Chapter 603： There must be a battle with France in the future

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For Marin, the biggest threat is France. France was the first centralized country in western Europe. Since the gradual completion of centralized power in the late 15th century, France has been one of the best in Western Europe.

Only when the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish Empire are unified due to the Habsburg family, France will be suspended. It is a pity that the Habsburg family broke up the strongest alliance in Europe because of the struggle for power. Since the alliance was broken up by the Habsburgs themselves, Europe has no country that can suppress France.

By Louis XIV, all Europe was trembling under the iron hooves of France. So Louis XIV won the title of "Sun King".

Therefore, the more centralized a country is, the more powerful the combat power it can exert. Because national resources can be mobilized and utilized by the central government.

Whether it was the Bourbon dynasty of Louis XIV, the Napoleon empire that later swept across Europe, the tsarist empire of Maozi, and the German empire that later almost singled out the world, they all have an important feature-that is centralization ...

Only a centralized country can use the largest resources and exert its strongest power. Some might say that Britain is strong, but in fact, the British Army has never been stronger. Britain only relied on the huge benefits of maritime trade to spawn a huge navy. However, this is only the case. The Army does not make money, plus the British are not centralized enough. Therefore, the British Army has never been an opponent of France and Germany. Even in the war, Britain can only act as a **** stick, and provide military expenses to Maozi, Prussia, and Austria, allowing them to serve as pioneers. If it weren't for the blocking of the English Channel and the strong navy that Britain had formed because of maritime trade, Britain would have been ravaged by Napoleon and Hitler at least twice.

Does the Polish-Lithuanian Federation look strong enough? Such a large area has millions of square kilometers and a population of tens of millions. In the beginning, Maozi had been beaten. But why did it decline later? Isn't it because of internal friction? The Polish king did not have much power at all, and was not much better than Emperor Shinra. Therefore, such a powerful country, because resources could not be integrated together, was eventually suppressed by the authoritarian and backward and barbaric Maozi. The three countries that divided Poland-Maozi, Prussia and Austro-Hungarian Empire, are all centralized states.

France has now initially completed centralization, and only one national tax system is needed to fly. It is precisely because tax cannot be levied nationwide that even if the King of France can call for more than a hundred thousand troops, he cannot afford it. Otherwise, France has long gone to heaven ...

It is for this reason that Marin did not vigorously promote any comprehensive taxation system in the country, but instead desperately collected fields and developed colonies to obtain sufficient financial income.

If Marin dared to promote comprehensive taxation, relying on strong military strength, the country is not a problem. The problem abroad is serious. If the French study Marin and levy farmland tax and head tax throughout the country, they will get amazing financial income. With the money and the French population, it is difficult for France to fly. By that time, Germany will probably be subject to full-scale aggression by France. Or, Italy will fall into the hands of France.

It was based on such concerns that Marin did not promote comprehensive taxation. Otherwise, if you learn from France, it will be a disaster. Moreover, by selling grain and salt, and developing colonies, coupled with the future Marin to open trade with the Ming Dynasty, Marin's financial income is sufficient, and does not require national taxation.

Europeans have a bad habit of imitation. Moreover, shameless enough. Don't look at the Europeans pretending to be posthumous, accusing China's cottage of a serious situation, but in fact, Germany was engaged in the industrial revolution in the past, and it was completely British cottage.

In the 19th century, German goods represented garbage and low-end, and only British goods represented tallness. The Germans relied on cottage British goods to start the industry first, and then strive for excellence before they succeeded in making German products in later generations. But at the beginning, the Germans shamelessly copied British goods. Even industrial products made in Germany will deliberately affix customers with English labels. Otherwise, you can't sell ...

Speaking of shamelessness, the French are also unequivocal. At that time, the Venetians invented glass mirrors, and one mirror sold for 150,000 francs, which shocked the world. Because it is an exclusive technology, the Venetian made a lot of money.

For the sake of confidentiality, the Venetians moved all the artisans who know how to make glass mirrors to Murano Island to prevent foreigners from contacting those craftsmen and stealing the secrets of glass mirrors.

But the French were superior in technology-they indirectly bought out the craftsmen by finding the family of the craftsmen who knew the technology of glass manufacturing, and acquired the manufacturing technology of glass mirrors. Then, the secret of the Venetian glass mirror was stolen by the French, and the price of the glass mirror fell sharply.

This is also the fault of the Venetians-they moved the craftsmen to Murano, but did not move the family together. The craftsman is not a prisoner, he always has to go home for important holidays such as Christmas and New Year? As long as the family of the craftsmen is bought, and then through their families, will those craftsmen be solved?

Therefore, after learning this lesson, the secret military industrial unit of later generations of China, although building a factory in Dashan, has established a complete infrastructure and has also taken over its families ... Those military industrial bases are basically an independent small town ... … Under such circumstances, how do you buy the employees of those military units? Before entering the town, he was killed by the guard ...

Later, although many units moved out. However, those who were drawn were factories with very low security levels, such as those producing guns and ammunition. But those factories that produce nuclear weapons, etc., are still rooted in the mountains and deserts, and will never move to big cities ...

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The French are good at learning, or the whole European country is good at learning. As long as you have new technology, others will find ways to learn away.

For example, Marin ’s Spanish phalanx proved to be very effective after several wars. As a result, many European countries now learn Marin and form a large-scale musket team. However, due to the shortage of saltpeter, the size of the musket team in each country is limited.

For example, in France, because of the shortage of saltpeter, only a team of 4,000 musketeers was formed. After all, the French do not have the way to buy saltpetre from India like Marin. They do n’t even have a set of nitrate officials now, and there are not many sources of saltpeter. Moreover, France has a large artillery, and the number of French brass guns is as many as one hundred or dozens. Therefore, although France is large, saltpeter is not enough.

However, Marin heard that Louis XII seemed to have realized the problem of insufficient saltpetre after the formation of the musket team, and planned to establish the role of nitrate collector to collect a large amount of soil nitrate throughout France.

Of course, even this is useless. Therefore, in later generations, the French also went to India and established a French Indian colony in India's local rule. From 1674 until 1954. One of the meanings of its existence is to buy saltpetre from India. Otherwise, France has no ability to have so many musketeers lined up to shoot in the Nagano. Just looking in the dung pit is absolutely not enough for Napoleon's artillery ...

Marin was worried that the French would send the ship to India in advance, so while helping Edward capture England this time, he also pitted the French. As long as the French merchant ships are pitted, then the French will not be able to slow down for a long time. At least, it will be difficult to make achievements in navigation.

As long as the French do not have enough sources of saltpeter, then it is difficult for the French to form a large team of musketeers. Without enough firepower, the French are not so terrible.

In the future, after Marin annexed England, the French must be angry and angry. Because of their efforts, Marin made wedding clothes. How can France, as a European brother, endure this kind of thing? Therefore, after annexing England, Marin and France will surely have a battle, not on the sea, but on land. Because the French army is their strength.

As long as you cross the Netherlands, the French can attack the East Friesland ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Therefore, Marin needs to prepare in advance to suppress the French nautical ability and the channel to obtain saltpetre from overseas. When the land war broke out between the two countries, France lacked sufficient firepower to defeat Marin's army. And Marin, by virtue of the sufficient advantages of saltpeter, has unlimited fire rights, and rely on this to defeat the French army.

Not only that, Marin even planned to unite Spain and the Habsburg family to weaken France and even dismember France. For example, after defeating the French, they joined forces with Spain and Austria to march into France, forcing France to cede the territory and seek peace.

In the end, Marin ’s plan was to occupy the land on the south bank of the English Channel in northern France. Spain and Austria occupy land on the Mediterranean coast of southern France, including the important port of Marseille. In this way, France ’s nautical potential can be further weakened and forced into a land country. And Marin achieved the purpose of completely controlling the north and south sides of the English Channel, and the safety of his merchant ships leaving the Atlantic Ocean was even higher.

Also, if you can defeat France, it is better to let the Duke and Counts of France regain the separatist forces with armed forces, just like the German princes.

As a result, France has become the second Holy Roman Empire, and the French King will lose control of the country. Just like before France began to centralize power, the French king can only control the surrounding areas of Paris, and the decree cannot be around Paris ... By then, the threat of France will be further reduced ...

Once the French King wanted to re-centralize, Marin and Marin ’s descendants immediately united Spain and Austria to send troops to support the princes of France ... In this way, with strong external interference, the French wanted to be stronger again, then It's difficult ...

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