Britain's influence in the world determines the upper limit of their influence and strength in the world.

For these aristocrats, of course, they hope that Britain will be as strong as possible.

But now is not a hundred years ago after all, the myth of the empire on which the sun never sets has long been shattered.

Especially in the past two or three decades, with the independent establishment of British colonies, Britain's influence abroad has plummeted, and its prestige has also declined.

Although the vast majority of these independent countries also joined the British-led Commonwealth, the loss of rights made it difficult for Britain to become the leader of the alliance.

The hearts of the people are scattered, and the team is not easy to bring!

The rise of local capital in various countries and the invasion of capital by the United States have also continuously eroded the interests that originally belonged to British capital.

Although Xiangjiang is a leased land, the situation is the most obvious, the original four major British-funded consortia have been killed by Xia Yu, and the remaining one is still surviving.

The Howard family's interests outside the UK are dwindling.

Moreover, the Howard family is still a royalist party since ancient times, and Duke Carter Howard absolutely does not want to see Britain's influence plummet again.

And with his understanding of Xia Yu, Xia Yu has no need and will not lie to him.

Thinking about it carefully, what Xia Yu said he had to be cautious and cautious!

was silent for a long time, although he felt that Xia Yu would not tell him, Carter Howard still wanted to give it a try.

It's just that Xia Yu didn't want Duke Carter Howard to ask, after all, whether he said it or not, the result was not what he wanted.

So seeing that Duke Carter Howard wanted to speak, he preemptively said: "Sir Carter, I can use my personality to take responsibility for what I said, since you don't want to get involved, then I don't know if you can help me contact Prince Philip?"

Duke Carter Howard swallowed the words back into his stomach, he looked at Xia Yu directly for a long time in silence, and nodded slowly: "Yes." ”

......

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

When Xia Yu was dining at the Howard family, the Rothschild family also got some information about Xia Yu.

Castle of the Rothier family.

Jacob Rothschild was preparing to dine when his cousin, Evelyn Rothschild, walked in.

"Evelyn, you've come just in time, let's dine together. ”

Evelyn Rothschild glanced at the food on the table and said with a light smile, "Okay." ”

When Evelyn Rothschild was served, the maid quickly brought out a full set of cutlery.

"Evelyn, why are you free to come back today?"

Jacob Rothschild asked casually as he was cutting the steak.

Evelyn Rothschild immediately said: "The main thing is that I got an extremely important piece of news, and I think it may have a lot to do with us, so I hurried back to tell you." ”

Jacob Rothschild paused, glanced up at his cousin, and asked, "What is the news so urgent?"

Evelyn Rothschild cut off the steak with a knife, forked the small part with a fork, and said succinctly: "Xia Yu came to London yesterday and left for the Howard family this morning. ”

With that, he put the steak in his mouth, closed his mouth and chewed it, but his eyes were straight at Jacob Rothschild.

As he expected, Jacob Rothschild was very concerned about this news, his brows furrowed slightly, and after thinking for a while, he was suspicious: "He hasn't been to London for almost a year, is it for the sake of a new telecommunications company that he will go to Carter Howard as soon as he comes this time?"

Evelyn Rothschild shook her head and said, "I don't know about this, he has a strong security force both openly and secretly, and we can't find out the content of his conversation and specific itinerary." ”

"But considering that the last time he took over the Great Eastern Telecom Company with the Howard family and Prince Philip, it proved that he was very interested in the telecommunications market, at this time, I can't think of any other purpose for him than the telecommunications market. ”

"How's Margaret's attitude?"

Jacob Rothschild shook his head slightly and said, "It's not clear yet, I met with her, she didn't give a clear answer, we have to work harder." ”

Evelyn Rothschild's expression was slightly serious, and she said in a deep voice: "Then we have to pay more attention, according to the information sent by Charles from Xiangjiang, in this sudden stock market crash in Xiangjiang, Xia Yu made huge profits, and his Jiuding consortium has spent more than four billion pounds, and his amount of funds is still very terrifying." ”

"We have to prevent him from losing his mind and competing for a second telecom company at any cost. ”

Jacob Rothschild nodded in agreement and said in a deep voice: "Your consideration is correct, and we must treat him with more rigor. ”

Speaking of this, Jacob Rothschild pondered for a moment before saying again: "Evelyn, you mobilize forces to keep an eye on Xia Yu's itinerary, and at the same time do your best to investigate the situation and his real purpose of coming to London. ”

"On my side, I will once again increase my efforts to compete for new telcos. ”

"Well, no problem. ”

Evelyn Rothschild nodded in agreement.

......

Xia Yu did not know about the actions of the Rothschild family.

After lunch at the Howard family, he left for Windsor, the royal borough of Windsor-Maidenhead, Berkshire, in the south-eastern region of England.

In the Howard family castle, Duke Carter Howard has agreed to Xia Yu's request and is willing to be this intermediary, and has spoken to Prince Philip on the phone, and the specific meeting place will be at Windsor Castle in Windsor Town.

Because at this time, the Queen and Prince Philip are on vacation in the largest inhabited castle in the world.

But unfortunately, when Xia Yu came to Windsortown, the queen happened to return to London temporarily, and Prince Philip stayed in the castle to wait for a meeting with Xia Yu because he had an agreement with Xia Yu.

Windsor Castle is also the main administrative residence of the British monarch, and it is naturally top-notch in terms of defensive power.

For this reason, Xia Yu's bodyguard team was taken seriously, and he only entered Windsor Castle with Elena, and met Prince Philip, who had reached the age of sixty, in the simple and elegant reception hall.

At the age of sixty, although he has fewer wrinkles on his face than his peers due to careful maintenance, his shiny head and sparse hair are also obvious marks left by the years.

When he saw Elena, who was intimately accompanying Xia Yu, a trace of surprise flashed in Prince Philip's eyes, and his gaze towards Xia Yu changed a little, and he seemed to have misunderstood something.

"Mr. Xia, and the beautiful and pure Lady Elena, welcome to you!"

Prince Philip stood up and greeted Xia Yu and Elena with a smile.