readx; Chapter 286: The Threat of the Chinese

Hearing the Prime Minister's question, Granville said proudly: "Because we are the British Empire, the most powerful country on the planet. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info believes that no country would dare to go against the will of the British Empire under the deterrence of a powerful Imperial Navy!"

Hearing this, Gladstone couldn't help but smile lightly, although Gravel's words were a bit exaggerated, but the powerful empire does have a strength far beyond all countries in the world! Moreover, he also believes that the Chinese can rise from the South Seas in a short period of time, and their leaders are not fools, after Britain clearly expressed the bottom line that the United States must ensure the existence of the United States, I believe that they will not really risk the risk of war with the British Empire to continue to attack the east. Therefore, this time the Chinese's promises should still be credible!

However, as the leader of a big country, he also understands that there is no absolute truth in the world.

"Earl, when you return, immediately send a telegram to the Imperial Minister in China, Ge Weiner, asking him to meet with Huang Sheng, the prime minister of the Chinese People's Army, and once again explain our views and bottom line on the Sino-American war. Tell them that if the Chinese army crosses the Appalachian Mountains, then the British will declare war on them!" said Gladstone firmly. Although the rise of the United States threatens Britain's world hegemony, it is not in the interests of the British Empire to let the Chinese destroy the United States!

"I see, Prime Minister!"

"By the way, George, have all the orders that the Chinese promised to give us arrived?" As he spoke, Gladstone turned to look at Chancellor of the Exchequer Oleg, who was sitting on the side, and asked.

At present, serious economic crises have broken out in all the capitalist countries of the world, including Britain, France and Germany. Britain itself is in deep crisis, with domestic and international markets shrinking severely. At this critical time, orders from the East are all the more important! Gladstone, who is tormented by the economic crisis, is also very concerned!

"Prime Minister, according to the treaty of commerce we signed with the Chinese, they will hand over to us an order of 100 million pounds within five years, and this year's order of 20 million pounds has been placed and the payment has been received! Moreover, the Chinese have given a clear answer to the 100 million pound order agreed this time. In two months' time, they will organize a business group of more than 300 people to visit us and make large-scale purchases!" said George Oleg excitedly. £200 million in orders. Even if it is completed in several years, it will still be handed over to the UK more than 40 million pounds a year!

"It seems that the Chinese have gained a lot from the natives and Americans of the East Indies! Together with the French, this is nearly 200 million pounds, plus the orders that have been placed in Europe before." The Chinese have spent nearly half a billion pounds of wealth at once!" said Home Secretary Henry Haddington with some envy. Although the annual fiscal revenue of the United Kingdom has exceeded this figure, the huge wealth of hundreds of millions of pounds, no country can not be moved, especially in this special period of economic crisis.

Hearing his words, several ministers from the small cabinet nodded in agreement. The Chinese swept through all the indigenous tribes of the East Indies, and now they have conquered the gold and silver rich western United States, and looted the wealth accumulated in these areas, and now they can be said to be rich!

If it weren't for the Chinese spending the money again. And its own strength is also good, plus the British have to be distracted by the Egyptian war. And the current economic crisis, I am afraid that the British Empire really can't bear to send troops in person, and use the war to loot this gold and silver into its own hands!

"Prime Minister, since the outbreak of the economic crisis, the prices of various industrial processing equipment, mining equipment, chemical equipment, steel equipment, as well as industrial raw materials such as steel, coal, copper, as well as cargo ships, locomotive heads and other industrial manufactured goods have fallen sharply! If the Chinese use these 500 million pounds to purchase all these things, plus their seizures in the United States, then with their current industrial base, I believe that in less than ten years, the Chinese will build a very perfect industrial system with these machinery and equipment and raw materials! At that time, a truly industrialized country will rise in the Far East, and they will also threaten the hegemony of the empire in Asia! Therefore, we must think ahead of time to limit and delay the rise of the Chinese!" Attorney General Henry Petham said with some seriousness.

Hearing his words, everyone present also nodded in agreement, no one who can become a cabinet member of the British Empire is a mediocre talent, although they have not been to the East Indies in Asia, thousands of miles away, but from the performance of the Chinese who do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy machinery and equipment and recruit workers, it can be seen that they want to rise ambitious!

Although the Chinese have a weak background, and they cannot be compared with old capitalist countries such as Britain, France and Germany, if they really give the Chinese more than ten or twenty years of development time, I believe that they will definitely become a powerful force in Asia and the Pacific that cannot be underestimated!

Gladstone pinched his eyebrows, the threat of the Chinese he also realized, although this threat may not break out in a few decades, but as the prime minister of a country, he can't help but think about the present of the British Empire, and even the future in tens of hundreds of years, he must also make accurate predictions, taking into account all the unstable factors that can threaten the world hegemony of the British Empire!

However, at this time, Britain was deep in economic prison, and indeed needed orders from outside, and in addition, Britain, which pursued ziyou capitalism, could not ban trade between domestic enterprises and Chinese!

"Henry, haven't we already tried to keep Chinese in the Americas and let them counterbalance each other with the Americans Chinese? Gladstone asked.

"Prime Minister, it is indeed a good idea to let the Chinese and Americans contain each other, but it is probably not enough to let the Chinese occupy the western states of the United States according to the agreement we made privately!" After a pause, he turned his head to look at the inquiring gods on everyone's faces, and Henry Petham sorted out his thoughts and continued: "The Louisiana region west of the Mississippi River was acquired by the Americans from the French in 1808, as for Oregon, California, New Mexico and Texas only fell into the hands of the Americans in the mid-19th century, and the development of these places was only gradually developed after 1862, when Lincoln promulgated the "Homestead Law" and after the discovery of gold in California!

"Compared with the developed industrial and commercial states, the western regions of the Mississippi River, the western region, and the icy and snowy Alaska have a very limited position in the minds of the Americans! If the Chinese can repel several large-scale attacks by the Americans and hold the western states, I am afraid that the Americans who have recovered the Jinghua area on both sides of the Mississippi River will not risk suffering heavy losses and fight to the death with the Chinese! I am afraid that they will compromise with each other! At that time, in just a few years, the strength of the Americans will become strong again. Moreover, with the buffer of this period of time, the Chinese, who have obtained a large number of machinery and equipment and skilled workers, will also achieve considerable development! When the time comes, the two sides will scruple about each other, and I am afraid that the chances of another big war between them will be much smaller, and even if our 'mainland policy' can succeed at that time, I am afraid that the effect will be greatly reduced!"

After listening to his words, the faces of the members of the small cabinet all showed thoughtfulness!

"Henry, if that being said, do you have any better idea?". Gladstone asked.

"Prime Minister, if you want the hatred between Chinese and Americans to become deeper, then you must allow Chinese to occupy more American land, even the Mississippi River region, the Great Lakes region where Americans are most Chinese, can take out a state and hand it over to the Chinese, only then will Americans really feel the pain of the skin!" Just like Alsace and Lorraine, after the forcible occupation of this most important energy land in France by the Germans, the whole country of the French is eager to recover this land, and the real feud between Germany and France has become irreconcilable, and our continental policy has also achieved unprecedented success! I believe that China and the United States can do the same!"

After the Franco-Prussian War, the loss of Alsace and Lorraine, as well as the indemnity of five billion gold francs, greatly weakened the strength of the French!

After the war, the regular troops of the French of twenty armies, the troops of nineteen corps were stationed in the country, and the troops of only one corps were in the French colonies. Because of the decline in power, the disputes between Britain and France because of the colonies were relatively reduced.

Moreover, a large amount of military expenditure was spent on restoring and building up the army, and the construction of the navy slowed down, and the navy, which was once the second strongest navy in the world after the British Empire, has become more and more depressed in recent years! It can be said that Britain has reaped unimaginable benefits after the Franco-Prussian War, and France, which was once powerful and once threatened Britain's world hegemony, has completely declined!

And because of the rise of Germany, there was also a balance of power on the entire European continent, which also strengthened the British Empire's determination to pursue a policy of 'glorious isolation'! )