Jiang Yuqin quietly left Dong Shuheng's study and closed the door.
Dong Shuheng was left alone, still holding his arms, standing in front of the map and meditating.
The development of many things has exceeded his expectations.
Some were promoted by him, such as the war between the North and the South. He asked Hua Er to join the Yangtze River Security and kept Jia Hua neutral, hoping to destroy the overwhelming advantage of the North and allow the South to fight better.
In this way, the war will be more brutal, more likely to last longer, and the final casualties will be greater.
Only in this way can Canada have the opportunity to truly become independent, and the Chinese can truly gain a foothold in Northern Amelia.
Some people say that Canada has already reached such a level of operation, why can’t it still be independent?
In this case, it really can't be done.
Although the North and the South have been divided and are about to go to war, to put it bluntly, it is just a struggle of interests.
Just like in a family, two brothers are fighting for the family property.
At this time, if an outsider came over and wanted to steal a share of the family property, then the two brothers would definitely unite and fight against the outside world.
The real opportunity is only when the two brothers are both injured in the fight and their strength is greatly reduced. At this time, even if the two families join forces, they cannot defeat this outsider.
There are many things that he did not expect, that is, the development of European countries has also entered the fast lane ahead of schedule.
The development of weapons is now almost reaching the level before the war in later generations, which will affect the original direction of the war.
The harm caused by cold weapons and hot weapons, muzzle-loading guns and breech-loading guns, and machine guns are definitely not the same.
The involution of European countries has also begun in advance.
In later generations, it was because the colonies were not divided enough and excessive involution led to the outbreak of the Europa War.
Now this situation may come early. On the one hand, because of the establishment of the Greater China Circle, the European countries have lost a large number of colonies that can be divided up.
The establishment of the Greater China Business Circle also caused the powerful countries in Europe to lose a large chunk of the market they could dump.
The Greater China Circle has become a very strong economic entity and has joined the competition in the international market.
This unified economic entity exports a large amount of goods to Europe every year.
But internally, most of the goods are already self-sufficient.
Europa imports a large amount of materials from the Greater China Circle every year, but cannot sell anything decent.
A trade deficit occurred, which was not a small amount. If Dong Shuheng hadn't deliberately purchased something.
This trade deficit will be even larger. Some European business elites are already aware of this problem.
Compared with the vast territory and rich resources of the Greater China Circle, Europa is smaller and more dependent on trade.
Now the real markets that Europa can exploit are Africa and the Ottoman Empire.
Africa can plunder resources, but there is no decent market. Otherwise, these European businessmen would not go directly to human trafficking.
Europa cannot monopolize the market in West Asia. The Ottoman Empire does not exclude the Baath Army, and it is also open to the Baath Army here.
On the other hand, the Great Empire, the overlord of Europe, fell prematurely due to the constant consumption of the Renaissance Army.
This gave France and other countries on the Europa continent the ambition to grow.
The gorgeous Palace of Versailles and the empty square.
Next to the huge circular fountain in front of the palace, Nasanzheng was wearing comfortable clothes and seemed to be taking a leisurely walk.
There are one person per step and one post per ten steps around the square, which is heavily guarded.
In the few years since he ascended the throne, Nathan has been assassinated several times.
Some say he is a hypocritical politician. Some say he has deceived the people.
Nathan, who was elected by liberals and common people, eventually became the spokesperson of big capitalists.
In recent years, Nasan has been committed to economic construction. France's economy has indeed taken off, but it is only the rich who are getting richer.
The lives of ordinary people are still so difficult.
Ordinary people have all become tools for capitalists to accumulate wealth.
As those big capitalists and big financiers become more powerful, the resistance of ordinary people becomes even more ineffective.
With the support of these plutocrats, Nathan built a powerful army.
With the war between the Da Ying Empire and the Renaissance Army, Da Ying's shipbuilding industry could only meet its own needs.
France took the opportunity to occupy the market share of warship manufacturing.
In the past two years, France not only helped himself build more than twenty armored warships. He also helped build many warships for the white countries on the continent of Amelia, and Busi of South Amelia was the biggest buyer.
France's shipbuilding industry tripled in size.
At the same time, taking advantage of the Great China Empire being squeezed out of the Greater China Circle market, France took advantage of his developed shipping industry to become the largest trader in the Greater China Business Circle in Europe.
France's Porro's red wine and Alsace and Lorraine's steel are both marketed in the Greater China Circle.
The only worrying thing is that in the Austro-Prussian War that just passed, France was sidetracked by Prussia and did not take any advantage.
Now Prussia has established the North German Confederation and has reached a big level in terms of strength.
There is a vague capital to confront France.
In the European diplomatic arena, North Germany was indeed working against France.
They support those Italians to unify and establish a country. This is not in France's interests.
The appearance of a German in the northeast has already given France enough headaches.
Nassan does not want another powerful Italy to appear there.
Therefore, after he defeated Austria in the previous Three Kingdoms War, he suddenly sent troops into the city of Rome to protect the Papal States.
As long as the Papal State still controls Rome and its surrounding core areas, there will be no way to complete the unification of Italy.
Only in recent times, Italy's unification negotiations have achieved great results under Garibaldi's coordination.
Nathan learned from secret channels that Garibaldi was secretly organizing volunteers to recover the Roman area.
Putting aside these unhappy things, there were many things that made him happy, and the continuous failure of the Imperial Navy might be one of them.
Because of the weakening of Great Britain's navy, France's navy has become the most powerful navy in Europe.
Na San walked leisurely in front.
Behind him was the Prime Minister, who was wearing a fine dress and a wig, with smooth beard on his slender cheeks, and a general in military uniform, with a shiny bald head and a gray beard.
Both of them were just three and a half lengths behind.
"The Chinese people must be very troubled recently, right? Is Temple still able to secure his position?" The corners of Nasan's mouth turned up with a proud smile.
He was actually very happy to see the people of the country suffer.
France has always been the most suppressed by France. Almost every time when France wanted to become the overlord of the European continent, it was the French who took the lead in suppressing France.
This is why France did not fight against the Renaissance Army with the Chinese this time.
The reason why we launched the Crimean War together with the Russians was because the rise of Tsarist Russia had a great impact on France.
But fighting the Baath Army would do more harm than good to France.
No matter how noisy the Renaissance Army is, they are still far away in the east. And France has now begun to develop its own power in Africa to the south and Central Amelia to the west.
Even if the Renaissance Army becomes bigger, it will still be huge when the time comes, with France standing on three pillars.
Then they will only become France's bargaining chip against Da Ying.
"Isn't that right? The Korean navy has lost all its pants this time. Even their fleet that protects the homeland is obviously a little tight." Field Marshal Frey, who had a gray beard and was wearing a military uniform, said.
"Your Majesty, will this make the Renaissance Army bigger? Will it affect our interests in the Indian Ocean?"
The speaker was Field Marshal Frey, who had gray hair and was dressed in military uniform.
"Don't worry, Marshal, the people of Yu are not that easy to defeat. They have been the overlord for hundreds of years, and they will not sink after losing one or two fleets."
Nassan continued with an affirmative tone: "Now the Japanese people are at a disadvantage because their battle line is longer than that of the Fuxing Army, so the Japanese people are at a disadvantage in terms of combat. However, the Fuxing Army cannot enter the Atlantic Ocean. If they come over,
, then it will be the Renaissance Army that fails."
Another gentleman in a formal dress smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really wise. The Chinese are now asking us to buy shares in the Su Yinshi Canal Company and want to speed up the progress of the canal. Because they are pressed for time, they are willing to invest a lot of money and manpower, and at the same time they are not
Seeking absolute control of the canal, we made a huge profit this time."
"Mr. Prime Minister, you have done a good job. If the Koreans continue to issue national debt, we will continue to buy in. We will not send troops to fight the Renaissance Army, but we will support them financially." Nasan ordered.
"Yes, my Majesty, we are now the largest creditor country in Dayang."
What Nasan is doing now is exactly what the Koreans used back then, becoming a creditor nation of Da Ying. Then France's influence on Da Ying will become greater in the future.
At this time, the country of Dayang was already in chaos.
Downing Street has been blocked by demonstrators.
Temple couldn't sleep well for many days in a row, and he felt very haggard.
He never expected that the navy would be defeated again, once again at the hands of an unknown new weapon.
Where do so many new weapons come from?
Are their new weapons eggs from hens?
Temple really wanted to scold her.
The Great Empire began to formulate countermeasures as soon as it learned of the navy's failure.
Temple first blocked the news.
He knew that this news could not be kept secret forever, so he temporarily blocked the news just to give himself time to deal with it.
He first ordered the ships still in the Indian Ocean to take shelter in the port.
He knew that the Renaissance Army would definitely pursue the victory in the next step.
There was no need for him to give an order. Lord Seymour, the naval commander who had fled to Bombay, had already given the order at the first opportunity.
He gathered the remaining ironclads in the fleet and the nearest troop transports to Bombay.
Relying on the fortifications of the harbor, the Renaissance Army cannot easily capture it.
After all, the ships of the Renaissance Army are not known for their firepower.
The people in the country definitely wanted an explanation, so Navy Commander Sir Seymour, who was still in India, became the scapegoat.
Then he began to organize the cabinet to discuss countermeasures.
It's just that the cabinet also split into two factions because of this incident.
One group, represented by Secretary of War Matellis and Secretary of Colonial Affairs David, advocated continuing to fight against the Renaissance Army.
If we give up and admit defeat now, what will we do with the huge war budget?
Even if the subcontinent is lost, the Great Empire can still use Egypt and Cape Town as bases to continue fighting against the Baath Army.
The other faction, represented by Foreign Secretary Lord Lacrendon and Finance Minister James Harris, believed that the battle with the Baath Army would become a bottomless pit.
The war will continue to consume the reserves accumulated by the Great Empire over the years.
In the end, it will only make the Great Empire lose control of Europa.
The two groups were quarreling fiercely. Temple was still the one who wanted to fight.
Although it lost its main fleet again, the Great Empire still had some foundation.
Temple has brought back the entire Caribbean fleet.
Strengthen local naval power.
After entering a wartime state, the shipyards of the Great Empire were able to quickly build new warships.
If the Great Empire were to seek peace at this time, it would inevitably lose control of the subcontinent.
That would be equivalent to admitting failure.
Is a failed hegemon still a hegemon?
How can this ensure that the countries on the continent of Europa will not add insult to injury?
The French have been doing a lot recently.
Their Algerian colony in North Africa was expanding to both sides.
At the same time, Nathan also sent his new fleet to the Guinea region of West Africa to begin large-scale expansion.
They even ignored the opposition of the Spanish and directly invaded the Spanish's inherent power west of West Africa.
The French can be said to have broken the rules of the game for Europa in Africa.
Coincidentally, the Prussians also launched their own fleet.
They also began operating on the west coast of Africa.
Even the Russians began to target Africa.
The order in Africa that the Great Empire has been struggling to maintain will also be destroyed.
Temple is really hard to choose.
In addition, after the naval defeat, Temple was also worried about the two colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand.
The Great Empire can be called the "empire on which the sun never sets", and the role of these two colonies is crucial.
Without these two places, the Great Empire would have completely lost its territory in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Although Temple made a lot of preparations.
News of the navy's yet another defeat still spread in the mainland.
These warships are all funded by taxpayers and built by shipyard workers who worked overtime and sweated.
Now it's gone all of a sudden.
The navy of the Great Empire has never let the people down like this.
At this time, any explanation is useless.
It was useless even if Temple sent Seymour to a military court and even if he pushed Admiralty Sandwich out.
Now everyone is extremely disappointed with Temple.
People held up slogans and surrounded the Prime Minister's residence.
But they forget that this is a wartime situation, and the prime minister's power is much greater than usual.
Temple did not compromise and directly used the military and police to arrest a large number of people in accordance with wartime laws.
At the same time, Temple is preparing to issue another 500 million pounds of government bonds.
The stock market of Da Ying Empire, which had plummeted due to the failure, instead of being stimulated to rise, actually fell even more sharply.
The domestic people are not as enthusiastic about buying the national bonds issued this time.
On the contrary, foreign capital purchased large amounts of the national debt of the Great Empire at low prices.
It seems that financiers in London have already seen the clues.
They originally supported Temple's war against the Renaissance Army because they all fell in love with the Great China Business Circle created by Dong Shuheng.
Where on earth is there such a mature market at this time?
Dong Shuheng has created a large market by himself.
Such a market is simply an irresistible temptation for Europa, which has been severely involution.
So those big capitalists in London would support Temple in launching a war against the Baath Army.
But now it seems that the investment in this war has clearly failed.
They are unwilling to continue to invest more.
Because these people find this investment too risky.