Governing the country is like governing the family. As the head of the family, the Prime Minister, no matter how its political system works, this political system must provide some free-door funds to the head of the family.

The British Prime Minister has to hold debates with Parliament after Congress almost every year, especially the right to use fiscal appropriations. It is not the Prime Minister who wants to do whatever he wants. His various proposals must be approved by the parliament before they can be implemented.

This is a very effective means to avoid dictatorship. If you get stuck in money at the source, you will avoid the unlimited power of your family.

However, everything has two sides. Governing the country is not that simple. As the prime minister of a country, he must deal with some sudden events and handle them flexibly and maneuverably. Many sudden situations require money. If you follow the old parliamentary procedures, time will be too late.

Therefore, successive governments will also prepare some pocket money for the prime minister.

At present, the total amount of funds that Gladstone can use directly without parliamentary approval is about 40 million pounds. This money is a huge sum for many small countries, but it is actually not much money compared to the strength of the UK.

As soon as he heard the prince ask him to pay his private money, Dreston's face suddenly became bitter, "Oh... My Prince, you are cutting my flesh with a knife! War is a gold-swalking beast. I give less money and can't do anything. I give too much money. I'm afraid our government will not be able to operate!"

"Twenty million! You have 20 million, right?" Edward stretched out his two fingers. "Twenty million pounds, this is just a short-term use. I promise you that as long as the war is over, Prussia will give you priority to repay the 20 million loans, and will give you higher interest than the loan in the financial city!"

"Your Highness Prince! I am not greedy for that little interest... OK! Since you have already taken out 20 million yuan in private money, if I don't pay some blood, I'm afraid I will be very sad to pass the cusp, then 20 million pounds!"

"But I remind you that £40 million cannot change anything. It can make his war last for an additional month. I think it's all..."

Gladstone was right. The funds available for Prussia are currently only 80 to 90 million pounds, plus the 40 million pounds, it is only about 120 million pounds.

What effect can the war be achieved by delaying one month to two months? Can Prussia be able to defeat France in this month?

The senior officials present sighed secretly in their hearts, and they unanimously agreed that this matter was very lingering!

Prince Edward saw the doubts in everyone's hearts, and he generously stated, "There are no outsiders here. Let's focus on your ideas. If you have any ideas, just say them!"

The Duke of Newcastle was the first to speak, "Well... If I had to borrow money, I think the Chinese would provide some funds to Prussia. If the Chinese could provide 30 to 40 million pounds, I think the war could last for three months..."

Before he finished speaking, the Duke of Newcastle shook his head and denied his remarks, "No, no, no, the marshal and the prime minister have just analyzed that France will fight stronger and stronger in this war, and the longer the time will be delayed, the more France's national strength will be mobilized!"

"I am frank, I am still pessimistic about this war. It may be difficult for Prussia to defeat France. We must consider the risks of doing this!"

The Duke of Newcastle spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "Prince, I'm afraid your money will be wasted. I even think the 50 million pounds loaned from the City of London will be wasted. Is this really good?"

The Duke of Newcastle basically all his life talents were focused on doing business. He was a very profitable aristocrat, but his political talent was far less than his business talent. In the analysis of this war, he used the thinking of a merchant completely.

Once he found out that the risk of this business was too great, he would immediately give up and said with a little angrily looking at him.

"Why do we have to support Prussia? Of course I know what the mainland's checks and balances are, but have you ever thought about this? We spent so much money to support Prussia and let Prussia defeat France. Will we not build a bigger enemy?"

"What if the stronger Prussia is more difficult to deal with than France?"

Looking at the stingy Duke of Newcastle, the people present shook their heads, but no one could say anything. After all, his thoughts represented the true thoughts of a large part of the British merchant class at that time.

During the process of underwriting these 50 million war bonds, opposition voices in the City of London have been constantly. If the royal family had not come forward to coordinate, then Prussia's financing would have really died.

Once a businessman doesn't want to spend money or take this risk, he will naturally find various reasons and excuses, just like today the Duke of Newcastle even made an extremely ridiculous remark.

Prussia will actually become a trouble for Britain. This joke is so cold that it cannot be colder!

Gladstone waved his hand, "Oh! My dear Duke, you may have misunderstood! This war is destined to be both sides. Even if Prussia can win by chance, he will be greatly damaged. Without twenty or thirty years of rest, he will definitely be able to relieve this breath!"

"You said Prussia would pose a threat to Britain? It's really hard for me to agree with it, but don't forget that Prussia has not even unified the Southern German Federation until now. Germany is a loose consortium. I'm afraid that the ultimate goal of the Prussian Kingdom in the next century is to unify the German Federation!"

"What if Prussia forced the Confederacy of Southern Germany by virtue of the victory of this war? What if he unified the entire Germany?" asked the Duke of Newcastle.

Hahaha…The Field Marshal also laughed, "Hisser Duke, have you read too many fantasy novels? How can Prussia forcefully unify the Southern German Federation?"

"Even if they really won this war, do you know how high their casualties will be? When Prussia died on the battlefield of 100,000 or even 200,000 brave young men, when their domestic wounded barracks were filled with wailing wounded soldiers, when all their arsenals were empty, and the last bit of copper in the people had been squeezed out..."

"How did he unify South Germany? In this context, do you really think they can unify South Germany? Hahaha, you really love to joke, I'm so laughing!"

Everyone in the room laughed. They all thought that the merchant Duke of Newcastle was so cute that he would make such unreasonable remarks!
Chapter completed!