1890 King of Southeast Asia

"It may be offensive to say this, but I must say that the minister is no longer suitable to continue to hold the position of minister."

At tea time, Arnold, as a permanent secretary, sat with other civil servants.

These people are either permanent secretaries of various departments, or general organization secretaries and permanent secretaries of the cabinet, civil servants who maintain the operation of the cabinet.

In the British system, the helmsman of power is the prime minister elected by the House of Commons and the ministers nominated by the prime minister, among whom the prime minister holds absolute power.

However, the civil servants elected by the examinations are the key to the effective operation of this huge empire to implement the prime minister's will and implement his policies, that is, the direct users of power.

Otherwise, do we still have to rely on ministers with an average term of less than eleven months to maintain the operation of the empire?

So although there are not many rights in name, will the actual executors of rights have no rights? Just kidding.

"Mr. Balfour is indeed a bit too much. It is absolutely not allowed to engage in diplomatic activities beyond the officials of the ministry." Harker, the former private secretary of the prime minister and the current permanent secretary, said with a glass of wine.

"The minister just moved his lips and destroyed the diplomatic achievements of the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs for two years. We need more professional politicians. Can we talk to the prime minister about this?" Arnold swallowed a glass of iced whiskey in one gulp, swallowed it into his mouth with ice cubes, chewed it and swallowed it.

"Wait a minute, didn't the foreign minister inform the ministry when he did this?" Cabinet Secretary Bernard hurriedly joined their conversation.

"Bernard, yes and no, whether to support the restoration of the Jewish state has always been a debate within the government. You know, this matter has also set off a discussion in the whole department."

"However, Mr. Rothschild's negotiations with the Emperor of the Huaxia Empire, this matter was not notified to the ministry, but decided by himself with several advisers and politicians."

"By the time we knew about it, Rothschild had already arrived in Southeast Asia. The minister sent a telegram directly to the ambassador, and the ambassador could not refuse."

Arnold looked at Bernard for help, without hiding anything, and told everything.

"In the name of Britain?" Bernard stared at Arnold with wide eyes, and his voice rose by two degrees.

"No! In his own name." Arnold shook his head quickly.

"What's the reason?"

"What?"

"I say, what's the reason for Rothschild to negotiate with an emperor? Or the emperor of an important ally of ours!" Bernard had a complicated expression, he had guessed the situation.

"Negotiating the purchase with the emperor of the Huaxia Empire in his own name..." Arnold also found the problem.

"Arnold, how did you become a permanent secretary? Why didn't you stop or notify the prime minister in advance?"

"What about the minister's private secretary? He is responsible for recording the prime minister's words and deeds, he should know these things." Bernard rubbed his eyebrows.

"The minister's private secretary is a fool and didn't disclose the relevant information. Bernard, what should we do now?" Arnold was a little panicked.

"What should we do? I want to know what to do too! The French have exposed everything. The most important thing now is to reduce the influence."

"Let's do it according to the Chinese people's ideas. We should guide public opinion well. It is better to put the blame on the Jews than for the government to collapse."

"The war on the front line is so fierce. I can't imagine what will happen if the government collapses at this time. We may lose the war and then lose the entire glorious era."

Bernard picked up a glass of wine and said after swallowing it fiercely.

"Arnold, from now on, don't leave your ministers and reduce the influence as much as possible. I will meet the prime minister and deal with this matter as soon as possible."

"Others, do a good job of war protection and increase the amount of raw materials imported from the United States. If the situation is very tense, there will be a buffer so that the front line will not be cut off from food."

After Bernard finished speaking, he put down the wine glass, took a few very delicate snacks from the table, ate two bites casually, and left.

After Bernard left, the anger of the cabinet secretary may have frightened the permanent secretaries present, and the afternoon tea ended.

When they left, the coffee table was filled with unfinished black tea with various ingredients, dozens of exquisite snacks, several glasses of untouched wine, and a bottle of wine that had been decanted.

The remaining things alone were worth hundreds of pounds.

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In France, which is across the strait from Britain, British soldiers and white soldiers from British colonies were also enjoying afternoon tea in some of the fronts in the north where the British were responsible for defense.

You ask non-white people? The British are relatively wealthy. Although the supply is not very good, there is still tea and food, but because of the complex ingredients, it is impossible to satisfy people.

For example, in some British Indian divisions, Hindus and Muslims have been mixed. Hindus do not eat cows, and Muslims do not eat pigs. Where can the British get so many sheep?

Originally, there was no such problem. The British Indian army was fully organized according to faith. For example, the entire army believed in Hinduism and used the Kshatriya caste to manage ordinary soldiers.

However, as the war entered its third year, most of the troops, especially the colonial troops, had been on the battlefield and experienced heavy losses-replenishment-loss-reorganization, and then chaos broke out.

"Daniel, try Chinese tea, the taste is different from Assam tea." Steve, a machine gunner in a khaki uniform dyed gray and black, handed a cup to the deputy gunner.

It is a cup. In fact, you can see that it is a can shell, but I made a holder with an iron sheet and made a handle with the wire.

The cans no longer know how many times have been burned, but they can still see the words "lunch meat" that is not blackened at the top.

(The Traditional Chinese of 3 words of lunch seems to be lunch meat.)

"A bit astringent, the sweetness is too light, you should add 1 more sugar." Daniel took the tea, green tea and milk, showing a pale green.

"Come on, in the past, only rich people could drink. Even now, the tea of ​​the Huaxia Empire is also high -end goods. Asam's tea will only drink it."

"You definitely dare not believe that the Chinese man in the manual says that this thing does not need to drink anything directly."

Steve grabbed the cup and drank one side on one side to eat the "snack".

On the logistics supply list, the supply of British soldiers is very abundant, with a variety of non -staple foods, and even provides wine and chocolate during the festival.

However, as Germany suffered great losses in the water surface, the underwater power began to move frequently in the British Geely Strait, and the British route to France was directly threatened.

But this is not a bad thing for Steve and Daniel.

"Try 1 Try this, the taste is very special, with the sweetness of 1 corn." Steve picked up one of the three snacks in front of him -corn flavor lunch meat.

This is the latest product of the Huaxia Empire. It is said that while replenishing energy, vitamins can be supplemented.

The other two are canned oranges, 1 horse dried.

In normal times, they can get 1 biscuits, 1 salt brick, and 1 -like meat. In contrast, canned fruit of lunch meat has an overwhelming advantage in taste.

"Really?! Curious taste, unfortunately we have only two. This will be eaten tomorrow. Who knows what will be the next time?" Daniel tried 1.

"Steve!" There was a voice outside the machine gunburge, looking for Steve.

"I'm here, what's the matter?" Steve heard the voice from the rear, and English also put down the tea cup with a strong Boxing Hanyu sound.

He is a Birmingham, and he will not hear the wrong sound of Boxingham.

"Come to send you bullets, reserve 0 pieces, supplies this week, and your letter, Aunt Mary wrote it to you, and mail it to me." Lucas happily grabbed Steve's arms, It can be seen that he was very happy to see Steve.

"Mom?" Steve stunned until Lucas stuffed his letter into his hands.

Steve and Lucas are cousins, and their mother is a sister.

"My mother sent me a letter, and Aunt Mary also sent one after she knew it, let's take a look!"

"Also, this is the money sent by Aunt Mary. It is well preserved. Although it is not very useful, it is better than not. When necessary, buy a link to the company and change the position." Steve said in his ear.

"There is another big package, two cotton clothes, one person and one person, and socks, very enough wool socks. It is very warm to wear 1 in winter."

"The package is too big. I can't get it. When you rotate, where to get it, I get to get it. By the way, I am in the G area and I just transferred to the Logistics Department to open a truck." Then Lucas still did it After holding the action of the steering wheel, no abnormalities were visible.

"I know." Steve looked at the letter, responding to Lucas on the first side.

Lucas was obviously a word, and found a free ammunition box to sit down. As for the supplies, some people took it. He was just driving.

"Tudou, black bread, urtica, and canned beans. There is no normal thing except tobacco."

"Damn Bellford, help the Jews pay for us!" Lucas looked at Steve's supply this week.

The meat is replaced by canned beans. The beans here are not ordinary 1 grain of beans, but canned beans. It tastes very beautiful, but it can supplement protein.

Uccalus is a kind of wild vegetables. When fresh vegetables are insufficient, this perennial herbaceous plant and dried vegetables will be used.

In some parts of Huaxia, urticaries are also called "live numbness" and "fire hemp".

"Why is the supply this time worse? Did the Germans launch an offense again?" Steve even relieved.

The Germans launching an attack in another direction prove that he is safer, otherwise the machine gun will be an important goal of the German artillery.

He went to the front line for 6 months, and was a machine gun shooter for 4 months, and changed more than a dozen shooters.

"If this is the case, Prime Minister's diplomatic minister Bellford posted an article that supports Jews to obtain a certain land."

"That land is occupied by Huaxia people in the Ottoman Empire. Bellford's approach violates the agreement between Britain and Huaxia on the war. The Huaxia people are protesting now."

"It is also getting angry above. The commands will temporarily concentrate all kinds of materials that are easier to store and transport. If there is no smoking meat, they will be smoked you with meat instead of beans."

"I have suffered enough politicians, and none of their policies can be fully implemented."

Lucas told Steve the current situation, and Steve listened to tears in one side.

"If there is a conflict with the Chinese... Lucas, help me send these back to my mother."

"Since the higher-ups have begun to tighten supplies, it proves that the shortage of supplies has begun. We are in France, in the army, and we will not starve to death no matter what, but it is not certain in China."

"I have 160 pounds, plus the 35 pounds my mother sent me. I will keep the 35 pounds and send the 160 pounds back."

"Wait a minute, I will write a letter and send it back together." Steve found a pencil that he had found on a German platoon leader, and wrote the letter while lying on an ammunition box.

Similarly, his 160 pounds was not a salary. Even if he went to the front line, his salary as a corporal for a year plus allowances was less than 50 pounds. This money was exchanged for things he had found on Germans.

The value of the mark dropped a little, but the range was not large. After all, Germany had not yet started to actively inflate to repay its debts.

Other valuables included watches, pocket watches, pistols, rings, expensive belts, expensive leather shoes, and other valuable things.

During this period, he earned a lot and spent a lot.

Where did he spend it? In this cruel war, only the enthusiastic French woman in the small town behind could comfort his wounded heart.

People have helped him a lot, he gave them some money to buy some food so that they would not starve to death, it's normal, right?

"This damn war!" After Steve finished writing the letter, he wiped his tears and hammered the ammunition box hard.

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