Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Gift of Great Britain
At the same time, the representative of the Great Britain Belt used a faint feeling that he was standing in Tom's point of view, helping Tom analyze the gains and losses after agreeing to Austria-Hungary, and then entrainment a few words of praise, which naturally pulled into the relationship between the two sides.
It has to be said that Great Britain can rely on the "continental equilibrium policy" and develop the British Island, which is not suitable for colonization in terms of geographical location, into the most powerful "sun never sets" empire in the world.
At the very least, this hand of using the subtext to stand in the other party's perspective, help the other party analyze the stakes, and sow discord is the first time Tom has encountered it in this barbaric era of capital.
Tom also liked the kind of person in Great Britain who opened the skylight and spoke brightly, and responded with a smile:
"At that time, we hadn't signed the "Mexican Partition... Phew, "Mexican Armistice". ”
"I understand, I understand, there is no official document here, the way of speaking and the confidence are different. It's just that I don't think it's too late for you to refuse marriage after coming to this title. ”
"In this regard, I still have to learn from the old-timers in Great Britain, I should have asked for that title, don't be in vain, hey, what a mistake, a mistake, a mistake, ......"
"Since you, Mr. Smith, have not accepted the hypocrisy of the Austro-Hungarian "villains", how about taking a look at this gift? ”
The representative of Great Britain took a document from his bag and respectfully handed it to Tom Smith.
Tom glanced at the bag when the representative of Great Britain opened it, and it was estimated that there were dozens of "gifts" with the same appearance.
It seems that Great Britain is well prepared in this regard, and no matter how Tom responds, Great Britain will "eat" Tom and make the owner of the vast land of Central America a partner of Great Britain.
"What is this? Could it be a title and marriage, but don't fool me with a marquis, duke or something. ”
"How can a down-to-earth industrialist like you care about a false name, and how can we, Great Britain and Prussia, use such a thing as a gift?"
"What if I just like this kind of false name?"
Tom opened the "gift" handed by the representative of Great Britain, and at the same time asked for a "false name".
The Prussian representative was obviously a little upset, but the British representative only paused for a moment, then continued to put on a "pork smile" on his face, and took out a secret document from the compartment of his leather bag.
In the face of the Prussian delegates, in shock, this "top secret" document was handed over to Tom.
Tom planned to read this secret document with great interest, and after seeing the contents of this document, Tom's eyes widened, and he slowly raised his head, looking at the representative of Great Britain in front of him with an incredulous expression.
"It's... It's true? Is it really Queen Victoria's autograph? ”
The representative of Great Britain did not respond, and still put on a "pork smile", but this pork smile made Tom more and more incomprehensible.
It's definitely not just a pork laugh.
Tom looked at the representative of Great Britain in front of him, and the more he looked at it, the more cold sweat flowed, and he couldn't help but admire:
Is this Great Britain?
Is this the first nation in human history to submit to capital?
Is this the "new era" foreign policy of the Victorian era?
The representative of Great Britain kept smiling, waiting for Tom's response.
Tom looked at Queen Victoria's handwritten letter again.
Written inside is the Queen's message, congratulating her child on the marriage of the Mexican throne holder.
The letter did not contain a description of the names of the parties, not even a gender, and no date.
This letter is equivalent to telling Tom that as long as you are willing to cooperate with Great Britain, Great Britain is even willing to let the children of the Queen of Great Britain marry the "Emperor of Mexico"!
This "Emperor of Mexico", whether you are Tom himself or a puppet, the British side said that it does not matter.
Tom sat in the main seat, leaning back in his chair, relaxing, and contemplating this "great gift".
This gift is really a great British style, and this letter is only written by Queen Victoria of Great Britain in the European royal family, and can be written, can be written, can be written.
Tom pondered the political "wrestling" behind the letter.
The Hanoverian royal family in Great Britain was already a "vase" of compromise between the bourgeoisie and the conservatives, and this system allowed Great Britain to flourish and eventually become an empire on which the sun never sets.
Compared with the traditional conservatives on the European continent, the royalists in Great Britain were even accustomed to exchanging the unrealistic "prestige" and "blood" of the Hanoverian royal family in Great Britain for real benefits and capital.
On the other hand, the conservatives in continental Europe, even France who claimed to be the hometown of the revolution, still did their best to maintain the authority of the royal family, and regarded the "glory" and "authority" of the royal family and nobles as extremely important.
The biggest reason for this series of differences between Great Britain and continental Europe in terms of aristocracy is that the proportion of capitalists born from feudal lords among British capitalists is higher than the average of continental Europe.
This is also the fundamental reason why the bloodless "Glorious Revolution" took place when Great Britain was transformed into a capitalist constitutional monarchy.
The capitalists and the feudal lords are just a family, united to overthrow the royal family.
The British capitalists of this era are not exaggerated to be called feudal capitalists.
France on the European continent, if it wants to establish capitalism, has to go through countless civil wars, and the reason is that the domestic capitalists and feudal lords are not "one family" at all.
In the end, the feudal lords of Great Britain in this era were more suitable for "capital", liked "capital", surrendered to "capital", and could sacrifice more illusory "false names" for the sake of real interests.
Tom can imagine what kind of earthquake this kind of marriage between the royal family and "American, mud-legged, nouveau riche, and earth leopard" would cause in other European countries.
But in Great Britain, the feudal capitalists might instead force Queen Victoria to write the letter for the sake of "national good".
What Tom didn't know was that in the original historical line, a few years later, the daughter of the Vanderbilt family relied on the "dollar dowry" to marry a famous Grand Duke of Great Britain.
The exchange of marriage for profit was too normal for the feudal capitalists of Great Britain.
Vanderbilt's daughter married the Grand Duke only for a dowry of one or two million dollars, and the dowry or dowry that Tom could give was not comparable to one or two million dollars.
The more Tom thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more he was afraid, and the more he thought about it, the more he admired Great Britain's "drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle", this trick is not very "clever", but it is indeed the most suitable for Great Britain, and only Great Britain can do it.