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"Then there's the fact that textiles are the best-selling and most profitable light industrial products in the world. It can even be said to be one of the most important commodities in this world. Those who master the textile industry have the pulse of wealth. And in Britton, it is the giants of the wool textile industry who control all this. They strongly resist cotton farming, believing that it will divide their profits. Unfortunately, in the Briton parliament, they occupy the vast majority of seats. ”

William paused at this point, and then continued: "I believe that they ultimately caused the opposition between Briton itself and the colonies of the Thirteen States. This is directly reflected in the two bills passed by the Briton parliament in June and December last year.

Both bills are aimed at protecting the interests of the textile industry in Briton. The first is the circulation of textiles, which will give the most preferential tariff treatment, and the second is to suppress the import of all textile raw materials except wool.

The first of these two bills was the Textile Preferences Act, and the second was called the Wool Act – of course, it was also called the Anti-Cotton Farming Act. You can imagine how big the impact this really was on the colonies of the Thirteen States. ”

“...... I understand. It is precisely because of this that the Thirteen State Colonies will rebel against Briton itself. Because the Britons were going to sacrifice the interests of the colonies for their benefit. And this interest is related to the foundation of the colonies of the thirteen states. The upper echelons of the colony, the big manor owners, would not allow this to happen, so they chose to rebel. Elise nodded, concluding.

"That's pretty much it. William nodded approvingly: "If this problem is not solved, then unless the colony top brass is killed." Otherwise, the next round of rebellion will be organized in the shortest possible time. ”

"I have one more question. Charlumi asked, "What does all this have to do with us, and what does it have to do with the Visigothic kingdom? If you look at it from an economic point of view, why are we so actively involved in the new world?"

"The Visigoths are also getting involved in the textile industry. William replied: "It's just a pity that the capital power of the Visigothic kingdom is not enough for them to mobilize their forces and seize all the land of the whole country to graze the sheep." Until then, they had been importing wool from Asturias. However, most of Asturias is mountainous and hilly. They can't supply enough raw materials. This is also the reason why the textile industry in the Visigothic kingdom has not been able to develop.

In the textile industry, it was unable to compete with Britton, which made the financial strength of Visigothic inferior to Britton, and thus the comprehensive strength of Visigothic was not comparable to Britton. Under these circumstances, the Visigoths were very keen to obtain a sufficient production base for the raw materials of their textile industry - that is, the colonies of the thirteen states.

That's why they intervened in this war. I guess King Louis's highest goal was to incorporate the entire colony of the Thirteen States into his colonial empire. The minimum goal was for the American Republic to maintain good diplomatic relations with Visigoths in order to facilitate their importation of cotton from the colonies of the thirteen states. ”

"So, what is our goal? Is it cotton?" asked Elise.

"Yes," William nodded, "the textile industry, the industry I've always wanted to get involved in...... Now that I finally have a chance, do you think I should do it?" William lowered his voice after saying this: "The northern part of the Thirteen State Colonies is a manufacturing base, which is of no use to us. And the south of the Thirteen States Colony is a vast cotton field! Why do you think I chose to ask that woman for the five southern colonial states, and why did that woman give me these five colonial states so easily?"

"She's in trouble. Elise replied.

"That's right. William replied, "I don't want to keep the colonial higher-ups, the lords of the manors, alive. In a sense, their contradiction with me is greater than their contradiction with the Britons. The Britons had only cut off their wealth. I'm going to eat their market, and I'm going to take their lives!"

"However, if we get involved in the textile industry and obtain cotton production bases, will this cause hostility to the Brittonians?" Elise then became a little worried: "Visigoths have obtained the cotton resources of the thirteen state colonies, so Visigothic textiles will have an impact on the Brittonian market in the shortest possible time." In our words—"

"—If it were us, things would be much better. Because our traditional market is within the borders of the empire. William replied, "Our conflict with the Bretons is much smaller than the conflict between the Bretons and the Visigoths." Although this will also cause unpleasantness to the Britons. But this unpleasantness seemed to them to be barely acceptable. At least until they are not productive enough to produce all the textiles they need for humanity as a whole. ”

"But that day will come, won't it?" asked Elise.

"Yes, that day will come, but not today. William replied, "Calm down, Elise." At least for now, we are allies with the Britons. We need to cooperate as much as we can. At least in the case that we still have common enemies, and common interests. We will do our best to cooperate. ”

In this way, William spoke to Elise and Charlumie, and said all his ideas, and what he wanted to do next—he hoped to be able to separate the "Goths" from the entire system of the Thirteen State Colonies. He hoped to be able to build a whole new Gothic empire in the New World. He also wanted to acquire cotton plantations in the southern part of the colony. Plenty of nourishment for his future textile empire.

Of course, none of this is simple. Even from the very beginning, there were difficulties - the vast majority of the inhabitants of Savannah, as well as the colonists around Savannah, did not buy William's plan for the "Teutonic Americas". It's like the captives of the Gothic descendants that William came into contact with at the beginning. They don't have a strong sense of identity with the race, blood, traditions, and Gothic Empire of the Old World. They also do not confirm their identity as Goths.

They did not welcome the arrival of the White Army. William's announcement that "this will be part of the Neo-Gothic Empire, will be part of the Gothic Empire, and will be part of the overseas territories of the Russian Kingdom."

The cavalry, preachers, and priests that William sent around Savannah were not welcomed in any way, either sympathetic to the inhabitants of the American Republic, or unsympathetic - the latter still considered themselves part of the kingdom of Briton and were subjects of Queen Briton. And although William and Victoria had an agreement, they didn't seem to be quite sure of the legitimacy of the agreement.

After all, this is the agreement of "William and Victoria". Victoria is known as the other Queen of Briton. At the same time, the Thirteen State Colonies were actually in the hands of the Briton Company. But she lacked a "nominal" in the "nominal", the colonies of the thirteen states belonged to the overseas territories of the Briton Kingdom. At the same time, the governors of the thirteen colonies were all appointed by Queen Briton.

Even the people of the American Republic have the slogan of overthrowing the tyrant and overthrowing the government and parliament of the Kingdom of Briton. And not to overthrow the big Briton corporation.

In this way, the first problem that William had to face was to get the Savannah under his control, and the colonists around him, to recognize them as part of the neo-Gothic. This was much more difficult than in the Middle Ages, when you had to defeat the opposing lords, and then beat the opposing nobles in batches, and then you could send cavalry, and the villages would loudly proclaim: You are the subjects of such and such a king, or such and such an emperor, and you will have to pay taxes to such and such a king.

Yes, times are different, and this should be the worst thing William thinks.

That's not a problem, though. At least not in William's opinion. Overseas colonies usually have a very simple and very efficient way of claiming ownership.

That's war.

Army, strength, wage war, easily annex the colony. When the New World was first discovered, the colonies in the New World were constantly changing every day, even every minute and every second. Either they defeated an indigenous tribe and took control of the land they controlled, or they were attacked by an indigenous tribe and killed all the colonists there. Then, colonizers from various countries will wage wars against each other for land, minerals, estates, and wealth.

From the skirmishes between two colonies over water. Until the two colonial governors issued a general mobilization order, there was a "war of alluring" that brought together all the adult males of the colony.

And although in recent decades, as the kingdom of Briton has gradually become stronger. With the establishment of effective colonial rule on the northern continents of the New World, the colony of the Thirteen States emerged and then became entrenched, and this was largely unrepeated.

But that's just the basics.

The war with Louisiana, the war with Florida, the war with the local natives...... The wars of the colonies of the Thirteen States never stopped. In this case, "conquest by force" has naturally become one of the most effective tactics to bring the colonists to their knees.