There is no friendship between countries, there will only be interests, of course, Wade's words, from a private emotional point of view, are indeed difficult to answer, especially when the British come out for the French for other purposes, but France comes to dig into the corners of the British in the blink of an eye, in Suez, which is related to the core interests of a big country, this is indeed a little unreasonable, Albert nodded, "Yes, we are very grateful for the contribution made by Britain in the affairs of Vietnam, and we are grateful for this, I myself am personally grateful to Ambassador Wade for coming forward to uphold the privilege that our European nations naturally maintain in Asia. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info So," he stood up and slowly approached Wade, with champagne-colored brandy in his hand, and took a slow sip, "so out of my personal friendship, I will repay your country for your help, and I will tell you a secret that all embassies do not know now, Mr. Wade, the Chinese are talking secretly with the Russians." ”

"Secret talk?" Wade disdainfully repeated the word, which he seemed very ridiculous, "The Chinese have been consulting with Russia on the North Sea issue, and you don't need to tell me this news, any Chinese monkey pulling a rickshaw on Dongjiaomin Lane will tell me this!" ”

Albert was in a very happy mood at this time, and he didn't care about Wade's provocative dissatisfaction, he smiled indifferently, "Of course, this is known to the world, but there has been a little change recently, how to say it, it should be regarded as a change in content, they no longer discuss the affairs of Beihai, or rather, the negotiations in Beihai have added other factors, I don't know what the problem is, the Russians are very strict, and I didn't inquire about anything from the Prime Minister's Yamen, but it is certain that This must be something that the Russians are very happy with. ”

The British are now on the European continent, the most vigilant and fearful country is Tsarist Russia, any negotiation that can satisfy Russia means that Russia can be allowed to do things in certain places, this is what the British do not want to see, Wade really came to interest, "What is the content?" Or rather, what is the negotiating agenda? ”

"Then I don't know, I'm sorry," Albert shrugged, "but I can venture to guess that every country has its own way of doing things, like Tsarist Russia, and I personally don't think there will be anything else that satisfies them other than territory." ”

"The Chinese will not spit out the land of the North Sea," Wade dismissed, "just as Britain cannot give up India, and you France cannot give up Vietnam." ”

"There is nothing that a country cannot give up, as long as it depends on whether the benefits are rich enough." Albert uttered such timeless useless remarks, and his attitude towards Vietnam was incomprehensible, and Wade understood that the French might give up the power claimed by Vietnam to a certain extent.

"Territory?" Wade muttered to himself, and then got up, he understood that the French would never compromise on the rights and interests of the Suez Canal, just as Britain would never give up the controlling stake in the Suez Canal, but today came, there was still something to gain, he had decided to let the embassy go out, go to the Russians to spy on the intelligence, to decide what the French said the Chinese satisfied the Russians, "Thank you, Mr. Ambassador," Wade put on white gloves and said to the Frenchman Albert, " I'm still going to stick to my original point of view. ”

"It's okay, why don't you go with a glass of brandy??" Albert greeted warmly.

"No, thank you." Wade coldly dropped a sentence, "I prefer Scotch whisky." ”

Albert shook his head at Wade's impoliteness, sat down again, and continued to eat the cold lamb chop, when the military attache of the French embassy came in and said, "The British ambassador has gone to the Russian embassy." ”

"Presumably, Wade is not as well entertained by the Russians as I am, and I still invite him to drink brandy," Albert took a sip of brandy with a smile, "Rude Russians will probably deal with these so-called English gentlemen with spit and fists." ”

"Mr. Ambassador, the Russians and the Chinese are negotiating in secret, but I don't know if there is anything about the United Kingdom, why would Ambassador Wade be interested in this matter that may not have anything to do with the United Kingdom?"

"Because I know that the British national policy, that is, the continental balance of power, the Russians are the European gendarme, so they are very worried about a strong Russia appearing on the European continent, just as they used to deal with our great Napoleonic Emperor, the British do not like to be unwilling to appear a hegemon on the European continent," Albert sneered, "so they are worried about the collusion between the Chinese and Russia, no matter what the news, as long as Russia gets rid of the dispute between the Chinese in the east, Turning their heads around and fighting for the rights of the self-proclaimed Holy Roman Empire on the European continent, the British still want to maintain the balance of power in Europe? Maintaining the balance of power is to highlight Britain's own authority, "Don't think that Britain and France are getting closer now, in the past, Napoleon III launched the Franco-Prussian War, and the British did not pull back behind France, seeing Alsace and Lorraine being ceded away by the Germans, and paying an astronomical amount of reparations, only later saw that the Germans became stronger, and then they were again biased towards the French, these things, Albert will not forget," Russia is the gendarme of Europe, I personally think, The British should now be able to be called the world police, you say the world police, can you not care about the movements of Russia? ”

"What you said makes sense, if the Chinese can really give the British trouble elsewhere, then the British can also pay less attention to the issue of equity transfer in the Suez Canal." The military attache said admiringly.

"Yes, this is also why I want to betray the Chinese, the Chinese are so smart, they want to use our French power to fight the British through the act of transferring the shares of the canal, of course, we must accept these shares, which is related to the overall strategic layout of the republic, but it means that the Chinese are willing to submit to our French, they are just forced."

"They were forced to transfer their shares to us to resist the pressure of the British, and our next shares, of course, must be prepared to clash with the British, which is inevitable, but it does not show that we are willing to be used as muskets, we are not stupid, so since I know what secret talks Russia and the Chinese are engaged in, and the British must care, then I can also sabotage the actions of the Chinese." (To be continued.) )