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Until then, he had been analysing Breton as a complete force, but unfortunately, this was wrong. As one of the most "advanced" countries, Breton has basically abolished local feudal divisions and established a nominally centralized government. However, the situation of internal factions and mutual restraint still occurs frequently.

In addition to the two factions of the mainland and the overseas colonialists, there are also royal factions and parliamentary factions within the government. Although the royal family lost some of its rights in the previous war with Parliament, there were still a large number of nobles and powerful classes united around the royal family, and their power was also very strong.

In the face of the royal family, the Dalu faction and the overseas colonizers will unite and appear as a "parliament" to fight against it...... At the same time, however, the two factions occasionally cooperate with the royal family to suppress the other factions and get their policies approved within the kingdom.

All in all, Briton is such a chaotic and orderly state. Pull each other back at times of national affairs.

It was as if now, before that, William had analyzed the war with all Britton strength, and finally came to the conclusion that Briton would win, but in fact it was not at all. Because of all kinds of hind legs. Briton could only use a third of his strength at most. The original 200,000 army could only dispatch 60,000 to 80,000.

On the other hand, this war was a critical moment of life and death for Kalman IV, and he had to use as much strength as he could.

In other words, in fact, this war was mutually restrained, and ten percent of the forces could only be used at most three percent of Briton, and Kalman IV, who participated in the war wholeheartedly, the forces of the two sides reached a delicate balance.

The situation was unexpected by William. It can be said that it is an unexpected joy - well, yes, joy, nothing wrong is joy. Originally, William felt that this was a war without suspense. But the fact is that the two sides are evenly matched. In this case, he, the third party, simply became Yuan Shikai during the Hundred Days Restoration—no, much higher than that.

The five professional legions under the command of the Hereford family, with an army of 50,000, are enough to be the key players in determining the outcome of the entire war.

Because of this, the importance of the Hereford family has increased countless times. Because of this, like Victoria, she will condescend to beg herself.

"So, what do you have to do to send troops?" Her Majesty seemed to have the patience to go on with William. She stared at William, and then asked, "How much money do you need, how much money do you need, how much supplies do you need?"

"-Who do you think we are?mercenaries?" William interrupted the other party very unceremoniously, "What do you want to do?!Hire a family with three kingdoms to fight for your interests?!"

"......," William's unkind words made Victoria angry—but then understood. Although there is a slight contempt in understanding at the same time, it is not a big deal.

Yes, as William said, now he is a king, one of the rulers of the Hereford family, and the Hereford family, with three crowns, has become one of the most noble families in the human world. In any case, even in the face of Victoria, they were not afraid. Even from the perspective of the aristocratic class, Victoria, as a duchess, had to maintain enough respect for William.

Therefore, what Victoria said made William feel very uncomfortable, and it was also a matter of course.

“...... Well, I'm sorry for that. Victoria was silent for a moment, then solemnly apologized to William, and made a ladylike salute to William by the way. And William actually didn't really dislike her, he just made a gesture to fight for more benefits for himself. So William did not hesitate to forgive Victoria. Both sides calmed down for a moment and then began to continue discussing the war.

"Of course, my reasons are the same as I said before. William said: "The Hereford family needs to recuperate. We have just conquered Shilonsk, and Polotsk has just been reunified. We have countless things to do. In this case, peace is more in the interests of the Hereford family than war. ”

"But Briton needs victory in this war. On the other side, Victoria said quietly: "We need enough troops, we need enough support." You don't want to see the Emperor truly unify the entire empire, do you?"

"That's true. For now, however, Briton and his allies possess no less power than the Emperor and his allies. ”

"But not more than them. ”

"So. William asked very easily, "So, why don't you go to the trouble first, and if you can win by your own strength, you don't need to ask the Hereford family for any help." And if you are defeated, I swear that if the coalition forces are at a disadvantage, the 50,000-strong army of the Hereford family will appear on the battlefield in the shortest possible time. ”

"......" Victoria looked at William very unhappily. The other party seems to have made up his mind to eat him. Even this kind of despicable and shameless words that you go up first and then say when you die can be said in a high-sounding manner. This simply refreshed her understanding of the concept of brazenness.

And William really put on this look of Lao Tzu just to make a profit, Lao Tzu is going to do this, what can you do with me?

"So, that's it, if nothing else, I have other things to do, whatever you want, I'll—"

"-- Ocean. Before William was ready to leave, Victoria spat out such a word. This made William feel that great danger was approaching.

"What are you talking about?

"Jutland, the meeting point of the North Sea and the Polotsk Sea. Naval blockade. ”

As Victoria spat out the words, William's face became more and more ugly.

"What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting, it's just that I'm going to instigate a decree in Parliament. Victoria said in a relaxed tone: "In order to ensure victory in this war that is related to the dominant power of the human world, Briton will use his naval power to block the trade of the entire human world." We will issue more privateer permits and send more fleets to patrol back and forth on major shipping routes.

And then, very unfortunately, the blockade will be confronted by all countries - all hostile and neutral. Of course, this includes Wende, including Porotsk, but also Russia. ”

"......" William's face was ugly.

"--You can't do that!-No-I should say, you can't!," William almost blurted out.

"Why can't I do that?" Victoria looked at her with a sneer, looking at her, William didn't know for a moment what to say - yes, what should be said, said that this violated the policy of free trade, said that it would greatly shrink the commerce and manufacturing industry of the entire human world, said that this would be a serious harm to the Hereford family - yes, well, the last one was what William was most concerned about.

Today's Hereford is in high demand for seafaring and maritime trade. Cotton was in high demand in the Neo-Gothic colonies. At the same time, the Neo-Gothic colony also needed industrial products from home, and even imported grain from the mainland to supply itself.

This overseas territory and its trade with the mainland were sustained entirely by seafaring transport. If the Britons did what Victoria said they were, it would be a huge blow to the Hereford family. The neo-Gothic colony had a huge backlog of cotton, and could not get any necessities of life, and collapse was imminent.

At the same time, the transformation of Hereford's local textile industry will also be put into operation in the shortest possible time. Not to mention the large amount of investment that has been lost, it is impossible to change it back in a short period of time. A large number of people associated with the textile industry, factory owners, aristocrats and textile workers went bankrupt and unemployed. Shilonsk was originally a newly conquered, unstable territory, so in such a mess, how much strength does the Hereford family need to suppress the chaos?

In addition, the Hereford family relied heavily on the seafaring trade for the supply of goods to the rest of the human world, the supply of industrial products to the empire itself, the bulk grain trade, oil, dairy products and meat products, and in this era when rail transportation was still a plan, cutting off the seafaring trade was equivalent to cutting off the entire Hereford family's thriving trade in food products, industrial goods, and the lifeline of the Hereford family.

With no trade, no colonies, no markets for industrial goods, what is left of the Hereford family? Large tracts of land? squeezed moldy grain, unsellable products? Farmers go bankrupt, factories go bankrupt, everyone complains about the Herefords.

Within a short period of time, these grievances would quickly ferment and form a powerful wave of opposition to the Hereford family.

If one is not careful, the rule of the Hereford family in the great frontier area will be overthrown - even if it will not be overthrown, the Hereford family has withstood this "test", and as a result, it will lose the momentum to move forward for decades, or even longer, and lie like a dead corpse in the great frontier area, and will no longer be able to evolve into the most powerful imperial state in the world, as William thinks.

“......”

Although the above description is only the "worst" possibility, William really doesn't dare to bet, he never wants to use all the efforts of his first half of his life to bet on a "possibility". So William was silent, William felt extremely ridiculous, William angrily wanted to stretch out his hand and strangle the bastard in front of him with a calm smile and looked at him without saying a word, as if he had mastered everything.

William finally understood one thing - with the Bretons having enough naval superiority and the Hereford family having nothing to replace the seafaring trade, he had no choice but to ally with the Britons. The expected left and right sources were just an unrealistic illusion, and they were easily shattered by Victoria.