In the reception room of the UK Foreign Office, the atmosphere was particularly eerie. One side of the negotiations was extremely tense but had to feign smiles; the other side clearly had no interest yet pretended to listen attentively.
This peculiar scene was exactly that of the negotiations between the UK and Prussia. From the very beginning, the two sides were on unequal footing,
much like a person with no money in their pocket and hunger in their belly who needs to borrow money to eat. To get a loan, one would...
UK Foreign Minister Edward waved his hand, "I'm sorry, Count. There's nothing I can do. Loans are the business of the banks, and you should talk to the bankers."
Merely relying on attitude is clearly not enough to borrow money. Without sufficient benefits, why would John Bull possibly open his wallet?
