Chapter 347 347 What, I'm looking forward to it
On the way to the port, the fox has been trying to find the famous Copenhagen mermaid statue, but unfortunately did not see it.
However, she saw the ornately decorated magic armor of the Danish Royal Warrior Queens standing on the dock from a distance, and the leader of the one was larger than the magic armor used by ordinary battle queens, and the magic armor used by the Divine Queen was even more clear.
"It's so majestic," the fox said in a mocking tone, "I'm obviously going to hug our thighs, but I still pretend to be neither humble nor humble, it's really a shame." ”
"Maybe I want to survive in front of other Nordic countries." Gobel said.
Gobel's meaning is simple: Denmark was once the big brother of the Nordic countries, and now it is the only country among the traditional Nordic countries that has a god, so it is completely understandable that it wants to be in front of the heads of other Nordic countries.
At the end of the 14th century, with the efforts of Margrethe I, the powerful goddess of Denmark, Denmark, Norway and Sweden formed a co-host federation of Kalmar, Margrethe I became the king of the United Kingdom of Kalmar, and Denmark became the main country of this federation.
Later, Sweden rebelled against the Confederation several times and declared independence from the Confederation, but was soon conquered by the Danish army.
It was not until the death of Margrethe I that Sweden succeeded in secession from the Commonwealth, and then Denmark and Norway formed the United Kingdom, but at every moment they were thinking of annexing Sweden again and restoring the former glory of the Kalmar Commonwealth.
However, Sweden became stronger and stronger, and in the Thirty Years' War, Denmark wanted to seize Sweden's rights in the northern German states and took the initiative to enter the war, but the Swedish army was beaten back to the mainland and entered the city of Copenhagen, and had to take the initiative to sue for peace.
More than 100 years after the Thirty Years' War, Sweden ushered in a vacuum, but Denmark survived the difficulties and rose again as the ruler of Scandinavia, and also controlled many German vassal states. This continued until Denmark was defeated by Prussia and had to withdraw from the northern Prussian states.
Then Denmark began to become unable to keep up with the times, and the next Germany industrialized rapidly and grew into one of the world's industrial giants, while Denmark was still living an idyllic life, continuing to rely on agriculture and handicrafts to survive, and the development of industry was very slow. The situation in Denmark was similar to that of the Habsburgs, but the Habsburgs at least struggled, and in order to ensure the continuation of their rule, they put together the two most powerful territories in their hands to form the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and they also tried to promote industrialization within the Austro-Hungarian Empire - only because there were too many problems of their own, and the objective conditions for industrialization were insufficient, and as a result, they ran too slowly.
But Denmark in this time and space is completely unenterprising, they rely on agricultural products and handicrafts to get by, the state implements a trade protection policy, blocking the industrial products of the industrial countries from rushing in and destroying Denmark's own small handicraft industry, while they themselves rely on the sale of well-made magic parts to earn foreign exchange.
This situation could have changed under pressure from the industrial powers, especially Germany, but before the German Reich put pressure on Denmark, the last war broke out, and the Kaiser no longer had time to pay attention to Denmark, which instead made a fortune by exporting agricultural products to Germany.
After the last war, Germany had its teeth temporarily removed, and Denmark was able to continue its old system until Lin Youde initiated economic reforms in Germany.
Prior to Lin's reforms, Denmark had rejected industrial products from industrialized countries, producing their own fabrics, furniture, and other things, without the need to import mass-produced products from industrialized countries on a large scale. The people of Denmark pride themselves on the fact that every piece of the thing they use is full of "ingenuity", and they despise the things produced by the assembly line that "do not reflect the heart of the craftsman".
This kind of magical thing could not have happened in Lin Youde's original world, but in this world, the royal family with the god queen has a great influence on the values of ordinary people, as long as the royal family thinks so, then the people will also think like this - not to mention that thinking like this can also give the Danes a psychological advantage over their increasingly powerful neighbors.
This kind of psychological advantage is unusually tempting to many people, enough to determine their value orientation - even in Lin Youde's original world, there are similar things: for example, the psychological advantage of an indigenous tribe on a small broken island that calls itself a treasure island over a fellow brother across the sea, although this advantage is ridiculous enough to be maintained with tea eggs, they still enjoy it.
And this psychological advantage of Denmark gradually collapsed after Lin Youde took charge of Germany.
Young people in Denmark began to dress like the characters in Lin Youde's films, they wanted motorcycles, cars and airplanes made in Germany, and they wanted tape recorders and radios. When businessmen sensed the needs of young people, they began to find ways to circumvent the government's trade barriers and smuggle German motorcycles and other fashion products to sell them to young Danish people.
Young people in Denmark suddenly found themselves working on farms and artisans and not earning enough money to consume these products, and they began to demand changes in the country's existing economic system and the increase in the number of large factories.
They also asked for more electricity, more trams, more radio, and even for television.
This is the situation in Denmark now.
The fox's visit to Denmark is to completely change the situation in Denmark, break down trade barriers, and put the country on the road to industrialization. If Denmark wants to fully industrialize, they need German equipment, which will generate orders, and if there are orders, there will be profits.
In addition, Germany needs Danish agricultural products. Even if it now has Hungary and other agricultural production areas, Germany's agricultural self-sufficiency still exists, and it still has to import a large amount of agricultural products from the United States and other countries every year - this is also a matter of no choice, after all, the amount of agricultural land is there.
In the last war, Germany was not able to drag Britain to death with a blockade, but it was blocked by Britain to death, and in the later stage of the war, most Germans could only eat cabbage to satisfy their hunger.
So Germany has to get more supplies of agricultural products to ensure that it doesn't repeat the mistakes of the past.
In addition, Denmark's decision will also influence the decision of Norway and Sweden, which have large mineral deposits, especially iron ore. Although Lin Youde now has Vale in Australia, their iron ore is far away in Australia, and it will take a long time to transport it to Germany.
Therefore, it is necessary to get the iron ore that is close at hand.
Denmark also knows what kind of price code it has in its hands, so it is more confident than the Netherlands. It is for this reason that Emperor Frederick IX of Denmark deliberately put up such a battle in the harbor - thought the fox - he wanted to let the Germans who came to negotiate know that Denmark was not a soft persimmon to kneel and lick at sight.
"My interest in this Frederick IX is growing, Monsieur Gobel." The fox licked his lips and said to the Minister of Propaganda of the German Republic beside him.
Gobel did not say anything more, but said in a rigid tone of stating the facts: "I heard that he ran away from home in the time of the prince and traveled half the world as a seaman." ”
"It's not a rumor, it's true. He also had a relationship with the Greek goddess, and then broke off a pair of fingers when he was ****, and the Greek goddess was very guilty of this, thinking that he was not worthy of being with Frederick IX, so he rejected his marriage proposal, and now he is still in Greece and has not married. ”
As for the fox's words, Gobel did not know if it was possible. After all, there is no official record of Frederick IX's sea adventures, and he did not come up with his title of Danish prince all day long, so it is difficult to grasp systematically. The only thing he knows is that he used to live as a seafarer, and he also had a lot of women.
The fox continued: "If it weren't for the Greek goddess who rejected Frederick IX's marriage proposal, the situation we might be facing now would be even more complicated, because the current Queen of Denmark was not born to Frederick IX, so even if Frederick IX changed wives, she would have been born." We had to face the Danish ...... with two goddesses."
"It was a disaster." "Thankfully," Gobel finally said, "Thankfully, that didn't happen. ”
At this time, the fox's magician came to her and said to her, "Miss Chihiro, your armor is ready and ready to be put into use. ”
"Good." The fox nodded, "Then I'll make a gorgeous appearance in armor." ”
"It's not diplomatic etiquette." Gobel frowned and said to the fox, "Of course, you can land in armor, and that's fine, but if you fly over, it may be considered an armed provocation, unless you disarm all armor." ”
"I'm not going to give up my weapon." The fox paused, thought for a while, and then sighed, "Okay, you are the Minister of Propaganda, this aspect is your domain, I will listen to your arrangement." ”
Gobel bowed lightly to the fox, and then said to the technician master, "Let the armor turn to a standing position, and handle it according to the usual etiquette of the guard of honor." ”
By this time, the tugboat sent from the port of Copenhagen had already begun towing operations, and was pulling the cargo ship carrying foxes and armor to the prepared berth.
From the position of the fox, you can already see Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark and her adoptive father standing on the red carpet of the welcome seat.
"It seems that Her Majesty is not on the armor either." The fox smacked his lips, "Fortunately, I rushed up without directly opening the armor just now, and I almost made a mistake." ”
Despite saying this, the fox still looked unimpressed, and the big tail behind him dangled.
But Gobel behind her secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But Gobel's tone was apparently relieved.
There was still a distance of more than five meters between the ship and the dock, and the fox shouted, "I'll jump!" ”
Then he leaped over this long distance and landed directly on the dock.
This time, the boat was directly in a mess - you can't let the entourage jump like this immediately, right?
The fox who came ashore was content, and she took a confident and swaggering step, and strode in front of the Danish royal family.
This made the royal guards nervous to death, and the faces of the officers standing behind Frederick IX were almost the color of eggplant.
But Frederick IX gently raised his hand and signaled the soldiers not to be nervous, and he looked at the fox with his head held high, not arrogant or humble.
Finally, the fox stopped, looked at Frederick IX carefully, and looked disappointed.
"What, it's far worse than my family, I'm looking forward to it."