Aspirations for Nation and Beauty Chapter 3: Immediately across the first

This is the third meeting of important ministers held by Wufeng in half a month. There is only one topic for these three meetings, and that is how to speed up the development of the imperial economy to cope with the ever-changing development situation of the entire continent, especially those from the West. The challenge of the mainland, under the influence of this problem, even the conquest of Kaman and Sithrow seems to be placed in the second place, which also made the important ministers of the empire realize that His Majesty the Emperor Pay attention to this matter.

The cause of the matter is very simple. It originated from a comprehensive intelligence document submitted by the Imperial Intelligence Agency to His Majesty the Emperor. After receiving the comprehensive analysis of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, this information made Wufeng, who had just had time to relax, realize the new pressure that the empire was about to face.

The intelligence information submitted by the Imperial Intelligence Agency is actually a comprehensive report of the Imperial Intelligence Agency on the economic development of the powers of the entire Western Continent over the past few years, including the Kingdom of Leeds, the Famini Empire, the Kingdom of Barozi, The Augsburg Empire and Hansen League are dominated by the top five.

It can be said that this information gave Wufeng a real understanding of the development of the powers of the Western Continent. The original intelligence was more about the political intelligence collection of the powers, but this time it was a comprehensive The analysis report, especially the detailed introduction to the economic development of various countries, made Wufeng feel great pressure for the first time.

The pressure comes from the speed of development of the powers in the Western Continent. The General Intelligence Agency has listed the Kingdom of Leeds and the Famini Empire as the first-rate powers, although the military strength of the two countries is still far from being comparable to the huge military power of the Empire. , but the military quality of the two armies and the average development capability of the military industry have surpassed the empire. This is also the conclusion drawn by Wufeng after carefully comparing the comprehensive military capabilities of the empire and the two countries. The firecrackers and thunderbolts that the empire has just begun to deploy have also been deployed in the armies of the two countries. This alone makes Wufeng fearful. Judging by the time, the two countries should have developed firearms earlier than the empire, but the empire is more sensitive on this point. Because the war is still going on, so I tried my best to transform this achievement into practical application.

The Kingdom of Leeds' superiority in the sea has been fully demonstrated. The Leeds Navy has spread its tentacles all over the west coast of the New World, and continues to extend to the south and east. Its super naval strength has already made all the powerful countries in the Western Continent face it alone. The naval strength of the Kingdom of Leeds is not only reflected in the fact that they have erected the Thunderbolt (called artillery by the people of the Western Continent) on ships and used them in actual combat. Rockets and boarding battles have relegated to the second place. In particular, the traditional rocket attack tends to be completely eliminated, and the firecrackers (called muskets by people in the western mainland) have also begun to be equipped on naval sailors. Obviously, they have solved the waterproof and moisture-proof problem of the firecrackers very well. The use of thunderbolts and firecrackers in the navy is a problem that the imperial navy has just had time to consider. The Leeds have already succeeded in doing this. According to the intelligence response, both Famini and the Barozi Navy are catching up. They absolutely do not want to see the Leeds Navy dominate the Ocean of Storms, but this gap is even tending to widen.

If the Kingdom of Leeds dominates the navy, then the Famini Empire is the leader in the army. Although facing the strength of the Leeds Navy in the early sea battle, the Famini Empire navy suffered. However, when the Kingdom of Leeds thought that it could overwhelm Famini in the army, it was completely shattered by the Famini army. Their battle in the Dunkel area made the Leeds finally understand that if they want to fight in the West The mainland dominates the land. They had to ask the Faminis if they agreed.

The competition between the two countries in the western and northern colonies of the New World is also becoming increasingly fierce, which has also led to the continuous increase of investment in the military between the two countries, and the military needs have also led to the rapid development of the real estate industry in the two countries in terms of military industry. When the steelmaking technology of the Datang Empire had just made a breakthrough, the Kingdom of Leeds, the Famini Empire, and the Augsburg Empire had begun to widely promote the use of converter smelting, which was regarded as a breakthrough technology by the Datang Empire. Steel law, this piece of information is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Wufeng, making Wufeng dizzy.

While Wufeng was depressed about this, the General Intelligence Agency also mentioned that the steelmaking enterprises in the Kingdom of Leeds seemed to be seeking a breakthrough in fuel, and the traditional coal steelmaking has become less and less suitable for various industries to steel. Demand has grown, which also forces steel companies to hope for breakthroughs in technology. And the new technology just developed by the Imperial Science and Technology Development Department - coke steelmaking seems to have made a breakthrough in the Kingdom of Leeds, which made Wufeng feel great pressure. Everyone knows what steel production and quality mean to a country. Just the need for firecrackers (guns) and thunder moons (cannons) is an astronomical figure.

The technological advantages obtained by the two major powers in the Western Continent made Wufeng realize that if the empire catches up quickly, the empire will have to be at a very dangerous disadvantage in the future competition for the new continent Now, especially the superiority of the Kingdom of Leeds in the navy makes Wufeng very anxious. Once the Kingdom of Leeds really extends its tentacles to the Latin Ocean, not only the interests of the empire in the New World will be threatened, but also in the Latin Ocean and the Great South Sea. status will also be shaken.

Thinking of all this, Wufeng is very anxious. The countries in the Western Continent are far from being comparable to the empire in terms of territory, and the population is also very different. The ruling power in the world is quite weak, especially in the central mainland, which is maintained entirely by military power and economic attractiveness. When they go up, the empire's control over them will be greatly weakened, and no one can predict what will happen at that time.

The information from the General Intelligence Agency is not limited to these. When all walks of life in the empire were complacent about the rapid technological advancement of the textile industry in the Jiangnan area and the huge development of the textile industry, the Kingdom of Leeds and the Empire of Augsburg The wool weaving industry had already undergone a larger and more profound technological revolution before the Jiangnan textile industry, which directly led to the fact that the wool weaving products of the Kingdom of Leeds and the Augsburg Empire almost monopolized the entire western continent. Textile products are continuously exported to the mainland.

What shocked Wufeng the most was that the Kingdom of Leeds began to widely use a steam engine to drain water from the west in the mining industry. Obtaining improvements will have quite a huge prospect, and it will even bring about unprecedented changes in power requirements, but the General Administration of Internal Intelligence and Intelligence is not very clear, but judging from the degree of attention to this technology in the Kingdom of Leeds, it should be A rather important technological invention.

The rapid development of the Western Continent's powerhouses in various industries made all the important ministers of the empire who circulated this summary of economic information feel very heavy, especially Xiao Tang, Su Qin, and the Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Communications, and Ministry of Construction of the Empire. Officials in other fields are even more shocked. The achievements of the Western Continent in these areas will soon be transformed into productivity, and the improvement of productivity will soon be reflected in the national strength of each country. This will be a huge challenge for the empire. challenge.

The Kingdom of Leeds is undoubtedly the most obvious example. The strong steelmaking capabilities have been transformed into military and shipbuilding capabilities, and these capabilities will also rapidly increase the military strength of these countries. It is said that in order to counter the threat of a large number of large-caliber artillery being fully equipped on warships by the Famini Empire, the Kingdom of Leeds is advancing a plan to fully install iron armor on Leeds Navy warships. This iron armor can fully cover the ship. It can greatly reduce the damage of artillery to wooden ships.

"Everyone, you have already finished reading this economic intelligence summary. In the past few days, I asked you to go back and think carefully. Do you have any ideas?" Wu Feng looked at the faces of a group of courtiers~IndoMTL.com ~He could see that this summary of information made everyone present feel great pressure, which is a good sign, if everyone is at a loss or feels indifferent, then it is a real crisis.

"Your Majesty, I have been thinking carefully over the past few days, why small border countries like the Kingdom of Leeds and the Famini Empire develop so fast, and their economic strength is also changing with each passing day. I think this is worthy of our careful consideration. Take a look, the empire has always listed military operations as the main goal in the past few years, and it has indeed achieved brilliant achievements. But looking at the areas controlled by the empire, we have to admit that many areas of the empire and even some local areas have developed quite economically. backwardness, the economic development of the entire empire is extremely uneven, especially in some newly occupied areas, the people's recognition of the empire is quite weak, and now they rely entirely on military and administrative means to maintain their rule. I think that in order to strengthen the control of these areas, apart from cultural In addition to strengthening assimilation, the more important point is to accelerate the economic development of these areas, so that the local people can feel the benefits brought to them by the prosperity and strength of the empire, instead of relying solely on military occupation and suppression to enhance the prestige of the empire.”

As the Prime Minister of the Imperial Council, Xiao Tang naturally expressed his thoughts. In fact, he was also greatly shocked by this intelligence summary. The economic development level of the small countries in the Western Continent actually surpassed that of the most economically developed areas of the Empire. Such a contrast makes him not feel pressured. Jiangshan Meirenzhi Chapter 3 Sweeping Liuhe