With the resignation of British Prime Minister Bonner Law, who had been in office for more than two years, and the more moderate anti-war activist Ramsay MacDonald was appointed to form a cabinet, the new British cabinet focused on reviving the economy at home and good-neighborly cooperation with the outside world. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 On the one hand, the new post-war order dominated by Germany in continental Europe has stabilized, and half of Europe's industrial resources have gradually been integrated into Wilhelm's German industrial system, and "Made in Germany" has hit the global trade market with an unprecedented scale advantage, driving Europe's trade surplus with other continents to rise sharply. On the other hand, the industrial economy of the British Isles presented a situation of Anglo-Irish wings flying together, the British who were stimulated by the defeat abandoned arrogance and stubbornness, and threw themselves into the industrial economy with unprecedented enthusiasm and obedience, the scale of trade and exports increased significantly compared with the first two years after the war, and the economic miracle of Ireland was extended, the economic proportion of agriculture and animal husbandry fell from 90 percent before independence to about 20 percent, and the shipbuilding, aviation manufacturing and trade and transportation industries became the benchmark industries in Northwest Europe. High value-added products sell well in Europe, America, Asia and Africa......

The strong economic recovery in Europe was an afterthought, and at the end of 1917, just after the turmoil caused by extreme separatism and religious strife had been quelled, Natsuki's first problem was how to get the Irish people to willingly put on Charlotte-Hill's crown. Before Christmas that year, Ireland's influential Liberty Weekly conducted an extensive poll in several cities and towns, including Limerick, and the results showed that more than half of the people did not support the king marrying an English wife, about a tenth of those surveyed said they would persuade the king to give up the idea by writing a joint letter, submitting a petition or even holding a peaceful rally, and less than half welcomed Charlotte Hill as the queen of Ireland. From this, the Liberty Weekly deduced that His Majesty Joachim, who came from the royal family of Hohenzollern, had to fight a rather difficult battle if he was to succeed in his marriage.

Contrary to the view of Free Weekly, the advice given to Natsuki by a group of relatives and friends in Germany was to cook raw rice and make the Irish people accept the fait accompli first, and then slowly conquer their emotions.

Solid military and political power was a reliable guarantee of winning this blitzkrieg, but due to the influence of the Bally-Shannon incident and the results of the subsequent public trial, Anglo-Irish relations once again cooled, so that in Britain, some people put pressure on the Hill family because they did not want Charlotte Hill to become Queen of Ireland, which made Natsuki's marriage battle more difficult. Weighing all factors, Natsuki gave up the Jutland-style adventurous attack, and instead clarified the battle line, made use of his strengths and avoided his weaknesses, and attacked steadily.

This year's Christmas, Natsuki still returned to Germany to reunite with his family, and Charlotte went with him. In response to some Irish people's doubts about the king's not spending Christmas in Ireland, an article in the "Irish Daily" gave the answer: the king has not yet formed a family in Ireland, and in terms of blood, customs and logic, his home is still in Germany. His Majesty Joachim, who had already passed his twenty-seventh birthday, had been married for a long time, and had already had a crush, and when he had formed a new family, it was only natural that he should stay in Ireland and spend Christmas with his people.

After Christmas, Natsuki visited Austria-Hungary and Spain one after another, and continued to lobby the two countries to form an economic alliance with Ireland, and this time substantial progress was finally made. At the beginning of the new year, the three monarchs of Austria-Hungary, Spain and Ireland met in Madrid, and the three sides signed a trade reciprocal agreement, giving each other unconditional most-favored-nation status, and then signed a series of agreements, and the three countries will cooperate closely in industry, finance, science and technology and other fields in the future.

When the news reached Ireland, people from all walks of life were delighted, and it was noted that in the photographs of the newspapers and magazines, Charlotte Hill, an unmarried English woman with a good background, was intimate with His Majesty Joachim, who may not be able to play a substantive role in political and diplomatic situations, but at least saved their king from the embarrassment of being alone, and the commentary in the Irish Daily reminded people that Miss Hill had already received a preconceived impression of the royal class in various European countries. If someone else eventually becomes Queen of Ireland, Her Royal Highness will probably have to spend a lot of effort to change the situation.

The German royal gathering at Christmas and the meeting of the Three Kings after the New Year were just the first steps in Natsuki's efforts to establish Charlotte's image and prestige, and upon their return to Ireland, they were followed by the much-anticipated event of the World's Fair.

Due to the ups and downs of the domestic situation, the Irish government had to postpone the World's Fair, originally scheduled for the autumn of 1917, until the early spring of 1918. For Ireland, whose international image has been damaged and economic and trade growth has slowed, this is a huge test and a huge opportunity.

Apparently due to the adverse effects of the earlier vicious events in Limerick and across Ireland, the fair was hit by a "cold snap" in the opening month, with less than half the expected number of visitors. During this period, Charlotte Hill, as the tacit companion of His Majesty King Joachim of Ireland, joined hands with him to go out of various social occasions of the upper class, and conquered many guests with her beautiful appearance, dignified manners, and decent words and deeds, especially when communicating with guests from English-speaking countries, she gave full play to the linguistic and cultural advantages of the orthodox English people, leaving a very good impression on these princes, nobles, dignitaries and celebrities, and virtually enhancing the popularity of the Limerick Expo.

In order to achieve the expected results of this World Expo, under the active call of the royal family and the government, all walks of life in Ireland have made concerted efforts in terms of image display, and have made a lot of contributions to the innovation of the exhibition form, the thoughtful reception service and many other meticulous links, and even made a lot of contributions regardless of personal gains and losses. Calm times, warmer weather, and word-of-mouth praise have finally turned the Limerick Expo around. Since the second month, the number of foreign guests entering Ireland has increased exponentially, more than half of Limerick's hotels and guesthouses are overcrowded, the road leading to the fair venue area has begun to be congested, and almost every day you can see news announcements about the visit of a national dignitary, famous movie star, famous academic, and business elite. More than 10,000 orders have been signed for the European Model T jointly developed by Limerick Vehicles and Fokker Motors before it is officially put into production, which shows the degree of optimism; The highly successful AS-16 ******** was put into production and improved model AS-16D, with a factory price of 15,000 marks, equivalent to 3,570 US dollars, 22 were ordered in the first month of the expo, and 39 were ordered in the first two weeks of the following month, and the popular high-level racing boat "Black ** God" priced at 25,000 marks, the civilian submarine "Deepwater Fish" with a price of 400,000 marks and a parachute set of 4,000 marks......

After more than three years of construction and development, Irish industry began to contribute to this era with remarkable results. First of all, the project of converting the original British battle cruiser "Tiger" into a heavy aircraft carrier was successfully completed, and the new battleship was officially delivered to the German Navy after passing a series of tests and adjustments, and was named the famous German general and the Bavarian **** Ruprecht. In addition to being far ahead of ships of the same type in terms of combat performance, the news that the "Ruprecht" must return to Limerick for future overhaul and maintenance has sparked heated discussions internationally. The extent of the military cooperation between Germany and Ireland was recognized, and the true combination of Irish shipbuilding expertise: with German financial and technical assistance, Ireland's shipbuilding industry was modernized from the outset, and the shipbuilding facilities, shipbuilding techniques and skilled workers inherited from British rule were incorporated, resulting in the distinctive Limerick phenomenon - in Ireland's capital industrial circle, About one-third of the shipyards use imperial units and British industrial caliber, and have the capacity to build and repair most specifications of British ships, while the other two-thirds of the shipyards use metric units and German industrial caliber, and have a place in the international market, from racing speedboats and private yachts to transoceanic cruise ships and large warships.

Then the supertanker "Clare", built for the Irish national oil refining enterprise, was completed at the Second Royal Shipyard in Limerick, which increased the world record of tanker carrying oil from the previous 12,000 tons to 20,000 tons, and the design speed and wind and wave resistance were greatly higher than the current oil tankers in various countries, becoming the new business card of the Irish shipbuilding industry in the civilian field.

The commercial exploitation of Bahrain oil fields, Ireland began to obtain a steady stream of oil resources at a very low cost, sufficient oil supply and the Irish government's incentive policy for invention patents promoted the development of domestic gas turbine technology, in addition, the Limerick Gas Turbine Company, which is officially controlled by Ireland, introduced advanced gasoline engines and diesel engines through outsourcing technology. In early 1918, Ireland successfully put into production the 105-horsepower Hubert-III eight-cylinder gasoline engine and the 420-horsepower Antrim-II four-cylinder diesel engine, which still have a certain gap between the performance of these two internal combustion engines and the current top level, which is undoubtedly a milestone for Ireland's industry, especially the military industry.

With the world's keen attention, the six-month Limerick World Expo has quietly passed the halfway point of the agenda, and people can already roughly guess the success or failure of this global event from the existing situation - a total of nearly 100,000 exhibits from 59 countries came to Ireland to exhibit, and the carefully laid out exhibition area clearly shows the life, education, technology, military and vision of the future in this era according to different regional and cultural contexts, and according to Ireland's official statistics, In the first three months, the number of visitors to the exhibition area has reached 7 million, although this achievement is not as good as the 1900 World Expo held in Paris, France, St. Louis in 1904, and San Francisco in 1915, but it is close to the London World Expo in 1908.

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