As soon as Demons mentioned the four words "His Majesty the Emperor", Liu Chang's face became a little unhappy. He lowered his voice and said, "You are so well-informed, but you can just know this yourself, and there is no need to show off everywhere!"

What does His Majesty the Emperor mean? Demons was stunned at first and soon realized that he was actually confused. He really wanted to change the regime next year, and Liu Chang was going to officially become emperor.

The saying that Liu Chang has been circulating for more than a year, and every rumor that comes out can be said as if it is true. For the recent time, Liu Chang will officially become emperor next year during the Spring Festival and will also change the year name. It is said that this year name is Zhenzhi. However, such rumors have been repeated again and again. Demons did not take this seriously at all, but unexpectedly he actually got caught.

He didn't care whether the year name was Zhenzhi or Joan of Arc, nor did he care about how many people would know the news in advance. He only knew that he was one of the first people to get the news, and could even use the news to get some benefits.

Of course, since Liu Chang had given instructions, Demons was also an tactful person, so he naturally would not show off everywhere, which made His Majesty the Emperor feel any unhappy. He just looked at the two concubines following Liu Chang, lowered his voice and said, "Congratulations to the two empresses!"

Madam Ye was a person who had known the truth for a long time. She glared at Demons and asked, "What a well-informed foreigner. Your Highness, if you have something to do, why not make a decision, why not ask Count Demons!"

She and Demmons were considered old friends, and this "ask for advice" made Demmons float to the sky. Fortunately, he knew what he was, so he immediately said respectfully: "Please tell me in detail!"

Liu Chang has indeed had some problems recently. Although the intelligence department has reported it several times, these questions are still hanging in Liu Chang's heart. Therefore, he directly took Demons' hand and said, "Then I will just say it, are you familiar with the price of cotton?"

"You know one or two!" Demons is already very skilled in Chinese: "Please give me instructions!"

Liu Chang also raised his own question bluntly: "In the past period, I have worked very happily with the British in Ningbo and Shanghai. Every month, I have imported a large amount of cotton and other military uniforms. The monthly import volume ranges from *10,000 to 300,000 to 400,000 silver dollars. Everyone has a very happy cooperation!"

This is indeed the largest category of imported industrial products by the Hongjun except for arms removal. Not to mention anything else, the Hongjun alone requires millions of military uniforms in a year.

In this time and space, although military uniforms are not essential, they are a symbol of the combat effectiveness and morale of a unit. Providing unified military uniforms to officers and soldiers can be said to be a luxury. Many people in the Hongjun were heartbroken by Liu Chang's waste. It should be noted that every officer and soldier of the Hongjun army has to be given at least one set of summer clothes and one set of winter clothes every year, and some troops even have to be given four sets of military uniforms. Although there is no difference between training uniforms, regular clothes and dresses, two sets of military uniforms a year make most people feel that they are extremely prodigal.

The unified military uniform also gave the Hongjun troops its own logo and soul. Even civil servants in the government like to wear military uniforms or imitation military uniforms. As long as the enemy of the Hongjun saw the grass-green military uniform, they knew that it was the arrival of the Hongjun. First of all, there was a sense of shock. Some time ago in Fujian, a group of militia who had just changed into military green uniforms even scared away hundreds of bandit soldiers.

All these military uniforms, except for a small number of locally made of homemade products, are made of imported British industrial products. In fact, imported products not only include cotton cloth shipped from the UK, but also belts, kettles, ammunition bags, etc., but everyone must admit that cotton cloth is the highlight.

The cotton cloth consumed by the Hongjun was actually a little larger than what Liu Chang said. On the peak month, the Hongjun even imported 500,000 silver-round cotton cloth, but with the continuous expansion of the troops, many government personnel liked to wear imitation military uniforms. Everyone unanimously admitted that the import scale of cotton cloth might still expand.

Trouble Liu Chang is a huge problem: "Now British merchants in Shanghai and Ningbo have told me that the prices of cotton are rising wildly around the world. As downstream manufacturers, they cannot withstand such huge pressure. Recently, they are preparing to raise the price of British cotton mat by 30%. Earl of Demons, as my old friend, do you think I have to bear such price increases!"

Liu Chang was still slightly dissatisfied in his heart. He provided countless employment opportunities for the British textile industry. These British people actually used such means to deal with him. However, Demons had a lot of contact with British merchants in Shanghai and said bluntly: "Your Highness, I know you don't want to hear my answer, but I must explain that if it were not for the purpose of opening up the market, perhaps the price of British cotton cloth would not only rise by 30%!"

"Why?" Liu Chang also heard some news that cotton prices were rising, but after all, it was not as good as Demons's understanding of the entire world market: "I want to know the answer!"

"The most critical factor is that as a great army, the Hongjun has ordered almost two million military uniforms from the world market in the past two years, right? If the outerwear, underwear, underwear, etc. are split out, perhaps more than 10 million pieces, and these clothes are almost made of British cotton. In the future, the Hongjun will still replace the military uniform with greater strength!"

Liu Chang admitted that this was a fact, but he did not expect that such military uniform purchases would affect the entire world cotton market: "But the cotton cloth I purchased is very limited if it is calculated in tons, and if it is calculated in the number of ships, it is even more limited!"

"But this has already caused the world cotton market price to rise by 37%, and it will continue to rise. In fact, the situation is much worse than you think!" Demons told Liu Chang: "For example, Russian Poland, their emerging textile industry is almost in a state of bankruptcy because they cannot find enough cotton and thousands of workers are unemployed..."

Liu Chang did not expect that such a small butterfly as the Hongjun could cause such amazing waves in the world market, and even destroy the extent of the Russian Polish textile industry. However, when he thought of China's huge foreign orders in the 21st century and the surge in prices of raw materials in the world, he already understood.

In fact, the entire 18th century can be said to be the golden period of cotton planting. The middle class around the world has become accustomed to wearing cotton clothes. Even the conservative China has suffered such an impact. The world's cotton production areas are very limited, the most important thing is the southern part of the United States. However, the export of cotton in the southern part of the United States cannot meet the amazing needs of the whole world, and the cotton planting industry in emerging Egypt has not yet formed a scale.

Therefore, Demons believes: "Although it has risen by 30%, this is the most restrained behavior of British businessmen in order to explore the Chinese market. I know that for you, this will pay hundreds of thousands or even millions of silver dollars, but there is nothing we can do about it. I think you can get a loan from the British government!"

"I will seek loans from the British government!" Liu Chang accepted Demons's statement: "But there is one more thing that you must also ask for your opinion!"

"Please speak with your highness!" Demons was particularly polite: "I will do my best to serve you!"

Liu Chang asked bluntly: "I know you are the Netherlands, and now the Dutch government has wrong views on our regime. I hope you can make such wrong views disappear and build a bridge of friendship!"

Demons had already put his position on the Hongjun's position. When Liu Chang mentioned this, he immediately said: "Please rest assured. I will try my best to transform the relationship between the two countries into normalization from the standpoint of peace and friendship. In fact, this is related to some wrong understandings. Some Dutch officials believe that the Hongjun is a threat..."

Demons changed his tone: "But I think it is an excellent opportunity. I have done this in all aspects, and it should have good results in the short term!"

Compared with the colonies of other major powers, the Dutch colonies were not directly impacted by the powerful Chinese empire. As the European who had the most successful career in China, Demmons also gained the favor of many Dutch people, and many Dutch people think he is another Sinbad.

Therefore, the Dutch official may be hostile to the Hong Army, but Demons has made a lot of efforts among the people in the past few months. Therefore, many Dutch people believe that China and the Netherlands do not need to enter a state of war, especially the French have used painful lessons to tell the whole world that this rebel is a powerful and terrifying enemy. With the strength of the Netherlands, how could it be possible to fight a war of ten thousand people in the East?

In fact, it is not so much that the Dutch official hostility to the Hong Army, but rather that it was dragged down by a colonist alliance: "Now there are correct news reports in the Netherlands, and the Dutch people all believe that the war against China is a doomed gambling, but we have to consider certain factors in our country, such as the Spanish..."

"Espanyol?" Liu Chang laughed: "You are not allies, but mortal enemies!"

The Protestant Netherlands and the Catholic Spain are indeed mortal enemies in a sense. You should know that the Netherlands' ** was separated from the wealthiest provinces in Spain. The war between the two sides lasted for hundreds of years, but for the Western colonists, they had a natural sense of horror about the rise of powerful and modern China.

Liu Chang quickly put forward his most critical point: "I am also worried about the Spaniards. Although their strength is limited, I am unwilling to face more enemies in the reality of the outbreak of the Sino-Russian War. Do you have any relationship in Spain? I hope we have a channel of contact with the Spaniards."
Chapter completed!