The Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty has completed another round of upgrades and transformations in the past ten years.
The number of naval warships is actually reduced now compared to before.
This time Chang Yuchun brought only sixteen battleships in addition to the main ship Hero.
But the tonnage is larger.
None of these sixteen battleships has a tonnage of less than 10,000 tons, making them a truly giant fleet of cannons.
In the original history, the British Sunless Fleet, which was still dominating the world at this time, was superstitious about numerical superiority and did not study the direction of giant ships.
It was not until twenty years later that the strategic significance of giant ships was gradually realized.
This battleship fleet formation of giant ships and cannons has been active on the world battlefield since then, until World War II when it was replaced by aircraft carriers.
But in this time and space, Zhu Yuanzhang had clarified the research policy of the Ming Dynasty's large ships and cannons very early. Therefore, during the second naval battle against the Eight-Power Allied Forces, the Ming Dynasty's main ship was already the largest warship in the world at that time.
That battle completely made the Ming Navy dominate the world. At the same time, the whole world also saw the terror of giant ships and cannons.
Countries around the world immediately rushed to follow suit.
If time goes forward ten years, not even ten years, but only five years, Britain will be able to build a battleship fleet that is not weaker than the Ming Dynasty by relying on the huge resource supply of colonizing the world.
If the Ming Dynasty waited until then to start a war with Britain, even if it could win, it would only be a miserable victory.
But unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give him this opportunity.
Before his fleet of giant ships and artillery was fully formed, he directly attacked his naval fleet and achieved great success in one fell swoop.
This battle almost completely destroyed the British fleet, causing Britain to completely lose the last possibility of competing with the Ming Dynasty for strategic hegemony on the sea.
This is simply devastating to a sea power country like the UK.
Without the navy, it means that it can no longer deter colonies around the world with force, and the consequences of this will be unimaginable.
Queen Victoria of England fell weakly on her throne, looking down at the many members of Parliament who were also silent, and everyone looked at each other speechlessly.
"What should I do?" This is the common thought in everyone's mind now.
But in fact, everyone knows what is the best choice at this moment, they are just waiting for Victoria to speak.
"Seek peace!" Victoria rubbed her brows and finally had to express her position in public.
In fact, seeking peace is a nicer way of saying it. The current situation is surrendering and letting things go.
Chang Yuchun readily agreed to the peace letter sent by the Queen of England.
"Tell your queen, I am not here to invade Britain, but to safeguard my Ming Dynasty's legitimate rights and interests in Britain!"
"You should know that Ming Dynasty has a lot of legal property in the UK. These properties should be protected by British law. Now someone wants to rob our property, but the British government doesn't care. That's why we have to send soldiers to protect our country's legitimate rights and interests.
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Hearing Chang Yuchun's words, the corner of the messenger's mouth suddenly twitched twice.
Of course he knew what Chang Yuchun's so-called legal property was, and that it was obtained through a holy bead scam.
But so what, Ming Dynasty has a big fist now, so what others say makes sense.
Soon the two sides entered the negotiation stage.
There are three conditions in Chang Yuchun's proposal.
"First, Britain gave up developing its navy and abolished its army."
"Second, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to the UK as a strong guarantee to protect property in the UK!"
"Third, all British overseas colonies must be given up and the local people given autonomy."
These three conditions made the faces of the entire British parliamentary hierarchy instantly look ugly and they firmly disagreed.
Chang Yuchun understood this very well. In negotiations, it was always about asking for a high price and paying back the money on the spot.
Anyway, the results have not yet been achieved on the European battlefield, so he has plenty of time to slowly waste away with these British guys.
Three months later.
The negotiations finally progressed to a point where both parties were relatively satisfied.
It's still three o'clock.
"First, Britain gave up developing its navy and abolished part of its army."
"Second, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to the UK, but the number will be strictly limited and they must strictly abide by British laws."
"Third, Britain can give up some of its overseas colonies, but it will not be free of charge. Ming Dynasty will have to pay a price to replace them."
[Progress of conquering Britain: 71%]
"Okay!" Chang Yuchun looked at the progress bar of conquering Britain and immediately smiled and nodded.
His purpose has been achieved.
The so-called price is nothing more than money, and it just so happens that they still hold in their hands the huge benefits that Shen Wansan obtained from European compilation.
This money can be exchanged for a large number of assets in the UK and abroad, so that Ming Dynasty can control the national lifeline of the entire UK.
At the same time, this money can also help the capitalists in the UK who are on the verge of bankruptcy to recover, and prevent the UK, a country that has completed the industrial revolution, from directly collapsing.
After all, there is a huge difference between the difficulty of conquering a completely collapsed Britain and the difficulty of conquering a Britain that is still functioning in an orderly manner.
If you want to conquer the collapsed Britain, you need to conquer everyone in the country. If you want to conquer the current Britain, you only need to conquer the capitalists who established the order.
Just like when the Qing Dynasty conquered the Ming Dynasty.
If the gentry of the Ming Dynasty at that time were not afraid of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army took the initiative to defect to the Manchus and even actively helped maintain the order at the bottom, it would have been impossible for the Manchus to conquer the entire Ming Dynasty within one or two years.
In some respects, Britain today and Ming Dynasty at that time are of the same nature.
Although the Queen of England has rights, they are also limited. Control of the entire country is actually in the hands of big capitalists like the Parliament.
It's just that compared to the Ming Dynasty gentry who only knew how to amass wealth, fight for power and profit domestically, and fight for internal strife, these British capitalists are more aggressive. Perhaps it is because Britain is too small and has too few domestic resources. They started hundreds of years ago. Understand that using force, foreign colonization, and foreign aggression are better ways to make money.
But actually they are essentially the same.
They all have no bottom line and all have the weakness of the bourgeoisie.
As long as you can keep your own property, any country or nation is bullshit.
If these capitalists were from the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang would not hesitate to skin them and expose them to the public.
But if he was in England, Zhu Yuanzhang would have to shout.
Because he only needs to control these people, and then he can control the entire UK.
And these people have weaknesses, and the huge assets of each of them are weaknesses.
In front of the Ming Dynasty's violent army, they trembled with fear. They were afraid that the Ming Dynasty would be completely unreasonable and directly rob them of their assets.
But now, not only did Ming Dynasty not directly rob them, but they also negotiated with them in a reasonable manner.
Even if the negotiation conditions are a bit harsh.
But this is normal.
After all, they are now a defeated country.
The defeated country has no right to speak in the first place!
The negotiations with the United Kingdom came to an end, and it was already difficult to continue to improve the conquest progress in a short period of time. Chang Yuchun naturally turned his attention to the current European battlefield.
In this time and space, without the assistance of Britain and the harassment from the sea, Germany's combat effectiveness was completely released.
Now, the troops of Tsarist Russia have been pushed back into Russia and are gradually advancing towards the interior of Tsarist Russia.
If he really captures Moscow, there will be another Napoleon on the European continent.
And the country is more bellicose and more aggressive.
To be honest, this is not in Daming's interests.
But Chang Yuchun was not in a hurry to intervene in the European battlefield, because although Germany now has a greater chance of winning, Tsarist Russia does not have no chance at all.
The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, so there is no need to draw conclusions too early.
He shifted his gaze again and looked at another opponent.
An opponent who is on the other side of the ocean and has not participated in this European melee.
USA.
In the words of His Royal Highness, this country will be Ming Dynasty's biggest opponent in the future.
We must defeat him before he has completely completed industrialization, integrated all forces, and armed himself.
Because if he waits until he has enough power, it will be impossible to conquer this country that occupies almost all of North America and is about the same size as Ming Dynasty.
Historically, after the United States completed the Civil War and eliminated the slave owners in the South, it quickly ushered in a wave of great development.
This was also the beginning of the United States' gradual move onto the world stage and its real rise.
Now, the American Civil War has just come to an end, and the domestic political situation is still unstable, which is when it is at its weakest.
If you want to conquer the United States and miss this opportunity now, you may not be able to do so again in the future.