Xinshun 1730

Chapter 826 The Hague Tragedy ([-])

On the Huanghuai issue, Kang Bushi gave Liu Yu a suggestion that "a gentleman stay away from the kitchen".

Now that he knew that there was going to be bloodshed in The Hague, it was naturally impossible for him to go to The Hague to see it with his own eyes. He just waited quietly in Amsterdam.

A group of Dutch people who went to The Hague to petition were still marching and giving speeches. When there was still some time before bloodshed, the monsoon in the summer of 46 brought several boats from Dashun.

Of course it's not a merchant ship, because in theory the Netherlands and Dashun are still at war, and the merchant ship will be hijacked.

However, the trade between Dashun and Sweden has not been affected. As China's first formal trade route in Europe with its own fleet and shares produced by its own shipyard, the Dutch did not dare to do it.

Because at the beginning, in order to instigate relations, Liu Yu asked Sweden and Dashun to transfer a part of their shares to Russia during the negotiations on the end of the Russo-Swiss War.In this way, as a condition for Russia to withdraw its troops and not cut too much land.The East India Company is a monopoly company, and the monopoly company needs administrative intervention and approval from Congress, so it can be used as part of the negotiation conditions.

Therefore, the Chinese merchant ships of the trading company, flying the flags of Sweden and Russia in Europe, crossed the coast of the Netherlands leisurely, but the Dutch were helpless.

Sweden is not too easy to provoke, and Russia is now about to send troops to the Rhine, and it dare not offend.

Knowing that the absolute majority shareholder of this United Trading Company is Dashun, they dare not do anything.

These Dashun ships that came to the Netherlands today are not loaded with goods, but with various people.

There are messengers from Dashun; there is also Anthony van der Heim, the former Speaker of the Interprovincial Assembly of the Seven Provinces Republic, who avoided the political vortex and went to Dashun to negotiate before the war; A former Batavian colonial officer who demonstrated Dashun's invincible and undisputed dominance in Southeast Asia through experience.

As soon as the boat docked, different people parted ways.

The messenger from Dashun and the confidant on Liu Yu's side quickly told Kang Bushao the domestic news and the expectation of the negotiation, and was waiting for Kang Bushao to ask for some details.

Drinking last year's new tea from Dashun across the ocean, Kang Bushao asked Liu Yu what he expected from the negotiations on the European side, and he would also like to tell Qi Guogong.

Since the messenger is Liu Yu's confidant, he also has some understanding of the situation in Europe.

"Mr. Zhongxian, everything is going well in the country now. Jinghou and the wealthy merchants of Songjiang Mansion have also negotiated. Jinghou asked me to tell Mr. that he can promise about 10% dividends to the Dutch. The specific terms are here. Master Jing’s letter, you can read it for yourself later.”

"The war in India is also going well. The army has already captured several Dutch fortresses in India. As for the negotiations with the Netherlands, Hou Jing said that since the master knows the general plan, he will take charge of it himself."

"Only pay attention to two small things."

"First, the Netherlands has not been at war for a long time. Can the port accommodate the battleships of the Chinese Empire? If not, we must use some kind of lease or other methods. Let us pay for it and clean up the port. Don't be tens of thousands of miles away. Came to Amsterdam for 'escort', to protect 'free trade', only to find the ship was too big to call in Dutch ports."

"Since we are armed with 'neutrality', we cannot stop at French ports. We must pay attention to this point."

"Secondly, the Dutch castles in the Indian region have been captured, and that's it. But to go to Europe, Cape and the Cape of Good Hope are excellent supply stations. We also need to talk about things over there."

"It's good that you know about these two small matters. The rest is a confidential matter, and the Marquis of Jing must ask me to convey it personally."

Kang didn't neglect his knowledge and knowledge, and he didn't need to take out his small notebook to write it down. There was no one else in the room, so he said, "I've written down these two small things. How about the big secret?"

"Sir, Jinghou said that after the matter here has been dealt with, I would like to ask Duke Qi to go to Denmark again. It's okay to make troubles, create troubles, and create some friction, so that the tea imported by the Chinese side to Denmark will increase by 20.00% export tax on..."

The messenger recalled Liu Yu's instructions. Before coming, Liu Yu asked countless times to make sure that the messenger really understood, so he was sent here.

The reason for provoking Denmark at this juncture is to ensure that Dashun will guarantee the promised 12% dividend after cooperating with the Netherlands; the second is to continue to provoke the conflict between Britain and Russia, so that Russia can taste the sweetness of trade and smuggling , so as to lay a good foundation for the future Russia-British alliance breakup, and for Russia to stand up and support Dashun's armed neutral alliance plan.

Now the smuggling to Britain and the British colonies is mainly carried out by three companies.

The former Swedish East India Company, now the China-Sweden-Russia Trading Company; the former Danish East India Company, now the Danish Asia Trading Company; and the former Dutch East India Company Zeeland Chamber of Commerce.

For a long time, Denmark imported more tea, cotton cloth, and silk than the British East India Company.

If Dashun was really brought to the Netherlands, and the Dutch East India Company became a company of its own, then other competitors must be contained.

For example, smuggling a total of 100 yuan to the UK, now Denmark earns 40, Sweden earns 30, and the Netherlands earns 30.

It takes a process and time to open up markets, expand smuggling channels, and make big cakes.

Increment is not immediate in a short period of time.

Still have to rely on "involution" to share the stock.That is to take the 40 from Denmark, 30 from China and the Netherlands, and give the remaining 10 to Sweden and Russia.

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If there is a war in the future, Sweden has claims and ambitions for Prussian Pomerania, but Denmark has no motivation to continue fighting.

Then, for the sake of the future, if it is impossible for a person to work hard at all, then don't occupy the latrine and stop shitting.Directly use Dashun's court administrative power to curb Denmark's purchase channels.

Adding a 20.00% export tariff will directly abolish the Danish smuggling trade.The sales market in Northern Europe was divided by Sweden and Russia; the smuggling market in America and Britain was eaten by the Dutch Dashun Union.

Denmark has no colonies in Southeast Asia, and the nearest colony is in the Tamil Nadu region of India. It is not easy for Dashun to smuggle.Dashun added export tariffs, and Denmark could only stare blankly, at most relying on domestic tariff protection to feed on the domestic market.

In addition to increasing the benefits of Sino-Dutch cooperation and letting Dutch financial capital see the benefits of following Dashun, another purpose is to instigate Anglo-Russian relations.

The so-called diplomacy at this time is nothing more than four words, intimidation and temptation.

The long border between Dashun and Russia, the Mongolian issue, and religious issues are all within the scope of threats.

Sanctioning Denmark and allowing Russia to participate in Sino-Swiss trade is a lure.

Once Russia's trade develops, the contradictions between Britain and Russia will deepen.

The Danish issue seems to be a Danish matter, but in essence it is a game between China, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

The Princess of Denmark is an English princess.

Denmark and the UK have always had a close relationship.

Denmark is an important barrier for Britain to guard the mouth of the Baltic Sea.

Dashun's sanctions against Denmark and the rise of trade between China, Sweden and Russia will inevitably make Britain make a choice.

Just like in the Russo-Russian War a few years ago, when Denmark claimed the throne of Sweden.

Out of the trade between Britain and Russia, in order to win over Russia, the United Kingdom and Dashun put pressure on Denmark, causing Denmark to give up its claim to the Swedish throne.

Sweden is pro-French and Denmark is pro-British.

It can be said that in order to win over Russia, Britain paid a lot.

Abandoned his quasi-ally, his own father-in-law, just to satisfy the Russians, so as to ensure Anglo-Russian relations, or at least Russia will not be pulled away by France.

And when China, Russia and Sweden tried to monopolize trade in the Baltic Sea and Northeast Europe, and when Dashun sanctioned Denmark to exclude Denmark from helping Russia and Sweden, in the short term, this was a problem with China's trade.

But what about the long term?

The tripartite cooperation between Russia, Sweden and China can completely monopolize the Baltic trade zone.

Especially under the tie-in of China, after the neutralization of the Netherlands, even if Dashun supports some local industries in Russia, it will take several years to bear fruit. Some of the goods that Russia needs for the time being may not have to be obtained from the UK, France can also provide them .

Moreover, under the shipping monopoly of China, Sweden and Russia, the sanctions against Denmark will cause the trade between the United Kingdom and Northeast Europe to decline.

At this time, the UK will be caught in a dilemma.

Is it to please Russia, continue not to support Denmark, and allow Russian and Swedish shipping to occupy the Northeast European market?

Or, change the policy, recognize the situation clearly, stop kneeling and licking Russia, but support Denmark and instigate Denmark to go to war against Sweden and Russia?

As we all know, in international politics, blindly kneeling and licking is not beneficial.

Britain betrayed Denmark and licked Russia, but the result was that Russia turned to ally with France in history, and Sweden also declared war on Britain and Prussia.

And with Dashun's trader's end, Switzerland, Russia, France and the Netherlands can completely squeeze out the British trade power in the Baltic Sea.

Britain is also a trading nation.

In this case, will it continue to win over Russia?

Or will it start to use the traditional relationship between Britain and Denmark, the husband-in-law relationship, to support Denmark, thereby curbing Sweden and Russia's trade in Northeast Europe?

This is the choice that the UK must make.

Kneel down and lick in exchange for sincere treatment from Russia?Or take the initiative to attack and kill before the tail is too big?

Once Britain began to support Denmark and tried to curb the development of Swiss-Russian trade, the relationship between Britain and Russia would also be broken.

And once the relationship between Britain and Russia is broken, the common interests of Russia and Austria on both sides of Prussia and Turkey will prompt their diplomatic binding, then the four-nation alliance between China, France, Russia and Austria will be formed.

Because in order to protect Hanover and curb the rise of France, the United Kingdom must find a thug in Europe.Then you can only find Prussia.

The main reason is that Liu Yu is worried about the level of Louis XV, and can't just wait for France to go to Laos by itself.

As far as the level of Louis XV is concerned, what if it can't be pulled?

Therefore, Dashun also had to end, laying mines everywhere, digging holes to drain people, and exerting its influence in Europe to the extreme.

Although there are many accidents in history, if we can grasp the general trend, or even create the general trend by ourselves, form the trend of the general trend, and minimize the possibility and influence of accident, that is the correct approach.

(End of this chapter)