Grenville was also a former diplomat, and although he relied heavily on his cousin's trust, he was also capable of dealing with people.

So despite the hectic and exhaustion, in the end, he fought hard and coped with Malthus.

Then he did not dare to stop at the Prime Minister's official residence and went directly to the parliament at Westminster.

And then he immediately suffered a new blow.

The request for the parliament to open up the same industry to the Charlotte and Zhu Jingyuan's joint venture company in accordance with the plan discussed by the cabinet and with reference to the cooperation between the French crown prince Charles and Zhu Jingyuan has undoubtedly been questioned and opposed by a large number of people.

According to the consistent perception of the people in parliament, even if the demand is reasonable to a certain extent, there will definitely be opposition to resist.

Even if a bill is in favor of the majority, it is difficult to pass it in the first discussion.

Not to mention the special proposal that affects the power of the royal family and opens up key industries to the Ming Dynasty.

Grenville faced the questioning and opposition of the film, and after answering and explaining for a long time, the whole person became frizzy.

Grenville's whole person seemed to be furious, and he banged the stage of the speech and shouted loudly:

"You can assume that if we don't pass the law on the joint venture between Her Royal Highness Charlotte and Prince Da Shi immediately, Britain will ...... right away Britain was now facing the threat of war on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

"If this law can't be passed today, then I won't occupy the position of prime minister and deal with a bunch of here and out! Whoever of you loves to be who, whoever loves to do it, I won't do it! ”

Immediately after Grenville finished yelling, the scene fell silent.

Grenville provoked two appalling events at once.

One is, of course, the so-called threat of war from the Ming Dynasty.

The other is Grenville's own threat of resignation.

Grenville's words were all from the heart.

He was really worried that if this matter was not handled well, it would lead to the threat of war from the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it's just a concern, and it's not already happening, so Grenville exaggerates a little here.

But my threat to resign is completely real.

Grenville is really fed up with the prime minister's errand and really doesn't want to continue doing it.

After a long silence on the scene, Henry Addington stood up and said with obvious caution:

"Lord Grenville, please don't be impulsive yet, what's going on with the threat to Da Ming?

"You really received news from Da Ming, if we don't cooperate with His Royal Highness Charlotte in this matter, will Da Ming really want to start a war against Britain?"

This is certainly not the case.

Daming did not give any news or threats, which was actually Charlotte herself pretending to be a tiger.

If it is a general matter, according to the logic of normal politicians, if Grenville accidentally says the wrong thing, then he must deny it euphemistically, or at least not give a clear answer.

But now Grenville was on the rise, still in a state of anger and annoyance, and said aloud:

"Yes, yes, if we do not accept Queen Charlotte's demands, the British will wait for a new war to begin!

"No Europeans will come to help Britain this time! This is the British's own war!

"I don't think I'm able to handle these things, and I can't take on this responsibility.

"If the council doesn't cooperate, then ask His Royal Highness the Regent to ask for another master!"

Grenville was also less respectful to the Prince of Wales.

Grenville was even already thinking about immigrating directly to Dongyi after resigning.

In the past, the Ming vassal states were very strict in their censorship of Taixi immigrants, and most of the vassal states did not welcome Taixi people.

After the establishment of Dongyi Kingdom, the situation has changed significantly.

Although the censorship of Taixi immigrants in Dongyi is still very strict compared to other Taixi countries.

But for a politician with a background like Grenville, it's not that difficult.

In addition, the main inhabitants of Dongyi are the Taixi people, and the geography is close to the colonies of Britain and France, and the climate is not very different from the Taixi mainland.

So now Dongyi has become the preferred target for the immigrants of the middle and upper classes of Taixi.

Or direct immigration to the United States.

Grenville subconsciously felt that with the state of the council, his demands could not be met.

So I was already thinking about ending the meeting and going back to pack my things.

However, things often do not go in the direction expected by the parties.

Grenville was in despair and made the decision to give up completely, but things took a turn for the worse.

Grenville's threat of war has made the vast majority of parliamentarians, including the opposition, feel at it.

Although many parliamentarians also have doubts in their hearts about whether Daming will really maintain waging war, they dare not bet.

Grenville's threat of resignation also played a role, and the current British prime minister is really not something that ordinary people can provoke.

In a particularly strange atmosphere, Grenville's initial proposal was approved by an absolute majority.

Then Grenville was dumbfounded......

While the Speaker had stamped the text of the bill and sent it to the Prince Regent of Wales for confirmation, Grenville realised that he had passed the big basket.

After this matter is declassified, it is definitely a political scandal.

But at the same time, this incident also gave Grenville a taste of sweetness.

It turns out that the threat of Da Ming is so easy to use!

Grenville left the Parliament Hall with mixed feelings and returned to his Prime Minister's residence.

The news of the passage of the bill was communicated to the other members of the Cabinet and sent by telegram to the American court.

When Queen Charlotte arrives in the United States, she will receive these messages.

Then he continued to deal with the matter of the naval treaty with trepidation.

Sensational news such as "British officials and parliament bullying Princess Charlotte led to the Ming royal family issuing a threat of war to Britain" can only be ignored.

For Grenville, the naval treaty was relatively simple compared to the troubles within Britain.

With the help of the admirals headed by Nelson, the cabinet headed by Grenville quickly determined the British negotiating goals and bottom line.

Other countries have postponed the in-depth discussion of cooperation with the Ming Dynasty and concentrated on the matter of the naval treaty, so the speed of determination is faster.

So just fifteen days later, the meeting on the development and control of the Navy, which was held in Paris, the hometown of the French Crown Prince Charles, who proposed this proposal.

The first meeting, which was immediately followed by the opening of the conference, was the first time that the countries presented their main objectives.

After explaining their own explanations, the participants found that with the exception of Lucia, the largest in physique, and the Netherlands, which were already obviously weak, the goals of the other major countries in Tessy were "very different".

Britain, France, Spain, Prussia, Austria, Italy, and the Ottomans all wanted to limit the total tonnage of their navy's capital ships to between 150,000 and 250,000 tons.

At the same time, the tonnage of a single ship was limited to between 30,000 and 40,000 tons, and the caliber of artillery was limited to 360 mm.

The opinion of obviously weaker countries such as the Netherlands and Denmark is that the standard be set lower, and their opinion does not matter.

The more important, and obviously different from everyone's opinion, is Lucia.

Lucia demanded a share of four hundred thousand tons of capital ships.

And it is required to relax the tonnage limit for capital ships to 50,000 tons.

Widening the caliber of artillery to four hundred millimeters.

It is directly one level behind other major countries.

Although most of the delegates knew that the amount that Lucia directly demanded must have the intention of opening his mouth, the follow-up actual negotiations could definitely be reduced.

However, the target amount demanded by the opening is so large, which means that the other party's bottom line will not be too low......

The main difficulty in the follow-up negotiations is obviously Lucia, and the difficulty of the negotiations will certainly not be small.

After the opening exchange of statements, Talleyrand, the representative of France and the presiding officer of the meeting, looked directly at Lucia's representative, Widmayer, and reminded and suggested:

"Lucia's current target is significantly higher than in other countries.

"At a time when everyone wants to limit the total tonnage of capital ships to about 200,000 tons, it is meaningless to ask for the construction of 400,000 tons of capital ships, right?

"After learning about the targets of other countries, Lucia should reassess the target tonnage, right?"

After listening to the goals of other countries, especially those of Britain, France, and Spain, Wademeyer was actually a little surprised in his heart.

He knew that the current state of the three countries was not good, but he did not expect it to be so bad.

Only about 200,000 tons of capital ship tonnage are required, which is only the scale of five 40,000-ton capital ships.

It's directly twice as short as Lucia's most ideal goal.

Europa's traditional major naval powers, which have only been fighting the world war for a few years, are they all pulling their hips like this now?

But in the face of Talleyrand's demands, Widmayer had no idea of giving in at all.

The 400,000 tons proposed by Lucia is really not a sky-high asking price, and Lucia is really ready to build so many capital ships.

In Zhu Jingyuan's last life, the tonnage of the German Imperial Navy before World War I reached 720,000 tons.

Under the leadership of Da Ming, the countries of the Taixi Navy in this life directly skipped the traditional dreadnought stage and entered the era of high-speed battleships of the super dreadnought.

The cost per unit tonnage of their 40,000-ton capital ships was significantly higher than that of the traditional dreadnoughts of the Second German Reich.

However, with the current size of Lucia, there will still not be much pressure to build a 400,000-ton capital ship.

Other countries don't have a clear need, so they don't want to push their potential to the limit.

Lucia's idea, if the highest target cannot be achieved, will be reduced from 50,000 tons to 40,000 tons per ship, and the total tonnage will be reduced to 320,000 tons.

Of course, this kind of goal that approximates the bottom line cannot be said directly.

So Wedemeyer was very decisive and with a bit of pride, and responded to Talleyrand very seriously:

"Lucia's naval construction plan was based on its own actual needs, not for any other country.

"This target tonnage and size is the real demand of Lucia at the moment, and it does not need to be reassessed."

There was obviously some confusion in the room, and the representatives of most of the countries began to whisper.

Talleyrand's expression was also a little ugly:

"The goal of this meeting, and the goal of our Highness Shire's proposal to sign a naval treaty, is to call on the countries of Europa to take the initiative to limit the size of their naval armaments in order to maintain and guarantee the peace and development of Europa.

Based on this premise and goal, the countries of Europa are actively limiting their shipbuilding plans.

"Lucia's so-called building according to her own actual needs is to go against this general trend and trend, and to deviate from the direction of all other countries in Europa as a whole.

"More importantly, this kind of behavior has a very obvious suspicion of 'reckless militarism'."

The key to the enemy of the whole of Europa is the reckless force.

These two rightful accusations made Wademeyer, who was originally a little complacent, suddenly reversed.

Lucia didn't want to be the enemy of the whole of Europa, and she didn't dare to "use all kinds of force", which was directly warned by the Ming Dynasty.

Wademeyer was a little worried.

Whether it is reckless or not, it seems to be a contrast.

Originally, Lucia compared to Daming's plan and felt that her 400,000-ton naval capital ship plan did not seem to be a reckless force.

But compared with the countries of Europa, which are a little stretched, it seems that they are really suspected of being reckless.

Wademeyer had no choice but to tactfully say that he needed to reconsider.

Then, the first day of the meeting ended, and the delegates immediately returned to their residences, discussed internally and reported to the rear.

Two days later, a new round of meetings began, and Talleyrand invited the Lucians to speak first.

Lucia's Wedemeyer directly said that Lucia was willing to limit the total tonnage of the capital ship to 320,000 tons.

This is a huge concession in Lucia's opinion.

But the other Tessie countries, including Talelang, frowned visibly when they heard this.

Talleyrand was about to continue to persuade and deal with the threat of the Ming Dynasty, but the Prussian representative asked to speak.

Hadberg of Prussia said with a straight face:

"Prussia demanded a revision of the target tonnage of our capital ships, and we wanted to increase the total tonnage to 320,000 tons."

At this moment, the representatives of various countries who had ugly expressions directly exclaimed.

Talleyrand's expression was even more ugly, and his heart was almost bursting with foul language.

What are you doing here?

It's just that Lucia made such a concession, why are you still regressing in Prussia?

320,000 tons of cutting-edge high-speed capital ships, can you Prussia afford it?

To be honest, Prussia was really able to bear it.

Even Britain, France, and Spain, the damaged traditional naval powers, are now barely able to bear it.

They just didn't want to squeeze the potential too much, which is why they had the intention of signing a naval treaty.

Comparatively speaking, Prussia was less stressed than Britain, France, and Spain.

Prussia was the country with the least losses in the world war.

If it weren't for the same reparations to the Ming Dynasty, Prussia in Nigeria would have been obtained, and even a bit of a victorious country.

Prussia at this time was probably more economically powerful than the German Empire before World War I.

The German Empire was able to build 720,000 traditional dreadnoughts, and now Prussia can build more than 300,000 tons of high-speed battleships.

And now it is determined that you can get the technical support provided by Daming, and there is no technical problem.

At the same time, Prussia's plan for shipbuilding targets at this time was very flexible.

Although there is a general range of objectives, Hadberg's actual task is to "act on the opportunistic".

Originally, Prussia's navy was oriented towards Britain, France, and Spain, and pursued a navy that was not significantly weaker than these three traditional naval powers.

The three countries proposed a plan to build a ship of about 200,000 tons, and Prussia directly followed.

But as soon as Lucia spoke, the Prussians realized that they had always looked for the wrong person.

Britain, France, and Spain have now been pulled, and Prussia will have to confront its neighbor Lucia in the future.

Lucia wants to build 400,000 tons of capital ships, and Prussia must not have only 200,000 tons.

So after Hadberg discussed it with his king on the phone, he directly changed the goal of the negotiation.

Directly followed Lucia-for-tat.

(End of chapter)