At nine o'clock in the morning, Prince Edward walked out of the Prime Minister's residence in Downing Street angrily. It seemed that this conversation with Benjamin was not pleasant.
Benjamin was much more stubborn than the prince imagined and did not listen to the advice at all. The prince repeatedly said not to irritate these Chinese people anymore and to maintain the demeanor of a great country.
But Benjamin insisted that Xiao Letian was a careerist and tried his best to refute the prince's words.
In Benjamin's perception, Xiao Letian is the biggest threat to the empire's rule in Asia. Everything on the surface is a lie. Xiao Letian will eventually challenge the empire's maritime rights and interests.
In China, this strategy has a very tragic name called "Sleeping on fuel and tasting courage." Insidious Chinese people can even taste the enemy's feces for revenge.
For the sake of war, they can sleep in stables and eat gall. What a terrible vengeful spirit is this?
Take a look at China’s thousands-year history of civilization. There were indeed many times when the Han people were almost wiped out by other ethnic groups, and even the Han people’s country was destroyed.
But what about in the end? Didn't they rise up little by little by relying on the spirit of hard work and courage? What about the fate of other ethnic groups who bullied the Han people?
Many of them were exterminated, and their lands were eventually incorporated into China's territory.
Some people say that Xiao Letian is the master of Western learning in Asia, but I don’t think so! Xiao Letian still believed in their Eastern insidious ways deep down, and Western learning was just a tool in his hands.
Take a look at the system he established in Ryukyu. What are the six nobility and eighteen ranks, the Temple of War, and the Chinese concept that is linked by Chinese language and Chinese culture? These are actually just a variant of their own cultural system.
Industrial power is just a tool in Xiao Letian's hands. He is still a fanatical nationalist at heart!
Cooperating with him is definitely trying to gain skin from a tiger. In the end, the empire will definitely suffer a loss, and it will suffer a big loss!
It was difficult for Edward to understand the prime minister's paranoia. He simply used imaginary things as evidence and completely ignored any goodwill expressed by Xiao Letian.
Seeing the Prime Minister so excited, the Crown Prince felt more and more disappointed and deeply disappointed. It seemed that his mother's choice was correct. The Tories had been in power for too long and were about to reach the stage of knocking things off.
The last words of the prince were very important. This diplomatic event is related to the honor of the British Empire and the Queen. There cannot be any mistakes. The conflict that occurred yesterday cannot be allowed.
Benjamin's chest kept rising and falling with anger, and he felt a sense of uneasiness as he watched the prince who also left angrily.
"How could this be? You are the crown prince of the empire, how come you don't even have a sense of crisis? The sight of the prosperous times has blinded your eyes, and the empire will suffer sooner or later!"
Benjamin's words are on point. A person's character is definitely affected by the environment. When Edward was born, Britain was already at the top of the world. What he saw, heard and learned since he was a child It's all the stuff of the prosperous dynasty.
The invincibility of Britain has become a belief in his heart, and the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets has become as common as breathing. In fact, it is not only Edward, but also many young people in the British aristocracy at this moment.
The country built by their ancestors was so rich that they had never experienced hardship at all, and they had never experienced what failure was. To put it bluntly, they were spoiled by the prosperous times.
This type of people have a common characteristic, and that is pride, pride from the bottom of their bones. They simply do not believe that Britain will fail in any way!
A negotiation eventually broke down.
To paraphrase a sentence from Dream of the Red Chamber, the British Empire at this moment is indeed a period of wealth and luxury, with flowers blooming and fire cooking oil. There are still many nobles like Prince Edward, such as the Duke of Newcastle who is with Xiao Letian at the moment.
The East Palace, the Duke of Marlborough's residence, was temporarily requisitioned by the royal family as the residence of the Chinese mission. More than a hundred marines and more than two hundred Chinese and British attendants lived in this huge villa. In it, the majesty of the Chinese head of state is guarded.
When the Duke of Newcastle arrived at the familiar East Palace in the early morning, he found that the palace that used to be a wealthy and luxurious place was shrouded in an air of desolation and murder.
Two statue-like Chinese soldiers were standing guard at the door. If it weren't for the salute after the carriage passed by, you would have thought they were dummies.
There are five posts and one sentry at ten steps. There are more than thirty guards lined up along the street of the East Palace, attracting countless citizens to watch.
Hundreds of London police officers were walking around the mansion, keeping curious citizens at a distance. The entire East Palace had now become a country within a country.
As soon as the Duke of Newcastle jumped off the carriage, an attendant came up and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, the head of state hasn't gotten up yet. There are only a few generals washing up now. Who do you want to see, Your Excellency the Duke?"
"I'm not here... where is the kitchen? I want to see the Chinese head chef. I'm here just to eat!"
"Ah?" The British butlers and attendants were all dumbfounded. Who would have thought that the noble Duke came not to meet the head of state and the general, but to meet the chef.
But before anyone could stop him, the Duke had already pushed aside one of them and walked straight to the back door.
Xiao Letian's large kitchen is now Liu Dadao's territory. Due to his rescue efforts and excellent cooking skills, Liu Dadao, the imperial chef of the Forbidden City, became the head chef of the mission.
Now he is patrolling his territory like a general.
"I've taken care of it all. The safety of all the ingredients sent by the British must be ensured first. Before you set off, the Yuan Dynasty sent your family tens of thousands of silver dollars in life money. Now that you have taken the money, you have to help your boss to eliminate the disaster! "
"The ingredients must be tested by us ourselves! This is the rule, whoever cooks the food will have his head to guarantee it!"
"Did you see the soldier at the door of the kitchen? That's where the person is being searched. Everyone who comes in and out of this big kitchen must be searched, and all ingredients must be strictly checked..."
"Where is the purchase order? Give it to the British butlers. Tonight is an important moment when the head of state returns to the table. No one can interfere with me, not even foreign devils!"
The Duke of Newcastle arrived at the door of the large kitchen surrounded by a group of people. Just as he was about to go in, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the main entrance.
"Sorry, the kitchen is a forbidden area. It involves the lives of important people. No one can enter!"
"What are you talking about? Open your eyes and look. This is the Duke of Newx, the person in charge of this visit ceremony..."
"I'm sorry, we only recognize military orders, not any identity! No one can enter the forbidden area of the kitchen without the permission of the commander and without a search..."
The Duke's men still wanted to scold them, but the Duke raised his hand to stop them. "They did the right thing. This dinner is for the Queen. Any caution is correct. Don't make trouble..."
"Okay gentlemen, if I can't go in, can you ask the chef to come out and take a look? I have to see tonight's menu with my own eyes..."
