Xinshun 1730

Chapter 833 Sino-Dutch Friendship

Anthony's keen political sense allowed him to firmly grasp the opportunity.

He himself must have no political future, and the Dutch will not accept him: it is a matter of face, and all those who opposed him at the beginning would feel as if they were fools if Antony came to power; For the rest of the people, everyone can accept it on the surface - we are not against the law policy of the parliamentary faction, but we were only against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, so we are right.

If the Regency can come to power, the Anthony family will still have a chance.

His teacher, the former Great Speaker, was the nephew of the Great Speaker who was killed that year.

He's a politician, a pure politician, without so much emotionally motivated hate.Regarding Dashun's trip to Nanyang, he will show anger or indifference as needed, talk about people and talk nonsense when he sees people, this is the basic quality of a politician in the United Inter-Provincial Parliamentary System.

Obviously, the Chinese must have some kind of purpose.

As for what the purpose is, anyway, the choice is in your own hands.If it really works, of course you can try it.

If not, then reject it.

Anyway, the Regent Faction has already been tricked by Dashun and the others once, and now that the Regent Faction is not on stage, they can't figure out the means to incite public opinion to get the Regent Faction to step down.

Like the Netherlands' attitude towards the Nanyang issue at this time, the attitude of the Regency leader Anthony at this time is very relaxed: barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes.

When Liu Yu came last time, his mentality was completely different.Last time Anthony really didn't dare to offend Liu Yu, so he could only speak nice words and use diplomatic rhetoric, because the Netherlands has huge interests in East Asia; now that he has nothing, he is still afraid of being a bird, so he straightened his back, and his mentality is very different from last time.

Seeing that Anthony was so "on the road", Kang Buxi casually threw aside the papers on the table that recorded the whole process of the tragedy in The Hague.

This thing is useful if it is said to be useful, and it is useless if it is not useful.

When there is no political force in the Netherlands trying to take advantage of it, it is a piece of waste paper.

In the war launched for some strange reasons, 8 or [-] people died in Europe a year, and no one questioned it. Only a dozen died. If there were no internal factions to fan the flames, there would be no big waves.

"Your Excellency, Speaker, you are actually a smart person. I agree with your views on the future of the Netherlands."

"The Dutch colony...well, of course, it's gone now. Don't worry about that."

"The Netherlands is a small country with developed commerce and trade. Labor is expensive and prices are high. There is no pasture land in France, and there is no material provided by North America in the United Kingdom. The handicraft industry in the Netherlands cannot be developed. On this point, Jinghou has long been in touch with me. Having said that, you have the same opinion as he."

"So, if the Netherlands has a future, it must rely on the financial industry and commerce. Let's talk about the financial industry first. If the Netherlands wants to lend money, with an annual interest rate of [-]%, is it willing to lend to Dashun?"

Anthony doesn't think Dashun needs a loan.

He felt that Kang Bushao was just testing Holland's attitude towards Dashun, whether it would keep Nanyang's hatred in mind.

"Sir, for a businessman, whoever gives the interest will lend the money. Even if you have a grudge against me, you shot me, but I didn't die, and got up again. As long as you give me enough interest And guaranteed to return, I can still lend you the money."

"That's the Dutch way of thinking about business."

"What do you think, the hatred of France, which forced the Republic to dig the embankment and replace the soldiers with water, is better than your country's robbing the colonies? But now, France still owes us 3000 million guilders and pays interest on time during the war, even if We are now at war."

"Eight percent interest, a large amount and the country has sufficient credit, of course it can be borrowed. Your country's credit, no one thinks that your government will go bankrupt and can't pay back the money."

"Especially after your country has won Southeast Asia, with huge real estate, no one will doubt your country's solvency."

"Moreover, Dutch law does not prohibit the export of gold and silver."

"It's just that, considering the initial cooperation, some collateral may be required. But... your country may not have any collateral."

Speaking of this, Anthony quickly waved his hand and said: "I don't doubt the wealth of your country. Rather, the mortgage itself needs to be within our control. For example, your country mortgaged Southeast Asia to us. In theory, the two You can borrow [-] million dong.”

"However, this is meaningless collateral. If your country does not pay back the money, is there any way for us to take back Southeast Asia?"

Kang Bu hurriedly said: "Yes. That's the reason. Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, and he didn't pay back the loan, but if he couldn't get it back, it was an IOU, which was useless."

After talking about this allusion with a smile, and after relieving the atmosphere, Kang Bulai said: "In my opinion, the most suitable collateral is trade and customs."

"All of Europe is now tightening import trade. Only the Netherlands is likely to open trade. If the Netherlands opens trade, this in itself is an excellent collateral."

"If we don't pay back, you shut down trade and we'll have to pay back, won't we?"

Anthony finally revealed his original purpose when he saw Kang Bushao, and his heart was still trading!I talked about this issue in Amsterdam back then, and now I am bringing it up again.

Moreover, this statement is also very shameless.

Thinking of this, Anthony immediately interrupted Kang Bushao.

"Sir, what do you mean: Your country wants to borrow money, and in order for your country to borrow money, we should open up trade?"

"Is this the logic? The Netherlands opened up trade to facilitate China's borrowing money?"

Kang Bushao nodded sincerely.

"That's right. Lending a large amount of money is a business in itself. I think the financiers in your country must be looking forward to it. After all, the annual interest is [-]%, and it is a loan from a strong country with absolute solvency."

"Think about it, your capital is so large that within a few years, you have created the Mississippi bubble and the South Sea bubble in a row. It can be seen that your money is exhausted and has nowhere to spend. Either fight a war and lend it to the king, but the interest is not worth it. Is it high?"

"East India Company's bonds, the interest rate is average, about 6%, maybe less, isn't it just a group of people rushing to buy it?"

"Since it is said that the future of the Netherlands is only in the financial industry and business, then am I helping you find a way out? For the two industries, first find a way out for the financial industry. And this way, by the way, can also save the Netherlands It’s a business that kills two birds with one stone, and it’s all about the future of the Dutch industry. Isn’t it?”

Although Kang Buxiu doesn't understand the logic of business very well, he more or less understands that the so-called financial industry is supposed to ask others to borrow money and loans.

Otherwise, how does money make money?

Therefore, taking the initiative to borrow money itself is to help the Dutch financial industry, so there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

Anthony thought about it. Although it is still unknown whether Dashun will take out the loan, the annual interest rate of 8% is indeed not low, and it is enough to make Dutch financiers quite excited.

The interest rate in the Netherlands is the lowest in the world, because the Netherlands has accumulated too much wealth, and there is nothing to invest in the country.Good investment directions are all monopoly companies, and those who get in the car first have already welded the door to death.

The statutory interest rate in the UK is now 5%.

Great Britain is different from Dashun.

The statutory interest rate set by the British is from a purely commercial point of view: the statutory interest rate should be higher than the average interest rate in society. Only in this way can social funds be effectively absorbed. Otherwise, who will buy national debt?After doing sufficient research and investigation, of course, it was not 5% at the beginning, but dropped from 10% after a hundred years.

As for Dashun or Daming, the legal maximum interest rate introduced here was not to buy government bonds from the beginning, but to curb the interest of private lending and prevent it from being too high, so it is lower than the social average interest rate.

The starting points are fundamentally different, which leads to the fact that one is above the average and the other is below the average, given that the average interest rate in society is known.

But in essence, the material basis of the society is different, which leads to a 5% interest rate, which is still higher than the average social interest rate; pattern.

In other words, if Dashun introduced the highest interest rate for the purpose of raising national debt, then this interest rate should be higher than the average interest rate of the society after conducting social surveys, that is, about 50%.Only in this way can the society's idle funds be raised, but in fact, the 50% interest rate cannot be repaid anyway, unless the Li family can make money and pull silver.Not to mention the current Dashun, even the United States in the prosperous age of later generations cannot afford the national debt with 50% interest.

British government bonds are the Dutch people's favorite to buy.Because the reputation is good, and the interest rate is not low, 5% a year is already quite high.

But the so-called people are more dead than others, and goods are more expensive than goods.Dutch financiers would certainly be happy if an average annual interest rate of 8% could be given.

As long as there is collateral.

Indeed, Dutch financiers are not stupid to mortgage Southeast Asia to them: If I really don’t want to pay back the money, can I really go to the Forbidden City to get Southeast Asia back?
Well, since there is none, create a collateral.

Is it useful for Dashun to ask for a loan?It should be said that it is still useful. The court borrows money and then lends it. Borrow money at an interest rate of 8%, and then loan it out at 12%.

Dutch financiers shouted that Dashun is our best partner.

The common people shouted that the court really practiced the government of benevolence and righteousness.

As soon as it is handed down, won't this achieve the real purpose of Wang Jinggong's Qingmiao method.Lending interest.

Or to reform the currency system, a large amount of reserves is also required in the early stage.

Immediately afterwards, Kang Bushao talked to Anthony about the most important thing.

"A few years ago, when the Marquis of Whale came to Amsterdam, your country refused to open up trade. Actually, I can understand it."

"I really understand it very well. With the opening of trade, what should the shareholders of the East India Company do? Relying on administrative monopoly power, they have obtained excess profits. Of course, the Netherlands opposes open trade."

"That's why, in order to break the obstacles in Sino-Dutch relations, to better develop relations with the Netherlands, and for the future of the Dutch people, Whale did not hesitate to use the power of the motherland to wipe out Southeast Asia, bankrupt the East India Company, and wipe out Sino-Dutch relations. hindrance."

"Whale Hou is the one who really loves Holland. At least, more than most Dutch people."

"Now that the East India Company has gone bankrupt and Nanyang has been taken over by China, there will be no obstacles to the friendship between China and the Netherlands, and there will be a bright future."

"You said, didn't you?"

Anthony was stunned.

I couldn't say a word for a long time.

Therefore, Dashun went to Nanyang and bankrupted the East India Company for the friendship between China and the Netherlands?
"Uh... this, this..."

Kang Buxiao said with a smile: "In fact, this is the reason. If you still have the ability to take back Nanyang, you will create enmity between the two countries; but if you do not have the ability to take back Nanyang, this is called clearing away the friendship between the two countries." hinder."

"Are you going to hate the British because New Amsterdam is called New York?"

"No, it is precisely because New Amsterdam has been renamed New York that you can form a close alliance with the British against France."

"If New York is still called New Amsterdam, can you form an alliance with England?"

"Isn't it the same reason?"

"You said that you occupy Nanyang, and we still have the ability to grab it. Can there be no hatred? Can the relationship between the two countries be good? Look, why don't we hate you for having a colony in Suriname? Because we have no ability to grab it. Right? ?”

"When China was unable to go to Nanyang, the relationship between China and the Netherlands was not bad. You even offered to help China attack Macau."

"Now, you don't have the ability to take back Nanyang, and the two countries have a basis for cooperation."

"Besides, when Whale came to Amsterdam a few years ago, the East India Company was still there, so you refused to open up trade. Whale understood you quite well, and praised you after returning. The Dutch are smart people and know where the benefits lie. No, go back and quickly remove this obstacle."

"Now, the East India Company is bankrupt. Your textile and sugar industries in the Netherlands have long been over. There is no competition between China and the Netherlands, so why don't you open up trade?"

"As the former Great Speaker, can you give me a rational reason for refusing?"

"Tell me, is there any obstacle between the two countries? As long as you say it, we will solve it. It's like going to Nanyang."

(End of this chapter)