The current First Admiral of Great Britain is George Spencer, the 2nd Earl of Spencer.

It is the grandfather of the grandfather of the father of Princess Diana of Charles.

The clan brother of the grandfather of Winston Churchill.

Unlike history, George Spencer did not become Lord of the Navy in 1794, but entered the cabinet of William Pitt Jr. in 1800.

Spencer saw the news not only from Libott and Wang Wei, but also from naval intelligence officers from other regions.

However, the combined judgment is similar to that of Li Bot and Wang Wei:

"Da Ming obviously wants to be comprehensive...... At least a massive shift to fuel power.

"His Excellency Nelson is still conservative in his judgment of the Ming Navy......

"Should the Royal Navy be inefficient at the British court?

"So much so that the order for a new experimental warship of the Navy has not yet had time to pass?

"Thank you for the ongoing bickering between the Cabinet and Congress over the United States?

"So much so that the question of the development of the Navy has been delayed and postponed?

"But...... We can't let them quarrel endlessly."

So at the next day's cabinet meeting, Spencer spoke before the others could begin to speak:

"Before you continue to quarrel over the affairs of the United States, please approve the new shipbuilding budget of the Navy!"

Pete is now in a state of anxiety, listening to the Navy's budget and frowning:

"Your Excellency, we can't increase the budget now, we have to use the reduced military expenses to pay the indemnity to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise we will have to pay additional taxes."

The Earl of Spencer immediately said:

"That should also be deducted from the amount of the indemnity for the construction of at least one of the latest experimental warships.

"We have seen the new naval guns and tactics of the Ming Dynasty at the Western Cape, and we must and must do corresponding research and development.

"Otherwise, our navy will be left behind by the Ming Dynasty.

"We have no advantage in terms of size, and if there is a significant generation gap in technology, the result will be to completely give up sea supremacy!"

Pete frowned and said nothing.

The Earl of Spencer continued:

"This is the request of the admirals, and the follow-up ship building plan can be ignored first, and a test ship must be built first."

Pete sighed and said:

"I'm not against the experimental ship, but now that the council is not fully under our control, otherwise there wouldn't be the chaos it is in now."

British partisan politics in this era was not perfect, and even the electoral system was still not very perfect.

Pitt, for example, was forcibly appointed by George III, rather than by the head of a party with a parliamentary majority, as was the case in later generations.

After the peace talks, Pitt's share of supporters in the Tory Party has been greatly reduced, and he does not have a majority in parliament.

So there's no way to directly push the budget and other matters through, and it's not really unusual.

Now it's up to the speeches to get the support of centrist parliamentarians.

Spencer smiled wryly and said:

"At least we should try to change the subject in Congress instead of arguing about the United States every time we meet."

Pete sighed again:

"Let's try it, how much budget do you need?"

Spencer had a plan for a long time:

"Two and a half million pounds."

Pete was taken aback:

"Why is it so expensive? In the past, the cost of capital ships was no more than two million!"

Spencer explained:

"In order to develop and validate new technologies, we need more money, and it's not just about building a ship, it's about doing a lot of experimentation."

Pete nodded slowly and said:

"I see, let's take it to Parliament, I'll try to convince as many members as I can.

"But the really effective way is to compromise with Fox and them......

Pete's cousin, Grenville, immediately asked rhetorically:

"How to compromise? What else do we have to compromise? Could it be...... Abolition?"

Pee said:

"Yes, we can support abolition in exchange for Whigs like Fox supporting the United States Act and the budget for new warships."

Grenville did not continue to speak, but said from the gate of the colony of Yinzhou:

"We are trading slaves from India to Africa and the Americas, and if we support the abolition of slavery now, how will the new Tianzhu Project in Africa be implemented?

"The plantations of the American South were highly dependent on slaves, and it would be detrimental to the interests of the United States if the United Kingdom abolished slavery.

"The situation in the United States is going to get worse, so you have to think about it, Prime Minister!"

Pete goes on to explain:

"So it has to be a partial abolition, such as the abolition of slavery in the homeland, such as giving the Tianzhu people the right of colonial abode, just like the Ming Dynasty.

"America will be a kingdom from now on, and most of the laws of the United States will be decided by the American Congress, and the United States can keep slaves.

"Of course I don't want to abolish slavery, but if we want to maintain America, we'll have to compromise with Fox and them.

"Abolition is probably the most appealing option for them at the moment......

"It's useless to simply give in on your own demands, you have to make concessions on the other party's demands in order to be considered a compromise."

Monroe slowly understood what Pete meant:

"Also...... That's all it takes......

So, in the next few days, a new round of quarrels began in the British Parliament.

But it was precisely the beginning of a tentative substantive compromise.

The dispute lasted for several days, and the representatives of the different factions also contacted and communicated privately for several days.

In the end, the majority of parliamentarians barely formed a weak consensus on recollection.

First, slavery was abolished in Britain proper, the archipelago where Great Britain and Northern Ireland are located, and the surrounding islands.

It was forbidden for anyone to trade any slaves again to the British mainland.

Strictly abide by the League of Nations Convention on the prohibition of the trade of Mexican slaves.

At the same time, the Tianzhu people who were "immigrated" to Southwest Africa were able to obtain the right of residence under verified conditions.

Of course, it is the residency of the colonies, not the residency of the British mainland.

Then, it was the determination of the American kingdom.

But the King of America is not King George III, nor is he the current Crown Prince of Wales.

Rather, the only legitimate daughter of the Prince of Wales, Princess Charlotte Augusta, who was only nine years old.

Because of the influence of the Ming Dynasty, the royal family of Taixi gained a lot of new rights in the new round of religious liberation.

The fact that illegitimate children can be allowed to inherit is one of the most important.

However, although the illegitimate child received the right of inheritance, the order of succession was still very low.

The king had absolutely no legitimate children, and illegitimate children had a chance to succeed to the throne, and they needed to be specifically designated by the monarch.

Charlotte, the daughter of the Prince of Wales, is now the second in line to the throne in the United Kingdom.

If King George III dies first, there is no doubt that the Crown Prince of Wales will succeed to the throne and Charlotte will become the crown princess.

If the Prince of Wales died before his father George III, then Charlotte would have succeeded him directly after George III's death.

According to Da Ming, Charlotte is now the "granddaughter of the king" in the United Kingdom.

King George III had nine sons, but until he was eighty years old, he had only one legitimate grandchild, Charlotte.

The third generation of George III's family, Charlotte didn't have any competitive pressure.

It's just that Charlotte in history not only never lived her father, but also never even lived her grandfather.

Charlotte in

When he was twenty-one years old, he died in childbirth.

Otherwise, there would be nothing to do in Victoria after that.

The premise of Victoria's appearance is because the granddaughter Charlotte of the crown prince died.

Then his uncles immediately began to work hard to get married legally, or to make legitimate children.

Whoever can create legitimate children may eventually inherit the British throne.

It's just that of Charlotte's six uncles who lived to adulthood, the youngest was forty-three years old at this time.

Victoria's father, the fourth prince Edward, was already fifty years old and did not expect him to succeed.

When Victoria was born, his father, Edward, was fifty-two years old.

Victoria was less than three years old when her father, Edward, died directly.

The daughter that Edward desperately poured out succeeded the lobby sister Charlotte as the granddaughter of the British king.

He succeeded to the British throne after the death of his grandfather and three uncles in turn, becoming the longest-reigning British king before ******.

If Charlotte hadn't died, Edward would have seen no hope, Britain would have lived a few more years, and there would have been no Victoria.

Now that Charlotte is only nine years old, the British royal family and parliamentarians certainly could not imagine that Charlotte could die in childbirth.

Now the crown granddaughter is the king of the United States, just to postpone the decision on whether or not the United States will be united with Britain.

It only postpones the "decision to merge" time, not the time of the merger.

Even if Charlotte held both the British and American thrones, the relationship between the two regions could only be regarded as a confederation in Tessie.

The monarchs of the two countries are the same person, but the two countries are still independent of each other.

Unless, as in the case of Scotland and Ireland, there is a special merger of the Joint Act, so that the two countries become one.

Until then, the United States will remain relatively independent.

Except for the addition of an exclusive little girl king on his head, who can establish his own council, there is no essential change in his actual status.

This scheme gives the impression that you are going to glue two pieces of paper together, but you put it down after applying the glue.

Prepare to wait for more than a dozen years or more before deciding whether you want to officially put the two sides together.

God knows when the glue will still be useful.

This is certainly not what Pitt and Monroe want.

However, in the current atmosphere of public opinion, it is no longer possible to further integrate immediately.

The United States' concerns about joining the United Kingdom are secondary, and the key is that the United Kingdom's mainland doubts about the integration of the United States have been strengthened.

A large number of parliamentarians refused to accept the direct integration proposal anyway.

Therefore, in the end, we can only "prepare for unity" in this way, observe the situation for more than ten years or even decades, and then decide whether to further unite.

Anyway, at that time, it's not your own group that needs to make a decision.

For Charlotte, she never became the Queen of England in history, but now she has become the Queen of America in advance.

Finally, a budget of £2.2 million for the design and construction of a new capital ship was approved.

At the same time, in the Ming Dynasty Liaodong Political Envoy Division of the Jinzhou Wei Military Shipyard.

The first battleship, the Dreadnought, to use all the same large-caliber main guns, was launched just in time for the Spring Festival.

Under the attention and urging of the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang, the construction speed of this ship has always been fast.

The tonnage of the Daming Dreadnought is larger than that of the British Dreadnought in history, but the overall construction speed is a little faster.

The historic Intrepid was launched for six months and continued to outfit on the dock for another six months before sea trials began.

The Daming Intrepid stayed in the dock for eleven months, and most of the weapons and equipment had been installed by the time it was launched.

Only the luxury hotel-style decoration requested by Zhu Jingyuan has not been completed.

If it weren't for Zhu Jingyuan

Seeking large tonnage and outrageous decoration, the ship may have already begun sea trials now.

That would be a month faster than the historic Dreadnought.