Holy Roman Empire

There is no way, who let the London government choose to win over the United States?

Sensing the danger of the alliance, he couldn't help but move closer to Shinra.Then, with the support of Shinra, the Alliance also set off an industrial revolution.

Like most countries, the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the Confederacy was also the textile industry.The origin of the raw materials has been playing weaving by itself. How can this embarrass Britain, which was founded on the textile industry?

You must know that the textile industry is the largest industrial chain in Britain, and more than one-third of the British people can be related to this industrial chain.

As the largest cotton producing area in the world, the Allied countries have unparalleled advantages in developing the textile industry. In terms of cost, it can easily beat the British textile enterprises.

Once there is a problem in the textile industry, the British economy will collapse in minutes, and the British will naturally be unable to sit still.

Because of the wooing of the United States, the Confederate States fell to Shinra, which is considered by the public to be the biggest diplomatic mistake of the Robert Cecil administration, and it is also one of the important factors in the Conservative Party's defeat in the general election.

When he was in opposition, Campbell also used this issue to criticize the government. Now that he is in power, he finds that it is not the case at all.

It seems to be a diplomatic mistake to win over the United States, but in fact the British government has no choice at all.Regardless of whether there is such a thing or not, the Allied countries will develop their own cotton textile industry, which is determined by their interests.

As early as ten years ago, the Allied countries planned to develop their own cotton textile industry, but under the pressure of Britain, they were forced to choose to give up.

In recent years, with the strong rise of the Holy Roman Empire, Britain's supremacy is faltering, and the suppressed allies have once again given birth to the ambition to develop the textile industry.

Unlike in the past, with the Holy Roman Empire making trouble, Britain no longer has the ability to prevent the Allies from developing the textile industry.

At this point, the gap between the two sides has already occurred.No matter how much attention is paid to the relationship between the two countries, it cannot resist the conflict of interests.

The Vienna government can help the Allied countries develop the textile industry, but the London government is absolutely impossible, otherwise the domestic interest groups will have to coup.

It is far less cost-effective to win over a country with a core conflict of interest as an ally than a stronger country with relatively less conflict of interest.

After all, the next step is to fight for hegemony with the Holy Roman Empire, maybe there will be another battle, and the allies will not be able to do it.

"It's cool for a while, and the crematorium afterwards."

Now Campbell has a bit of this feeling.It was cool to spray in the front, but after he took over the position, he actually wanted to continue the foreign policy of his predecessor.

If it was just a diplomatic problem, Prime Minister Campbell could handle it.Politicians, thick-skinned is only standard. "Say one thing and do another" is completely routine.

What worries Campbell the most is the steady decline of the domestic economy and the growing social conflicts.

Of course, Campbell is not completely unprepared for these questions.As the leader of the reformists, Campbell put forward reform proposals as early as a few years ago.

In this world, it has always been easy to shout slogans, but difficult to do practical things.

"Reform" has never been smooth sailing. Since ancient times, reforms have been successful with very few, and most of them ended in tragedy.

After taking the position, Campbell truly realized that the current situation was difficult.Everything in reality told him that it wasn't that the previous government didn't want to reform, it was that the interests involved were too great and he didn't dare to take it lightly.

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Trade Minister Lloyd George: "This is our import and export trade report for the first half of the year, and the situation is very bad.

Compared with the same period last year, the total export volume in the first half of this year decreased by 0.46% compared with the same period last year, the total import volume increased by 2.67% year-on-year, and the trade deficit increased by 3 percentage points.

This is the third year in a row that our export trade has shrunk and the trade deficit has grown for the tenth year.To be precise, since the end of the European War, the empire's trade deficit has been increasing.

Affected by shrinking exports and trade deficit, the international status of the pound has also been impacted.

Especially in the European world, countries have adopted Aegis and gold for trade settlement, and the pound has been marginalized.

The root cause of all this is that domestic industrial and commercial products have lost their competitiveness in the international market.

Machinery manufacturing, electrical equipment, internal combustion engine automobile industry, etc., among a series of emerging industries, there is almost no shadow of imperial goods.

Even our homeland is now full of Shinra manufacturing.If this continues in the long run, sooner or later the empire's economy will have problems. "

Trade deficits are nothing new. Since Fao completed industrialization, Britain has gradually been in a deficit position in international trade.

Relying on the first-mover advantage in the first industrial revolution, this deficit did not bring disaster to the British, but pushed the pound to the international market.

It's just that the good times don't last long. With the continuous growth of the trade deficit, problems gradually emerged.Excessive deficits have directly led to wealth outflows.

After all, not all countries are willing to accept sterling settlements. If they want to harvest the world by printing money, Britain does not have the strength yet.

With the rise of the Holy Roman Empire, Aegis began to steal the pound's market, and this situation became more and more obvious.

Everyone is not a fool. Seeing Britain's trade deficit is getting bigger and bigger, no one is willing to hold pounds on a large scale to pay for the consumption of the British.

As time goes by, more and more European countries are no longer willing to accept settlements in British pounds.

The share of the British pound in the international currency market has been reduced. If we want to quell the trade deficit, we can only use real money to fill this hole.

Although there were colonies to plunder, the continuous outflow of gold and silver still became a problem that plagued the British government.

It is very simple to change all this, either regain the lost market, or develop new products to open up new markets.

It's a pity that the competitor this time is the Holy Roman Empire. Force deterrence has no effect, and competition through normal commercial means will not win the market back at all.

It is even more unrealistic to develop new products. British companies are so powerful, and there will be no shrinkage in export trade.

Labor Secretary Burns: "Affected by the economic downturn, domestic labor conflicts and employment issues have also become acute.

According to our survey data, our unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage points in the first half of this year.It may seem unremarkable, but this has been rising for five consecutive years.

Not to mention labor conflicts, just look at the strike parade outside.Since the beginning of this year, there has been an obvious increase in the situation.

Taking London as an example, there were 16 strikes in the first half of the year with more than [-] people, and demonstrations took place almost every month.

If I hadn't been sure that this was London, I would have wondered if I had strayed into Paris.The frequency of strikes and demonstrations is simply beyond..."

It can be seen that Burns really wants to solve the problem.As the first representative of the working class to join the cabinet, even if it is only for political purposes, Burns must make achievements.

Before he took office, he believed that it would be enough to legislate to protect labor interests and prohibit capitalists from acting recklessly.

After learning the first-hand information, Burns once doubted his eyes.

The current problem in Britain is not only a problem of capitalists' reckless behavior, but the bigger trouble is that the survival of enterprises has encountered challenges.

Emerging industries have been hit in pieces, and traditional industries are facing a series of problems such as cruel market competition, meager profits, and overcapacity.

The choice of the British capitalists in the original time and space was to reduce production capacity and play in the colony behind closed doors.Anyway, the British colonial market is big enough for them to support their retirement.

As for updating machinery and equipment, increase investment in research and development to face international competition.Just say a few exciting slogans on your mouth, if you take it seriously, you will lose.

Capital is the most realistic, if you can make money without risk, why take risks to participate in international competition?

The data does not lie. Regardless of the country, aggressive and R&D-focused companies die the fastest, while conservative companies that are not enterprising have a longer life expectancy.

Perhaps conservative enterprises will be eliminated by the market one day in the future, but before being eliminated by the market, capitalists have already made enough money from it.

In contrast, for companies that continue to invest in research and development, everyone is happy when they succeed. Once there is a problem in the middle, it will lose all their money.

Capital hates risks, and making money steadily is the greatest happiness.The capitalists who are willing to gamble their wealth to win a better tomorrow for the enterprise are always a minority.

Herbert Henry Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer: "These problems have been around for a long time. In order to solve the domestic economic problems, the previous government twice reduced the tax rate for industrial and commercial enterprises.

If it is not rejected by the parliament, they are even ready to start the export subsidy plan to increase the market competitiveness of enterprises.

It’s just that these can only take a temporary solution. If we want to really solve the problem, we still have to rely on our own efforts.

We have to admit that we are lagging behind in many areas.Shinra products are all over the street. If you compare any product with similar domestic products, our company is indeed not doing well in terms of cost performance.

The trouble now is that domestic capitalists lack interest in technological innovation, especially in the field of machinery and equipment, and they lack innovative spirit.

What the capitalists want is to end free trade, reopen trade barriers, and protect markets with tariffs.

Of course, they didn't say it so directly.The euphemistic name is: use trade barriers to temporarily protect the domestic casualty market and buy time for corporate technological innovation.

However, we all know that with the investment enthusiasm of domestic enterprises in the field of scientific research, I am afraid that this situation will not change in the next century. "

No matter what policy, in the final analysis, it is all about interests.Because of interests, the British government established a free trade system; also because of interests, the British government now has to consider terminating free trade.

Even if Asquith disliked all of this very much and felt that these unprogressive guys were the moths of Britain, he must carefully consider their opinions.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Prime Minister Campbell waved his hand and said, "These problems are the realities we will face in the coming days.

The fact that Britain has come to this point is the result of these problems. The reality tells us that Britain has reached the point where it has to reform.

If this continues, not to mention competing with the Holy Roman Empire, the domestic social conflicts alone can kill half of our lives.

The protection of the market can be considered, but how to protect it, how far it will be protected, and what impact it will cause, these must be carefully considered.

These problems affect the whole body. Once we adopt trade barriers, other countries are bound to follow suit, and our import and export trade will definitely be affected by then.

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Chapter 82 The New Steel Center at an Untimely Birth

The British are about to reform. For most countries, this is definitely a happy event worthy of universal celebration.

"Reform" may not necessarily make the country stronger, but it will definitely make the government busy.

The bigger the country and the longer the regime, the more problems it will encounter in the process of "reform".Britain, a century-old world hegemon, naturally faces all-round problems.

From the colonies to the mainland, there are too many problems left over from history, and the government needs to find a way to solve them.

It can be described as "a single hair moves the whole body".Even if the London government only makes partial reforms, that will keep them busy for a while.

History has proved that as long as the British get busy, international disputes will be greatly reduced and the world will become harmonious.

In fact, with the reunification of the Holy Roman Empire, the frequency of the British doing things has decreased a lot in recent years.

With the Holy Roman Empire at the front, most of the energy of the British government was dragged down, and naturally there was no time to toss other countries.

Now that the British government wants to carry out internal reforms, it has no energy to toss.That's a huge boon for politicians around the world, and it means another few days of sleep.

Although the two powers stand side by side now, only Britain loves to toss.As for the other overlord, he was obviously a farming player.

Looking through the international news, we know that since the hegemony of the Holy Roman Empire was established, in addition to supporting Spain to expel the Japanese, there was only the formation of a peacekeeping force to garrison France.

If it weren't for the double eagle flag of the Habsburg dynasty flying all over the world, everyone would have forgotten this new overlord.

Of course, this is only for ordinary people, and politicians must never forget it.Not doing things does not mean that you are incapable of doing things.

Just relying on Shinra's ambassadors abroad to dismantle the British every day, everyone knows that this is not a good master.Especially in the past two years, the Shinra Navy has often come out with "super battleships" in the name of exchanging learning experiences.

Obviously, it doesn't make any sense to exchange experience with a dreadnought with a few thousand tons of ironclad ships.

If it wasn't Liwei, no one would believe it.What you know is what you know, but politics is rarely confused.The overlords are all here for "friendly exchanges", so you can't help but cooperate!

Fortunately, the Shinra Navy just strolled around, swearing a sense of existence, and did not take the opportunity to engage in political blackmail, so everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The end result is that the progress of the British government in winning over its allies has become extremely difficult.Although the Royal Navy has the largest tonnage in the world, it has already suffered a loss in the number of super battleships.

There is no way, warship construction also takes time.Shinra's first-generation super battleship "Rome" was in service in 1900, and the British had just begun research and development.

After a lot of hard work, the British super battleship was delayed until 1903 before entering service.This is already a super level performance.

From project design, construction to final service, it only took more than two years, which is enough to prove the strength of Britain's shipbuilding industry.

This is useless. According to the construction speed of one ship per year, Shinra's fourth super battleship has already been launched, and it is almost a certainty to enter service within the year.

The Royal Navy lags behind, only temporarily, but the impact on countries is still huge.

One step at a time, one step at a time.

The naval technological revolution has broken out. Can the Royal Navy, which is temporarily at a disadvantage, really catch up?

The British shipbuilding industry can crush almost all countries in the world, except for the Holy Roman Empire.This is determined by the market and cannot be changed by individual will.

The seeds of doubt had been planted, and everyone's inferences about Britain's invincibility had been shaken.

Since it is impossible to determine the outcome, it is natural not to stand in a hurry.Right now, we haven't reached the point of "friend or foe", so everyone can take a moment to observe.

All countries in the world are relaxed, but Franz has a headache.The international situation has changed beyond recognition, and no one is sure whether the British reforms will succeed.

In the original time and space, Campbell was elected prime minister in December 1905, and met God in April 12, and the actual time in power was less than two years.

In such a short period of time, it is obviously impossible to complete the reform plan, but history still has a high evaluation of him.

Due to the butterfly effect and the impact of the domestic economic downturn and the intensification of social conflicts, all walks of life in the UK realized that reforms must be carried out. Campbell, a reformist leader, was elected in 1902.

Being elected three years in advance means that the reformers have three more years.For a country, "three years" does not seem to be a long time, but it can change many things.

Britain still has a solid foundation. Once the internal conflicts are resolved and the colonies are integrated, there is still great potential.

There are ready-made examples before him, and Franz cannot guarantee that the British will not follow suit.

In case the British are stimulated and follow Shinra to play with enfeoffment and completely eat Australia, Canada, New Zealand and other regions, it will be another proper world empire.

With such a large support plate, even if it loses in the struggle for hegemony, Britain is still a top power.

The only thing to be thankful for is that England is underpopulated and cannot digest such a large territory for a while.Otherwise, Franz could only do it in advance.

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Frederick: "Father, this is the new economic construction plan drafted by the cabinet. On the basis of the previous five-year plan, a new western economic revitalization plan is added, and it is planned to spend heavily to build the Ruhr Industrial Zone.