Chapter 399: France's Little Abacus
The total population of Tianzhu is second only to the Great Zhou in the world, which means that England has the largest dumping ground for goods in the world.
At the same time, Tianzhu has good climatic conditions, abundant products, coupled with the factor of human resources, it is also the largest source of raw materials in England during this period.
Although in later generations, whether it is Australia or North America, both resources and wealth are much better than Tianzhu, but that is only the later generations.
In this era, no colony can be compared with Tianzhu. North America and Australia, in particular, were merely penal colonies for criminals in the eyes of the English aristocracy.
Even at the annual meeting of the House of Lords, Her Majesty proudly proclaimed: Even if France is willing to give all his colonies in exchange for Tianzhu, I am not willing.
From this we can see the importance of Tianzhu to the English Empire.
That's why after receiving Wilson's letter, Her Majesty was so troubled.
But Wilson's letter to Her Majesty the Queen could not be trusted, not because she wanted to guard against Wilson's envoy, but because of the Great Zhou.
In case Her Majesty decides to negotiate an armistice with Da Zhou, and at the same time, Da Zhou suddenly increases his troops to Tianzhu, who will Her Majesty reason with?
At this time, the Prime Minister suggested to Her Majesty: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the Empire may wish to send Sir Wilson as a special envoy to the Great Zhou to negotiate an armistice." At the same time, the empire could send additional troops to Tianzhu in case the Great Zhou suddenly attacked. ”
After much thought, the Prime Minister's proposal was also considered the best of both worlds, so after much consideration, Her Majesty decided to agree to the Prime Minister's proposal.
However, even if Her Majesty agrees to the proposal, a vote in the House of Lords is still required.
During this period, the main battle faction and the main peace faction fought with each other, and neither could overpower the other, making it impossible for the voting to proceed normally.
In the end, His Excellency the Prime Minister felt that if he continued to delay like this, Tianzhu would be completely out of the control of the British Empire, so he had to use his veto power and forcibly decided to appoint Wilson as a special envoy to go to Dazhou to discuss the armistice negotiations.
At the same time, His Excellency the Prime Minister ordered all available ships in the British Empire to assemble and transport troops, weapons and ammunition to Tianzhu.
But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and France, which is only a channel away from England, learned the news the morning after the prime minister used his veto.
King Louis XVIII of France, who had already received a letter from Pierre, the envoy to the Great Zhou, found that only if England continued to fight with the Great Zhou could France gain greater benefits.
So in the end, Louis XVIII decided to send someone to the Great Zhou to inform the Great Zhou Emperor of the final decision of the English House of Lords, so that the Great Zhou could be fully prepared. And then defeat the British Empire, so that the English Empire completely lost the colonial rule in Asia.
Since Her Majesty the Queen of England understood the importance of Tianzhu to the English Empire, there was no reason why Louis XVIII, the king of France, did not understand.
Therefore, in order to pull England, the world hegemon, from the throne as soon as possible, Louis XVIII began to show active diplomacy and tried his best to win over the surrounding small countries.
On the other hand, Louis XVIII sent the most elite navy in the country to assemble on the southern coastline of the English Channel, posing a certain threat to England, so that England could not fully transport troops and materials to Tianzhu.
Not to mention, Louis XVIII's set really had a certain effect.
At the very least, England should devote some of its energies to active diplomacy to defuse the anti-British alliance in France.
At the same time, because of the threat of France's elite navy, England could not do its best to gather all the ships in the country and mobilize troops.
Even though the English monarchs understood that this was just King Louis XVIII of France trying to hold back England, no one dared to take it lightly.
What if, at a time when the English navy is empty, France suddenly goes north to attack England?
These are unguarded by all levels of England, even if this possibility is not even a 1 in 10,000 chance.
And Louis XVIII saw that England could not fully support Tianzhu because of his own constraints, and his heart was not full of pride.
What's more, at this time, Pierre, the envoy to the Great Zhou, sent back a letter: the Great Zhou wanted to purchase machinery and equipment worth 3 million taels of silver from France, and also sent high-quality silk, porcelain and tea worth 5 million taels of silver to France.
Louis XVIII carefully calculated that in this trade, France could get at least four million taels of silver in profits, so he was naturally even happier in his heart.
The profit of machinery and equipment was the second, only about one million taels, and Louis XVIII did not care about it, but the silk, porcelain, and tea worth five million taels of silver would fetch at least eight million taels, ten million taels, or even more if they were sold to Europe.
Because luxury is always scarce, let alone the best luxury in the world?
The reason why Louis XVIII dared to be so determined, and was so excited at this time, was because the previous national survey showed that all silk, tea and porcelain shipped from the Great Zhou would make an average profit of more than 70%.
What's more, the goods shipped from Da Zhou this time are of high quality, and their prices in Europe will at least double.
In fact, these are only secondary, and more importantly, Pierre's letter has already stated that more than sixty percent of the goods worth 20 million taels of silver purchased by Da Zhou to Europe in the future will be produced and transported by France.
Not to mention the profits and benefits generated.
Therefore, after receiving the news that the Royal Navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty had killed more than a dozen French nationals in Borneo, Louis XVIII automatically ignored it.
Not only Louis XVIII, but all the magnates in France automatically ignored the news.
This is not to say that Louis XVIII and the French government did not care about their own diaspora. Compared with the huge benefits now, let alone more than a dozen expatriates, even if ten times as many expatriates were killed in Borneo, Louis XVIII would not resent the Great Zhou because of this.
After all, compared to such a huge interest, is it a matter of dying a few expatriates?
What's more, the Great Zhou was not Tianzhu, and the prosperity of the Great Zhou was already described in detail in Pierre's letters, so Louis XVIII did not think that France was the opponent of the Great Zhou in East Asia.
Even Yingji, the overlord of the sea, suffered a crushing defeat to the Great Zhou, and even lost the important town of Assam in the eastern part of Tianzhu. France, which does not have a few colonies in Asia, is even less qualified to compete with the Great Zhou......