In March of the thirteenth year of Tai'an, London, the capital of England, Buckingham Palace.

Her Majesty the Queen, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Foreign Secretary Boston and others gathered together, all gloomy and bleak, obviously encountering a thorny big problem.

Prime Minister Tony Blair first said: "Your Majesty, colleagues, since the loss of Tianzhu, the empire's national strength has been declining day by day, and I am afraid that in less than two years, the empire's economy will be completely overtaken by France." Now, the empire has had to make a change. ”

"What does the Prime Minister think should be changed?" Mountbatten, the dean of the House of Lords, asked.

"Send envoys to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty to ask the Great Zhou Emperor for peace." Blair's words were not easy, and even seemed to be squeezed out word by word.

"Hah!" When Mountbatten heard this, he immediately laughed, pointed at Blair and said, "Could it be that the old man heard it wrong?" I, the British Empire, as the global hegemon, actually want to ask for peace with the Great Zhou? Don't you blush, Prime Minister? ”

Blair did not refute Mountbatten's ridicule, but glanced at Foreign Secretary Boston.

Boston understood, stood up and said, "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the Prime Minister has made such a decision, obviously there is a lot of hardship, Your Excellency and your colleagues may wish to listen to it." ”

Seeing this, Blair spoke: "Do you know how much the empire's economic growth has slowed down in the past three years? ”

"It's 60 percent! Three years ago, the empire's economic growth rate had been above 20 percent, but now? Now the empire's economic growth rate is less than eight percent. ”

"Among them, there are reasons for losing Tianzhu, the empire's largest source of raw materials and commodity dumping ground, but more importantly, it is because the empire has severed trade relations with the Great Zhou."

After saying these words, Blair saw that someone wanted to stand up and refute, and hurriedly continued: "You may not believe it, but the foreign affairs department has counted the trade between European countries and Da Zhou in recent years this year, so you can learn more about it. ”

With that, Blair nodded to Foreign Secretary Boston.

Boston agreed, ordered someone to submit the report compiled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to everyone, and said eloquently: "In the past three years, more than 20,000 taels of silver have been traded between European countries and Da Zhou, of which last year alone, the turnover was as high as 70 million taels of silver.

Of the 70 million taels of silver, the trade between the Great Zhou and France accounted for at least 40 million taels of silver.

Have you ever wondered how much benefit the empire would have gained if this transaction worth 40 million taels of silver was with the empire? ”

Mountbatten, the speaker of the House of Lords, sneered and said, "The trade worth 40 million taels of silver, I'm afraid that the profit in it is less than 8 million taels, which is less than one-tenth of the empire's financial revenue, what is there to make a fuss about?" ”

Hearing this, Boston chuckled lightly and continued: "Your Excellency the Speaker is right, in the trade of 40 million taels of silver, the profits obtained by Da Zhou and France combined are less than 10 million taels.

Have you ever thought about it, Your Excellency the Speaker? How many jobs were added to the trade of 40 million taels of silver? How many factories have benefited from this? ”

"You can take a look at the economic growth rate of France in recent years, since the empire broke off diplomatic relations with the Great Zhou three years ago, France completely replaced the status of the empire and became the largest trading country in the Great Zhou.

So, since three years ago, the growth rate of the French economy has risen from 10 percent to 15 percent today.

As of last year, France's economy had reached 80 percent of the empire's.

If the Empire is still indifferent, I am afraid that in less than two years, France will completely surpass the Empire and become the most powerful economic power in Europe. ”

"And what about Da Zhou? Although I don't know very well about the total economic volume and economic growth rate of the Great Zhou, according to intelligence, last year alone, the financial revenue of the Great Zhou exceeded 250 million taels of silver, which was more than twice the financial revenue of the empire.

It can be seen that the total economic volume of the Great Zhou far exceeded that of the empire. If the empire is indifferent to this, I am afraid that in a few years, the empire will be completely reduced to a second-rate power. ”

In fact, there are still many topics that Boston has not said, in recent years, because of the severance of diplomatic relations between England and Da Zhou, the gold and silver in England have begun to flow out on a large scale.

Just like the silk, tea and porcelain favored by the aristocracy, English merchants could not import them from the Great Zhou now.

Therefore, merchants from France and other European countries purchased these luxury goods from Da Zhou on a large scale, and after shipping them back to Europe, they wanted to resell them in England, and the profit obtained would be more than twice that of those sold in their own country.

On the contrary, England produced goods that could not be sold in Europe except in its own colonies. Because in this era, the main goods sold by European countries, including England, were textiles.

Textiles are not lacking in European countries, on the contrary, there is a backlog, who would be stupid to buy English textiles?

As for the colonies, if they lose Tianzhu, the largest source of raw materials and commodity dumping ground, how much can other colonies dump?

After all, the population of the other colonies combined, is less than half of the population of Tianzhu.

Because of this, the economic growth rate of England has been declining year after year, and it has fallen very sharply. Prime Minister Tony Blair saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, which is why he couldn't wait to ease relations with Da Zhou, the world's largest economy.

In the eyes of many in England, the Great Zhou robbed their largest colony, Tianzhu, and caused the British Empire to suffer heavy losses. Therefore, they have to recuperate for several years, and after they have completely recovered their vitality, they will take Tianzhu back from the hands of Da Zhou in one fell swoop.

But Blair was very sober, and he understood how Tianzhu could not be taken back.

Therefore, for the sake of the empire, it is better to give up the face as soon as possible.

Otherwise, when the national power of the evil neighbor France completely surpasses that of England, it will be difficult for them to regret it.

But it is obvious that there are too few people in England who are as sober as Blair.

The vast majority of people are as arrogant as Mountbatten, the President of the House of Lords, and still basking in the glory of the British Empire.

So Blair felt it was time to wake them up.

But it is very difficult to convince the conservatives, led by Mountbatten, the president of the House of Lords.

Just like today, Blair and Foreign Secretary Boston tried to convince Mountbatten.

At this time, Blair couldn't help but feel a little disheartened, and thought to himself: "Is it possible, the British Empire will completely sink in my hands......"