!"After relying on help, the lieutenant on the building will shout and ask.

But there is no response. The reason is the language barrier. Great Britain does not know the existence of the Zhou Empire, so the"Oriental Fever" after the Industrial Revolution actually refers to this time The Qing Empire.

As for the so-called great geographical discoveries that everyone is talking about, Vasco da Gama, Magellan, and Columbus were all trapped in the vast sea by Wang Yu's tricks. They had no chance to discover the Great Zhou Empire. Okay.

Let me mention it again: Zheng He’s fleet in the early Ming Dynasty on Rooster Land was also harmed by Wang Yu during its first voyage to the West. The entire fleet of more than 20,000 people and hundreds of ships was destroyed. The fans drifted to the end of the world with the sea breeze.

Back to the topic. Due to the language barrier, the two sides would naturally clash with each other.

It seemed that the two parties were about to fight.

But suddenly, many people wearing clothes appeared on the fleet of the Great Zhou Empire. Soldiers in dark blue military uniforms, wearing iron-topped black hats, holding muskets.

So many black muzzles pointed at the British sailors, the Westerners who were holding flintlocks and preparing to attack immediately lost their temper.

Magar At this time, Ni had a feeling that he had been fooled. Who said that the other side was barbaric and backward? I think those rifles are better than our British flintlocks. Who are these musketeers who suddenly emerged from the ships of the Great Zhou Empire? Where did it come from?

We have to start talking about it a hundred years ago. In the twelfth year of Qingfeng in the Zhou Empire (AD 1692), the industrial city plan was launched in full swing across the land of Kyushu and all nations. The person responsible for this plan was General Chu Bufan, who was the prime minister of Zhongzhou Kingdom and a military doctor of the Great Zhou Empire at the time, was a five-star general.

Chu Bufan, the"military doctor" actually meant military consultant.

In the industrial city plan, Wang Yu was responsible for providing Capital, raw materials and necessary machinery and equipment, Chu Bufan is responsible for designing various firearms, equipment and military uniforms. At the same time, Chu Bufan also formulates relevant training procedures.

After a hundred years of operation, the first phase of the industrial city plan has finally been completed. A bolt-action repeating rifle, a machine gun with a rate of fire of 300 rounds per minute, and a breech-loaded retractable artillery are the fruits of the first phase of the Industrial City plan.

At this point in time at the end of the 18th century, one hundred people armed with these three things Soldiers recruited from the land of Kyushu and Ten Thousand Nations cannot be said to be able to sweep the world, but it is not a problem to fight back and forth with the Red Shirt Army of Great Britain or the Old Guards of Gaul. Why recruit from the land of Kyushu and Ten Thousand Nations? Soldiers instead of the local soldiers of the Great Zhou Empire? Because the soldiers of Kyushu are prepared to cause friction and fights with the great powers and to fight overseas. Their firepower must exceed the strongest one among the great powers. This characteristic will be more than a hundred years later. The performance is even more vivid.

The land of Jiuzhou and Ten Thousand Kingdoms is legally a vassal state of the Great Zhou Empire. Although Wang Yu is the emperor of the Nine Provinces, he is also a minister of the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire. He is essentially a vassal prince.

The soldiers of Great Britain were The Kyushu Army was captured, and their boats and ships were escorted back to Donglai Port.

After arriving at the port, Zhonglang will send a soldier back to Luoyi through the already opened space tunnel to report the news.

Luoyi, in Wangyou Palace.

Chu Bufan is talking to Wang Yu Discuss some future plans

"Your Highness, our navy captured a group of weirdos in Donglai. They seem to be legendary Westerners." The soldier walked out of the space tunnel and met Wang Yu. He reported what happened in Donglai.

"Well, lock them up first, and then I will send people to deal with them," Wang Yu said

""Yes, Your Highness." After the soldier finished speaking, he ran into the space tunnel and returned to Donglai.

"Please go and see where these people come from. If they have bad intentions, then execute them on the spot." Wang Yu said to Chu Bufan

"Yes, Emperor.."Um, no, no, no, it's His Highness." After Chu Bufan finished speaking, he also ducked into the space tunnel.

Chu Bufan left."This guy, haha." Wang Yu smiled helplessly.

Donglai, a barracks, soldiers of the Kyushu Army were armed with live ammunition. Take care of these prisoners of Great Britain.

After Chu Bufan arrived, he met with their leader

"What! Are you Earl Macartney?!"Through foreign language communication, Chu Bufan realized that the person in front of him turned out to be the famous Macartney.

"Yes, Mr. General." Looking at the five silver stars on Chu Bufan's shoulders, Macartney guessed that this was a high official, so he tentatively responded.