Mauritius, a small island in the South Indian Ocean, itself has little strategic significance to the United Kingdom. First of all, this island does not control a certain golden channel. When the Dutch discovered this island, it was just because of a storm that he got lost.

Later, the British seized the island through war and found that except for the delicious dodo, there was no need to develop any other products on this island.

Although tropical products such as rubber, sugar, fruits, spices, and wood can be found in Mauritius, the area here is really small and the location is really remote. Various industries cannot form a scale at all, and it is even more impossible to achieve low cost.

This is a typical colony without much oil and water. In the end, Britain only immigrated to some Indian untouchables and domestic criminals in the early days, and then allowed it to develop.

So far, the population of Mauritius is less than 100,000, and the proportion of the population in Europe is very low. It is a completely forgotten place for self-destruction.

Without resources, without industry, agriculture is just a broken island that maintains food and clothing, and its strategic location is not even as important as a waste of money for the UK.

No one in the UK will take this barren land seriously. When he heard that Xiao Letian, a fool, actually wanted to spend money to buy it? In fact, many people were laughing in their hearts.

But the face of the Empire of the Sun never set became an obstacle in the end. Although Mauritius was a barren land, when did the British Empire sell its own colony?

The Empire of Sun Do Not Set is not a weak Tsarist Russia, and there is no need to betray Alaska for money to spend.

Face is a roadblock that hinders Xiao Letian's purchase plan, but today he found a weakness in this roadblock.

The rumor eventually became true. When the staff of the Royal Asset Management Institute sent the draft contract to Congress, all the members of the parliament were stunned because they really saw the name of the Austro-Hungarian Empress in the column of the applicants.

"Elizabeth Amaria Euyeni von Witbach...Isn't this the name of Princess Sissi? God, she really applied to buy Mauritius!"

The MPs were talking about it. The draft contract was clearly written. Princess Sissi invested 100,000 pounds to buy 800 square kilometers of land in the north of Mauritius to create a nature reserve for the tutu bird.

Currently, only the doudu birds in the Royal Botanical Gardens in the UK will be transferred to the nature reserve to reproduce.

Moreover, the contract is clearly stated that this is a land transaction that does not involve sovereignty adjustments, which means that this land purchase actually means the same as Princess Sissi buying a villa in London.

The property rights of the house and land belong to Princess Sissi, but the sovereignty of the land is still in Britain.

This transaction can be done! All the members of parliament were relieved. Since it did not involve sovereign purchases, then this was an ordinary business and no public voice would object.

Although 100,000 pounds is a small amount of money, it is naturally excellent to narrow the relationship with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Chinese through this indifferent business.

"Look at the shareholder details, is there Xiao Letian's name in it!"

People turned to the last column of the contract. In Princess Sissi's name, the name of the Chinese Ministry of Finance was indeed written. The 100,000 pounds of Princess Sissi gave 51%, while the Chinese made 49%.

"Fake it must be a cover-up. Princess Sissi will definitely not pay for it. There must be something tricky about it! Don't believe this contract. They just want to use this method to make us recognize the national status of the Chinese nation in disguise!"

Benjamin's gangsters in the crowd were still trying their best to hinder Xiao Letian's conspiracy, and they shouted loudly that they hoped to make more members of the parliament.

"Gentlemen, we have not yet recognized that the Chinese are an independent country, so they do not have any right to do business with us in the name of the country!"

"Look at this contract, it does not contain Xiao Letian's name. It is actually written as the Chinese Ministry of Finance. This is clearly a Chinese subscription contract in the name of the country. If we admit it, then they will use this contract to threaten us to exchange the letter of nationality..."

"This is a conspiracy, this is a conspiracy!"

In the crowd, several clowns jumped up and down hysterically, but no one was willing to pay attention to them at this time. In Congress, Gladstone's faction was at its peak, and these people would not give them a good face.

The draft contract was delivered to every member of parliament. The House of Commons decided to vote three days later, while the House of Lords made a decision within 24 hours after the results of the House of Commons were issued, whether to support or oppose it.

According to the procedure, if the House of Commons passes the purchase contract with a majority vote in three days, basically the House of Lords will not object, because the members who make up the House of Lords are basically pro-Chinese faction.

There are many nobles in the House of Lords. They themselves stand on the same front with the Queen. The Queen's attitude is their attitude. At home, these people have more or less shares in Chinese restaurant chains, and no one can be enemies of their shareholders.

There are many church members in the House of Lords, and these Protestants have a strong impression of Xiao Lotte. Whether it is the Protestant Church in Germany or the Protestant Church in America, they spare no effort to say good things about the Chinese people.

In addition, during this period, Xiao Letian spent a lot of money on Protestants in the UK to do charity, and as a result, Protestants became Xiao Letian’s supporters.

There is no problem with the House of Lords. The key is how the House of Commons makes a decision. The attitude of the House of Commons is now completely consistent with Gladstone. The Prime Minister who came to power by conspiracy has firmly controlled the majority of seats in the parliament.

Sure enough, the front page of newspapers on the streets of London began to predict the time when the Chinese and British Empire exchanged letters.

The whole of England was extremely lively. No matter what people talked about, all the topics linked to the envoys were related to the mission. The Asian storm in Europe in 1869 was truly unprecedented.

However, compared with everyone's excitement, a group of people fell into a state of almost autism.

There was a depressing atmosphere on the Zhiyuan, and the sailors from up and down didn't even dare to breathe. People wouldn't say a few more words when they met, and their eyes showed a look of panic.

The reason was no different. Xiang Ying, the captain of the Zhiyuan, had locked himself in the cabin for three days and three nights, and no one could see him.

What makes people even more terrifying is that the head of state clearly knew Xiang Ying’s abnormality, but he did not say a word or give the next order.
Chapter completed!