Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

As the eldest son of the Swedish royal family and also the crown prince, Frederic's status is definitely just below the king of the kingdom. Therefore, many times, he will receive special attention from others.

But compared to other people, who can become the crown prince, although this is ranked in the order of eldest and youngest according to the normal procedure, but haven't there also been wars in Europe where direct descendants compete for the throne?

But there is no such thing in Sweden, because among the many royal successors, it seems that no one who can truly threaten him has yet appeared.

Frederick frowned. He didn't think it was a simple question. He sorted out his thoughts, and then combined with the current situation of the problem, he answered the question first: "I think sometimes, we can change our thinking. It seems easier to do things.”

Gustav V Oscar began to think thoughtfully, but after thinking about it for a while, he said noncommittally: "But don't you think that change is actually a kind of danger? After all, the quilt is used to being used, and suddenly there is a danger. A new quilt may feel so strange that you may lose sleep.”

"But if we don't replace the quilt with a new one, we are very likely to be unable to protect ourselves from the cold weather due to the tatters of the old quilt. Besides, sometimes, the old quilt may also have bugs and the like."

"Yes, the old quilt will not be able to keep out the cold. What's more, the quilt will change and the insects may find a place to breed." Gustav V was silent this time. However, he did not intend to end the debate on such an issue so quickly. He took a different approach and said: "Americans are on strike very hard now. It is said that more than one million people are on strike in the west and south. This way The momentum of the United States has almost matched that of our huge neighboring polar bear and Austria-Hungary in the south. If the United States continues like this, in comparison, it seems that when spring comes, there will be less than the two. The losses caused by the war were not much better."

Frederick nodded in agreement, "Actually, many people understand. With the rise of the United States step by step. Although in recent years, the United States has distracted the attention of many countries, especially major powers such as Britain, France, and Russia, due to the simultaneous rise of the German Empire. However, they also know that this is only temporary, so they have chosen to make a fortune in silence in recent years to strengthen themselves. Therefore, the United States is still very supportive of the confrontation between Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Alliance, Britain, France, Russia and other countries in the past few years. . Even secretly, the United States does not know how much it has helped the German Empire, using the German Empire to counterbalance and restrict these old empires. To prevent them from having time to pay attention to the Americas and participate in recolonization."

Oscar nodded in agreement, and said with a sigh on his face: "Originally, everyone thought things would continue like this. After all, although the United States has a small military, a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse, so countries are still competing with each other. To win over the United States to join the other side, the United States still maintained the principle of not offending both sides and continued to develop economic relations between the two sides. Until the rise of Japan, the United Kingdom began to put more pressure on the United States step by step, but, The most hateful thing about the United States is that according to the thinking of the American ruling class, they should have half-heartedly told the German Empire that they were forced by the British to think about Britain, France, and Russia. They continued to do business with the German Empire, and they could continue to do business in front of Britain, France, and Russia. The United States will gain huge benefits from being slightly partial to join, so the United States can continue to eat both sides.”

"Everything is fickle," Frederick said: "This was the U.S. strategy ten years ago. However, with the sudden rise of Spain, the United States discovered that all its calculations were wrong. The United Kingdom unexpectedly quickly followed. Queen Victoria suddenly followed Alfonso XIII signed the colonial exchange practice, which made the United States, which was originally covetous of the Philippines, only able to return all the combat strategies it originally planned to annex to Congress. This can be called an international joke at the end of the 19th century. After Spain's experience, after acquiring the extremely empty New Zealand and Western Australia, it suddenly took advantage of the rich local human immigration resources and quickly achieved a qualitative leap in the economy. Later, under Alfonso XIII Under wise leadership, step by step, it is approaching the United States, which has become the world's largest economy since the beginning of the 20th century. Now Spain has begun to tie the German Empire and become the world's second largest economy.

Coupled with the fact that its comprehensive strength ranks second and third in various world affairs rankings, Spain is definitely one of the world's powerful countries now. If we really want to follow our authoritative rankings, even though Spain still has this difference with the German Empire, There is a slight gap, mainly in the army, but there is definitely not a big gap between the two countries. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the third most powerful country in the same ranking as the second most powerful country. "

It is no exaggeration to say that the rise of Spain is definitely a miracle in the history of the European world. If the German Empire spent thirty years establishing its status as the third largest power in Europe and even the world, it has been admired by everyone in the world. Then Spain actually used a short period of time, with only two-thirds of the population of the German Empire, and half the time to complete the same transformation of the German Empire's national destiny, such an achievement at such a speed. It definitely amazed top designers from all over the world, including him.

He glanced at the eldest son next to him, Frederick. He didn't know if it was because of him, but he seemed to be finding a new way out soon. The reason was that King Alfonso X of Spain was now in charge. In the third generation, he was Frederick's brother-in-law, and both of them were sons-in-law of Prince Arthur of England. This relationship obviously made Gustav V a little entangled. You must know that King Haakon VII of Norway married the youngest daughter of the former British King Edward VII and the youngest sister of the current British King George V.

Sweden, Norway and Denmark are all allies of the United Kingdom, but compared to Belgium and the Netherlands, it is obvious that the three countries seem to be in the ranks of peripheral allies. Norway and Denmark are on another level. Haakon VII of Norway is the second son of the current king of Denmark. Edward VII married a Danish princess, who is also the sister of the current king of Denmark and the aunt of Haakon VII. That is to say, the combination of these several levels of relationships could not help but worry Gustav V. That is, perhaps in the eyes of the British, the British valued Norway more than Sweden. Will British people do this? The answer is self-evident. (To be continued...)

ps: There are still 5,000 words in the code.