India has always been a jewel in the crown of the British Empire. It is the most important treasure land in the entire British colonial system. It controls India and Britain, which has a market of hundreds of millions of people and has a very large raw material base.

Since the end of the 19th century, India's black tea production has replaced China, cotton, spices, opium, and other agricultural products, which are also indispensable to Britain.

More importantly, controlling India also controls the Indian Ocean, thus ensuring the safety of the golden waterway from Europe to Asia.

If you don’t come to the Indian Ocean, you will never imagine how much heavy troops the British have invested here. When the joint fleet ended the live-fire exercise, it was close to Sri Lanka that six more warships joined the queue. All of these six warships were modeled after the combination of steam paddle-wheel warships, steam power and sail power.

Perhaps the power brought by the Zhiyuan was too strong. The British Prime Minister issued a strict order, requiring the British Navy from Malacca to London to escort with the highest specifications.

Is it really just to ensure safety? In fact, the escort of 33 warships was already a fleet that no country dared to challenge. It is actually no need to add these steamships.

But Xiao Letian understands the thoughts of Benjamin and British politicians. They are trying to scare themselves to death with quantity and put pressure on themselves.

The subtext of the British is very obvious. Don’t think that you are awesome if you have a Zhiyuan. You can’t imagine the heritage of the British Empire. Moreover, through the intelligence network of Fangguan and the Wing King, Xiao Letian learned that the UK is secretly imitating the Zhiyuan, and it is three at a time. It will take nearly two years to launch it.

New warships are still under construction and cannot be scared. In the end, they can only rely on quantity to fill the storefront. The warships in the Southeast and Bangladesh regions have been assembled, and now it is the Indian colony's turn.

Unexpectedly, the Indian colony made a bigger deal, and six steam paddle ships covered with iron armor were pulled out directly. Six black smoke bands were extremely dazzling in the blue sky of the Indian Ocean.

If a guest comes from afar, he has to be received! The chefs of Zhiyuan sighed and said, "Let's go, and then prepare for a banquet. These British guys are so edible. We are exhausted every day..."

Another group of new officers are coming to pay homage to His Majesty and the Head of State. In the end, the unlucky one is the reception staff. They work in three shifts for 24 hours without rest. In addition, the storms and waves in Shanghai have been bumpy, and more than one-third of the chefs are tired and sick.

Cooking is a very strange profession. Although it is just cooking, the boss generally dares not make things difficult for these people. It is not that they are afraid that these people will poison you to death. The boss is afraid of spitting in. This thing cannot be verified.

Of course, the fat man Jin Sanshun was responsible for the entire internal affairs. He sensitively noticed the emotional fluctuations of these logistics personnel, and quickly went into the kitchen to increase the bonus by 30%, which made everyone smile.

Jin Sanshun was roasted by the heat in the stove, but she didn't dare to slacken. "Young and young men! You all have to work hard. Even if you don't make money, we have to be decent for the Chinese people, right? We can't let the foreign devils look down on us, saying that our Chinese people don't even understand etiquette, right?"

"I know everyone is tired and still seasick, but no matter how hard it is, they have to survive... they have to give face to the head of state!"

When the head of state, all the people were angry, "What Chief Jin said is! If we don't look at the big nose of the British, we have to work hard for the head of state..."

"But we have a suggestion from Chief Jin, are you considering it?" A chef asked with a smile, and the quick knife in his hand was still dividing fresh fish.

Jin Sanshun dared not neglect "Tell me... what are the conditions? Is it a matter of money? This is easy to deal with, and you can't lose money..."

The chef who was preparing to jealous fish fillets kept saying "Sir! We have no requirements. Can we ask the head of state to take a photo when we return to China in the future? We will hang it in the ancestral hall at that time, which will bring honor to our ancestors, right?"

As soon as this sentence was said, the whole kitchen was boiling. "Yes, yes, yes, why didn't I expect this? We asked the head of state to take a photo and we kept it in the house!"

Jin Sanshun wiped his sweat and thought to himself that the head of state became a door god? He was still in a house... But he did not dare to offend these national chefs. They had to work hard to hold various banquets in Europe in the future.

"No problem! I'm here to make the decision on this matter! Don't wait to return to China. When I come to Europe, I'll find an opportunity to let the head of state take a photo with you!"

After soothing the tired chefs, Jin Sansun walked back to the deck to prepare for the welcome, but as soon as he arrived at the deck, he found that the atmosphere was very strange. Almost everyone stood on the deck on the north side, and people kept looking at the sea in the north.

The person with a telescope was looking at it, and the hand-built a pergola without a telescope was also looking around. The fat man Jin Sansun had no idea what happened and came to Hitotaro and asked, "Brother! What's wrong? What's going on? What's the matter with a big girl on the sea..."

"Nani? Big girl? Where is there... Bah bah bah bah bah, what are you talking about! Five unknown warships suddenly appeared in the northern waters, and now the British have already forced them up..."

"What? Unknown warship!" Kim Sanshun snatched Hitotaro's telescope without saying a word. The rope was still hanging around Hitotaro's neck, but it ended up pulling Hitotaro's head over.

"It hurts... you fat man... count..."

Jin Sanshun has no kung fu to care whether Bingtaro is hurting. There are only a few sail battleships of unknown origin in his eyes. No, one of them is also a warship with wooden shells covered with steel plates, but not paddle steamers but propeller battleships like Zhiyuan.

"Good! In the Indian Ocean, those who can bring out such warships must be France besides Britain! Damn it, the French are so uncomfortable to come and look for them again!"

There was nothing wrong. The French came from the north and the last maritime armed force in the Indian Ocean. These five main warships were the last to support the facade. The remaining large number of warships had been mobilized by the French emperor to return to the Atlantic Ocean to deal with the threat from Prussians.

In 1869, the British had gained control of the entire Indian continent, and the French were forced to Bengal, Myanmar and other places. To put it bluntly, this was just a defensive fleet cruising in the Bay of Bengal.

Although the French are not as strong as before, the pride of the Gaul rooster cannot be lost. They will never let Xiao Letian pass by under his nose with a swagger. Even if they come to make things uncomfortable, they have to join in the fun.

The last five warships rushed over from the north in a fierce manner. Even though they knew that the British would not go to war with them, they approached the joint fleet without any scruples and advanced in parallel with their power.
Chapter completed!