The next day, on behalf of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Qinghai went to Downing Street to negotiate business with Prime Minister William, and formally put forward the requirements and conditions of the Chinese side, this time it was not a secret room consultation, but a clear note, the Chinese side had already arranged for the ambush of the major newspapers, Qinghai and the interpreter had just entered Downing Street, and the newspapers on the market had already been published, and the headline of the Times newspaper: "China intends to put forward a large order of tens of millions of pounds!" The Sun: "China is ready for a total ban on the opium trade!" MP Trent said he would not hesitate to organize a war against the Chinese in the House of Commons. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"London News: "Credible Chinese officials have revealed that tariffs on British products will be raised! "Mr. Hurd, the General Department of Taxation of China, said: The sincerity and purpose of the Chinese government are clear, clear and resolute."

The news is flying all over the sky, and everyone doesn't know whether it's true or not, so in the past few days, Qinghai Hai's whereabouts on Downing Street are particularly eye-catching, and in a few days, Qinghai has changed his face several times in a row, sometimes angry, sometimes in the spring breeze, and indifferent and unapproachable, which makes people wonder through, when it comes to acting kung fu, Chinese officials call it second, and no one dares to call it first. On the third day, after the fifth meeting with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Trade, Qinghai finally opened Chrysostom and told the Times reporter who blocked the road about the situation in the past few days, "There has been a little progress in the negotiations in the past few days, but there has been little progress, I can honestly say that there has not been much progress, our sincerity is there, and we are ready to continue to expand the products imported from the UK, but the Prime Minister is still very uneasy about some things." ”

When the Queen Mother went to visit Benjamin, the leader of the Conservative Party, Benjamin was reading the newspaper, and the two of them sat down as the guest of honor, "Dear Queen Mother, I read today's newspaper, and I think your main goal, the purpose in Britain, is impossible to achieve." ”

"Really?" The Queen Mother smiled, "Why is Mr. Benjamin so sure?" ”

"The strength of your country is not necessarily a good thing for the situation in the Far East."

"How not?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and took a sip of tea, "China has never had the desire to colonize overseas, and the development of China's original land is enough for hundreds of millions of people to live, and we have no ambition for foreign expansion, and we have no intention of clashing with the British Empire, right?" Since I came to power, you can see how friendly I am to foreigners. ”

"But your kingdom is already ruled by your son, the current Emperor," said Benjamin, squinting, "and you have retired." ”

"But he is an excellent successor, he has received a Chinese and Western education since he was a child, he is more interested in foreigners than me, the railway from Tianjin to Beijing, he is in charge of it, including he is very fond of English, machines, muskets, such an enlightened ruler, who knows the strength of your country and will not do anything to damage the relationship between our two countries, do you think you still need to worry about this?"

"What's more, although I am no longer in power, after all, I still have influence, just like Mr. Benjamin, not the prime minister," the Queen Mother slightly stabbed Benjamin, "There are still so many people outside who will obey your command, and I am the same, my ministers, including the emperor's uncle, King Gong and his subordinates, are all hardcore supporters of foreign affairs, you know, if the Chinese pay attention to people, his political ideas will not be abolished, I am only 38 years old this year," the Queen Mother is full of confidence, "How long do you think I can live?" ”

Benjamin looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi silently, "There is a question about India, I don't need to say it, the cabinet will solve it with you, but this is a very critical issue, my political advocacy has a lot to do with overseas colonies." ”

"We fully support your country's rule in India, the Chinese have a saying, if the heavens do not take it, they will suffer the blame, the Indians themselves do not argue, and your country helps them take care of it, which is very good." As for those Ah San, it is not a place for me to be pitied.

"I'm not talking about that," Benjamin said, "and I don't need any state support for my country's rule over India, I'm talking about the rebellion in the Ganges Delta. Benjamin looked grim, "A few years ago, because we were in the general election, we ignored things there, how are these Chinese, Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, ready to explain?" ”

"My Minister has already discussed with the Prime Minister," said the Queen Mother, "for your country, they are rebels, and for China, they are also traitors, and we are ready to join forces to deal with these people." ”

"I hope it's not your country that has done anything there," Benjamin stared at the Queen Mother for a long time, and saw that the Queen Mother did not change, "They have established a country, and they have also contacted Burma, we don't care about ordinary small bandits, after all, India is so big, but their actions have triggered the actions of other ethnic groups in India, this is a very bad example, we will not allow India, the Ganges Delta, any chaos in the world under the rule of our British Empire." ”

"That's what Lao Tzu wants to see!" The Empress Dowager Cixi shouted in her heart, like a thousand black swans on the Thames waving their wings and screaming, and the Empress Dowager said, "It is necessary that the stability around China is also a good external condition for China to be able to run foreign affairs with one mind." ”

The Queen Mother then sneered in her heart, the colonies, hehe, although it is known as a country where the sun never sets, but in recent years, the colonies have also begun to make trouble, and the British are not having a good time, and they are not rude, "I heard that the merchant who grows opium and tobacco is represented by Mr. Benjamin in the House of Commons, right?" ”

"As a member of parliament, you represent the will of the voters," Mr. Benjamin said slickly.

"Your country has had two wars with China, both because of opium, I hope that this time the problem of opium imports can be properly solved," the Queen Mother put down the teacup in her hand, "After all, I don't want so much opium to enter China and poison my subjects, and besides, your country certainly doesn't want to interrupt the trade between the two countries because of opium that does not account for much of the current Sino-British trade." The Queen Mother touched the teacup, which was a pastel from Jingdezhen.

Benjamin's face was unwavering, "No one and no government can stop the merchants of the British Empire from doing any business, because of the powerful army behind us." ”

The Queen Mother laughed, "The meaning of Mr. Benjamin's words is so terrible, my little woman is frightened when she hears it. Mr. Benjamin should not be a Conservative, but a Radical. ”

"Your Highness laughed," said Benjamin, "and politicians have no gender. (To be continued.) )