Chapter 1093: Panama Canal

  Chapter 1072 Panama Canal

The British government was engaged in internal reforms and the government in Vienna was busy with internal construction, but the international conflicts did not stop there.

In the spirit of letting the enemy try to do things that can’t be done is a victory. The two big bosses once again started the mode of pitting each other.

The pit is not a good digging, in the field of pit, London and Vienna are master players, general pit simply can not bury people.

Because of the reform, the British government at the moment is breaking out fierce infighting, but this does not mean that the government of Vienna will be able to do something.

Britain and Shenrodu confrontation for so many years, the two domestic ministries have long been united in thought, to the other side of the label “enemy”.

To this day, there are no pro-British elements in Vienna, and there are no pro-Austrian elements in the British government. The traditional friendship has long since been consumed by conflicts of interest.

If the Viennese government were to become unwittingly involved, it is possible that an early compromise could be reached within the British government due to the threat of a foreign enemy.

But Frederick was not willing to do nothing and waste this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

To know, the Vienna government is not now out against the British; but the British government against the small action of the god Luo, is uninterrupted.

“Shen Luo threat theory”, “anti-dumping theory”, “free security theory” …… a series of international hot topics , all of which were soaked up by the British.

Gossip that thing, purely “three people into a tiger”, once said more people, that will not be whitewashed.

Frankly speaking, Frederick is not afraid of gossip, for the big countries, international public opinion is just that.

The crux of the matter is that the British are not simply creating rumors, many things do exist, only slightly exaggerated.

For example, the “problem of commodity dumping” is real. Under the free trade system, the industrially powerful Holy Roman Empire did take advantage and dumped in certain areas.

The earliest large-scale commodity dumping was led by the British, and was far more excessive than that of the Holy Roman Empire.

When the British took the cotton cloth as a weapon dumped to the world, washed out the textile industry in various countries, earned a lot of pot full of not satisfied, and then it is to play up the opium trade.

In a sense, Britain’s glory is built on “colonization”, “dumping” and “drugs”.

Now the lid is lifted, naturally, not because the British people have a guilty conscience, but mainly because in the cruel market competition, they have changed from dumpers to dumped.

Whatsoever cause is sown, whatsoever effect is produced. Britain fell out of line in the second industrial revolution, and the emerging industrial fields were completely hung up on by Shinra, and certain niche areas were simply blank.

The cotton textile industry, which was originally dominant, was also hit by the impact of the national capital of various countries, and the development of the last few years has been very unsuccessful.

There is no way, who let the first step of industrialization in all countries is the textile industry?
Instead of saying that Shen Luo is competing with Britain, it is better to say that all industrialized countries, are competing with Britain.

In comparison, the situation of Shinra was much better.

Whether it is electric power, internal combustion engine automobile industry, or petrochemicals, medicine and biology, or all kinds of mechanical equipment manufacturing, are required to do science and technology to support, innate threshold than the textile industry.

Just started industrialization of the country, simply do not have the ability to develop deeply in these areas, naturally talk about what impact.

Since the family can not eat this bowl of rice, as a shit stirrer of the British, naturally want to lift the table.

It seems that the British are “opposing the dumping of goods”, but in fact it is “dismantling the free trade system” to make preparations.

Not only did the British do this kind of damage to others but the Vienna government also did this kind of damage to itself.

It is important to know that Franz was the first emperor to publicly call for a ban on opium, and led the world to play with anti-drugs.

As a result of this influence, it directly led to the early collapse of the British drug empire. Otherwise, Britain’s foreign trade deficit would not be as serious as it is now.

According to the progress of the original time and space, the British drug empire, but waiting for the development of opium cultivation in various countries, drug against drug dilution of profits, before the gradual collapse.

Wind and water have turned, and now it is the turn of the Vienna government to have a headache. As the world’s number one industrialized country, the need for a market to sell goods is self-evident.

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

In contrast, other rumors were rather not worth mentioning. In this era of the law of the jungle, the “Shinra Threat Theory” brought not only suspicion from various countries, but also deep fear.

If you can’t convince me, it’s actually the same to make you fear me. In a sense, this kind of shameless spirit is also learned from the British.

Can only say that the times will change people, the same can also change a country. As the hegemon of an era, there is always something to learn from and learn from.

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

To be precise, it was Crown Prince Frederick who wanted to learn from the British, and as for Franz the Great, who was already in semi-retirement, he was now past the age of learning.

When the Holy Roman Empire had fully achieved hegemony, Franz would have to officially retire. The question of how to be a good hegemon, that was something Frederick needed to consider.

“When it comes to something that you don’t know where to start, then hold it in for a while.”

Frederick had been taught this from a young age, so patience was not something he lacked. As a matter of fact, any guy who had been a Crown Prince for more than forty years would not lack patience.

If you look through the history books, you will know that the Crown Prince with a bad mindset usually dies early. Compared to many of his peers, Frederick had been considered lucky, at least coming to power early.

If you know that Edward VII, who was also the Dauphin, was not allowed to touch politics until after he was fifty years old.

As for the latter-day Prince Charles, who is known as the Lifetime Series, it is an open question whether he can survive the ultra-long standby queen.

Of course, the more tragic thing is that this prince, not even the opportunity to take power, waiting for just a rubber stamp crown.

……

Vienna Palace.
Foreign Minister Frankl: “Your Highness, the United States of America has sent a diplomatic note in hopes of obtaining the right to open the Panama Canal.”

“The Panama Canal, which the French had moved to excavate decades earlier. Unfortunately, while Napoleon III was busy expanding into the Italian region, the Panama region fell into the hands of Austria.

With an uncooperative colonial government, the opening of the Panama Canal naturally did not go smoothly. After several years of intermittent trouble, the canal company eventually went bankrupt.

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 open this golden waterway.

Unfortunately, no matter what kind of excavation plan, to the hands of the Vienna government, and finally were rejected.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a political issue. The capitalists of the Holy Roman Empire have all experienced the poisonous beatings of society and do not have the courage to go against the government.

In the days that followed, it was as if the Panama Canal was forgotten and 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 on the development of the western states of the United States.

With railroad transportation failing to meet demand, and shipping going halfway around the world, the United States was in dire need of a canal that would shorten the distance between the east and west coasts.

Hearing this not unexpected news, Frederick laughed: “What conditions did the Americans give, can’t be nothing, just want to come over and empty their hands?”

Talking about conditions is a must, pressing the Panama Canal not to develop, in itself is a means for Shinra to suppress the development of the Americans.

Since the American government had now opened its mouth, even if it was just a test, it was impossible to not open any conditions.

Empty glove bullying a small country is fine, playing that way with a dominant country is just looking for abuse. Not only will it not work, but it will also worsen diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Foreign Minister Frankel smiled slightly and said: ”The Americans did not give clear conditions, but in the process of contact, their Secretary of State made a hint.

As long as we are willing to concede the Panama Canal Zone, they will support us in the next battle for hegemony.

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

After all, it’s not often that a great power fights for supremacy, and the Americans probably think they’re important enough to want to take advantage of the opportunity to tear off a piece of meat.”

By making such a condition, the United States naturally wasn’t doing it for nothing.

Purely in terms of total economic output, the United States of America was already the world’s fourth most powerful nation after Shinra, Britain, and the Russian Empire.

The total amount of industry was even above the Russians and behind only Shinra and Britain. The United States of America also kept a continental army because of the fight against the Confederacy.

The United States of America is the fifth most powerful nation in the world after Spain, according to current international opinion, and many people even believe that the United States of America is a bit stronger than Spain.

With such a strong family background, in the next battle for supremacy between Shen Luo and Britain, the United States of America will naturally have the bottom of the line.

At least in the Americas region is so, the United States support which one, which one in the Americas in the competition has an advantage.

Especially in recent years, the London government’s constant pulling together has made the Americans realize their importance and want to take advantage of the situation.

Undoubtedly, for those who sell, the more buyers there are, the better it must be. The British alone bidding was obviously no match for Shinra and Britannia bidding together.

Frederick nodded: ”The Americans’ appetite isn’t too big, not asking us to support them in annexing the Union States should be considered restraint.

It’s just a pity that we don’t need them right now, much less interested in carrying their sedan chair and asking for favors for them where their British masters are concerned.”

It was obvious that Frederick did not have any good feelings towards such two-fifths. The closer he got to world domination, the deeper Frederick studied.

On the issue of choosing allies, Frederick still preferred countries that could be allied for a long period of time, rather than two-fifths that were destined to jump back.

The Vienna government hadn’t pulled in the United States, not because the United States didn’t have the strength, 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 far more control over the world than the British.

After all, the British were only a sea power country, while the Holy Roman was a sea power land power together. Not only was the military power stronger, but the combined national power of the Holy Roma was strong.

For small, weak countries, this was not a bad thing. At least the Vienna government eats much better compared to the British and doesn’t like to mess around, so everyone’s little life will still be a little better.

For a regional hegemon like the United States of America, things are not so wonderful.

“Americas for Americans”, go back to sleep for now, and when you do, you’ll have everything.

Other than that, at least reunification is hopeless.

The British want to stop the United States to re-unify, at most, economic sanctions, weapons and equipment to support the South; change the Holy Roman Empire, that is to send troops on their own.

Facing the kind of Britain’s small potential rivals, you can still rely on planting to slowly catch up; if you encountered such a giant as the Holy Roman Empire, then you have to be pressed all the time.

Facts are in front of us, so in the issue of pulling together overseas allies, the Vienna government performance is quite Buddhist.

In a nutshell, it is to wait for the British government to finish pulling in people, and the Vienna government directly receives their enemies.

Just as before, for example, when the United States was pulled in by the British government, the Union State approached Shinra on its own, saving even the cost of pulling in allies.

Despite being slightly weaker in terms of strength, this time the hegemony struggle, the Vienna government itself was not prepared to utilize the power of its allies, as long as there were people to follow and wave the flag, it was enough.

Prime Minister Chandler reminded, “Your Highness, the United States we should still make contact. At the very least, we should make an appearance of great sincerity, so that the Union State will feel the pressure.

As far as I know, the Union State hasn’t been very peaceful in recent times, and has already extended its hand to northern Mexico. If we don’t knock them around a bit, there’s no chance they’ll invade Mexico again someday.”

“Ambition” is something that every country has, but it’s just a matter of size.

The United States of America wants to reunite, the Union State also wants to strengthen itself. Especially in recent years, the land of the Union State has been almost developed, and the farmers have already set their sights on overseas.

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

Frankly speaking, the farmers’ desire for land was far stronger than the capitalists. To a farmer, land is wealth.

In contrast, the capitalists had little need for land, and were more interested in financial gain.

Of course, this is also directly related to the value of force. Generally speaking, capitalists were usually more afraid of death, and it was too difficult for them to go into battle with a gun.

After contemplating for a few moments of effort, Frederick slowly said, ”If that’s the case, then why don’t we simply grant the right to open the Panama Canal to the Americans.

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

It is estimated that the curtain should fall on the game between us and the British without waiting for the canal to open.

It would be just as well if the United States really fell to us, if they and the British browbeat us, then as a punishment for being on the wrong side, it would be only natural for us to take back the Panama Canal.”

All of this presupposes that Shinra wins this hegemony struggle, and the victor has the right to speak. But if it really lost the game, the Panama region wouldn’t be able to keep it.

It wasn’t the first time that the Vienna government had done the thing of hacking the ownership of the canal. The Suez Canal was originally still shared 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 was stabilized, the government of Vienna would likewise open the canal.

This is the interests of the decision, the golden waterway flowing not only gold, but also the lifeline of the economy of the Americas.

Holding this lifeline, coupled with the strong strength of the Holy Roman, there is no reason for the Americans to disobey.

(End of chapter)