A new economic crisis once again swept across the empire.

The economic crisis that began with the Byzantine Empire spread to the Roman Empire, the Eastern and Western Frankish Empires, and then from the New World to the Tang Dynasty. With the sharp decline in exports of industrial products, the machine building, shipbuilding, automobile refuge and household appliance manufacturing sectors are the hardest hit industries.

The recession-induced domestic crisis has also begun to cause new social unrest.

Although the empire has begun to implement a series of large-scale national investment policies, it will take two to three years for these policies to be effective.

Datang's size is too big, and now he looks like a bloated and obese patient.

The world has a population of 4 billion people, including 1.8 billion Tang people, and the territory of the empire accounts for nearly three-fifths of the world's total land area.

Under these circumstances, the "autonomous movement" of the New World once again overflowed.

In the midst of the Great Depression, the two training ships of the Imperial Navy passed through the port cities on the west coast of the Americas, and the number of homeless paupers and beggars on the streets was noticeably increased. Most of these people are white or black, and they are lazy by nature, some feel that they deserve it, and some are pitiful.

There is a big gap between the economic status of the New Tang Dynasty and the Old Tang Dynasty.

The East Asian-centric Tang people were hardworking, thrifty, hard-working, and relatively wealthy, while the immigrants from West Asia, Europe, and Africa were casual by nature, and they also liked to drink and fight, and their attitude towards work was far less than that of the old Tang people.

Although the Tang Empire has always implemented a strict immigration control system, during the development of the New World and the New Frontier, a large number of new immigrants were inevitably introduced. The early black-hearted capitalists, greedy for cheap labor, ignored the imperial ban and brought in a large number of immigrants, which caused the social unrest in the New World today.

As early as the 170th year of the Republic, the New World and West Asia took advantage of the internal political turmoil of the Tang Empire to break out a large-scale "war of independence". At that time, it took nearly thirty years for the empire to use new smokeless gunpowder guns and cannons to quell this large-scale rebellion that swept all over the country.

Affected by the great turmoil, the Tang Empire also stopped the pace of outward expansion, and began to implement a strict immigration policy, and strengthened the control of the churches, the local churches must abide by the law, the original use of faith to interfere in secular life taboos and precepts were officially banned and revised.

Although the Empire's constitution provided for freedom of belief, in fact, many primitive sects that interfered with society were strictly banned and characterized as cults.

Regarding the plight of the "New Tang Dynasty" in various places, Ling Li has some sympathy attitude. After all, they are all citizens of the empire, and the government still has to try to help them. It's just that he knows very well that this kind of thing can only rely on the official, and the economic recession of the whole world cannot be changed by the power of some individuals.

This big crisis has also allowed some careerists to finally find a stage to play again. Under the slogans of "equality, freedom" and "survival, technology, and development," they are encouraging people in the New World who are dissatisfied with the status quo to seek to break away from the empire and achieve "independence."

Beneath the seemingly peaceful surface, there is a deep crisis.

At the beginning of June, the "Yuanwang" and "Explorer" arrived at the port of Sinlaiju.

Since the completion of the Sinrai Canal, the voyage of ocean-going vessels from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean has been shortened by thousands of nautical miles, which has promoted the development of the shipping industry on both sides of the United States. However, this time, the Imperial Navy's sailing training ships did not sail into the Atlantic Ocean for round-the-world cruising training as usual, but left the port of Sinrai and embarked on the journey back.

This time, the sailboat sailed for two weeks along the busy shipping routes of the Pacific Ocean and arrived at the Warwick Island Naval Base. After a two-day rest at the Warwick Island Naval Base, the training fleet continued its departure and arrived at the Saipan Naval Base after a twenty-three day voyage at sea.

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In the morning, a passenger train from Qinzhou to the imperial capital stopped at platform No. 5 of the imperial capital south railway station on the south bank of Luoshui amid a loud noise.

A middle-aged officer, dressed in a navy uniform, with a small but stout build, stepped out of the sleeper compartment carrying a dark blue suitcase.

"Are you Lieutenant Colonel Ling?"

On the platform, a young lieutenant officer asked after saluting him.

The middle-aged naval officer nodded, "I'm Ling Wencha." ”

The young officer smiled: "I was sent by Director Zeng of the Reception Office of the Navy Personnel Bureau, and I made a special trip to pick you up." As he spoke, he took the initiative to pick up the suitcase for Ling Wencha.

"Thank you, I was ordered to report to the Admiralty."

"Director Zeng said that he is a comrade-in-arms with you, let me arrange for you to stay at the No. 1 Reception of the Navy first, and he will come to see you at noon." The officer was talking to Ling Wencha as he led him to a dark blue Geely Mustang military car on the platform, where the orderly who drove him carried the suitcase and put it in the trunk of the car.

The train station in Lodu was still crowded with people: civilians traveling, businessmen and company employees on business, officers and soldiers on leave, and Ling Wencha found that there were many more uniformed people in the crowd than before.

During the summer season, a gray mist in the sky has been hanging over the streets of the imperial capital.

The new building of the Admiralty was moved from the crowded West Gate of the Lodo Palace to Longmen Hill, next to the riverside street on the banks of the Yishui River. The car left the South Station Square and drove down the street, and the peonies in the flower beds on both sides were in full bloom. The street is full of traffic and looks very congested. On both sides of the street, dozens of storey buildings are under construction, and most of the former green farmland has now been converted into construction sites.

Ling Wencha sat in the back seat, his eyes looking at the scenery outside the window, "It's a big change, I haven't been to Luodu for a few years, and I'm about to become unrecognizable." ”

"Well, of course, the total population of Luodu now exceeds 8 million, and it is currently the second largest international metropolis in China after Songjiang and Jingang." The young officer said in a slightly proud tone, "Sir, have you been transferred back from the Southern Fleet?" ”

Ling Wencha froze for a moment, then thought of his armband, so he smiled and nodded: "Well, I just came back from the South American Fleet." ”

He didn't speak, the situation in South America was a bit chaotic, and the liberals had the upper hand in the government, and with their encouragement, protests in the cities were frequent, which had affected normal social life. Compared with North America, South America has a lot of original Indian natives left, and the number of immigrants is larger, which is also more chaotic.

As an officer stationed at an overseas base, he still smelled a lot of unusual atmospheres......

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