Sir Stanley yawned, swiped his name, shook his head, and said, "I don't have to worry about what you do, just do what you say." ”

Wiping the tears that came out of the yawn at the corners of his eyes, Stanley's sea of was full of brains.

That girl last night was a little too hot for an old man like herself, but tonight she might try to increase the dose of the Hebrew elixir a little.

You can never guess what is going on in the mind of a Western politician when dealing with government affairs.

It's like you can never guess whether a seemingly suave and righteous U.S. governor has a machimshire on it.

In short, the matter of superior people is so outrageous.

After dealing with a few more government affairs, Benjamin suddenly became serious and said: "First of all, sir, the French government invited us to participate in the international intervention against Mexico's debt default, you see......"

In contrast to the president of the United States, who requires congressional authorization to declare war, otherwise he can only fight for a short time, the British prime minister has full power to declare war and can form a wartime cabinet.

Therefore, whether or not to cooperate with the French to impose armed sanctions on Mexico can be decided directly by the prime minister and the cabinet without discussion in the upper and lower parliaments.

Benjamin repeated it several more times, and Sir Stanley finally focused.

"How much does Mexico owe the French?" Sir Stanley asked, "How much is owed to us?" ”

"Wait a minute, Mr. Prime Minister."

Benjamin sneered through the information, and a detailed form was found.

The sun never sets on the territory of the empire, and few officials with real talent and hard work have long been finished, and Benjamin is such a person who is good at planning.

"As of March this year, the government of Juárez in Mexico owes a total of £5.7 million to France, £760,000 to our country and £1.14 million to Spain."

Hearing Benjamin's figures, Sir Stanley frowned, "Is 760,000 pounds so much money?" ”

Although he is an uneducated son, he has been in politics for decades, even if it is to facilitate corruption, Stanley is still very sensitive to the concept of money.

£760,000 is not a small number.

Today, the total tax revenue of the British Empire is only 50 million pounds.

A few years ago, Da Ying dragged the French to the other side of the world to fight with the Qing Dynasty, and finally lost 3 million pounds.

In the previous Mexican-American War, the cause was also because the Mexicans owed 3 million pounds and did not pay it back, and in the end, they could only use half of the country's land to pay off their debts.

Although the figure is not small, the figure of 760,000 pounds is a bit lower than the cost of a war.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I think we should participate."

"Spain is not in a good financial situation right now, and they will definitely follow the French to Mexico," Benjamin advised. ”

"They were the original suzerainty of Mexico, who had been haunted by the loss of Mexico in the Napoleonic Wars, and now with the support of France, they will not miss it."

"Moreover, the French have been stuck in Africa for too long. They clearly want to gain benefits in the Americas compared to the unexplored West Africa, and Mexico is the best way to break through. ”

"We can't sit back and watch something like this happen, as the saying goes, if you want to destroy an organization, the best way is to join him, so Your Excellency Prime Minister, Your Excellency Prime Minister?"

Benjamin shook the sleepy Sir Stanley, who woke up sleepy-eyed.

Benjamin frowned.

I have been a dog to this guy in front of me for so many years, and I just want to inherit his political legacy, this old guy shouldn't burp in advance, right?

I'm not ready to take over!

Looking at the old prime minister who took out a handkerchief and a handful of tears and snot, Benjamin suddenly felt angry and a sense of déjà vu.

"First of all, sir...... You...... You're not smoking opium, are you? ”

In the West, opium has been used for a long time, but it is mainly used as an opium tincture for medicinal purposes.

The British were well aware of the dangers of opium smoking, regarded opium smoking as immoral, and portrayed the skinny, pig-tailed, smoke-smoking Chinese as ugly and obscene in pictorial magazines.

However, hypocrites are hypocrites, they can lie down and let Du products flood after more than a hundred years, and a hundred years ago, there were naturally all kinds of underground smoke houses, some of which were even Chinese.

Benjamin has a distant relative, who is such a big smoker.

Therefore, when I saw Sir Stanley's symptoms, I thought of the Great Smoke House.

But after blurting out, "You're not smoking opium," he regretted it.

Because it is a very serious offense to question a gentleman who swallows clouds like a lewd Oriental.

What's more, it is his benefactor who offends.

Sure enough, Sir Stanley immediately rebuked angrily: "Pay attention to your identity, how can I smoke opium like Qing Guo, I was just too tired last night, if you want to talk about medicine, the Hebrew secret medicine I took is definitely not a low-grade product like opium tincture,

Several of London's most experienced pharmacists have certified that this healthy, decent, gentlemanly medicine contains absolutely no opium! ”

"Okay, I agree to armed intervention in Mexico's affairs, you go and draw up a charter, try to reduce the financial pressure with as few people as possible, and get the debt back, so be it, I'm tired!"

So saying, Sir Stanley strode away on crutches, and it seemed that there was no hindrance.

This made Benjamin breathe a sigh of relief.

It's not just opium smoking!

As for things in Mexico......

Benjamin shook his head, there was still an important matter he wanted to report to the Prime Minister.

Judging by the news sent back by the female agents of the Reich from the bed of a Parisian officer, it seems that the French have developed a secret weapon.

It is said to be a monstrous multi-barrel rapid-fire weapon (see this image).

Now there is a Gatling in North America, and there is a similar equipment in France, but neither of them has been really battle-tested.

(The Ming-French War, and even the North American Civil War were considered wars on the periphery of the civilized world, lacking reference value.) ）

Whether the British Empire wants to follow up on the development of related weapons, this war against Mexico may be an opportunity to observe up close.

At the same time, take advantage of this opportunity to maybe be able to get in touch with that East Asian madman Zhu Fugui.

It would be best if he could provoke him to fight the French again.

Mexico is no more than the Far East, from Bordeaux to Mexico, the new steamship takes 6 days.

The French are more than capable of throwing large amounts of war resources into the past.

Judging by the letters of the Minister in Japan, the fighting power of the Ming army was no worse than that of the European soldiers, of course, this is somewhat flattering, but even so, the French army would still be a desperate force for those in the East.

At best, the Orientals lay in pools of blood, the French go to the operating table to stop the bleeding, and the surgeon is us in England.

What a perfect script!

By next year, his political preparations would be complete, and Sir Stanley would be almost at the age of retirement for health reasons.

So isn't this perfect script a gift tailored for himself as the Prime Minister of the Empire?

At that time, he will be the third civilian prime minister and the first Jewish prime minister in the history of the British Empire!

Yes, Benjamin Disraeli's parents were Italian Jews, and as a backbone of the Conservative Party, he himself always showed fanatical British colonial imperialist zeal to the point of forgetting his Jewishness.

But he was not a typical Jew, and he dreamed of being a political giant, not a rich dwarf.

After decades of hard work, it now seems that victory is only one step away.

Thinking of this, the corners of Benjamin's mouth showed a smile that could not be concealed.

By the way, did the Prime Minister mention a Hebrew secret medicine? Is this a compatriot who lacks virtue and smokes to exert his traditional artistic abilities?

I'm definitely not against you making money, but don't spoil my good deeds!

Benjamin touched his chin and decided to send someone to investigate the fellow drug seller, and beat him if necessary.

With this decision, he also got up and left.

As for the last page of the document, information about the possible departure of Napoleon III himself to Mexico to command the war was decisively ignored by Benjamin.

This is not a big deal, Napoleon III imitated his uncle everywhere, something that is well known at this time.

In the 7th year of the French attack on Italy, the filial son savior, Napoleon III was the royal commander.

It's no surprise that he wants to go to Mexico again this time.

Perhaps he would have compared the expedition to his uncle in Egypt.

I hope his wife won't be so "emotional" as his aunt......

This was the only thing Benjamin could pray for the French emperor, and the only thing he could think of for the French emperor.