After listening to the Duke of Wellington's words, the Earl of Liverpool was silent for a while, and then looked at George Canning again, "George, what do you think?"

"Prime Minister," said George Canning, "I remember that the Kingdom of Jin once asked for 21 million Ming Dynasty silver dollars in compensation."

"What?" The Earl of Liverpool was stunned, and immediately shook his head and said, "That's not okay! George, this is not a matter of how many pounds it costs, but a matter of the face of the empire!"

The British Empire could maintain such a huge colony with such a small territory, such a small population, and such a small army. In addition to the local industry, it also relied on the British Empire's image of being invincible.

The British are invincible, how can they pay money to a backward country like Daikin that "closes itself to the country"?

The Earl of Liverpool continued: "George, we can defeat the war in Afghanistan, no matter how many East India Company mercenaries we lose, it won't matter. Most of them are Indians anyway. But we must not pay compensation to Daikin, because this

Means it’s profitable to go against the Empire!”

"Prime Minister, of course I understand this," George Canning said, "but we need time to adjust our deployment and organize a counterattack. And we should also try to confuse and divide the enemy!"

The Earl of Liverpool looked at George Canning, "George, do you mean to deceive Emperor Daoguang?"

"Yes," George Canning said, "Of course we will not actually pay Daoguang, but we can use this name to negotiate with him. If we cannot successfully regain Peshawar City, then we must stabilize Daoguang

Emperor to ensure that Major General Cotton’s troops can safely withdraw from Afghanistan.”

The Earl of Liverpool glanced at the Duke of Wellington. The Duke did not speak, but nodded.

The Earl of Liverpool asked: "Then in what name do we confuse Daoguang?"

"We can." George Canning thought about it again and again, and finally came up with an excuse: "Prime Minister, let's use the name of mercenary soldiers. Anyway, we often hire foreign troops to help fight wars."

The Earl of Liverpool asked: "Then who should we hire the Jin army to fight?"

"Fight Turkey! We need the Great Jin Kingdom to send troops to support the independence cause of the Greek people! I think the powerful airship troops of the Great Jin Kingdom can help us defeat the ferocious Turkish Empire. These airships can bomb Constantinople and force the Sultan to

Troops withdraw from Greece."

The Earl of Liverpool scratched his bald head and said, "This is the reason. Well, that's it!"

George Canning added: "We can also ask the Rakshasa people to mediate. Grand Duke Mikhail will definitely be very willing to act as a middleman between us and Dajin. And a Dajin who is too close to the Ming Dynasty and too powerful will definitely

It is not in the interest of the Rakshasa Kingdom."

Upon hearing this suggestion, both the Earl of Liverpool and the Duke of Wellington's eyes lit up.

Dajin was originally a buffer state between the Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa, but now it has obviously turned towards the Ming Dynasty!

Nicholas I must have been very dissatisfied with this, so he would definitely use Turkey as an excuse to ask the Jin Kingdom to send troops. If Daoguang did not agree, with the style of the Rakshasa people, he would definitely react, and maybe he would also

Create trouble on the Kazakh grassland and cause trouble for Emperor Daoguang.

The Earl of Liverpool nodded solemnly and said: "Okay, George, I will ask His Majesty the King to arrange a meeting for you and Grand Duke Mikhail tomorrow. You can discuss with him the issues of mediating the conflict in Afghanistan and hiring gold soldiers to attack Turkey."

"Yes, Prime Minister."

The Earl of Liverpool then said to the Duke of Wellington, "Duke, I hope that you can immediately accept the appointment of the Governor-General of India. Of course, you do not have to take office until the expeditionary force is formed and set off to India. But I hope that this news can be released so that

Shock the Ming Empire in the east and stop them from acting rashly!"

"Okay, Prime Minister."
Chapter completed!