"The old men in Congress are always cautious, and it took me a long time to calm their suspicion."

After answering the questions of the English parliament, Sophia returned to Whitehall Palace to tell Chu Yun about her troubles.

"Parliament represents the interests of a group of people, and it is difficult to adjust everyone. It is definitely considered in detail when dealing with everything. It seems conservative and normal." Chu Yun was looking at a chart with the fleet intelligence of various countries collected by the Intelligence Department.

There are three main enemies in this naval battle, France, the Netherlands, and Spain, which are also the three most dazzling countries on the European continent.

The Spanish had an invincible fleet of dozens of warships. Although the invincible fleet was hit by Portugal's independence, there were still dozens of huge warships and a Mediterranean sailing fleet.

France originally had only small boats offshore in the early 17th century, but with the efforts of Cardinal Archbishop Richelieu, France established an Atlantic fleet with 60 sailing warships and a Mediterranean fleet with 35 large galleys in the past decade, which was enough to confront the Invincible Fleet.

Not to mention the Netherlands, known as the "sea coachman", their warships are not large in size, but they are favored by their large number and flexible in action. During the conflict between the Towns, the Netherlands was able to quickly summon more than 100 armed merchant ships to surround the Invincible Fleet, which shows that.

Chu Yun's opponent is about the size of three invincible fleets. The warships of these three opponents may be able to gather 200 to 300 warships together. Moreover, the warships of Western European countries are not comparable to those of the Ottoman Empire's outdated Mediterranean galleys. They are equipped with a large number of artillery. Chu Yun expects that if the three kingdoms summon all the warships, there may be nearly 5,000 to 10,000 cannons.

Of course, naval battles do not only look at the number of artillery, but also the quality, wind direction, tactics, morale and other factors.

"Mr. Chu, don't just look at the chart, help me think about how to counter the pressure brought by the continental alliance." Sophia was tranced when she saw Chu Yun looking at the important ports of various countries on the chart and the important ports where the fleets might be anchored, and said with a pout.

"When there is no one, you have to call your husband or husband." Chu Yun still looked down at the chart.

According to intelligence, France and Spain are convening a Mediterranean fleet into the Atlantic Ocean, which is likely to gather in the English Channel.

The opponent has a large number of people and is obviously planning to block the English Channel with the tactic of concentrating superior forces, trapping Chu Yun in London City without any resistance.

"Old...husband..." Sofia shouted in a daze.

Ella and Da Yu'er also pursed their lips and laughed secretly, because Chu Yun sometimes asked them to use this embarrassing name.

"Da Yu'er, come and tell Sophia what to do." Chu Yun said.

"If Spain uses privateers to try to destroy our maritime routes, then we will treat others in their own way and also send privateers to fight back. At the same time, we send warships to destroy their privateers' strongholds and capture privateers and merchant ships. We are overseas and they are on land. As long as we keep destroying their ports and blocking the seaport, they must be unable to last. The premise is that our navy can defeat their navy." Da Yuer said.

"Then I will also issue privateing permits to all armed merchant ship captains in England, Scotland and Ireland, allowing them to capture Spanish merchant ships on the sea." Sophia thought for a while, and could not make the other merchant ships comfortable before defeating the other's navy.

"There is also the problem of national debt. In order to prepare for the war, I have asked the Bank of England to issue too many national debts. During the war, there may be hundreds of thousands of pounds of new national debts every year, and a large amount of interest is paid every year. If it lasts for a few years, the royal family may go bankrupt..." Sophia looked at Da Yuer inquiring again.

She studied biology in the East and did not yet master the use of financial tools. She just regarded the Bank of England as a withdrawal machine and provided a large amount of funds to the royal family every year.

Now, with the royal family carrying 2.5 million pounds of government debt, and once it breaks out, it will add hundreds of thousands of pounds of new debt every year, Sophia is a little scared.

"Only by winning the war as soon as possible, after winning the war, you can repay the national debt through the compensation from the continental alliance or steal their sea business. Before winning the war, you can draw a big pie for the nobles and civilians to ensure their confidence in the national debt, and repay the old debt by issuing new debts... In fact, you can also use the farmland of overseas colonies or the power to open a manor to repay the debt. If it really doesn't work, you can borrow money from your husband. Just call me a few more good husbands." Da Yuer couldn't help but tease Sophia while speaking.

"Okay, my sister bullies me again!" Sophia said angrily.

"Da Yuer is right. The purpose of issuing bonds is to obtain more benefits, not to support the standing army, but to use the standing army to achieve political or economic goals. To start a war, you must ensure that the war can end before the economy collapses." Chu Yun finally raised his head after looking at the chart.

Many empires collapsed internally due to endless war of attrition. The three major wars of Wanli and the expansion of the German Empire all consumed a lot of national strength.

The war that Chu Yun praised was the seven-week war in Pu'ao, the Franco-Prussian War and other wars that achieved their own goals.

This is also why Chu Yun tried to avoid fighting inland Europe while it was extremely difficult to send troops to Europe. He has been operating in coastal areas with his powerful fleet, and Constantinople he conquered could also go directly from the sea.

"It's time for our fleet to take action. You issue privateing permits to all captains of England, Scotland and Ireland, attack all ships of the Continental Union, and all the robbery belong to them. And our fleet is divided into two, one attacks the Spanish Invincible Fleet, and the other blocks Dunkirk and destroys this privateer base." Chu Yun's eyes were as sharp as a torch.

Just the next day, Queen Sofia issued the famous "Queen Private Order", ordering all ships with nationalities belonging to the United Kingdom to freely attack merchant ships in Spain, France, the Netherlands and other countries. Their actions were protected by the United Kingdom because this privateer was a counterattack against the Spanish privateer activities.

For a moment, the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, English Channel, and North Sea were active in the United Kingdom, and they attacked the passing merchant ships with rice flags openly.
Chapter completed!