C2482 Edwards Tasks (2/2)

Gladstone, the newly appointed British Prime Minister, saw everything that was happening in Versailles today and could not help but sneer to himself inwardly, ”Napoleon is really old. This kind of change in attitude, this kind of ups and downs, it's already hard for him to control that big empire anymore!”

”Someone come!” Prepare the carriage, I want to go see the prince … ”

In a very hidden small manor in the outskirts of City of London, perhaps the farmers in the surrounding villages would never be able to guess. This vacation home of an ordinary London textile merchant, today there were actually so many high ranking officials secretly gathered here.

This was actually the Crown Prince Edward, a secret meeting place for the important officials of the empire. Gladstone, Prince Edward, the Duke of Newcastle, including field marshal Walls, the Foreign Secretary, and other elites of the empire were gathered together.

”Alright, everyone, have you seen the latest information? Napoleon III obviously believes in the smoke bomb that we released. This stupid fellow actually added a bargaining chip, does he really think that Prussia will act according to his wishes? ”

At this moment, he was very proud of himself, because this was the first time his mother had allowed him to lead such a confidential mission.

Speaking of which, he should be thanking Xiao Letian. It was the Chinese leader's careful guidance and that precious national gift that allowed this estranged mother and son to return their feelings to the past.

The Queen had been annoyed at her son's incompetence. He had placed the blame for her husband's death on her son, whom she had not even bothered to see in those years, so the Queen had given him a lot of diplomatic work to do, letting him walk around the world as the country's representative.

As long as you don't stay in England and let me see you without feeling annoyed.

It's good now! As the estrangement between mother and son had already been resolved, this was the first time the Queen allowed Edward to command such a secretive operation.

Edward's mission was to form a strategic deceitful group towards France. Just as Napoleon had analyzed, Britain had always been pursuing a balanced policy towards the continental Europe.

They would never allow a super powerful country to appear in the continental Europe, a country that could threaten the status of the United Kingdom! It seemed that the closest the country could come to Britain was the group of Frenchmen on the other side of the strait.

Although Britain appeared to be neutral on the surface and had always hoped for peace, in private, they had always encouraged and secretly supported Prussia. They hoped that their country of marriage would teach the France a lesson, and that it would be best for them to kill both sides.

Fa Huangnapolunsanshi never thought that the so called information about City of London's failure to issue bonds was completely fake. This was the credit of the intelligence deceiving team.

From the beginning to the end, the news had been that the British had released the smoke bomb. The French did not know that the City of London had secretly promised to release 5 million pounds of War bond to Prussia.

Of course, no one would ever admit it, and now the big contractors had subscribed for their own share, and would transfer the pound to Prussia as soon as the war broke out.

It was all to paralyze the French, because Britain knew very well that the French people were rich, and if the country really felt threatened, then the people would put aside their conflicts and choose to cooperate temporarily. At that point, in the context of the explosion of nationalism, France would mobilize its terrifying power.

Once France was in a state of extreme readiness, the consequences would be unthinkable with its financial resources. Prussia had no hope of winning against France, which was fully prepared for war!

”Alright, my dear gentlemen, our first step of the plan has been successfully completed. Napoleon has already been tricked, let's figure out the next step of the plan now, how much chance does Prussia have of winning?”