Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The French and Russian media had expressed their deep disappointment at Benjamin's press conference. As the Prime Minister of the British Empire, how could he only have that little ability to resist pressure?

To be forced back by public opinion? In their hearts, Britain should be unyielding to the end, and Benjamin should just go with the flow and take advantage of the situation to directly put Xiao Letian under house arrest and shoot him.

However, he never would have thought that at the critical moment, the Prime Minister would retreat and actually submit!

The anti-Chinese forces were very unsatisfied, so would the pro-Chinese ones be satisfied? The answer was no, the pro-Chinese countries represented by Prussia still did not believe Benjamin's words.

"If there is no British house arrest for the Führer of the East, what is he doing? "Why hasn't he shown up yet?"

"The Chinese have imprisoned themselves? Looking at the entire history of human society, no one has ever heard of such an absurd thing. British Prime Minister, please do not insult the intelligence of the European people! "

The protests continued. The media continued to report in detail. Gradually, all the unexpected conflicts on the way to Europe were dug up.

The Sri Lanka's tail, the Suez Canal's charge, the obstacles that Benjamin had placed during the welcome ceremony in London, the provocations from the French and Russian envoys during the welcome ceremony, all had been dug out one by one.

It was only then that the people knew how shameless Benjamin was. He had actually privately modified his speech schedule during the welcoming ceremony.

Visiting Montauban and Eva at banquets to provoke and humiliate them again and again!

It was because of Benjamin's hostility towards the Hua Clan, that caused him to be imprisoned. With such sufficient evidence, it would harm a person's heart, and your ability to harm a person. If that was the case, you would harm them.

It turned out that the people were always emotional. They did not have Holmes's meticulous judgment, or rather, they did not want to use their judgment to analyze the matter. How wonderful it was to analyze the matter with their emotions.

At this moment, Benjamin was really like an ant on a hot pan, the situation he was facing was unprecedented.

Would a lion care about a rat's abuse? No matter how much you spend on drooling, the British Empire is still unmoving.

However, it was in the past and it was now. Benjamin had encountered an unsolvable problem, one that was difficult to resolve both internally and externally. In the past, when he encountered doubts from other countries, he could use his identity as the Prime Minister to bring the entire United Kingdom and ignore it.

But now that there were cracks already appearing inside the fort, the royal family's discontent was clearly shown. Gladstone was ready to make a move at any time, even some people in the Tory Party were beginning to feel disgusted, they felt that Benjamin's overly hateful attitude towards Xiao Letian was completely unreasonable.

Bullshit! Benjamin was too clear on what those greedy idiots were thinking. The Duke of Newcastle blew the delicious food all over the place, and the prospect of earning money was already blown up into the sky.

The four shops had already been renovated and the training of the internal staff had already begun. At this rate, the four Chinese cuisine restaurants would probably open on Christmas Eve.

Relying on the delicious Chinese cuisine and the allure of the fresh source's spices, he could imagine that as long as the management of these four stores did not seek to court death, there would be nothing that would not earn them money.

As long as he managed it steadily, he would be able to replicate this pattern. Chinese cuisine would radiate to more cities, and right now, it was only in the UK.

This way, more and more rich people would be able to participate. Slowly, this would become a huge benefit society, and the people in this group would naturally get closer to Xiao Letian.

The people in Tory Party were already jealous, who knew how many people were going to come in contact with the Duke of Newcastle behind his back, probably there were more traitors than that.

Benjamin did not care about the pressure outside Britain, but he could not afford to be careless when opposing it inside the country. After a long period of rule, although the Tory Party had countless achievements, they still accumulated a lot of grievances, and only God knew when this volcano would erupt.

This was not a false alarm. In this framing, the British did not openly support their prime minister.

The rumors of the Liberal Party members taking walks in the streets were unfavorable to them, and the newspapers were uncontrollable. Gradually, the hearts of the people wavered, and there were even some citizens of London who believed these lies.

Benjamin was almost at his breaking point, all of his treasures were on top of Tongzhi now, and he gave Gordon the greatest pressure, requesting him to come to an agreement with Tongzhi as soon as possible.

As long as he signed the military assistance agreement with Emperor Tongzhi, the treaty that would benefit Britain the most, then all opposition in the country would be suppressed.

As for the voices of doubt overseas, Benjamin did not care.

"There's no need for too much, as long as I can take down one of the railways. If I were to hand over the authority to manage the railways from the Beijing to Shanghai, all the opponents would kneel in front of me, wagging their tails and begging for mercy!"

"This is the real deal, Xiao Letian's bullsh * t business is nothing compared to this kind of business, with this treaty, all of the domestic capitalists will come to support me, haha … "Hahaha!"

Amidst the laughter, Benjamin was already close to insanity.

But is the Tongzhi Emperor that easily deceived? With Er Mao's advice, Zai Chun already understood what it meant to raise the price on the spot, and what it meant to watch the situation unfold. The more pressure the situation gave Benjamin, the more benefits he would receive.

Under Xiao Letian's conspiracy, even Zai Chun received a piece of meat that was incomparably fat.

During this period of time, Gordon had completely recovered his status as an official of the Great Qing, he almost claimed that he was a servant and waited on Tongzhi like he was his father.

Museum, Botanic Garden, Zoo, Circus... Zai Chun had gone completely crazy, but as long as they talked about specific matters of cooperation, this brat would just say whatever he wanted to say, and he would not even give a single word of it to Wang Gu.

In the end, Gordon had even used the biggest bargaining chip that Benjamin had given him, "Your Majesty, in order to show our sincerity, the Prime Minister has agreed. As long as Your Majesty agrees that the British Railway Company is able to build a railroad in the Great Qing …"

"Then we can modify the Beijing treaty between China and the United Kingdom, such as the Great Qing Customs and Excise Department that He De is in charge of!"

Gordon was like a demon tempting the young Zai Chun, "Your Majesty, as long as you agree, you can send your trusted aides to the customs office. From today onwards, the General Revenue Department will have a double officer system …"

"This is not the end result. Later on, when the railway from Beijing to Shanghai is repaired, we can even return the control of the customs back to you!"

"Think about it carefully. The entire Qing Province's customs is controlled by you. Is there any other source of income in this world?"