Chapter 356: The Undercurrent of the Council
Williams raised the spirit, although he has invested in a lot of sea ships, but these years, although shipping is profitable, but it is also an extremely risky thing, storms, water leaks are all small meanings in the calculation, these years the privateering behavior of hostile countries is becoming more and more common, and after bankruptcy, there are more and more direct businessmen who do not act as pirates, and they say more, they are all blood and tears.
It would be nice if you could get an industry with good profits and stable sources.
The British have relied on the sheep breeding industry to obtain the funds in the early stage, but then they are faced with the same as China in the early 21st century, relying on the sweat of the factory can not obtain high-end industries, and it is impossible to increase the GDP of the residents' income, China is relying on military enterprises, in the internal digging potential, no matter what industry, all rely on the technological breakthrough of the upper state-owned enterprises and semi-military enterprises, and the British has always been the wool industry to make a sound, and then suddenly opened the industrial revolution this hanging, The location of the coal mines and iron mines in Britain is perfect, as long as it is an industry that is related to the machine, it can make a lot of profits, and at the same time, the international and domestic situation is lucky, foreigners are more chaotic, and they are intrigued all day long, and the domestic ruling class suddenly has a good braincase, and all kinds of divine assistance appear frequently, so that they have been prosperous for hundreds of years.
This part of England is simply a blessed place to do business, and it is a good place to take advantage of the cheap old Europe, and the Presbyterians naturally have their own arrangements for it.
A handful of elders searched history and found that world empires like Britain and the United States always like to engage in that kind of forward island hopping tactics next to a big country, and when dealing with China, it is Hong Kong, Wanwan and Japan, and when dealing with other countries, they basically like to use this method.
After all, for the continent in the land of the four wars, it is better to land on the mainland to participate in those complicated games, it is better to occupy this island first, my strategy is very simple, pull the third and fight the second, I will always be the boss!
The British can be used as the grasp of the elders to control the European continent, although the best skill point of these British is treachery, but it is treachery to the natives, treachery to the Eastern European barbarians, in the face of the mastery of strong force, they are still very good at credibility.
Williams asked slowly, "I don't know what the expectation of this thing is, how much you will have a stake." ”
The other party clearly means that it intends to invest, but it does not want to take the lion's share, obviously the Chinese side provides technology and management personnel, while the British side raises funds for land, capital and talents......
Of course, there is also a lot of attention to this, are these things really so magical, are they really so profitable, Williams feels that his luck is really good, if he can occupy a more advantageous position and share in it, even if he has to share it with some people afterwards, for example, the appetite of those councilors is not small, but it is enough.
Xu Hao's blueprint depicts it beautifully enough, in fact, in ancient times, it was not without the production of all kinds of soil treatment cement, but it was all small-scale means, occasionally a clever worker, found that a certain kind of soil mixed with a certain raw material, can suddenly become hard, rapid prototyping, but it is always volcanic ash and lime and other things.
If this can really be done, then large-scale infrastructure construction must be able to drive a great economic improvement, of course, infrastructure needs government investment, and now the British Empire lacks money, this is not more than a hundred years later, the British Empire can use money to recruit Eastern Europe in groups to charge in front of Napoleon's army, with these ** corpses piled up poor Napoleon alive, you can imagine such a picture, Wellington in a local tyrant costume sat there, and said: "Yo, Napoleon, the little one is amazing, If you kill a million **, then two million more. ”
More than one million dollars can be channeled, and rich people can really do whatever they want.
Williams left the small estate, but it was just afternoon, and people were still in a very excited state, and the big man from afar suddenly said that he wanted to bring himself rich, and he wanted to look up to the sky and roar, but he could only sit in the carriage and be taken to the real center of power in England at this time, the Palace of Westminster.
As the center of British power, it is naturally crowded at this time, and everyone smells a different smell from distant China's visits, but how to maximize their own interests is already a difficult topic, but it is easy to imagine that Williams, as a representative, is naturally chased by everyone.
"Dear Williams, you are finally back, what did the Chinese say."
Williams hoped that he could find an opportunity to communicate with his partner, and set a share of this matter first, but if he couldn't do a good job as an intermediary, although it was more difficult for Britain to find someone who could speak Chinese at this time, but there were so many sea ships, and it was not a problem to find a translator, at least Mei Qian's priest was the one who could fight for it.
This is the difference in the big vision, Williams has been a pirate after all, the pirate organization, in modern times, is the most equal and attaches importance to benefit sharing, you think, you are a nobleman, I am **, I can't afford to provoke you when I am in my own country, and when I get to sea, maybe it's just a gentle push after you get drunk.
In this case, of course, everyone wants to sort out the contradictions, and no one dares to disagree with others, because if you don't satisfy others, then they won't spare your life.
Therefore, this pirate philosophy is also very important for the reason why the British were strong in later generations, and in this regard, the European continent countries that have never allowed overseas powers to participate in their own internal politics are really outdated.
"He took out something, but I can't guarantee it's true."
"What is it? Could it be the warship manufacturing technology? ”
For the British people, the Liaoning is their desire to sleep all night, but although there are not many people on board, no one dares to get on board, this is of course not that they really respect private property, but for the future still do not understand, how many ships the Chinese have, what kind of combat effectiveness does the Liaoning have, if there are twenty such warships suddenly come to Britain, then they can basically play GG, take off their pants and give chrysanthemums.
"No, the Chinese gentleman said that even in their own country, the construction of such a ship is a national effort, and that a peculiar kind of timber is needed to support such a huge ship, and that the English jungle is too small to do so."
Cromwell frowned and said, "yes, that's a shame. ”
As an Englishman, the ruler, he naturally knows the significance of shipping to Britain, such a small island, itself is not rich in various resources, the temperature is cold, and it often rains, which is why the most well-known diet in Britain is fish and chips, and the country's diet is called dark cuisine, in fact, British pastries are very special, because it is for the nobles to eat.
There is a lack of food in the country, so potatoes can only be grown on a large scale, potatoes seem to be high-yielding, but the side effect is that the nutrition is unbalanced, the best time for the average nutrition of British residents in history is actually after the implementation of the local rationing system during World War I and World War II, the food issued by the state for the inhabitants to fight for the fighting capacity.
As for timber, this problem is really difficult, Britain itself is so little, the territory of the northern highland peoples is actually suitable for the wooden ships of the sea ships are not good, in fact, in the later period, the reason why ironclad warships are popular, is because the wood is indeed used up, and after the eighteenth century, British sea ships have begun to rely on the supply of Baltic profiteers.
At this time, however, the British still lacked giant trees, which was a problem of their land size, which had to be alleviated after the occupation of India.
Cromwell said slowly: "I heard that that country has a population of 100 million, and the land area is larger than the whole of Europe, and if it still has the technological strength that even we don't have, it would be terrifying to imagine, why didn't they expand overseas." ”
The reason why capitalism is capitalism is that in the beginning, it made huge profits, whether it was the king of Portugal who had a ship full of looted jewels, or the British natives who transported a shipload of wool in exchange for a shipload of grain and wine, they all made countless times more profits than farming in this economic activity, so they gradually pushed the social system forward.
How can a latecomer country have such conditions? The industry with high profit margins is nothing more than pornography, gambling and drugs, which destroy the future of the country, and the real high-profit industries have long been occupied, so they can only take the road of sweatshops and speed up science and technology, and they can only endure all kinds of social problems.
In the past many years, Britain and even Europe have been full of stories about a poor boy who joined a team that went on an overseas adventure, and then went somewhere to search for some foolish natives, or found a huge new world, and thus made a windfall, went home to marry Bai Fumei, became a CEO, and reached the pinnacle of life.
But in any case, this model is too easy to get rich, nothing more than information asymmetry, a group of people in a sea ship to go to the pirates to get people, or use muskets against the indigenous spears, or use glass balls to exchange slaves and gold with the indigenous elders, of course, the later indigenous elders also learned well, and the glass ball is not a rare thing, but the profit margin of various industrial products is always too large!
Cromwell started by relying on the emerging class of the city, and at the most critical moment, the children of the nobles in the King's Army, who were born to learn how to fight, could bully those apprentices who had just become soldiers, relying on his speech that left history to inspire a large group of people to join the army, and heaped poor Charles I to death, which is why later generations had the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, but there was no Royal Army, a group of thieves.
He himself was too embarrassed to find space for the life skills of millions of young adults, and so far all he could think of was to expand the armament, build a standing navy, and compete with the Dutch, which was also his long-term consideration for governing the United Kingdom.
Whether it is ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign, in fact, the essence is almost the same, a usurper like him, if he wants to sit firmly in the country, he has to set up a target to the outside world, and publicize that they are evil foreign enemies, you have to hand over what military power, financial power, and personnel power to me to deal with, in order to pile these barbarians to death, there are those generals in China, as for Cromwell, naturally also have this consideration.
But since this is the case, then it must be won, and the loss cannot be too big, but the profit is required to be as large as possible, but at this time, the appearance of the Chinese disrupted his thoughts, and at the same time secretly worried, what if these Chinese suddenly turned back? They have 100 million people, which means that there is a huge need for external expansion.
Williams frowned and said slowly: "This, but very strange, I have the impression that these Chinese seem to be indifferent to the overseas world, even if the land is close at hand, they do not occupy it, they live in their own world." ”
Cromwell's face softened slightly, if it is so dull, it can be understood, then you can also communicate well, it is better not to wake them up, otherwise, he does not have to think about anything to compete with the Netherlands, let's expand the arms together to resist the invasion of the Chinese.
"So let's study what this Chinese said he wanted to give us, and how to impress him?" I've heard that he also brought a lot of musicians, and he's going to enjoy it. ”
"Well, I also feel the same way, he also has a woman with him, it seems to be Portuguese, this, we can communicate well with Priest Mei Qian, he followed all the way from China, ready to be a tour guide, however, the Chinese does not seem to be very good at talking."
Cromwell snorted: "Young man, occupying a high position, naturally relies on family and blood, and it is said that the woman next to him is still a Portuguese woman who hitched a ride on the way?" Hehe, I think there will still be some aristocratic girls in the city of London who are curious about the distant world, well, it's interesting, isn't it. ”
Williams said slowly: "In particular, he has some very interesting things, I remember that Mei Qianzhi seemed to be very excited. ”
"We have been so excited every day since the discovery of the New World, but my friends, it is not inconceivable that these Chinese friends must be completely protected, and there are not only our allies in the city, but also those royalists who are operating in the shadows."
Cromwell was so sad when he spoke, these periods, it was not only the royalists who were active everywhere, but the small collectives that had formed an alliance against the king were already at odds with each other at this time, and a parliament must be a place where all kinds of ideas gathered, otherwise how could people be fooled?
If you are a leftist and have attracted a group of people to support you, then I will also be a leftist, and I may not be able to absorb your support, so I will have to be a rightist and fight against you.
The so-called politicians, that's it.