"Your Majesty, Sir Cyril has arrived." Wang Linhai knocked on the door gently.

Liu Yiming rubbed his eyebrows and nodded to Wang Linhai with a smile. Wang Linhai nodded lightly and turned around to go out.

As the Nanhua Empire's prestige and strength grew, foreign ambassadors who wanted to see Liu Yiming needed to make an appointment.

Making an appointment is not just about meeting, but also about the time and duration of the meeting, and what issues will be discussed after the meeting - this is the key to whether Liu Yiming will be interviewed or not.

Only Cyril, who holds the title of British Ambassador and has good personal relationships with senior officials in Nanhua, can inform him directly to see if Liu Yiming will receive him.

For example, today, Liu Yiming was supposed to meet the Thai King's envoy, but Cyril came and jumped in line.

After all, even the old witch knows how to choose between Thailand and the British Empire. International relations are not about who is good with whom, but about interests and strength.

After a while, Cyril came in, and the Thai King's envoy, who had made an appointment on a first-come, first-served basis, was still waiting in the reception room.

"Good day, Your Majesty." Cyril saluted Liu Yiming with a smile on his face. Liu Yiming couldn't stop him... maybe he didn't want to stop him?

"Good day, Sir." Seeing that he was not stopped, Liu Yiming returned the salute, but compared to Cyril's "big move", Liu Yiming just nodded slightly.

The two chatted for a while and then got to the point.

"Cyril, we are old friends. We don't need to do this, what? What difficult tasks has London given you?" Liu Yiming asked in a teasing tone.

"Ha! How could it be? There are no thorny problems in the friendship between our two countries." Cyril smiled warmly.

The more he behaves like this, the more doubtful Liu Yiming becomes, what does this man want to do? He is willing to work diligently for nothing, and he is either a traitor or a thief.

"Yeah, if it weren't for the UK, my government probably wouldn't know where to find sources of loans." Liu Yiming responded perfunctorily.

The loans lent to the Ottoman Empire were all borrowed by Nanhua from banks in various countries using debt contracts as collateral.

The Nanhua government endorsed the debt contract to guarantee the Ottomans' ability to repay.

If the Ottoman Empire is unable to pay the loan, the Nanhua government will take over the Ottoman Empire's customs and Turkish Straits until the Ottoman Empire repays the loan.

If nothing can be done in the end and the debt contract cannot be honored, the Nanhua Empire will pay for it.

This kind of loan should have been very popular, but it was not until the contract was thrown out that it was discovered that the two largest capital empires, France and the United States, did not welcome it.

Originally, Nanhua was planning to borrow money from France at an interest rate of 4%, which was not high, but not very low either. The most important thing was that the risk was low, which some banks should like.

As a result, France was unwilling to get involved because of the Franco-Russian alliance.

The Americans are the simplest. They hope that Nanhua will trap its own funds and withdraw a large amount of funds in a short period of time, which may cause harm to Nanhua, so they issued a ban.

A 4% profit was not enough to impress those capitalists, so the United States did not buy it.

Just when Nanhua was about to take the bond to the Dutch financial market for financing, the British came online, and several banks easily took the 30 million pound contract.

It is understandable that before the rise of Germany, the vanguard against Britain was Russia, and the vanguard against Russia was Britain. As a result, no matter who targeted Russia, Britain would help.

"No, no, no, we have actually wanted to intervene in this unfair war for a long time, but Britain and Russia... are currently on the same front." Cyril expressed his disgust for Russia without any secret.

Russia's prestige is too high. Since the victory of the Napoleonic War, Russia's influence on Europe has exceeded the limit of British tolerance.

From that time on, Britain faithfully implemented its anti-Russian policy until the rise of Germany, which vigorously developed its naval power and threatened the British national defense security.

"Okay, so you came to London today, has anything changed?" Liu Yiming nodded absently.

"Oh! It's about the Qing Empire." Cyril smiled.

"The Qing Empire is over. They lost their capital, their emperor, and almost all their troops and ministers. This government has perished." Liu Yiming added.

"Yes, yes, regarding... the provisional military government, I have news that they are sending troops to the plateau." When Cyril said this news, his expression changed, as if the revolutionary army had done something heinous.

"Huh?" Liu Yiming probably guessed what Cyril wanted to say, and nodded calmly.

"Haven't you noticed the problem yet? These warlords under the banner of revolution are no different from the Qing Empire."

"Like the Qing Empire, they did not consider the thoughts of the plateau peoples, did not give them the rights they deserved, and still used force in an attempt to make them surrender."

"The special envoy of the Plateau Lama has gone to India for help. London has instructed us to stop the actions of the military government and restore justice to the plateau."

When Cyril said this, an expression of compassion appeared on his face, as if he was standing up for the "justice" he spoke of.

Don't tell me, with this expression, the Holy Light could almost pass off as a god.

Anyone who doesn't know this and sees this scene will think that this is a loyal and honest person.

"Britain is preparing to invade the plateau?" Liu Yiming's words directly tore apart all the pretense of compassion, revealing the bloody reality behind it.

"Invasion? No, no, no, it is not an invasion. It is sending troops to maintain their independence at the request of the leaders of the plateau peoples." Cyril said quickly.

"You can rest assured that what London means is that in the future the plateau area will not belong to anyone and will exist alone."

"In order to ensure mutual security, no British soldiers will be deployed within two hundred kilometers of the border between India and the plateau. We hope that China will do the same in the future."

"This is why I came to you. I hope you can persuade the leaders of the military government to agree to this proposal." Cyril said.

"In other words, the United Kingdom hopes that a brand new country will emerge here and a demilitarized zone be established on the borders between this country and other countries?" Liu Yiming was a little confused as to why the British dared to think so.

Oh! The Qing Empire has just been destroyed, the country is in dire straits, and the Russians are ready to move in the north. The British are betting that the revolutionary army has no extra energy.

Even the existence of a separate plateau is just a smoke bomb. Maybe the British just want to advance the front and let them gain some strategic initiative.

It is even possible that the British and Indian troops have entered the plateau.

Based on Liu Yiming’s understanding of the British, this possibility is very high!

Thinking of this, Liu Yiming couldn't sit still.

"This is interference in other countries' internal affairs. The South China Empire will not interfere in this matter. In addition, I regret the British actions." Liu Yiming said calmly.

No matter how angry he was, he couldn't make too many big moves.

After all, Huaxia and Nanhua have not truly integrated into one, and their true purpose cannot be discovered.

Thanks to the idiots of the Qing Empire, if they hadn't introduced the Japanese and given Nanhua a reason to send troops, we don't know how long the war would have lasted.

"Is that so?" Cyril smacked his lips.

Of course he didn't think that Liu Yiming would agree. After all, Nanhua had already expressed its attitude to the British on the plateau issue.

The purpose of his coming here is just to test Nanhua's bottom line.

Liu Yiming's guess was correct. The British had already launched an attack. Thousands of British Indian troops had climbed over the mountains and entered the plateau area. They were now building roads and preparing to expand the fruits of victory.

As for why no news came out? It can only be said that the plateau is too vast and sparsely populated. Thousands of troops entered the plateau and only encountered a few scattered households.

This increased the secrecy of the British and Indian Army's operations, and also frustrated the British and Indian Army's plan to recruit laborers to build roads on the plateau.

At present, the British and Indian troops have penetrated hundreds of miles into the border. The logistics cannot be continued and they have to stop and start to capture "workers" from India to prepare for the construction of roads and fortifications.

"Nanhua does not want to participate in the actions of the British Empire. No matter for various reasons, considering its traditional friendship with South China and the British Empire, Nanhua remains neutral on this matter."

"I have an agreement with the King of Thailand's envoy later. If nothing happens, I won't keep you."

Liu Yiming "calmly" issued the expulsion order. Cyril originally wanted to talk about the fight against Russia on the grassland, but he didn't say anything after seeing this.

Winning Nanhua's verbal neutrality was not in vain. Britain was not willing to bring Nanhua in.

How are the spoils divided? What if Nanhua makes other demands? And if Nanhua deploys troops on the plateau, what should they do?

So, Cyril nodded and went out. As he walked, he was thinking about how to strengthen Japan to prevent the Chinese from becoming too powerful.

At the same time, he was also prepared to suggest that London create some conflicts between the military government and Nanhua, preferably territorial disputes.

"Find an island on the sea. The islands in the northern part of Ryukyu's southern bay are good. Although they are of little value, they can be used for speculation..." Cyril murmured softly after leaving the palace and getting in the car.

At this time, there is no recognized territorial sea area. The territorial waters of various countries mainly rely on the strength of each country to make strong claims. The standards are three nautical miles, five nautical miles, eight nautical miles, and twelve nautical miles.

Offshore oil exploration still remains in shallow areas, and the cost of extraction is high. It cannot compete with oil from the United States and Arabia.

As for the so-called exclusive economic zone, there is no shadow at this time. Those islands are really ordinary stone islands at this time, except for fish schools, they have no value.

A few fishing boats from Wanwan and Ryukyu will go to these places to fish, and they get along relatively harmoniously without many conflicts.

Judging from these points, it is very difficult for the two to conflict because of this. After all, no breakthrough can be found.

But in the eyes of the British, this is not a problem. Years of "practical experience" make them feel comfortable facing this kind of thing.

"No need to go home, just go to the pier and take the nearest ship. I'm going to Singapore." The plan gradually took shape in his mind, and Cyril couldn't wait to report it to London.
Chapter completed!