Why did this damn talk fall silent again?Why does this damn Eastern barbarian always attack me from weird angles? He actually says that he sees through the future of technology?Oh God, why would I allow a braggart to flaunt in front of me?

For many years after this meeting, the Earl of Derby could not figure out why Xiao Lotian would seize the initiative in the negotiations in front of him, while the aggressive eloquence that he had always been proud of had no room to be used.

It took a long, long time for the Earl of Derby to understand that perhaps there was only one reason for his defeat in this fierce encounter, and that was that he had no intention of winning from the beginning.

This is a very sad answer, and what is even more sad is that Xiao Lotian is likely to have guessed the British's hole cards before this meeting.

Yes, of course Xiao Letian knows the hole cards of the British, he knows how proud the British were in the 19th century, China in the eyes of the British in this era, completely and completely a backward barbarian, for such a nation they cannot send a prime minister to meet secretly.

There is only one answer, the British are testing Xiao Lotte, and this temptation must have a subconscious intention to cooperate.

Xiao Lotian bet right, the Earl of Derby did come to Hamburg with the Queen's secret order, and now in the circle of top British politicians, people have begun to pay attention to Xiao Lotian, this emerging political star in East Asia, whether it is harmful to the empire, this is really a question worth pondering.

The roots of a qiē actually have to go back to the French, Xiao Lotian was able to enter this time to get the attention of the British, in fact, thanks to his enemy, Napoleon III.

Since Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815, France's status as a great power on the European continent has plummeted. In the years that followed, because of the peace in France, the economy continued to grow, but the benefits of this economic growth did not fall on the heads of the French people, and very strict social contradictions accumulated in France.

For 37 years, before 1852, before Napoleon's own nephew ascended the throne, the French capitalist class's desire for overseas colonies had reached its peak.

Many politicians and capitalists have come to the conclusion that if France does not strive to expand its colonization, if France does not have a vast raw material production area and a vast dumping market for goods, then there is no hope for France's national fortunes.

In a thousand words, that is, France can no longer exploit the domestic people, France must exploit the weaker nations, and only in this way can the domestic social contradictions be resolved.

Napoleon III's ascension to power looked like a farce on the surface, but on the inside, there was a lot of drama.

Living up to expectations, Napoleon III declared war on the Russians in March 1854 and joined Britain, Austria, and Turkey in fighting Russia.

This was the Crimean War, this was the first overseas war after Napoleon III ascended the throne.

In the course of a year, the French soldiers paid the price of 100,000 lives to finally achieve victory, and this victory was only a prologue, and under the leadership of Napoleon III, the French began to counterattack, and the goal was very clear, that is, to become the second strongest in the world after Britain.

This was followed by the Italian War of 1859, in which Napoleon III's ingenious plan to weaken Austria and at the same time contain the process of Italian unification, achieving both diplomatic and military success.

In 1857, the British and French forces provoked the Second Opium War, signed the Sino-French Treaty of Tianjin and the Sino-French Treaty of Beijing in 1858, and then captured the city of Beijing and burned the Old Summer Palace in 1860.

In 1859, the French army captured Saigon, Vietnam, and signed the Treaty of Saigon, and from that moment on, Vietnam became a French colony.

Of course, there is Africa, the French interest in Africa is quite strong, in 1854 the establishment of the Bank of Senegal formally annexed Senegal, in 1857 to conquer Algeria, in 1854 to obtain the right to dig the Suez Canal, and after the completion of the canal in 1869, France has controlled half of the shares of the canal, even the British can not compare to him.

If Xiao Letian's memory is not confused, Madagascar, Somalia, Mauritania, Sudan and other African countries have become French colonies one after another.

By 1870, France had established a colony with an area of more than 900,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 6.5 million, making it the second largest colonial empire in the world after Britain.

In fact, in the competition between countries, there are no eternal friends at all, only eternal interests, although at present it seems that Britain is in the intimate stage of honey blending, and even now the two countries are united to deal with Mexico, which looks so good.

However, in Xiao Letian's eyes, no matter how close the lover is, there is a rift between them, it depends on whether you can catch it. Is England not wary of France? That is impossible, and there is no need for a reason for the hatred of the first place to the second place in the world.

It is based on this analysis that Xiao Letian will not believe the nonsense that the Derby Prime Minister has before. What Ryukyu is occupied by the French, Britain can also get a piece of the pie, and the two countries share benefits or something. It's all fart, it's all bullshit...

Will Britain willingly give France one more colony? Will they sit back and watch France have one more bridgehead in East Asia? Even if Derby agrees, will the British Parliament agree? Will the proud queen agree?

Therefore, when Xiao Letian heard the fallacy of the derby at the beginning, he already knew very well that the old thing of derby was testing him, and the British hole card was definitely not turning against himself.

"Ah......" Xiao Lotian sighed, calming his mood a little, "Prime Minister, open the skylight and say something bright, Britain is very strong now, but Britain's strength is only reflected in the ocean, your fleet is invincible, but it doesn't mean that your army is also invincible......"

"I can trust that if the Russians challenge your dignity in the Pacific, the Royal Navy will teach them a hard lesson, but you should know that many wars simply do not meet strategic expectations without the Army's strategy. It's like China's Guanwai area, if the Trans-Siberian Railway is built and the Russian army is heavily reinforced, how will Britain be prepared to fight? Will it always be bombarded with naval artillery?"

"Besides, Britain's current national policy is still very clever, you will never choose to destroy other weak countries, you will only rule the colonies by choosing spokespeople. It's like the jewel in the Queen's crown, India. So far, none of the princely states have been destroyed, but on the contrary, you have supported them very much......"

"This kind of national policy of indirect rule with spokesmen can allow Britain to get the lining without losing face, and your colonial rule will reap the lowest level of resistance, and you British will give up this kind of business that is sure to make money without losing money?"

Xiao Letian knocked on the cigarette ash and said arrogantly, "The world is getting smaller and smaller, and it is getting more and more chaotic, and all the countries are like having a difficult and never-ending long-distance race, and now Britain is in the first place, and China is almost at the bottom......"

"What should a wise Englishman choose?Is it to give endless benefits to support the second place to make him stronger and stronger, so that at last it threatens your position?If the IQ of your English gentleman is so high, then I don't say anything......

Under the expression of the Earl of Derby, Xiao Letian snuffed out the cigar in the ashtray, "For Britain, the best national policy is to vigorously support backward countries, so that they can tear off pieces of flesh and blood from the backs of the second and third countries, and only in this way can you continue to maintain your advantage and distance yourself from the big army......"

"The more chaotic the world, the stronger the confrontation between countries, to put it thoroughly, is to fight a little more badly, a little more fierce, only in this way can you ensure the hegemony of your Britain for a long time...... Instead of stupidly watching the French as they are now..."

An informal diplomatic meeting has now completely changed its taste, and under the bewitchment of the demigod Xiao Letian, the stubborn old man who is famous in British politics has become like an old naughty boy today, hooking up with Xiao Letian.

The civil servants from Britain, the guards and secretaries of the Prime Minister of Derby, all looked at the foreheads with sweat, and although they were far away from each other, they didn't know what the two prime ministers were talking about, but the strange atmosphere was obvious to all.

As the minutes ticked by, when the sound of cavalry hooves and the clattering of wheels were heard again on the stone road, people noticed that the prime minister's carriage with the imperial insignia had arrived.

When Bismarck got out of the car anxiously, when his front foot had just entered the garden gate, the old prime minister was stunned for a moment, he stared at the picture in front of him in disbelief, and could not speak for a long time.

A table of seafood feasts that have been crippled, two politicians whispering to an old man and a young one, and what is even more strange is that there is no tablecloth on the table...... Oh no, the white silk tablecloth had already flown into the roses.

"What am I missing? Is it the same aggressive derby in front of me? He's actually smiling at Xiao Letian? Oh my God, this old man is still laughing?"

While Bismarck was stunned, Xiao Lotian and Earl Derby had already completed this informal meeting, and although there was no agreement to be signed, a lot of consensus was already in each other's stomachs.

"Shaw... You do surprise me, I can't promise you anything, the only thing I can do is to pass on your original words to the Queen, hoping that what you say will impress Her Majesty..."

Xiao Letian's face suddenly became bitter, "Don't ...... Don't mind... Don't use the original words, you better embellish them, and don't copy all my rude words?"

Earl Derby laughed, patted Xiao Letian on the shoulder, and turned to leave with his men.

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