After listening to Tegra's words patiently, William's face turned completely dark.

There is no reason for the mainland parliament to be dead but not dead. Although the war of independence led by the mainland parliament a few years ago turned into a bubble under the joint encirclement of Britain and Prussia, this does not mean that the people in these colonies gave up.

The hope of independence, on the contrary, the failure of the North American independence war caused some people to leave the mainland parliament in half, and the rest were veritable radicals.

Some people may ask why Britain and Pradesh have not completely wiped out these remnants.

In fact, it was not that William did not completely eliminate these remnants, but that William could not. During the period of its peak, the mainland parliament not only affected the thirteen North American states, but also its influence radiated to the entire North America and China and the United States. In its peak period, its military power

More than 40,000 people.

After expelling the remnants of the mainland parliament to the depths of the North American continent, the British did not take any further measures to prevent these remnants. After all, the situation was that although the mainland parliament failed, the French were still around the world.

In this context, seeing that the mainland parliament is no longer worth worrying, the powerful people in the House of Commons are naturally celebrating each other. In addition to leaving a part of the army to prevent those remnants from making a comeback and maintaining public order, the British went from

Nearly half of the troops were drawn on the North American battlefield to support other battlefields.

The British left behind in North America, and it was completely impossible for the two Prussian divisions to destroy the people in the mainland parliament. After all, the Prussian colonies were divided by the British, and these colonies were

Most of the residents are supportive and sympathetic to the mainland parliament.

No matter how in the mainland parliament is, it also has thousands of troops, and the new base of the mainland parliament is a wilderness deep in the North American continent. Under such circumstances, it will take at least 20,000 to completely wipe out these guys.

What should we do if both divisions have sent out this colony that has just been seized with great effort?

So this matter was dragged down.

As Prussia's efforts to immigrate to North American colonies increased, the original colonies no longer had enough space to survive. Therefore, the colonies could only continue to expand westward.

Large areas of colonies helped the Prussian economy to take off. You should know that Prussia and North American colonies are very complementary in a sense.

In Prussia, due to geographical reasons, most areas north of Potsdam belong to traditional agricultural and animal husbandry areas. In agriculture, these areas mostly plant rye, wheat, potatoes, etc., while animal husbandry makes a living by raising dairy cattle and pigs.

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The plants grown near Brandenburg are mainly vegetables, but because Prussia has gradually begun to promote industrialization in recent years, countless factories and workshops are rising near Brandenburg, which leads to the fact that it is not easy to see if it is not allowed to be industrialized.

A considerable part of the arable land has become factories. As for the area south of Brandenburg, the area with a wide valley and mountainous land, more barley is planted.

The main agricultural sectors in East Prussia are livestock and poultry breeding.

In recent years, with the continuous expansion of Prussian territory and the increase in the population governed by the state, and traditional manor planting has suffered a great impact due to the system of liberating serfs, so Prussia's grain output has not even seen a significant increase.

Because the liberation of those serfs led to the complicated relationship between the original serf owners and serfs, and food production decreased in some areas.

North America, due to its superior geographical location, the prevalence of black slaves and the development of animal husbandry, the annual grain output of Prussian colonies can even feed back to the local area in large quantities while self-sufficiency. In addition, cotton, tobacco, coffee, etc.

The harvest of economic plants can contribute a large amount of taxes to the Prussian treasury every year.

Prussia supported the expansion of North American colonies, but most officials in Prussia were negative about whether to send reinforcements to North American troops.

Even blind people could see the smoke of gunpowder over the European continent. At this time, some officers led by Ferdinand in the Prussian military believed that the 18 local divisions of Prussia seemed particularly insufficient, so how could they send additional dispatches to North America.

Reinforcements, unless William can expand his army to more than 200,000 people, he can only consider sending reinforcements to North America.

The colony expanded and the population grew, but Bruneck's army was still there. The forces of the two divisions needed to protect a colony equivalent to the four-story Prussian land, which also made Bruneck feel helpless.

"Tegra. Do you have no good news to tell me again?"

William, who was thinking about it, rubbed his eyebrows and asked Tegra. Hearing William's words, Tegra shuddered and said quickly:

"Your Majesty, there is still good news. With a series of British operations in the Caribbean and Atlantic Oceans, the pirates who were once active in these areas have been severely damaged, which not only makes our merchant ships safer on the Atlantic Ocean.

Some desperate pirates also surrendered to us. Although the military discipline of these pirates is dispersed, they all have rich experience in naval combat. I think this should be considered good news."

“How many pirates are there?”

Tegra wiped the sweat from his head and said:

“There are about two hundred people”

William was very disliked by the pirates, or this psychology could be regarded as a common problem for rulers. After all, these pirates who live on the sea and rely on robbing the passing merchant ships are undoubtedly the destroyers of the system, but rely on them

With strong and experienced human hands, these pirates are as slippery as loaches, which makes people very angry.

With the opening of the new route, the navigation trade industry has risen. The discovery of the New World accompanied by the expansion of the colonies, causing various ships loaded with gold, silver, jewelry and other cargo to cruising around the world. The interests of various countries and the interests of the colonies are competed.

The ambitions provide the largest breeding ground for pirate activities.

The real attention of pirates to the monarchs of various countries comes from a person, a woman who has dedicated her life to the country and even never got married. This woman is Queen Elizabeth, a generation of heroes who created the British Empire for hundreds of years.

Elizabeth's morale, the emerging Britain relied on the colonies of the New World to embark on the road of rapid development, but on the road to Britain's rise, there was always an indelible haze over the heads of the British, and this haze was the Spanish.

As the first empire to open up colonies in the New World, Spain was the most powerful in the world at that time. An invincible fleet of more than 100 warships and more than 3,000 cannons ran across the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

In 1587, Queen Elizabeth executed Mary, who believed in Catholicism. The Pope then issued an edict calling on countries that believed in Catholicism to carry out jihad wars against Britain. At that time, as the most powerful country in the Catholic world, Spain was naturally the first to bear the brunt.

When the Pope's edict arrived, Spain immediately declared war on Britain and then dispatched an invincible fleet to march towards Britain.

In the English Channel, Spain and Britain began an unprecedented naval battle. In this naval battle, the British fleet, which was originally weak, suddenly received help from a reinforcement army when the battle was in a state of turmoil. This reinforcement army was exactly the result of

Made of pirates.

The British then defeated the Spaniards in the naval battle, which made Britain famous all over the world and laid a solid foundation for Britain's rise.

When talking about these pirates, we have to mention another very strange thing, this thing is called a privateer license, and this privateer license helped Elizabeth mobilize a large number of pirates to help him defeat the Spanish.

The so-called privateer license refers to the official documents authorized by privately driving armed civilian ships during the war to legally attack, capture, and rob the merchant ships of the enemy. Of course, half of these looted merchant ships need to be handed over to the state, and the remaining half is robbery.

The one who owns it.

But even so, countless people are still willing to accept it. After all, it is still very promising to engage in the robbery industry under the protection of the country. Of course, not all ships can be robbed by those who obtain licenses, such as their own country and friendly countries.

The ships cannot be looted, otherwise if someone complains, not only will the privateer permit be cancelled, but even the person will be declared a pirate kill.

It is undeniable that pirates who have been making a living on the sea all year round are indeed very powerful.

However, as the pirate group grows, this group sees threatening the interests of various countries. Therefore, under the unanimous agreement between various countries, for ships that engage in robbery without a private license, no matter what their purpose is, they will be treated as pirates.

capital punishment.

As the encirclement and suppression efforts increase, the scope of pirates' survival is also shrinking. This year, the British government once again organized a large-scale piracy campaign. Pirates in the Caribbean have encountered a serious survival crisis, so they appeared in Prussia.

Examples of surrender.

It was not the first time Prussia came into contact with pirates, but the surrender of so many pirates made Bruneck think deeply. However, Bruneck did not kill all the pirates like the British. Thinking of the Prussian Navy being

In the future, these pirates may have some usefulness. Therefore, Bruneck accepted the surrender of these pirates, but was very strict in mind.

"Okay, Tegra, this is good news. But it's not a good idea for these pirates to stay in the New World forever. They pass the orders to Bruneck, asking him to send all these pirates back to the land, and then let Mehard in it.

Pick up if anyone can look at it!”

Although William said good news, he didn't care. Tegra was naturally a little anxious when he saw William's performance.

The two previous news must have made William feel bad. If he cannot make remedies, it may affect his image in His Majesty's heart.

As the call for the colonial ministers to enter the cabinet became higher and higher, Tegra believed that he would definitely enter the Prussian cabinet in the near future. If he lost William's favor now, he would probably not be able to see the glory of the day!

Thinking of it, Tegra said:

"Your Majesty, I have another good news here, which is of course related to pirates!"

When William heard Treger mention the pirates again, he was unhappy. To be honest, it may be influenced by his previous life. Although William has never seen a real pirate in the current era, look at the images of pirates among the popular pirates on the screen.

William had a very different sense of pirates!

"What's there, just tell me!"

"That's right, your majesty, do you know Captain Kidd?"

Tegra asked William carefully, and when he heard Captain Kidd, William was stunned. Although he didn't like the pirate William, William had heard of Captain Kidd's famous name, so William asked back:

"I have heard of Captain Kidd you mentioned, but what does it have to do with good news?"

"Your Majesty, since you have heard of this Kidd ship, you should have heard of the treasure story about this pirate!"

When he heard the treasure, William, who was originally indifferent, immediately raised his ears. You should know that William's worst thing now is money. Since it can be called a treasure, it must have a lot of money. As the saying goes, wealth is touching, and William is no exception.
Chapter completed!