There was a cup of black tea in front of the queen, and the beautiful tea soup was placed on a white and gold-painted porcelain cup. It was obvious that it was specially made in Jingdezhen's export porcelain, which was one of the best.

A few small snacks and cakes were placed on a white tablecloth. The shape was small and novel, and it looked very appetizing, but no one touched a piece of the Queen and Benjamin.

The bitter and sour black coffee did not contain a drop of milk or a piece of sugar. Benjamin needed this strong and stimulating taste to awaken himself. Everything he encountered today was like a dream.

Neither of them said to live until the queen spoke first, "Drink less coffee. I heard that you have not slept well once in the past few months? If you keep going like this, your body will be ruined... Let's have a cup of black tea?"

Benjamin shook his head, and the queen sighed softly, "Hey... your stubborn personality really refuses to change. Try new things. This tea is different from what we used to..."

"Actually, when I was a child, I thought that all teas in the world were only black tea, but now I understand that tea is a large series in China that can be filled with museums, including green tea, flower tea, black tea, and even black tea and white tea. Each one has hundreds of small categories, and all kinds of tastes are different..."

"Today, this cup of black tea was sent by Xiao Letian. It seems to be called 'Zhengshan Xiaozhong', which is a very low-yield category produced in the mountainous areas of southern China. It tastes quite good..."

Benjamin looked up at the queen. Of course he knew that the queen could not just tell him about the classification of tea. In fact, every word of the queen contains profound meaning.

"Why do we Europeans think that there is only one type of tea? It's not because of transportation. Black tea is a fermented tea. In fact, after several months of transportation, coupled with the influence of the humid environment on Shanghai, it has become semi-fermented, so we really don't have the best treasure to enjoy!"

"Fortunately, with the efforts of these Chinese businessmen, they have taught us British businessmen that even fermented tea has many categories, and some of the top varieties have good taste and are unimaginable... For example, this pot!"

After all, the Queen changed Benjamin a cup of tea, and the cup of black coffee was actually taken away.

Tasting the top Zhengshan little seeds brought by Xiao Letian, Benjamin felt that his cold internal organs were warming up. The fragrance was indeed different. He had drunk tea for most of his life, but compared with this cup, it was garbage.

"Is it very good? So we have to thank these Chinese businessmen. They have a deeper understanding of China than us. Only they know what treasures are hidden in the land of more than 10 million square kilometers!"

"Our strong ships and cannons have knocked on the door of the Qing Empire, but we cannot knock on the hearts of that nation. In the government and the people, the power to oppose us is very strong..."

"They dare not fight against our army, but they will play tricks on us in business activities in life... What those people bully is that we don't know what to do, they will use inferior products as good people, and we don't even know... "

"Without the Chinese people, do you expect those merchants in the Qing Dynasty who hated us to sell us this kind of treasure that was used by the palace? So, there are many things in the world that cannot be solved by war..."

There are two smart people in their fifties in the room. Although Benjamin is more than teenage than the queen, he is a primary school student in front of the queen.

The reason is simple. When the queen ascended the throne at the age of 18, how old are you Benjamin in politics? How old are you as prime minister? In terms of political experience and seniority, Benjamin is not worthy of being a grandson for the Queen.

Why did Emperor Tongzhi take the etiquette of his grandchildren in front of the queen? That's because this woman is indeed of the same generation as Emperor Daoguang, and no one can deny this.

"After all, our UK needs to be strong by commerce. Our Constitution, our colonies, our strong army, and advanced industrial technology... All of this is for business, and they exist to ensure the global dominance of our British business!"

"Benjamin! You must remember that the expansion of the colony was not because Britain needed that kind of illusory victory to be a spiritual opium, which was all the hobbies of Napoleon III..."

"We must make money when expanding our colonies. There is no need to stay in a colony that is not profitable... But you have really gone a little bit in these years!"

"Did you really not realize that many colonies have already experienced a situation of not being able to make ends meet? I don't care about the increased military expenditure. To be honest, I am willing to give us brave boys the best weapons and the best treatment..."

"But... after all, we are also businessmen. Do you have to carefully calculate the ratio of input and output?"

Benjamin's stubbornness outside was incapable of being in front of the queen. At this moment, he was like an old man who received a blow or even lost his son.

"I know...I know all this...but Xiao Letian is different. This person is really different. I can smell an extremely dangerous smell from him..."

"Your Majesty, please believe me. You can't think about it with the Chinese people and Xiao Letian. This man is full of tricks and pretends to be the whole world! He is a life-and-death problem of the British Empire!"

"We cannot consider input-output when dealing with Chinese people. Even if we lose money for a while, we have to strangle this budding poisonous weed to death!"

The queen smiled and shook her head, "I understand everything you said, but whether the right to start a war is in Congress is not in my hands? Even if you convince me, can you convince the entire Congress?"

"The distrust case has been passed, which shows that most members of Congress have chosen not to believe you. What should I do..."

"Your Majesty, you have a way, you must have a way... As long as you come forward to express your support for me, I can turn the tables! With your support, I can even disband the parliament and re-election!"

Benjamin was so anxious that tears were about to fall. "Your Majesty! I beg you to exert influence. Now you can only solve the cancer. You can't raise a tiger to cause trouble!"

Note: Generation is a very interesting thing. In fact, in modern 21st century, including Western politics, generation is also very particular.

I remember when Mr. Deng visited the United States, President Carter gave Mr. Deng a very high courtesy and was very humble everywhere. Of course, there was political need, because at that time the United States needed China to open up its market and China needed to restrain the Soviet Union.

But from a personal point of view, Carter himself is the etiquette of the younger generation. You can clearly see the posture, tone, and smiles of the conversation between them.

Seniority! Seniority is really important! Because Mr. Deng was the only senior general in the international political arena at that time, and he was still in power. What kind of seniority is Carter? It’s clear to look at his resume.

Including Taizu's seniority in his later years, he was also very scary. When you meet Nixon, you can see the clues by looking at the sitting posture and facial expressions of the two.

In terms of seniority, these four words are a bit feudal remnant. Young people today are very disgusted. They are thinking about breaking tradition, transcending the curve, and crossing the class by stepping on the old and stubborn corpses.

But at the true top level, seniority is still a tradition that must be followed. This may be the different values ​​of the two worlds!

I just said a few more words and it’s considered gossip! Don’t worry, if you don’t charge money for gossip, this paragraph is considered free.
Chapter completed!