Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 36 The Legend of Salmon

February 1862, 2, Royal Palace of the Netherlands.

"Your Majesty, our people have already deployed there, and their status in that country is slowly moving deeper." McKay Sean said.

Just now, the Director of the Dutch International Intelligence Agency, McKay Sean, recounted the recent intelligence information to William IV for a key arrangement made by William IV many years ago, while the Director of Royal Dutch Intelligence, Bill Charlie, Responsible for supplementing on the side.

William IV looked at the two people in front of him and sighed in his heart.

In the past few years, both of them have shown a lot of talents, and he, who comes from a later generation, has also come up with many of the most effective methods of a certain country in later generations to train and cultivate them.

For now, let’s not talk about the Royal Intelligence Service. Although the International Intelligence Service managed by McKay Sean has not reached the legendary level of being all-pervasive and spread all over the world, it can still transmit some key information around the world extremely reliably in a very short period of time. , and it was delivered to him without much error.

The Royal Intelligence Service's home base is in the Netherlands, but with the beginning of the past two years, in order to operate on a dual track, it has now begun to penetrate into other countries.Therefore, the Royal Intelligence Service now plays a complementary role in the international arena.

But the latter doesn't care. The two have cooperated for many years, but they have explored the world beyond words.

After McKay Sean finished speaking, he saw that William IV was deep in thought and continued: "Although turmoil has begun there, due to the constraints of the Treaty of London, the three signatories of Britain, France and Russia did not express any stance, so that Although many people in the country are dissatisfied with their king, no one dares to mess with it. As for the information they provided, we people there didn't seem to have much feedback on the actual information, but we were able to extract some of it. Clues to value.”

William IV nodded and took the freshly brewed tea that Bill Charlie gave to the two of them respectively. He watched Charlie pick up the snacks and enjoy them, but he listened carefully to McKay Sean's report.

"Your Majesty, tomorrow all countries will meet at the National Concert Hall. Your Majesty will definitely be very busy tomorrow. In addition to Viscount Palmerston of the British Empire, two princes of the Tsarist Empire and Alexander II's right-hand man will also be present this time. Here, with the arrival of so many people, Your Majesty, it’s hard to say whether the Netherlands can seek the best interests from this this time.”

"So, I think we need to be more fully prepared. Otherwise, aren't we busy these days in vain? Or, as the Prime Minister said before, the Netherlands will add a few more fronts? Sweden and Norway? Or Denmark to our north?”

"Let me think about it." William IV lightly sipped the tea leaves on his lips, holding the table with his left hand, and his right hand on the table, with his wrist spread downward, and his index finger and middle finger kept tapping the table.

The two of them were already used to this. Every time William IV was thinking deeply about something, he would make this move.

The two knew that he was thinking, especially the frequency in his hands was accelerating. They knew that William IV's thoughts were also accelerating.

William IV kept sorting out and analyzing the project he had originally arranged in his mind.It started in 1860.

The several fronts that Sean just mentioned are actually several projects that he has arranged. In fact, combined with the current development of the situation and the domestic status of various countries, it is very simple and easy to verify, at least for William IV, a political figure in his previous life. , very relaxed.

"I don't agree with opening several lines at the same time. After all, the stall that the Netherlands has set out now is big enough and its strength is there. If it is bigger, it will deprive the Netherlands of its strength and backfire on itself. In the end, the gains will outweigh the losses.

Moreover, several projects also have different values. The most urgent projects for the Netherlands now are the project just now and Belgium.

After the real development in Indonesia is successful, there will be no need to be as taboo about this and that as it is now. "

Therefore, after William IV straightened out the order, he raised his head and said.

Seeing both of them looking at him, William IV suddenly smiled confidently.

"Belgium has now trapped the Netherlands with a lot of manpower and material resources, so this is the focus of my conversation tomorrow. It is also time to end it." "How is Your Majesty going to choose which of the two of them?" Bill Charlie looked nervously. He looked at McKay Sean, and then asked directly.

"Normally we shouldn't interfere, but let me tell you, Charlie, are you stupid? Didn't I already make a choice?"

William IV ignored the two people's confusion and continued: "Whose foundation is the province of Limburg and the province of Antwerp?"

"Bait" Even with the calmness of the two of them, they couldn't help but exclaimed, and then looked at William IV in disbelief.

They couldn't believe that William IV had laid such a deep foundation that they felt chills all over their bodies.

And even Joseph Beit, who was being elected as the Prime Minister of Belgium by many people in Belgium, was attending a banquet held in his honor. There were many people in the party, most of whom were Belgian aristocrats. He suddenly sneezed. "Who is thinking about me!"

"Joseph, what's wrong?" Hester asked concerned.

"It's okay, maybe I caught a cold just now," Joseph Beit waved his hand to show that he was fine, "Go on, let's go over there and have a drink."

So soon, he was pulled into the vigorous banquet and clinking glasses.

And Belgium’s other candidate for prime minister is there. .

"Philip, I can't understand it now. What kind of medicine are they selling in the Netherlands? It seems like they are holding a gun, shooting twice at random, then changing to another place and shooting twice again."

Jules Danetang said a little puzzled, but even though he was asking, his face did not show any lack of confidence. On the contrary, it was because after the question came out, he showed an energetic desire to explore.

Mari Philip once again confirmed and sighed that the other party was indeed the one eating this bowl of rice.

Jules Danetang showed an instinct to pursue power, which is like a salmon swimming upstream to lay eggs. It is a primitive instinct.

Of course, it’s not just instinct that comes into play, but also the brain.While others who were successfully elected to the Senate as a child in Belgium in 1860 were confused by the many major issues they were about to face in the debates, Jules Danetant focused his attention on the politics of the Senate itself. After all, The senator was no different from his former member of the provincial assembly of West Flanders.

In the Belgian National Senate, there will also be a salmon, that is, the boss, who controls its territory, and other small fish and shrimps will be swept away by the huge waves and drift with the current.

“Netherlands, William IV wanted to be that salmon in the turbulent situation in Europe, rushing rapidly in the opposite direction.”

"Salmon?"

"Yes, it's salmon, salmon that eats small fish."

"Aren't you talking about the Netherlands?" Jules Danetang suddenly smiled mysteriously: "I want to come to the Netherlands, and I have already received the 'gift' from us. Next, Belgium will be really lively."

Mari Philip nodded: "So, it's better to wait until the banquet in the Netherlands that shocked Europe is over, and then our scene will officially begin."

(End of this chapter)