Lord Moyu was forced to open

The conference room was quiet for a long time, with only a few representatives lighting their cigarettes with matches, and the sound of puffs of smoke could be heard from time to time.

The light of the cigarette butt flickered in the conference room. A fat middle-aged man sitting below Elizabeth, who looked to weigh at least 200 kilograms but was only 1.6 meters tall and wore a gentleman's hat, suddenly slammed the table and stood up!

A pair of round eyes fiercely swept across the faces of everyone present. The middle-aged fat man took off his gentleman's hat and threw it on the table, then shouted:
"Gentlemen! Have you forgotten how our colonies came about?
Do you really think that we are civilized people just because we wear gentleman's hats, leather shoes and hold walking sticks?

What was life like in the whole of Europe a hundred years ago?
The Black Death was rampant, and the lower class people couldn't even afford a piece of black bread. Children aged six or seven even had to work in factories in order to earn an eagle pound!
It was plunder! It was the great voyages! It was the colonies we occupied that made our country prosperous!

Let our children no longer have to work, and let our people eat soft white bread instead of damn rye baguettes that can break your teeth! "

"Chuckyr! What do you mean! What happened to our baguettes?!"

As soon as the fat man said this, the French and Spanish envoy sitting opposite him suddenly became unhappy, stood up, slammed the table and roared.

Qiu Jier glanced at him with disdain and sneered:
"Isn't it? The last time our two countries went to war, your French and Spanish soldiers actually charged forward with those damn rye baguettes as weapons!
Is that what people eat?”

"you!……"

The French and Spanish envoy was extremely angry. He pointed at Qiu Jier and trembled, unable to utter a word in rebuttal.

During the last Franco-British War, due to corruption by the quartermaster in charge of logistics, some soldiers were not given weapons. In the end, they could only pick up the baguettes they had not finished eating in the morning and go to the battlefield, and they also smashed the heads of many British soldiers.

Although the result was good, this incident became a laughing stock throughout Europe.

The French baguettes became famous throughout Europe overnight. It is said that many women in remote areas would keep a few baguettes at home to prevent robbers.

Qiu Jier ignored him and took out a cigarette box and a match box from his arms with trembling hands. After lighting his own cigarette with trembling hands, he took a deep breath and then looked at everyone and continued:
“Since we can’t reverse the downward trend in trade.

We asked you to impose tariffs, but you were afraid of retaliation, so now we only have one way to go!"

Everyone present immediately focused their attention on him. The French and Spanish envoy snorted coldly and sat down, looking displeasedly at the British Prime Minister, the warmongering maniac named Churchill, who was well-known throughout Europe.

Chujier, holding a cigarette and a civilized staff, turned around and walked shakily to the map behind him. He pointed at Europe with his short, fat hand and said, "Originally, we only had this place! Dozens of countries, big and small, were crowded together, with poor resources and small land."

After that, he moved his hand to the other side of the map, pointed at a continent and said, "Now, from here!"

As he spoke, he moved his hand to a place that looked like two long and narrow slices of bread with a gap between them and stopped, and continued:

"Come here. These are all our European colonies!
Our territory has expanded tenfold!
The land in the north is vast and sparsely populated, but rich in minerals and wild animals. We obtained food and various iron, gold and silver mines here.

The eastern regions have countless people and a variety of rich resources, especially spices, which are now our most valuable and largest export goods.

All this is because of our exploration, our ambition, and our occupation!
Since there is no way to reverse this trade deficit with the State of Song through normal means.

Then we'll go back to the old method!"

Everyone's faces suddenly became serious.

Qiu Jier pointed his stubby finger at a place that was obviously drawn in the past two years and said to Da Song:
"Let's increase taxes first, and then it will be fine if Song State accepts it honestly.

If they don't admit it, they still want to fight back!
Then we will form a coalition on the grounds that they have violated free trade, and use the guns in our hands to force them to accept it!
The State of Song is so rich. Once we defeat them, we might even be able to get a large amount of war reparations!
That might be ten or a hundred times what we paid!"

Join forces to attack the Song State? !
Qiu Ji'er's words shocked everyone present.

At this time, the envoy of the Holy Roman Empire stood up with a frown and said: "Prime Minister Qiu Jier, I admit that what you said is very inflammatory, which is also our usual style.

But have you ever thought that if we really join forces to declare war on the State of Song, what we will face is no longer the fragmented tribes in the previous colonies, but a huge empire with more than 1 million people?

Moreover, this empire is unified and commanded by a supreme emperor!
Such an empire, his power will be terrifying!"

As a person who once ruled the whole of Europe, although the Holy Roman Empire is no longer glorious and even its territory is only one twentieth of its peak, he knows too well how powerful the empire that unified the entire continent is!
Can they really defeat the State of Song by joining forces?
After hearing this, the rest of the people nodded repeatedly. War was not impossible, but the reason why they, as bandits, did not show their fangs to the Song Dynasty from the beginning was that they were afraid of the Song Dynasty's strength.

Qiu Jier sneered and said, "Don't worry about this. I have studied the Song State. Their territory is huge and their population is large, but it also means that the country is very bloated and their administrative transfers are extremely inefficient.

Moreover, in order to defend the vast territory, their troops were extremely dispersed.

I even learned that the former Wa Kingdom, now known as Wa Island, caused great trouble to this empire.

Their coastal defense is extremely weak, and they all rely on their East China Sea Fleet for patrol. As long as we can delay their East China Sea Fleet, we can land on their coast. Then, as long as we occupy all their economic zones, we can plunder them!

As far as I know, their coastal areas are extremely rich and we will definitely not lose money. We can even take this opportunity to test the strength of the Song Dynasty's army.

If they are just paper tigers, then we can march straight into their capital. Their army is strong, so we can just rob them and run away.

In this way, every once in a while, the State of Song will be exhausted by our attacks.

They can even continue to plunder their merchant ships at sea.

Restrict Song's trade.

Their coastal defense line is very long, and we can take advantage of it and attack their weak points.

No matter what, we won’t suffer any loss! ”

Qiu Jier confidently stated his plan.

The others present began to stroke their chins in thought.

Queen Elizabeth's own prime minister, who was sitting on the throne, also showed a look of satisfaction.

They knew exactly what Qiu Jier meant, which was to let them be pirates again.

Make use of the pirates' advantages and mobility to rob the Song Dynasty. Take advantage if you can, and retreat if you can't.

In short, just don’t suffer any loss.

If they get the chance, they can bite the State of Song hard.

The State of Song could not stand this kind of harassment, so after surrendering they could negotiate terms.

At that time, wouldn't the State of Song be able to be exploited by them?

I have to say that many people are beginning to be tempted. Even if their family is not strong enough, it seems that even if the whole of Europe is added together, it may not be impossible!

...(End of chapter)