While the free trade number is anchored in Sweden, steamed buns and others are busy giving gifts.

London, United Kingdom.

Behind the king's car returning to England from Hanover, a group of British rough men chased the car and cursed.

"I want gin! Don't be a king! ”

"If you don't cut the liquor tax, go back to Hanover!"

Because of the high consumption tax on gin a few days ago, there have been many riots and protests on the streets of London.

Perhaps, this is just a primer, and the anger that has been squeezing in the hearts of the British has been stagnant for too long.

King of England...... I can't even speak English.

The king's mother tongue is German, and the queen's mother tongue is German.

The king was a "Hanoverian barbarian, usurping the throne of the British lord", and his excessively moderate foreign policy revolved around one thing: intervene too deeply on the European continent, and Hanover may suffer.

France or Prussia can't swim in London, but there's no sea around Hanover.

Therefore, Britain's foreign policy in recent years has cowered in order to protect the royal family's "land of dragon prosperity".

This moderate foreign policy greatly displeased the British maritime merchants, who all missed the protector of the navy.

Britain is an island, Hanover is the Elector of the HRE, and there is a natural contradiction. Just huddled on the island, you can easily provoke a war in Europe; Hanover, however, must maintain the equilibrium of the European continent, and cannot choose sides, but can only compromise with France and Putong.

Bao Daying? Or Paula Hanover?

This was a choice that the King of England had to consider.

In the carriage, King George II looked at the mob in London and couldn't help but curse in German.

"These nasty idiots! I sincerely hope that the devil will take you all away! And your ministers, your parliament, your island. The whole of England was taken away by the devil, and I went back to my hometown of Hanover. ”

Outside the car window, there was one scolding after another, without the slightest stop. The clatter of the wheels against the road could not hide the anger of these drunkards.

The British did not let him go with it, and neither did his own son.

He didn't like England, he preferred Hanover and preferred to rule Hanover. This time he went to Hanover and once again made his wife regent of England, instead of his eldest son, who was already quite dissatisfied.

The queen sat in the regent of London, and the prince was anxious, exclaiming that the son was still alive and an adult, how could there be a story about the queen mother's imprisonment?

Around the prince, there are Qingliu Whigs, William Pitt and others have emerged, known as "true patriots", hoping that the prince will ascend the throne, start a war with foreign countries, and protect Britain from Hanover.

George II's troubles don't stop there.

He was supposed to return to England last year, and the British were very unhappy when he was away all the year round.

As a result, a storm on the way back caused the return to be postponed, and rumors immediately spread throughout England that the king was dead and the son was established.

When he got the news that he was not dead, but after he postponed his return to China due to the storm, there were many satirical dramas in Britain.

Fortunately, Robert Walpole, a scholar of the Household Department and a cabinet scholar, figured out what he wanted, and forced the "Licensing Act of 1737" into parliament, which caused a literary prison in Britain.

All cinemas are required to obtain a licence to stage plays containing dialogue.

All dialogues must be reviewed by the Lord of Chamberlain, and if they fail to do so, they will be punished with a felony.

A number of Shakespeare's plays were confiscated, because some of the dialogues in these plays were obviously "referring to something else", "their hearts can be punished", "using the past to satirize the present", and there was an allusion to "the Hanoverian barbarians stealing from the English lords".

The Interior Headquarters, who was fluent in German but not English, was not only responsible for reviewing the dialogues but also issuing theater licenses under the Licensing Act of 1737.

Not only did he neglect English, but he didn't want to take responsibility, so he simply issued licenses to only two theaters, and the rest were all sealed, so he didn't talk about state affairs.

But after all, there are loopholes in the British law, and when everyone sees that there are laws and regulations for drama, dramatists have changed their careers to write, which has contributed to the development of English literature, which is similar to the ban on drama in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Red Mansion.

This time George II returned from Hanover in a hurry, because Robert Walpole, a scholar of the Cabinet and a scholar of the Cabinet, had sent news that he would return home as soon as possible, and that there were two major things that had to be approved by the king.

The reason why Robert Walpole was chosen as a cabinet scholar was mainly because Robert could make money, and he settled the mess of the South China Sea bubble; And he can ensure that he gets 300,000 taels of silver (100,000 pounds of royal annuity) every year, which is quite reasonable...... Although this person does not know German, and the communication between the monarch and the minister must be in broken Latin, he can't help the pillow wind, and the queen tries to protect it.

For this reason, George II gave No. 10 Downing Street as the residence of the head of the household, and also led the cabinet affairs.

On the whole, this man was quite satisfied with George II, who knew that Hanover would not protect the British, that Britain would only live temporarily, and that Hanover would be the country's foundation, and that he would mediate peacefully in foreign policy and try to prevent the war from reaching Hanover.

This time, George had to come back from Hanover, and the two things he had to deal with were very troublesome.

First, Britain's sworn enemy sent an envoy to China, and the visit was very successful, and a secret treaty was signed, which was not made public; The Chinese side also sent an unofficial mission to Sweden to return the Swedish prisoners.

Several cabinet members believe that there will be great changes on the European continent, and Russia is afraid of being besieged.

In the course of France's visit to China, it will denigrate Britain a lot, and we must not ignore it; In addition, when the king of Austria still has no male heir, I am afraid that there will be great changes in Europe.

The interests of the East India Company in Asia could not be carried out without the permission of China. If France slanders Britain – and this is almost a necessity that does not need to be considered, just as the British would seize any opportunity to slander France – China had not accepted European envoys before, and now that the French have gone, Britain should also send a mission to China, so as to avoid misunderstandings between the two sides, and to clarify France's lies about Britain.

Although I don't know what France said, it definitely said.

And, after all, the British are well aware that they have a criminal record in China.

During the apocalypse period before yesterday, Britain and the Netherlands hijacked sea ships, robbed Zhoushan, and attacked Macao, and these things did not need to be rumored by France, as long as these old calendars were taken out, they would inevitably touch the nerves of the Celestial Empire.

It didn't matter before, the Celestial Empire was like falling asleep in Asia, not even Southeast Asia. Now it's different, in order to fight Russia, they all went to Sweden to send prisoners, which is waking up.

In addition to saving the image of Britain and preventing Dashun from hearing French rumors and cutting off trade with Britain, he should also go to China to investigate, why does China only enter but not leave?

Every year, a huge amount of silver flows to China, but the British can not find goods that can be sold to China, and occasionally can sell a little wool, but in recent years the East India Company complained that the share of woolen wool was occupied by the French, even if the quality of French woolen was not very good.

This is not a trivial matter, the East India Company has a lot of interests involved, and although it has a large trade deficit with China, the company is profitable.

Coupled with the fact that it seemed that Dashun was pulling up a network of encirclement against Russia, the French must have been happy to do so. If it is Sweden and Dashun at the east and west ends...... Probably with the addition of Turkey, which on three sides involved Russia's energies, French expansion in Central Europe would be unstoppable: if that were the case, France would have the ability to unite with Prussia and dismember Austria and Habsburg Austria while the succession to the throne was over.

This is very bad for Britain.

This trip to China is not only for trade, but also to find out what Dashun means.

As for the second thing......

In the streets where drunks are shouting for the abolition of the gin tax, there is a man with only one ear and a glass bottle with rum in the bottle and a living ear in the rum.

This man is there to speak out.

"Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Yes, under the Treaty of Seville, I could not smuggle goods into the Spanish colonies, and the Spaniards did have the right to board ships for inspection. ”

"But, gentlemen, how can I count as smuggling until I have actually smuggled into the port?"

"And yet, the Spaniards cut off my ears!"

He raised the ears in the glass bottle high, the ears that he had cut off six or seven years ago, and they were so fresh at this time.

"Gentlemen! This is an insult to Britain, and we need the Spaniards to give Britain an apology. ”

"Perhaps, some people will say, smuggling, it sounds illegal."

"But in my opinion, it's an honor. The rise of Britain was built on smuggling, looting and piracy, wasn't Sir Drake a smuggler? Isn't it a pirate? ”

"Even if I'm smuggling, what's wrong?"

"Fuck the Treaty of Seville, fuck smuggling is illegal! Let the gunboats go and reason with the Spaniards, this is the only language they can understand! ”

"Our king is a German and thinks only of defending his Hanover; Our prime minister is a sycophant who will only bow the knee to Spain and France. True patriots should stand up and regard smuggling as glory and looting as a military achievement. ”

Jenkins, who had his ear cut off by the Spanish anti-smuggling squad for smuggling a few years ago, spoke out and called for the patriotic enthusiasm of the people. There are slogans written by special people for him, and the financiers behind them are very well prepared.

When his ears were cut off a few years ago, there was a lot of commotion, but it didn't make any waves.

This time, the financiers found him again, hyped up this old news that had passed for several years, and stirred up the emotions of the people.

Although the effects of the South Sea Bubble had just subsided, although Britain had begun to raise taxes on gin, and although sailors had repeatedly rioted to demand a higher standard of living...... But it doesn't matter.

Importantly, the big merchants, smugglers, and businessmen needed a larger market to dominate trade across the Atlantic and gain the power to smuggle goods to the Spanish colonies.

Farther away, children are singing nursery rhymes they have just learned, which can be exchanged for some sugar.

Lord Youying, smuggling, just because the Westerners are too bullying.

In the West Indies and the Philippines, there are countless anti-smuggling investigations.

Cutting ears, hanging ropes, burning, killing, and plundering are too ruthless.

Sail and artillery skills are all learned, and it is not difficult to level the thieves.

Attack the waterways, rob merchant sails, and grab treasure ships with joy.

Spain is frightened, and South and North America are all depressed.

The Bourbon family is all eliminated, and Britain dominates the country.