Xinshun 1730

Chapter 639 Creating Anglo-Russian Contradiction

Of course, trade with China has excess profits, and Queen Elizabeth is sure of this.

But she really didn't expect that Dashun's purpose here was to make money?
Liu Yu poured a lot of bitterness here, especially the bitterness of "earning a few hard-earned money", which can fill a vodka bottle.

Regardless of whether it is a tea farmer or a silk worker, the profits they get are really pitiful, that is, a processing fee, purely hard money.

The East India Company does not affect the export volume of Dashun.The opening of trade does not affect Dashun's export volume.

However, it does affect Dashun's total gold and silver imports.

A pack of tea leaves, the few bucks earned by the tea growers are far behind those second-class dealers.

Although Liu Yu is a drunkard whose intention is not to drink, and is not essentially just selling tea and porcelain, these three melons and two dates, but these bitternesses are still very convincing.

The most real thing, the purpose of creating conflicts without conflicts between Britain and Russia, he hides so deeply that it is impossible for Elizabeth to guess it.

Because he made a huge circle.

Sweden is French-friendly.

Denmark is Anglophile.

Once Elizabeth decided to appoint Peter III as the prince, the Crown Prince of Sweden would be vacated.

The Swedish ambassador introduced to Liu Yu that Denmark also has the right to inherit. Obviously, Denmark will definitely seek the support of the United Kingdom.It is even very possible to marry with the United Kingdom to gain the support of the British.

The French now feel that there is still a chance to conclude a Russian-French alliance, and it is impossible for the Danes to seek the support of the French.

Find the support of the British and focus on the selection of the heir to the crown prince of Sweden. Even if the UK will not fully support Denmark in order to pull Russia, the discord between Russia and Britain will be planted.

More importantly, the Russians may not be aware of the Swedish East India Company, but Liu Yu knows how many goods smuggled into Britain are involved in it.

There are so few bird people in Sweden, and the monopoly of the Swedish East India Company clearly stipulates that the goods cannot be sold to Sweden. So who buys so much tea and porcelain every year?
If Russia stepped in again and tasted the sweetness of smuggling, it would really be hard to let go.

The jingle of poverty, once you see money, isn't it like a mosquito seeing blood?

There was no conflict between Britain and Russia, which made Liu Yu very uneasy.

Since there is no conflict, then creating something out of nothing will help create a conflict.

One Baltic, two East India companies.

One in Sweden and one in Denmark.

Now that the Swedish company is going to be turned into a Sino-Swiss-Russian joint company by Liu Yu, the conflict with Denmark will inevitably deepen.

Denmark itself is pro-British. Britain may not fully support Denmark in the early stage in order to pull Russia, so as not to anger Russia.

However, the world is changing.

The economies of Britain and Russia are complementary, and there is a very large trade volume between Britain and Russia.

In such a poor place in Russia, it is conceivable that the textile industry is really not doing well.

Russia's handicraft industry is also inherently deficient. Western Europe has accumulated handicraft talents in the medieval guilds. In Russia, it was only when the guilds were about to disintegrate that they knew what handicrafts were.

However, Liu Yu is preparing to change the trade between Britain and Russia from complementary and mutual needs to mutual competition.

Dashun can also provide some textiles that the UK can provide.The land trade with Russia is indeed insufficient. After all, to traverse the entire Siberia, only some things such as tea and rhubarb can be transported.

But once the sea transportation is developed, Dashun can fill in the gap for many goods that can be transported from the UK to Russia.

To close the country is to sit at home and wait for others to come to you.

But if you take the initiative to go to trade, you need "the customer is God", and you will say hello if you lack anything.

Dashun can provide textiles, agricultural tools, porcelain, soap, candles, spices, tea, etc.

As for glass, especially the glass industry that is now developed in Britain, it is impossible for Dashun to transport Dashun's glass to Russia for sale, because that thing is much more fragile than porcelain.

Therefore, some handicraft factories that are inconvenient to transport can be set up in Russia, and some things that are determined to be impossible to transport, or that the shipping cost is too high and the damage rate is too high to be profitable, can be directly set up in Russia.

Glass, wood, furniture, and paper can all be set up in Russia.

In a few years at most, the trade volume between Britain and Russia will be in jeopardy. Russia even has the urge to sell wood, furniture, glass and other commodities that have received Dashun's technology transfer.

For these things, transoceanic trade is simply money-losing goods.

And for those who do not lose money, the trading companies of China, Switzerland, and Russia can all provide them.

When Liu Yu said that he longed for Russia's hegemony over the Baltic Sea, he was sincere.Because he could not squeeze into the Danish East India Company, and the sphere of influence delineated by hegemony is a stable market.

Russia has tasted the sweetness of trade, and Liu Yu deliberately disgusted the "technology transfer" of Anglo-Russian relations-especially the technology transfer of some handicraft industries that Britain is good at, which will create irreconcilable contradictions between Britain and Russia.

Creating conflicts when there are no conflicts is a routine of major power diplomacy.

Only by extending your hand first can you create chips out of nothing, which is the same.

Dashun does not have egg pills in the hands of Britain or the Netherlands. This contradiction of making out of nothing is very suitable for Dashun's needs.

Once the contradictions accumulate and the Anglo-Russian alliance is no longer possible, Britain can only win over Denmark.

The trading companies of China, Switzerland and Russia will inevitably have conflicts with Denmark.

At that time, Dashun can use the banner of "armed neutral trade" to express that it will never take the initiative to go to war, as long as it is neutral trade.

However, Denmark wants to get goods from Dashun.

On the market side, Dashun stated that it will compete fairly.

In the source of goods, Dashun has a hundred ways to make Denmark feel unfair.

Denmark certainly can't stand it.

At that time, the Danish East India Company will be resolved together by the way, Russia and Sweden will send troops, Dashun will pay some money, and directly ask Denmark to dissolve the East India Company.

In this way, the Sino-Swiss-Russian joint trading company has obtained the full share of Chinese goods in the Baltic Sea Circle.

Not only will it not affect the shipments of Dashun Handicrafts, but it will also increase the profits of shipping.

What Britain can give Russia is money.

Dashun said that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish, and he directly gave Russian fishing nets.

It doesn't matter who dominates Europe.

No matter who dominates Europe, it needs to raise the strongest army. The hegemony of Europe can only be a land power, and there is not so much energy and money to build ships.

As long as Britain is destroyed, Dashun's situation in Europe will be opened.

Together vertically and horizontally.

But if the UK develops, it will be troublesome. People squatting on the island must be trying their best to raise the navy, and Dashun will never be able to enter Europe.

In the short term, this matter is to create discord between Britain and Russia over the issue of the crown prince of Sweden; in the long run, it is to change the trade between Britain and Russia from complementarity to competition, completely creating irreconcilable contradictions.

However, it is impossible for Elizabeth to think so far. What she heard can be summed up in one sentence: Dashun wants to cooperate with Russia to get the trade profits from the Baltic trade circle with China.

To be honest, this money might be a lot of money in Dashun's court, not to mention the poor and clinking Russia.

And what Liu Yu said made Elizabeth even more sure that Dashun was going to attack Holland.

Because... Nanyang spices and sugar are also a huge income, especially after being able to obtain the market in the Baltic Sea trade circle.

All of this seems to have become extremely reasonable.

The doubts that had been in Elizabeth's heart seemed to be finally solved at this moment.

The queen thought, yes, the non-aggression between China and Russia means that Dashun will go south.

The China-Switzerland-Russia Trading Company transported the goods for sale after going south.

Otherwise, those goods lack a market and cannot be sold, and it is meaningless to occupy Nanyang.

All of this is logical.

Liu Yu also explained clearly the purpose of encouraging Russia to move westward, to allow Russia to gain hegemony over the Baltic Sea and control the market.

Because according to Liu Yu's "times have changed" logic, the population of Sweden and Denmark is not enough to become the hegemon of the Baltic Sea; and although Prussia is possible, the Sino-Prussian alliance means that China still has to face the threat of Russia.

On the contrary, it is now cooperating with Russia and putting all the treasure on Russia, which can not only save military expenditures in the confrontation between China and Russia, but also ensure a broad and wide Baltic market.

The trading circle of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, and half of Central Europe is very huge.

The annual demand for silk, textiles, porcelain, tea and other special goods is also huge enough.

Of course, she did not expect that Liu Yu was going to deal with Britain, but the logic chain she understood was very clear, clear, and seemed to be impeccable.

I calculated the benefits of Liu Yu's suggestion in my heart, and I was already very inclined to Liu Yu's suggestion in my heart.

This poor place in Finland is cold and has few people. It can only be used as a buffer for Petersburg. It doesn't make much sense to cut it away.

And oppression with victory on the battlefield, what can be obtained from Sweden is far better than cutting off Finland.

Including Liu Yu's proposal for the crown prince candidate, the exemption of the Strait toll tax, the trading companies of China, Switzerland and Russia, and the possibility of bringing Sweden into the mix when it moves westward in the future.

All this is calculated, and it is indeed beneficial to Russia.

Similarly, because it is beneficial to Dashun, everything Liu Yu said is very credible.

She would not believe that Liu Yu was thinking about a coup that had been planned for more than ten years in order to fulfill his promise to Hannibal.

"Lord Marquis, I will seriously consider your proposal. But I hope that we can keep this matter a secret from each other. Even the Privy Council ministers around me will keep my mouth shut. And on your side, I also hope that you can convey my respect for Greetings from the Great Emperor of China, and news that I wish this matter to be kept secret."

"As for the investment and construction of the factory you said, I hope it can be implemented sooner. If necessary, I can allocate some serfs to you, or grant you the right to lease serfs. Put these serfs directly into the glass you want to build factory or paper mill."

"Alternatively, it can be directly dialed to your state-owned farmers."

Elizabeth, who wanted to continue Peter's policy, was very happy with Dashun's idea of ​​"teaching a man to fish is worse than giving him a fish".

Before Peter, there were only a few poor handicrafts in Russia.

Peter saw very clearly that Russia's geography, terrain, infrastructure, and transportation conditions, relying on "encouraging industry and commerce" to develop industry and commerce is pure fantasy.

So Peter's policy is "compulsory government."

After being run by the government, it will be decentralized to the private sector.Even if the government offices are decentralized to the private sector, many people are still unwilling to take over, because those who are qualified to take over are nobles and landlords, and they have no tradition of running factories.

[Our people are like children. Because children are so ignorant, they will not take the initiative to memorize the alphabet.It must be the owner or parent, forcing them to do so. 】

This is Peter's description of the current situation in Russia.

Memorizing the alphabet is a good thing, it can get rid of ignorance by recognizing characters.However, it is impossible for children to take the initiative to memorize the alphabet by nature, so a strong man is needed to play the role of "little daddy" and force them to do some "civilized" things.

(End of this chapter)