Zhao Hao and Wen Daosheng, who were anxious because of the guano crisis, did not realize that when the water heater (steam engine) and Huang's spinning machine appeared, the war on the East Asian continent was already brewing.

The power provided by the water heater and the high efficiency of the Huang's spinning machine have completely changed the industrial production model of the Great Zhou Republic and the United States of the Eastern Song Dynasty in the past twenty years.

The era of factory handicrafts has come to an end, and what follows is the era of large-scale machinery industry.

This is an industrial revolution, a leap of productivity, and a crisis.

Twenty years after the Great Zhou Republic and the United States of the Eastern Song Dynasty started the industrial revolution, all areas affected by the industrial revolution experienced a surge in product production capacity, but market demand was seriously insufficient.

Moreover, due to the replacement of manual labor by machines, relatively serious unemployment occurred in many major cities in the Great Zhou Republic and the Eastern Song Dynasty.

Of course, due to the existence of large colonies, these hungry and cold people always go out and will not rise up.

However, as the head of the Great Zhou Republic, Wu Yuanlong still felt great pressure.

He is a descendant of the "Royal and Braves". Although he is also a direct descendant of the Wu clan, his family has not had a chance to be the head of state for a long time, and he has little influence in the political arena of the Great Zhou Republic. It was not until Wu Yuanlong's generation that the three Japanese provinces (East, West Japanese provinces and Bohai provinces) were benefiting from the great development of the Americas and the industrial revolution, and became an indispensable force in the political arena of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Wu Yuanlong was able to be elected as the head of state because the three Japanese provinces (East, West Japanese provinces and Bohai provinces) benefited from the great development of the Americas and the industrial revolution, and became an indispensable force in the political arena of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

By the way, Japan's territory was actually not of great value before the development of the Americas. Because it was at the end of the world trade and cultural communication chain before the Age of Discovery.

It is just a closed, conservative, backward and barbaric existence, not worth mentioning!

Some people in later generations like to brag about marine ethnic groups. When they see Japan as an island country, they think they are very marine.

In fact, this is not the case. Japan was the first country in history to implement the country's closure, and it began to lock the country since the end of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, after the demise of the Tang Dynasty and the visits of black ships in modern times, locking the country was basically a national policy. Only when the internal situation was made into a pot of porridge and there was no national policy will the country be founded.

But such a closed, conservative, backward and barbaric country is blocking China's waterway to America.

It is unimaginable to bypass Japan and go to the Americas... Sailing boats must carry one month of supplies, which will occupy many cargo and passenger compartments. The cost of immigration to the Americas has increased several times!

So as long as the medieval Chinese decide to go to America to be imperialism, Japan will inevitably benefit from it.

This is determined by Japan's geographical environment!

In fact, Japan's great development in later generations also benefited from the country's superior geographical location to a considerable extent.

In this time and space, the three Japanese provinces have become the fastest growing region in the Great Zhou Republic since the middle of the 12th century. The Zhou people living in the three Japanese provinces have become the largest group of people in the Great Zhou region who benefited from the development of the Americas.

Of course, the Zhou people in the three provinces of Japan were all Han people, and the He clan and other tribes do not exist now... Before General Kamakura conquered Japan, Japan was a barbaric country that implemented the caste system. Only a small number of nobles and nobles had the surname Miao, which could be considered the He clan.

Most serfs and country warriors don’t even have a surname, and they don’t know where their ancestors came from. What race do they have? What ethnic groups do slaves have?

Later, General Kamakura Yiyong gave them the surname Han, saying that they were Han people, and of course they were Han people.

While Japanese peasants and rural samurai became Han people one after another, the authentic He tribes were moved to the Great Zhou land, and they lived with surnames such as Yuan, Ping, Teng, and Ju, and also integrated into Han people.

At the same time, a large number of Han people from the Great Zhou and the Eastern Song Dynasty moved to three provinces of Japan and intermarried with Han people from the Japanese.

By the 200th anniversary of the Republic, the history before the "liberal liberation" was almost forgotten. No one remembered that his ancestors were Japanese barbarians... It seemed that all the ancestors of Zhou people from the three Japanese provinces came from the Great Zhou land with the volunteer general.

With the great development of industry and commerce in the three provinces of Japan, more and more people in the three provinces with citizenship are also increasing. And citizens of the three provinces of Japan are very loyal to the "Kamkura General's Family". As long as they are candidates supported by the "Kamkura General's Family", they will definitely be elected.

This voting habit also allowed the volunteers to gradually rise in the political arena of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the 230th general election, the head of the volunteers, Wu Yuanlong, successfully reached the top with the support of the Wei Gong Party controlled by Wu Shijie, a citizen of the three provinces and the head of the Yijiu Sect, and once again regained the throne of the Wu family.

However, three years after Wu Yuanlong took office as head of the People's Republic of China, the Great Zhou Republic encountered a crisis caused by overproduction.

In the last year of Wu Yuanlong's first term, the economic crisis not only showed no sign of easing, but became more and more intense.

The Great American Development and the Great Mongolian War, which could have brought some impetus to the local economic growth of the Great Zhou Dynasty, have begun to silence there. The Black Death broke out in Europe and the Western Regions again! The demand for Great Zhou commodities has dropped sharply...

If this continues, Wu Yuanlong is afraid that he will not have a second term to do.

And he will become the worst head of state in the history of the Great Zhou Republic for more than 200 years.

Just when Wu Yuanlong was helpless about economic issues, his two political allies, Wu Shijie, the boss of the Yijiu faction, and Su Junwan (descendant of Su Mai), gave a dangerous move that scared him out of a cold sweat to start a war to annex the mainland of the Eastern Song Dynasty!

Although Wu Yuanlong was a soldier and became a major general in the army, he was a peaceful soldier. He had never fought a war in his life and never thought that he would lead a war to unify China.

However, as the crisis of overproduction became increasingly serious, the originally widely-existing public opinion basis of "China first" and "friendly to the Eastern Song Dynasty" also suffered serious shakes.

After all, an industrial revolution occurred in the Eastern Song Dynasty, just like the Great Zhou Dynasty!

The industrial revolution also strengthened the competitiveness and output of the products of the Eastern Song Dynasty. Therefore, the Eastern Song Dynasty has now become a competitor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. What else can be hated by the Great Zhou capitalists more than competitors?

The industrial products of Dazhou should be exclusive to the American market!

No, not only America, but also Europe, the Western Regions and India markets should also belong to the Great Zhou... China is preferred and other things seem to be a mistake!

In fact, the "China Priority" policy proposed by Wu Guocheng more than a hundred years ago was a very smart calculation. On the one hand, this policy helped to cultivate the pro-Zhou faction in the Eastern Song Dynasty and Western Song Dynasty; on the other hand, this policy could compete with the Eastern Song Dynasty for population resources.

In the Middle Ages, population was a very valuable resource!

Because the Great Zhou Republic unilaterally opened American colonies to the Song Dynasty, the Han people in the Song Dynasty were welcomed to settle in America and gave the same treatment as the Zhou people.

So in the past two hundred years, a large number of Eastern Song people have moved to the Americas and the three provinces of Japan. Because the three provinces of Japan are the throats of the Americas, Eastern Song immigrants and merchants also went to the Americas through Japan, and some of them settled in Japan.

In other words, through the "China First" policy, the Great Zhou Republic successfully attracted a large number of Eastern Song populations and accelerated the development of the Americas.

The population of the Great Zhou Dynasty can be the same as the sum of the two Song dynasties, which is inseparable from the long-term adherence to the "China First" policy.

Although "China First" did not allow many unification factions to appear in the Song Dynasty, it made the national strength of the Great Zhou Republic overwhelmed the Song Dynasty. It also made the Eastern Song Dynasty replace it with "hoot dependence".

Once the supply of American bird droppings is lost, the crisis in the Eastern Song Dynasty will probably intensify greatly, thus losing the ability to resist the attack of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In addition, due to the existence of the vast and prosperous American colonies, the Great Zhou Republic had to spare no effort to develop its maritime power over the past 200 years.

Until now, the advantages of the Great Zhou Navy are still very obvious. Whether it is the number of warships, tonnage, or firepower, they have obvious advantages over the Eastern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, after cutting off the supply of bird droppings from the Eastern Song Dynasty, the Great Zhou Republic could also use the navy to block the trade routes of the Eastern Song Dynasty, forcing the industrial products of the Eastern Song Dynasty to withdraw from the international market because they could not be transported abroad.

Under the persuasion of Wu Shijie, Su Junwan, and the Minister of the Great Zhou Navy (the Great Zhou Navy was so powerful that it had a Navy headquarters that was on par with the Ministry of War), Wu Yuanlong was finally moved and accepted the war plan they proposed. With their support, he was re-elected again.

In fact, this plan has been prepared for many years. As early as when Su Junwan and Wu Shijie were the capitals of the Great Zhou Army and Navy, they began to plan secretly.

The engagement between Wu Yuankai and Princess Anna of Egypt is part of this war plan.

"Fifteenth brother, this is Anna's portrait...the super realistic style is Ni Zan's handwriting."

In the study room on the fourth floor of the newly completed Head of the Head Palace in Tianjin, Wu Yuanlong, who is in his fifties, is smiling and lit up a portrait of a beautiful Western girl, introducing Wu Yuankai who has just returned to Tianjin.

Princess Anna is indeed a rare beauty. At least in the writings of Ni Zan, the largest painter in the Great Zhou Dynasty, she has an angelic face.

"The Shenzhou battleship is ready and can set off at any time." Wu Yuanlong said again, "It's just a good time now. At most three months, you can arrive in Egypt and become Prince Suez."

The Shenzhou is a first-class sail battleship with 110 naval guns and an empty-load displacement of up to 55,000 stones.

It is one of the most powerful sail battleships in the world!

The Navy of the Great Zhou Republic currently has 10 "Shenzhou" class battleships, and also has 90 second- and third-level battleships with weak tonnage and firepower, as well as a larger number of fourth-level, fifth-level and six-level ships.

"First of the People, are you going to become Prince Suez?" Wu Yuankai asked.

Prince Suez is the exclusive title of the Queen of Egypt.

Wu Yuanlong nodded, "Yes, the Egyptian king has passed away! So what you want to marry is not the princess, but the queen. Congratulations!"

"She is the queen..." Wu Yuankai asked again, "Is that why I sent the Shenzhou battleship to send me to Egypt?"

The Shenzhou is the most powerful battleship in the world, and it seems a bit useless to use it to send off a bride.

Wu Yuanlong said: "It is not only the Shenzhou, but also the Republic and the "Jewisha".

"Three first-class battleships?" Wu Yuankai sucked a chill, "Head of War, is this going to fight?"

Wu Yuanlong shook his head, "I don't know yet...but I must make the worst plan!

The state of Song's navy in the South China Sea is very powerful and has a South China Sea fleet that may intercept. In addition, we also need to strengthen the South China Sea fleet. After completing the escort mission, the three ships of Shenzhou, Republic and Efa will join the South China Sea fleet."

The Navy of the Eastern Song Dynasty has always been able to compete with the Great Zhou Republic. Currently, the Eastern Song Dynasty Navy has 6 first-class battleships and 60 second-class and third-class battleships. It is the second maritime power in the world that is second only to the Great Zhou Navy!

Although the strength of the Eastern Song Navy is only 66% of that of the Great Zhou Navy, the strength of the Eastern Song Navy is relatively concentrated, with only two large fleets, the local fleet and the Nanyang Fleet, and a Western squadron attached to the Nanyang Fleet.

The Great Zhou Navy has four large fleets, including the local fleet, the Great Eastern Fleet, the Atlantic Fleet and the South China Fleet. In addition, it also has a small Western squadron with a smaller scale and belongs to the South China Fleet, so its strength is relatively scattered.

Among them, the Nanyang Fleet of the Great Zhou Dynasty was surrounded by the powerful Nanyang Fleet of the Eastern Song Dynasty. The situation was relatively dangerous. Although they were all Nanyang Fleets, their importance was not the same. The Nanyang Fleet of the Eastern Song Dynasty had the mission of defending the royal territory of the New Song Dynasty, so it was the main force of the Eastern Song Dynasty Navy. The Nanyang Fleet of the Great Zhou Dynasty Navy was the weakest among the four major fleets, and there was no first-class battleship at ordinary times.

In addition to transferring three first-class battleships from their homeland to the South Ocean, the Navy Department of the Great Zhou also issued a transfer order to several first-class battleships deployed in the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean to all seven first-class battleships will be concentrated in the naval base of the local fleet in Sase Fort Kyushu Province this year, and are ready to engage in blockade operations against the coastline of the Eastern Song Dynasty at any time!

In the 14th century, these displacements were already very huge in the first-class sail battleship every move, and were also very concerned by the Eastern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the information about the three Shenzhou-class battleships leaving Tianjin Port south under the escort of more than 20 Class II, Class III, Class IV, Class IV and Class IV were reported to the Song and Song court as soon as possible.

The three Shenzhou-class sailing south was undoubtedly an extremely obvious war preparation operation in the eyes of the Ministry of War and the Navy of the Eastern Song Dynasty.

If they were allowed to arrive in the Nanyang, the Eastern Song Dynasty's naval advantage in the Nanyang will be offset by the Eastern Song Dynasty's Nanyang fleet. There were only three first-class battleships.

Moreover, it was impossible for the Eastern Song Dynasty to transfer any of the three first-class battleships stationed in the local area to the South China Sea... So a very difficult role was already in front of the Eastern Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!