"The small island country is in a corner, but even the Age of Discovery was not started by you, but the small country of Portugal!"

"How much money can Prince Enrique have? How much strength does he have? But he can spend all his family property to explore the route to bypass Africa. It can be seen that at that time, you, Britain, even the courage to create is not as good as other nations..."

"After Portugal, Spain, after Spain, France and the Netherlands, the entire first half of the Age of Discovery was completed by others. What were you, Britain doing? You and the French fought a Hundred Years' War in the 14th and 15th centuries, right?"

"It was not until the mid-to-late 16th century that you defeated the Spanish Invincible Armada and gradually gained the advantage of the second half of the Age of Discovery..."

"A great era! How cruel the ocean rivalry between Portugal and Spain was at that time, so cruel that it needed the Pope's personal mediation!"

"And what could Britain do at that time? It was just to issue privateing permits and let those semi-official pirates seize some leftovers from the marine trade for your British Empire..."

"What do you think of me? I'm sorry, are there any outsiders here? Isn't it just a little bit of dark history? There's no behind that nation? Don't be embarrassed, everyone has shit behind their butts, don't talk about second brother..."

After teasing Gladstone for a few words, Xiao Letian then began his long speech, and the subsequent useful information was touching.

"The decline of Portugal is related to its unique geographical location. Their land is too barren and the population is too sparse. When facing Spain, which has an extremely powerful army, it is completely passively beaten, and it is inevitable that it will be annexed!"

"But at that time, Spain and Britain were completely different from the gap between elephants and ants. Whether it was the total economic output, military strength, and population potential, you, Britain, are not Spain's opponents..."

"At that time, Spain's Invincible Armada was the real master of the ocean, and Spain was an absolute supporter of the Catholic Church. They were deeply loved by the Pope, and what was the relationship between Britain, which believed in Protestantism, and the Holy See? I don't need to say more..."

"Look, even religious strength is stronger than you! But with such a huge gap in strength, you Britain actually won! He actually won! He actually won!"

"I'm really surprised by the miracles you have created in Britain!"

"Many years ago, like many ordinary scholars, I watched the excitement, analyzed the battlefield situation, and commented on the competition for the great powers hundreds of years ago from the perspective of future generations... I was also very naive at that time!"

"It was not until I began to try to govern the Chinese people and began to analyze the competitive relationship between countries in a different perspective, because of the different perspectives, I truly understood the key to your UK's final victory..."

"There is no luck in this world, and don't attribute the rise of a great power to fatalism! There are actually many inevitable things behind Britain's success!"

"Pride? Haha, dear Gladstone, I saw the pride in your eyes. Don't hide my flattery, because your time did a great job!"

"What is Britain doing in this long war for the overlord of the ocean? What is Spain doing? Many things can be distinguished by comparison!"

"Britain has escaped the various constraints of the Catholic Church due to its vigorous promotion of Protestantism, so the British natural science research has made great progress. Newton, Watt, Jenny spinning machines... Scientists and various science and technology were born on the land of Britain like mushrooms after a rain..."

"What about Spain? At that time, the Invincible Armada fought for the Atlantic Ocean, and there were tens of billions of silver and hundreds of billions of silver in South America, and gold continued to pour into Spain's ports, and the whole society was filled with extravagance..."

"They built large churches, wore gorgeous clothes, and ate the world's top fine wine and food... The gold and silver exchanged for countless warriors' blood in the Age of Discovery has become various flaunting works of art and buildings, including the money donated for the expansion of the Catholic Church in the world..."

"How do you compare this? Please tell me, if one loses and the other is in decline, isn't it clear at a glance who will win or lose?"

"How should humans use the money they have obtained through hardships? Britain is trying hard to improve its productivity, and the whole country is full of towering chimneys and roaring spinning trucks..."

"The steam engine roared on the railway, and the railway tracks spread inch by inch, and various resources were efficiently transferred through the railway, which stimulated the vigorous development of business and further increased the strength of the financial industry!"

"And you are willing to invest in natural sciences. Your expedition teams are the world's number one, your Oxford and Cambridge are the best in Europe, and your scientific research grants are the most in the world!"

"It is precisely because you respect science that science in turn further promotes the vigorous development of productivity!"

"Spain's strength cannot resist the laws of nature, and the market economy will not obey the orders of cannons and warships at all. The upper class of Spain is arrogant and extravagant, but the poor people in the lower class have to live. They can only buy high-quality and low-priced British wool, cotton, and velvet!"

"The textile industry is just an obvious example of the competitiveness of British goods. In fact, all kinds of goods in the UK had already had advantages over other European and other countries at that time. Technology drove the improvement of productivity, productivity increased efficiency, and efficiency reduced costs..."

"The cost is a big killer for Britain to make money all over the world! Perhaps the Spanish nobles are ashamed of using British products, but the lower class does not think so. They know that British textiles are of high quality and low price, so they will vote with practical actions!"

"Look, in this way, the gold and silver that Spain snatched from America did not actually digest the muscles and bloodlines of the country. They are just passing God of Wealth. Once they turn it over, they will all be in your hands in Britain!"

"Haha, the wealth obtained from robbery will always end, but the wealth earned through hard work, production and sales is endless!"

"On the Atlantic Ocean, your privateer fleet desperately robs Spain's gold and silver, and then in the folk commodity trade, you make money from Spain's gold and silver..."

"You have sucked the blood dry, how can they be defeated?"

Gladstone and the elites who eavesdropped on both sides were extremely proud. Although Xiao Letian's words were somewhat flattering, 90% of the information was still true. In an era when Britain really dragged down Spain a little bit.

Note: The third update is here!
Chapter completed!