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Chapter 1460 The Haze of War in Britain
In the city of Nottingham in central Britain, King Charles I fled from London. He held up the royal banner and called on nobles from all counties to recruit militias to support him!
At the same time, Charles I declared members of Parliament Pym, Hampton and others to be rebels, and threatened that once his king's army returned to London, he would execute Pym, Hampton and others for treason!

It has to be said that Charles I is still very prestigious in many counties, and many royalist nobles, gentry, and peasants responded to Charles I's call and began to gather in Nottingham.There are also some gentry and nobles who control some towns and villages to provide material support for Charles I.

Support for Charles I was mainly in the western and northern parts of Britain. The economy here was relatively backward. However, in the hearts of the British people, the king was still honorable. Soon, in addition to the Royal Guards, Charles gathered another 5000 people who were summoned. Nobles and soldiers.

Members such as Pym and Hampton, who occupied the city of London, rebuilt the parliament by themselves. Many counties responded to the call of Pym and Hampton and elected members to the city of London as usual.

The parliament organized the knights, militiamen, handicraftsmen, ordinary citizens, and farmers who supported them into a parliamentary army. The third Earl of Essex, the son of the favorite minister in the Elizabethan era, was the commander-in-chief of the parliamentary army. He planned to go to Nottingham to attack the king's army. Ask the king to recognize the reconstruction of Parliament and sign the "Great Protest".

Residents in the city of London are very busy. This is an area that supports the parliament. The parliament uses the resources of the city of London to provide firearms, food and grass for the parliamentary army. Many eastern and southern counties are on the side of the parliament. The economy here is developed, and many people are willing to Stand up for a parliament that represents their interests.They recognize the majesty of the king, but they believe that the king cannot abuse his power.

The nobles and common people in more counties are holding a wait-and-see attitude. They think that both the king and the parliament are reasonable, and they will fall to whichever camp they will see who can gain the upper hand in the competition.

The business of Western companies here was greatly affected by the outbreak of the British Civil War.Many craftsmen employed by Western companies intervened in the British Civil War and joined the parliamentary army, which caused some factories of Western companies to be unable to operate at full capacity.

Especially the 7 cannons produced for King Charles, it is estimated that they cannot be transferred to him.The people in the parliament monitored the factories of Western companies, fearing that they would produce muskets and cannons to support King Charles.They are afraid of the technological level of the East.

The parliament has confiscated a lot of royal land, and the factories of Western companies are also built on the royal land. If it weren't for the fear that the Chinese army would intervene in the war within Britain, the parliamentary army might have taken over these factories a long time ago.

In the guild hall of Huaxia merchants, many directors, merchants, and stewards were worried.Their originally thriving business was stagnated due to the British Civil War. The only normal functioning ironworks were the blast furnaces that provided pig iron and steel for French merchants and Dutch merchants, and the teahouse.

During the war, people's purchasing power will also decrease, which reduces the sales of many goods they bring.

"The military's prediction for this war will last at least two or three years, unless we personally intervene in the war, it is possible to accelerate the end of the war." Sun Chuanting said.

"Didn't it mean that our army will not join the struggle between the king and the parliament for the time being?" asked the merchants.

"It is true that in order to minimize the anger of the people of the City of London and some other counties, our army will not join their infighting for the time being. But that does not mean that we will always stand by. We must ensure that the situation does not become one-sided The situation. Therefore, I will go north to Nottingham to join the king in the near future, and continue to serve as the king's military advisor in my personal capacity to see if I can help the king's army win. It would be best if Charles could settle the parliamentary rebellion by himself, otherwise We also had to lead the troops to intervene in this matter," Sun Chuanting said.

"If our army intervenes in their internal struggles, their parliament may seize all our assets in the city of London." The businessmen of Western companies said worriedly.

"Don't worry, at least our army will not declare war on the Parliament until the pig iron orders for the French merchants and the Dutch merchants are completed. Before the declaration of war, we will also arrange for you to temporarily evacuate the city of London."

"It is not easy to evacuate the factories that have been set up and some of the machines that have been installed, especially the blast furnaces and steam engines for ironmaking..."

"If we really go to war, our fleet will occupy the city of London as soon as possible, and send soldiers to take back our factory. Even if it falls into their hands temporarily, there will be no problem at all."

Before Sun Chuanting was about to leave the city of London, he appeased the businessmen who were still active in the city of London.

No one thought that the city of London, which should have been the safest, would be unpopular with Charles I.

After reassuring the businessmen who were still active in London, Sun Chuanting left London with two hired British entourages and went north to Nottingham to meet King Charles I.

Sun Chuanting witnessed the collapse of the King's Army in the Battle of Newcastle with his own eyes. He did not have much confidence in King Charles, so he had to go to serve as the King's military advisor and keep an eye on the progress of the King's Army.

"Sun Chuanting has also left the City of London. We still have a lot of wealth in the City of London. We need to transfer it to armed merchant ships as soon as possible. I don't know how the parliament will deal with us." After Sun Chuanting left, the Chinese merchants still tried anxiously transfer the wealth they have earned in the City of London.

Huang Xiushan frowned.War is a crisis for trade, but also a huge profit opportunity, especially those commodities such as arms and munitions are in great demand.However, the location of their factory is a bit embarrassing, being monitored by the parliament, and they cannot sell ammunition and munitions to the parliament to deal with the king.

"Masters, the council sent a member named Cromwell to negotiate with us." The guards outside the guild hall knocked on the door to remind the Chinese merchants who were in a meeting.

"What is the parliament sending people to do at this time?"

"Cromwell? Do any of you know this man?"

"I don't know him, I haven't even heard of the name Cromwell...they came here on their own initiative at this time, wouldn't they want to seal up our factories and shops?"

The Chinese businessmen at the meeting were chattering, and their words were full of uneasiness.

"Everyone, keep calm!" Huang Xiushan knocked on the table to interrupt the panic of the businessmen, "No matter who this Cromwell is, and no matter what the parliament wants to do with our factories and shops, behind us is a powerful empire and the fleet, why should we be afraid?"

(End of this chapter)