C2135 Conspiracy of the colonialist (2/2)
”Our dream is to shine the light of a civilized world on the whole world. Sir Gordon is excellent, we are very impressed by his efforts in China!”
”I even hope for more Sir Gordon to appear in the British Empire, so that more and more countries of the Middle World can enter the civilized world …”
F * ck! Xiao Letian cursed in his heart. What a f * cking civilization, your dream is to colonize the entire world, plundering resources and dumping industrial goods. This is your dream, what are you pretending to be a big tail wolf for?
Seeing that Zai Chun was pretending to be confused, Xiao Letian sighed in his heart, he knew that it would be hard to turn back this disciple of his. As long as he smiled and nodded, he would not say anything else.
Gordon's appearance was destined to be a small interlude, and the welcoming ceremony would continue. After the two guests shook hands, they would naturally speak their piece, which was also the main event that all the reporters were looking forward to.
Red carpet covered the podium, flowers surrounded it, the fragrance assaulting the nostrils!
Below the podium were dozens of European reporters. The ones in the front row were sitting on the ground, taking out their notebooks and preparing to take shorthand. The ones behind them were controlling their tripods to take pictures.
The first was Benjamin's speech as a welcome speech. This experienced Prime Minister did not even need to write a script, what he said on the spot was a lively impromptu speech that sent spittle flying everywhere.
Starting from the long history of the two countries, it also mentioned their economic and trade interactions since ancient times, and even the grand occasion of the British birthday celebration for the dryad emperors during the year of dryad.
As they listened, Gladstone and the others secretly curled their lips. As for talking about the two Opium Wars, Benjamin simply described it as two small skirmishes.
When Liang Kun and the other hot-tempered generals heard this, they nearly died from anger. ”F * ck, even burning Yuan Ming Yuan up, yet there's still some friction? ”Truly shameless …”
”Shut up, what is this place? Don't speak nonsense! Have you forgotten the discipline of the Führer? ”
The Prime Minister's speech, that was originally planned for ten minutes, actually allowed Benjamin to drag it out for a whole 25 minutes.
The useless speech was finally over, following that, Gladstone and the others also came up to give a simple welcome speech, and with that, the Cabinet's welcome ceremony came to an end. According to the plan, Tongzhi and his group would each deliver a speech within 10 minutes.
After that, there was a small military parade, followed by a Chinese honor guard disembarking from the ship and officially appearing before the British public at the cathedral where the crown prince was waiting.
However, Benjamin and his subordinates had already wasted half an hour just now. Wang Huaiyuan frowned as he looked at his pocket watch, feeling anxious.
”Why is the timetable messed up? The time between the luncheon and the banquet cannot be changed. If this goes on, how are we supposed to arrange the plans in the middle? ”
”What a conspiracy! There must be a conspiracy … ”
Wang Huaiyuan stood up, went over to Xiao Letian's ear, and whispered his worries aloud. However, Xiao Letian raised his hand to stop him, ”I know, I feel that way too … It was time to do as he pleased. There was no hurry to do so! Look, Zai Chun is up on stage.