"Although disdainful of the naked interest of the Anglo-Saxons, it is really a dog's face to turn it over. If you can't achieve your goal, you will simply tear off your face and grab it, without caring about the appearance of the food, which is completely inconsistent with the concept of the Eastern Golden Mean. Emperor Richard shook his head with some disgust, but then his expression was solemn, and he said;

It is undeniable that this set of profit-based law of the jungle is quite practical and the basis for the brilliant success of the British Empire for nearly 200 years, and it must not be completely denied.

Take its essence and discard its dross for my use, and be the way to seek the country for the old man.

Recently, the Royal Secretariat has edited a book entitled "The Modern Diplomacy of Great Britain", which lists in detail the hot events in Europe and the world over the past few hundred years, and interprets London's diplomatic wisdom in many aspects, which all cabinet ministers need to study carefully.

I believe that in this world, no one can succeed casually, and the long-term success of Britain must have its own logic and rationale for internal success. ”

Emperor Richard waved his hand, and his royal secretary took out a stack of newly printed books, which also exuded a strong fragrance of literary rhyme and ink, and handed them to the ministers who had come with the prime minister.

Looking at the title of the book printed on the title page, it is "The Modern Diplomacy of Great Britain", and the line of calligraphy is strong and powerful, which is really powerful through the back of the paper.

"Wait for your majesty's guidance, and you will definitely study it carefully when you go back, and you don't dare to slack off a little." Prime Minister Dong Jie led the crowd to thank him.

After establishing the government's position on the Spanish throne and European policy, Prime Minister Dong Jie had clear guidance, and suddenly felt a lot less pressure on his shoulders, and his expression on some international affairs reported afterwards was much more relaxed.

These included Fuso's request for the Tang Empire to intervene in the civil war, and disputes over guano mines in the South American country of Chile and Peru and Bolivia.

Chen Enguan, the general manager of Lanfang State, asked his eldest son Chen Deshao to marry the four royal princesses, and his purpose was to use the deterrence of the Tang Empire to stop the covetousness of the colonists of the Dutch East India Governorate on Lanfang.

There is also the matter of the Ryukyu Crown Prince Shang Ken asking to marry the five royal princesses, and the Kingdom of Prussia and several German states also have the intention of marrying, and the relevant matters need to be approved by the queen to properly arrange marriages with the royal families of various countries.

Emperor Richard did not comment on these trivial matters, and it was mainly the Imperial Government that dealt with them.

When it comes to the marriage of various royal families, Queen Lin, the lord of the inner palace, is in charge, mainly the marriage arrangements of several princesses of appropriate age, which is the queen's business.

After discussing foreign affairs for a while, Prime Minister Dong Jie led his ministers to retire.

As the third prime minister since the founding of the Tang Empire, Prime Minister Count Dong Jie inherited a thriving and prosperous empire.

The government has abundant financial funds and strong military strength, and the future development is bright.

In particular, the abundance of imperial financial funds has almost solved more than ninety percent of the problems of the new cabinet.

By the end of 1869

The Tang Empire has maintained a stable growth rate of more than 7% per year for more than 16 years, and in 1869 the economy grew at a rapid rate of 8.72%, with a steady stream of development momentum, without any trace of economic decline.

Compare it to

The British Empire, the world's largest economy, grew by 1.21% in 1869, the dividends of the first industrial revolution represented by the steam engine have been wiped out, the overall economic growth is sluggish, the field of scientific and technological innovation is lackluster, and the national economic growth rate has fallen into a state of low stagnation.

Look back

In 1863, Britain's national economy reached 945 million pounds, equivalent to 4.726 billion Tang Yuan, and as the world's factory, it was far ahead of the rest of the world.

6 years have passed

In 1869, after accounting, the total national economy of Britain was 1.138 billion pounds, equivalent to 5.69 billion Tang yuan, and the total economic scale growth showed a clear slowdown trend.

The Tang Empire's rapid economic development for many years has reached a new level after the North American War, with a total economic volume of more than 2 billion Tang Yuan.

By the end of 1863, the total national economy reached 2.377 billion Tang Yuan, which was close to half of Britain's size, and the population of the empire at that time reached 40.61 million, which had exceeded the total population of Britain.

6 years have passed

The Tang Empire is running faster and faster on the track of catching up, and the industrial fields represented by scientific and technological innovation and the emerging electrical and chemical industries have achieved fruitful results.

Continuously launched such as medium and large generators, medium-sized high-horsepower diesel tractors, diesel freight vehicles, new gasoline engines, endless chemical fiber and plastic products, enriched the chemical industry product line, and drove the national economy to catch up quickly on the high-speed track.

In 1869, after the total national economy of the Tang Empire was calculated, it reached 4,324.4 million Tang Yuan, about 76% of the size of the British economy, and the ratio of the economic scale of the two countries increased from half to 3/4, which took only 6 years.

In this age of no inflation, this great achievement is enough to make all subjects in the country feel heartily happy.

According to the optimistic speculation of public opinion in folk newspapers;

If only the empire could continue to grow at the high rate it is today, without being hit by wars or other major economic downturns.

At the latest, 8 years, if optimistic, 6~7 years can surpass the overall economic scale of the British Empire, so as to become the world's largest economic aggregate.

And this historical milestone brilliant achievement is not a shot of strength into all the subjects of the Tang Empire, and it is worth rejoicing and inspiring the whole country to imagine a better future.

While seeing the achievements, you should also see the gaps.

At the end of 1869, the population of the Tang Empire reached 65.77 million people, and the native population of the British Isles was 45.72 million during the same period, and the population of the Tang Empire was 20 million more, while the total economic output was only 76% of the latter, and the per capita level was only more than half of that of Britain.

This is because the level of urbanization in the United Kingdom, which entered the era of industrial economy, has remained high, reaching a high level of 54% at the beginning of the 19th century, and the urbanization rate reached 76.6% in 1870, which is the highest proportion in the world, second only to the United States of America.

After the North American War, the United States of America lost large tracts of agricultural land in the Great Plains of Central North America and 10 states, including Monterrey and Tijuana, and retained the development of historic East Coast states, including New York, Philadelphia, Portland and other coastal urban areas.

This has led to a significant increase in the urbanization rate of the United States of America, which is 83.2 per cent, the highest in the world.

The urbanization rate of the Tang Empire has risen and fallen sharply in the continuous expansion, and the urbanization rate is only 55.2% today, slightly exceeding the level of the early 19th century in the United Kingdom.

It will also be difficult to match the level of urbanization in the UK today for the foreseeable decades.

This is because the Tang Empire had a vast territory, with millions of private farms, ranches and plantations, and after the Andean Governorate of South America merged into the empire, it highlighted the economic component of the empire that placed equal emphasis on industry and agriculture.

As the world's largest exporter of grain, agricultural and animal husbandry products, almost half of the population of the Tang Empire, with more than 32 million people, is engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery production, which is an important part of the empire's economy and the foundation for long-term stable development based on world powers.

From a fundamental point of view

The industrial and agricultural economic distribution of the Tang Empire is relatively balanced, especially the continuous mechanization of agricultural and animal husbandry production, with more than 80,000 agricultural machinery and 16,000 freight vehicles put into agricultural and animal husbandry production every year, which greatly improves the production efficiency of agriculture and animal husbandry, which is a very positive place.

The Imperial Government, through the preferential subsidy policy for agricultural machinery, promoted the enthusiasm of private farmers, ranchers and plantation owners to purchase agricultural machinery, so that ordinary farmers could enjoy the convenience and efficiency of machinery production and enhance the strength of the agricultural machinery industry.

The government, private ranchers and agricultural machinery manufacturers all benefit, and the benefits to economic development are self-evident.

In today's world

The Tang Empire has become the country with the most extensive use of agricultural machinery, with a total of 420,000 registered agricultural machinery.

These agricultural machinery consume a large amount of diesel and gasoline that were previously considered useless, which greatly promotes the production efficiency of agriculture and animal husbandry, enhances the strength of agricultural machinery manufacturers, and saves a lot of manpower expenses for farmers and herders.

In stark contrast, France, a traditional agricultural country in Europe, in 1870, the country kept no more than 10,000 agricultural machinery, still using mules, horses and cattle since the Middle Ages as the main force, agricultural production efficiency can be imagined.

In the field of agricultural machinery promotion and application, the Tang Empire has been far ahead.

In fact

Agricultural machinery is not widely used in private farmers and ranchers in the Tang Empire, and there is still a huge space to be explored, which is a huge market in itself.

End of 1869

The Tang Empire has more than 137 large and small farms and plantations, considering that some royal farms and large aristocratic farms generally use agricultural machinery, the number of agricultural machinery held by a single farm or ranch is quite high, and some super-large-scale royal farms are as many as hundreds.

A total of 420,000 agricultural machinery has a penetration rate of less than 1/10, which means that more than 90% of the empire's small and medium-sized farms, pastures and plantations do not use agricultural machinery, and still rely mainly on animal power, using cattle and horses to cultivate the fields.

What a huge market it is!

If it is developed, it is enough to cultivate 7~10 world-class agricultural machinery giants, and it is easy to double the total output of various grain and oil products in the empire.

But you have to take your time, not rush.

Relying on the huge market of the empire, the development of the agricultural machinery industry is in the future of all countries in the world, and major agricultural machinery manufacturers continue to launch high-horsepower agricultural machinery products.

For example, the popular tractor has developed from a walk-behind tractor to a 4-wheel tractor, from an 8-horsepower 12-horsepower diesel engine to a 28-horsepower, 45-horsepower medium-sized diesel engine, and is developing a more powerful heavy-duty tractor to meet the urgent needs of large and medium-sized farms.

Market demand drives the development of agricultural machinery, forming a virtuous circle.

Heavy industrial cities such as Chicago, Detroit, and Salem, which have a population of one million in the empire, have benefited from the rapid development of agricultural machinery and freight vehicles, and various supporting factories have sprung up, which has greatly driven the industrial economy to take off.

For example, the demand for rubber tires for agricultural machinery and trucks, as well as the demand for rubber strips and rubber mats, have triggered a boom in the development of rubber plantations located in the tropical regions of Central America and the equatorial region of Paradise Island, which has become a new investment hotspot for many private plantation owners.

A natural rubber tree, from the seedling to the rubber can be tapped, it takes 8~9 years of growth period, and a mature natural rubber forest will bring a steady stream of income to the plantation owner, which is the role of the industry.

Fortunately, the Tang Empire had a wide area, from the cold zone to the temperate zone to the tropical regions near the equator, as long as the agricultural and animal husbandry products that could be said to be able to be planted, there was always a suitable place to grow.

Natural rubber, cane sugar, spices, temperate and tropical fruits, dried fruits, grapes and tea, coffee and tobacco, as well as bulk grain and oil products, show the demeanor of a large agricultural country.

In 1869, the total steel output of the Tang Empire surpassed that of Britain for the first time, ranking first in the world, which released a strong signal of industrial development.

In 1869, the total output of crude steel and pig iron in Britain was 5.54 million tons, and the total output of crude steel and pig iron in the Tang Empire reached 6.5 million tons, ranking first in the world.

The vigorous development of the shipbuilding industry, railways, infrastructure and agricultural machinery industries are the four favorable factors that led the Tang Empire to leap to the first place in the world in terms of steel production.

Capitalists are always willing to invest in profitable businesses, and the Tang Empire is no exception.

In 1870 and over the next three years, more than a dozen iron and steel companies in the empire planned to invest more in expanding their production, and steel production would increase dramatically. It will soon break through the ceiling of 10 million tons of steel per year, reaching a height that has not been reached by any country in the world today.

From the perspective of four favorable factors for traction demand

The shipbuilding industry is a key industry for the development of foreign economy in the Tang Empire, and it is in the ascendant shipbuilding boom. It will continue to consolidate and strengthen with the Tang Empire's position as the largest exporter of grain and the ongoing food crisis in Europe.

As one of the countries with the most extensive territory in the world, it is an indisputable fact that the Tang Empire will promote the construction of railways and urban infrastructure for a long time in the next 10 years.

The continuous prosperity of the agricultural machinery industry and the machinery industry is expected to enter the international market, especially Europe, with an invincible attitude after in-depth development of the domestic market.

There are 550,000 small and medium-sized farms in the UK, and after seeing the huge advantages of agricultural machinery in production, it will surely become a potential user group of agricultural machinery products in the Tang Empire.

The food crisis in Europe continues to intensify due to the rapid increase in population.

This is the historical background of the frequent wars in European countries in the second half of the 19th century, and the continuous outflow of population to North America, the annual immigration population reached one million, and the highest year reached more than 1.6 million.

With a population of 360 million in a narrow and populated Europe, and the burden of sustained high annual population growth is significant, it is not uncommon for a standard Prussian family to raise seven or eight children, even in France and Italy.

In this era of no chemical fertilizers, Europe's land output could not support such a large population, and North and South America, with their vast and fertile land, were the first choice for European immigrants due to livelihood considerations.

The Tang Empire had a serious surplus of agricultural products, and the extensive railways and the rapid development of maritime transportation capacity could reduce the transportation prices of bulk agricultural products to a very low level. The influx of North American grain into the British, Prussian and Italian markets greatly alleviated the urgent demand for grain in these countries.

From New York to Liverpool, England, the width of the Atlantic Ocean is only more than 2,870 kilometers, and if calculated from Detroit in the Tang Empire, the distance by sea is only an increase of more than 870 kilometers.

Large quantities of cheap American grain poured into the European market, and the cost of a bushel of grain fell from 39 cents in 1862 to 26 cents in 1869. The price of grain shipped to the UK is lower than that of grain produced in the UK.

This has forced the price of agricultural products, especially food, to fall sharply in the UK.

The price of a quart of wheat fell by more than a third from 104 shillings in 1861 to 67 shillings in 1869.

While most farmers in Britain have fallen into a loss-making situation, the farmers of the Tang Empire still have a lot of profits to make.

First, the land area is large, resulting in a low unit cost of grain production. The second is the extensive use of agricultural machinery, which greatly improves production efficiency.

All this is a catastrophe for British farmers, and it is a dimensionality reduction blow.

meanwhile

Beef, mutton and pork products produced in North America and the ranches of the Andean Governor's Palace were transported by refrigerated ships into Britain in large quantities, forcing the prices of British livestock products to fall rapidly.

British beef prices fell by 19% between 1861 and 1869. British agriculture lost £113 million between 1861 and 1869 due to competition from foreign agricultural products. A large number of small and medium-sized farms went bankrupt, and the number of farms fell from 613,000 in 1861 to 553,000 in 1869.

The area of cultivated land in Britain fell from 18.4 million acres in 1861 to 15.3 million acres in 1869, and the area sown and the production of agricultural products continued to decline.

Britain's dependence on the agricultural products of the Tang Empire is now increasing, its own agricultural production capacity has plummeted, and the demand for imported agricultural products has continued to rise, which is an indisputable reality.

Do the math

The farmers in England now lose more because the English aristocracy and large landowners own a lot of land but do not cultivate it.

They mainly relied on renting land to obtain stable income in order to maintain the superior living conditions of the aristocracy.

Most of the farms of British farmers are tenants, the land rent is high, the agricultural products produced are high, and the market price is not competitive.

British farmers who were directly involved in agricultural production did not have land, and a large amount of land was in the hands of the British aristocracy and large landowners. However, they do not produce, relying on renting income and rentier, which drives up the cost of agricultural production out of thin air.

Faced with the menacing onslaught of massive grain and meat products from the Tang Empire, the British farmers obediently raised their hands and surrendered.

This is not only the case in the UK, but also in other European countries.

There was already a big gap to meet domestic food needs, but now the influx of cheap grains and meat from North and South America has led to a drop in prices, and Europeans are even more reluctant to farm.

The cultivated area is getting smaller and the yield is getting lower, and the import volume is increasing.

In 1869 year

Britain's imports of grain, grains and meat from the Tang Empire already accounted for more than one-third of domestic demand, and 23,100 small and medium-sized farms went bankrupt during the year.

Bankrupt farmers either packed up packages to work in the cities or packed packages to prepare to emigrate to North America, and there was no other way out.