Chapter 480: The Prime Minister's Worries (4,000 Words)

The headline article of the second day of the London Morning Post: According to the investigation and research of the Royal Academy of Sciences, the annual trade deficit of the Great Zhou with European countries is as high as more than 10,000 taels of silver.

It is reported that ten years ago, there were no diplomatic relations between European countries and the Great Zhou. At that time, there was a trade deficit between the Great Zhou and European countries. However, the trade deficit at that time was very small, less than 5 million taels a year.

But now, it has been ten years since European countries established diplomatic relations with the Great Zhou. As the trade relationship with the Great Zhou is getting closer and closer, the trade deficit between European countries and the Great Zhou is also getting bigger and bigger, and as of last year, the trade deficit of European countries with the Great Zhou has been as high as more than 10,000 taels of silver.

That is to say, in the course of last year, at least 10,000,000 taels of gold and silver were transported to Da Zhou. According to a survey by the Royal Academy, European countries mined less than 80 million taels of gold and silver last year.

Immediately afterwards, the London Morning Post began to disclose the annual gold and silver mining volume of European countries and the amount of gold and silver sent to the Great Zhou, and finally said; Now Europe has become a dumping ground for commodities in the Great Zhou, and if European countries do not wake up, it is only a matter of time before they go bankrupt.

If the London Morning Post news is only about the economic aspect, then the Times news is even more terrifying, and it has shocked the countries of Europe.

News from the Times Evening News on the same day: It is reported that by the end of last year, the local population of Dazhou had grown to more than 50,000, more than the population of the whole of Europe.

With such a large population, coupled with such a large land area, the Great Zhou had to maintain at least a million regular troops.

In fact, the regular size of the Great Zhou Army has always been maintained at more than 2 million people, and if you add the dozens of surrounding vassal states, the regular troops under the control of the Great Zhou are as high as more than 3 million troops.

If none of this is enough, then the speed of development of the Great Zhou Navy is even more alarming. According to surveys, the Royal Navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty is developing at a rate of more than 30 percent every year.

For more than three years, the total strength of the Great Zhou Royal Navy was less than 100,000 and the number of warships was less than 200, and by the end of last year, the scale of the Great Zhou Royal Navy had reached 200,000 troops, and the number of warships had reached more than 400.

Among them, warships of less than 100 tons accounted for 100 percent three years ago, but by the end of last year, Da Zhou had built five warships of more than 500 tons.

According to this rate of development, ten years later, the total strength of the Royal Navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty will surpass that of European countries, and the total tonnage of warships will also surpass that of European countries.

Perhaps, many people think that this has nothing to do with their own country, but in fact?

Before the construction of the Great Zhou Royal Navy, the Great Zhou did not have a single colony at all. After the construction of the Royal Navy of the Great Zhou, the colonies of Luzon, Borneo, Java, Tianzhu and other colonies were pocketed by the Great Zhou, and they were also snatched from the hands of European countries.

And the most regrettable of them is that I am afraid that it will be Tianzhu. As we all know, Tianzhu is the region with the second largest population in the world after the Great Zhou. Prior to this, Tianzhu was the largest colony of the British Empire, and had to provide a steady stream of support to the British Empire every year.

But since the Great Zhou snatched Tianzhu from the British Empire, the growth rate of the British Empire's economic output value has declined year after year, so that last year, the British Empire had to restore diplomatic relations with the Great Zhou in exchange for domestic economic growth.

The results showed that after the resumption of normal diplomatic relations with the Great Zhou, the economic growth of the British Empire did accelerate considerably. But what we can't ignore is that every year the British Empire sends more and more silver to the Great Zhou.

According to the current development rate of the Great Zhou, I am afraid that in less than ten years, not only the British Empire, but also European countries will complete the completion of becoming the de facto colonies of the Great Zhou.

It may seem hard to say that, but it's true. Previously, the attitude of European countries towards their colonies consisted mainly of plundering raw materials. But the means of the Great Zhou are undoubtedly more sophisticated, because since the Tianzhu, the Great Zhou is not short of raw materials, so Europe has become the dumping ground of the Great Zhou's commodities, so that every year there is a steady stream of gold and silver from European countries to the Great Zhou.

In the long run, not only the British Empire, but also the gold and silver accumulated over hundreds of years in the whole of Europe will be plundered by the Great Zhou......

This article in the Times Evening News has not only frightened the European people, but also the European governments. Not only because the data provided in this article in the Times is extremely accurate. More critically, if the probability of the Times prediction coming true, there is a high degree.

In other words, if the timeline is moved to ten years later, I am afraid that the European countries have concentrated all their forces, and they are not the opponents of the Great Zhou.

The army did not need much, and the translated "Art of War" was more than 100 years ahead of Europe in terms of tactics and strategy.

What's more, the speed of expansion of the Great Zhou Navy, all European countries are only proud of their own land forces, because relying on the army, European countries will not be able to expand their colonies to all parts of the world.

European countries are proud of their own navies, and even as a second-rate European country, they are confident enough to defeat countries that are several times larger than themselves at sea.

At the end of last year, the Royal Navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty had reached the standard of a first-class European power in terms of both the number and the total tonnage of the total warships.

According to the current speed of development of the Great Zhou, it is only a matter of time before the Great Zhou Navy comprehensively surpasses that of European countries.

Therefore, as soon as the Times Evening News article was published, it immediately caused panic in European countries. Among them, the most panicked is the English undoubtedly.

Not to mention the combat effectiveness of the English Army, after so many years, the reason why Britain has been able to dominate the world is its own naval combat power.

Both in terms of the number of naval forces and the tonnage of warships, England is the undisputed number one in Europe.

But now, the development speed of the Royal Navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty is changing with each passing day. According to the national strength and development speed of the Great Zhou, it is only a matter of time before England is fully crushed.

Therefore, the top level of the English government is extremely panicked about this.

Even though British Prime Minister Tony Blair has repeatedly come out and publicly stated that the global hegemony of the British Empire is unshakable, the members of parliament do not have such confidence in this.

With the publication of articles in the London Morning Post and the Times Evening News, European countries were terrified. But Mountbatten felt that it was not enough, and added another fire to the two articles.

A few days later, an article appeared in the newspapers of the English Daily: All European countries should be vigilant that the development of the Great Zhou Dynasty has seriously threatened the economic development and political, military, and cultural expansion of European countries.

Obviously, this article officially announces the threat theory of the Great Zhou.

The article in the English daily newspaper said: Economically, European countries have become dumping places for commodities in the Great Zhou.

Politically and militarily, with the economic development of the Great Zhou, the Great Zhou's political and military discourse has become more and more important, and it has even affected the European side. Because of the strong national strength and the support of the army, the development of the Great Zhou has been somewhat unscrupulous over the years.

What's more, the Great Zhou has a population of 50,000, and if you add the vassal states, the population of the Great Zhou is no less than 10,000. What a huge number? You know, the population of the whole of Europe combined is less than 40,000 people.

Let's not talk about the contradictions between the Great Zhou and European countries, but only that the Great Zhou now has a population of more than 50,000. No matter how ambitious a politician is, he wants to feed his people, let alone make the country rich and the people strong.

It is not a simple matter for Da Zhou to feed these 50,000 people. Because according to the survey, the area of Da Zhou is not much different from that of Europe. Unlike Europe, the mountains of the Great Zhou occupy more than seventy percent.

In other words, the cultivated land of the Great Zhou alone is not enough to feed the 50,000 people. According to the history books of the Great Zhou Dynasty, once the people could not eat enough, they would rebel and overthrow the dynasty at that time.

Therefore, even in order to continue the fate of its own dynasty, the Great Zhou court will try its best to provide enough rations for its own people.

But where does the rations come from?

On the Great Thursday side, the north is a cold steppe and wasteland, the east is a vast sea, and the south is an undeveloped and barren land. Therefore, if the Great Zhou court wanted to feed its own 50,000 people, it was bound to expand to the west.

The facts have also proved this, three years ago, Da Zhou made a move on Tianzhu.

But Tianzhu is a country whose population density is not inferior or even better than that of the Great Zhou, except for the accident of industrial raw materials, the Great Zhou cannot get the slightest ration from the Son of Heaven.

So I deduce that in the next few years, the Great Zhou will definitely continue to expand to the area west of Tianzhu, and even to Europe.

This is not a sensational thing, but a fact. For more than 400 years, Warat in the east has pushed westward wars of aggression. At that time, the Varat attacked and were invincible, and along the way they conquered the city and fought to the Rhine region.

According to this assumption, if we are afraid that the Great Zhou will begin to expand westward, I am afraid that the whole of Europe will be under the iron heel of the Great Zhou. Because more than 400 years ago, the population of the entire Varat nation was less than 1 million, while the population of the Great Zhou was as much as 50,000.

What's more, the national strength of the Great Zhou is far stronger than that of Warat, because the current Warat has completely become an inherent territory of the Great Zhou.

With such a strong national power, it is not unimaginable for the Great Zhou to expand into Europe. Because of the great Zhou land and resources, coupled with the blessing of Tianzhu, the Great Zhou can independently make tea with various weapons and ammunition. Coupled with such a huge population, if a full-scale war was launched against Europe, the strength of the Great Zhou could be expanded to more than 10 million, and it would have little impact on the development of the Great Zhou.

More than 10 million troops, imagine what country in Europe can stop? Even if it unites all the forces of the European countries, I am afraid that it will be difficult to stop!

So what we can do now is to fully defend the Great Zhou in an all-round way while the industry is still temporarily ahead of the Great Zhou, and even for the benefit of the whole of Europe, we have to make some sacrifices: to completely crush the Great Zhou and split it into dozens of countries.

The reason why I say this is because the national conditions of Da Zhou are different from those of other regions and countries. The Great Zhou Dynasty is a country dominated by the shouting ethnic group, and the Han nationality accounts for more than 95 percent of the population in the Great Zhou. In other words, if we don't divide the Great Zhou into dozens of countries, even if the Great Zhou is severely damaged, I believe that after several years of recuperation, the national strength of the Great Zhou will still be able to recover quickly.

Finally, the English newspaper said: I am just an ordinary journalist, and you say that I am exaggerating or bluffing, but forty is in front of us. If we don't make a choice now, it will be a little too late to make a choice in the future......

Bang......

In the office of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, after reading these reports, Blair couldn't help but want to smash something to vent.

Finally, Blair finally sacrificed Princess Victoria's lifelong happiness to officially establish diplomatic relations with Da Zhou and resume normal trade relations.

But it's only been a year, and the English economy has just improved a little, and some people can't help but stand up and provoke the so-called Great Zhou threat theory.

What kind of country is Da Zhou, can Blair not know?

Although Blair has not been to Da Zhou, he has read all the letters of Wilson, the ambassador to Zhou. In Wilson's introduction, Da Zhou is a friendly country, as he rarely takes the initiative to invade another country. It was a peaceful country, where the people knew the etiquette and obeyed the law, and the people were industrious and capable, living and working in peace and contentment.

Even last time, if the British Empire had not taken the initiative to attack Burma, a vassal state of the Great Zhou, Blair believed that the Great Zhou would not have taken the initiative to counterattack Tianzhu, the most important colony of the British Empire.

This is not Blair's own wishful thinking, who is a fool to sit in the prime minister's position? This is entirely a question that Blair considers from the perspective of Da Zhou.

In Blair's view, the reason why Da Zhou attacked Tianzhu a few years ago was completely out of the initial impulse, wanting to take revenge on the British Empire, and not wanting to occupy the entire Tianzhu.

But as time went by, things changed a lot, because Da Zhou didn't expect that the British Empire's army in Tianzhu would be so small and so weak?

Therefore, if you consider it from the perspective of Da Zhou, it is naturally not difficult to make corresponding countermeasures.

As for the war between Da Zhou and the Netherlands and the Franc Machine, in Blair's view, it was also the Franc Machine's death, and the Netherlands was implicated.

If you don't do good business, just because you are jealous of the wealth of the local Chinese, you will wantonly massacre the local Chinese, isn't this looking for death?

You think you're the British Empire?

Even the British Empire would not dare to treat the Chinese like this.

Therefore, the revenge of the Great Zhou also came soon, and the Franc Machine also paid a price dozens or even hundreds of times as much.

Nowadays, the media of European countries, especially the British Empire, are trumpeting the so-called Great Zhou threat theory, and I don't know how things will unfold, and once the matter becomes a foregone conclusion, what colony will the British Empire lose in the future?

Blair could not have guessed at all, all he knew was that with the prevalence of the Great Zhou threat theory, the British Empire's losses would be extremely heavy......