Chapter 17: Cowardly in the Zhuge Family! (Please collect, vote monthly, recommend, and continue to read)

After hearing Zhuge Weidao's declaration, Guo Xiaobao's dark face became even darker.

It's not that he's afraid of war. In fact, fighting a world war would have no disadvantages for an officer like him with a middle-class or middle-class noble background. Of course, there wouldn't be much benefit either.

Nowadays, the military and political circles of the Ming Dynasty have become more solidified. If an elite member of the Zhuge family such as Zhuge Weidao had not lost his mind and climbed up step by step, he could reach the general level with his eyes closed. If Zhuge Weidao had not

If you can become the military advisor of the Zhuge family - that is, if you join the family's inner circle, you can go up one or two more steps and become the admiral, the navy minister, the chief commander, and the education chief. There is no problem.

As for Guo Xiaobao's level, he is very sure that he will be a lieutenant colonel or colonel in the navy. If he wants to be promoted to the general level, it depends on whether the Zhuge Weidao he follows can become the third officer. If Zhuge Weidao goes up, he will follow.

It's a good job. Otherwise, it's almost enough to become a colonel. The future is not bad, but it's not particularly good either.

As for naval officers who are civilians, unless they are particularly outstanding, it is difficult to be promoted to colonel. Most people end their promotion to major, and it is a bit difficult to become a colonel. The starting point of Zhuge's Taoism is the end point of many people!

The size of the Ming Navy is very large, second only to the British Navy, and it also has naval bases all over the Western Pacific and the North Pacific. Such a huge navy certainly requires a lot of odd-job officers, and there is a lot of hard work. Therefore, the Ming Navy has civilian backgrounds.

, there are quite a few officers who never get promoted.

Therefore, among the Ming Navy, there are many people who want to start a war!

But Guo Xiaobao knows that fighting a world war is not the wish of the eight major families headed by the Zhuge family. In particular, the great military advisors of the Zhuge family are particularly unwilling to fight a world war, and they are particularly unwilling to fight the British!

"Baozhi, am I right?" Zhuge Weidao also saw that Guo Xiaobao's face was different and if it got darker, he would look like an African!

"Brother Daozi!" Guo Xiaobao said in a low voice with a pulled face, "Do you know who are the people in our Ming Dynasty who are most opposed to war with Britain?"

"It's difficult," Zhuge Youdao thought for a while, "Is it the Zheng family? His family is engaged in international trade, right? Once a war breaks out, the Zheng family will definitely suffer heavy losses! Moreover, the Zheng family also has many investments in Japan, and they will have to pay for it if there is a war.

The Japanese confiscated it."

Guo Xiaobao sighed and said to himself: "This man only remembers the bad things about others, but forgets that the old men in his own family who dote on him are the worst!"

"Brother Daozi," Guo Xiaobao said, "Of course the Zheng family does not want to fight, but they are not the most opposed to war with Britain. Although the Zheng family is engaged in maritime trade, their main assets are in Siam and Vietnam.

.Agriculture is the foundation of the Zheng family. As for the Zheng family's investment in Japan, it was quite a lot in the era of King Wu Zhong, but it is not much now. Business in Japan is very difficult, and Japanese people don't even have a little money.

We are engaged in armament. Moreover, the lacquerware, silk, and tea produced in Japan have been defeated by us internationally and cannot be sold at all."

"Then how does Japan build armaments?" Zhuge Weidao was stunned, "Where does the money come from?"

Guo Xiaobao snorted, "It's all about women. Brother Daozi, do you remember Sister Nanyang and what an Oriental wife is?"

"Sister Nanyang, remember," Zhuge Weidao nodded, "What is this Oriental wife?"

Nanyang sisters are Japanese custom girls who go abroad to Japan, mainly to Nanyang!

Historically, Japan's original capital for the Meiji Restoration was the gold and silver accumulated in the country - Japan is not a poor place without some resources. Historically, before the gold and silver in the New World were dug out, Japan was also famous for being rich in gold and silver. It's just that

Most of the gold, silver and copper produced in Japan filled the trade deficit with China. But by the time of the Meiji Restoration, there was still a little left, and it was all used by Meiji heroes like Okubo Toshimichi to fill the huge pit of industrialization.

However, this capital alone will definitely not be able to fill the gap in industrialization - Japan is not a US emperor, a country chosen by heaven, and has everything it wants. Japan's industrialization is very difficult, requiring resources but not resources, and technology but not technology, so

In the early stages of industrialization, there must have been a large deficit. It was not enough to rely on capital, so we had to sacrifice N generations of Japanese women at the bottom. This is how Nanyang Sister came to be!

Guo Xiaobao said: "Oriental wives are those men in the Ming Dynasty who can't get a wife. They spend one or two hundred silver dollars to buy a Japanese girl from an Asian girl to be their wife. Those Japanese girls work hard and are beaten and scolded.

, very affordable. Of course, some Japanese girls with particularly cute looks will be sold to wealthy families as concubines. The funds that flow into Japan every year through Nanyang sisters and Oriental wives are the capital for their armaments and factories."

"No wonder Japan has never been beaten by the Ming Dynasty," Zhuge Weidao said in his heart, "It is the land of hope for the bachelors at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty!"

He thought for a while and then asked a little uncertainly: "Baozhi, I don't have a Japanese baby mother, do I?"

"No." Guo Xiaobao said very firmly.

"Fortunately," Zhuge said in his heart, "the old man is still a moral gentleman. I have to learn from him. But I can't buy some idiots, Mr. Hatano and Mr. Yoshizawa and train him."

Guo Xiaobao added at this time: "Although your virtuous father has a romantic nature, he does not keep concubines. He only has some confidants outside and a few, several children born out of evil."

Ah, the old guy is not a good person either!

Zhuge Weidao suddenly thought of himself and looked at Guo Xiaobao nervously: "Baozhi, me. What about me? Have I made a large group of confidante outside?"

"You?" Guo Xiaobao took a breath and said hesitantly, "You seem to be keeping yourself clean."

Not bad!

A very scary thought suddenly appeared in Zhuge Weidao's mind: "I am Yushu Linfeng, I am very talented, young and rich, and a famous son. It is not difficult at all to pick up girls, how can I be clean and self-sufficient? It can't be. Wrong.

Alright?"

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao's chrysanthemums tightened!

Nervously, he quickly changed the topic, and Zhuge Weidao asked: "Baozhi, since it's not the Zheng family, who is the most opposed to the war?"

Guo Xiaobao was dumbfounded by Zhuge Weidao's question, so he had to answer truthfully: "Brother Daozi, the ones who are most opposed to war with Britain are the elders and experts in your family. Among them are your father-in-law! When Napoleon rose in Europe,

, many young military generals in the country advocated joining forces with the French emperor to fight against the British barbarians, taking Malacca first, and then saving Tianzhu from the fire."

"Save Tianzhu from water and fire?" Zhuge Weidao thought to himself: "Who are these people? Why should we save Tianzhu? Isn't it good for them to be in dire straits?"

Zhuge Weidao stopped trying to torment Indian Asan, frowned and asked: "What did my father say?"

"The old man said that the British and barbarians were the troublemakers of the European continent. The mainland was small and had no ambition to unify, and it would not allow the European continent to be confused. If the emperor wins, the European continent may be unified, and then the population, land, and resources will be comparable.

As for our Ming Dynasty’s New Roman Empire, if the British and Barbarians win, the European continent will be divided into pieces. Is a divided Europe beneficial to me, or is a unified Europe beneficial to me?”

"The analysis is quite correct, but it's not right." Zhuge Weidao thought to himself: "The ancestors didn't leave a copy of "Modern History of the World" to their descendants, right? Those great military strategists will be able to do calculations immediately after flipping through the history books.

As long as they have the ability to calculate, they can deify the Zhuge family. Now the history of the Ming Dynasty is unpredictable, but the overall pattern of Europe has not changed much. As long as the Zhuge family secretly guides

By doing so, they can allow history to develop on its original track, at least not deviating too much. In this way, they can maintain a myth that can pinch and calculate, and face the Zhuge family who can really pinch and calculate, and all enemies will be able to do so.

Don’t you dare have any bad intentions? In this way, won’t the Zhuge family be able to maintain their dominance for a long time?”

Zhuge Weidao felt that he was getting closer and closer to the truth. He thought for a while and asked again: "Even if we don't join forces with Napoleon, we can conquer the Strait of Malacca and then invade Australia!"

Guo Xiaobao said: "At that time, many people indeed proposed to seize Malacca and Australia, but your father said that Malacca and Australia are in the hands of the British and barbarians, and that they are places that must be defended and saved. We can set up battlefields and encirclement points around Malacca and Australia.

Strike for reinforcements, annihilate the main force of the British Royal Navy in one fell swoop, and lay the foundation for world domination.

If Malacca and Australia were to me, there would be nothing more than an extra door and a vast expanse of wasteland. If the British and barbarians lost the care of this door and this wasteland, they would make up their minds to cut off trade and work hard to develop their own industry. It would be better to

Let the UK temporarily hold Malacca and Australia to develop them for us, and then when conditions are ripe, they can take them over."

"Wishful thinking is pretty good," Zhuge Weidao thought to himself, "It's a pity that the British are not fools either!"

Guo Xiaobao continued: "Your Majesty once said that the heroic spirit is not exhausted, but there is not much left. We, the Ming Dynasty, can patiently wait for it to defeat itself. The most urgent task is to support the independence of New Spain to contain the United States."

"Support the independence of New Spain?" Zhuge Weidao asked, "What is the situation in New Spain now? Is it independent?"

"Already independent," Guo Xiaobao said, "it became independent in 1821 in the Western calendar, and established the Mexican Empire in May of the following year."

"Is the Mexican Empire still there? It didn't collapse, right?"

The First Mexican Empire in Zhuge Weidao's memory existed for more than a year, but died of poverty because there was no money to pay the army.

"Yes!" Guo Xiaobao nodded, "Agustín I was the founding emperor. He had troops and the support of the Ming Empire. How could he collapse? Agustín I had just come to power, and the Ming Dynasty used a

An increase of 10 million silver dollars, plus an interest-free long-term loan of 50 million silver dollars, was exchanged for the exploration and mining rights of metals, oil, and coal in California. With so much money, Agustin I's empire was as stable as

That’s like the Sierra Madre.”

Sixty million silver dollars were exchanged for the California Gold Mine. Historically, the gold mines in California produced 12 million taels during the gold rush alone, which was worth tens of millions of silver dollars.

Moreover, the 60 million given to Augustine I could not only help him maintain his power, but also be used to purchase armaments and train the army. On the one hand, he could contain American imperialism and on the other hand, he could sell arms.

Zhuge Weixin said: "Although the people of the Zhuge family are a little timid, they are very good at abacus!

Therefore, they chose a development route that was the safest for them. On the one hand, they compromised and tried to maintain relations with the United Kingdom; on the other hand, they used financial aid to Mexico to contain the United States. Perhaps they also hoped that after the British Empire weakened,

Instead.

According to their calculations, even if Ming Dynasty cannot replace Daying, it should be able to maintain its current status. In this way, the glory and wealth of the Zhuge family and their ability to calculate can certainly be preserved. It turns out that the most cowardly thing about Ming Dynasty is

The Zhuge family!

But they didn't expect that Ming's hard power was now too strong. Its population, industry, territory, resources, and naval scale had all reached the point where it was possible to crush the British Empire. Moreover, the United States was the eldest son of Great Britain, and the inheritance of hegemony between Britain and the United States was just a matter of time.

The father is weak and the son succeeds. The Ming Dynasty and the Great Britain are basically two civilizations, so the experience of the hegemony alternation between the Great Britain and the United States cannot be used in the struggle for hegemony between the Great Britain and the Great Ming.

In addition, the Mexico they support is actually a puddle of mud that cannot stand up to the wall, and is no match for the United States. In the end, I am afraid that I will have to go out and fight the United States myself!"

After thinking about this, Zhuge Weidao felt a little sleepy. He looked at Guo Xiaobao again. He was already yawning nonstop and was about to fall asleep. So he stopped embarrassing the little black fat man and said with a smile: "Baozhi, Guo Xiaobao,

It’s getting late, you should go to bed early. We will arrive in Turqisk tomorrow, and then we will take a horse-drawn sleigh to enter the Golden Empire!”

Zhuge Weidao is still looking forward to this strange fortune-telling country, the Golden Empire. When he gets there, he should be able to capture the Grand Duchess Natalie Pavlovna!

After settling down for a while, the freckled Sasha (Natalie's maid) will no longer be like a dog-skin plaster, sticking to Natalie's side, right?
Chapter completed!