C2304 This was going crazy!

"In the early days of the colonial expansion, almost every time you used military force, you would be able to seize a good deep water port, the best golden channel, the vast plains, and the richest mines …"

"From the point of view of a business, this is an extremely high performance to price ratio! A gold mine worth tens of millions of pounds each time is worth hundreds of years of steady money. How good is the deal? "

"But now that this major geographical discovery of the world has been completed, is there still a golden treasure waiting for your British Empire to occupy?"

"All the excellent deep water ports have been divided up by the English and French and other countries. Of course, Spain, the Portugal, the Netherlands and other powerful countries in the sea, look at Sha Russia.

"Even the Haishenwai, which was not an outstanding port, was able to make them rejoice. It can be seen how far this world has been divided up!"

"Let's talk about the land that is controlled behind the port. How many areas are there that are truly densely populated and have developed agricultural industries? India has been divided up, the coast of Africa is clean, you even have to go inland to open up rivers... "

"Don't think that I don't know how many Expedition you have sent along the Nile. Didn't Benjamin want the Ethiopia region?"

"But think about it, what practical benefits can there be in conquering a highland country like this, other than giving false glory to the British citizens?"

"For that little bit of coffee and cotton? Or perhaps, the Londoner has started to like eating giraffes and elephants? "

Xiao Letian sighed, "Actually, Ethiopia in the Sudan is just a classic example. There are still a lot of such areas on different continents, and since we are deep in the interior, the British need to invest more troops to control them. There are countless barbarians there, and enemies of other religions …"

"Even if you take over this place, how much will the maintenance cost? What kind of rewards could the colonies give us be balanced out? It doesn't matter if you do this once or twice, but doing it too much will only prove that you're crazy! "

Xiao Letian drank a cup of wine excitedly. "Everything has proven that the colonization policy is no longer viable. This is a very obvious trend, and needs to be changed …"

"And you! Mr. Gladstone, what did you rely on to be able to independently come out of Whig Party and allow the young Liberal Party to develop so quickly? "Isn't it because your people have seen the bigger picture?"

"You know very well that although Britain is in the prime of its life, it is already exhausted. The domestic Infrastructure has not invested much in it for decades, and the sewage system in London is not even comparable to Paris!"

"The Irish Great Famine from a few years ago shocked the world even more. To think that there would be such a widespread famine in the British Empire, how should we explain this?"

"Of course, all these problems can be easily solved. As long as you are willing to invest in it, there will be a return within a few years. But, that thorn in your heart is not a simple internal investment, right? Your eyes have already betrayed your heart, you can't even think about lying to me! "

At this moment, Xiao Letian had already completely taken control of the situation, the thoughts of Gladstone and the eavesdropper were completely controlled by Xiao Letian, regardless of what he said and what he said, you could not deny that this Eastern Führer was truly talented.

He was pacing back and forth in the narrow room, carrying the whiskey that had already been melted by the ice. His face was filled with worry, and it could be seen that what Xiao Letian had said had shocked him.

would definitely not give them any chances to catch their breath, he did not need Gladstone's rebuttal to stop him.

"I know what you're going to say. You're proud of your higher education, right? You're going to use Oxford, Cambridge, and research institutes that the world is envious of to refute my point of view, aren't you? "

"Hehe …" "I admit that Britain is still at the forefront of the world in advanced technology research, so you still have an illusory sense of glory!"

"Your industry is still very strong. The trump card in my hand, the Zhiyuan Warship, can only be copied from a few broken pieces of data and photos that I have grabbed. Of course, this is the British Empire's heritage …"

"It's precisely because you have such an advantage right now that there are many voices in your country who oppose compulsory education. After all, the investment in compulsory education is different from other investments …"

"If you build a road, you will be able to see the real thing in two or three years. If you build a railway, you will be able to reap the benefits in eight to ten years …" The government's income comes from taxes, and the people are naturally against tax increases! "

"Visible investments, tangible investments, and the voices of opposition are a little bit low, but compulsory education requires decades or even more to see the results, so many business elites and political elderlies are against it, right?"

"When Benjamin fights with you, he relies on these conservative victories, am I right?"

The moment these words left his mouth, not only did Gladstone sit up straight, even the leading figures of the business community and the representatives of the banking and financial world who were eavesdropping on him could not sit still.

Because Xiao Letian was referring to them, they were the biggest objectors to the compulsory education. No, no.

Perhaps they were supportive of compulsory education in their hearts, but this kind of investment cost a lot and had no end in time, causing selfish businessmen to have a headache.

There would always be a day when the Infrastructure's investment came to an end. Whether it was the municipal improvement or the expansion of the army, they all had a schedule, and calculated that it would cost ten million pounds.

Only this compulsory education had no end. As long as the compulsory education was started, it would increase the financial burden for all eternity. The wool would come out on the sheep, and the expenses would be borne by the merchants' taxes.

This was what they objected to the most, this was also the base of the masses behind Benjamin's rejection of Gladstone's compulsory education proposal in the council.

Right now, Xiao Letian had ripped open the surface of the British political scene who was pretending to be calm, exposing the tight muscles and veins in his flesh and blood in the air. Everyone was nervous and angry as if they were running naked.

"Is this damned Chinese, our friendship at a time of separation? Your Highness, we cannot let him continue like this. This person is too rude! "

Edward tightly furrowed his brows, and fiercely pressed down with his palm: "Shut up! Let them finish! Don't you even have the courage to listen? "

On the other hand, Gladstone could not help but smile bitterly and could not say anything. He sighed in his heart, "Young leader, you're playing with fire! I hope you are an excellent fire defender! "

"However, I really like your craziness!"