C408 Siberian Railway (1/2)
In his career as a politician, he had met countless of enemies. Some people's words were even more intense than Xiao Letian's, but that was after all a battle between gentlemen in England, and he had never met with the provocation of a backward nation.
This was like a group of high-ranking officials in the imperial court. If you were a general, then I am also a prince. Although everyone's status was high and low, they were all dancing on the same stage.
In this kind of quarrel, the Minister had ridiculed the Prince, and the General had refuted the Minister. In this kind of quarrel, the Minister had ridiculed the Prince, and the General had refuted the Minister. Besides, their statuses were more or less the same, so it wouldn't be a disgrace for them to lose.
This was the rule of the game, allowing those in the inner circle to play together but definitely not allowing those in the outer circle to interfere. If a group of officials or generals were to quarrel, then the old army that was sweeping the street would suddenly come out and scold, and all the other important figures would be rendered speechless.
Not every old man sweeping the floor was Shaolin Nameless Monk, and not every big shot had the qualities of a smiling face when faced with a question from the bottom level, a majority of them would still choose anger, anger beyond compare.
”What are you? An old soldier sweeping the ground... Oh no no no, you are a barbarian and the Prime Minister of a small Pacific island nation, you actually dare to laugh at the Prime Minister of the British Empire? Are you tired of living? ”
Of course the Count de Beer did not say these words, it was as if the English Gentlemen did not have as many words as the Chinese.
”Arrogant, arrogant barbarian, do you know who you're talking to? I am the Prime Minister of the British Empire, and I am a high level noble. How dare you order me to leave? ”Are you crazy …”
Count de Beer wanted to flip the table, but he forgot about his gout and underestimated the weight of the long oak table. He did not flip once, twice, thrice.
In the end, the furious Prime Minister grabbed the white tablecloth and pulled it back. He wanted to flip all the seafood onto the ground.
Something strange happened. He seemed to have underestimated the smoothness of the silk and forgotten the principle of inertia in physics. Everyone only saw the Count de Beer suddenly use his strength and pulled out the white silk tablecloth.
Well, yes. It was pulled out from the space between the silver tableware and the table. It was pulled out from the space between the table and the silver tableware.
This scene was too joyous, even the Count de Beer himself was stunned, his heart was filled with grief, why was it that today's mess was so bad, he couldn't even flip the table?
Xiao Letian was so stifled that his stomach was hurting, he suddenly remembered the scene of the previous world's high school physics teacher doing the experiment. The old teacher with the eyes of a glass bottle had smoked on the desk three times, and as a result, she smashed two teacups and a fat girl's pencil case, but the experiment did not succeed.
If only he had known that the Count de Beer had such an ingenious method, he would have become a physics teacher.
Xiao Letian saw that the dazed Count de Beer was about to have a stroke and he quickly walked forward and whispered, ”Prime Minister, let's call it a day. Maybe you think it's fun to enrage me, but after the game is over, can we talk about the proper matters?”
The corner of Count de Beer's eyes twitched as he stared at Xiao Letian. Do you think insulting the British Empire's Prime Minister is a game? I can tell you clearly that it is not only the French Navy that is besieging you now, even the Royal Navy of Great Britain is going to join in as well.
Xiao Letian was no longer angry, he only raised his hand to let the people around him scatter, and the two of them were the only ones left within the rose bush.
”Prime Minister, this farce can stop here. If you have already made up your mind to trap me in Europe, why did you specially cross the North Sea to see a small fry like me? Am I not, in your words, a little chieftain of the Pacific islands? A barbarian is worth your presence? And it's a secret meeting? ”
”Alright, I can only assume that my earlier displeasure was a test of your personal interests and interests …” Now listen to my analysis of the current situation! ”
”The world today is the British world, there's no doubt about it. Britain has the most powerful navy and industrial force in the world, you have the most extensive colonies in the world, your cheap industrial goods can be dumped all over the world, and the resources of the entire planet can be repaid by sea to the British Isles …”
”Your navy is even larger than the rest of Europe combined, and in your eyes the ocean is your English inland lake... ”Everything looks good and powerful, but to put it in Chinese terms, there is a crisis under Golden Age!”