"Please rest assured that I, Cromwell, was born in the swamp and would definitely stand on your side! It is impossible for Earl Bairdford's adventure company to empty the 360,000 acres of public swamps in the Erie area!"

In the Erie swamps in Britain, a middle-aged man is pacifying the angry peasants.

These angry swamp farmers held sickles and grass branches in their hands, and on one side there was a fence where adventure companies encircled the land.

"Mr. Cromwell, our Erie swamps have been public land from the day I was born, and everyone can enjoy every inch of public land equally. Once the Count Bairdford's adventure company has been drained, 95,000 acres of dry land were rewarded by the king to Earl Bairdford, and the other swamps were owned by the royal family. The commons have become private land, how can we farmers live in the future!" said a farmer with a sickle.

"Originally, the nobles were constantly enclosing land and driving us away from our original farmland. Now they don't even let go of the swamps. We farmers will never be able to live our lives in the future." A group of swamp farmers complained to Cromwell.

After Cromwell was a local squire, when the local peasants clashed with the nobles, they had to come to seek help from him.

"I have learned the whole story, please believe me. I will negotiate with the adventure company to protect everyone's interests and prevent the swamp from being drained. This will still be a common place." Cromwell said to the group of farmers.

After hearing that Cromwell came forward to help them negotiate with the adventure company, the angry farmers settled down and then complained to Cromwell before leaving one after another.

Cromwell was in a complicated mood as he looked at the fence that surrounded the swamp.

"Dear, are the residents around you making trouble again?" Elizabeth asked.

"The issue of the possession of the commons has been quarrel recently. I have to stand on the side of the farmers in the swamp area for reason. Our family represents their interests. I was elected as a member of parliament and received their support. Maintaining the current situation of the swamp can calm the farmers' emotions, and they do not need to be driven away or pay high rent. But I don't think it is a mistake to drain the swamp. If the swamp turns into dry land, you can have more output. The use of the commons is too low, and it is not a good thing to use the land without restraint and planning." Cromwell said.

"But the welfare of ordinary farmers is also very important. The enclosure is getting stronger and stronger, and more and more farmers are being driven away. Now there are many poor people in the country with no income. The bread given to the common people by the church is no longer enough." Elizabeth said.

"All of this is the profit of exporting wool is much higher than farming. All the gentry and nobles were eager to turn all the land into pastures. The farmland in the past was not enough, so they wanted to develop swamp areas, turn the swamp areas into dry land and raise sheep in captivity." Cromwell sighed.

Not only Chu Yun experienced the pain of reform, but Britain was also experiencing the pain of social transformation, but the process was slower. The land enclosure movement and price revolution made a large number of British farmers become poor or workers who live on wages.

"There has been news from the members of the city of London that King Charles intends to bypass the parliament and unilaterally form a sacred alliance with the East. Some rumors have already spread, saying that King Charles intends to sell some privileges to China in the treaty of the Holy Alliance in exchange for their support." Elizabeth handed a letter sent from London to Cromwell.

"The king is going to leave our parliament alone to form a diplomatic alliance? What was he thinking? He didn't understand how terrible the ancient dynasties in the East were. Their population was more than ten times that of ours. They cooperated with such a behemoth? They were not a country of size at all!" Cromwell couldn't help but feel disappointed with Charles I after reading the letter.

"The king sent an envoy to the East before, probably to form an alliance. The parliament and the king have been reluctant to compromise over the years. Has the parliament forced the king too tight and let him take the wrong path?" Elizabeth said.

"King Charles believes in the army. If he wants to establish a standing army, he must use force to make the Presbyterians in Scotland subjugate. The military expenditure required is a large amount, and will eventually be spread to the people. If we take the initiative to compromise, the monarch's power will become greater and greater, and our parliament will become the king's vassal like the Privy Council. On the contrary, if the king takes the initiative to reconvene the parliament, then our parliament can limit the king's power and reduce taxes that are unfavorable to us."

"After all, the king is a man. He is not rational enough. Sometimes he acts on his own preferences, so that the parliament can act on behalf of the will of all people." Cromwell said.

"But now that King Charles unilaterally has signed a treaty with China, the ancient dynasties in the East will soon send fleets, and we know nothing about them. With their support, the king may not reconvene the parliament." Elizabeth was a little worried.

"Your worries are not unreasonable. King Charlie is playing with fire! I want to go back and write a letter to notify other members of parliament to intervene in this matter. Otherwise, if the king does something wrong, it will destroy the future of the country!" Cromwell knew that King Charlie and Chu Yun cooperated, and was full of worries.

In Cromwell's impression, the East is a powerful and mysterious existence, and any diplomatic behavior carried out with China must be very cautious. Charles I had to form an alliance shortly after he first came into contact with the East, which was undoubtedly crazy in Cromwell's eyes.

The people in the parliament may not have expected that they would force Charles I to the point of being heavily in debt. Charles I was already blushing. Under the temptation of Chu Yun's constant hinting at him, he quickly made up his mind to join Chu Yun.

The East India Company paid him 20,000 pounds of tax every year, but Charles I planned to sell the East India Company to Chu Yun because Chu Yun paid much more money than the East India Company. Charles I did not think that the East India Company, which is still weak, will have future glory.

"What is obstructing the alliance? Our parliament has been disbanded for several years. How should we obstruct it?" Elizabeth asked.

"First submit a letter of protest to His Majesty the King. If His Majesty the King does not suspend the conclusion of the alliance, we will organize taxes to the counties. No one would want the Easterners to interfere in our affairs in Britain." Cromwell said.
Chapter completed!