More than a month later

At the beginning of January 1911, good news came from North America, and the Royal Fund of the Ocean Empire paid 45 million US dollars to obtain the ownership and operation rights of the Panama Canal from the United States, and formed a canal company to continue digging the canal project connecting the two oceans.

Before that

The French have completed half of the canal project, and the Mi people have taken over a few years and invested a lot of money to continue construction, and have completed several of the important lock projects, accounting for 76.2% of the overall construction volume, and all the Panama Canal Company has to do is to complete the rest of the project.

It is estimated that; After investing a lot of manpower, material resources, and mechanical equipment in the construction, the world-renowned project of the century was completed at the end of 1913, and the test was opened to navigation.

Shortly thereafter, the Ocean Empire signed the Supplementary Agreement to the Treaty of Canton with the United States, acquiring the rights and interests of the Pacific Islands of the United States at a cost of $20 million.

A few days later, the United States and its allies signed the "Havana Treaty," which stipulated that Cuba would be internationally administered, that the allies would recognize and respect the special interests of the United States in Cuba, and that the Guantanamo Bay area of Cuba would be leased to the Ocean Empire as a military base for a period of 99 years, and the two sides would automatically renew the treaty without objection.

Entering the new year, various national economic indicators of the previous year have been introduced one after another, and all fields have made great progress, and the results are gratifying.

Look back

In 1900, the total economic volume of the Ocean Empire was 4.76 billion US dollars, ranking 7th in the world after Russia 7.7 billion US dollars, France 5.9 billion US dollars, and Qing 5.2 billion US dollars.

Four years later, according to statistics at the end of 1904, the annual economic output reached $9.657 billion, and the per capita GDP was $161.

By 1910, the annual economic output of the Ocean Empire reached 18.855 billion US dollars, quadrupling compared with 1900, second only to Germany with 19.6 billion US dollars, and the United States ranked third in the world with 19.2 billion US dollars, and the gap between the three countries was very small.

The $15.6 billion ahead of the United Kingdom, which is in fourth place, has already thrown off a considerable distance.

In terms of economic aggregates

The total economic output of the United States dropped sharply from $28.7 billion in 1908 before the start of the war to $19.2 billion in 1910, a decrease of one-third.

A large part of this has been permanently lost, and has been transformed into a situation in which several independent countries are far ahead in terms of national output and leading in important economic indicators such as steel, coal, and oil.

Take, for example, steel production;

In 1910, the crude steel output of rice decreased from 28.8 million tons to 16.5 million tons in 1908, and the output of pig iron decreased from 26.46 million tons to 14.45 million tons, and the output was basically cut in half.

Oil production fell sharply from 200 million barrels to 35 million barrels, and coal production fell from 420 million tons to 285 million tons. The impact of the war has dropped dramatically.

And in the same period

Ocean Empire produces 20 million tons of crude steel, 14 million tons of pig iron, and 140 million barrels of oil, ranking first in the world in terms of steel and oil production.

The output of coal and steel in the world's major countries is as follows;

The UK produces 270 million tonnes of coal, 6.4 million tonnes of crude steel and 10 million tonnes of pig iron.

Germany produces 245 million tons of coal, 13.1 million tons of crude steel and 14 million tons of pig iron.

France produces 40 million tonnes of coal, 3.4 million tonnes of crude steel and 4.1 million tonnes of pig iron.

Tsarist Russia produced 36 million tons of coal, 2.21 million tons of weekly steel, and 3.04 million tons of pig iron.

From the point of view of the main economic indicators, the ocean empire won the championship in crude steel and oil production, pig iron production ranks among the top in the world, and the unique resources rubber, sugar, and wool products occupy more than 8~9 percent of the world's share, and the competitive advantage is very obvious.

After mastering Argentina, the Ocean Empire mastered more than ninety percent of the world's high-quality wool output, and then mastered the authority of the world's wool textile industry, becoming the third unique skill after natural rubber and cane sugar.

The total population of the Ocean Empire grew from 46.71 million in 1900 to 59.5 million at the end of 1904, just one step away from the 60 million population mark.

In the following years, the total population reached 72.27 million, and by the end of 1910, this number had reached 79.71 million (including the Northern Union and the Straits Province), a layer of window paper away from the 80 million population mark.

From the perspective of per capita national income, it reached 234.4 US dollars per capita in 1910, almost double the level of 127 US dollars per capita in 1910.

In terms of per capita economic level, it has reached the level of the United States in 1897.

The North American War broke one of the legs of the United States, and in the world economic field, there was a situation in which Britain, Germany, the United States, and the United States stood side by side, and this was exactly the stable pattern that Britain, Germany, and other world powers were willing to see.

In fact, Britain has been trying to promote the division of the south, so as to reduce the vigorous development momentum of the United States, but Germany has intervened halfway and brazenly challenged the naval supremacy of the British Royal Navy, which has contributed to the main contradiction in the world today.

The establishment of the Republic of Virginia can be seen as a stark example of British meddling in North American affairs, and without this veteran of conspiracy, relying only on the strength of the Ocean Empire itself, it would at best forcibly strip Virginia, but could not affect the independence of South Carolina and North Carolina.

Therefore, the strength of the old imperialists of Britain is very deep.

Ping Suli couldn't see it at all, and coming at such a critical time directly made Mi Guoyan vomit blood depressedly.

In this regard, Germany, Italy, and France are far apart, and although immigrants are numerous, they have little political influence and little appeal in North America, as evidenced by the halfway of the Florida independence movement.

Since the Revolutionary War, Britain has never given up on trying to intervene in North America.

A strong and independent country would not be in the interests of Britain and, in turn, would seriously threaten British colonial rule in Canada.

On June 18, 1812, the United States invaded Canada under British rule, taking advantage of the fact that Europe was concentrating its forces on the French Emperor Napoleon's melee.

Like the North American colonies rebelling against the British army, the Canadians spontaneously organized militias to wage guerrilla warfare against them, thus making the people of the United States realize the helpless situation of the British army in the American War of Independence.

With the transfer of British reinforcements from Europe, the situation on the battlefield began to develop towards an unfavorable situation for the United States.

On August 19, 1814, a 2,500-strong army composed of British Marines and Canadian militia took advantage of the fog to bypass the superiority of the United States Navy and Army, and landed on the coast of Maryland.

The British quickly defeated the hastily patched 6,000-meter militia after the landing, and then, at Washington, crushed the resistance of the 500-meter marines.

The British army occupied Washington, the capital of the United States, at the cost of only 200 casualties, and left after Washington set fire to the presidential palace of the United States. After the war, the walls of the presidential palace of the United States were blackened, and the people of the United States had to repaint the walls with white ash, and since then, the presidential palace of the United States has the name of "White House".

And in 1909

The invasion of the Ocean Empire completely occupied Washington, completely destroyed the city, blew up the Independence Monument, Capitol Hill and the White House, destroyed museums and government institutions, and forced the United States to move the capital to Philadelphia.

After the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Britain and France saw the opportunity to intervene and declared neutrality in public.

As a matter of fact, behind such acts of Britain, France, and other countries is actually a small calculation that can be intervened at any time when the time is ripe.

The Government of the United States of America determines:

The act of the Confederate was an act of treason aimed at dividing the country, and the North and the South were not two countries, but one country.

The so-called neutrality of Britain, France, and other countries is based on the recognition of the southern regime, which in itself is interference in the internal affairs of the United States.

At this time, Britain still did not completely abandon its intention to re-intervene in American affairs.

In September 1863, Britain and France were preparing to send troops to intervene in the American Civil War, but at this time, two Russian fleets suddenly announced that they would visit the United States. This clearly shows that it supports the federal government of the United States and resists the interference of Britain and France.

Prior to this, Tsarist Russia had been defeated by Britain and France in the Crimean War, so Tsarist Russia hoped that the United States could form a certain containment against Britain and France in the Americas.

Russia's intervention forced Britain and France to abandon their plans to intervene in the civil war in the United States.

On April 3, 1909, when the Ocean Empire officially landed on Virginia Beach, the prospect of war in North America became clear, and Britain, Germany, and Italy finally couldn't hold back, and they waited for the best opportunity to intervene in North American affairs.

As a result, the European powers seized the last chance to join the Central Powers.

To put it mildly, it is called fighting side by side to maintain the undisturbed operation of the international trade order, and to say that it is to gather people to take advantage of the fire to rob, and it is this kind of behavior that makes them richly rewarded.

The economy of the United States is so strong that it has become the target of public criticism.

It's just that the military strength of the United States is relatively weak, and the only navy that can handle it was completely wiped out by the Ocean Empire, and it can't take care of itself, so what's the reason for hesitation?

The great powers of the world have unprecedentedly unified their views on the matter of robbing the United States.

In Europe

The "rice threat theory" has always been very marketable, far more direct than the "yellow peril theory", and from the perspective of the European powers, I hope that the strength of the United States will suffer a heavy blow.

And after the defeat of the United States, the threat level of the Ocean Empire in the minds of Britain, France, Germany and other powers has risen by one level, and it is the main target of attack and restriction.

For Britain, it is second only to Germany and Austria-Hungary in terms of threat, ahead of the United States.

For Germany, its threat was second only to that of the Entente countries such as Britain, France, and Russia. Ranked 2nd. It's hard to do anything in the future.

In the future, if there is any opportunity that can hit the strength of the Ocean Empire, these European powers will not let it go.

Just like robbing today's rice country, happily organize a group to come to the last wave, interrupt the momentum of the prosperity and development of the ocean empire, and then step on it hard.

This has nothing to do with friendship between countries, but purely out of interests. Today's world powers, led by Britain, still follow the law of Viking, believing that the truth is only within the range of cannons.