"£8 million?"

Edward felt himself cracked.

How many mistresses can this have!

And......

"Mother, since it is our pension, shouldn't we be more cautious! And doesn't the Privy Council help our royal family deal with government affairs? ”

"Isn't it right for the Privy Council to take so much money from Congress every year and spend taxpayers' money for the royal family?"

Victoria sighed and said, "You are not in charge yet, and you don't know how difficult it is to maintain a decent life for the royal family, do you think that all the money of our British Empire has been robbed?"

Well, although they are all robbed, it is also very important to manage money, or rather, to make money profitable.

In the future, I will ask the Privy Council to send someone to teach you about finance, which is what you should learn as the crown prince. ”

"Thank you, Mother!"

Edward was overjoyed to see the crown and countless small coins beckoning to him.

Victoria sighed, though trying to convince herself to like the son.

But it can't be done at all!

Well, Xingzhen!

I can understand your feelings......

Fortunately, Victoria was in a better mood at the thought of the rising stock prices.

With the best financial advisers in the UK, or the world, and first-hand insider information, the royal family's funds have been profitable in the stock and securities market as a national team.

But it's the first time that bauxite stocks have grown like this one.

After the Franco-Prussian War, the defeat of the Orleans restoration in France was a wake-up call for Victoria.

She had a vague sense that there was an unsettling force surging in Europe.

Perhaps one day, he will move to Canada, like the Portuguese royal family who once went into exile in Brazil.

In that case, the royal family's financial reserves are undoubtedly the most important.

As long as you have money, you can maintain a decent life, and even there is great hope for restoring your former glory.

If you don't have money, you can only hide on the island and raise abalone, like the Japanese king.

"I'm not greedy, the £800 is fivefold, and I'll stop......"

Victoria felt very sane about herself.

……

Just as the head maid was preparing the hot water, and Victoria got up to bathe and get away from her unpleasant son, the door was suddenly pushed open with a bang.

The Queen's butler hurried in.

Although he is only a butler, as the butler of the Queen of England, Ramsey also has the title of earl.

He was the 14th Earl of Dalhousie.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong!"

Ramsey's butler was pale, his steps were so haphazard that he didn't even have time to knock on the door with a rhythmic, traditional, graceful gesture before he pushed it open and ran in.

"Hehe, Ramsey, this is not like you!"

Victoria laughed calmly, "Could it be that the stupid Germans are loyal and can't help but go to war with us?" ”

"War? Oh no, it's worse than that! ”

Latham pulled a telegram from his bosom and handed it to Victoria.

The telegram was written in French, but it was not difficult for the English upper class aristocracy to read French.

Although the French language was milky, the French language had a profound influence on the British for a long time.

"This is an urgent telegram from the Viceroy of the French Third Republic in Mali, with the names of our British intelligence officers on it!"

"As you know, about a year ago, the Ming Kingdom used a large number of ships to transport more than 300,000 black Americans to West Africa and established the so-called 'Taipingni Kingdom' in Liberia. ”

Victoria nodded, she had an impression of it.

The British royal family is not an ornament, and even more so today in the 19th century.

In particular, Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, was a very ambitious man who took back a lot of the rights that belonged to the king.

Coupled with the sense of crisis caused by the emergence of Daming, and the verbal harassment of her lifelong enemy Zhu Fugui, Victoria did not stop asking about political affairs after her husband's death as in history, so her authority is still quite large now.

In many national affairs, especially when it comes to diplomatic and military matters, the power of the queen is to some extent greater than that of the prime minister.

"West Africa is the traditional sphere of influence of the French, and out of the idea of weakening France, we in England have supported the French by all means except help." Victoria vividly remembers the British government's strategy.

"That's right, that's the way it is."

Latham nodded, "Because Liberia is so far away from Egypt, Sudan, and South Africa, we have adopted a policy of appeasement for the actions of the Ming people at the expense of the interests of the French.

At that time, Gan Bida said that the appetite of the Ming people would not be limited to this, and would definitely further become involved in Africa.

He was right, just last month, the 'Peaceful Nation' Worship of God crusaders attacked French troops in Guinea and Sierra Leone and expelled them.

The French sent several warships from the mainland to confront the warships that the Ming had helped the Nepalese to transport troops.

In order to avoid further escalation of the situation, France, Ming, and Nepal signed the "West Africa Boundary Demarcation Treaty," and the representatives of Zhu Fugui and Gan Bida drew up the 'Zhu-Bida Line' in Conakry, stipulating that the areas of Liberia, Saraone, Guinea, and Haut-Walt (that is, Burkina Faso) were protected areas of the Ming Kingdom, which believed in God worship and Taoism, and promoted the Chinese language. (pictured)

Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Chagos Islands, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gabon, Albréda, Quinta Kintaih Island, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, Tunisia, etc.

It is a French reserve, which is Catholic and promotes the French language, and France has a special interest in it, which is recognized by the Ming Kingdom.

At that time, the French saw the Treaty as a diplomatic victory to curb the expansion of the Ming Kingdom.

They even privately ridiculed the Ming people, who knew nothing about Africa, for choosing the inhospitable Upper Water and its surroundings, for fear that the stupid tyrant Zhu Fugui had scribbled on the map.

However, it turns out that Zhu Fugui is not scribbling, he came prepared!

Not long ago, Major General Morishita, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Theater of the Ming Kingdom, together with Jerry, King of the Taipingi Kingdom, announced the exploration of a reserve and a huge bauxite mine in Guinea.

They even spent a lot of money to invite Mendeleev, a chemical expert, to Africa for a field trip.

It is said that the bauxite is of extremely high quality, the mining cost is extremely low, and the reserves are likely to be more than ten times the total amount of bauxite known in the world! ”