While the first five-year plan of the Great Zhou was proceeding in an orderly manner, in Europe, in England, in London, after reading the letter of the ambassador to Zhou, Wilson, Mountbatten openly declared in the media that the Great Zhou was financially strained.

Not only that, Mountbatten also openly declared the threat theory of the Great Zhou at the national affairs consultation meeting at the end of the year, and cited various examples to prove it.

At the national conditions consultation meeting held at the end of the 14th year of Tai'an, Mountbatten officially threw out the so-called Great Zhou threat theory.

In the House of Lords Parliament, Mountbatten said: "...... Many people believe that until now, the British Empire has been the true global hegemon.

But I don't think so, on the contrary, I think that the global hegemon today is the Great Zhou, not our British Empire.

If I say this, there may be a lot of people who will oppose it, but I will say it today.

According to a survey conducted by the Royal Academy of Sciences of the British Empire, by the end of this year, the gross national product of Da Zhou will account for 40 percent of the world's gross domestic product.

And what about our British Empire?

Our British Empire accounts for less than 20 percent of the world's gross national product, which is nearly twice the gap of the Great Week.

Not only that, according to the estimates of the Royal Academy of Sciences, the trade surplus of the Great Zhou with the British Empire this year will exceed 30 million taels of silver.

Ladies and gentlemen, think about it, the British Empire receives only about 35 million taels of silver a year from the colonies of the world.

As the trade between the Great Zhou and the British Empire continues to deepen, it is expected that from next year, the trade surplus of the Great Zhou to the British Empire will comprehensively exceed the annual silver output of the British Empire.

In such a long time, it is estimated that it will not take twenty years, and all the gold and silver accumulated by the British Empire over the years will be plundered by the Great Zhou.

According to this model, twenty years later, there is no need for the Great Zhou to wage war against the British Empire, they only need to carry out an economic blockade, and the economy of the British Empire will collapse completely.

Therefore, I propose to re-examine the relationship between the British Empire and the Great Zhou, and not to have the phenomenon of capital enemies. ”

"I can't fully agree with what Your Excellency Speaker said." Some parliamentarians raised objections, saying, "Since the British Empire and the Great Zhou Dynasty resumed normal diplomatic relations again last year, the economic growth rate of the British Empire has obviously risen to a new level. In the first three quarters of this year, the economic growth rate of the British Empire reached more than 20 percent, and if there are no surprises in this last quarter, it will be a proper thing for the British Empire's economic growth rate to exceed 20 percent this year.

And if the British Empire and the Great Zhou were at odds at this time, it is difficult to say whether the economic growth rate of the British Empire will fall to a record low again in the future. ”

"Your Excellency, what you said is reasonable, but it is too one-sided!" Mountbatten retorted, "Normal trade with the Great Zhou is certainly beneficial to the economic development of the British Empire, but as members of the House of Lords of the British Empire, we cannot only see economic benefits.

In fact, with the loss of Tianzhu, the most important colony, the British Empire's advantages in not only economic interests, but also in political, military, and demographic aspects, have begun to decline in an all-round way. 、

And among them, the most important thing is that the industrial development of the Great Zhou was too rapid, which harmed the interests of our British Empire. And not only to the detriment of the interests of one country of our British Empire, but in fact, the interests of all countries, such as France, Austria, the Rus' state, etc., were harmed.

Therefore, I would like to suggest that all European countries should unite to stop the encroachment of the Great Zhou on the economic, political, cultural, and colonial aspects of European countries. ”

"I'm afraid this is just wishful thinking on the part of His Excellency the Speaker!" The councillor sneered, "As far as I know, France is on a honeymoon with Da Zhou, and Louis XVIII has a good impression of Da Zhou." ”

"That's just hearsay!" "In fact, according to the investigation of the Royal Academy of Sciences, since the beginning of normal trade with the Great Zhou, France has been sending more than 10 million gold francs worth of silver to Fa Wrinkle every year. Think about it, if you were the king of France, when you knew this, would you be willing to just give up the silver that your country had mined so hard to to the Great Zhou? ”

"And that's not all!" Mountbatten continued, "According to incomplete statistics, because of the trade deficit, the whole of Europe sends at least 10,000 taels of gold and silver worth more than 10,000 taels of silver to Da Zhou every year.

What a terrible thing to do.

In the whole of Europe, how much silver is mined in a year now? There were only 120,000,000 taels of silver. And among them, 10,000,000 taels of silver were transported to the Great Zhou, doesn't that mean that our whole Europe is working for the Great Zhou?

If France had known of this, would Louis XVIII have been willing to enter into normal trade relations with Da Zhou?

If Austria had known, would it have been willing to enter into normal trade relations with the Great Zhou? ”

The answer is naturally self-evident, if the data compiled by the Royal Academy of Sciences of the British Empire are published, I am afraid that no country in Europe will be willing to conduct normal trade with the Great Zhou, because even if it is a normal trade relationship, the Great Zhou is still in the position of a predator to European countries.

In the past few years, in order to balance the trade surplus with European countries, Da Zhou will carry out large-scale technical equipment purchases in Europe every year.

However, with the deepening of the industrialization of the Great Zhou, the Great Zhou has been able to manufacture industrial equipment that is not inferior to that of European countries, and naturally will not make large-scale equipment purchases from Europe.

As a result, the trade deficit of European countries with the Great Zhou has become so large that it has now become an astronomical figure.

But in the face of the behemoth of the Great Zhou, no country in Europe can fight alone, so at the end of the year, Mountbatten submitted a plan to the House of Lords to suppress the economic development of the Great Zhou.

To put it simply, Mountbatten believed that European countries should put aside their different opinions for the time being and work together to deal with the Great Zhou, the common enemy of Europe.

The reason is simple: because the trade surplus is too large, the European countries have become the real and unknown colonies of the Great Zhou.

Every year, the various commodities produced by Da Zhou are sold to Europe at high prices. On the contrary, the goods produced in Europe are not sold at all in the big week.

Watching the gold and silver of Baihuahua being transported to the Great Zhou, the monarchs and nobles of European countries, who does not feel pain in their hearts? Whose heart is not bleeding?

Especially those important government officials, when they see the report at the end of each year, they want to die.

The silver of the white flowers was transported to the Great Zhou, and any government in Europe would have a heartache. But because of the huge gap in national strength, no country will challenge Da Zhou alone, because it can't challenge it.

So over time, this trade surplus has grown so much that it is now intolerable and unbearable for governments.

Therefore, Mountbatten believes that as long as he provokes this, as long as the House of Lords agrees to his proposal, and as long as the British Empire makes a formal statement, the anti-Zhou alliance will quickly take shape in Europe, and integrate European countries to fight against the behemoth of the Great Zhou......