C2399 approaching danger (1/2)
The intelligence analysis after the assassination attempt was precisely because of Zai Chun's act, which put him in an extremely dangerous situation. It was proven that although it was very safe to arrange the cavalry in two rows, it was definitely not a suitable security measure.
Just like in the streets of Sarajevo, even though Archduke Ferdinand had already encountered a bomb attack, he was still arrogant enough to insist on driving around in the car. The final result was naturally death by the gun of Prue.
Of course, there was no medicine for regret in this world. In fact, every sudden event had a series of small matters that seemed to be unrelated to each other, but strangely, some sort of connection had occurred.
If Tongzhi did not open up the black canvas carts, it would be hard for the assassin to locate him.
If Tongzhi did not let the imperial guards and cavalry soldiers split up to help the police maintain order, then in the instant of the assassination, a small cavalry formation formed by two twenty-five people could at least rush to his side and use their war horses and soldiers' bodies to block the assassin's movements.
If Zai Chun did not have such strong desire for expression, and chose to close the window to speed up the carriage, then this assassination might not have happened at all.
However, if there weren't so many 'ifs', then the invisible hand would naturally be able to make so many 'impossibility' possible.
Zai Chun smiled as he enjoyed the applause of the citizens of England. To be able to obtain so many fans in such a foreign country made the young Emperor extremely proud. The Emperor of Great Qing cheered!
It was such a wonderful feeling! However, not a single citizen was able to kowtow to him. If only they could kowtow to him, then that would be great. Everyone's face was trembling as they kneeled in the dirty mud.
If only they had a submissive braid at the back of their head, that would be a real pleasure.
Zai Chun, who was pretending to be smart, told Gordon, who was beside him, ”People are water, society is a boat … Have you never heard of the principle that water can carry boats or capsize boats in China? ”
”Be kind to the people, understand? Don't use your stick to hit people if you don't have something to do, you need to know how to manage the people! ”
”Look at how good this is. Have the cavalry draw out two lines and tell the common people that these two lines are prohibited from entering. Look …” Didn't they just stop charging forward? ”
”If the citizens were to be injured because of me and lose my face, would you be able to take responsibility?”
Zai Chun had really trained himself to such an extent that he spoke with a straight face and a steady heart. He had clearly imagined these lowly commoners to be the servants of the Great Qing, but he still wanted to show that he was the sovereign.
Gordon had also interacted with officials of the Qing Empire before, and knew that he had to curry favor with them now. ”Long live the holy light, a merciful heart is truly rare, I believe that in a hundred years, when Londoner recalls the days of His Majesty's visit, he will still feel your kindness!”
”Hahaha …” Not fighting for a hundred years, we only fight for a day and a night! That's easy to do, get rid of the capital's Steel plant, and let the Great Qing's railway use the tracks they make, this is your big contribution! ”
”If there is merit, there is reward. In the future, I will definitely reward you with a duke's reward!”
”Thank you!” Once Gordon heard that he could reward the Duke with his Steel plant, the small flame in his heart started to spew out.