Chapter 1206 The poisonous snake of the empire (second update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1206 The poisonous snake of the empire (second update, please subscribe)
As usual, dawn broke in the east, and London ushered in a new day. The sun touched the horizon from the east, passed through the gray morning fog, and began to illuminate the earth. It was another eventful day.
Lawrence didn't sleep well that night. When he couldn't sleep well, he always tossed and turned all night long.
As usual, Lawrence was eating the breakfast prepared for him by Dahom and reading the morning paper gloomily. He was looking for what Hamlet called "something that can excite passion", something that can arouse his passion.
s things.
After returning to England from Jerusalem, Lawrence found himself in some kind of dilemma. What was this dilemma?
He is not excited about anything. He hopes to find something to get rid of his current state of mind.
He once suggested funding the tribes in the Tianfang Desert to help them resist the rule of France and the Ming Dynasty. He hoped to participate, but was rejected.
Since "Jerusalem", he has been left out in the cold. It seems that everyone has forgotten him. If he hadn't been able to receive a lieutenant colonel officer's salary every month, he even felt that he had been forgotten by the British Empire.
Already.
He once did something earth-shattering!
And now?
He is a nobody in London, and only he can understand this feeling.
"The Ming Empire's Nanhua University Amazon expedition team has sailed into the Amazon River. They will..."
Looking at the news in the newspaper, this is already old news before yesterday. Such news will not arouse the interest of many people in London. At most, it will only make some people in the Royal Geographical Society have thoughts based on the pride of the empire.
The idea of going to the Amazon and going on expeditions to compete with the Ming Empire.
What else is there?
However, after reading this news, Lawrence frowned slightly and said to himself.
"Amazon, the Ming Empire..."
Once again, Lawrence thought of the Ming Dynasty and the country that had occupied Africa. Because of Africa, Britain once had unpleasantness with the Ming Dynasty, but it was just unhappiness. After all, diplomacy cannot solve the problem. London did not condemn the Ming Dynasty.
In order to seize Africa, there was no preemptive attack, no fierce rhetoric, and no mutual insults. It seems that London did not protest against the Ming Empire's actions in Africa.
"Africa, America...if we don't cut off their clutches, Ming Dynasty will reach out to the whole world sooner or later, and will eventually threaten the entire British Empire!"
Thinking deeply, Lawrence saw another news item in the newspaper: "The No. 3 tunnel of the Daming-Ecuador International Railway is completed..."
"International railway, international railway..."
After muttering this word, Lawrence suddenly made up his mind and said.
"I need to go find Sir Manson and make it clear to him."
After Colonel Weinberg retired, Sir Manson became Lawrence's direct superior. Of course, what Lawrence never knew was that it was Sir Manson who saved his life.
"The British Empire needs to keep this guy, it needs this poisonous snake!"
"Sir, do you need to call a taxi for you?"
The valet Dahom standing aside said in time,
Looking up at Dahom, Lawrence's eyes flashed with tenderness. When he brought him back to London from Jerusalem, Dahom was only fourteen years old. On the surface, Dahom was his manservant, but in fact
But she is his lover.
"Um,"
Lawrence nodded and said.
"Want a taxi!"
Ten minutes later, when the taxi arrived outside and was about to go out, Lawrence looked at Dahom and said.
"Dahom, believe me, I will definitely give you that gift one day."
What gift is it?
Of course it is the freedom of heaven.
…
"Pan American International Railroad,"
In Sir Manson's study, Lawrence began his narrative,
"About ten years ago, the Ming Empire Railway Company proposed a plan to build a "Pan American International Railway", that is, to connect South American countries through railways. This plan was originally proposed by the emperor himself. On the surface, this plan
It is a railway, but it actually penetrates and controls South American countries through railways. In the past many years, due to the opposition of the Peru-Bolivia Federation, this plan has been stranded to this day. Now, with the demise of the Peru-Bolivia Federation,
The last obstacle has disappeared, and in the face of the powerful and tyrannical Ming Empire, South America is completely unable to stop their ambitions. As early as last year, countries including Ecuador signed..."
Sir Manson gestured impatiently.
"Lieutenant Colonel, you need to talk about some real issues."
"The real question? What if..."
Lawrence said.
"Sir Manson, if we don't stop them now, then, soon we will have to see an Ecuador completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and they will infiltrate through the railway and eventually take over the country."
"It's no secret!"
Sir Manson's vaguely angry eyes are a sign worth pondering. He doesn't reveal it, but just shows a slight displeasure - his time is precious!
"Yes, this is a well-known thing."
Lawrence sat across from the desk without saying a word. From Sir Manson, he could appreciate the approach of an old-school imperial elite, who always only had the interests of the empire in their eyes.
"The only question is, how do we stop them!"
"Stop them?"
Sir Manson's casual questioning revealed an aggressive tone.
"What will stop them? A fleet? A war? Can Ecuador stop them?"
"It can't be stopped! Ecuador can't stop it, Colombia, Venezuela, they can't stop it!"
Shaking his head, Lawrence said directly.
"But if we don't think of a way, we can only watch the Ming Dynasty finally occupy the entire America! This is definitely not in the interest of the British Empire, so we must find some ways besides sending a fleet!"
Sir Manson, the man in charge of the British Empire's secret operations, pondered as he looked at Lawrence.
This guy is a poisonous snake!
A viper loyal to the British Empire! Over the years, Lawrence has proven his loyalty with silence.
The British Empire needed this poisonous snake, which was why he was spared his life in the first place.
As he said, the British Empire could not just watch them use railways to connect the Americas as a whole little by little, and then use the railways to control those backward South American countries.
"What's to stop them? Lieutenant Colonel."
Sir Manson asked.
"Sir Manson, I have a plan! If we take this action, maybe we can't stop Ecuador, but at least we can make all countries, including Colombia and Venezuela, choose to refuse! At least they will desperately refuse!"
Before arriving, Lawrence had already thought about several action steps and how to act. He took out a notebook and handed it to Sir Manson, saying:
"This is the plan I have drawn up. The cost of this plan is very low. It only costs a few hundred pounds and can be implemented without even requiring our people to come forward."
When Sir Manson picked up the notebook in interest, his secretary walked into the office with a cup of coffee, put it on the table, and asked:
"Lieutenant Colonel, can we have coffee?"
Lawrence smiled at her:
"Coffee, that's just what I need. Thank you, Miss Lucy."
"It doesn't matter."
Miss Lucy turned and left the room.
Sir Manson was still looking at Lawrence's plan. He was thinking about it as he read it, as if he was considering the feasibility of the plan. Finally, when he closed the notebook, his eyes changed as he looked at Lawrence.
The corners of his lips raised slightly.
"Lieutenant Colonel, you really did not disappoint me! By the way, are you interested in participating in another plan?"