He hoped that could be done slowly, during peacetime.

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During the sixteenth century, the peacetime armies of the Continental Powers were about 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers--very, very little.

6世纪时,欧洲大陆上的强国,和平时期的军队数量很少,大约一万到两万人

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Even in peacetime, military expenditures take up almost half of the budget of any European state, and in times of war, eighty percent.

即使在和平时期,欧洲任一国家的军费开支,也几乎占据了其预算的一半,在战时,更是达到了80%

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