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The countdown to the congressional election is quietly approaching, and no matter how the gossip spreads, at this moment, a large number of congressional work tends to slow down or even pause, and it seems that a series of national policies and regulations in the future will be pushed to the new congress.

In the week after Children's Day, the rumors from Europe are becoming more and more frequent. The whistle is blowing on the end of the second phase of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, and French Prime Minister Richelieu is already privately engaged in a series of activities, and the third phase is about to be staged. Once again, the U.S. cabinet delved into all sorts of dreary meetings. There are so many clues, but one of the core ones is the question of the settlement of England's debts.

The main battle faction of the Royalist Party in England, led by Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, is now finally in a dilemma. After several years of foreign wars, King Charles I had to get into a lot of trouble with the National Assembly almost every once in a while.

"You can't spend all the money of the country just because of the king." Almost all the members of the National Assembly expressed their indignation at the current king's attempt to regain his ground with Spain and France, like a red-eyed gambler.

Unlike the historical scandals of Charles I, who begged his father to ask for money from Parliament everywhere, and even sold his queen's wife's dowry, the English royal family in recent years has become addicted to large-scale external borrowing. It's just that the borrower is no longer the Dutch bankers across the Strait of Dover, but the American Republic of China, far across the Atlantic.

In addition to the repayment of the first one or two royal loans, the debts of the United States that are about to mature or have already matured have accumulated to 500,000 pounds (equivalent to 5 million US dollars). Is £500,000 a lot of debt? In fact, it is not much, which is for Charles I, who spends close to a million pounds a year on the royal family. Originally, it wasn't a big deal.

However, according to the London loan agreement signed at the beginning, the British royal family could only use the loan of the United States of China to purchase Chinese arms and supplies. The National Assembly after the first few protests. This model was also "readily" accepted, meaning that as long as the Royalists of England wanted to drive the country to continue to reap the benefits of the war in Europe, King Charles I himself would have to bear the debt.

In order to counter the anti-British alliance of Spain and France, and to express its unyielding attitude towards the National Assembly, the army of the English crown has now found itself in a situation where it is heavily dependent on China and the United States in many respects. Charles I had already forced the National Assembly to pass several proposals for illegal tariffs, not only for armour, flintlock pistols, cannons, and ammunition, but also for surrounding war materials such as tents, clothing, and food. Most of them are imported from China and the United States.

In order to keep getting funding, the English royal family has mortgaged the Caribbean islands of St. Kitts and Barbados, and later added the island of St. Vincent (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), which was finally snatched from the Spaniards last year. Su Zining's yang conspiracy finally spoke on a certain Cheng dù, which had made Charles I like an addict.

The English royal family has fallen into the trap, but now China and the United States are faced with whether they will really accept the overseas colonial property of the English royal family in accordance with the loan mortgage agreement when the other party is unable to repay the loan from the Bank of Atlantic and declares bankruptcy?

“…… Everybody. The latest information has arrived, the Duke of Buckingham, Villiers, has been assassinated, and he still hasn't escaped. We have foiled several assassinations against him before, but unfortunately he was killed by the fanatical Catholics of Ireland with a whole barrel of gunpowder while he was inspecting the Irish garrison! ”

The door to the conference hall opened. Su Zining walked in with a helpless expression, holding a telegram in his hand, and the cabinet ministers who were eating and discussing around the meeting table were stunned.

In fact, the key to England's policy is Villiers, as long as he does not die. The "enthusiasm" of the English royal family for the European competition can be maintained, and the problem of royal debt is really just an additional kidnapping tool. Historically, Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, died in an assassination attempt in 1628. This time, it seems that because of the birth of China and the United States, he lived for an extra year, and once held the power of England more than in history, but he still died in the fierce political struggle at home again and again.

"In other words, according to the course of history, the king of England will choose to submit to the National Assembly, give up his intervention in the German war, give up his support for Frederick V, and withdraw from the war?" Defense Minister Zheng Quan pushed open the lunch box and frowned, "It seems to be back to square one, which means that our calculations for so many years have not been effective." ”

"Well, the National Assembly of England has won the peace they have always dreamed of, and it has lasted for 11 years......" Su Zining pulled over the chair with a hippie smile, sat opposite Zheng Quan, and pulled up his meal that had been cooled.

"Isn't it good news that we have to recoup our capital and have to settle the islands with the English Crown? Is it a failure of the European layout?" Homeland Security Secretary Liu Yun smiled and turned his head to the large map on the wall on the side of the conference hall, "It seems that we are not in a hurry to use these small islands, right?"

"Thankfully, our nails have been laid in Ireland and on the continent. Frederick V has held out at least until now, and the European surrogate program has not been affected, and this is the biggest gain. Prime Minister Qi Jianjun glanced at Su Zining, who was immersed in eating, and roughly understood the other party's back move.

"Well, we can inform Swenbo to negotiate with England, and based on England's financial crisis, we can extend the loan contract period to a limited extent in exchange for England's tax reduction policy on China's commodity exports." Su Zining thought for a while, and seemed a little hesitant, "Dai Qingqing is already in contact with some local radical nobles in the House of Commons of the Irish Parliament, if necessary, the Irish side can be the baton, and it can hold out until 1633, when Scotland will make trouble again." ”

At the mention of Dai Qingqing, there was silence in the conference hall again, especially Defense Minister Zheng Quan, who suddenly pushed away his rice bowl unwillingly.

The woman with the title of Director of Military Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense has already devoted herself to her "Irish base". Although she had a monopoly on almost all of Ireland's economic lifelines in Killarney, the Crown of England and the Earl of Stratford, Governor of Ireland, received tens of thousands of pounds a year from her estate. But Dai Qingqing herself is deeply loved by the Irish people in Killarney and Kenmare areas, and is like the spiritual leader behind the Irish liberation movement.

"The Irish Question. It was one of the important layouts that kept England out of the Thirty Years' War in Europe. Many of England's expansions in North America and the Caribbean took place during this time in history! Qi Jianjun probably couldn't accept that England would not listen to the mercy like this, and his expression was very stern, "Once the third phase of the Thirty Years' War in Europe begins, and England intends to completely give up interfering in the war on the European continent, we must be prepared to let Ireland ignite, so that the whole of Europe cannot be distracted......"

Qi Jianjun was talking, and the conference hall gradually became lively. But Su Zining continued to be absent-minded in the eyes of others at this time, and his thoughts flew in other directions.

In Su Zining's view, in order to seize the historical opportunity, suck the blood of Europe to make war money, and complete the strategic layout of the new country's Atlantic and North American homeland, he buried nails and seeds to the outside world, after spending a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. Nowadays, many things to the outside world have achieved a "bottleneck" limit period, and if you want to continue to break through, you will have to pay higher costs. Both houses of parliament and the government's cabinet have seen this clearly.

In the third phase of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, the Kingdom of Sweden will appear as the protagonist of a new generation of European anti-Habsburg alliances, and will kick off the most tragic war. European colonization of the Americas has now been reduced to an all-time low. It will be the golden period for the United States of America to complete the strategic layout of the Atlantic Ocean and North America.

Now the country's focus is pulled back to the country, the upfront cost is recovered, and the internal strength is overhauled, which is probably the core development idea of the country in the next ten years after obtaining a relatively stable external environment. But. When people's eyes and energy are no longer concerned by the outside, the internal contradictions will become the main inducement for the future development to affect the internal stability of the group.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was so popular. In order to divert internal contradictions, Su Zining thought that he had done many "unpopular" things. From the North Atlantic to the South Atlantic, from the Caribbean to Germany, from Portugal to Spain, from London to Amsterdam, almost every tightrope walk has left everyone with no time to take care of internal contradictions, and at the same time has made their image fall again and again at home.

"How much time did you buy for everyone?" Listening to the lively discussion in the room, in Su Zining's eyes, everyone blurred into an outline.

“…… As for Asia, it is still a stage of brainstorming, and it may not be possible for Congress to come to a conclusion in the near future, but we need to come up with a workable plan. Su Zining took the lead this time, led several of your departments, sorted out the ideas on the content sent back by Yan Xiaosong, and discussed it at an internal meeting next week. ”

At the end of the meeting, people's enthusiasm dissipated again in the chaotic questions, and Qi Jianjun ended the meeting just right, still putting the burden on Su Zining.

"Su Zining? The prime minister is calling you......" Minister of Immigration Li Xiang saw that his companion next to him seemed to be distracted, and couldn't help but secretly kick the other party under the table.

"Oh...... Ahh Su Zining came back to his senses, and no matter how much he heard clearly just now, he could only nod hurriedly.

……

Monday, June 11, 1629.

Spring wheat is in the critical heading and filling period, and it will mature in a month, but the drought and lack of rain since the beginning of summer this year have made people in the Ministry of Agriculture a little nervous. Although the water conservancy and irrigation facilities in the major agricultural towns have been tested for many years, the drastic reduction in natural rainfall will inevitably increase the cost of agricultural irrigation this year.

The expansion of agricultural cultivated land for several years has enabled China and the United States to get rid of the grain problem, the national strategic grain reserves have reached the scale of 100,000 people for two years, and the average price of major domestic grain has steadily fallen to less than half of that of 1625. However, the people who are engaged in agriculture who are accustomed to looking at God's face are still worried about this year's harvest. The most direct result is that the "truancy rate" of primary and secondary school students in Porter City and Jersey Town, two major agricultural core towns, has increased a lot this year.

Although Huamei agriculture, which combines state-run and intensive private farming, is still scientific and orderly, there are still a lot of children who are called back by their parents to help them. The proportion accounts for about 20% of the students in school. There is still a month to go until this year's mid-term recruitment examinations for schools at all levels, which are emphasizing the education of national youth. This phenomenon made the Minister of Culture and Education Qi Yu very annoyed.

According to the semester management regulations of the Ministry of Culture and Education, the winter and summer vacations of schools in China and the United States are much shorter than those in later generations, and the summer vacation is only one month from mid-July to mid-August, and the winter vacation is only more than two weeks. Although it seems that students have much more time in class than in later generations, the relaxed education model implemented in China and the United States, coupled with the large number of national holidays, has put little pressure on young students.

As it stands, the manpower requirements for individual field management have increased. From now until the summer harvest in mid-July, there may be more children who will be pulled into the field by their parents to "play", and there will definitely be a lot of problems in the organization of the recruitment test at that time.

At the juncture of the nation's "drought fight and bumper harvest", teachers mobilize people to "punish" the parents of students? At a time when the country's current social localization and sense of belonging have not yet reached a higher level, such measures are not necessarily good. The fundamental problem can only be attributed to the current semester schedule.

In desperation, Qi Yu could only issue a notice of adjustment for the summer recruitment examination of 1629 in his capacity as the Minister of Culture and Education, and the recruitment time of all national junior schools was advanced by half a month. Naturally, the summer vacation has also been extended by half a month to allow students to complete the recruitment test and leave school before the summer harvest.

Today, the Ministry of Culture and Education has been disrupted by the adjustment of the Ministry of Culture and Education, and many of the course hours that need to be completed in early July have to be compressed into just two weeks. As a result, many physical education, labor classes, or second classes, which were not considered important in schools, were abolished. Ensuring the teaching of the main courses is guaranteed with free time in class.

The usual relaxed study suddenly became nervous, which naturally caused some children to be uncomfortable, and some small problems also appeared.

At 5:30 p.m., a horse-drawn carriage slowly drove to the entrance of the State Primary School in the south of Manchester City. Yang Wenwen still walked down in a graceful summer skirt, smiling at the children who were waiting for her at the school gate.

gave birth to her first biological daughter, Ren Xingjie, in March this year. Together with her 3-year-old biological son Ren Xingde, Yang Wenwen has ostensibly become a mother of 6 children. This is one of the largest families in the entire traversal. After a few months of postpartum recuperation, in addition to continuing to take care of her business, Yang Wenwen still regained the habit of coming to school every day to pick up her children and go home.

However, unlike usual after school, there are more teachers by the side of several adopted sons and daughters today, and it seems that the expressions of several children are not very good. Take a closer look, standing next to the eldest son Ren Xingzhong is the other party's head teacher, the daughter of a painter family who immigrated from Northern Europe many years ago.

Look at the eldest son Ren Xingzhong, who was drooping his head and looking at the ground without saying a word, as if he had just been reprimanded by the teacher. Ren Xingai, Ren Xingyi and Ren Xingci, the three adopted children, stood pitifully behind the eldest brother.

"Hello, ma'am, I haven't seen you in months." Seeing Yang Wenwen, who hadn't appeared again for a few months because she gave birth, the female teacher hurriedly took a few steps and raised her skirt with a smile.

"Teacher Stina, great work. What's wrong with the kids today?" As soon as I looked at the eldest son's cousin, I knew that he must have caused trouble, and for several years, this child has also been a problem child who is often mentioned by teachers in school.

"It's nothing, today Ren Xingzhong was playing with handicrafts in math class, and the teacher wanted to confiscate it, so he ran out of the classroom...... And in the afternoon nature class, he bullied Anne at the same table. Looking at the students around him who bowed their heads and said nothing, the head teacher seemed more embarrassed than anyone else, "You know, this kind of behavior that violates the student code will cause trouble to other students." ”

After saying this, the young elementary school head teacher couldn't help but look inside the school gate, only to see a little girl with blond hair secretly looking over there under a certain lamppost.

Turning her head to look at the eldest son with a dull expression, there was nothing on the schoolbag behind her back, Yang Wenwen frowned slightly, but then showed a smile: "I know, I will go home and explain it to the child."

……

A large villa manor in the high-end community of the south of Manchester City, the main villa of the large manor is elegant and atmospheric, the red brick path draws beautiful curves in the green garden, and the street lamps entwined with green vines stand quietly like highly cultivated guards; The bamboo forest of the flower terrace pool is fresh and elegant. In the orchard, the red and green flowers and fruits are fragrant.

This is the home of Yang Wenwen and Ren Changle that has been expanded several times over the years, a large manor full of nobility and luxury both inside and out.

Speaking of which. Whether it is Ren Changle or Yang Wenwen, they have no intention of hiding their identity as hail households in the new era. Yang Wenwen's idea of striving to create a new world of gorgeous aristocratic lifestyle is vividly expressed in her daily life. According to her, China and the United States must and should rise to a new era aristocratic standard of living that is different from the history of the 17th century, and she is the benchmark and practitioner of this fashion.

The other traversers who disdain the extremely high-profile attitude of these two couples, although they often mock in a joking tone on the surface, there are more and more traversal families who imitate and follow the trend in private. Today, in some high-end communities in the southern part of Manchuria, villas of the style or size of Yang Wenwen are located. There are already several. Even some high-income ordinary national families have gradually pursued the upper-class extravagance of imitating this "gorgeous standard" in the small details of family life.

The sunset glows through the floor-to-ceiling windows, a soft golden yellow, but the lights are still lit up in the manor dining room. The white dining table was filled with all kinds of food, a circle of children sat carefully on either side, a nanny was still taking care of a smaller boy on the side, and the young girl, who was only a few months old, was lying in the cradle.

Family feasts continue to be absent from the head of the family. At this time, Ren Changle was far away in Qingcheng, Haizhou to negotiate business with local business owners, and the heavy responsibility of taking care of the family and group headquarters still fell on Yang Wenwen's shoulders alone.

"I heard that this year's term recruitment test is going to be advanced, are you all ready?" Yang Wenwen raised her hand slightly, and the nanny on the side hurriedly picked up the small plate on the side of the plate on the table and began to distribute the meal to the child, while Yang Wenwen herself quietly and secretly observed the eldest son Ren Xingzhong's every move.

A few children look at each other. Only the 11-year-old eldest daughter Ren Xingai, who has a calm temperament, nodded, and the rest of them still looked dazed.

"What about you, Xingzhong?" Yang Wenwen picked up the juice and looked at her eldest son with a smile.

It's a pity that Ren Xingzhong at this time just grabbed the chopsticks and looked down at the rice bowl and dishes. It seems that he is not in the mood to answer his adoptive mother's question at all.

"If you're going to repeat again, you can keep quiet. You can continue to bully your classmates, and you can not take class seriously. However, neither I, nor your homeroom teacher, will be surprised by this result. Yang Wen lowered her cup, her expression gradually changed from gentle to strict, and in the end, her tone was already very cold.

Three years have passed, and several other younger siblings younger than Ren Xingzhong have all gone to the third grade of primary school, while Ren Xingzhong is still lingering in the second grade of primary school. For this result, Yang Wenwen once attributed it to Ren Xingzhong's innate learning ability is not strong, and his plasticity is slightly worse, but now, it is obvious that the problem is not whether Ren Xingzhong is good at learning.

The chopsticks trembled, and 12-year-old Ren Xingzhong raised his head, and slowly stood up and nodded according to the family discipline method that had lasted for more than three years, indicating that he accepted the education of his adoptive mother.

"It's good to really understand...... Forget it, sit down. ”

The family education of filial piety under the stick pursued by himself is at least superficially accustomed to the children, but the eldest son Ren Xingzhong's innate wildness that is incompatible with this family and several younger siblings is gradually exposed. As soon as she thought of this, Yang Wenwen sighed secretly in her heart, and the expression on her face softened.

"Auntie, can you ask the teacher to get something back?" While Ren Xingzhong sat down and continued to eat, he suddenly looked up and asked.

A few years have passed, probably only Ren Xingzhong still calls Yang Wenwen "aunt", although Yang Wenwen did not correct it directly, but anyone can feel a sense of alienation that cannot be erased with time.

Several younger brothers and sisters turned their heads to look, especially Ren Xingai, who was related to Ren Xingzhong's brother and sister, and there was a hint of nervousness in his calm expression.

"That kind of thing, no matter how well you do it, it's all fake after all, and when you grow up, you may have the opportunity to get in touch with the real thing." Yang Wenwen ate the food by herself, and no longer cared about the feelings of her eldest son, "If you like the army very much, then I will send you to a private school in Qingcheng City in the second half of the year. ”

"Mom, I'm going to ...... too" Ren Xingai stood up, his face flushed.

"No, my dear, you stay here, there is no dance teacher there. Your grades are important this year, and the Ivy League has a limited number of places to be admitted to secondary school classes. Yang Wen smiled and gently stroked the eldest daughter's hair.

This is the end of a dinner with "family punishment", the children are sent back to their rooms, and Yang Wenwen sits in the living room and continues to tease her young daughter, while she is still revising the manuscript of her forthcoming manuscript of "The Art of Contemporary Tailoring".

The door from the living room to the outside opened, and a nanny walked in with a long strip wrapped in cloth, respectfully placed it on the coffee table in front of Yang Wenwen, and then muttered softly.

Yang Wenwen picked up the cloth strip and wrapped it slowly, only to see that a wooden handicraft imitating a Type 22A rifle was revealed inside, but the proportion of the length of the size was slightly shorter than the real thing. This is the toy that Ren Xingzhong has been picking up in the school's handicraft class in recent months, and it is now nearing completion.

This child still retains the memory of his biological parents being killed by pirates, and even dislikes his European classmates, and at a young age, he has a blind dependence on violence in his heart...... Looking at the details of the rifle carved out in a childish way, Yang Wenwen remembered the place where her adopted son usually goes on vacation, the Manchester City Army Garrison Command, where the army soldiers practice on weekends is her adopted son's favorite show.

After a while, the nanny took Ren Xingzhong to the living room again, and when she saw the wooden gun in her adoptive mother's hand, the child's eyes suddenly lit up, but after a few seconds, she lowered her head again.

"Don't bring it to school in the future, when you're completely done, let others envy you." Yang Wenwen walked up to her eldest son and handed over the wooden gun. (To be continued)