C3227 Benjamin in the shadows

While Audrey was crossing the sea to England, in a beautiful farmhouse outside of London, a tall and thin old man with a goatee and a fitting waistcoat was quietly watching the intelligence report from the south of France.

Benjamin, the former prime minister of Great Britain, was impeached by Gladstone. However, this old man, who was supposed to be living in the countryside and write a novel, was surprisingly able to access many top secret information of Great Britain on the French spy.

Not only that, but the butler at his side even respectfully asked him for his plans for the next step.

"Master, do you need to waste so much effort on a woman? Our aim is to suppress the Chinese people. Since the Chinese naval officers have done such a thing, shouldn't we expose it directly? "

Benjamin put down the telegram, removed his glasses and shook his head, "No, no, no, no... I have to consider maximizing the benefits, and each card has to be meticulously calculated! "

"There's no use in exposing him. In this world, let alone an ordinary rape case, even if it was a massacre for a million people, what can you do in the end?" The strong have immunity! "

"To make public the sin that all men commit? The masses would definitely scold Xiang Ying for being shameless, but what happened after that? Would France dare to judge? "Even if the trial is over, who would dare to execute it?"

"In the end, you just left it at that, and the Chinese can totally deny everything. What if they don't admit to it? "There's no other way …"

"So, this matter needs to be done to maximize the benefits, so we have to let the long line catch the big fish …" Train Audrey properly, she will become the most outstanding spy in our British Empire! "

In this era, no one dared to underestimate the influence of Britain. The top-notch splendor displayed by the British Empire had already surpassed that of all the large empires in the history of mankind.

It didn't matter if it was the Ancient Rome or the Han Dynasty, in terms of overall national power, they were far inferior to the British Empire.

France had always been the second largest competitor in Britain, so the number of spies they had in France was also very large. The size of the spy network Bismark had created was probably not even a fraction of the size of Britain's.

Not only in France, Spain was also the main concern of the United Kingdom. Queen Yi Suobeila had always had high-ranked spies by her side, so the matter of Xiang Ying going to see the Queen couldn't escape the eyes of the United Kingdom.

When did he arrive at Biarritz? When did he escape? When did he surround the village? When did he insult Audrey … All of this was sent back to London by British spies.

But she never would have thought that the Queen would use her own influence to make a copy of the information and hand it over to Benjamin who was at home.

What was the reason? In the end, it was still this damned war. As the entire British Parliament, including the Prime Minister, all the nobles and capitalists, they had all misjudged the Franco-Prussian War.

Yes, that was a very serious miscalculation. Originally, they thought that it was a war in which both sides were injured and they needed the British to mediate the transfusion of blood, but instead, it became the stage for Prussian and Chinese performances.

The French could not help it, they were like fragile eggs that shattered upon contact!

The failed France turned out to be a united Germany. This kind of ending made all the British politicians extremely embarrassed, many of them even shouted out, "We were deceived by Bismark's strategy!" Such serious words.

The Queen was very disappointed. Faced with the Government's erroneous strategic judgement, she finally realised that Gladstone's diplomatic and colonial affairs were really slightly inferior to Benjamin's.

However, even if she knew the truth, there was no other way. The Queen could not force an elected Prime Minister to step down. Although she had the right to impeach him, it was not worth it to impeach him for this matter.

Since that was the case, he could only take a step back. Under the condition that the Gladstone government did not fall, he secretly brought Benjamin into the staff system and allowed Benjamin to advise him.

Eight hours after Trochu surrendered, Benjamin was given the right to read the information on the outskirts of City of London from the Queen. He could even mobilize a portion of the royal family's secret forces.

This was the queen's secret authorization, and even Gladstone did not know it.

In this villa outside the city, Benjamin planned to kidnap Audrey and began to replan his plan for the French spy network.

"What exactly did Xiang Ying and Yi Suobeila II talk about? Can't you pry at all? Is our spying network, which we spent so much money on, so useless? " Benjamin asked.

The steward of the former Prime Minister was actually holding the position of liaison officer with the Royal ISI. This secret was only now that Benjamin found out, and it was precisely because of this that he felt even more reverence for the Queen.

The butler who had dual roles shook his head regretfully, "I'm extremely sorry, this matter is too late … We have, of course, bribed several of the high officials surrounding the Queen of Spain, who certainly have the right to have access to that negotiation... "

"But you also know that the Queen's mission is at a critical juncture. She had previously assassinated the General Prim … The Spanish officials that we have bribed have all been sent back home by the Queen to carry out her mission! "

"The ones that were left were all small fry, they couldn't even get close to the negotiation core... All we know for now is that the negotiations have finally collapsed... "Moreover …" The steward couldn't help but laugh.

"Hehe …" And in the end, the Queen had actually chased after him, almost completely naked, while Xiang Ying had fled in defeat … you can guess what happened back then... "

Benjamin did not laugh, he was not interested in gossip. "Yi Suobeila is a madman, it is normal to see Xiang Ying's evil looking appearance, I am not interested in that at all!"

"I don't care how they act. I just want to know what the final negotiations are all about. This is very important …"

"Yes!" I will get the ISI to increase its manpower and resources, and do her best to investigate! More... "What is Audrey's training standard?"

"What level of spy do you want her to become?"

Benjamin tapped the ashes in his pipe, "Highest standard!" What I want is the kind of standard that people around the world wouldn't believe she was a spy, even if he was exposed... "

"AHH!" This... Was it really worth it? "That would cost too much resources …"

"Are you questioning my judgment? You want me to apply directly to the Queen? "

"I don't dare!" I dare not! I'll do it right now... Immediately! " The butler was scared to the point that his forehead was covered in sweat.

Benjamin stuffed some tobacco into his pipe, and said softly: "Gladstone, in terms of internal affairs, maybe I'm really not as good as you!"

"But when it comes to diplomacy, you can't... It's really not working! "