C2793 nail-strike (1/2)

Looking at the exceptionally determined little emperor, William I immediately became conflicted. Of course he couldn't let the little emperor go to the front lines, it was too dangerous.

The little emperor had been assassinated in England. If not for Gordon and the guards defending him with all their might, Zai Chun would have lost his life.

Britain could ignore the Qing Empire's protests, but Prussia did. The rising Prussia would need the commercial interests of East Asia in the future.

If something were to happen to the little Emperor in his hands, wouldn't the Forbidden City collapse?

Not to mention the pride of the British, when the Tongzhi Emperor was ambushed, he secretly took out millions of pounds of interest-free loans to Zai Chun. This kind of secret deal made the Qing Government feel better.

Sometimes, the British had to take diplomatic etiquette into account. Facing a diplomatic convention, even someone as powerful as the British Empire would not be able to stand above them.

Since it was like this in Britain, Prussia could not take any more risks. Therefore, as long as William I was not crazy, he would not let the Emperor of Tongzhi near the battlefield.

Furthermore, William I had another reason that could not be spoken out loud, and that was that before Xiao Letian left for the front lines, he had specially held a secret meeting with William I.

During that secret meeting, Xiao Letian and William I had a lot of conversations. Although most of the words were hidden very deeply, William I was able to understand the subtext.

Tongzhi was also afraid, the Tongzhi Emperor was an important pawn in his plan to invade the Qing Dynasty, he had already been assassinated once in London, if he went back to dangerous places, even if he lost his life, the entire plan of the Chinese people would go down the drain.

And also want to nurture a chess piece at the same level as Zai Chun? That was impossible, as long as Zai Chun died, the Chinese clan would have no choice but to follow the old revolutionary road of fighting the Qing Dynasty.

The Chinese could only use their limited resources to expand the army and give up on the navy's plans. They could take them down one by one, city by city!

Wasn't this the same path that the dynasty had followed for thousands of years? If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were to do it again, the population of Jiangnan would be reduced by almost 100 million. If he, Xiao Letian were to do it again, how many people would he die?

Moreover, this method would definitely cause a huge change in the army, because Xiao Letian was not the God of Fortune, he could not come up with a golden mountain to let the army and navy become strong at the same time.

That would be too terrifying, if the Chinese lost such a historic opportunity to establish the dark blue navy, then it would take them a hundred years!

That was why, even if Zai Chun died, he would die in the Manchu's civil war. Before he died, he would have to make good use of all the benefits that he had promised to the Chinese!

He was afraid that something bad would happen to Zai Chun, and that it was only a part of Xiao Letian's consideration.

Xiao Letian could feel that they had gradually distanced themselves. It was possible that Zai Chun had sensed that the assassination attempt was not normal, or it was possible that Zai Chun had found someone to take advantage of.

To Zai Chun, Xiao Letian was becoming less and less important!

The master and disciple pair had already begun to distance themselves from each other. Then, they shouldn't go too close to each other. Could they really be prepared to wholeheartedly educate an Eternal Ruler?

Forget it, Zai Chun, you should just train in the military academy and talk on paper! With such a dangerous situation like actual combat, you'd better not worry about it!

In the end, William I still had a closer relationship with the Chinese than him. Because the Chinese and Prussia were already allies, he could only choose Xiao Letian as his partner in the battle.

The bitterly smiling William I shook his head: ”I'm very sorry, I can't let you go to the frontlines. On one hand, it's too dangerous, on the other hand, you can't learn anything no matter how hard you try …”