Gordon's head shook like a rattle, "No, No, No... Dear Steward, you overestimate my ability. I am just a knight who promised the empire. I have no way to influence the empire. Politics!"
"The prime minister manages the cabinet, and all the work of the empire cannot be bypassed by Gladstone! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Finance... these places are simply not something I can transfer!"
“To paraphrase a Chinese saying, I don’t have that much face, I can’t do it!”
"If you want to rely on the power of the British Empire to fight against Prince Gong, to be honest, this is a bit of a cannon to smack mosquitoes, making a mountain out of a molehill... It is very simple for the British Empire to fight against a prince from the Qing Dynasty!"
"But! How can we get the parliament to authorize it? Have you thought about this? The parliament is composed of multiple parties, and the system of checks and balances is not a decoration!"
"To be honest, don't talk about the Prime Minister right now. Even if the great Queen speaks, there will still be people in the Parliament who will vote against it!"
"British politics is different from that of the Qing Dynasty. Ours is not a centralized monarchy, but a constitutional monarchy!"
Er Mao smiled and waved his hand to tell Gordon not to get excited, "Sir, don't say that, you still didn't understand what I meant!"
"Instead of asking the British government to come forward, I want you, Sir, to come forward!"
"Ah?" Gordon suddenly looked confused. "Oh God! I'm getting more and more confused. What on earth do you want me to do? Could it be that... Banzai wants me to lead the troops?"
Hiss... Gordon took a breath of air, "Could it be that Long Live Master wants to launch a mutiny and kill Prince Gong!"
Hey, hey, hey... Ermao was so frightened that he quickly covered Gordon's mouth, "Sir! You can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense! Long live the most important thing right now is to govern and take back your rights peacefully, and it is definitely not to engage in military affairs!"
"Right now, the military forces of the DPRK and China are at the stage of fighting each other. It's not one-sided. We don't have a complete chance of winning... What if a war breaks out and it turns into a puddle of mud?"
"Has the Qing Dynasty fought too few wars in recent years? The commander-in-chief of the Left Army in the Northwest is still fighting tooth and nail. We can no longer use weapons in the capital. Once war breaks out and all life is devastated, how can we carry out industrialization and trim the railways?"
"Yes! This is what I'm worried about, so I hope your majesty will calm down!"
Er Mao smiled strangely, "I came out to greet the Lord. Actually, I just wanted to talk to the Lord in advance so that the Lord would not be confused when he goes in to see Long Live!"
"Actually, what Your Majesty needs from Sir is very simple, and that is to mobilize your connections... Don't try to hide it from me. If you come to serve as an official in the Qing Dynasty, there is no way that the British Empire will deny you permission!"
"If you don't have any secret mission, how come Major Delany comes to greet you at the city gate? Don't be surprised, I understand this kind of thing!"
"After all, you have to protect the interests of the United Kingdom. With so many investments and railway construction projects, there must be someone watching over the implementation! No one's money comes from the strong wind!"
"Give Long Live Lord military aid for nothing? We don't believe there is such a good thing in the sky!"
"Let's open the sky and speak frankly. Long live the Lord and the British investors are actually in the same boat. Although our goals are different, we still achieve the same goal by different paths!"
"Long Live hopes that the country will be prosperous and the people strong, and that the court will make money, and British investors also hope to earn profits through Qing's projects... We are a community of interests!"
"Now, someone is knocking on our door with great arrogance. Not only is he robbing us of our money, but he is also trying to cut off our joint investment plan!"
"Can you bear it? Can the big businessmen behind you bear it?"
"Remember, when you enter the palace, you will reply along these lines. Long live the Lord has a task for you!"
These words hit home hard, and Gordon's face suddenly turned unkind. Before he came to the Qing Dynasty, many important figures in the country had invited him to dinner.
Everyone has only one request, let him protect the interests of investors with all his strength. China's railway construction and industrialization process in the future will be a super-large contract worth tens of billions of silver taels!
And every contract investment can continue to make money continuously for hundreds of years!
Whoever blocks everyone's path to wealth is the public enemy of investors across Europe. Gordon must protect the interests of British investors!
Europe's worries have indeed become a reality, and the conservative forces represented by Prince Gong have actually pounced! Gordon's teeth clenched loudly.
"Oh God! These robbers have no regard for business ethics. How can they be so shameless!"
"Six hundred thousand taels of silver, that's the hard-earned money of countless investors in the UK. He can't take it away in vain. Don't worry, manager! For our common interests, I know what to do!"
Er Mao received the promise and nodded with a smile, "I'm relieved then. Then I won't waste the Lord's time. I still have some important things to deal with at home. Please come into the palace!"
"Huh? Isn't the steward here to greet me?"
"Haha... Of course, yes, of course I am here to greet you, but after picking you up, I have to go home... There is also a very important surgery at home!"
"Surgery?" Gordon didn't expect to hear the name of surgery in the backward Qing Dynasty.
"What? Sir, you don't believe it? Then you can come to my house tonight and have a look... It's really an operation, and it's the most difficult craniotomy!"
Er Mao left, leaving a surprised Gordon back to Suzhou Hutong!
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw that the atmosphere was not right. All the servants, servants, maids... all ran to the door, looking at the east living room with nervous faces.
Many little girls were so frightened that their faces turned pale!
"Why did you all run to the gate?" Er Mao asked.
"Master Manager... we are afraid..." The servants knelt down and said, "He is the evil doctor in the capital. He was a psychopath who was famous for stealing the corpses of dead people back then!"
"He wants to decapitate General Manager Manshun...how terrifying! Will this house turn into a haunted house?"
"Nonsense! This is a Western surgery, there is nothing scary or not! Haven't I told you countless times? Don't worry!"
But no matter what Er Mao said, these servants did not dare to enter the second door. They seemed to be ready to escape at any time. Manshun who was undergoing surgery in the room might turn into a zombie and attack humans in the next second!
In the late Qing Dynasty, people's superstition was really deep-rooted!
Er Mao shook his head, "You guys! Hey..."
At this moment, inside the second door, the east wing, which is the east living room, has long been decorated into an operating room!
There is definitely no such thing as a sterile operating room these days, but in order to reduce risks as much as possible, it was specially renovated and all the flashy displays were removed.
The house was painted with lime several times, and then boiled vinegar was used several times. Finally, before the operation, the house was sprayed with high-strength liquor.
During the operation, the doors and windows were closed tightly. Doctor Huang and his apprentices changed into brand-new sterile clothes, and then they began to perform craniotomy on Manshun!
