C1458 Where to place your bet (1/2)
Right now, the chaos in Europe was just as Xiao Letian had said. The whole of Europe was preparing for war, and within a few months, the two great army powers would begin a massacre of more than 2 million soldiers.
Is this a story? No, this was just Xiao Letian's psychological warfare against Ai Liguo.
”My dear Minister, why do you have such an ugly expression? Is the salty sea breeze making you uncomfortable? Or was this bottle of red wine not to his liking? I still have a good rum here, or can I open a bottle of celebratory champagne for you? ”
Xiao Letian's taunts made Ai Liguo even more embarrassed. It was already the most shameful thing for a diplomat to be abused with intelligence, the grand foreign minister of the British Empire actually didn't know about the current situation in Europe, and also wanted to be informed of it by the other foreign ministers.
Nothing could be worse than this.
”Did this happen a few days ago? Is the submarine cable malfunction your doing? ” Ai Liguo asked in a low voice.
”Oh, my ambassador, this is just a story, you wouldn't take it seriously …”
”Enough! I already know what you want to express. Let's get straight to the point. What do you want? ”They were happily placed on the table. In that case, I can drink a few more cups of wine …”
”Great!” Minister is so straightforward, I won't beat around the bush … ” Xiao Letian poured a cup of wine for Ai Liguo: ”I know your plan, don't worry, our intelligence personnel does not have that much ability to infiltrate your embassy, everything is based on my deductions from your British army.”
”Actually, as long as you understand the conflicts of interest between big countries, understand the core interests and demands of Britain's overseas and guess your next move, it won't be difficult!”
”There is no moral constraint between you and me. We each have our own masters, each fighting for their own national interests. It is normal to use underhanded tactics or underhanded tactics. There are no moral gentlemen who engage in diplomacy. Morals are all left to their own people …”
”So I should toast with you. We are all smart people, so from now on, it's better to say something smart!”
Ai Liguo raised his wine cup and sighed, ”That's right, we are all smart people, why do we have to beat around the bush? Prime Minister has really surprised me. I really don't understand, just who is your teacher in foreign affairs? Did you really graduate from that university and follow that teacher? ”
Ai Liguo's question was actually a question to many politicians. The more outstanding Xiao Letian was, the more interested people were in his master. One must know that a human's knowledge system was bound to have many inheritances, many of the methods simply couldn't be comprehended without a teacher's guidance.
Xiao Letian laughed bitterly and shook his head, thinking: ”Can I tell you that I live in an era where information exploded and the wall of knowledge was completely destroyed?”
In any age of network sharing, if you have the patience, the means, you can find any knowledge you want to learn, it is simply that you do not have the desire to learn.
In that beautiful era, the door to knowledge was broken and a vast amount of information was shared free of charge. People who had not undergone higher education could learn a lot of obscure knowledge through self-study, this kind of beauty was unimaginable for Paleogene.
In the human society of the 19th century, knowledge still existed in the libraries. In the minds of university professors, civil scholars, and the private inheritances of countless large families, not to mention the ordinary citizens, even the educated middle-class families had a hard time coming into contact with some obscure knowledge.
For example, in the development of diplomats, almost every one of them required an immense accumulation of historical knowledge. He had to be familiar with the history of the countries in order to understand how he was going to conduct his diplomatic activities.