Xinshun 1730

Chapter 835 Demonstration of Sincerity
Holland's resentment towards England, disgust towards navigation regulations, not to mention the market and transportation, but only the benefits of the logistics center.

Assume that Dashun is in urgent need of American cotton, and the quantity is large.Without navigation regulations, this work must have fallen on the Dutch: I have a large number of ships, cheap freight, familiar routes, the same reputation as Barents, fast running, and a large ship that can evade taxes and reduce costs.

After asking around the world, no one's shipping fee is as cheap as mine in the Netherlands.

If it is free trade, the capitalists of various countries will definitely choose the Dutch shipping with such a great advantage, and then a large amount of cotton will be subcontracted in the Amsterdam container.

Capital is not stupid, it can save freight, why not?
In this way, not only a group of sailors, captains, and shipbuilders were supported; a group of anti-package, sorting, and loading and unloading were also supported; a group of speculators, futures players, and marine insurance were also supported; Those who run restaurants, hotels, brothels...

It's like the downfall of the East India Company, directly and indirectly affecting hundreds of thousands of people; or Dashun Weihai and other places, because the garrison pays the army on time and the business is abnormally prosperous.

The industry of transportation business is not only about the freight.

Laws are made by man.

And it is a foreign law.

Of course you don't have to obey.But the result of non-compliance is decapitation or robbery after being caught.

Those who can't beat the established law, the law will be effective.

There are only two ways to change the status quo.

The legal means, of course, is through the British Parliament to change the law.

But judging from the fact that Yoniko Ming went to Sweden and the British Parliament could quickly fix the legal loopholes, this cannot be solved by giving some money to lobby and bribe.

Or, it is "illegal" means.

Violently overthrow the basis of law enforcement, and violently overthrow the violent tool of the country that upholds the law-the British Royal Navy.

That's right, I broke the law and I smuggled.But you can't catch me, you can't punish me, so what's the point of this law?

The dilemma facing the Netherlands now is actually one point in the final analysis: the United Kingdom cannot be defeated at sea.

Persimmons should be picked softly.

Anti-British is one way.

Anti-Fa and anti-Western is also a way.

It's not that France is much stronger than Britain, so Britain is a soft persimmon.

But France can "not talk about martial arts". It is agreed that it is only a maritime trade dispute, but France doesn't talk about martial arts. It not only fights at sea, but also sends the army to Amsterdam. .

Compared with the threat of the French Army, the British Army is rubbish, but the Netherlands is really not afraid of the British Army.

The diplomatic creed originally upheld by the Regency is to be friends with France. If France wants to be a neighbor, it will fight France. As long as France does not want to be a neighbor, it is a good friend.

But France is full of energy every day, using it indiscriminately, wasting almost 100 years in Belgium, forcing the Netherlands to rebel against France, otherwise it will become a neighbor.

What Anthony sees now is that Dashun and his gang are inciting public opinion in the Netherlands again, and they may have reached some secret agreement with France. France may send troops out of Russia, or for the purpose of some secret agreement of Dashun. Give up the struggle for the Austrian Netherlands.

This also means that, if this is true, the Netherlands can of course choose to be friends with France.

It also means that the Netherlands can of course expand its market and smuggling channels and further deepen the "China-Netherlands friendship".

But the question is, how much price will Dashun be prepared to pay for this?

And, what is the cooperation model between Dashun and the Netherlands?
Although, the East India Company is indeed gone.

Although it is said that the Netherlands should be the only country in Europe that is most qualified to cater to the free trade advocated by Liu Yu.

In theory, it is indeed possible to close the door and give up free trade as a threat to ensure that Dashun will not harm the Netherlands.

However, if Dashun's so-called cooperation only means that the Netherlands will open the country and allow Dashun's merchant ships to enter and leave... then Anthony will definitely not agree.

Once something happens in the future, this kind of interest entanglement is not enough for Dashun to contribute too much to the Netherlands.

Moreover, this is of little benefit to the Netherlands.

On the contrary, it will also lead to a large amount of smuggling in the Netherlands-the East India Company controls the volume of goods for monopoly interests, and the trade methods of Dashun observed by Anthony are high-quality, low-cost, low-profit, and high-volume, at least from the land reform in Batavia. It can be seen from the above that Dashun does not want to raise prices by controlling production like VOC at all—a large amount of goods entering the Netherlands means larger-scale smuggling, which will seriously affect the relationship between the UK and the Netherlands.

The UK has no way to go to Dagukou to retaliate against Dashun, but it can retaliate against the Netherlands.

So, opening up trade means that the Netherlands is still being used by Dashun.The Netherlands is using its own destiny to open up markets and outlets for Dashun's goods.

The size difference between China and the Netherlands is too great, the development of the handicraft industry is also too different, and the diplomatic environment around each other is also completely different.

In this case, there is no real cooperation of equals.

Or, Dashun has the courage to become the big brother of Holland and shoulder the responsibility. I will cover you, whether it is smuggling or selling stolen goods.

Or, it will be separated, and you will hang out in your Asia, and I will hang out in my Europe, and they will never see each other.

Anthony feels that Dashun has the habit and tradition of being in the Eastern Dynasty, and has always been very good to the tributary countries. Although in name the Netherlands cannot really go to pay tribute, if Dashun really wants to take responsibility, it will actually be a treat for the Netherlands. Good choice.

If you want to be a dynasty, you must let the younger brothers get benefits.

Whether it is the previous Kyushu tributary system or the US-Soviet world consciousness of later generations, when the Celestial Dynasty wants to cheat the little brother to make a living, the Celestial Dynasty will come to an end.

It’s the best model to go up against the sky when you have something to do, and to earn other people’s money together when you have nothing to do.

Now he directly put this problem on Kang Bushao's face. Didn't Kang Bushao proudly say that if it affects the friendship between China and the Netherlands, he will solve it like he went to Nanyang?
Now it is true, what do you say in China?
But he didn't want Kang Bushao to be not surprised when he heard Anthony's question. Instead, he said with a smile: "Your Excellency, the Great Speaker, has a professional eye, and you can see the problem at a glance."

"The Chinese government has no ability to interfere with France's customs autonomy. Moreover, the traditional relationship between China and France is completely out of consideration."

"As for the British navigation regulations... Oh, indeed, this is a major obstacle to deepening the friendship between China and the Netherlands. However, this is only a matter of friendship between China and the Netherlands, and should not involve a third party other than Britain."

He answered very easily, but what he said was also ambiguous.

Before, he vaguely expressed the meaning that France might withdraw its troops. Whether the Dutch believe it or not, they will not take this as a fact.

As long as France does not express its position, such rumors will spread dozens of times a day.Whether France retreats or not, for the Netherlands, the result is very different, and the process is the same.

Whether the French retreat, the Netherlands can only passively wait.Believe it, it’s nothing more than the Regents greedy for their own merits, and came to power; don’t believe it, it’s nothing more than the Regents’ cowardice, they don’t want to clean up the mess, and they hope that the Oranges have glue on their buttocks to stick to the consul’s throne in The Hague.

Now the negotiation between the two people is naturally based on the premise of "assuming that France will withdraw its troops" and that the leaders of the Regency faction believe that Dashun's cryptic expression is true.

Otherwise, negotiations are pointless.What's the use of talking about national affairs with a big speaker who has been slapped?Since the other party is willing to continue to discuss in depth, it means that the other party thinks that there is an opportunity and is qualified to talk.

In Kang Bushao's view, the question raised by Anthony also conveyed the consistent thinking of the Regency: to maintain a certain balance in the European continent.

The Netherlands hopes that Dashun can participate in European affairs, but the Netherlands will not recognize France as its big brother, and unite with France to smash the UK.

In that case, it will inevitably involve a major war in the whole of Europe.If France really wins, the European balance will fail, and the Netherlands will have no good fruit to eat.Sooner or later, the powerful France will attack the Netherlands.

This cryptic expression is reflected in Anthony's answer that both Britain and France are regarded as potential enemies.Britain is hateful, but isn't France terrible?
This is also to remind Kang Bushao that unless France occupies the Netherlands and supports a puppet, it is impossible for the Netherlands to form an alliance with France.

The matter between China and the Netherlands is of course closely related to France now, but it is best not to involve France in the future.

His ambiguous answer is also telling Anthony that the cooperation between China and the Netherlands has nothing to do with France, at least it is definitely not in the form of the China-France-Netherlands Triple Alliance.

Anthony understood the meaning of "has nothing to do with a third party", so he nodded and approved the basic conditions of cooperation that Kang Bushi talked about.

Seeing him nodding, Kang Bulai said, "The friendship between China and the Netherlands is not so deep that it is affected by the navigation regulations."

"Personally, I think it is still necessary to slowly deepen the mutual interest relationship. We will consider this issue when it is natural and when the navigation regulations have seriously affected the continued development of the friendship between China and the Netherlands."

"Once the interests of each other are so deep that they all feel that the navigation regulations affect the friendship between China and the Netherlands, it is not possible to stay out of it if you want to stay out of it."

"A feasible cooperation model is neutrality, joint venture, and cooperative organization of escort fleets to protect legitimate and legal trade."

"There is a saying that is good, Nulla poem sine lege. Of course we do not escort illegal trade targeting third parties, but the escort fleet does not arrest illegal trade targeting third parties either."

"This is the basic framework for cooperation. As for the detailed rules, we can discuss them slowly."

"The question now is, who am I talking to? Your Excellency the Great Speaker, can you represent your faction and ensure that the current conversation will be meaningful in the future?"

"What is the conversation now? Is it a small talk between a commoner and an outlaw? Or is it a very formal contact between the two countries?"

This framework is basically acceptable to Anthony.Now Kang Bushao is asking him, does the regent faction have the guts to vote?
"Sir, then, how can I be sure that what you said about cooperation without third-party interference is true?"

Kang did not hesitate to say: "There is a businessman from Versailles who can answer the speaker's doubts. If you have time, I can arrange for him to meet with you. We have already guaranteed that there will be no third-party interference in the cooperation between China and the Netherlands. If the Netherlands is required to prove it, it will not be influenced by a third party.”

Anthony smiled, stretched out his hand, and took the letter that was left aside by Kang Bushao, which recorded the process of the tragedy in The Hague, into his hand.

Shaking, then asked: "Excuse me, is there a Dutch or Latin version? Please ask the businessman from Versailles to send me a copy when he comes."

(End of this chapter)