In the late Qing Dynasty, the court had a headache when they heard about the three words "diplomacy". On the one hand, the foreigners were too arrogant, and on the other hand, the court lacked such talents. They were basically illiterate in various Western laws and regulations.

What's even more terrible is that until the Qing Dynasty finally perished, it actually did not let go of the empty face of the Celestial Kingdom. Many diplomats negotiated with European powers, but did not rely on the Public Law of All Nations, but took it for granted in the Forbidden City.

When Empress Dowager Cixi was in power, diplomats had to listen to the empress do whatever they wanted. Sometimes, even though they knew that the empress dowager said something was not reasonable, it would make Westerners laugh at or misunderstand it, but who dared not obey the imperial edict? Do you still have a head and an official position?

Therefore, during the decades of the late Qing Dynasty, whoever had diplomacy was unlucky, and he was angry every day, and the foreign empress dowager did not give him a good face.

Although Shen Baozhen worked very hard to run a shipyard and school, once he encountered such a negotiation job, the first thing he thought of was to shirk Beijing.

"Send the newspaper, send it quickly! Remember, you must write about the incident of me being so angry that I am immersed in it! The training ship is docked and carry me off the boat."

The training ship went upstream along the Min River and soon docked at a freight dock along the river. When Shen Baozhen was lifted off the boat by a bamboo chair, he grabbed Ri Yige and the other hand and grabbed Yan Fu and whispered, "During this time, all other classes have been stopped. All sailboats in the shipyard and school can use all the students to go to the sea to train, and find out the situation well! I can't worry about the emperor."

Lord Shen was worried about the emperor, but the little emperor Zaichun might not know his Shen Baozhen's filial piety. Zaichun was completely crazy at this moment.

The Zhiyuan is now invincible with those entangled enemy ships. Both sides are as afraid as Mazard fights wolves. Vinia ordered the fleet to keep a distance, and the Zhiyuan is not willing to waste precious shells. Both sides drag and waste, as if waiting for something.

What are you waiting for? Xiang Ying knew very well that everyone was waiting for the arrival of the night. Only when the night came will the two sides have an excuse to withdraw their troops, otherwise they would have to continue in such a stalemate.

It was much safer during the war. Zai Chun's ban contact, and under the protection of several sailors, the little emperor began to carefully visit this magical warship.

Xiao Letian and Xiang Ying analyzed the charts in the command cabin and deduced the next combat plan. Until four o'clock in the afternoon, Xiang Ying issued a new order.

"Send the boiler room to stop burning white coal and take out the coal we specially prepared and burn it!"

"What? What did you prepare specifically?" Xiao Letian asked in confusion.

Xiang Ying poured a cup of coffee for the Prime Minister, "Prime Minister, just watch it, you will understand in a while."

The boiler room received the order and immediately began to replace coal. In just over twenty minutes, Xiao Letian watched the chimney of Zhiyuan start to whirl out of black smoke. The smoke rolled out a pitch-black smoke belt in the sky. The sailors on the deck shook their heads, and ashes were flying everywhere in the air.

"Haha, I asked Kailuan to prepare some high-sulfur mixed coals, which was to use it to paralyze the enemy's orders, reduce the pressure of the boiler, and reduce the ship's speed."

"Prime Minister! Since we want to fool the enemy, we have to take the initiative to show weakness. What can deceive the enemy more than a failure of the Zhiyuan boiler?"

At 4:30 p.m. that day, General Vinian on the Diamond discovered the abnormality of the Zhiyuan. The obviously light smoke suddenly rolled in thick smoke, and the Zhiyuan speed also decreased a lot, which made him extremely excited.

"Hahaha! God bless the Tsar, God bless Russia! If that damn warship fails, it must be a boiler failure. I'll just say, there is no perfect technology in this world, and things that are too advanced cannot be verified."

"Prussia is not Britain and France, and their industrial strength is just as strong as our Tsarist Russia. We can't build such a warship. How can they build it? Even if it is made, there are many hidden dangers! As expected, God bless us, Ula!"

The soldiers on the Diamond were motivated by the captain, and there were excited roars everywhere and the voice of Ula.

"Captain, take advantage of the failure of the enemy's warship, let's rush up and kill them! What a good opportunity." An adjutant made a foolish suggestion.

"Fart! The enemy is a boiler failure and not a main gun failure. Why do we rush up? Then we were bombed? I didn't see that the warship was just slowing down and not losing power. Do we go up and ask for trouble?"

"You remember, this naval battle gave us a big warning. Our first priority in Asia is to save the Far East, not to be brave and fierce! Don't underestimate these Oriental people, you should be careful."

"I remember everything. From now on, I try not to attack the ships in Ryukyu on the sea. In addition, we should not get too close to the main island of Ryukyu. I heard that the turrets there are very powerful, so we won't touch that nail!"

"Keep distance and wait until it's completely dark, we head north to meet with the large army. I will never want to see this warship again in my life."

Xiao Letian looked at the Russian fleet that had been farther away. He and Xiang Ying looked at each other and smiled at each other, knowing that these fierce polar bears were finally scared, and all plans were in perfection.

At this moment, Zai Chun's shout suddenly sounded outside the command cabin, "Master! Look at the East! There is a big island!"

Everyone looked in the direction of Zai Chun's fingers, and there was indeed a trace of land at the end of the southeast. Looking back at the chart and then looking at the location of the Zhiyuan, people can be sure that it was Taiwan.

"That's Taiwan Island! This is an island that the Qing Dynasty has not been developed until now. Unfortunately, we don't have time this time. Next time we have the chance, I will definitely take you to the island to see it."

Zai Chun ran back to the command room and lay on the nautical chart to carefully study the topographic map of Taiwan Island. "The islands that were not developed in the Qing Dynasty? Why? Why was it not developed?"

Xiao Letian shrugged, "God knows what people in Beijing think. Since the Qianlong period, Fukang'an was the famous person of Fuhui's mother's family, Fucha. After he quelled the rebellion of Lin Shuangwen in Taiwan, he should have developed this treasure island, but I don't know what you thought, and then closed the island again."

"Until now, the imperial court still has three major bans that have not been opened. The first is to prohibit mainland people from crossing the sea to Taiwan, the second is to prohibit Taiwanese and Han people from entering the foreign world and contact the high mountain tribes and other ethnic groups, and the third is to prohibit private iron tools."

"Think about it yourself. With these three bans, do you still expect this island to be developed?"
Chapter completed!