Nelson knew that the Yinzhou War was a big problem, but it had little to do with him or the navy.

The original navy of the colonial rebels consisted only of the fleets that had originally guarded the Queen of America.

It has long been completely destroyed by itself, and now the task of the Navy is to blockade, which is already an easy problem.

"How to destroy the rebels is the task of the Army......"

Nelson faced Fox's questioning and waved his hand directly to skip the question:

"The Navy has completed its mission, and there is no point in you questioning me.

"And the construction of new warships is a separate issue for the navy, and it is an issue that affects the security of our homeland.

"We must start the construction of at least two warships as quickly as possible to maintain the deterrence of the United Kingdom Navy."

Fox said with a straight face:

But the war in Yinzhou involved too much budget, and the United Kingdom did not have the money to build new warships for the navy.

"If we end the war in Yinzhou, we will be able to get the money to build the navy!"

Nelson looked at the surrounding parliamentarians, and suddenly threw the document in his hand directly:

"Gentlemen, will you be able to overcome me on the budgetary matter, and will you be able to use your difficulties and eloquence to defeat the fleets of the Prussians, Lucians, and Spaniards on the seas!

"As I said a long time ago, the war in Yinzhou and the construction of the navy are two completely unrelated things, but you gentlemen always want to make political deals on this?

"You're using your own security as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Navy!

"Who do you think the Navy is protecting?"

Fox was also a little annoyed:

"Your Excellency, it's not that we want to trade with the Navy, we certainly want the United Kingdom Navy to be invincible.

"But the budget is limited, and the navy's budget must be increased, and other places must be deducted, otherwise the balance will not be maintained."

Nelson directly spread his hands and asked:

"Again, what does this have to do with the Navy? The navy is in charge of fighting wars, not budgeting. ”

At this time, Prime Minister William Pitt finally stood up and stretched out his hands to signal both sides to stop first:

"In the future, the number of new capital ships built in the navy will not be less than that of the navy of any country in Taixi.

"At the same time, the tonnage and main gun level of a single ship are not lower than the main warships of any country's navy.

"Then, first of all, two new capital ships with a full load displacement of no more than 30,000 tons will be built.

"The Navy originally had a normal shipbuilding plan, but now it has only made minor adjustments.

"As for the matter of the Yinzhou War, let's find another way, what about this condition?"

Fox subconsciously opened his mouth:

"The displacement must not exceed twenty-five thousand tons! At the moment there is no confirmation that the new capital ships of any country have reached this class. ”

Nelson turned his face directly to William Pitt:

"I have now decided to resign from all my positions in the United Kingdom and to immigrate to the Ming Dynasty."

"Lord Nelson, don't get excited! 30,000 tons is 30,000 tons! ”

Pete instinctively reassured Nelson, then turned to look at Fox:

"Shut up now!"

Fox and Pitt can be considered political enemies, and Fox is a member of parliament rather than Pitt's subordinate.

It stands to reason that it is impossible to follow Pete's orders.

But now that Nelson has threatened to resign, Fox also knows that what Pete said is the bottom line.

So Fox really shut up.

Then Pete looked again at all the other councillors:

"Now directly approve the budget for two new capital ships with a full load of 30,000 tons.

"In the future, according to the shipbuilding news of other countries in Europa, we will follow up and implement the shipbuilding plan at any time.

"To ensure that the number and quality of capital ships of the United Kingdom Navy are not inferior to those of any navy in Europa."

There was a lot of talk among the councillors, and in the end, no one stood up again.

So Pete immediately asked people to write the legal papers, and then the speaker presided over the vote.

After the vote is passed, it is signed by the Speaker and the Prince of Wales Regent.

In this way, a new law called the United Kingdom Naval Leadership Plan was adopted.

The content of the law is very simple, which is what Pete just said.

The United Kingdom is required to maintain the number and size of its new capital ships as the largest among the Thai and Western countries.

Zhu Jingyuan was in Britain before the First World War in his last life, and the shipbuilding plan was a two-strong standard.

is the size of their own fleet, which is more than the sum of the second and third places behind.

Playing second and third at the same time can still maintain a certain advantage.

Now don't talk about the top two, just a leading standard, and it makes the parliament a pot of porridge.

The United Kingdom of this world is not the British Empire of Zhu Jingyuan's previous life.

The size of the colony and its revenues were far behind.

Just after the world war, he didn't have a chance to ease up, and immediately started to fight the Yinzhou War again.

The Yinzhou War was also a bad score, and there was no hope of final victory at a glance.

The ship-building plan was confirmed, and Pete began to discuss with the parliament how to make money and how to continue the war in Yinzhou.

In the final analysis, we still have to find a way to make money, and the natural solution to make money is to raise taxes.

The key question is where to tax and which groups to tax, which is a technical job.

Nelson also breathed a sigh of relief and found a place to sit down and rest.

Nelson had no plans to build a 40,000-ton ship.

According to the calculations of Nelson and the engineers, a hull of 30,000 tons is enough for about ten 360-millimeter naval guns.

Therefore, Nelson's psychological expectation is that the full load displacement is not less than 30,000 tons.

Nelson felt that the tonnage of the capital ship was directly increased from 20,000 tons to 30,000 tons, which was already a leapfrog upgrade.

Nelson didn't think that the next generation of capital ships of the Ming Dynasty would exceed this scale.

Nelson opened his mouth and directly called 40,000 tons, which was just a routine of "asking for the price and paying back the money on the spot".

William Pitt also specialized in cooperating with Nelson, otherwise he would not have stood up until the last minute to mediate.

Now that he had almost achieved his goal, Nelson was tired.

Nelson had largely given up on the idea of competing with the Ming Navy.

But it's a bit difficult to maintain Tessie's strongest navy these days.

The main thing is that the war in Yinzhou did protract, and it consumed too much energy and wealth of the British.

Nelson also wanted to end the war, but couldn't find any effective way.

…………

Outside London, inside the Rothschild family's estate.

The head of the family, Mayer Rothschild, a 60-year-old patriarch, sat in a chair with a sad expression.

Stunned, he looked at several newspapers in Daming in front of him, and on the front page of the newspaper was a large photo of the execution scene.

The third son, Nathan, stood beside him, his expression was also very sad, and his tone was particularly sad:

"It has been fully confirmed that in front of the Mengxian City Hall, the capital of the Mozhou region of the Great Food Country, James was shot.

"The merchant ships that James carried on this trip, as well as all the assets, were confiscated by the Great Food Country.

"They ignored James' identity and didn't even inform us ......"

James is the boy Rothschild who trades slaves in Tianzhu and smuggles the goods of the Great Food Country with Tianzhu slaves by the way.

He is the youngest son of Meyer Rothschild.

Meyer Rothschild recognized his youngest son with his mouth open and his eyes on the newspaper photo.

The index finger of his right hand rubbed against the face of the confused and desperate young man, and he muttered intermittently:

"James...... My James...... Why are you disobedient, why do you have to challenge the rules of the Ming people......"

Nathan watched from the sidelines:

"Father, is there anything we can do?"

Meyer continued to look at his youngest son's face, and asked weakly in his mouth:

"What can be done? We're just businessmen, what can we do with Daming? How about the Great Eater? ”

Nathan gritted his teeth and said:

"When the husband is angry, blood is splashed in five steps......"

Meyer shook his head directly:

"It's not a person who is absolutely trusted, and he can't get close to the most important prince of the Ming Dynasty at all.

"Even if you have gained trust, you have to defeat a soldier who has received military training since childhood and never leaves his weapon.

"James is also to blame for touching the core interests of Prince Dashi......"

Nathan was stunned and asked:

"Is that all?"

Meyer put down the newspaper, turned around, looked at his third son, and said very seriously:

"If our family wants to continue, we can only accept this result, and I don't want to lose anyone."

Nathan took several deep breaths in succession:

"In addition to taking direct action against Prince Daishi, we can also try to sabotage the business of the Daishoku clothing firm.

"Now Britain and France are full of internal contradictions, and they have even reached the verge of breaking out into turmoil.

"We can steer a little bit and let the turmoil really break out, and make the big food clothing firm one of the targets of destruction.

"This kind of pure luxury, in the current situation, can easily become a lost commodity.

"After something like this happened, no one could have imagined that we were the ones who pushed it."

Meyer didn't answer, just frowned and thought.

…………

Paris, France, the internal reception room of the headquarters of the big food clothing firm Tessie.

Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, son of the Duke of Orleans, complained to Chu Yuqiang, the chief proprietor of the Great Food and Clothing Company:

"The atmosphere in Paris is so oppressive now, there are private gatherings everywhere, and everyone is attacking the government ......"

Chu Yuqiang just shook his head noncommittally when he heard this, I'm afraid that the place of the meeting is not in your shop.

On the opposite side of the Louvre, there is a royal palace belonging to the House of Orléans, known as the "Royal Palace".

The Duke of Orleans built various shops, cafes, teahouses, and other facilities under the arcades outside the palace.

The Duke of Orleans allowed the French to communicate freely here.

It's like a lot of teahouses that don't hang a sign of "Don't talk about state affairs", but hang a sign of "Welcome to Jianzheng".

The point is that the Paris police do not have access to the private property of the Orleans family.

Therefore, in addition to all kinds of illegal transactions, all kinds of illegal assemblies will also be carried out here in a wanton manner.

This place has almost become an outlaw place in Paris.

Chu Yuqiang has lived in Paris for several years, and he can't say anything about these situations, he can only be regarded as a treasure.

Then Philip added:

"Your Majesty seems to be prepared to collect taxes from the nobles in order to sustain the war ...... in the Yinzhou colony"

When Chu Yuqiang heard this, he thought of the matter of asking officials for money during the Chongzhen Dynasty.

Then he couldn't help but shake his head again and said:

"It's not so easy to collect taxes from the nobility, it's not ......"

Philip made up for what Chu Yuqiang didn't finish:

"If you don't get it right, it's going to be a big mess."

Chu Yuqiang shook his head for the third time:

"But it has nothing to do with me, I'm just a businessman......"

"How can it be okay......"

Philip looked around, then lowered his voice a little and said:

"Some people say that the nobles would rather spend their money on the Dashi clothing merchant house and give it to the Dashi Prince of the Ming Dynasty than support the war in Yinzhou......

"Some people even advocate that the big food companies in Paris should be shut down......"

Chu Yuqiang was a little surprised at this moment:

"The French court dares to touch the property of His Royal Highness Prince Dashi?"

Philip immediately said:

"Of course, the imperial court doesn't dare to move, but if the citizens make a fuss, there will be no way to control the consequences."

Chu Yuqiang speculated in his heart whether this Philip was reminding himself, or intimidating himself, or just idle:

"Then what does the Duke think I should do?"

Philip hesitated for a few seconds, and finally said directly:

"I don't have any good solutions, Shopkeeper Chu still tries to add more manpower and observe the situation on the market.

"If we find out that the situation is not right, we will temporarily close the shop so that people can take refuge in our homes.

"Or simply move the shop to our arcade street......

Chu Yuqiang was noncommittal, but he still gave it as a matter of course:

"Thank you, Your Excellency, I'll take note."

The two of them were here to expect this, and Chu Yuqiang's men knocked on the door and walked in:

"The Grand Treasurer, Prince Charles has invited you to Versailles, saying that there is something he wants to discuss with you."

"I'll be right over ......"

Chu Yuqiang agreed casually, and gave up his hand to Philip very apologetically.

Of course, Philip didn't have any opinions, and the crown prince's summoning of this kind of thing must be more important than himself.

Anyway, I came over to chat, and there was nothing important, so I just left.

Chu Yuqiang picked one of the new clothes that had never been on the market and wrapped it in a package specially used by Prince Shire.

Then let his French men drive themselves to Versailles.

When the car passed through the city of Paris, Chu Yuqiang observed the surrounding situation a little.

The streets are deserted.

In fact, this has been the case for almost the entire year.

In fact, in Paris, only in the year of the armistice, the atmosphere became lively for a while.

Not long after the start of the Yinzhou War, the city became oppressive again.

Chu Yuqiang was thinking about how to report to Zhu Jingyuan.

Chu Yuqiang is not an ordinary businessman, although he does not specialize in intelligence work, but all kinds of information he observes and discovers on a daily basis will be regularly reported to Zhu Jingyuan.

This kind of intelligence work, which is not intelligence work, is actually very common in the intelligence system.

Even the most common piece of information for locals can be very important for decision-makers tens of thousands of miles away.

Chu Yuqiang's car drove all the way to the gate of the Palace of Versailles.

Chu Yuqiang is an old acquaintance, and there is no need to make a special report when he enters the door, and a maid directly leads Chu Yuqiang to see Prince Shire.