Kolkata, Governor's House of the East India Company.

"Hahaha......"

In the office of the Governor Baron Amsterd, there was a hearty laughter, this is the old man Nelson laughing, the old man is still holding a telegram in his hand, and while laughing, he said to the two people in the office: "Baron, George, I originally thought that this Daoguang Emperor came to India to grab money, but I didn't expect him to be just a begging for food...... If you want to eat, you want to eat, and you still want to ask for food every year (New Year's gift), is this to treat rice as a family business? What do you two think we in the British Empire should deal with this beggar emperor? ”

Baron Amsterdam glanced at the man whom Nelson called "George" - a rather handsome middle-aged white man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose, and a blue glow on his face and chin, which were the marks of a shaved beard. The man's name was George. He was previously the secretary of the British Admiralty, a member of the Naval Commission, and now he has come down with a special mission to become the deputy chief of staff of the Indian Grand Fleet.

Seeing the look in Baron Amsterd's eyes, George. Yilu smiled very gentlemanly and said, "Earl, baron, of course it is impossible for the Empire to give even one penny to the Dajin Emperor...... The Empire's budget doesn't include Hanako.

However, we don't need to reject Emperor Daoguang right now. Because if we refuse, it is possible for him to retreat from the banks of the Amu Darya. Although his army is very bad, Wuji Valley is too far away from India, and the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is possible to get the support of the Ming Dynasty and the Rakshasas. Therefore, if Daoguang retreats to the Infinite Valley, the British Empire will have nothing to do with him. ”

Amsterd nodded, "That's right...... Although Daoguang is just a begging for food called Emperor Hanako, the way he asks for food still offends the British Empire! He must pay for his actions! Dajin Guo must also pay the price! ”

George. Yilu smiled: "Baron, so we can't categorically refuse their request, we should hang his appetite until next spring." At that time, our army will be able to march through the Salang Pass to Kunduz. As long as our heroic Anglo-Indian forces can deal a devastating blow to the Kim army, we can force Daoguang to accept our offer of a peace treaty that will genuinely contribute to stability and progress in Central Asia.

In addition, our victory in Central Asia will also help us to gain a favorable position in the naval arms talks. And Japan's patriotic samurai community will also be greatly inspired! ”

That's a great situation!

Once the British Empire is victorious in Afghanistan, it will be not one win, but three! One in Afghanistan, one in naval armament negotiations, and one in Japan...... Win hemp directly!

Baron Amsterdam listened to Yoshiru's suggestion, smiled and asked, "George, when are you going to leave for Japan?" ”

George. Yoshiro did not come to India for the "print" of Emperor Daoguang, but was sent to India to encourage the "patriotic samurai" in Japan to make trouble. On the other hand, the British Empire's way of encouraging Japan's "patriotic samurai" on the surface was to dispatch the warships of the Indian Grand Fleet to escort the merchant ships of the East India Company for a simulated wartime transport, in order to show the British Empire's determination and ability to support Japan......

"I want to leave in early December," said George. "So when I arrived in Japan, it would be about the time when Emperor Daoguang surrendered to our British Empire!" Then he said to Nelson, "Earl, I wish at least one of the royal orders would follow me to Japan!" So that I could show my Japanese friends the most powerful side of the British Empire. ”

"Good!" Earl Nelson nodded, "I will send a Sovereign-class, an old ironclad and a few fast cruisers to form a special mission formation, under your command, to escort several East India Company merchant ships to Japan." ”

George. Yoshiro said with a smile: "With these ironclads and cruisers, I believe our Japanese friends will definitely feel the determination of the British Empire to support them!" ”

......

At the same time, in the office of the British Empire Prime Minister Earl of Liverpool at 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, was meeting with Foreign Secretary George Brown. Canning, Chancellor of the Exchequer Robinson, Secretary of the Navy Malgrave, Ordnance Director Duke Wellington, and others were all huddled together, each holding a briefing in his hand, and was looking at it with his head down.

George who had just drunk a tincture of slices. Canning looked very excited, and the first to read the briefing in his hand was to see him smile and ask the Duke of Wellington, who had defeated the Napoleonic Emperor on the battlefield: "Duke, what do you think of the situation in Afghanistan?" Is it all under our control? ”

The Duke of Wellington, who had a pointed nose and a somewhat long face, looked much more energetic than the Earl of Nelson, who was only fifty-seven years old, and who was in great shape and very quick in his mind. However, he was recently in the process of resigning from the Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, because of the Prime Minister's whimsical desire to get the princes of the Indian princely states to pay for the formation of a Hindustan shipbuilding company to receive orders from the Royal Navy of the British Empire...... This Indian man-made warship, the navy dares to ask for it, and the Duke of Wellington, the director of ordnance, does not dare to accept it!

The Duke of Wellington and his brother Charlie. Wellesley was the Viceroy of India, and the Duke himself went through his brother's back door and led soldiers in India for five years, participating in the Mysore War and the Maratha War. So he knows too well what those Indians do!

However, the Earl of Liverpool, George. Both Canning and Chancellor of the Exchequer Robinson were greedy for Indian money and were therefore interested in the Hindustan Shipbuilding Company's proposal.......

Now I hear George. Canning's question, the Duke of Wellington just frowned and said, "It looks like everything is under control...... Emperor Daoguang and his most trusted minister, He Shen, behaved like fools! I don't know what kind of person that Daoguang Emperor was, but I knew He Shen, who stayed in Europe as a minister during the Napoleonic Wars. He doesn't seem to be so stupid, he knows Europe, and he knows the details of our British Empire! ”

"He's old," said George. "He's in his seventies," Canning said...... Moreover, this war was originally instigated by Daming, and it was not in the interests of Dakin, maybe he just wanted to deal with the past. ”

The Duke of Wellington shrugged, "That explanation makes sense...... Prime Minister, from the information I have so far, we are undefeated in Afghanistan. ”

Wellington is the "God of War"!

He said so, and Prime Minister Jenkinson was of course relieved. Canning said, "George, let our ambassador in Petersburg, Staunton, try to ask Nicholas I to mediate the deepening conflict between us and the Ming...... Perhaps a peace conference could be held in Petersburg, London, or Paris, France, on issues such as naval armaments, trade rules, and the Eastern order. In order to avoid the differences between us and the Ming Dynasty from continuing to intensify, and finally turn into a big war between the East and the West! ”

It turned out that the relationship between Britain and the Ming Dynasty had continued to deteriorate since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and the contradiction between the two sides was not only in the naval arms race, but also in the division of spheres of influence and trade rules - the Ming wanted to gain more markets, and at the same time included the areas east of the Strait of Malacca, north of the East Indies, and west of the west coast of the Americas into their sphere of influence.

This meant that the Ming would at least share control of the Strait of Malacca with the British, and gain dominance over Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, the South Luzon Islands, and most of the Pacific Ocean.

If all the demands of the Ming Dynasty were satisfied, then the Dutch East Indies and British Australia would actually be under the sword of the Ming Dynasty.

And Japan, which has always been relatively pro-British and wants to maintain a balance between Ming and Ying, will also be completely dominated by the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the Ming will also have full control of the Hawaiian Islands, an important transit point to the west coast of North America.

And all of the above, in the eyes of the rulers of the British Empire, was unacceptable!

But the consequences of a complete break with the Ming were also very serious, so the Earl of Liverpool hoped to use the victory in Afghanistan and support the Japanese "patriotic samurai" to put pressure on the Ming before negotiating a treaty in favor of the British.