Just when Audrey was crossing the sea to England, in a beautiful farm villa outside London, a tall and thin old man with a goatee and a decent vest shirt was quietly looking at the man from France. Southern Intelligence.
Benjamin, the former British Prime Minister, was impeached and removed from office by Gladstone. However, this old man who was supposed to spend his old age writing books and biographies in the countryside was strangely able to access a lot of top-secret information about the British spy network in France.
Not only that, the butler beside him also respectfully consulted him on his next plan.
"Sir, does a woman need to work so hard? Isn't our purpose to attack the Chinese? Since a Chinese naval general has done such a thing, shouldn't we just expose it?"
Benjamin put down the telegram, took off his glasses and shook his head, "No, no, no... I must consider maximizing interests, and every card must be carefully calculated!"
"Exposure is of no use. In this world, let alone an ordinary rape case, even if it involves massacre of millions of people, what will happen in the end? The strong have immunity!"
"Publicize those crimes that all men commit? Of course the people will accuse Xiang Ying of being shameless, but what happens after that? Does France dare to try it? Even if it is tried, who will dare to execute it?"
"In the end it was settled, and the Chinese can openly deny everything. What do you do if they refuse to admit it? There is no way..."
"So, we must try to maximize the benefits in this matter, and we must take a long-term approach to catch the big fish... Train Audrey well, and she will become the best spy in our British Empire!"
In this era, no one dares to underestimate the influence of the United Kingdom. The supreme glory displayed by the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets has surpassed all great empires in recorded human history.
Whether it was ancient Rome or the Han and Tang dynasties, their overall national strength was far inferior to that of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets.
France has always been Britain's second most concerned competitor, so the number of spies they have invested in France is also very large. The scale of the French spy network Bismarck has built is probably not even a fraction of that of Britain.
Not only France, but Spain is also the focus of Britain's attention. Queen Isabella has always had high-level spies around her, so Xiang Ying's visit to the queen cannot escape British eyes.
When did he arrive in Biarritz, when did he escape, when did he surround the small village, and when did he insult Audrey... These scenes were all teleported back to London under the prying eyes of British spies.
But she never expected that the Queen would actually use her influence to make a copy of this information and give it to Benjamin who was at home.
What is the reason for this? In the final analysis, it was still a damn war, because the entire British Parliament, including the Prime Minister, and all the nobles and capitalists, made serious misjudgments about the Franco-Prussian War.
Yes, that was a very serious misjudgment. It was thought to be a war in which both sides suffered losses and required British mediation and blood transfusion, but instead it became a stage for Prussia and the Chinese to perform.
France is so stubborn that it breaks like a fragile egg at a touch!
The failed France achieved a unified Germany. This outcome made all British politicians extremely ashamed. Many people even shouted, 'We have been strategically deceived by Bismarck!' 'Such serious words.
The Queen was very disappointed. Faced with such a wrong strategic judgment made by the government, she finally realized that Gladstone might really be slightly inferior to Benjamin in diplomacy and colonial affairs.
But knowing the truth, there is nothing she can do. The Queen cannot force a democratically elected Prime Minister to step down. Although she has the power to impeach, it is really not worth it to impeach a Prime Minister just for this matter.
Then he could only do the next best thing, and while maintaining the Gladstone government from falling, secretly include Benjamin in the staff system and let Benjamin give him advice.
That is, eight hours after the surrender of the Trochu Provisional Government, Benjamin on the outskirts of London received intelligence review rights from the Queen, and he could even mobilize some of the secret forces of the Royal Intelligence Service.
This was a secret authorization from the Queen that not even Gladstone knew about.
In this suburban villa, Benjamin planned the kidnapping of Audrey, began to re-plan the French spy network, and began to continuously deliver his analysis reports to the Queen.
"What on earth did Xiang Ying and Isabella II talk about? Can't you find out at all? Is the spy network we spent so much money supporting so useless?" Benjamin asked.
The former Prime Minister's butler actually served as the liaison officer of the Royal Intelligence Service. This secret was something Benjamin only just learned about now, and it was precisely because of this that he was more in awe of the Queen.
The dual-job butler shook his head regretfully, "I'm extremely sorry, the timing of this matter is too tight... Of course we bribed several senior officials around the Queen of Spain, and these people are certainly qualified to have access to that negotiation..."
"But you also know that the queen's restoration operation is at a critical juncture. She also assassinated General Prim before... The high-ranking Spanish officials we bribed have all been sent back to the country to perform tasks by the queen!"
"What's left are all small characters who can't get close to the core of the negotiation... We only know that the negotiation finally collapsed... and..." The housekeeper couldn't help but laugh.
"Haha... And in the end, the Queen actually chased her out almost naked, while Xiang Ying escaped... You can guess what happened at that time..."
Benjamin didn't smile. He was not interested in tidbits. "Isabella is just a lunatic. It's normal for her to act evil when she sees Xiang Ying's appearance. I have no interest in this!"
"I don't care how promiscuous they are, I just want to know what was said in the final negotiation. This is very important..."
"Yes! I will ask the Intelligence Bureau to increase manpower and material resources and try its best to investigate! Also... what standards will Audrey be trained according to?"
"What level of spy do you want her to be?"
Benjamin knocked the ashes in his pipe. "The highest standard! What I want is the kind of standard that even if she is exposed, people all over the world will not believe that she is a spy..."
"Ah! Is this... really worth it? It will cost too many resources..."
"Are you questioning my judgment? Do you want me to apply directly to the Queen?"
"Don't dare! Don't dare! I'll do it right now...I'll go right away!" The housekeeper was so frightened that his forehead was covered with sweat.
Benjamin stuffed tobacco into his pipe and whispered, "Gladstone, maybe I'm really not as good as you when it comes to dealing with internal affairs!"
"But when it comes to diplomatic secret warfare, you can't do it... you really can't do it!"
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