"Ahem, ahem. Well, gentlemen, this is not a safe meeting place, so I'll cut it short. The voice of the thin man came from the "bugging" device that was clinging to the wall.

"The Spaniards entrenched in Manila have been routed by the 38th Task Force of the Royal Navy of the Great Song Dynasty, and now they cannot even muster the strength to suppress the Turen rebellion. Not long ago, the German envoy made an urgent appointment with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and their desire for Manila ......"

"No, no, no! Sir, the United States and the Great Song signed a mutual defense treaty, and you can't hand over Manila to the Germans! The owner of the voice seemed to have just been stepped on by someone.

"Well, we were angry with you before we made a move against the Spaniards, but we can't spare enough troops to participate in the military operation, which should be what you said at the time, right?"

"Oh, that was the situation, it's different now, we, don't we still have a fleet here?"

"Then you can only send someone to explain this situation to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but I think if there is no practical change in your position in the South Pacific, I am afraid that Manila will become a bargaining chip for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to exchange benefits, after all, the Germans can give us more help in containing the British military power."

"Ah, of course there will be new changes, in fact our fleet detained by the British is about to leave Hong Kong due to some major 'security hazard' incident, and soon our fleet will be able to reach Manila Bay."

"Ahem, ahem. It's good that there is a fleet deployed near Manila, and I think you should be able to gain some advantage over the Germans. ”

"Mr. Special Envoy, I would like to know what your position is on the Russian interference in the affairs of the north of our country?" Another man with a strange English accent joins the conversation.

"To be honest, we will acquiesce in the entry of the Russians into the Kuril Islands, Prime Minister Ito of your country has lost control of the pro-British forces at home, and we need to put a little pressure on you through greedy polar bears."

"Oh, no, Mr. Envoy! You Chinese people have a saying, 'It's easy to ask God, it's hard to send God,' once you let the Russians infiltrate the Far East......."

"Ahem, ahem, please pay attention to your inappropriate analogy, in the eyes of the Great Song Royal Navy, the Russians are far from being worthy of the title of god, even if it is just a plague god!"

"Well, the time is almost up, and I have one more thing to explain to this gentleman, so please don't interrupt me again. Ahem, ahem. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has this little suggestion for your country's military disadvantage in East Africa, and we can provide you with sufficient military assistance, on the condition that after you take control of Ethiopia, you will work with the French in Somaliland to clear the Mahdi army in Sudan, well, even if they run down the Nile into Egypt, you must annihilate them."

Knock, knock, knock, the conversation in the next room was interrupted by the waiter's knock on the door, but the John Bull rookie informant who "eavesdropped" on the above conversation had already felt enough shock.

The Great Song people are trying to gather those countries that are eager to redistribute their interests on a global scale to deal with Great Britain that now has the most overseas interests!

"That damn waitress interrupted their conversation!" The rookie who was operating the "bugging" whispered to his companion.

A few rookie informants gathered around the operator of the "bugging" had roughly learned about the conversation that took place in the next room through his graffiti-like shorthand in his notebook.

"You're keeping an eye on these people here, and I'm going to go back and report now. Remember, be sure to keep an eye on every attendee! A rookie informant said to his companion.

As soon as the rookie intelligence officer opened the door, he saw that the door of the next guest room had also been pushed open from the inside.

"I'm going to complain about you! I didn't call room service! Ahem, ahem! The thin man's screams came from inside the door.

"I'm sorry, sir, but I was supposed to arrange to clean the room, I .......," the waitress apologized with tears in her voice.

"You get out of my room right now!" The thin man yelled.

Soon the waitress hunched over and pulled the cart with cleaning tools out of the next room, and when the door was closed, the rookie intelligence officer stepped forward to intercept the waitress who was crying with pear blossoms.

"Ma'am, the gentlemen in the room next to me are so rude, they are so noisy that I can't sleep, you know I just got off the boat and need a quiet place to rest." The rookie informant tried to get words out of the waitress's mouth.

"I'm sorry sir, this is my first day at work, I, I'll pass your opinion on to the manager. However, I think they will soon be quiet, and the gentlemen have only come to visit the guest, and should be leaving soon. Seeing that a guest came forward to complain, the waitress stopped sobbing and said.

"Oh, how many people are in that room, they are so noisy that my skull is about to explode!" The rookie informant continued.

"I don't know, I just went in and was blasted out. God, I was just supposed to clean the room, and I'm sure I didn't get the wrong number, woo, I'm not going to get fired, I got this job. The waitress whimpered again.

The rookie informant pretended to be sympathetic to the yellow waitress, gave her a shilling coin, and hurried away.

After seeing the rookie informant disappear from his sight, the waitress holding the coin in her hand immediately changed her face, and there was no aggrieved sadness on her face, and she immediately changed it to a mocking smile.

Americans, Japanese, Italians gathered together and the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty met? This matter was actually encountered by a few intelligence agents who were hastily recruited by themselves to mix up funds?

These guys who can't support the wall in the mud can't get together to make up this unreliable information in order to continue to get this good salary, right?

Considering that this intelligence mentioned that the US fleet stranded in Hong Kong would have armed operations in the near future, the superiors of these rookie intelligence officers still reported the situation to the British authorities in London and Hong Kong, and attached their own worrisome evaluation of the ability of these trainee intelligence officers.

Both the London side and the Hong Kong and British authorities were not very concerned about this information at first. Although the chances of the Great Song people meeting with envoys of other countries in a third place were high due to their control of the cable cable and the deployment of a large number of spies on the Liaodong Peninsula, the probability of such a meeting being targeted by a trainee intelligence officer was certainly lower than the probability of winning the jackpot by buying a lottery ticket.

It was only when the news came that a Great Song warship flying a unicorn flag was rapidly approaching Hong Kong waters, John Bull had to reassess the authenticity of this information.

What was the intention of the Great Song people to send only one warship north? Obviously, it was not attacking the British garrison stationed in Hong Kong, so could it be to meet the American fleet that was trying to break free from Hong Kong by force?

To make matters worse, once the intelligence that the American fleet was trying to escape Hong Kong was confirmed to be true, the information that the Italians, Russians, and even the Japanese would be more deeply involved in the war would also be confirmed.

This is not good news, which means that the so-called policy of checks and balances that Great Britain has adhered to for many years has a tendency to set itself on fire, and those various interests who were originally played around are now united in their guns against Great Britain as an instigator under the gathering of the Great Song people.