Chapter 1341: Side Story: Having the Whole World in View (18)
Seeing that the situation was getting increasingly dire, the governors of the various countries stationed here could not sit still anymore. The English governor-general in India immediately invited all the countries to discuss.
The first thing he said at the meeting was, "Friends, England couldn’t possibly have lured a wolf like Great Qi in. What benefits will this bring to England?"
The various countries fell silent. During this period of time, they had already calmed down and realized that they had been deceived by Great Qi. When Great Qi attacked the Indian Ocean region, England had indeed suffered the most damage because they were the most powerful in this area.
Great Qi was too close to the Nanyang and Indian Ocean. If this lion was also interested in this place, their territory would be compressed like never before.
No matter how many conflicts the various countries had back home, at least for now, they shared common interests in these territorial waters. They were collectively threatened by Great Qi.
Someone said, "We should protest to Great Qi..."
The envoy from Spain, which was also a maritime power, mocked, "Are you going to protest against them for annihilating the pirates who robbed the Great Qi merchant ships?"
The expressions of the envoys from various countries changed slightly. The Spanish envoy continued, "Our country has long warned everyone that Great Qi is different from the cowardly and tolerant Great Zhou. Look at their policies in the territorial waters of Guangzhou. They are very domineering and will not allow the robbery of their merchant ships to happen on such a large scale."
The Governor of England said unhappily, "These are not the territorial waters of Guangzhou. This place is too far from Great Qi to be within their sphere of influence. They have extended their reach too far."
The Spanish envoy shrugged. He wanted to say that this place was actually even further from England, but since Spain also had a colony here, there was really no need to mock his own country as well to defend Great Qi.