"Sister, look, this is the main development direction of the Rakshasa Empire in the future!"
In the extremely luxurious Sofia Palace built outside Black Petersburg and close to the Black Sea, Peter I had already excitedly spread out a map of Europe published by Dabao Book Company, and then pointed to the land on it belonging to the Principality of Wallachia. To Empress Dowager Suo of Great Mongolia: "I will march to Wallachia, Moravia and Transylvania together with Louis the Great! If everything goes well, I will conquer half of Wallachia around 1715." Lakia and all of Moravia... Then we, the Rakshasas, will have access to waterways into Central and Western Europe!”
When it comes to gaining waterways into Western Europe, Peter I really looks forward to it. Obviously, like most Russians who opened their eyes to see the world, after observing the three powerful empires of Ming, Mongolia and Frank, he still chose to integrate westward into Europe... Although in the eyes of Europeans , the Rakshasa people are barbaric Asians, just like the Huns, Turks, and Mongols, and worse than Persia and India.
"Peter," Sofia, who looked older and had lost several dozen pounds, said to her brother in a hoarse voice, "you now have a waterway to Western Europe... I am riding on the Venetian Merchant ships enter the Black Sea through the Turkic Strait. And at the dock of Black Petersburg, dozens of merchant ships from Italy and France are now moored. The grain transported through the Dnieper River can be transported to Italy very conveniently. So, you You don’t necessarily need the Danube estuary in Wallachia. Plus, once you go to war with the Ottomans, the Turkic Straits will be closed."
Peter shook his head and said: "Sister, it is precisely because the Turkic Strait can be closed at any time that I need to seize the Danube entrance to Wallachia... By then we will build a new port city there, As a stronghold for the Rakshasa Kingdom to continue its westward development!"
"But the war may last for several years. What will happen to Black Petersburg's exports during this period? Are we going to let Ukraine's food rot in the ground?" Sofia is still a little worried - she is now the big gold medalist of Black Petersburg. Lord, all the properties that Kangxi purchased in and around Black Petersburg were given to her and Honghao.
The Sofia Palace where she and Peter are now was built by Kangxi Khan at a cost of millions of rupees!
In addition, in order to thank Sofia for helping him, Peter also allocated 50,000 acres of black land (equivalent to 800,000 acres) in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River to Sofia... Once the Turkic Strait is blocked, she can It's a big loss.
"Sister, don't worry," Peter said with a smile, "I have already discussed it with the British... Once the Ottomans want to block the Turkic Strait, the British will remain neutral and transport weapons to the Ottoman Empire. Under the conditions, we can obtain the right of passage through the Turkic Strait. By then, Black Petersburg’s foreign trade will not be blocked.”
"The British?" Sofia frowned deeply. "They will also transport weapons to the Ottoman Empire? Wouldn't both sides take advantage?"
Peter said: "They will only send limited weapons to the Ottoman Empire... The British are our friends, and they have more common interests with us!"
"Common interests?" Sofia frowned even more tightly, "Peter, you mean...to oppose Frank together?"
Peter shrugged and said with a smile: "Sister, you probably don't know yet, right? A grand alliance aimed at opposing the Frank Empire is being formed! Not only will we and England participate, but Sweden, the Netherlands, and Spain will also participate in this alliance! Even There will also be the Ottoman Turkish Empire... Once the Sultan loses Constantinople, he will become an ally of the Rakshasa! Even if the Ottoman Empire does not lose Constantinople, they will not side with the Franks. "
"But, that's the Frankish Empire ruled by the Sun King!" Sofia looked at her brother, looking very worried.
"The Sun King is old!" Peter said. "He was born in 1638 and is already 68 years old this year. And his successor, Crown Prince Louis, is just a guy with mediocre qualifications and is simply unable to protect the empire passed down by Louis the Great."
Although Louis the Great could live for many more years, and even live longer than Queen Anne of England... But in this era of Europe, a 68-year-old bad old man has only a few years to live.
Therefore, England, the Netherlands, and Spain suffered great losses in the process of the Frank Empire dominating Europe, as well as Sweden, which actually took advantage but thought it suffered a loss (without the rise of the Franks, Sweden would have been destroyed by Peter the Great) After being beaten), everyone began to gear up and prepare for the arrival of the "post-Louis the Great era".
Peter continued: "And... we are not the initiators of this secret anti-French alliance. Even if the anti-French alliance fails in the end, the Rakshasa Kingdom will not suffer too serious consequences. If we win, then Both Ukraine and Belarus on the right bank will become the territory of Rakshasa!”
"Then who is the initiator of this anti-French alliance?" Sofia asked curiously.
"England!" said Peter I.
"England?" Sofia was a little unbelievable, "Why? It is impossible for Louis to invade the island country of England!"
He originally thought it would be Spain - that Joseph, the son of Leopold I, has now inherited the throne of the King of Spain, and the Spanish Empire has finally become complete!
Because there is also the Spanish Netherlands under the Kingdom of Spain, which is surrounded by the Louis Empire on three sides. In addition, the Kingdom of Spain also has territory on the Italian peninsula, and the Frankish Empire is eyeing Italy. Therefore, there is always huge uncertainty in the relationship between Spain and the Frank Empire!
Unexpectedly, the one who jumped out to cause trouble was the UK, which could stay out of the matter.
Peter the Great laughed a few times: "Who knows what these islanders think? Maybe they are resentful because they lost the twelve states of North America? But since England is willing to stand up, then of course we Rakshasa should join in. .....What if there is a chance?"
...
The carriage slowly drove into Hampton Court Palace, which has 1,280 rooms on the west bank of the Thames. In this exquisite carriage, which looked like a work of art and was made of a lot of gold, sat two elderly men wearing wigs and formal wear.
One of them also had an oriental face. He was Ji Dabao, the famous British orientalist and publisher. The life of this comprador of the British East India Company, who had many connections with Zhu Heji in his early years, can be regarded as exciting, and it has reached a level that he could not have imagined in his early years - he was originally a worthless little man. Compradors, in the British East India Company, were like lackeys. They did not even have a formal establishment, they were just labor dispatch compradors.
However, with the miraculous rise of Ming Dynasty, the value of this labor dispatch comprador, who can be easily identified as a "Zhiming faction" by his appearance, has increased in value. At first, I was assigned to work as a labor dispatch professor at Cambridge University, helping to translate some Chinese books. However, as the Ming Dynasty became more and more powerful, Ji Dabao's worth became higher and higher, and he gradually became a leading figure in the European Oriental research circle, and also became a guest of the British King, the Frankish Emperor, and the Dutch ruler. The directors and presidents of the British East India Company who didn't even know his name in the early years later had to think of ways to curry favor with him as a labor dispatch comprador...
Later, the fugitive Emperor Kangxi became Kangxi Khan of Great Mongolia, and the number of world empires belonging to East Asian civilization also changed from one to two, and a pattern emerged in which two of the three largest empires in the world were in the East.
Now Ji Dabao, a leading figure in Oriental studies, became even more valuable. He was also knighted by the then British King James II and became a British noble!
While becoming an academic leader and aristocrat, Ji Dabao also successfully started a business in the UK and opened Dabao Bookstore, which mainly engaged in piracy, translation, printing and distribution. Moreover, it operates internationally, with branches opened in Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire, Black Petersburg in the Rakshasa, Paris in the Franks, Havana in the New World, Diu in Mongolia, and Guangzhou in the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to reading classics and ancient books, Ji Dabao also focused on the business of newsprint. Bookstores opened in London, Paris, Istanbul, Havana, Diu, Guangzhou, and Nagoya began to publish newspapers called "Dabao News" and "Dabao Observer" ” and “Dabao Times” newspapers. Because these newspapers publish foreign news, anecdotes and business information every day, and are known for their accuracy and neutrality, they are very popular in Britain, France, Turkey, Spain, Mongolia, Ming Dynasty, Japan and other countries.
Relying on pirated printing of books and spreading various news, Ji Dabaoke earned both fame and fortune. He became a famous British millionaire and became an advisor to Queen Anne and King Louis the Great. Going in and out of Hampton Court Palace and Versailles is like coming home!
And the other one is even more awesome, that is Isaac Newton, who is so awesome that he even has the word "cow" in his name. Newton is no longer a professor. Because his "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" was so late, he was a little discouraged from doing academic things, so he gave up his studies and became an official, first becoming a member of Congress, and then in finance. With the support of the minister, Viscount Charles Montagu (there was no prime minister in the UK at this time, the chancellor of the exchequer was almost the head of government), he became the supervisor of the Royal Mint. The supervisor of the Royal Mint was originally an idle job taking money while lying down, but in Newton's hands he became the governor of the central bank.
It turned out that Newton encountered a shortage of silver after taking over the Royal Mint. This was due to the rise of the Aztec Kingdom in Mexico and Europe. They suffered huge deficits in their trade with the East for a long time, so that a large amount of the existing silver flowed out of the country. Caused by the superposition of two factors. The awesome Newton used the gold abacus presented by his good friend Ji Dabao and immediately knew that the silver standard would definitely not be sustainable... If the silver standard was insisted on, the world's financial initiative would soon be It will fall into the hands of the Ming Empire, which has the most silver!
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This would be extremely detrimental to the UK!
The only way out is to establish a gold standard...cast gold coins, sell silver at the same time, exchange for gold, and gradually push up the price of gold to facilitate the issuance of gold coins with lower gold content.
Through this series of reforms, the UK can use less gold as raw material to mint more pounds, so as to maintain sufficient domestic currency supply in the UK despite massive outflows of silver. At the same time, the two silver-importing countries, Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, were asked to bear the losses of silver depreciation to weaken their economic strength.
I have to say, this Newton...is really awesome!
Today, Queen Anne of the United Kingdom and Charles Viscount Montagu, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, invited Ji Dabao and Newton into the palace. They wanted to hear the report on the currency reform, and at the same time, they asked regular visitors and well-informed people at the Palace of Versailles about the health of Louis the Great. Ji Dabao consulted.
The United Kingdom, under the governance of Queen Anne and Viscount Montagu, has actually developed well in recent years... The "departure" of the twelve North American states did not harm the foundation of the United Kingdom, because the Indian colonies and Eastern trade ( The profits brought by the trade with Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, as well as the large-scale imitation (that is, high imitation) of "Ming goods" by the British, enabled the British industry and commerce to develop rapidly, and the entire country, like the Ming Dynasty, stood on the industrial side. The doorstep of revolution.
But this island country hanging on the edge of the European continent is always worried that it will be conquered by a unified Europe... Just like the small Japan on the edge of the Ming Dynasty, it became a protectorate of the Frank Empire and was even Split into three parts: England, Scotland and Ireland.
Therefore, Britain's continental policy is actually offshore balancing...that is, trying to break up the Frank Empire and turn it into several middle countries that are hostile to each other, so that Britain can profit from it.
However, Queen Anne and Viscount Montagu also knew that the Frankish Emperor Louis was not someone to be trifled with, and they did not want to make a big bet on the European continent. What they expected was for Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Rakshasa to charge into the battle, while they themselves hid behind to harvest the fruits of victory.
Therefore, they could only make plans secretly while quietly waiting for the death of Louis the Great. The British are still very commendable in terms of messing up Europe and patiently waiting for the opportunity.
They have enough patience, know how to plan for the long term, and know how to find like-minded friends... They have not contacted hard-to-understand extraterritorial countries like the Ming Dynasty and the Aztecs - such extraterritorial powers will once If you are deeply involved in Europe, it will be easier to ask God than to send him away.
Of course, they did not try to win over small countries like Portugal that were already lying on their backs - these small countries were now kneeling to Frank and might betray England.
The only ones who can be of one mind with England now are Rakshasa, Sweden, Spain, and the Netherlands, who still have ideals and ambitions in Europe.
At the same time, they also used the most precious thing in Britain - the British throne to win over the Principality of Hanover under the Frank Empire. At the same time, they also laid a nail in the German Protestant princes under Frank...
