Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

"War!" After all, you still want to solve the problem with war, don't you? " Gladstone was truly angry, including the Liberal Party members behind him, they all started to clamor, and the waves of booing caused the entire Capitol Building to be restless.

"Since you determined that Xiao Letian is an ambitious person, then you must eliminate him quickly? Let's not talk about whether Xiao Letian is really a carefree person, even if he is, but is there really no such thing as a small number of carefree people in this world? "

"We live in such a barbaric jungle world, and those without ambition have long been eaten like sheep. How can we live to this day? If Xiao Letian was not an ambitious person, he would not even be able to survive a day in East Asia! "

"What is our British Empire? The shepherds of the whole world, and what are the ambitious men of the world? "It's a wolfhound, a wolfhound that needs to be tamed …"

"Xiao Letian is not harming the interests of the British Empire right now. On the contrary, he is actively cooperating with us.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen, I believe that many of those present here are doing business in East Asia. Furthermore, as long as they are doing business in Jiangnan and Southeast Asia of Great Qing, they would inevitably come into contact with the Chinese …"

"Let me ask everyone, do you have any problems with the Chinese side? "Answer me, do you have …"

The sharp questions made the representatives present all whisper in each other's ears. Gladstone looked at them and then looked at the angry Benjamin as he coldly spoke.

"War will always be the last resort in resolving conflicts. The two wars that attacked the Great Qing were all due to diplomatic efforts and all negotiations were no longer a solution. Only then did I have to choose war …"

"After all, we are a mercantile nation, we want business interests. We are not fanatical executioners, there is nothing to be proud about in killing people. There is a problem that can be solved at the negotiating table, so why must we go to war?"

"Tell me, why is there a war?"

"At that time, the Qing Dynasty refused to negotiate with us no matter what, and even the Emperor was unwilling to see our ambassador. Forget about business negotiations, we couldn't even negotiate with the government, and that was why there were two wars against the empire!"

"We have won, but don't you see the risks under this victory? To send troops across half of the Earth, you might even be able to destroy everything in Expeditionary forces with just a typhoon.

"And now, the Chinese have never closed their doors to negotiations. They live in the East Palace and communicate with civil society organizations every day. How many charity events have they organized?"

"They sent you an olive branch, and as the Prime Minister of Britain, you don't even want to open the door to the negotiations. What's the difference between your actions and the previous decadent Qing Dynasty?"

Gladstone's mouth was as tight as a torrential rain, completely not giving Benjamin the slightest chance to retaliate.

"The Chinese have never rejected our British businessman's offer to invest and do business. Up till now, we have 25% of East Asia Telegraph Company's shares in our capital. Our dividends are now over one million pounds a year …"

"And this is under the condition that the submarine cables are not universally available. If Eastsea Telegraph Corporation's submarine cables can connect to North America and expand five or six times, how much profit do you think this place will make?"

"You want to start a war? First, I would like to ask the British businessman who hold the East Asian Telegraph Company if they agree. "

"Just a telegraph company? "Now that the various banks in City of London have started to choose their locations, even the banking industry's Chinese have not banned us from entering, not to mention the heavy, light, and commercial industries …"

"There are countless British merchant ships anchored in the Ryukyu every day. Don't look at how small this island country is, just with the Chinese influence in Asia, you can purchase goods that cannot be purchased elsewhere on the island of the Ryukyu!"

"Who would have thought that there were so many different types of tea leaves and so many different levels if there were no businessmen leading us by those experts? Who would have thought that silk was not only produced in Jiangnan, but also in the Sichuan Basin? "

With the help of these Chinese merchants, our British businessman's business became much more successful than before. You want to fight?

"Even! Even the Chinese have opened up their arms market. They have even allowed our arms companies to build factories on their territory.

"You don't want to make money, you just want war? Is there something wrong with your head!? "

"Shut up!" Benjamin retorted, flustered and exasperated, "The one who has problems is you! All this business you're talking about is to support the enemy! Xiao Letian will use the short term profit right before your eyes to numb your nerves, and then use this business to desperately steal the technology of the British Empire, and then turn it into their strength … "

"The Chinese call this being called lying down one's head. They use money to deceive you guys and then slowly accumulate strength. When they become stronger, they will start a war with us to challenge our status as the British Empire. Can't you see that it's such a simple conspiracy?"

"Are all of you idiots? Can't you see through something so simple?"

These words made everyone disliked it, even the representatives who were listening in the corridor frowned, thinking: Is Benjamin crazy? If you argue, argue. Why attack everyone?

From the beginning till the end, they had only focused their firepower on Benjamin alone, and did not beat around the bush to expand their targets.

Just this point was enough to determine who was the most powerful! It was not only the councilors who were frowning, even Prince Edward who was in the palace was frowning, "Why is Benjamin behaving like this today?"

The prince had brought six stenographers with him, shuttling back and forth like passing lanterns, sending over the records of the battle between the two top-notch politicians. Xiao Letian and Prince Edward could see the information on first-hand anytime.

Placing down the shorthand paper, Xiao Letian smiled lightly: "My heart is in a mess, forgive me for my bluntness, but Benjamin is also a hero, he can feel the pressure, if not for my confusion, how would he have made such a low level mistake?"

Edward looked at Xiao Letian meaningfully, "But, is the accusation that our Prime Minister is giving you still interesting? I've heard that story. It seems to be a fable in your China for thousands of years, right... "

"No, no, no, we call that idiom!"

"Well, I don't know what idioms are. In the West, this kind of ancient story is usually called fable. What do you think of Benjamin's accusations? "Or maybe you're just trying to be brave …"

"Hahaha …" What do you think my answer would be? There is an idiom in China called Doubtful Neighbor Thief Axe. Have you ever heard of this story? "

"A family that lost an axe suspects that their neighbor stole it. In the end, no matter how they look at their neighbors, they look like thieves. Their neighbors' every word, expression, and actions all seem to be hiding something. The more I look at them, the more suspicious I feel …"

"But a few days later, the axe was found in my home. It turns out that my family accidentally placed it in the wrong place …" And when they look at their neighbors again, they see that their neighbors' families have become lovely, friendly, and friendly people again! "

"Humans, everything that he sees with his eyes is actually controlled by him …" Now that Benjamin has clenched his teeth and convicted me of a crime, how do you think I can tell? "

Edward laughed when he heard this, "Hahaha. "It's true that this logic is very interesting …"