Holy Roman Empire

The British government was engaged in internal reforms and the Vienna government was busy building up its internal affairs, but the international conflict did not stop there.

The idea is to make the enemy want to do things that can not be done, that is victory. The two big bosses have once again started each other's pit mode.

In the field of pits, London and Vienna are both clansmen, and they can't bury people in pits.

Because of the reform, the British government is currently engaged in fierce internal strife, but this does not mean that the Vienna government can do something about it.

After so many years of confrontation between Britain and Shinra, the two countries had long ago unified their thinking and labeled each other as "enemies".

To this day, no pro-British faction can be found in Vienna, and no pro-Austrian faction can be found in the British government. Traditional friendships have long been consumed in a conflict of interests.

If the Vienna government really did not know what to do to get involved, perhaps due to the threat of foreign enemies, the British government will be forced to reach a compromise in advance.

However, Frederick was unwilling to do nothing and waste this golden opportunity in vain.

It should be noted that the Vienna government did not take action against the British; however, the British government's small action against the Shinra government never stopped.

A series of international hot topics, such as "the Shinra threat", "anti-dumping", "free security" ......, were all created by the British.

Gossip and rumors are purely "three people making a tiger", and once there are too many people talking about it, it will never be washed away.

Frankly speaking, Frederick was not afraid of gossip, and international public opinion was the same for a big country.

The point is that the British were not simply spreading rumors. Much of it did exist, but with a little bit of exaggeration.

For example, the "dumping of goods" problem is real. Under the free-trade system, the Holy Roman Empire, with its industrial power, did take advantage and dumped in certain areas.

The earliest large-scale commodity dumping was spearheaded by the British, and it was even more outrageous than what the Holy Roman Empire did.

Back then, the British took cotton as a powerful weapon and dumped it all over the world, overwhelming the textile industry in every country, making a lot of money but not enough, and then even more so in the opium trade.

In a sense, the glory of Britain was built on "colonization", "dumping" and "drugs".

Now the lid is lifted, not because the British have found their conscience, but mainly because they have changed from being dumpers to being dumped in the cruel market competition.

What goes around, comes around. Britain fell behind in the second industrial revolution, the emerging industrial fields were completely dangled by Shinra, and some segments were simply blank.

The original dominant cotton textile industry, but also by the impact of the national capital of various countries, in recent years the development of very poorly.

There is no other way, who let the first step of industrialization of each country is the textile industry?

Rather than competing with Britain, all industrialized countries were competing with Britain.

By contrast, the situation of Shinra is much better.

Whether it is the electric power, internal combustion engine automobile industry, petrochemicals, medicine and biology, or all kinds of machinery and equipment manufacturing, all of them need science and technology to do support, and the threshold is inherently higher than the textile industry.

Countries that have just begun to industrialize do not have the ability to develop deeply in these fields, so naturally there is no impact.

Since they can't eat this bowl of rice, the British, as a shit-stirrer, naturally have to lift the table.

It seems that the British are "against commodity dumping", but it is really in the "disintegration of the free trade system" to pave the way.

The British are not the only ones who have done this kind of things to the detriment of themselves and others, but the Vienna government has also done it.

It should be remembered that Franz was the first emperor to publicly call for the prohibition of opium, and he was the first to lead the rest of the world in an anti-drug game.

This influence directly led to the early collapse of the British drug empire. If not, Britain's foreign trade deficit would not have been as severe as it was.

According to the progress of the original time and space, the drug empire of the British, but only after the development of opium cultivation in various countries, drug attacks and diluted profits, gradually collapsed.

Now it was the Vienna government's turn to have a headache. As the world's largest industrial country, the need for a marketplace for the sale of goods was obvious.

Once the free trade system collapsed and the era of trade barriers began, the import and export trade would be greatly affected, and it would definitely be a major blow to the economy of Shinra.

In contrast, other rumors are not worth mentioning. In this age of the law of the jungle, the "Shinra threat" is not only a source of suspicion for all countries, but also a source of deep fear.

I can't make you obey me, but I can't make you fear me either. In a sense, this spirit of shamelessness is also learned from the British.

It can only be said that times change people, and can also change a country. As the hegemon of an era, there is always something to learn from it.

No matter how deep the conflict between Shinra and Britain was, it could not affect the Vienna government to learn from the British how to be a good hegemon.

Rather, it was Frederick the Crown Prince who had to learn from the British, and Franz the Great, who was already in semi-retirement, was now past the age of learning.

When the Holy Roman Empire had achieved complete hegemony, Franz was going to retire officially. The question of how to do a good job as a hegemon was one that Frederick needed to consider.

"When something comes up that you don't know where to start, then hold it in for a while."

Frederick was taught this from a young age, so patience was not in short supply for him. In fact, any guy who's been a depositor for over forty years is not lacking in patience.

If you look in the history books, you will see that a poorly-motivated depositor usually dies young. Compared to many of his peers, Frederick was lucky to have at least come to power early.

You should know that Edward VII, who was also the crown prince, was not allowed to touch politics until he was fifty years old.

As for the latter, Prince Charles, who is known as the "lifetime series," it is unknown whether he will be able to survive the long standby of the Queen.

Of course, the more tragic thing is that the prince didn't even have a chance to take power, waiting only for a rubber-stamped crown.

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Vienna Palace

Foreign Minister Frankel: "Your Highness, the United States of America has sent a diplomatic note to obtain the right to dig the Panama Canal."

"The French had been digging the Panama Canal for decades. Unfortunately, while Napoleon III was busy expanding into Italy, the Panama Canal fell into the hands of Austria.

With an uncooperative colonial government, the excavation of the Panama Canal naturally did not go smoothly. It took a few years of intermittent struggles, and finally ended with the bankruptcy of the canal company.

Just because the French were gone did not mean that the Panama Canal was over. In fact, there were many people within the Holy Roman Empire who wanted to excavate this golden waterway.

Unfortunately, in the hands of the Vienna government, whatever plans were made for excavation were eventually vetoed.

Everyone knew that this was a political issue. The capitalists of the Holyrood were all socially beaten and did not have the courage to confront the government.

In the years that followed, the Panama Canal seemed to have been forgotten and was never mentioned again.

This situation continued until the last few years, when, along with the booming economy of the capitalist world, transportation has become a major constraint to the development of the western states of the United States.

With railroads unable to meet the demand, and shipping circling the globe halfway, the United States urgently needed a canal to shorten the distance between the east and west coasts.

Hearing this not surprising news, Frederick smiled and said, "What conditions did the Americans offer?

Talking about conditions is necessary, and holding the Panama Canal back from development is itself a means for Shinra to suppress American development.

Now that the U.S. government has opened its mouth, even if it's just a test, it's impossible to open any conditions.

It's just a matter of bullying a small country with empty gloves, and playing to a dominant country is just looking for abuse. Not only will it not work, it will worsen the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.

Foreign Minister Frankel smiled slightly and said, "The Americans did not give us explicit terms, but their Secretary of State gave us a hint during the contact.

As long as we give up the Panama Canal Zone, they will support us in the next battle for supremacy.

Of course, this should be part of the conditions, and they should want more.

After all, such things as great power struggle for hegemony don't happen often, and the Americans probably think they are important and want to take the opportunity to tear off a piece of meat."

Naturally, the United States of America was not aimless in proposing such conditions.

In terms of economic output alone, the United States of America is already the fourth most powerful country in the world, after Shinra, Britain and the Russian Empire.

In terms of total industrial output, the United States of America was already the fourth most powerful country in the world after Shinra, Britain, and the Russian Empire, and above the Russians. Because of its rivalry with the Confederacy, the United States of America also had a continental army.

The United States of America is the world's fifth most powerful nation after Spain, according to the current international consensus, and there are many who believe that the United States is even stronger than Spain.

With such a strong family background, the United States of America will naturally have the strength to take sides in the upcoming battle between Shinra and Britain.

At least in the Americas, the United States of America supports which one has the advantage in the competition in the Americas.

Especially in the last few years, the London government has been pulling the strings, making the Americans realize their importance and want to take advantage of the situation.

There is no doubt that for the sellers, the more buyers the better. The British bid alone, obviously, could not match the bidding of Shinra and Britain together.

Frederick nodded: "The Americans' appetite was not too big, and they did not ask us to support their annexation of the allied countries, which should be considered restrained.

Unfortunately, we don't need them now, nor are we interested in carrying their palanquin and asking for favors from their British masters."

I could see that Frederick did not have any affection for this kind of 25-year-old. The closer he got to world domination, the deeper Frederick studied.

When it came to choosing allies, Frederick still preferred countries with long-term alliances to those who were destined to jump against him.

The Vienna government did not bring the United States together, not because the United States was weak, but mainly because there was a serious conflict of interest between the two countries.

The reason was very simple: once the Holy Roman Empire became the world's hegemon, it would have a much stronger grip on the world than the British did.

After all, the British were only a sea power state, while the Holy Roman Empire developed sea and land power together. Not only was the military power stronger, but the comprehensive national power of Shinra was stronger.

For small, weak countries, this was not a bad thing. At least the government of Vienna eats much better than the British, and doesn't like to make trouble, so everyone will have a better little life.

For a regional hegemon like the United States of America, things aren't so rosy.

"America for Americans", go back to sleep for a while, and when you fall asleep, you have everything you need.

Anything else, at least unification was hopeless.

The British wanted to prevent the reunification of the United States, the most they could do was economic sanctions, weapons and equipment to support the South; the Holy Roman Empire, that is, to send troops on their own.

In the face of Britannia's small potential opponents, they can still rely on farming to slowly catch up; if they encounter a giant like the Holy Roman Empire, they will be pressured all the time.

The facts are all in front of us, so the Vienna government was rather amateurish on the issue of recruiting overseas allies.

In a nutshell, it waited for the British government to finish pulling people in, and the Viennese government received their enemies directly.

For example, before the United States of America was pulled by the British government, the allied countries approached Shinra themselves, even saving the cost of pulling in allies.

Although slightly weaker in strength, the Vienna government itself was not prepared to use the power of its allies in this hegemony struggle, as long as someone waved the flag along with it.

Chancellor Chandler reminded, "Your Highness, we should still reach out to the United States. At least make a show of good faith to put pressure on the allies.

From what I understand, the Confederate States have not been very restful lately and have reached out to northern Mexico. If we don't hammer them, they will probably invade Mexico again someday."

"Ambition" is something that every country has, and it's just a matter of size.

While the United States wanted to reunite, the Confederacy also wanted to strengthen itself. Especially in the last few years, the land of the Union State has been exploited and the farmers have set their sights overseas.

If you open a map, you can see that there are only a few neighbors in the Union State, and they simply have no choice.

Frankly speaking, the farmer's desire for land is much stronger than the capitalist's. For the farmer, land is the only thing that matters. For the farmer, land is wealth.

Capitalists, by contrast, have less need for land and are more interested in economic benefits.

This, of course, is directly related to the value of force. Generally speaking, capitalists are usually afraid of death, and it would be too difficult for them to carry a gun into battle.

After contemplating for a moment, Frederick slowly said: "If that is the case, then we should just grant the right to the Americans to dig the Panama Canal.

Anyway, the canal can't be dug out in a day or two, and we can impose some restrictive conditions to delay the progress of the project.

We can also impose some restrictive conditions to delay the progress of the project. It is expected that the game between us and the British will come to an end before the canal is opened to the public.

If the United States of America really falls to us, it will be just as well, but if they and the British are eye-to-eye, then it is only logical that we will take back the Panama Canal as punishment for being on the wrong side."

The premise of all this is that Shinra wins the hegemony struggle and the winner has a say. But if it really loses the game, the Panama region won't be able to keep it.

It wasn't the first time that the Vienna government hacked the ownership of the canal. The Suez Canal was originally co-owned by France and Austria, and after a continental war, the canal had nothing to do with the French.

In the long run, the Panama Canal would have to be opened sooner or later. Once the hegemony of the Holy Roman Empire stabilized, the Vienna government would also open the canal.

This was a matter of profit, and the Golden Waterway was not only gold, but also the lifeline of the American economy.

With this lifeline in hand, and the mighty power of the Holy Roman Empire, there was no way that the Americans would be disobedient.