This is a new weapon designed by Armstrong, which is modified from a long-barreled cannon. The only design purpose is to target the airships of the Ming Dynasty.
Obviously, after the Beijing tragedy, even the temporary palace of Her Majesty Queen Victoria had made emergency plans.
Chapter 651 "Moderate" Inflation
That's right, this is the newly bought house of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
Of course, the matter was silent.
After all, the war is imminent, but it is really unreasonable to use Jewish soap money and the savings of the Qing regent to buy a house.
Of course, this is procedural justice, not embezzlement of military funds to repair gardens.
Walking into the courtyard, the royal style of the past is back.
The gardener is diligently planting flowers and plants, and the shoe grinder has dozens of pairs of new shoes hanging around his neck, and he is grinding the soles of the shoes for the queen one by one.
Everything is so orderly, everything is so natural.
It was as if the terrible stock market crash a year ago had never happened.
"Mr. Prime Minister, Her Majesty is waiting for you!"
Officer Latham led the way for him.
It can be seen that the Jew's soap and the devil's gold are very fat, and Her Majesty's new house is magnificent and spacious.
"Oh John, God bless, I'm so glad you came out of your grief so quickly!"
Far from the filthy London air and her damn beak mask, Victoria was in a great mood, but had to put on a sad look to comfort her Prime Minister.
Because news came from the Far East three days ago that his most beloved youngest son was arrested by Ming people.
After the so-called "people's public trial", he was sentenced to death and executed immediately.
Presumably at this time, he should have returned to the embrace of the Lord, right?
But obviously, just like his eldest daughter was shot dead in Sarajevo, losing a son did not deal any blow to the imperial prime minister in front of him.
Victoria was delighted that the wartime Prime Minister was now as distinguished a character as she was herself.
"Your Majesty, what I am more worried about is the new fighting style displayed by the Ming people!"
Sitting on the sofa, Churchill wanted to take out a cigar, but suddenly remembered that this was the queen's house, and hurriedly stuffed the big cigar back in embarrassment.
"War has completely changed from plane warfare to three-dimensional warfare. As the most powerful country in the world, our British Empire must have its own aviation regiment!"
Victoria took over the relevant documents, which described the blueprint for the formal formation of the Royal Air Force of the British Empire.
According to the calculations of the Ministry of National Defense, the British Empire needs at least 20 new airships in order to compete with the Ming Dynasty for local air supremacy.
If you want to regain the air supremacy in North America, then this number will reach 100.
"We can introduce French technology. The price of aluminum products has now been reduced to 1/8 of silver. This is an excellent time to form an airship aviation regiment."
"These airships are also available on the battlefields of Europe. Your paranoid, vulgar father-in-law has now entered Luxembourg and thwarted the gray cattle of the Russians in East Prussia."
"If we can have an aviation group deployed in Belgium or Sedan, we can better support our large force on the Marne."
"In short, spending 770 million pounds to form the air force of the British Empire is definitely a worthwhile thing."
Old Churchill lobbied the queen endlessly.
In this huge order of 770 million pounds, the consulting fees and consulting fees of the Ministry of Defense accounted for about 40%.
This is still the cost of listing.
What is invisible on the list is even more unknown.
Of course, the Churchill family also has a share of this money.
The Queen of England is much more powerful today than she was during World War I and World War II.
Although it is not as good as the monarchs of Germany, France (formerly), Ottomans, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Belgium and other countries, it is definitely not a decoration.
For example, Victoria has the power to veto this budget with one vote.
Fortunately, Victoria didn't mean to obstruct it. After all, it was spent on taxpayers' money and had nothing to do with her: "If you and the generals of the Ministry of National Defense think that an air force should be formed, then go for it! As long as you can kick Zhu Rich ass, worth any expense!"
"However, technically we still have a little problem..."
Churchill pointed to the last page of the document, "Currently the empire has fully mobilized, the North Sea Fleet is already blocking the German coastline, more than 13 troops have entered France and Belgium to fight against Germany, and [-] troops are in Egypt and the Balkans to uphold justice.
What is particularly deadly is that Ming, as an intercontinental power, will pose a major threat to us in North America, the Malay Archipelago, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, and even Iran..."
"Let's get straight to the point, my Mr. Prime Minister!"
Victoria was confused by the endless geographical terms, and interrupted impatiently.
"Simply put, Your Majesty, our treasury is rapidly dwindling and deflation is on the horizon."
The old Churchill pointed to Dalton's name and said, "Here is the opinion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who believes that if the empire prints more banknotes in a restrained, step-by-step, and economical way, it will help alleviate the fiscal deficit and the market. deflation."
It is not impossible to issue additional currency in the gold standard era.
After all, the circulation of currency is a secret of governments and banks.
Moreover, it is almost impossible for all currency holders to request to exchange for gold at the same time, and a certain degree of over-issuance is almost a common practice.
In addition, the credit of the government and the bank itself can also support a certain degree of over-issuance.
But it is clear that Churchill's over-issuance of currency plan is not an over-issuance in the conventional sense, but a relatively large-scale over-issuance.
"Your Majesty, you can rest assured that our excess currency is strictly calculated, resulting in only slight, healthy, moderate inflation, which will be conducive to economic recovery."
Victoria was a little worried, but with Churchill's repeated assurances and the Privy Council's explanation, the policy, called Churchill's New Deal, was quietly passed in the new royal residence in Oxfordshire.
The old Churchill was full of confidence, believing that active and moderate monetary stimulus would not only generate a large amount of military spending for himself, but in turn, military orders and the abundance of currency would also stimulate the economy.
In theory, he was quite right.
only……
……
Compared with the situation where the Qing government was infiltrated by the Ming Dynasty from the Forbidden City to the Green Camp, the British government is still airtight.
The white hounds are all relatively young. Even if there is a pound to clear the way, they are now some middle- and lower-level civil servants and have no access to top-level intelligence.
However, middle and lower-level civil servants must not be underestimated. The information they come into contact with is complicated. As long as they can be effectively refined, they can still discover a lot of crucial information.
For example, this time, about one and a half months after the secret talks in the manor, the information about the British issuing additional currency was put on the table of Long Live Lord.
In this regard, His Majesty Zhu Fugui made important instructions, which are four characters: "Super double".
Moderate inflation?
nonexistent!
Zhu Fugui shook his head: "Old Qiu, do you want to be Roosevelt? Go ahead and dream! It's your destiny to be bald! The day when the pound becomes a gold coupon, it won't be too late!"
At this point, the Ming Dynasty's financial war against the British Empire officially started.
At the same time, Zhu Fugui will also move to Xinyu. The first round of offensive in the Northern Yin theater of the Ming Dynasty will start in the tenth year of Dewu, that is, the last month of 1872 AD!
This will be the first large-scale, large-scale battle between the Ming Dynasty and the enemy on the Northern Yin Continent.
Chapter 652 Family Letter
On the vast Atlantic Ocean, two 2500-ton frigates are cutting through the waves.
Among them, a [-]-ton cruise ship was sailing towards the Royal Quebec Naval Base.
The beautiful hull cut a white ripple on the blue ocean, causing a splash much bigger than that of a frigate.
Twenty-three thousand tons, even if it's just a cruise ship, is enough to represent the peak of the British Empire's shipbuilding level.
Before being requisitioned by the British government, the ship was called the "Prince Albert", a luxury cruise ship belonging to the royal family.
However, in the stock market crash a year ago, it was sold to the Admiralty by Her Majesty the Queen for £100 million.
The reason why it was sold to the Royal Navy and not mortgaged to the bankers of the City was, of course, because...
Her Majesty the Queen loves the motherland and wants to support national defense construction!
This is a bit exaggerated for the Queen's patriotic price.
Launched 30 years later, the famous luxury cruise ship Titanic cost only 150 million pounds.
Considering the depreciation of the currency and the displacement of more than double that of the Titanic, the ship was basically sold to the Navy at a brand new ex-factory price with a float of 30-40 points.
The money could have built a pre-dreadnought-class battleship and still had surplus.
Even so, the generals of the Naval Logistics Department who received the ships, the lords of the Congress who passed the bill, and Victoria herself were all very satisfied with the sale.
Even the recruitment advertisement in London used a photo of the Queen tearfully bidding farewell to her beloved cruise ship, and wrote: "Even the Queen's cruise ship has joined the army. Why don't you go to war to defend your country?"
The "Prince Albert" is now converted into a troop carrier, the "Good Man Winston".
Winston was the name Churchill Sr., the prime minister of the Empire, originally gave to his grandson.
Theoretically, the bastard who got pregnant out of wedlock was not liked by old Churchill.
But now he has died in the Far East with his parents for the glory of the British Empire.
So this baby Winston, who did not know whether he was born or not, became the youngest hero of the British Empire in this war.
But there are other versions too.
After the military coup in the Qing Dynasty, relevant insiders of the Tongliao shogunate of the newly established Tatar-Song regime revealed that Old Churchill’s grandson probably did not die, but received proper medical treatment and underwent an ancient and advanced operation. On the golden rice bowl in the system.
Old Churchill scoffed at this statement, emphasizing once again that his son, prospective daughter-in-law, and grandson had all died heroically for the British Empire.
The seven generations of dukes of Laoqiu's family are full of loyalty and loyalty.
In order to commemorate this late little hero who bravely fought against the tyranny, the Navy finally decided to name the troop carrier "Good Man Winston".
Although all the high-end blankets and decorative jewelry have been stripped from the "Goodman Winston", after being converted into a military transport ship, its accommodation conditions are still very luxurious.
This somewhat pleased the British soldiers on board.
These new troops, composed of hooligans, beggars, and punks recruited from the streets of London and Manchester, have received extremely strict training at home.
Compared with previous expectations, the conditions on the ship are not too bad. They can even use a hammock to experience the feeling of swinging on a luxury cruise ship.
At this time, the deck of the "Good Man Winston" cruise ship was crowded with British soldiers in red uniforms.
They stand on the side of the ship or sit on the side of the cabin, watching the sunrise on the sea, in front of their eyes is the blue sky, the vast sea, vast and boundless.
Although Britain is an island country, most of these soldiers saw the sea for the first time.
At least clear seas away from the polluted areas of London docks.
In the east of the sea, there is a line between the sky and the sea, the blue sea surface and the white sky are dyed red by the rising sun.
Such a magnificent scenery is very pleasing to these British soldiers, adding some fun to their boring North Atlantic trip.
Of course, this is the thinking of those soldiers who were born as gangsters.
There are also some middle and lower-level officers who have certain knowledge and understand the terrifying opponents on this trip.
Not many of them were fascinated by the beautiful sunrise like an oil painting, but most of them had a sad face on their faces. A young second lieutenant was writing a letter to his family with his back against the railing of the deck.
"Dear mom and dad.
Pray to God.May the Lord be with us.
This morning, the officers asked the cruise ship to sail at full speed. It is said that more than a dozen divisions were dispatched by China to surround the Fort Sauvo in Wisconsin and bombed Montreal again.
Friends were praying that after our nap in Quebec, we would move to Virginia to fight the Dixie Rednecks.
But I feel like we're going to Chicago, and if it's true, we're going to fight the Ming people.
I really don't want to fight them at all, damn it, they have [-] million people!
I heard that their emperor Zhu Fugui has recovered the traditional capital and is directly connected to that huge population.
Damn it, it was like Antai, the son of Gaia, stood on the ground and possessed endless power.
The Prime Minister told us that the Ming Dynasty only had more than 20 troops in North America. I think this is a complete lie.
I swear, they must have lied about the numbers.
All the people are soldiers there!
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