London, Downing Street.

It is a rare day for a black mounted police officer from the Bow Street Police Force (there is no Scotland Yard Police Force yet, the headquarters of the London Police Force is on Bow Street) to cordon up near 10 Downing Street.

Old London, who used to come and go on Downing Street, knew that a foreign head of government was going to visit 10 Downing Street. And the one who can enjoy this kind of black-clothed mounted police vigilance treatment must still be the head of the government of a big country.

So, after a while, many British gentlemen gathered on both sides of Downing Street. It's just to see, and they won't ask each other about it...... Otherwise, he would not be a gentleman.

A moment later, while the gentlemen were waiting a little impatiently, a jingling carriage bell came from one of the entrances to Downing Street, followed by three carriages coming in and coming to a steady stop outside the gate of 10 Downing Street.

Huck Huck, the cabinet secretary at 10 Downing Street, had already led a few tuxedo-clad civil servants out of the famous little black door, stood on the sidewalk with a smile on his face, waited for the carriage to stop, and then walked up to open the door for the passengers.

The first to get off the carriage was Prime Minister George W. Canning, Huck bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Prime Minister, welcome back to 10 Downing Street." ”

George. When Canning got out of the carriage, he put on his top hat and a cane in his hand, and went with Huck to the second carriage. Huck opened the door, then bowed and said to the people inside in Rakshasa language, "Your Highness, welcome to 10 Downing Street." ”

Out of this carriage was the Rakshasa Grand Duke Mihayir, only to see this Mao Zi Grand Duke in military uniform after getting out of the carriage, he walked to George who was waiting outside. Canning approached him and kissed him on the lips - this was Maozi's kissing ceremony, a ritual imported from France.

After kissing Archduke Mikhaill, Huck led George again. Canning went to the last carriage, and this time when he opened the door, Huck came to salute and said in Chinese with a Wuji Valley accent: "And Zhongtang, little Huck has a greeting for you." ”

He Shen is dressed in the Qing Dynasty, oh, it is the top of the golden minister wearing a flowery court dress, seeing that Huck gave him a thousand salutes, he quickly stretched out his hand to help him, and said with a smile: "Secretary Ha, you are too polite, hurry up, hurry up...... You are a cabinet official from Oxford University, and you were born in the Qing Dynasty. As he spoke, he yelled at George. Canning hugged his fists, "Kan Zhongtang, let's not kiss each other." ”

"No kiss, no kiss." George. Canning also hugged his fists in the same way as He Shen, and said with a smile, "The kissing ceremony is a French ceremony and a rakshasa ceremony, and we don't like this in England." ”

He Shen laughed when he heard this, and pointed to Grand Duke Mihayir next to him and said, "When the old man went abroad for the first time to be an ambassador, he went to their rakshasa and met his grandmother, Catherine II...... To kiss the hand, this is really ...... It's better to kowtow! ”

Listened to Heshen's words, George. Canning and Archduke Mikhail both laughed in response, and Huck made a gesture of surprise. Canning, Heshen, Grand Duke Mihayir, and Qishan, who quietly got out of the car after Heshen, invited them into the small black door at 10 Downing Street.

After entering the small black door, several people went straight to the small conference room reserved for His Excellency the Prime Minister.

After taking their separate seats in the conference room, they didn't say much to each other. Canning said to He Shen in English: "He Zhongtang, our Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, Hugh. Rear Admiral Gough has great praise for your naval airborne troops, believing that they are the most combat-ready naval fighters in the world, even surpassing our naval fighters of the British Empire and the Ming Empire. ”

He Shen knew English very well, but now it was a diplomatic meeting, and he represented Dajin, and he had to use Manchurian, Wujigu Chinese, or Mongolian, so he replied in Chinese: "It is also said that compared to marksmanship, horsemanship, knife skills, and parachuting skills from the sky, as well as the ability to dig trenches and build strongholds to fight battles, our Dajin navy is second, and no one's navy dares to call it first." It's a pity, we don't have a real sea, and this navy is actually useless and has no place! Kanzhongtang, why don't you give me Dajin with a useless island, and let my Dajin Navy also see the sea? ”

George. Canning also knows a little Chinese, and the cabinet secretary next to him, Hulker, is an Oxford top student, Chinese level 6, and he is now sitting in George Brown. Canning worked as an interpreter behind him.

I heard that Heshen wanted Great Britain to cede land to Dajin, George. Canning was also crying and laughing. However, he was not angry, he just smiled and said: "There is always a chance for Dajin to build a navy, and when the Turkish Empire is destroyed, he will draw a long coastline on the western coast of the Persian Gulf...... As long as you can lend us some of your naval paratroopers to the British Empire, it's easy to talk about military salaries and everything! ”

He Shen had no interest in the coastline of the Persian Gulf, and he knew that the place was a wasteland, with nothing but sand...... However, and Shen to George. Canning was still very interested in what he said about military pay.

And the standoff between Daikin and the Anglo-Indian army in the Kabul and Peshawar areas has been going on for months. Because the British army was stuck in the Kabul Valley and the Khyber River Valley, the golden soldiers in Peshawar could not get supplies by land, so they could only rely on airships and eat the old capital captured in Peshawar, which was relatively difficult to maintain.

The situation of the Anglo-Indian army was not good, because the mainland from Mardan to the Khyber Pass had to pass through Peshawar, and the surrounding area of Peshawar was now controlled by the Jin soldiers, and there were also Tianfang guerrillas who ran farther away to sabotage it. So the supply of the Anglo-Indian troops trapped in Afghanistan is also very difficult!

In addition, since the Anglo-Indian troops in Afghanistan numbered tens of thousands, they had to consume a large amount of supplies every day, and it was not easy to have conflicts with the locals if they could have been brought in from outside earlier. However, as soon as the logistics went wrong, they had to scrape the land in the Kabul Valley and the Khyber River Valley, and naturally there was a serious confrontation with the local Pashtun tribes, and as a result, there were "god warriors" everywhere. Plus Daoguang and Dost. Muhammad. Khan's army marched towards Kabul little by little around the Hindu Kush, and the Anglo-Indian army was demoralized and fought several battles with them, but they did not win. Goff was almost out of choice and could only ask for a retreat.

And if they want to withdraw their troops, they are afraid of being chased and killed by the Daikin-Afghan coalition...... Don't let them go into the Indus Valley in one fell swoop!

So the new prime minister took office of George. Canning had no choice but to sacrifice the trick of "cutting land, paying compensation, and making peace", and first pacified the Dajin Kingdom.

Oh, that peace is not with Dajin Guo, but with Princess Victoria and Archduke Alexander. Although both of them are still children, the family affairs have been finalized. That's why Grand Duke Mikhail is here to attend today's talks, and he is a peacemaker who doesn't say a word.

Although they didn't say a word, He Shen and Zhongtang still knew what to do!

He Shen smiled and asked, "Kan Zhongtang, how do you want to borrow this soldier?" How is the military salary calculated? And also...... How should the border between Afghanistan and British India be drawn? ”

Huck of Chinese Level 6 has translated all of He Shen's words into English. Canning smiled and stretched out a finger and said, "And Zhongtang, we only borrow a thousand soldiers...... I will give you a lump sum of £1,000,000, and a further £100,000 a year thereafter. ”

One million pounds is only four or five million Ming silver yuan, which is much lower than the price in Daoguang's heart! However, Daoguang only intends to make a one-shot deal, and George. Canning, on the other hand, intends to give money every year, and there are still 100,000 pounds a year...... That's four or five hundred thousand silver yuan. After a few decades, you can make up 20 million silver yuan. So Heshen and Zhongtang are just noncommittal.

"As for the demarcation, we withdraw from all of Afghanistan, including the Gandhara Basin." George. Canning continued.

This time, He Shen nodded.

George. Canning added, "We have one more strings attached!" ”

"On what terms?" He Shen asked.

"You have to support our Prince William in seizing the throne of the Indian Empire," said George. Canning said, "We may need your troops to cooperate, we may need to send thousands of troops!" ”

He Shen nodded: "Okay, but you have to add money!" Plus three million pounds! ”