Chapter 1135: Thoughts
The mottled shadows of the trees reflected on Vidomia's slightly resentful face.
After staring at the steel battleship on the ocean for a long time, she nodded slightly, then turned and got into the carriage and headed for her palace, now she needed to calm herself.
Brooke sighed, sometimes thinking that this was the retribution of the British for two hundred years of slaughter and enslavement of the natives.
Now they are going to repay the Eastern Empire with the wealth they have robbed the whole world for two hundred years.
But fortunately, they have two hundred years of accumulation, which allows Britain to have enough wealth to consume in the struggle with the Eastern Empire.
Seeing Vidomia's carriage disappear, Brooke returned by boat to officially welcome Yue Yun and his party on behalf of the Queen.
"I am British Prime Minister Murphy, General Yue Yun, welcome to the United Kingdom, and at the same time please send greetings to your Emperor on my behalf."
Taking a small boat, Brooke took Murphy to the battleship where Yue Yun was.
Obviously, Vidomia was not willing to receive Yue Yun's group of Imperial soldiers here in person, because in her opinion, it was a violation of the dignity of Britain.
At the same time, as the queen and the highest symbol of Britain, if the emperor of the Eastern Empire arrives in person this time, she should greet her in person, which is the principle of reciprocity in the rules of diplomacy.
Yue Yun had been observing the harbor just now, and she saw a richly dressed woman leaving, and Brooke was showing courtier-like humility to this person at that time.
In his opinion, this is the Queen of England.
"Thank you, and please send greetings to the Queen on our behalf, but she doesn't seem to like us very much." Yue Yun said bluntly.
He went to England with the attitude of a victor, for in India he personally defeated the fleets of Europe.
It is natural to show strength in the face of the defeated country so that the defeated country can correctly understand its position.
Murphy and Brooke's eyes flashed with displeasure, and the Queen of England was as sacred in their eyes as Xiao Ming was in the Eastern Empire.
Yue Yun's words just now were obviously dissatisfied with the queen.
"According to the results of the deliberations just now, Her Majesty will hold a banquet for you at the Tulip Palace tomorrow, please don't worry." Brooke laughed unnaturally.
Yue Yun noticed the dissatisfaction on the faces of the two, so he stopped: "Really?" We look forward to it. “
Murphy gave an official smile, "We've cleared the harbor and you can dock at any time now." ”
Yue Yun nodded, at this time, the British battleships in the harbor had already made a way, he turned to Liu Chen and said, "Enter the port." “
"Are you all in?" Liu Chen said with some worry, he was a little afraid that the British would set them up and take advantage of the anchorage of the battleship to rob their battleship.
Yue Yun understood what Liu Chen was worried about, and he said confidently: "Your worries are superfluous, unless Britain wants to start a full-scale war with the empire now, they don't dare to do so." “
Liu Chen hesitated for a moment, and finally let all the battleships dock in the port of London according to Yue Yun's request.
On the shore, Hu Chuan and Kang Ming greeted them, and when they saw Yue Yun, the two of them showed excited looks, "General Yue, you are finally here, our life in the UK during this time is not easy." ”
"Your Emperor already knows about you, and it is because of this that we have been sent here." Yue Yun said with a smile: "Don't worry, we came to the UK this time to be angry with you." “
Hu Chuan and Kang Ming were relieved, and at this time they suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of peace of mind.
They had been anxious after coming to England, fearing that the British would be against them, and now that the Imperial fleet had come, he thought that the British must now understand what to do.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Hu Chuan turned to the east and bowed deeply.
After greetings, Yue Yun and Hu Chuan were about to return to the embassy, when a figure stood in front of Yue Yun.
Seeing this person's face clearly, Yue Yun was a little surprised, this person was none other than Buterin, who had been captured in the Battle of India.
"What a coincidence, General Buterin." Yue Yun had a smile on his face, but his heart was vigilant, because he saw a hint of abuse in Buterin's eyes.
"General Yue Yun, farewell to India, I didn't expect us to meet again, I hope you can have a good time in the UK." Buterin's smile was grim.
After saying this, he didn't wait for Yue Yun to speak, and left alone.
"Rude!" Hu Chuan said angrily at Buterin's figure, and when Buterin walked away, he said to Yue Yun: "General Yue, I really shouldn't have let this group of prisoners of war come back, but now the generals led by Buterin have become firm supporters of Vidomia, which has strengthened Vidomia's position in Britain, and most importantly, these people are inciting hatred for the empire everywhere. ”
"Really?" Yue Yun's brows furrowed, despite the defeat in India, Britain lost only one colony in India, South America and Africa still retained many colonies, and the mainland was not attacked.
In his opinion, it may have been this factor that made the native British not appreciate the horrors of war, but rather provoked their anger by the loss of their colonies.
However, in the face of this situation, the empire is helpless at present, and this time he came to Britain from the empire to realize that the empire really has no way to cross tens of thousands of kilometers to attack Europe.
On the way to England, they stopped at six British colonial ports to replenish coal and water, and the demand for these forty-two warships alone caused the British colonies to exhaust all their stocks.
When they arrived in London, there was no fresh water, no coal, no food, and no more food on their ships, and if the British did not provide them with this, their fleet would be paralyzed in England.
Forty-two warships were still the same, and if the Empire launched a large-scale war, it would be impossible to guarantee supplies without thousands of ships traveling between the Empire and Europe.
Therefore, if you want to fight a war in Europe, the empire must build military bases near Europe in advance and hoard a lot of resources, so as to ensure victory in the war.
"It can't be wrong, that's what the Scottish MP told us." Hu Chuan was worried that Yue Yun would not believe it, so he also told the source of the news.
Yue Yun nodded slightly, and he walked towards the embassy with Hu Chuan, and said: "The British emperor also has a will to come this time, according to the emperor's plan, it is best to let Europe chaos and delay the development of Europe, war is only the second option." ”
Hu Chuanyan said with a smile: "Since war is the second choice, it means that war is still under consideration." “
After a pause, Hu said: "Please go back and tell Your Majesty that if you want to dismember Britain, I am afraid that the empire must intervene by force, otherwise it will not be possible to rely on the weak Scotland and Ireland." ”