France tried their best to preserve their interests in Gibraltar, but unfortunately, they had no choice but to offend the Dutch. We have no fleet, and we have elite soldiers who need to be redeemed.

, the French made great concessions, and the original Gibraltar tariff was reduced from the original 35% to 3%. Moreover, in order to ensure the safety of ships, we were able to station troops in Gibraltar.

In a sense, the French have lost the ability to compete with us commercially in the Mediterranean within five or six years, and we have cut off the transportation routes to the pagan base camps in Africa. More importantly, through this war, we have become

We have achieved a breakthrough in the French trade blockade, freeing our locally produced goods from the shackles of the French overseas price wars. But to truly turn all these factors into benefits, we still have to work harder.

Behind the scenes, we are signing a strategic alliance with the Dutch.

The Netherlands needs our army to defend against future French invasions, and we need the Netherlands' navy to restrain the French, English and Portuguese. At the same time, the small Netherlands needs a monopoly

Half of the trade with the New World and the East

In exchange, they accumulated a lot of wealth and craftsmanship, but these wealth and craftsmanship require raw materials to transform into real commodities, and then conduct money-to-money transactions. Here, in the contract between the French and the Dutch,

They took the initiative to lower tariffs on the Dutch.

It doesn't take much thinking to know that this is Colbert's conspiracy. France is also geographically close to the Netherlands. It is a country with a vast territory and abundant resources in Europe. They take the initiative to lower tariffs and can replenish the national treasury by selling a large amount of raw materials and bring the Dutch people to

We have plundered the wealth from France. But we and the Dutch will not be that stupid. We have realized that if the Netherlands uses French supplies to recover after the war, then within three or two years, the Dutch money will be

Help the French again

become stronger. Therefore, based on the principle that we cannot use our own money to strengthen our enemies, the Netherlands cannot raise tariffs on some French goods and raise their prices to be higher than the goods we transport from Rome.

On a more expensive level, we transport goods to the Netherlands, and then transport them to the Netherlands at a lower price than the French. As for how to do this, the Netherlands has only two ways, either tax-free,

Or provide financial subsidies.

If we are tax-free, we will not be able to take money from us, and naturally we will not be able to support some of the Dutch government employees. After negotiation, the Dutch chose two methods: financial subsidies and tax reductions. This approach is that the Netherlands

The Delanders took a little money from us, then took out part of it from their pockets and gave it to us with interest.

Financial subsidies can allow us to encourage domestic merchants to transport goods to the Netherlands, and tax reductions increase the competitiveness of our goods. From perfume to silk to carpets, as well as saltpeter, coffee, and wine. All of these are

It is the goods that we can sell to the Netherlands. It can be said that the Dutch depend on Sweden and Austria for their iron supplies, food and textile industries.

It can be imported from Prussia and Austria, and the remaining daily necessities and major military supplies can be obtained from the Romans. Such a reciprocal plan can enrich the resources of our Four-Nation Alliance without having to use our own money to fund the French.

When the time comes to draw the knife and issue the tickets, the Dutch won't have to send us huge amounts of gold to hire us as thugs.

The advantage of such a plan is that Dutch money will flow into our pockets in an invisible and invisible way. We don't have to wait until war breaks out to levy a large amount of tax and send the tax money over. As for the disadvantage... we

I won't tell the Dutch people what you've been through

The goods and gold obtained from trade with all the hard work from around the earth are just held in the hands for a while, and then most of them will be transferred to us Romans, and become the huge war machine of our empire to fight in Russia, Africa and the Middle East.

Lubricant to cultivate domestic handicraft industry.

Bind the Dutch to our tanks, and the rest will be the Austrians.

The Austrians, as our little friends, were very disobedient in the past few decades and tried to get rid of our control. Now they are better, they were beaten hard by the French and seriously injured. It has reached the point of breaking their muscles and bones. In order to suppress France

man, we have to do this

A country in dire financial straits provided subsidies. The bulk of the work was done by the Netherlands, the enemy, and cheap items were provided by us and Prussia. However, more than 300,000 German marks of gold flowed into Austria every year.

, can make Austrian

If the geographical advantage eases, maybe it will be a tragedy for Austria. But judging from the current situation of the Austrians, if they do not carry out reforms, it is better to expect them to become a stumbling block for the French to dominate the European continent.

Prussia's arrival is real. However, Prussia only has a small population, and Austria's population is at least more than ten million, so for long-term development, we still have to count on Austria. According to Alexander, the country is already discussing who should be sent to guide Austria's reforms.

.It won’t be me anyway.

The previous contracts signed by several countries have basically set the main tone. What remains is for legal scholars to study the wording in the clauses to prevent the other party from taking advantage of the loopholes.

Just when everything was going smoothly for us, the French started their little operation. The person I sent to monitor Constance contacted her.

The French want to use Constance, the princess, to meet with a German nobleman to show the other party their French goodwill.

After being reminded by Constance, I learned that they would set off from Strasbourg at night, intending to disguise themselves as a group of devout believers and go to the Mainz Cathedral to pay their respects. There were still a few days before the French set off, so I

At the beginning, some people were secretly deployed at the place where they were going to meet to monitor the activities nearby to prevent this from being a plan to lure the snake out of its hole.

From the beginning to the end, I have always wondered whether this was a conspiracy arranged by the French and Constance. You know, I suffered it once back then. However, according to my recollection, unless Constance, a French girl, is in

In the past few years, I have specially studied acting and obtained a major

Teacher-level guidance, otherwise it would be difficult for her to perform such a colorful scene. However, I cannot rule out that there are still geniuses and movie stars in this world, who can change from a tsundere girl who has a straight-forward personality and says whatever she wants.

It is possible to play a movie queen who looks like everything.

It's just that I'm not willing to give up on a spy from the Duchess of Orleans.

I am very concerned about the benefits of obtaining Constance, because no matter what troubles the French have, I can receive reminders here. This is why I now have a good opportunity to destroy the French's attempt to ally with the German forces.

.Moreover, after last time, even the princess was able to do business, so this time she can do the same.

The greater the risk, the greater the reward. Now I can only take risks with my own life. If I can do it, I will do it. No matter what, I must turn this girl into my own. If it doesn't work, I will do what I can when the time comes.

, either playing against the enemy, or simply killing a hundred of them, and asked all countries to pay more attention to aristocratic women from France.

After confirming that the French had not made any large-scale movements, on the pretext of inspecting the supply points in the camp, I ordered the Fifth Spartan Legion to set off with me, but they themselves were just my disguise, and I then took the

A group of soldiers brought from Holabrunn broke away from the Fifth Spartan Army.

The group headed towards Mainz. Then, I arranged this group of people near Mainz, changed clothes and accompanied only Leon and a group of more than 20 followers to the house opposite the hotel where Constance and the others were staying.

We stayed here and spent two days observing the French and Constance.

It was a bit difficult to create a time to meet Constance alone. I waited until Constance was going to the Mainz Cathedral before I found the opportunity. The French people who followed Constance stopped at the cathedral.

In the main hall, Constance walked alone through the corridor of the church garden and walked to the room where she had originally made an appointment.

The German prince must have made up his mind to show up later than Constance, so Constance was the only one in the room agreed for the meeting.

When Constance saw me, she jumped up. After the excitement brewed for a few seconds, her eyes turned red. The next second, she blurted out: "Asshole! Why did you come here now!"

"

Well, as expected of the princess, she still maintained herself in this life-and-death situation.

"Are you afraid..." I held back my laughter and closed the door.

"I'm not afraid!" Constance raised her head, turned around and snorted.

"Okay, it turns out you don't need me. Then I'm leaving."

"Go?" Constance turned back in surprise.

I shrugged and said, "You don't need me anyway."

"Wait, you can't leave!"

"Why?"

Constance clenched her fists before opening her mouth and uttering words that were unspeakable for her, "I need you!"

After saying this, Constance sat back in her seat angrily and said in her princess-like temper: "Are you happy that you have been teasing me all this time? And why did you come now to make people think you don't want to do it?"

The meeting is coming, just to tease me again..."

Her eyes turned cold. Constance noticed this change and couldn't help but weaken her voice until it disappeared. I couldn't hear the words "It makes me have nightmares every day..." and could only see what was behind this sentence.

Her mouth was opening and closing constantly.

I walked over and looked down at her, and Constance closed her mouth: "Princess Constance, if you want to show off your princess temper, please find your servant or someone else. You must know that I have no
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