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Chapter 16 Bankruptcy caused by the war, the manor sees the envoy and sets up people【3/10】

This decision comes from the system and its own knowledge.

As for the system, he is currently in the diagonal, and the rewards mainly depend on achievements in literature and fashion development, but he has a feeling that the rewards must be very important.

Maybe there's soap, glass, cement, etc.

Everything is a tool for making money.

Even if he doesn't have a system and he doesn't have much other knowledge, he can build a steam engine and a Jenny spinning machine.

No matter what it is, developing behind closed doors is the most important thing.

If you don't have a strong financial foundation in the early stage, going to war will completely reduce your national power.

Louis XIV was majestic and made neighboring countries cry out when he attacked, but his aggressive military force caused two financial bankruptcies during the Louis XV period. During the Louis XVI period, when France was about to face its third bankruptcy, a revolution occurred.

It is also a powerful country.

The UK has always been the most indebted country in Europe, but has never been financially bankrupt, which has resulted in a very good credit rating, which in turn has reduced the UK's financing costs.

From the Seven Years War to the American War of Independence, Britain and France both had debts of about 220 million pounds. However, the United Kingdom only had to pay 7 million pounds in interest every year, while France had to pay 14 million pounds in interest because France had a low credit rating and could not pay double debts.

If the interest rate is 2 times, it will be difficult to borrow money. In the end, France will die in this money-burning competition.

By the time Napoleon was defeated in 1815, Britain's debt reached 820 million pounds, and the British Empire was still not bankrupt.

France: "tui~! British people are not human beings!"

And what will happen if Russia doesn't pay attention to its finances?

During the Seven Years' War, as Queen Elizabeth, she refused to borrow 2 million from the Netherlands.

Going back further, from the late 16th century to the early 17th century, Spain and the Netherlands engaged in a decades-long war. Spain threw more than 100,000 troops on the land of the Netherlands, causing the royal family to go bankrupt three times in a row.

In the 19th century, Africa was also very hard-core. The descendants of the Dutch ran to Africa and became the African Boers.

The population of the Boers reached more than 200,000 at the end of the 19th century, which was similar to the population when the Manchus entered the country. He also had the ambition to establish a large Boer African empire, and the Boer War broke out with the British.

In 1899, the Boers even launched a big fight with the British, which made the British Empire vomit blood and even changed the British political system.

He also captured Churchill, yes, that Churchill.

The British army's fight in South Africa became increasingly unsound. Like a red-eyed gambler, it sent more than 400,000 troops to Africa.

The number of troops dispatched exceeded the Qing army's training and defense forces combined (the total strength was more than 360,000, of which the defense army was the main force, with 271,212 people), and was more than six times the strength of the six towns in Beiyang.

The Boers also carried out a general mobilization of the people, with a population of more than 200,000 mobilizing nearly 80,000 armed men (more than 78,000 people).

As a result of the fierce battle, the British army still failed to achieve a major victory on the battlefield, and ended up with a total of 90,000 casualties.

Kitchener had to build barbed wire fences throughout South Africa (the inventor of barbed wire fences became a wealthy man because of this), built concentration camps, tortured more than 20,000 Boers, old and weak women and children to death, and finally gave the Boers 3 million pounds (equivalent to the third

Indemnity from a Crow War), which resulted in the surrender of the Boers.

The British army spent a full 220 million pounds, or 1.5 billion taels of silver, to defeat the Boers. Because they burned too much money, the British Empire had to seek financing from the Morgan consortium. The Boers almost completed what France had not accomplished.

The great impact of the war can be seen clearly.

If you don’t have money, fighting an uncertain war is nonsense. If you have money, fighting an uncertain war becomes a game.

You can even hire other people's troops to expand your country's territory.

In the eighteenth century, people with money were so willful.

So if the system really gives him a phased reward, which is what he expected, then it will be imperative to seize the country.

After all, cement alone can not only be used in people's livelihood, but also in the military.

Let the draftsman who can be used for heavy cavalry be pulled into a small cement trailer, and drive a few eye-catching, unafraid of the projectiles of this era, under the protection of cavalry and infantry, just like a tank.

And all other miscellaneous things have very high confidentiality requirements.

That's why he decided to slowly eliminate the foreign ranks among his officials. Taking into account the role of steam engines and textile machines, he could take Russia away.

And Peter had no intention of revealing all this in advance, so it was naturally impossible for Bestudev to know about it.

At night, Vorontsov, who had been busy all day, sent for Vivian.

In Vivian's confused look, Vorontsov whispered something. Vivian looked surprised at first, then a little pale, and then started to blush.

She whispered:

"It all depends on His Majesty's wishes."

Early the next morning, after getting up from bed and getting tired of Ekaterina for a while, Peter called Mirkovsky.

Mirkovsky has now been promoted to his herald.

"His Majesty."

Mirkovsky arrived.

Peter glanced at it and smiled:

"How are the arrangements going?"

Mirkovsky said:

"Your Majesty, everything has been arranged, and the envoys from various countries have almost arrived."

Peter nodded and said, "Okay, let's go."

Mirkovsky immediately led the security guards to lead the way.

Now that he is the emperor, no one can stop him from wanting to go to the palace.

There are two famous Saltykovs in Russia, one is Sergey Saltykov and the other is Peter Saltykov. The former tried every means to seduce the Crown Princess and is now in his grave.

The latter, 46 years old, participated in the Russo-Swedish War that started three years ago and ended one year ago, and is now serving as the commander of the Ulan Local Militia.

In the future Seven Years' War, he would also become the Army Generalissimo, defeating Frederick at the Battle of Kunersdorf, and become an outstanding general of Russia.

It doesn’t matter that the place Peter is heading to is Peter Saltykov, it is the residence of Mrs. Sergey Saltykov.

Although there have been banquets since his accession to the throne, he has not entertained envoys from various countries alone. They must be very curious about his new monarch.

Moreover, Matrona Balk has not been used for a long time, so it is just a good opportunity to show off her character that reassures all countries.

Sergey's mansion, located not far from the city center, is an asset of the Sergey family.

It's a manor.

Before Peter could see the envoys from various countries, Sergei's parents who came to greet him were dumbfounded. On the wide ground of the manor, His Majesty the Emperor directly let Matryona get into the car.

Then the car began to shake, and Matryona's cooing was heard.

Sergey's father was an aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth, and his mother also worked for the Queen. When he saw this situation, he was not only not angry, but overjoyed.

The two of them were about to personally look after His Majesty when they heard His Majesty's voice coming from the carriage:

"Let's go and meet the envoys. The spring scenery is beautiful and makes people feel comfortable. It's just the right time for the ambassadors to come and experience the scenery of nature."


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