书接上回,英伦三岛已经拜倒在黄金教派麾下,皈依了金本位制。但当时的天下大势是,虽然西班牙的无敌舰队已经被英国皇家海军打败,但在金融市场上,还没轮到英国佬号令天下的时候。黄金V.S.白银,英吉利V.S.西班牙当时世界贸易的中心其实并不是欧洲,而是亚洲,特别是印度和中国,欧洲各国都想和中国做生意。然而在工业革命之初,欧洲人真拿不出什么东西能和中国人交换精美的丝绸、瓷器和茶叶。 Back on the book, the British Isles have bowed to the gold sect, converted to the gold standard. However, the general trend of the time was that while the Spanish Armada was already defeated by the British Royal Navy, it was not the turn of the century that the British Guards were on the market. Gold V.S. Silver, English V.S. Spain At that time, the center of world trade was actually not Europe, but Asia, especially India and China. All European countries wanted to do business with China. However, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, Europeans really could not find anything to exchange beautiful silk, porcelain and tea with the Chinese.