As the crown prince in a meeting to discuss military affairs, he blurted out the private matter of buying and selling bonds, which is really inappropriate, and the queen glared at him fiercely with her eyes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info [Read the new domain name.,Initials,Previously registered accounts can still be used]

The crown prince bowed his head in shame and gagged his mouth with a wine glass, not daring to speak.

Benjamin and Ai Liguo are both old fritters in officialdom, and they know that there is some mustard between the queen and the crown prince, and that was a long time ago, when the crown prince was young, he used to mess around with an actress.

The Queen's husband, Prince Albert, tried to persuade his children to go to Cambridge University in person, but on the way back he contracted a severe case of typhoid fever and eventually died.

Queen Victoria and her husband had a very good relationship, and the death of Prince Albert turned her anger on her son, and from that day on, Albert was not allowed to participate in state affairs.

Because of this, the crown prince can only play his role in diplomatic occasions over the years, after all, it is the crown prince who is noble, and he is still competent to go on state visits and attend banquets on behalf of his mother.

This time, the queen summoned the crown prince to the meeting, thinking that the Qing Dynasty letter involved foreign affairs, and she had to let her son come forward, otherwise she would not let him have too much contact with state affairs.

Benjamin knew the inside story here, so he quickly changed the topic: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is right, we must prepare in advance, once the news of the defeat of Tsarist Russia reaches Europe, the financial market will definitely be turbulent......"

"Over the years, Tsarist Russia has carried out abolitionist reforms, as well as promoted industrialization, including the launch of the Trans-Siberian Railway project, which has raised up to 10 million pounds from the financial city, and once the news shakes the financial markets, we must be prepared in advance to transfer the losses!"

"Before the French come to their senses, they hurriedly sold a large number of them, and those French who love usury must be willing to take over these bonds that are about to 'appreciate'......"

A room full of foxes burst into laughter, Benjamin was right, and now the French top brass was in high spirits, and they had actually begun to support the Russian military operations in the Far East.

Not to mention intelligence, even the low-interest loans of the French have been sent out by young and old, in the hearts of these arrogant people, Xiao Lotian must be defeated, and there will definitely be no accidents.

The best way to solve the problem is to defraud and sell Tsarist Russian bonds, which are still at a relatively high price, to the French. The people in the room quickly agreed that the prime minister would naturally be responsible for these specific tasks.

The topic soon returned to Xiao Lotian and this visit to Jaechun, the emperor of the Qing Empire visited Europe, and the promotion of this major historical event must be placed in the hands of the British, which is the queen's decision.

"The Qing State was the first to issue a credential to the British Empire, which is to recognize the status of our British empire, and it is also an official recognition that Britain and the Qing Dynasty are equal countries, this is a very remarkable diplomatic breakthrough, and this honor cannot be given to anyone!"

"Benjamin, I know that you have a deep fear of Xiao Letian, but at this critical moment, at this moment of making history, you can't do anything! In the rich and colorful records in the history books, I don't want to have any shameful failures!"

"If you want to deal with Xiao Letian, think about it later!"

"Your Majesty......" Benjamin said anxiously, "I hope Your Majesty will think about it again, Xiao Letian's power has expanded too fast, the last time he visited Europe, he took a sail wooden ship, but this time he has already brought out an unprecedented Zhiyuan......"

"If he is allowed back to Asia, in another four or five years, maybe his fleet will be able to challenge the sea power of the British Empire!"

Crown Prince Edward was puzzled and looked at the prime minister with a red face, "Hmm...... Are you overly cautious? My Prime Minister ......"

"Is the maritime power of the British Empire so easily challenged? What does a Zhiyuan represent? Indeed, I have studied that strange warship, although it is very creative and very powerful, but it is too few, what can one do? Isn't there the same warship being produced in our shipyard in Birmingham?"

The warships mentioned by the crown prince are the three imitations made by the British against the Zhiyuan. Ever since the Zhiyuan had slipped out from under the noses of the British and into the Atlantic, the British Navy had felt a deep sense of shame.

It was not discovered that such a battleship slipped away from the North Sea, and then taught the French a harsh lesson in the Atlantic, and the British Navy did not know about it before, and this matter has become a pretext for many parliamentarians to attack the Navy.

In order to make up for the loss of face, the Navy increased the collection of intelligence on the Zhiyuan, and they searched for all the eyewitnesses in the Atlantic, and even collected intelligence on the Battle of Iquique.

According to the information fed back by a large number of spies, British engineers quickly restored the Zhiyuan, which is a miracle of British technological and industrial prowess.

In fact, the Zhiyuan is not mysterious, he is just a few decades ahead of this era, it is a relatively new design idea, and in fact, the Zhiyuan is still assembled with the level of science and technology at that time, and the parts at that time.

Whether it is a high-horsepower steam engine, or a rifled 210 main gun, a central axis configuration, and a pure steel hull...... None of this is something that is difficult to imitate.

This kind of warship did not first appear in Britain, not because Britain could not build it, but because the mainstream ship design community did not have this kind of thinking, or if there was such an idea, it could not become the mainstream and could not be funded.

But several victories of the Zhiyuan shook the British design community, and they immediately realized their mistake and immediately applied to the Admiralty for grants, which at that time were very rich, and without additional funding from the Parliament, the construction of three Zhiyuan-class warships began at the same time.

It is worth mentioning that this kind of warship, which pioneered a new design idea, was named the Zhiyuan series by the European shipbuilding community, and a battleship became the unified title of a series of warships, which is the privilege of the first place.

The crown prince's self-confidence is not in vain, it is precisely because of Britain's strong industrial strength and shipbuilding skills that he does not consider Xiao Letian a threat at all.

Benjamin wanted to say something, but the queen was tired of the topic, and she waved her hand: "I will exert my influence on the parliament when the time is right, and next year the Navy will allocate funds for shipbuilding, and an extra part can be allocated for the construction of this new warship......"

"I believe that the Royal Navy can easily defeat that Chinese nation, and we in Britain should not be afraid of the threat of these small countries, both in quantity and quality!"

"Now, please go all out to prepare for it! After receiving this state visit from the Qing Emperor, our British national fortunes will surely rise again...... Now even the emperor of the Qing Empire has taken the initiative to visit and study in England, isn't this just proving to the world that our British Empire is the king of all nations!"

"The sun never sets, the most glorious moment of the empire is coming!"

Queen Victoria made a formal decision, Benjamin was completely helpless, and the world's greatest diplomatic event in 1669 began.