As soon as the number 50 million pounds was released, Benjamin was silent immediately. His brows were tightly locked together, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Is the British Empire short of money? Of course, there is no shortage. The Sun-Don't Set Empire is the richest country in the world, but a wealth of a country does not mean that you can spend money at will.

This country is a constitutional monarchy system, which was fought by the British civil war and glorious revolution before. It was the right of the bourgeois forces to organize their own troops and fight directly with the feudal dynasty.

In other words, the operation of rights within the UK is driven by the forces composed of countless capitalists.

It is the capitalist group that controls this country, not the queen, and even more impossible, is him, the prime minister!

If Fisher is right, this damn war will cost more than 50 million pounds of military expenses, it will be a bottomless pit!

During the First Opium War, one pound was exchanged for about 3.3 taels of Kuping Silver in the Qing Dynasty. Now, decades have passed. As the Qing Dynasty trade portal opened, silver flowed to the Qing Dynasty, and the supply of silver in the Qing Empire was increasing.

Now the market price can be exchanged for 1 to 4, so the 50 million pounds is equivalent to... 200 million taels of silver!

"God! Why are there so many? This is impossible, this is impossible..." Benjamin began to murmuring to himself anxiously.

Since the Crimean War, there has been no large-scale war in Britain, so the more than 40 million pounds spent by Britain in the Crimean War is already the limit of the parliament imagined.

The Crimean War was fought to restrict the powerful Tsarist Russia and for the core interests of the British Empire in the Mediterranean!

Benjamin still remembers that Tsarist Russia has been seeking to go to war with Türkiye and occupy the straits leading to the Mediterranean. The Balkans are also their must-fight place.

If Tsarist Russia's plan succeeded at that time, there would be another strong opponent in the control of the Suez Canal, and Tsarist Russia's trade would suddenly have an extra way of survival.

The huge cargo logistics flow from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, and can also go eastwards through the Suez Canal or Gibraltar to the west, and Tsarist Russia has really turned into a double-headed eagle.

At that time, everyone from Britain worked together, and even ordinary miners knew that they would not block the footsteps of Tsarist Russia, and Britain would never have any good results in the future.

All capitalists are afraid that their business interests will be challenged, and no one wants to have another competitor in the international market, let alone Tsarist Russia, a barbaric nation with Asian genes flowing in its bloodline.

Genghis Khan has been dead for hundreds of years, but until today, when the people of Western Europe see Tsarist Russia, they still unconsciously believe that they are descendants of the Mongols and slaves of the Golden Horde.

The Catholic nation in Western Europe almost subconsciously needs to be on guard against Russia, and from the bottom of their hearts, they do not think that everyone is a family.

Therefore, the British people have no objection to stopping Tsarist Russia's expansion, so it doesn't matter if they spend more money!

But the Chinese are not Tsarist Russia, and Xiao Rotten is not even Tsar. No matter how Benjamin hates him, he has to admit that Xiao Rotten is very slick.

He has always appeared in front of the people in Europe with a very friendly and even humble attitude. When he took Emperor Tongzhi on a visit, he had to hold various charity activities almost every week, and he also brag about many media for him.

At the same time, there are extremely attractive Chinese food, which is a pioneer, and the result is that the Chinese people have a very good reputation in Europe.

Except for the French and Tsarist Russians who hated him, other countries did not have any malicious intentions towards Xiao Lotte, and even liked him.

Not only that, the policies designated by Xiao Letian are also very popular with the free economic faction. In areas controlled by the Chinese, British businessmen have never stopped them from doing business.

Even the cunning Xiao Lotte has opened up many good companies' stocks in the market to allow British capital to acquire them!

This is a smoke # bomb, which makes the capitalists who believe in the free economy have no hostility to the Chinese people and even actively cooperate with the Chinese people behind the scenes.

Why did Gladstone dare to sing a counter-topic with him in the Times? He dared to secretly protect Xiao Letian's friends?

All this is not just his crazy rebellion of Gladstone. This kind of thing can actually be seen clearly in the eyes of politicians. This is a group of forces expressing dissatisfaction through Gladstone's mouth!

"Damn it! There is always a group of businessmen who are not patriotic, they love money! Xiao Letian gives him some small favors, and they can't find them in the southeast, west and north!"

"Even if you want to go against the British Empire... these people probably won't allocate me funds!"

This is the thing. Benjamin has seen it very clearly. In the Crimean War, the parliament can also give 50 million pounds.

But now he is going to fight the Chinese, Benjamin dares not come up with a proposal in the parliament to let them vote, and he also has to make plans to hide the truth.

We also have to make a slander of others, and we must also let the Chinese fire the first shot to win a little vote of sympathy.

This is the gap, this is the shortcoming. Xiao Letian has really figured out the pulse of Britain!

General Fisher looked at the Prime Minister who kept talking to himself, and his eyes showed an anxious look. Of course, he knew the difficulty of allocating funds, 50 million pounds!

The British Empire's fiscal revenue in recent years has been around 250 million pounds. It is definitely difficult to allocate so much to fight in one go.

But the arrow had to be fired on the string, Benjamin pinched his pipe and made up his mind, "You... don't worry about military spending... This is what I should consider, I will be your strong backing!"

"You just need to tell me how to fight this battle! Tell me your strategy!"

Fisher felt a little relieved when he heard this, and he straightened his waist. "Yes, Your Excellency! I have sufficient plans for this expedition!"

"Our warships will pass through the Strait of Malacca in mid-September and enter China's South China Sea area... I am ready to fire the first shot in Brunei!"

"We have formulated three sets of unexpected plans... We can definitely create evidence that the Chinese people have taken the initiative to start a war against us. With such an excuse, we can let go of our hands and feet on the attack!"

"Brunei! It is the base of the Chinese emerging oil industry... It cannot be kept! Destroy all, blow up all! Then go north and attack Naha!"

"There are not many industrial bases along the coast of the Chinese today... the northern industrial zone in the Bohai Bay, the Kyushu Island in Fuso, the Naha Island, and then the Luzon region of Borneo!"

"These are four mature industrial areas that provide more than 70% of the Chinese people's heavy industrial products production!"

"One cannot be kept! All must be destroyed!"
Chapter completed!