Chapter 966: Dilemma

The season is already deep winter, and the wind blowing from the sea is cold to the bone.
It's just that in Dick's eyes, the coldness is far less than the ice cold in the eyes of the emperor before him.
In the past, the country of Dayu was just an unfamiliar term to him. Like all other lands outside of Europe, he believed that the people living here were just a group of indigenous people who had not yet stepped into civilization, until the British suffered unprecedented in Asia. The failure of the country’s name has frequently appeared in the House.
After the two scholars from the Great Yu Kingdom came to England, their ideas were subverted again. Obviously, this Great Yu Kingdom was not because they had come into contact with other barbaric civilizations.
Because of this, the British House of Representatives has now begun to have different voices. Some members of the House of Representatives advocate establishing contacts with Great Chongqing, developing business contacts, and exchanging science with each other, but most of them still fear the rise of Great Chongqing.
He understands that the rise of Great Chongqing will definitely harm the interests of some big families, because both British India and Australia have vested interests, and these vested interests will not just watch their wealth being seized by Great Chongqing.
This joint operation was initiated by vested interests this time. They come from three countries, but the goal is the same, to disarm the naval power of Great Chongqing.
But now he messed up everything, and in this big bet, they lost the naval power in Asia.
"His Majesty, what do you want to know, I will tell you the truth, I just hope you will not kill me." Dick pleaded. He has a good life in England, a beautiful wife and lovely children. He is unwilling to think of this. Die like this.
Wilson showed disdain in his eyes, and scolded: "You politicians are stubborn, disgusting."
"Come on, it is precisely because of the ignorance of these hardliners that led to this war, and you are responsible for the failure of the war." Dick was angry and was also angry.
Xiao Ming's gaze was traveling back and forth between Wilson and Dick. Compared to soldiers, he preferred to deal with politicians, because although politicians were cunning, they knew more about compromise than soldiers. Of course, this was when dealing with the enemy.
"You can continue arguing when you return to prison. Now it's time to talk about your country. What did the two traitors of Dayu bring you?" Xiao Ming gritted his teeth and said, he has been letting the secret guard plan the assassination. These rebellions are simply because the appearance gap is too large, and the secret guards cannot send anyone close to them.
The Chinese Americans living in the UK have a very low status in this era, basically no different from black slaves, and will be subject to strict supervision.
"Your Majesty is talking about Fei Anyi, Fan Hongcai?"
"It's the two of them." Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed, he needs to grasp the current information of Britain.
Dick pondered for a moment, and he said admiringly: "I have to say that they are indeed excellent talents. Both in physics and chemistry, they have provided the UK with a large number of mature scientific and technological achievements, and these results have been verified to be feasible. Because of their contributions, the United Kingdom has undergone dramatic scientific changes. Now the entire United Kingdom’s talents are concentrated in London. Many people believe that the United Kingdom will soon make a huge leap in technology."
While speaking, Dick kept watching Xiao Ming's expression. What worries him is that the emperor's expression has never changed and he has always maintained his calmness.
The reason why he said this was to intimidate the emperor, because the entire United Kingdom believes that these two talents are the top talents of Great Chongqing, and the knowledge they contribute will allow Britain to quickly catch up with the current technical level of Great Chongqing. This is enough to make Great Yu country jealous.
However, after seeing Xiao Ming so calm, Dick decided to increase his weight. He emphasized with the eloquent mouth of a politician: "The Great Yu Kingdom now has things and theories in Britain. Although this needs to be realized by British scientists one by one, it is only It’s a matter of time. Therefore, I hope that your Majesty can reconsider the current relationship with the United Kingdom. I am willing to become a bridge of friendship between the country and the United Kingdom."
Xiao Ming listened quietly. When he got here, he showed a mocking smile, "Are you threatening me?"
Dick said with trepidation: "Your Majesty, I am just a prisoner of yours now. How dare I do this? I am just stating the facts. There is one thing that your Majesty may not know well. In fact, the royal family in Europe has been interacting with each other for thousands of years. Strictly speaking, whether it is Britain, France, or even Tsarist Russia, the rulers are more or less related by blood. If they face a powerful enemy, European countries will unite again, as in history. The two joint resistances were the same as the nomads from the East."
Hearing that, Xiao Ming laughed out loud. This Dick was afraid of death, but he had to say that he was very clever, and what he said was basically the truth. European pedigree theory has always occupied a high position. Fighting between relatives is somewhat similar to the contemporary Spring and Autumn Period. Although fighting for life and death, royal marriages prevail.
Dick said this, obviously trying to create a kind of shock in his heart, in order to achieve the purpose of let Xiao Ming handle him cautiously.
But this trick is useless for Xiao Ming. Dick's words may become a reality, but this needs to be based on his aggressive attack on Europe.
It’s just that the attack on the European mainland is not currently in Xiao Ming’s plan, because the European continent is too far away from the country, and the Suez Canal has not yet been built. If you want to go from the country to Europe, you need to start from the country through Malacca and then arrive. The Cape of Good Hope, Africa, travels north along the African continent.
And the entire voyage totals more than 30,000 kilometers, which is almost a circle around the earth. After all, the route is not straight, and it needs to sail along the continent for supplies.
In this way, it takes half a year to go to Europe once, and half a year to come back again.
And to attack Europe is not a problem that tens of thousands of people can solve~EbookFREE.me~ The massive use of troops in such a remote place is simply an unprecedented drain on national power.
In contemporary history, countries that have done this have basically shot themselves in the foot. During the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War, Tsarist Russia sent its Baltic fleet to the Far East battlefield. After more than two hundred days of voyage, Tsarist Russia The dispatched fleet was annihilated in one fell swoop by the waiting Japanese fleet.
All wars launched by the United States in Asia can only be sustained with defeated Japan as a supply base, but even so, they often end in failure.
After weighing many factors, Xiao Ming finally formulated the plan to expand colonies outwards layer by layer like Europe, and expand power based on colonies.
When his fleet can get supplies along the way, it will be possible to start a hot war with European countries on the homeland.
Previously, all he could do was to fight for colonies. As for this issue, European countries are expected to see clearly after this naval battle that they are unable to attack the Great Chongqing, and Great Chongqing is also unable to attack them.
In the future, fierce competition between the two sides will start in the colonies.