Berlin, Prussia.

Wilhelm IV was the most opposed country in all of Germany to the Dutch joining the Customs Union, without him because the Dutch were too strong in industry and commerce, and there were overseas colonies, and the only thing they lacked was the market.

If left unchecked, the sea coachman may be resurrected on the spot. In this way, Prussia had less advantage in the North German region, and the most terrible thing was that both were Exocet powers.

At this time, the country that consumes the most flying fish in the world is Austria, which used to be protected by the German Customs Union, and Prussia could adjust the price of flying fish unscrupulously, even if the flying fish in the Netherlands was cheaper.

But now it's different, the Netherlands received the same status as Prussia after joining the German Customs Union, and they have no reason to watch the money not earn.

The result is an influx of flying fish into the German market, which will directly lead to a decline in the price of flying fish. This is a good thing for Austrians who are fasting on Friday, after all, more people will be able to eat flying fish as the price of flying fish falls.

But this was not the case for Prussia, which meant that the market for Flying Fish would change from a seller's market to a buyer's market.

As for wanting to reach an agreement with the Netherlands to control market prices, not to mention that the other side has a far better relationship with Austria than with Prussia, it is impossible to let the flying fish that it has worked so hard to fight rot if it is calculated by its own production and consumption.

The Netherlands' own consumer market is small, and the fishery resources are extremely abundant, so it is impossible to get them to give up dumping.

Of course, it was almost impossible for Prussia to prevent the Netherlands from joining the German Customs Union, because the Dutch held a large number of colonies abroad, which was what the German states lacked.

However, since the Dutch had a large amount of capital in their hands, which they were likely to invest in Germany, the poor and weak states were not so disgusted.

If Prussia wanted to retain its position as the first power in North Germany, it had to oppose the Netherlands' entry into the German Customs Union, but there was no peace.

Following the Netherlands, Hanover also demanded membership in the German Customs Union, citing the fact that they had distanced themselves from Britain and sided with the German Confederation.

Now Prussia is really big, because no matter what the relationship between Hanover and Britain is, but the relationship between the Hanover royal family and the British royal family is broken bones and tendons.

If they want to smuggle, it's not too simple.

The Hanoverians were very wealthy in their perennial business with the British, and their shipping industry was relatively developed, and although they had poor relations with Denmark, they had good relations with Norway and Sweden.

If Hannover were to be added to the German Customs Union, a large number of imported goods would certainly enter the German market, which would also have an impact on Prussian industry and commerce.

But these shocks were weak for Austria and could even export culture and goods in reverse.

Wilhelm IV was almost vomiting blood in the face of this situation, and his opposition was of no avail, since the accession of the Netherlands to the German Customs Union had been agreed between Austria and Austria long ago, and Austria had no reason to oppose it as for Hanover.

At this time, the prestige of the Austrian Empire was in full swing, and it was only natural that the other small states would follow suit.

At this time, the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Prussia sadly found that they were transforming into an agrarian state, and even if they possessed the Rhine region, they had no advantage over Austria, especially since the Prussian market was further reduced after the accession of the Duchy of Liège.

The Prussian Foreign Minister proposed to borrow the power of the British, but this was met with collective opposition from the Junker aristocracy and nationalists, because it would be self-defeating to get involved with the British now.

Wilhelm IV, however, tried it with a try-and-see attitude, but the new Robert Peel cabinet did not want to interfere too much in European affairs, because the internal workers' movement, the economic crisis, and the wars in the colonies around the world had already overwhelmed it.

(As mentioned earlier, Britain has always had a 3,000 civil service, which is the pride of the British, but an organization of this size is clearly not capable enough to rule this vast empire.)

As a result, a large number of temporary and expatriate workers flooded the government, and it would have been nice if the British Empire had remained strong or if the leaders had been shrewd.

But once there is a decline, they will increase the rate of dumping. ）

Robert Peale was a reformer who saw the crisis in Britain at this time, and he felt that the reason for the rise of the workers' movement was the wide gap between the rich and the poor.

As a result, the reformer introduced an income tax and adopted a progressive tax rate, which may not have been much to the poor, but it was worse for the rich businessmen than to kill them.

Many protested, but Robert Peele's hardline attitude led to the flight of some wealthy businessmen to the United States and France, but in fact raised domestic taxes significantly.

At the same time, Robert Peel restructured the Bank of England to make it more efficient, injected capital into some important industries and colonies, and drastic reforms quickly alleviated the economic crisis, while the workers' movement was reduced.

In order to better implement the reforms, he has also established a well-trained police force to monitor the results of the reforms.

Robert Peale pursued free trade, supported the reduction of import tariffs, protected the interests of industrial and commercial capital, and actively explored markets.

In particular, trade with the United States has picked up sharply, the first time since the economic crisis of 1837 that trade between the two countries has increased.

Having learned the lessons of the Whigs, he stopped dealing with the European powers and began to invade India, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, South America, and Ireland.

Ireland and Honduras are the regions he has been most squeezed out, with the former being the closest to the UK, while the latter has gold and few indigenous peoples.

(At the time, Honduras was the most populous country in the Central American Federation, but it was still too small in the eyes of the great powers.) ）

Robert Peele's reforms to Ireland were intended to turn it into a ranch for the British Empire. Under his manipulation, the Irish had less land in their hands, and large tracts of land were labeled as British.

The harsh tax rate was daunting, but the Irish didn't seem to react because they were used to it.

Prussia was at odds with the rest of the German Confederation, which seemed to Robert Peel to be a good thing.

However, he preferred to watch Prussia struggle in the German Confederation rather than help Prussia himself. When the Confederacy was at odds with each other, Prussia had to rely on Britain.

And Britain was not alone in hoping that Prussia would be isolated in the German Confederation.

As for the growing strength of Austria, it was the French who should have been the first headache.

This was a good opportunity to break up their alliance, and Britain needed to recuperate, not to bother the continent.

(End of chapter)