Upon hearing this, John looked at Arthur seriously and asked back:
"How do you know that the Brooks who have been circulating in the sea for hundreds of years do not have the same existence as ghost ships? What's more, what will happen if they win? If I were Brooks, I could give up the naval base on Green Island and play hide-and-seek with the enemy.
The maritime trade and ports of various countries participating in the war will be threatened, and the losses will definitely be significant."
Before Arthur found a reason to refute, John continued:
"Even if the Royal Navy is brave and heroic, they will be eliminated without surrendering. We will have the advantage in a short period of time. But Brooke is not only powerful, but also because they are the first to start steam.
In countries with industrial transformation, the domestic industrial strength is the top and strongest. The core driving force of our fleet is ordered from Brooke and the Empire, and the Brooke products are obviously more cost-effective than those produced in the Empire.
The number of large shipyards that the Brooks can build battleships is almost 70% of that of the entire Europa. What does this mean?"
Arthur was asked, like many old continent nobles, his thinking was still partly in the Middle Ages, and he was not so sensitive to the changes brought by new technologies.
"This means that the Brooks have a large shipyard that exceeds the sum of our two powers, the Holy Empire and Franz. As long as they are willing to spend money, they can launch the latest ten-digit or even twenty-digit numbers in half a year.
All-steel steam battleships, while our Empire and Franz can only build up at most seven or eight new steam battleships at the same time, and other old continental countries cannot compare."
"If we really do what you plan, we will face Brooke's revenge forever, and besides our participation, we will also involve the Holy Empire and other countries.
We have to trigger a world-class war to finally decide the outcome?”
The main world people who have not experienced World War I and World War II do not know the true cruelty of the war. Another world is also going to the Crimean War. When they saw hundreds of thousands of soldiers, they fell down like mowing grass.
Only under the ruthless artillery fire and bullets did European countries understand the reality that the classical war model had completely come to an end. The world has begun to enter the age of thermal weapons, and industry is the most critical factor in determining the outcome of wars between countries.
Therefore, Arthur had no impression of the bad consequences of the World War. His thoughts were like most people in this era, and he also carried the shadow of the chivalrous spirit passed down from the Middle Ages, and felt that after the two countries had conflicted and fought,
You will calm down the situation, enjoy the results of victory, pay the ransom for defeat, and then work hard to develop the war rules that you expect to become a winner next time, which is a gentleman-like war rule.
But as a pacifist with modern earthly thinking, John knew too well the cruelty of war. Sometimes he was forced to a certain extent. No one would talk about gentlemanly or chivalrous spirit anymore. He did not see the British before the beginning of the 20th century.
They are all gentlemanly demeanors who try not to cause trouble for others. After that, they are the arrogant and arrogant gentlemanly demeanors in the impression of outsiders.
Some people later analyzed that the changes brought about by war accounted for a large part of the reason.
So he didn't want to trigger a possible world war because of himself, nor did he want Emsdan's young men to die on the battlefield for hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
What's more, it's just for the sake of spices, which will soon be eliminated by history, is no longer a hard currency resource.
Even if the world will inevitably have a world war due to the competition of resource allocation and living space in decades, John hopes that it is not caused by his own reasons, and he will try his best to avoid participating in the war.
Arthur, who had been educated by John, left in a slightly heavy mood and went to help the Lord collect information from India.
...
Since the new monarch came, the situation in the Grand Principal of Franminco has changed a lot every day. People are a little unaccustomed to the changes that occur around them. They complain and accept them passively, and then after a while, they begin to feel this way.
Changes seem to make one's life better and better, so the people in the country praised His Majesty, the new monarch, and created the largest collective "real fragrance" scene in this world.
After the Holy Empire envoy arrived in Francemengo and held a grand canonization ceremony and celebration ceremony, John stayed in Francemengo for another month, and was forced to return to Emsdan due to the international situation.
During the past two months in the Grand Principal of Franminco, John had quickly sorted out this new country.
Just like being a king in Haigar, he did not interfere too much in local power, nor did he reduce the strength of those families. Instead, because of the establishment of a cabinet government and aristocratic parliament, the power of these families was greater than that of the White Eagle Federation.
More powerful.
Of course John would not care about this. Don’t say that these families can’t make any mistakes. The two interests he drew through the "Big Golden Shield Plan" and the shares of the Royal Bank of Franmino have already been divided into different parts.
The family is bound to themselves.
The total population of New Franmino is now more than 300,000, of which at least 100,000 are people who have immigrated and smuggled from Haigar in recent years. After all, although Haigar is poor, people are still very capable of living.
of.
Compared with the poor Hegal, the people of the Grand Duchy of Franmingo are actually above the poverty line, and more than 70% of the population have achieved basic food and clothing.
Because of the vast land and the sparse population and the mineral resources are well developed, as long as you are willing to work in the mine, you will be very tired but you will not starve to death.
The remaining 30% of the population struggling below the poverty line are mostly families with recently immigrants and families with large populations but few laborers. After John introduced some basic social welfare systems, they wanted to go to the new Franmin
It is undoubtedly more beneficial to make a living in the Duchy of Colombia.
Of course, although John was kind, he did not learn from the Virgins of his previous life and transplanted the treatment of European high-welfare countries. He only introduced policies to stipulate the minimum wage and maximum working hours of workers, which also made the workers of France want to
He lives happier than the workers in the White Eagle Federation.
However, this regulation will not cause factory owners and mine owners to lose a lot of benefits. When the leading families took the initiative to accept it, other domestic factory owners and mine owners also recognized it.
Because of the inspection bureau established by John, those factory owners and mine owners will not over-explore. After all, the nobles are more shameful and understand the importance of sustainable development. This aspect is more bloody and dark-hearted than the capitalists' bloody and dark hearts.
Much stronger.
In addition, John also opened several stewardship houses in the name of his grandfather to help the elderly and widowed people and orphans. It was not that he did not want to leave it to the government, but that John could not trust those people.
Although these officials from aristocratic families have higher moral standards than those of capital state officials and dare not do too much, they can take the opportunity to embezzle food expenses and other behaviors that are basically difficult to eliminate.
John doesn't care about anything else, but he will naturally not let go of those who do not do things well with his salary and who will ruin his reputation in charity.