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In the London House of Lords conference room, members of the powerful British straits were quarreling endlessly over a Fijian colony.

MacDonald insisted on a large-scale suppression of the Fijian rebellion because of the recession of the UK economy and fierce domestic conflicts. As re-elected prime minister, he needed to be stronger in front of the people.

Previously, McDonald refused to negotiate with Latou. He ignored the safety of British High Commissioner Bain and hundreds of British prisoners, and insisted on drawing elite British troops from Australia and New Zealand to attack Fiji. MacDonald thought that the British army would defeat Latou's army in a short time, and only toughness could ensure the safety of the hostages.

MacDonald's strategy was in principle one of the correct ways to resolve the crisis. However, Cadillan and his 1,300 British troops were wiped out, resulting in MacDonald being strongly criticized by the cabinet.

As the world economic crisis broke out, the British economy suffered a heavy blow, which forced the Labor Party led by MacDonald to form a joint cabinet with the Conservative Party to deal with the economic crisis.

The Conservative Party, led by Stanley, opposed continuing to use force against Fiji on the grounds that the British High Commissioner Bain, the six Central Pacific countries, and hundreds of British prisoners were still in the hands of Chief Latou, and their families begged the government to rescue them. Not only did McDonald's tough actions not only failed to resolve the crisis, but also left the lives of 1,300 British troops in Fiji in Fiji, which was immediately strongly indignant and protested by the families of these British troops.

The Conservatives occupy half of the seats in the United Cabinet. Although they are in power with the Labor Party, they want to oust the Labor Party at all times. So they seized the opportunity and criticized MacDonald's Labour for being inhumane and dealing with the Fiji crisis as stupid as a child.

As soon as the Tang Empire officially proposed to the Commonwealth that it was willing to buy the entire Fiji Islands, MacDonald's Labor Party believed that this was the Tang Empire taking advantage of the situation and it would never be adopted.

"Gentlemen, Zhang Meng is definitely a big ambitious man. If he sells Fiji to him, his strength will undoubtedly expand rapidly. I want to remind you that the current military strength of the Tang Empire has rapidly expanded. They have built the largest aircraft carrier battle group in the world so far, and even the Royal Navy of the British Empire does not have so many large aircraft carriers."

"His Excellency Prime Minister, do you think aircraft carriers can beat battleships?"

In response to McDonald's concerns, the Conservatives made McDonald speechless.

No one believes that aircraft carriers can defeat battleships. Mahan's theory of giant ships, cannons, sea power is unshakable for the British Navy. MacDonald's words immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the members of the naval system in the parliament.

Stanley is an excellent politician. He is better at debate and often likes to defeat the opponent's speech loopholes.

Seeing that MacDonald's words aroused the dissatisfaction of the members of the naval system, he knew that he had won another point, so he continued to question the other party in a tit-for-tat way.

"Gentlemen, the aircraft carrier is undoubtedly a useless person. She is not a match for the battleship. I think Zhang Meng is stupid and has a lot of money. He is willing to spend 100 million pounds to buy our Fijian colony. You know, Fiji can only generate 1 million pounds of income for the British Empire every year. It will take at least a hundred years for Zhang Meng to recover the cost. Isn't this stupid and has a lot of money for others?"

Stanley's words immediately made the meeting room burst into laughter. What was originally a very serious matter suddenly turned into a joke.

"Fiji could only create 10,000 pounds of wealth a year before becoming a British Empire colony. Now it creates 1 million pounds, and maybe more income will be created in a hundred years. We cannot just look at the immediate interests. You must believe me, that guy Zhang Meng will never do a business that suffers losses. He is willing to pay 100 million pounds to buy Fiji. I bet that he will at least make 500 million pounds in Fiji in the future. He is such a person. We must not sell it to him."

McDonald was very thoughtful. He had known Zhang Meng for a long time. He witnessed Zhang Meng's methods quickly rise to the Tang Empire, so he knew that Zhang Meng was a very cunning guy.

"Gentlemen, our British Empire is facing a serious economic crisis. I can tell you that in the past two years, the industrial production in Britain has dropped by 32%, steel production has dropped by 46%, pig iron production has dropped by 53%, textile production has dropped by two-thirds, and coal production has dropped by one-fifth. Foreign trade has dropped by 30% from 1929 to the third quarter of this year, and the foreign trade deficit has increased from 390 million pounds last year to 410 million pounds in 1931. At the same time, the return of investment profits has dropped from 410 million pounds to 300 million pounds. I am very sad to tell you that the first time the UK has experienced an international balance of payments deficit."

Stanley's words immediately attracted everyone in the parliament to him, making McDonald stunned and secretly called Stanley too shameless.

"Gentlemen, we are facing a serious economic crisis. At this time, what we need is visible profits. Fiji is already in ruins. I can guarantee that mobilizing the army to eliminate the rebels will definitely not be able to make back the military expenditure of the troops, and even the fuel money of the warships will not be able to make back. Our army has failed once. Are you not worried about failure again?"

Every sentence of Stanley hits the point, and all the MPs are worried that if they fail again, the UK will be very embarrassed.

The Speaker of the Grand Priest Earl Hollens immediately announced the recession for ten minutes. He negotiated behind closed doors with several major veterans and finally reached an agreement.

When Speaker Hollens announced the adoption of Stanley's plan, McDonald shook his head and sighed, cursing in his heart: "Damn Parliament!"

After the meeting, McDonald grabbed Stanley who was about to leave.

"Do you know what you're doing? You're taking a piece of fat to feed a hungry lion!"

Stanley smiled slightly and said, "I admit that I tried to defeat you just now. I also admit that Zhang Meng is a cunning ambitious man, or I am indeed feeding a hungry lion. But so what? You have your strategy and I have my plan. You are afraid of offending the Japanese, but I am not afraid. On the contrary, I know that Zhang Meng hates the Japanese, so I dare to feed him because he will bite the Japanese first. There is an old Chinese saying that sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight. It is recommended that you learn what it means to reap the benefits of fishermen."

MacDonald was stunned.

In the Chang'an City Empire State Building, British Foreign Minister Henry signed the "Fiji Islands Transfer Agreement" on behalf of the British government and the Tang government.

The agreement stipulates that the British Fiji Islands colonies will formally transfer the islands collectively known as the Fiji Islands to the Tang Empire from January 20, 1932. The United Kingdom waived its sovereignty and ownership claims on the islands collectively known as the Fiji Islands. It recognizes that the Tang Empire has all sovereignty and ownership claims on 522 islands, including Viti Island, and its surrounding waters. As compensation, the Tang Empire shall pay 100 million pounds to the Commonwealth within one year after the exchange of the agreement on this agreement.

When the agreement was given to Zhang Xinhai and stamped the jade seal of the Emperor of the Tang Empire, Zhang Xinhai called Zhang Meng over again.

"Meng'er, are you sure you want this? This is 500 million Tang Yuan!"

"You don't have to worry, I know it!"

Zhang Xinhai was hesitant and held the jade seal in his hand for a long time without covering it.

Zhang Meng suddenly smiled and said, "Don't worry, in less than a year, the child will get all the money back with capital and interest."

Seeing Zhang Meng's swearing, Zhang Xinhai thought that his son had become very great now and must have his purpose, so he gritted his teeth and immediately stamped the seal on the jade seal.

After Zhang Wei, who had not said anything, took over the sealed agreement, he suddenly asked: "Since he planned to spend money to buy it, there are billions of Tangyuan reserves in the national treasury, why should it be delayed for a year?"

Zhang Meng sighed and said, "In recent years, the money in the treasury has only been paid but not in. Most of our factories will not be internationally competitive in the next few years and will continue to lose money and operate. I can't just sit there and lose money."

When Zhang Wei heard this, a '$' light popped up in her eyes and asked hurriedly: "Do you have a plan to grab money again?"

"certainly!"

"What plan? Tell Weier quickly!"

"secret!"
Chapter completed!