C446 multi-aid (2/2)
Queen Elizabeth leaned against the sofa, holding a cup of Indian Black Tea in her hand. Opposite her was the Comte de la Comte de la Comte that Xiao Letian had been teasing her about.
”So you're saying, not only did you use the Royal Navy to help Xiao Letian return to his homeland, you've also mobilized the human and financial resources of the entire colony to help Xiao Letian get rid of his pursuers?” The Queen asked expressionlessly.
Count de Beer put down the teacup in his hand and replied humbly, ”Yes, my dear Queen. Supporting Xiao Letian is extremely beneficial for our British Empire … We will never allow the French to close the distance between us. The interests of the British sea are inviolable! ”
Queen Elizabeth smiled faintly. ”Have you ever thought about it? If Xiao Letian becomes the hero of East Asia, if he has the power to fight against Britain, how can we protect Britain's interests? ”
”Oh!” Your Majesty, Xiao Letian will not pose any threat to England, because the difficulties he is facing are unimaginable to us … ”
”First of all, Xiao Letian's biggest enemy is the French. In order to kill Xiao Letian, Napoleon III will definitely spare no effort...”
”Secondly, Xiao Letian has always been advocating nationalism and the modern concept of state in East Asia, which shows that his love for China is genuine, and who is the most threatening enemy in the Great Qing? ”It's the Russian, the Chinese are the same as the other European peoples, facing the Russian grizzly bear, everyone will shiver subconsciously …”
”Regardless of whether or not Qing Dynasty loves Xiao Letian, I firmly believe that at a critical moment, Xiao Letian will definitely forget about me and become me. When faced with the threat of Russian, they will definitely not just stand by and watch without doing anything.”
”How can the Chinese, facing so many enemies, make us British enemies? Moreover, the essence of the British Empire lies in the navy, but it is unrealistic to build an outstanding navy without a hundred and eighty years. Even if we have the money to buy a large number of warships, what about the talents? How can there be so many naval personnel in East Asia? ”
Comte de la Comte de la Comte said confidently, ”Your Majesty, supporting Xiao Letian would definitely help us weaken France's power in Asia, and it would not even pose a threat to our country. All of this is within my grasp!”
Count de Beer's words were exchanged for a faint smile from the Queen, but in the end, the Queen did not speak. Instead, a boy walked in from outside the palace.
”Dear Prime Minister, I have a question. According to your analysis, China cannot catch up with Britain, but I have a different view … China has a population of hundreds of millions of people. With such a huge base, if no one donates a penny and an elite is released from a thousand people, the power would be unimaginably huge. How is this not a threat? ”
The boy who spoke was not an outsider. He was the Queen's biological grandson, the son of the Crown Prince of Prussia, William, who would become the William II in the future. Of course, right now, he was only an eight-year-old boy.
The Count de Beer smiled and bowed towards the young Crown Prince, ”Oh, isn't this His Majesty William? I wonder if you like the horse I gave you... ”To your question, I can answer it very clearly. That is just an illusion, a completely fake question that scholars have put out …”
”If Xiao Letian wants to instigate a wave of popular sentiment in China, let alone having constraints from the outside world, the resistance of the Qing Dynasty s in their own country is unimaginably huge. How could the ruling Manchu allow a Chinese to mobilize the country? What if the people move to Xiao Letian's side? ”
”Hahaha, my dear Crown Prince, is the country really going to be strong? This is really a false proposition, why don't you think so, the country is big, the nation is many, the population is dense, the contradiction will be many more? With such a huge internal consumption, you have to calculate it! ”
Count de Beer's eloquence had once again impressed everyone. The Queen of England and the future King of Prussia were rendered speechless by his words.
The Queen and the Prussian Crown Prince no longer had any doubts in their hearts, and the analysis of the Count de Beer was very accurate. In the Great Qing Province, the internal conflict was always greater than the external conflict, and the internal conflict was always greater than the external conflict.
Let's not even talk about the clear, even for a small Ryukyu, a county with a few hundred thousand people, it was difficult for people's thoughts to unite. Although people had previously united under Xiao Letian's command, once they met with a life and death situation, those small cracks would quickly become a gap that separated people's hearts.
The powers of the Glazed sphere aboriginals had already lost out to the powers of the continent brought by Xiao Letian, and were already prepared to negotiate with the French alone. They never would have thought that Gong Cheng would have dug a huge trap in front of them.
Under the pitch-black night, the old shopkeeper and General Liang Kun sat facing each other. It had been an hour since the two of them last spoke, and it was difficult for them to deal with the move that Gong Cheng used.
The old shopkeeper believed that if they were to oppose the peace between the Ryukyu Kingdom and Gong Cheng no matter what, the status of the new army and foreign forces in the eyes of the Glazed sphere aboriginals would definitely go down the drain.
”My good Young Master, are you really forcing me to use my trump card?” Is this really the last resort? ”