Guo Xiaobao listened to Zhuge Weidao's declaration, and his black face was even darker.

It's not that he's not afraid of war, but in fact, fighting a world war is no harm to an officer like him who is not up or down. Of course, it doesn't do much good.

At present, the military and political circles of the Ming Dynasty are more seriously solidified. The elite children of the Zhuge family such as Zhuge Weidao, if they don't have a bad brain, they can climb up step by step, and the general level can be reached with their eyes closed. If Zhuge Weidao can become the military advisor of the Zhuge family, that is, he has entered the inner circle of the family, then he can go up to one or two levels, and there is no problem in becoming the admiral and the three chiefs of the navy, the chief of the navy, and the chief of education.

And at Guo Xiaobao's level, the rank of lieutenant colonel or colonel of the Navy is very certain. If you want to be promoted to the rank of general, it depends on whether Zhuge Weidao, who he follows, can become the third chief. If Zhuge went up for the Tao, he would also follow the light. Otherwise it's almost the same to the colonel...... It's not a bad prospect, but it's not particularly good.

As for naval officers of civilian origin, it is difficult for a colonel to rise unless they are particularly outstanding. Most of them will be promoted to the end of the major, and it is a bit difficult to think of the lieutenant colonel. Zhuge is the starting point of the Tao, and it is the end point of many people!

The Ming Navy is very large, second only to the British Navy, and also has naval bases throughout the Western Pacific and the North Pacific. Such a huge navy, of course, needs a lot of miscellaneous officers, and there are a lot of drudgery. Therefore, there are many officers in the Ming Navy who are civilians and can't go up in their lives.

Therefore, in the Ming Navy, there are many people who want to go to war!

But Guo Xiaobao knew that fighting a world war was not the will of the eight great families headed by the Zhuge family...... In particular, the successive military divisions of the Zhuge family were particularly reluctant to fight a world war, and they were also particularly reluctant to fight with Britain!

"Baozhi, am I not right?" Zhuge Weidao also saw that Guo Xiaobao's face was wrong...... If it's dark, it looks like African!

"Brother Daozi!" Guo Xiaobao pulled his face and whispered, "Do you know who are the people who are most opposed to war with Britain in our Ming Dynasty?" ”

"It's ...... difficult," Zhuge Youdao thought for a while, "It's the Zheng family, right?" His family is engaged in international trade, right? Once the war starts, the Zheng family will definitely suffer heavy losses! Moreover, the Zheng family still has a lot of investments in Japan, and they have to be confiscated by the Japanese when they fight. ”

Guo Xiaobao sighed, and said in his heart: "This master remembers the bad things about others, but he forgets that the old men in his family who spoil him are the worst!" ”

"Brother Daozi," Guo Xiaobao said, "of course the Zheng family does not want to fight, but they are not the most opposed to war with the British. Although the Zheng family engaged in maritime trade, their main possessions were placed in the land of Siam and Vietnam...... Agriculture is the foundation of the Zheng family. As for the Zheng family's investment in Japan, there was a lot in the era of King Wuzhong, but now it is not much. It is very difficult to do business in Japan, and the Japanese have a little money to engage in armaments. Moreover, the lacquerware, silk, and tea produced in Japan have been defeated by us in the world, and they cannot be sold for money at all. ”

"Then how can Japan engage in armaments?" Zhuge was stunned for a moment, "Where did you get the money?"

Guo Xiaobao snorted, "Rely on women...... Brother Daozi, do you remember what Sister Nanyang and Dongyang Wife are? ”

"Sister Nanyang remembers," Zhuge nodded for Dao, "What is this Oriental wife?" ”

Sister Nanyang is a Japanese custom girl who went abroad to Japan, mainly to sell in Nanyang!

Historically, the original capital of Japan's Meiji Restoration was the gold and silver accumulated in the country - Japan was not without a little resource, and before the gold and silver in the New World were dug up, Japan was also famous for its abundance of gold and silver. However, most of the gold, silver and copper produced in Japan have made up for the trade deficit with China. But by the time of the Meiji Restoration, there was still a little left, and it was all given to Meiji heroes like Okubo Ritsu to fill the giant hole of industrialization.

However, this alone will definitely not be able to fill the hole of industrialization - Japan is not an American imperialism, a country of choice, what do you want. Japan's industrialization was very hard, and it needed resources but no resources, and technology but no technology, so there must have been a large deficit in the early stage of industrialization. It's not enough to rely on the old book, so you can only sacrifice the Nth generation of Japanese low-level women. That's how Sister Nanyang came!

Guo Xiaobao said: "Oriental wives are those men in the Ming Dynasty who can't marry their wives and spend one or two hundred silver yuan to buy a Japanese girl from the Oriental to be their wives...... Those Japanese girls are hard-working, and they are beaten and scolded, and they are very affordable. Of course, some particularly likable Japanese girls will also be sold to rich families as concubines. The funds that flow into Japan every year through Sister Nanyang and Oriental wives are the capital for them to build armaments and factories. ”

"No wonder Japan has not been ......beaten by the Ming Dynasty," Zhuge said for the Taoist heart, "There is the land of hope for the bachelors at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

He thought about it, and then asked a little uncertainly: "Baozhi, I don't have a Japanese mother, right?" ”

"Nope." Guo Xiaobao said with great certainty.

"It's okay," Zhuge said for the Dao heart, "the old man is still a moral gentleman, I have to learn from him." Can't you buy any ***, Mr. Hatano, and Mr. Yoshizawa back for training......"

Guo Xiaobao added at this time: "Although Ling Zun Youde Gong is amorous by nature, he does not have concubines, but only has some confidants outside...... And a few, a few sons and daughters of iniquity. ”

Ah, the old guy isn't a good guy either!

Zhuge Weidao suddenly thought of himself, and also looked at Guo Xiaobao nervously: "Baozhi, I'...... What about me? Have I ever had a large group of confidantes out there? ”

"You?" Guo Xiaobao took a breath and said, "You...... It seems to be self-cleansing. ”

OK...... Wrong!

A terrible thought suddenly appeared in Zhuge Weidao's mind: "I, Yushu is in the wind, talented and eight-dignified, young and golden, and a famous son...... It's not difficult to pick up a girl at all, how can you be clean? Could it be...... Crooked, right? ”

Thinking of this, Zhuge is a tight chrysanthemum!

Nervous, he hurriedly changed the topic, and Zhuge Wei asked: "Baozhi, since it is not the Zheng family, who is most opposed to war?" ”

Guo Xiaobao couldn't laugh or cry when Zhuge asked him, so he had to answer truthfully: "Brother Daozi, the one who is most opposed to war with Britain is a few elders in your family...... Among them is Lingzun! When Napoleon started in Europe, many young Zhuang generals in the country advocated uniting with the French emperor to fight against Yingyi, first taking Malacca, and then saving Tianzhu from fire and water. ”

"Save Tianzhu from fire and water?" Zhuge thought to himself: "Who are these people? Why save Tianzhu? Aren't they in dire straits? ”

Zhuge Weidao received the little thought of tossing Indian Ah San, frowned and asked, "What did my father say?" ”

"He said that Yingyi is a-stirring stick on the European continent, and the territory is small and has no ambition to unify, and he does not let the European continent mix. If the emperor wins, the European continent may be unified, and then a new Roman Empire with population, land, and resources will be no less than that of our Ming Dynasty. If Yingyi wins, the continent will be torn apart...... Is a divided Europe in my favor, or a united Europe in my favour? ”

"The analysis is quite right, isn't it......" Zhuge thought to himself: "The ancestor will not leave this "Modern History of the World" to his descendants, right?" Those big military divisions flipped through the history books, and they would be able to pinch it right away. And as long as they have the ability to pinch and calculate, they can deify the Zhuge family. Now the history of the Ming Dynasty is unpredictable, but the general pattern of Europe has not changed much, as long as the Zhuge family guides it secretly, it can make history develop according to the original trajectory, at least it will not deviate too much. In this way, they can maintain a myth that can be pinched...... In the face of a Zhuge family that can really pinch and calculate, all the enemies dare not have any bad intentions. In this way, won't the Zhuge family be able to maintain their dominance for a long time? ”

Zhuge Weidao felt that he was getting closer and closer to the truth, he thought about it and asked: "Even if you don't join forces with Napoleon, you can take the Strait of Malacca and then march into Australia!" ”

Guo Xiaobao said: "At that time, there were indeed many people who proposed to seize Malacca and Australia, but Ling Zun said that Malacca and Australia were in the hands of Yingyi, and that was the place that must be defended and saved...... We can set up battlefields around Malacca and Australia, encircle and send reinforcements, annihilate the main force of the British Royal Navy in one fell swoop, and lay the foundation for world domination.

If Malacca and Australia are in me, it is nothing more than an extra gate and a large wasteland. Having lost this door and the connection of this wasteland, the Yingyi will decide to cut off trade and strive to develop their own industry. It's better to let Britain temporarily take Malacca and Australia to develop for us, and when the conditions are ripe in the future, just take it. ”

"Wishful thinking is quite good," Zhuge thought to himself, "but it's a pity that the British are not stupid!" ”

Guo Xiaobao then said: "Ling Zun also said that the number of heroes is not exhausted, but there is not much left, I can be patient and wait for its self-defeat, and the top priority is to support the independence of New Spain to contain the United States." ”

"Propagating the independence of New Spain?" Zhuge asked, "What is the situation in New Spain now?" Independent? ”

"It was already independent," Guo said, "in 1821 in the Western calendar, and in May of the following year the Mexican Empire was formed." ”

"Mexican Empire...... Is it still there? There is no downfall, right? ”

The First Mexican Empire in Zhuge Weidao's memory existed for more than a year, but he died poor because he had no money to pay his military salary.

"Yes!" Guo Xiaobao nodded, "Agustin I is the founding emperor, he has soldiers in his hands, and he has the support of my Ming Empire, how can it collapse?" As soon as Agustin I came to power, I exchanged an additional 10 million silver yuan, plus an interest-free long-term loan of 50 million silver yuan, for the exploration and exploitation rights of metals, oil, and coal in California. With so much money, Agustin I's country was as stable as the Sierra Madre. ”

60,000,000,000 silver dollars in exchange for the Great Gold Mine in California...... Historically, California's gold mines have found 12 million taels worth 100 million silver yuan during the gold rush alone.

Moreover, the 60 million given to Agustin I can not only help him maintain power, but also be used to purchase armaments, train the army, contain US imperialism on the one hand, and sell arms on the other......

Zhuge said for the Taoist heart: "Although the people of the Zhuge family are a little cowardly, but the abacus beads are thieves!"

Therefore, they chose a development path that was the most secure for them, on the one hand, they made compromises and tried to maintain relations with the United Kingdom; On the one hand, it will contain the United States through financial aid to Mexico, and perhaps hope to replace it after the British Empire weakens.

According to their calculations, even if Da Ming can't replace Da Ying, he should be able to maintain his current position. In this way, the glory and wealth of the Zhuge family and the signboard that can pinch and calculate can certainly be preserved...... It turns out that the most cowardly thing in the Ming Dynasty is the Zhuge family!

But they didn't expect that the hard power of the Ming Dynasty was too strong now, and the population, industry, territory, resources, and naval scale had all reached the point where it was possible to crush the British Empire...... Moreover, the United States is the eldest son of Great Britain, and the inheritance of hegemony between Britain and the United States is only the succession of father and weak son. The Ming Dynasty and the United Kingdom are fundamentally two civilizations, so the experience of alternating hegemony between the United Kingdom and the United States cannot be used in the struggle for hegemony between the British and the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the Mexico they are fostering is actually a puddle of mud that cannot hold up the wall, and it is no match for the United States at all...... In the end, I'm afraid I'll have to go to fight the United States in person! ”

Thinking about this, Zhuge Weidao felt a little sleepy, and then looked at Guo Xiaobao, who had been yawning for a long time, and was about to fall asleep. So he didn't embarrass the little black fat man anymore, and said with a smile: "Baozhi, it's not too early, you should go to bed early...... Tomorrow we will arrive in Turkysk, and then we will take a horse-drawn sleigh into the Golden Empire! ”

For this strange fortune-telling country Jin Empire, Zhuge Weidao is still a little looking forward to it...... Once there, he should be able to take down Natalie. Archduchess Pavrovna!

After settling down a little, that freckled Sasha (Natalie's maid) will no longer stick to Natalie's side like a dog skin plaster, right?