Chapter 1072： Panama Canal (1/2)

The British government is carrying out internal reforms, and the Vienna government is also busy building internal affairs, but international conflicts have not stopped because of this.

Failure to do what the enemy wants to do is victory. The two big BOSS opened the mutual pit mode again.

Pits are not easy to dig. In the field of pit people, both London and Vienna are master-level players. Generally, pits simply cannot bury people.

Because of the reform, the British government is now in fierce internal fighting, but this does not mean that the Vienna government can do something.

Britain and Shenluo have faced each other for so many years, and the two countries have unified their thinking early and labeled each other as an ”enemy.”

To this day, there is no pro-British faction in Vienna, and no pro-Austrian faction in the British government. Traditional friendships have long been exhausted in conflicts of interest.

If the Vienna government really does not know the so-called blending in, it may be forced by the threat of foreign enemies, and the British government will reach a compromise in advance.

But not doing anything and wasting this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Frederick was not reconciled.

You know, the Vienna government has not taken any action against the British; but the British government's small actions against Shinra have never stopped.

”Shinra threat theory”, ”anti-dumping theory”, ”liberal security theory”...a series of international hot topics were all made by the British.

The rumors and rumors are purely ”three people become a tiger”. Once there are too many people, it will not be washed away.

Frankly speaking, Frederick is not afraid of gossip. For big countries, international public opinion is the same.

The crux of the problem lies in the fact that the British are not simply spreading rumors. Many things do exist, but they are slightly exaggerated.

For example: ”The problem of commodity dumping” is real. Under the free trade system, the industrially powerful Holy Roman Empire did take advantage of it and dumped in certain areas.

The earliest large-scale dumping of goods was led by the British, and even more so than Shinra.

At that time, the British used cotton cloth as a sharp weapon to dump them all over the world, destroying the textile industry of all countries, and making a lot of money without being satisfied, and then playing the opium trade.

In a sense, Britain’s brilliance is built on the three of ”colonization”, ”dumping” and ”drugs.”

Now that the lid is uncovered, it is naturally not the conscience of the British who discovered that, mainly in the cruel market competition, they have changed from dumpers to dumped.

What causes and results. Britain was left behind in the second industrial revolution, and the emerging industries were completely beaten by the Shenluo, and certain subdivisions were simply blank.

The cotton textile industry, which originally had an advantage, has also been hit by national capitals of various countries, and its development has been very unsatisfactory in recent years.

There is no way, who makes the textile industry the first step of industrialization in all countries?

It is not so much that Shinra is competing with Britain, it is better to say that all industrialized countries are competing with Britain.

In contrast, Shinra's situation is much better.

Whether it is the electric power, internal combustion engine automobile industry, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and biological, or all kinds of mechanical equipment manufacturing, all need science and technology to support, the threshold is inherently higher than the textile industry.

Countries that have just begun to industrialize simply do not have the ability to develop in-depth in these fields, and naturally there is no impact.

Since they can't eat this bowl of rice at home, the British, who are a dung stick, naturally have to set up the table.

It seems that the British are ”opposing commodity dumping,” but they are actually paving the way for the ”disruption of the free trade system.”

Not only the British have done things like smashing the pot, but the Vienna government has also done it.

You know, Franz was the first emperor to publicly demand the prohibition of opium, and he brought the world to play anti-drug activities.

Affected by this, it directly led to the premature collapse of the British drug empire. Otherwise, Britain’s foreign trade deficit would not be as severe as it is now.

According to the original progress in time and space, the British drug empire gradually collapsed after opium cultivation in various countries developed and diluted profits with drugs.

Feng Shui turns, and now it is the turn of the Vienna government to have a headache. As the world's largest industrial country, the demand for the commodity sales market is self-evident.

Once the free trade system collapses and the era of trade barriers comes, import and export trade will definitely be greatly affected, which will definitely be a major blow to Shinra's economy.

In contrast, other rumors are not worth mentioning. In this age of the weak and the strong, the ”Shinra Threat Theory” brings not only the suspicion of various countries, but also deep fear.

Can't let you convince me, let you fear me, it's the same. In a sense, this shameless spirit is also learned from the British.

It can only be said that the times will change people, and it can also change a country. As the overlord of an era, there is always something worth learning from.

No matter how deep the conflict between Shenluo and Britain is, it cannot affect the Vienna government to learn from the British how to be a hegemon.

To be precise, Prince Frederick wanted to learn from the British. As for Emperor Franz, who is already in semi-retirement, he is now over the age of learning.

When the Holy Roman Empire has fully achieved hegemony, Franz will officially retire. How to be a hegemonic issue, that is what Frederick needs to consider.

”When you encounter something that you don't know where to start, just hold back.”

Frederick was instilled in this truth since he was a child, so he does not lack patience. In fact, anyone who has been a prince for more than forty years will not lack patience.

When you open a history book, you know that a prince with a bad mentality usually died early. Compared with many of his peers, Frederick was already lucky, at least he took power early.

You must know that Edward VII, who was also the crown prince, was not allowed to touch politics until he was fifty years old.

As for the future generations of Prince Charles, who is known as the Living Years series, whether he can survive the long standby queen, it is still unknown.

Of course, what is even more tragic is that this prince has no chance to be in power, waiting for just a rubber stamp crown.

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Vienna Palace

Foreign Secretary Frankel: ”Your Highness, the United States of America sent a diplomatic note, hoping to obtain the right to excavate the Panama Canal.”

The ”Panama Canal” was excavated by the French decades ago. Unfortunately, when Napoleon III was busy expanding into the Italian region, the Panama region fell into the hands of Austria.

In the face of an uncooperative colonial government, the construction of the Panama Canal will naturally not go smoothly. After several years of intermittent tossing, it finally ended in the bankruptcy of the Canal Company.

The absence of the French does not mean that the Panama Canal is over. In fact, many people within the Holy Roman Empire wanted to dig this golden waterway.

Unfortunately, no matter what kind of excavation plan came to the hands of the Vienna government, it was eventually rejected.

Everyone knows that this is a political issue. The capitalists of Shinra have all experienced severe beatings from the society and did not have the courage to confront the government.