Chapter 1109： Tangled Tsar (1/2)

The government is acting, and the people are not idle. The fastest response was the capital market. The prices of strategic materials in the futures market continued to rise, and the stock market also staged a double-eyed battle.

One of the companies engaged in overseas trade counts as one, and all of them fell doubtful of life. Instead, the military industry sector rose rapidly.

For their own interests, capitalists engaged in overseas trade swiftly acted and launched powerful anti-war activities across Europe.

Especially the small European countries, almost all the people participated together, and submitted petitions to the British and Austrian embassies abroad, calling on the two countries to calm down and solve the problem through negotiation.

It's a pity that there is no use for eggs. Both the British and Shinra's chariots have been activated, and they can't be stopped if they want to stop.

It is not that Franz did not respect public opinion, on the contrary, it was because of public opinion that the war was launched. Although the voice of civil anti-war is rising, the voice of the main battle is even louder!

Apart from the group of people whose interests have been damaged, the only anti-war in the country are idealists. There is no doubt that compared with the whole society, the voices of these people are simply insignificant.

There is no way, the British deer is too fat. If the British Empire continues to flourish, everyone can only hold back even if they have ambitions.

The reality is very cruel. The British missed the second industrial revolution, which directly led to their disadvantaged position in international competition.

Although everyone originally doubted the strength of the British, they were shocked by the prestige of the Royal Navy and did not dare to act rashly for a while.

However, as the British announced their withdrawal from the free trade system, they immediately leaked their bottom line, and everyone suddenly discovered that the old world factories are now fading away.

Once the weakness is exposed, it is obviously impossible to have the deterrence before.

There are still a lot of smart people in this world. Franz can think of killing the British with numbers, and naturally some people can think of it.

With the advantages of industrial size, Shinra can do it: For every warship the British builds, they will build two to compete with it.

The navy is a technical arms, but also a scientific and technological arms. No matter how elite the Royal Navy is, it is impossible to be one enemy two at sea.

At least when the performance of the two warships is almost the same, it is impossible to achieve one enemy two.

So the question is, why should the British be the bosses because of the stronger comprehensive national power?

This is not a fight for fame, and there are a lot of benefits behind it. The biggest dividend is naturally currency hegemony, which is almost tied to world hegemony.

In the past ten or twenty years, the British hegemony has not been stable enough. Even with the currency hegemony of the pound sterling, Aegis has lost a large part of it.

But no matter how much you share, it's not as good as eating alone. No one can refuse to kill the British and enjoy currency hegemony exclusively.

Not only that, the British also have the most fertile colonies in their hands, which is a great temptation for nobles and commoners.

It's not a joke to turn over once. According to Franz the Great's consistent style, the most fertile land is to be banned, and everyone is not tempted.

Everyone is looking forward to the moon, and finally waited until the British Empire fell. If you don't hurry up, what will happen to the British in the future?

There are precedents for this. The veteran empire of the Holy Roman Empire is a typical example of a rebirth. There is no guarantee that the British cannot do it.

No matter how you look at it, Britain is now much stronger than the shattered Shenluo back then, and the difficulty of revival is much lower.

As long as they are fine-tuned internally, and then made up for the homework that was left in the second industrial revolution, they will still be a powerful empire that never sets.

There is no need to crush the strength of Shenluo. As long as the strengths of the two sides are close, the Vienna government cannot launch a challenge that is doomed to lose both.

Perhaps Britain will be more declining in the future, but everyone's patience has been consumed almost, and they are not willing to wait any longer.

What's more, the British will not wait to die. If the reform is really that simple, Campbell will not stop.

It is precisely because I have changed everything that can be changed. When it was time to ”reform”, I suddenly got stuck, and I had no choice but to suppress competitors to consolidate hegemony.

As a result, looking back, competitors have become giants. Don't talk about suppressing competitors, it's good not to be suppressed by competitors.

Not willing to surrender hegemony, the British will naturally be no exception. Driven by interests, the British Empire couldn't help starting the chariot.

In St. Petersburg, Nicholas II had an unknown hunch since the conflict between Shinra and Britain intensified.

Although he dreamed that he wanted to provoke a war between Britain and Austria in order to act as a fisherman and get the most benefit from it.