1825 My New Daming

Chapter 189 Rebellious Son America, Your Daying Father Loves You Now! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
10 Downing Street, London, UK. December 1827.

When a British warship carrying the family of the former Indian emperor Abak II traveled thousands of miles, bypassed the African continent, drifted all the way from the South Atlantic to the North Atlantic, and finally arrived at Portsmouth Harbor, the news spread to the power of the British Empire. At the time of the center, Prime Minister Robinson, who was holding a naval arms conference, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Great, the Indian Empire is now under the firm control of Emperor William Now, the British Empire finally has a good son who can sacrifice everything for her! And, with the sacrifice of this good son, we The British Empire will be able to take the initiative in the struggle!"

The so-called initiative in struggle actually refers to the initiative in waging war!

The governments of Great Britain and Ming are actually responsible cabinets.It's just that the Ming Dynasty has been engaged in "coalition government" and "big government" for a long time, so the power of the Ming cabinet is greater than that of the British cabinet, but it doesn't do whatever it wants.For example, in the matter of going to war with Britain, the Ming cabinet could not make the decision. It had to be discussed repeatedly by the political council, and then voted on, and finally reported to the emperor and queen mother for approval.

Moreover, even within the Ming cabinet, there are quite a few people who oppose rashly launching a war.The strategy of the Ming cabinet is actually "small gamble, small win, stop at any time", not to start a war with Great Britain immediately.

Things on the British side are even more troublesome. Let alone a war, even if they want to fight with Daming on the "1000 million ton shipbuilding" proposal, it is impossible to pass it in the House of Commons. The cost of building a 10 million ton ship is at least 1000 billion pounds!How could the House of Commons agree?It was agreed in this way, and the exchange rate of the British pound collapsed before the [-] million-ton ship was built!
Robinson has already negotiated privately with the leaders of the opposition party in the British House of Commons, as well as the representative of the British financial industry, Nathan Rothschild. The ceiling price they gave is 3 million pounds to build 300 million tons and 200 airships. Also included!

In addition, the 3 million pounds of shipbuilding costs are not allocated at one time, but allocated for 15 years, which is 2000 million pounds per year, no more.Although the shipbuilding cost of 2000 million pounds is not a lot, at least 20 cruisers with a displacement of 1 to 1.5 can be built.But how much will Daming make?Their 1000 million ton plan must be bragging, but with a 15% or 300% discount, it can also double the size of the British mainland. After 600 years, it will be [-] million vs. [-] million. The advantage lies in the enemy!
In addition to the fact that the scale of shipbuilding is controlled by the parliament, the British cabinet, like the Ming cabinet, does not have the power to launch wars on its own, especially against opponents like Ming!
If you want the parliament to authorize the cabinet to seize the opportunity to go to war with Daming at any time, then let alone the Whigs refuse to agree, even the Tory MPs have to fry the pot, and even more than half of the cabinet members have to quit. up.

Therefore, when the best time to go to war comes, the cabinet may not be able to seize the opportunity to quickly defeat Ming due to the obstruction of the parliament
But now it's all right, Daying has an "independent and self-reliant" good son India.

Emperor William of India has more power than the king and cabinet of the British Empire!

In India, Emperor William not only had the freedom to tax and owe debts, but also the freedom to expand the army and navy and launch wars.

Therefore, after the British Empire "owned" the Indian Empire, it was tantamount to indirectly owning the freedom to tax, owe debts, go to war and expand the army.Moreover, as long as the British Empire does not end, it can still maintain the dignity of a neutral country after India's defeat.

This Indian adopted son is so filial!Sacrifice yourself properly to protect Dad!
When the British Prime Minister was about to say a few good words to praise India, Robert Peel, the Foreign Secretary who had just reported that the former emperor of India had arrived in the UK, suddenly handed another report to the Prime Minister, "Mr. Prime Minister, this is Whitehall just now. The report on the three-party dispute between the United States, Mexico, and Ming Dynasty sent by the secretary together."

"The United States, Mexico, and Ming Dynasty?" The British Prime Minister was stunned for a moment. "I know that the Yankees and Mexicans have been fighting openly and secretly for Texas and other territories, but I don't remember Ming being involved."

Robert Peel said: "Actually, Daming hasn't participated yet, but this day is not far away!"

"Oh? Why?" The British Prime Minister took over the report and looked at it while speaking, and frowned after reading it for a while, "No, this is a report about the discovery of a huge oil field in western Pennsylvania. According to reliable sources, the Americans In a small town named Pitolai, a high-yield oil well with a daily output of 6000 barrels was drilled using equipment imported from Daming, and someone also drilled oil in the nearby town of Titusville, with a daily output of 2000 barrels. .

According to expert assessment, there may be tens of millions of tons of oil that can be exploited in western Pennsylvania!What a lucky American, now they are going to get rich But, what does this have to do with Mexico and Daming? "

"Have!"

One of the founders of the British Conservative Party in history, if Robert Peel, a bigwig in the Tory Party, explained: "The Secretary of the Navy, Viscount Palmerston, told me that our British Empire needs oil...very much, because oil can provide Great power from the navy of the British Empire!"

Palmerston immediately took up the topic, and continued: "According to the research report provided by the Ministry of the Navy, even spraying fuel oil on the coal for combustion support may greatly improve the combustion efficiency of the boiler. It is speculated that it can increase by more than 50% at most.

There is also public information showing that Jiangnan Heavy Industry of the Ming Empire recently installed a power generation system for a power plant, including several oil-fired boilers and a large steam turbine, and its maximum power is likely to exceed 4 horsepower !If Daming installs such a power system on a battleship"

"4 horsepower? How many horsepower does our Sovereign have?"

"The indicated horsepower is 9000 horsepower, and the maximum horsepower under forced ventilation is 11000 horsepower." Palmerston reported the relevant data fluently, and then frowned, "Prime Minister, according to our expert research, the upper limit of the three-expansion steam engine is also It is 3 horsepower and above, the equipment is too huge!
The upper limit of using coal-fired boilers and steam turbines to power warships is about 4-5 horsepower.If you go further up, you must put on fuel!If we can't solve the problem of stable oil supply for a long time, then once Daming miniaturizes the equipment used for power generation and installs it on battleships, then any battleship they come to randomly may run faster than our armored cruiser quick!so."

"I understand!" Prime Minister Robinson nodded, "We need oil from the United States, so the conflict between... Ming and the United States is inevitable!"

"Prime Minister," Foreign Secretary Robert Peel laughed, "actually, the conflict between the Americans and Ming Dynasty is already difficult to reconcile! President Monroe has always claimed that the Americas belong to the Americans while the Ming Dynasty occupies New Manchuria in the northwest of America, and Still coveting Oregon, people from Ming Dynasty often go to Oregon to find gold. In theory, Oregon is jointly managed by us and the Americans. We can use the discovery of gold in Oregon as an excuse to announce the auction of what we hold Oregon Equity!

In addition, Ming has always firmly supported the Mexican Emperor Agustin I.The United States has always supported the Republicans in Mexico. In order to obtain a loan from Daming, Agustin I mortgaged California's mineral development rights and land development rights to Daming, allowing Daming citizens and companies to reclaim and mine at will.And Ming's mining company discovered a large number of gold mines in California! "

Prime Minister Robinson snorted: "Why is luck on the enemy's side?"

Robert Peel said: "Prime Minister, finding gold means not only luck, but also disaster. The conflict between the United States and Mexico was only the land suitable for growing cotton in Texas. By the way, that Emperor Agustin may soon Will find a way to develop Texas without relying on the Americans!"

"What way?" Robinson asked, "Americans have black slaves, so does Mexico?"

"It's not black slaves," Robert Peel said. "The Emperor of Mexico can lease the land in Texas to farmers in Ming Dynasty, and those farmers will hire Japanese workers who are hardworking and more efficient than black slaves!"

"Can Augustine I think of this?" Robinson was a little skeptical.

Robert Peel said: "Our diplomat will let him think of it! If the farmers of Ming Dynasty and Japanese workers enter Texas, we will find gold in the Oregon colony. And we are going to transfer our rights and interests in this colony! And Ming's Armaments are pouring into Mexico again! Prime Minister, do you think America will need us?"

(End of this chapter)