June 16, 1658, London.

The fire is still burning!

The fire caused by 120 burning rockets ignited the entire London uncontrollable. That night, half of the entire London area burned, more than 20,000 houses were burned, hundreds of churches in the parishes were burned in the fire, and even St. Paul's Cathedral was burned in the flames, and the ancient tomb was also damaged, revealing the corpse of mummies.

The next day, the fire spread throughout the city, and it was still burning until the third day. Although 100,000 houses were burned by the fire, almost all buildings in London, the largest city in Europe were burned by the fire.

The fierce fire not only exceeded the imagination of Londoners, but even the initiator of the fire could not believe all this.

In fact, all this is inevitable. After all, in London in this era, most of the buildings were made of wooden and there were no urban fire protection facilities. Historically, when the fire broke out eight years later, Londoners could only leisurely push carts to carry various properties to escape from the fire.

As for extinguishing the fire...

There is no such ability at all.

And the fire is larger and more urgent...

So much so that in the face of this sudden fire, the Londoners were powerless to stop it, and could only watch the fire engulfed the entire city. Even Cromwell, the "Duke of the Nation" had to escape from his palace under the escort of the guards and escaped outside the city to avoid the fire.

Even, until the morning of June 15, when Cromwell received a report from the mayor of London, the mayor still claimed that the fire was caused by an accident. As for the rumors about witches, he was of course directly ignored.

A witch is a scary thing.

They had never thought that Dahuoming military incendiary bombs were fired.

However, at noon on the 15th, Cromwell finally received a report from the front that the Ming Fleet occupied Chatham Dock and the Hines Fort.

After learning that all the warships were burned, Cromwell almost fainted.

Then, in the midst of the raging fire, Cromwell's model army was dispatched!

On June 17, London was still burning, but the fire in some places had been extinguished, but only a piece of ruins remained. Among the ruins, there were many people who had lost all their belongings in the fire, looking for available belongings there. Occasionally, people could hear the sound of cannons from the distance, which was the sound of cannons coming from the River Thames, which were shelling the Ming warships, bombarding the heart of England. In the past few days, the Ming fleet that broke into the River Thames and into the heart of England not only set fire to the city, but turned the entire city into a barren land.

And they were still attacking England, with heavy artillery roaring on the Thames and smoke filling.

And England... is completely unable to compete!

Tens of thousands of English troops are gathering in London!

At the same time, the official contact between the Ming Dynasty and England also began with the sound of cannons. After Cromwell sent an envoy, Wang Linyue, as the deputy envoy, came to a noble manor outside London in a carriage, which was Cromwell's "palace".

There are not even a few intact buildings in London now, and even the royal palace in the city has been destroyed by fire, so Cromwell can only live outside the city temporarily.

On the road to the palace, English soldiers holding spears and muskets could be seen everywhere. They built fortresses in many places, obviously guarding against the Ming army's attack.

"It seems they are all frightened!"

Frightened!

These Englishmen were really frightened by the attack.

A sudden attack not only caused them to lose all their warships, but even the capital was burned to a barren ground.

What's even more terrible is that these initiators were standing on the warship in a big way, staying in the Thames, and they had no intention of retreating at all.

What do they want to do?

Do you want to fight England

"I don't know if I can take the opportunity to sign the treaty!"

Wang Linyue thought to himself.

The "gunboat policy" is just a "policy". The ultimate goal is to sign a treaty. What kind of treaty should be signed?

Actually, it’s nothing, it’s just a treaty related to trade.

At most, they will ask them to compensate for military expenses and treaties such as cutting ground. After all, ammunition such as shells and incendiary bombs are inconvenient. Moreover, in Europe, these things are "priced goods" that are less than one shot. If they are not allowed to pay some money, how can they be worthy of others?

I shipped from the Ming Dynasty from afar, and the shipping fee was not cheap!

Besides, many sailors were injured and even killed more than a dozen sailors in the battle. These must be compensated, and it is not possible not to compensate...

Just when Wang Linyue made up his mind to make the English pay more, he had arrived at the palace and looked at the palace. People came in and out of here from time to time. In and outside the palace, there were also many English soldiers stationed there, where they built forts and set up several cannons.

Looking at these English scholars, Wang Linyue couldn't help but have an idea in his heart. Now, what is the mentality of the "protective Duke" of the Republic of England?

"You not only shelled Plymouth, but also attacked our fleet and set fire to the entire city of London...you..."

Cromwell, whose eyes were bloodshot, suppressed his anger and questioned.

"Is this the task your emperor gave you? Being enemies of England?"

Griefly staring at Wang Linyue, Cromwell wanted to push this person out and chop his head. These damn Ming people were the most barbaric people he had ever seen. They fought and killed them as soon as they came up, and there was a hint of a mission there.

"This is a punishment for offending Daming Tianwei!"

Wang Linyue said in an extremely calm tone.

"What? Punishment?"

Cromway said in shock.

"We went to Europe on the order of the emperor and chose England as our first stop. This shows how we value your country, and how did you treat us? We were extremely humiliating..."

When listening to Wang Linyue telling the story of "England's crime", Cromwell couldn't believe his ears.

"Is this what you call an insult?"

Is it because they are not allowed to sell goods? It is because they want to buy their goods? This is an insult. These damn Ming gangsters are simply a group of barbarians.

"Yes, the power of the Celestial Dynasty cannot be offended!"

After giving the answer in fluent English, Wang Linyue emphasized again.

"Those who violate the power of the Celestial Empire in their Ming Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away. The punishments suffered by England today are all because of your arrogance. You must pay the price for your arrogance..."

"You damn guys!"

Cromwell immediately became furious.

"Is it England's arrogance, or what you call the arrogance of the Celestial Empire? If the arrogance of England is in exchange for such rewards, then what about you? What is your arrogance for? "

Faced with Cromwell's anger, Wang Linyue said in an extremely calm tone.

"The Heavenly Kingdom is the Heavenly Kingdom, England is England."

Although he did not continue to speak, everyone knew what he meant: the Celestial Empire was the Celestial Empire, and England was England. The status of the two countries was completely different.

Some of England must bear it. As for the so-called arrogance, perhaps England is arrogant, but for the Celestial Empire, that is the duty of the Celestial Empire. Otherwise, how can it be called the Celestial Empire? The status of a country has always been based on strength. The Celestial Empire can indeed look at England with a high attitude. As for whether England can accept it, it doesn't matter to the Celestial Empire.

If they don't want to accept it, then fight a war.

Well, it seems that the war is continuing now.

"Then I must tell you, dear Mr. Envoy."

Squeezing the anger in his heart, the Te-sin in front of the Cromwell-Ear Deacon said in a cold tone.

"England has the dignity of England, and the English will maintain our dignity in our own way."
Chapter completed!