After many years, when Natsuki entered the Thames estuary by boat again, he suddenly felt that he had returned to the years before the Great War. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe waterway here is still so busy, large and small ships are like carp crossing the river, and the houses and buildings along the river are lined up, and there is no trace of war left behind.

Returning to her home country, Charlotte's mood seemed rather complicated, so much so that when the two stayed together, there was a rare long silence. Natsuki also had mixed thoughts, but not much because of the country in front of them, after they left Russia, where the bourgeois revolution took place, the tsarist regime was overthrown by the revolutionaries, and Nicholas II and his family were first placed under house arrest, and then banished from the royal realm to labor camps in Siberia. In the meantime, it was reported that the new Russian regime had considered allowing Nicholas II and his family to leave Russia for exile, but none of them expressed their willingness to accept it. The Romanov dynasty, which once dominated the European continent, ended up like this, which can't help but make people sigh.

If we had turned back ten years, the bourgeois revolution in Russia might have succeeded, but today the proletarian movement is far from being matched by the politicians representing the bourgeoisie, and the Marxist revolution is deeply rooted among the toilers and soldiers at the grassroots level, and can overthrow the bourgeois Provisional Government at the slightest call of the revolutionary leaders, unless the Russian bourgeois regime can come up with a means sufficient to change the social status quo in a very short time. Otherwise, even if the great powers really carry out armed intervention, it will be difficult to change the historical trend of the rise of Soviet Russia, and the European and even world pattern at that time will appear more unfavorable factors for the Allied camp, and then have an unpredictable impact and impact on Natsuki's Kingdom of Ireland, but with Ireland's current international political status, it is neither realistic nor wise to forcibly pry the situation in Russia. All Natsuki can do is wait and see what happens.

At the Royal Docks in east London, the British royal family and government prepared a grand welcome ceremony for the arrival of the Irish royal couple. Before Charlotte Hill became Queen of Ireland, George V gave her the title of Countess of Thetford by special decree, thus demonstrating the British royal family's support for the marriage. With Ireland's industrial, economic and even international influence rising rapidly, all levels of the British community also hope to improve the political and diplomatic relations between Britain and Ireland, so that the two countries can move from confrontation and competition to cooperative development.

Ireland's overall strength was different from the past, and King George V personally led the princes, nobles and dignitaries to the docks to greet them. The main members of the Hill family, including the Duke of Hill, were also among them, and were placed in more prominent positions. In Xia Shu's view, Charlotte has both a strong and brave, independent and confident side, able to challenge the world, stick to her love beliefs, and a kind side of caring for her family, she can't bear to be hurt by her family, so she said goodbye and returned to the United Kingdom.

Taking care of Charlotte's mood, Natsuki's enthusiasm for the British is also shown in kindness. On the way to Buckingham Palace, he was smiling and waving to the crowd on the street from his car, and he also took the opportunity to observe the British people and analyze the economic and social situation in the United Kingdom. Judging from the official economic data and public opinion reports released by the United Kingdom, since 1917, the British industrial economy has seen a relatively strong recovery momentum, and the advantageous industries such as textiles, metallurgy, shipping, manufacturing, and military industry have regained full momentum, which has been objectively reflected in the Limerick World Expo held in Ireland. On the streets of London, Natsuki saw British people in good spirits, healthy complexions, and fashionable clothes, most of the roads and public facilities were renovated, and the windows along the streets were filled with a variety of goods, and the shops were rarely vacant or closed...... This pre-war cosmopolitan city of 7 million people is second to none in terms of prosperity and history. To describe today's London and Limerick with a figurative analogy, the former is an old gentleman with status, connotation, and well-dressed and well-behaved, and the latter is a young man from an ordinary family, with a small career and striving to enter the upper class.

It has been more than 300 years since the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, and since the defeat of the French in 1763, Britain has dominated the world for a century and a half. Judging from the research results of later generations and economists, the rise and strength of Britain was contributed to many factors, and the formation and improvement of the constitutional system to meet the needs of the development of the market economy is undoubtedly its most important structural and institutional support.

The core content of constitutionalism is to limit and constrain the power of the state and establish and protect the rights and freedoms of citizens. In modern times, Britain led the trend of the times through the innovation of the constitutional system, and rapidly rose to become a European power and even a world power. With the improvement of the constitutional system, the market economy system in Britain is maturing, the industrial revolution first occurred in Britain, and new technologies are constantly emerging: in 1765 Watt improved the steam engine, in 1768 Arkwright invented the hydraulic loom, in 1779 Clapton invented the spindle loom, in 1784 Cartwright invented the power loom, and the book representing the theory of economic laissez-faire and the maturity of the market economy - Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" was also published in 1776. Britain's centuries-long history of prosperity has fully proved the active role of constitutionalism in economic and social development.

Although its development speed was not as fast as that of the United States under the free market and Germany, which was extremely prosperous in industry, at least unlike Ottoman Turkey, the decadent economic and social system could not adapt to the times and entered a period of decline, nor like Tsarist Russia, which had been unable to change the sharp class contradictions after several reforms, and had reached the critical point of survival and destruction. Britain experienced the bleakest period of 1915-1916 because of its defeat in the war. The London Armistice was certainly a victory for British political diplomats, but it also cost Britain its most valuable national reputation, as well as nearly half of its overseas colonies and almost its entire naval fleet. Natsuki asked the economic department of the Irish government to pay long-term attention to the economic data published by the more influential and credible foreign newspapers and periodicals such as the Times and the New York Times, as well as the governments of various countries, and from their statistics, Britain's relative share of world industrial production is about 10%, which is still far from 14% in 1913, but it is a big increase from the lowest point of 7% in 1915, and the import and export trade volume for the whole of 1918 may reach 85-90% of 1913. Steel production is 75-80% of what it was in 1913, and the pound remains one of the most liquid currencies in the world to this day.

If the economic figures for Ireland and Britain are combined, the economic situation of the British Isles as a whole has largely recovered to pre-war levels, and in some areas there has even increased significantly. Natsuki once told his subordinates at a cabinet meeting of the Irish government that Ireland's industrial products should not only be actively marketed outside Europe, but should also pay attention to the British market that is close at hand, and the British mainland, with a population of 40 million, is the most mature consumer market, and it is also the market with the largest demand for industrial semi-finished products and military products.

After arriving at Buckingham Palace, the two sides met at the highest level on the spot. During this period, Ramsay MacDonald, the current British Prime Minister, on behalf of the British government, put forward a proposal to strengthen economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and give each other the most favored treatment. At present, in addition to the fierce competition between Britain and Ireland in the shipbuilding industry, the rest of the industrial, economic and trade industries are basically in their own ways and have their own characteristics.

What was originally a beautiful idea became a low-hanging fruit, and Natsuki did not get carried away with joy, and only made a decision after seeing whether the agreement was a decoy in a trap or a ladder of mutual benefit.

Some collaborations can be left open at the table, while others are not. On the sidelines of the meeting, a senior official of the British Navy, Prince Louis Mountbatten of Badenburg, Germany, had a separate conversation with Natsuki, who, on behalf of the British Crown and the British Navy, cautiously proposed to Ireland an intention to build two aircraft carriers from Ireland at a price of 2.2 million to 2.4 million pounds each, and then to build four more aircraft carriers of the same type on British soil at a technology transfer fee of 400,000 yuan each. The aircraft carrier required a 25 per cent increase in tonnage on the basis of the 20,000-ton standard aircraft carrier built by Ireland for Germany, with a slight improvement in other features, construction allowed to be completed within four years, and a 50 per cent deposit cash payment was made upon signing of the order agreement. Both the bid and the payment method benefited from Germany's order of aircraft carriers from Ireland.

A year ago, Natsuki would have thought that the British were deliberately trying to sow discord between Germany and Ireland, but a few months ago, the U.S. Navy acquired its second aircraft carrier, with a tonnage of 24,000 tons, through the conversion of unfinished warships, which made the British Navy's intention to order a multi-layered consideration. If Ireland rejects the British order, the British Navy will either roll up its sleeves and do it itself, or order it from the Americans who have already had successful experience, and the restrictions in the London Armistice Treaty will certainly not stop the British Navy from joining the World Aircraft Carrier Club, the only difference is what kind of style British aviation will follow in the future, whether it is extremely familiar to the Allied camp, or it is consistent with the standards of the American Navy.

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