New Shun 1730

Kang Buyao gave Liu Yu the advice that "a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen" on the Huanghuai issue.

Now that he knew that bloodshed was about to occur 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 making speeches. When there was still some time before the real bloodshed, the monsoon in the summer of 1946 blew in several boats from Dashun.

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

However, the trade between Dashun and Sweden was not affected. As China's first formal trade route in Europe with its own fleet and shares of shipyards, the Dutch did not dare to take action.

Because in order to instigate relations, Liu Yu asked Sweden and Dashun to each transfer part of their shares to Russia during the negotiations to end the Swedish-Russian War. This was used as a condition for Russia to withdraw its troops and not cede too much land. The East India Company was a monopoly, and monopoly companies required administrative intervention and parliamentary approval, so they could be used as part of the negotiation conditions.

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

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

Even though he knew that the absolute majority shareholder of this joint trading company was Dashun, he didn't dare to take action.

Nowadays, these Dashun ships coming to the Netherlands are not carrying goods, but all kinds of people.

There are messengers from Dashun; there is also Anthony van der Heim, the former Speaker of the United Provincial Council of the Seven Provinces Republic who avoided the political whirlpool and went to Dashun for negotiations before the war; and some who were released early and used their personal Experience shows that Dashun is a former Batavia colonial officer who cannot fight and has undisputed dominance in Southeast Asia.

As soon as the ship docked, the different people went their separate ways.

Dashun's messengers and Liu Yu's confidants quickly informed Kang Busu of domestic news and expectations for negotiations, and were waiting for Kang Busu to ask for some details.

While drinking last year's new tea that came across the ocean from Dashun, Kang Busao asked Liu Yu what he expected from the negotiations in Europe, so that he could tell Qi Guogong.

Since the messenger was Liu Yu's confidant, he also had some understanding of the situation in Europe. He was not the kind of microphone who could only relay messages based on pictures.

"Mr. Zhongxian, everything is going well in China now. The Marquis of Jing has also reached an agreement with the wealthy businessmen of Songjiang Prefecture. The Marquis of Jing asked me to tell you that I can give the Dutch a promise of about 10% dividends. The specific terms are here Mr. Whale, you can read it yourself later.”

"The war in India is also going well. The army has captured several Dutch forts in India. As for the Dutch negotiations, Marquis Jing said that since he knows the general outline, he will take charge of it himself."

"Just pay attention to two small things."

"First, the Netherlands has not been at war for a long time. Can the port accommodate China's battleships? If not, we must use some method of leasing or other methods. We will pay for it ourselves and clean up the port. Don't be tens of thousands of miles away by then. We came to Amsterdam to 'convoy' and protect 'free trade', but found that the ship was too big to dock at the Dutch port."

"Since it is armed 'neutral', it cannot stop at French ports. This must be carefully investigated."

"Secondly, the Dutch castles in the Indian region have been captured, and that's the end of it. But if you want to go to Europe, the Cape and the Cape of Good Hope are excellent supply stations. Things there also need to be talked about."

"Sir, it's good that you know these two small things. The rest are confidential matters. Marquis Jing must ask me to convey them personally."

Kang Busha was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, so he didn't need to take out a small notebook to write down. There was no one else in the room, so he said: "I have written down these two small things. How about the confidential matter?"

"Sir, Marquis Jing said that after the matter here has been dealt with, he would like to ask Qi Guogong to go to Denmark again. There is no need to stir up trouble and create some friction, so that the Chinese side can legitimately increase the percentage of tea imported from Denmark. Export tax of 20..."

The messenger recalled Liu Yu's instructions. Before coming, Liu Yu had asked him countless times to make sure that the messenger really understood before sending him.

The reason for provoking Denmark at this juncture is firstly to ensure that Dashun can guarantee the 12% dividend promised internally after cooperating with the Netherlands; secondly, it is to continue to instigate conflicts between Britain and Russia and let Russia taste the sweetness of trade and smuggling. , thus laying the foundation for the future severance of the Russian-British alliance, and for Russia to come forward to support Dashun's armed neutrality alliance plan.

Nowadays, there are mainly three companies involved in smuggling to Britain and the British colonies.

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

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

If Dashun really pulls over the Netherlands and the Dutch East India Company becomes its own company, then other competitors will definitely be curbed.

For example, smuggling to Britain costs a total of 100 yuan. 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 expand the pie.

The increase is not immediate in a short period of time.

We still have to rely on "involution" to divide the stock. That is, take 30 of Denmark's 40, China and the Netherlands take 30, and the remaining 10 is given to Sweden and Russia.

Moreover.

If there is a real war in the future, Sweden has claims and ambitions on Prussia's Pomerania, but Denmark has no motivation to continue fighting.

So, for the future, one who is impossible to do anything should not occupy the toilet without doing anything. Directly use the administrative power of the court of Dashun to curb Denmark's channels for getting goods.

Add 20% export tariffs, and Denmark's smuggling trade will be directly abolished. The sales market in Northern Europe was divided by Sweden and Russia; the smuggling market in the United States and Britain was eaten up by the Netherlands and Dashun.

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 has increased export tariffs, and Denmark can only stare blankly, and at most it can rely on domestic tariff protection to eat 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 the relationship between Britain and Russia.

Diplomacy, at this time, is nothing more than four words, coercion and inducement.

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

Sanctioning Denmark and letting Russia participate in Sino-Swedish trade is inducement.

Once Russia's trade develops, the contradiction 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 Britain.

The Danish princess is a British princess.

Denmark and Britain have always had a close relationship.

Denmark is an important barrier for Britain to control the Baltic Sea outlet.

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

Just like when Denmark made a claim to the Swedish throne in the Swedish-Russian War a few years ago.

Due to the trade between Britain and Russia and to win over Russia, Britain and Dashun put pressure on Denmark together, 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 Britain paid a lot to win over Russia.

It betrayed its quasi-ally and its own father-in-law just to satisfy the Russians and ensure the Anglo-Russian relationship, or at least Russia would not be pulled away by France.

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

But what about the long term?

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

Especially under China's matchmaking, after the Netherlands became neutral, even if Dashun supported some of Russia's local industries for several years before they could bear fruit, some of the goods that Russia needed temporarily did not necessarily have to be obtained from Britain, and France could also provide them.

Moreover, under the shipping monopoly of China, Sweden and Russia, sanctions on Denmark would also cause Britain's trade in Northeast Europe to decline.

At this time, Britain would be caught in a dilemma.

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

Or, change the policy, recognize the situation, stop licking Russia, and support Denmark and instigate Denmark to go to war with Sweden and Russia?

As we all know, in international politics, it is no good to lick Russia blindly.

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 the end of Dashun's manipulation, Sweden, Russia, France, the Netherlands and China can completely squeeze out Britain's trade power in the Baltic Sea.

Britain is a trade country.

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

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

This is the choice Britain must make.

Kneel down and lick in exchange for Russia's sincere treatment? Or take the initiative to attack and kill before the tail is too big to be cut off?

Once Britain begins to support Denmark and try to curb the development of Swedish-Russian trade, then the relationship between Britain and Russia will be broken.

Once the Anglo-Russian relationship broke down, the common interests of Russia and Austria on both sides of Prussia and Turkey prompted them to bind diplomatically, and then the Four-Power Alliance of China, France, Russia and Austria was formed.

Because in order to protect Hanover and curb the rise of France, Britain had to find a thug on the European continent. Then it could only find Prussia.

The main reason was that Liu Yu was not confident in the level of Louis XV and could not just wait for France to pull Austria and Russia.

With Louis XV's level, what if he couldn't pull it?

So Dashun had to go down, lay mines everywhere, dig pits and divert traffic, and maximize its focus on having an impact in Europe.

There are indeed many accidents in history, but if you can grasp the general trend, or even create the general trend yourself, form a general trend, and minimize the possibility and impact of accidents, it is the right approach.