C2944 Great Britain is a bit panicky

Gladstone knew that he had to say something. As the Prime Minister, he had to take responsibility for the current situation!

"Your Majesty, I understand your concern, but I do not believe that Prussia and the Chinese would be able to challenge the British Empire's international status just because of this war!"

"Prussia's overall national strength is not as good as the France's. I have always insisted on this judgment, but this time, it's a military power that has defeated the chaotic democratic ideology of the France!"

"Rather than saying that the French were defeated by the Chinese and Prussian, it would be more accurate to say that they exhausted their internal energy and died! I think the smart Bismark won't be able to understand it! "

"If I'm not mistaken, Bismark will soon be secretly communicating with us, he should be giving us a lot of promises …"

"Prussia has a lot of work to do, and even if it is unified, it will take a long time to develop the economy... As long as we keep the sea under control, Prussia is not worth worrying about! "

Queen Victoria thought for a bit, and her expression eased up a little: "Then what about Xiao Letian? "I'm not too worried about Prussia. After all, they are our relatives. Even if we let them take advantage of us, we would still split our debts …"

"But the Chinese can't! They are not of the same race as us, and they have no connection at all with our bloodlines … Giving face to Xiao Letian is just considering the benefits of business! "

"What I want is absolute control!"

"Yes!" Gladstone stood to attention respectfully. "We can listen to what he says! This time, during the post-war negotiations with France, Xiao Letian will definitely give the Frenchmen a heavy blow! "

"At that time, we'll just stand to the side and watch coldly …" As long as Xiao Letian dares to bring one gold coin back to Asia, then we will destroy him on the high seas! "

"If he is smart, he would put all the gold in the reparations in the Bank of England! This means that this person is subordinate to the order set by our British Empire! "

"My British Empire only wants to control gold, sea and powerful industrial power! Then our status is unchallengeable! "

Queen Victoria laughed coldly, "Haha … I was afraid that someone would leak the information to Xiao Letian … "

Just as the gloomy and cold words left his mouth, The Duke of Newkes's back was drenched in sweat. His heart skipped a beat and he almost kneeled on the ground.

"Your Majesty … I can close China's Food City today, I can close all business with the Chinese … I am a Duke of the British Empire, and an ancient noble family that has existed for hundreds of years! "

"How could I betray my country! Your Majesty, I am willing to give up everything to prove my loyalty to the royal family … "

Duke of Newcastle's tears were streaming down his face, he looked extremely aggrieved!

The Queen was old after all, and the older ones still reminisced about their old friends and relatives. She had only warned them a little, but when she saw that the Snot Blisters on The Duke of Newkes's body were starting to appear, she regretted it a little.

"Alright, I've seen people picking up money, but not people scolding. I'm not talking to you. Why are you picking your seat?"

"Let's continue cooking in the gourmet city. I still want to eat the food in there …" However, I would like to warn you all that this is a period of serious concern for the Chinese race! "

"No one is allowed to divulge any information, otherwise, the punishment would be treason! Prime Minister, go and give the people of the City a warning, no matter what kind of interests you have in East Asia... "

"Whoever dares to deliver the news to Xiao Letian this time will be betraying the nation! Only one will die in the end! "

Yes! Everyone bowed to the Queen respectfully and left the meeting room.

When Gladstone left Buckingham Palace, he sat in the horse carriage and wiped the cold sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief. "Xiao Letian, I didn't think that your luck would be so good to actually get a lift from Prussia …"

"But you've also succeeded in putting yourself in danger. If you dare to take a gold coin from Europe, you will die!"

The wheels rolled down onto the flagstones, the sound of the wheels making the Prime Minister's heart race!

How important is gold? Gold was of course quite important, from ancient times till now, gold was equivalent to wealth, but in the nineteenth century, the strategic meaning of gold was even more extraordinary.

It was a gold standard world, and the control of gold was the control of the global currency circulation. Whoever owned the most gold would have the world's most trustworthy currency.

For example, the sterling of this era became the currency of the world's hegemony by locking on to gold.

The dollar after World War II became the currency of the world's hegemony because it locked in gold, but Nixon abolished the link between the dollar and gold in 1971.

Since then, the dollar has been locked in with oil, and through political, diplomatic and military efforts, the US has forced global crude oil transactions to be settled in dollars.

There were no countries in this world that did not like oil, so they had lost their gold endorsement. The dollar was also the world's hegemon.

This way, he could understand the nineteenth century Europeans' obsession with gold. The desire to control gold was the same as the desire to control crude oil in future generations.

The rules of the game are incomprehensible to most people, but top politicians and financial experts can understand them, including London's mustached man.

It was a pity that the bearded man's letter had already been destroyed by Zai Chun. Xiao Letian was currently immersed in the light of victory, and was rushing straight to Paris!

Xiao Letian was completely unaware that a dangerous encirclement had locked onto him!

"Report to the Führer! Luo Huo sent an urgent telegram over. He was nearing the outskirts of Paris … Vanguard has already started exchanging blows with some of the Paris garrison! "

"Location... "Map..." Xiao Letian jumped down from the horse, rubbed his numb legs and started to study the map with Xiang Ying.

"Master …" Luo Huo and General Sima Yun have already reached Bobini, which was located in the outskirts of Paris. They are only ten kilometers away from the center of the city … "

"We are in Mo City... "We're still 30 kilometers away from the two generals …"

Xiao Letian looked around at the map, "Where's the Prussian vanguard? Where are they? "How far away is he from us …?"

"First place!" Hahaha, sure enough, I was the first to enter Paris … It's time to teach those arrogant Parisians a lesson, dig out their eyes from the top of their heads, and put them back where they belong … "

"But don't kill too many people... "What we want is honor and deterrence. We should hand over the killing matter to others …"

Xiao Letian's greatest fortune was that he had personally trained a loyal and extremely intelligent army. They could understand the leader's real intention, because these people had grown up together with Xiao Letian.

The Four Heavenly Kings s in the army had initially followed Xiao Letian to negotiate, engage in diplomacy, and scheme to fall into his trap. They did all the work themselves.

Furthermore, with Xiao Letian's continuous training system, the leader's small class was not for nothing. This kind of effort made all the high ranking military officers have a higher political score.

To them, if Xiao Letian's orders could not be explained from a military perspective, then it must have some kind of important political meaning!