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Chapter 6 What Prussia lacks is the Atlantic port

The Dutch Ambassador Nicholas Pearson and Otto von Bismarck discussed the future Prussia will use military force to Denmark in the showdown. The Netherlands will assist, but the Netherlands will obtain corresponding benefits from Denmark and reach an agreement. Nicholas Pearson left Bismarck's Prime Minister's Office in a hurry with an interim agreement.

At 9:00 pm, Bismarck, who was already hungry.

However, Bismarck now had no time to take care of it, because he frowned and couldn't figure out why the Netherlands emerged at this time, and he dared to join forces with Prussia to carry out multiple cooperations. What shocked him was the matter of Pruce's attempt to attack Denmark. This was an extremely confidential plan, and it was limited to the knowledge that he, William I and Chief of Staff of Moltke.

No, and Crown Prince Frederick, how did they know about the Netherlands?

Bismarck frowned when he thought of this crown prince.

Since he married Princess Victoria in 1858, Crown Prince Frederick is no longer the same crown prince as before. He actually strongly supported the political philosophy brought by Princess Victoria. The couple hoped that Prussia could become a constitutional monarchy like the British Empire.

Humph, Bismarck felt dissatisfied with the brainwashing of Crown Prince Frederick by his wife when he thought of this.

I don’t think about what happened in Prussia and what was the situation in the British Empire. It was an island country in the UK, and there was no threat to the existence of the British Navy at the hegemony level.

But Prussia is different. Austria and Tsarist Russia, two powerful Prussian allies, are not constitutional monarchy. France was restored not long ago and successfully became the Second French Empire. Napoleon III only launched constitutional monarchy last year after more than a decade later.

If Prussia is implemented, there will be a generation gap between the Tsarist Russia and the Austrian system of its allies. Don’t underestimate it, it will definitely be a big problem that arouses suspicion among allies.

Therefore, because of her political views and her British background, Princess Victoria was rejected by members of the royal family, Hohenzollern family and the Berlin court officialdom.

In particular, Bismarck believed that it hindered his long-planned policy of rescuing Russia and Russia, so the differences between him and Victoria became deeper.

Bismarck pondered: "The Holland dares to do this now, but it is because the new king William IV inherited the throne of William III last month. The new king is always full of will and wants to do a big fight. Then, I can take advantage of this new king's point and plan carefully to strive for more benefits for Prussia."

He felt a little distressed when he thought of the young diplomat who had asked him for the benefits of the Netherlands' support for Prussia to attack Denmark.

But when I thought of the benefits of Prussia gaining moral support and real territorial benefits for this, I put away the pain.

I can't bear to bear the child and can't trap the wolf. Now I give it to him, just like the Netherlands that Britain gave them. Sooner or later, Prussia will take it back twice, so I will temporarily store it in the Netherlands!

Bismarck looked at the temporary plan covenant letter, and he was helpless and asked the servant to pick up the meal. After rushing to eat, he rushed to the Berlin Palace again, because there, William I and Chief of Staff Moltke should have been waiting for him for the message!

When Bismarck and Pearson secretly completed a possible significant impact on the future, when Bismarck went to the Berlin Palace to report the matter, William IV was also listening to the progress of the secret agreement at the Dutch Palace in Amsterdam.

Looking at the diplomatic report sent by the Privy Council, the Netherlands has completed the initial deployment of diplomacy for the balance of power of major countries, and has launched an upward approach to the alliance with major countries in the form of maximizing the most interests.

Stationed in London, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, even Madrid, Lisbon, etc., have launched a comprehensive diplomatic escalation of relations between countries in the past week. Now, when hearing the news from Hesbert and Feng, William IV felt relieved and finally did not waste many plans during this period.

Especially for the request for a secret agreement with Berlin to replace support, this was the most uncertain thing that William IV felt, but the telegram I just received finally fell to worry. Bismarck still had enough ambitions after all, and at the same time, it also made William I know that the temptation that was originally uncertain was indeed tempted. Prussia's plan for Denmark was not a temporary idea. Maybe it was the day when William I approved him to become prime minister, and William I began to present a "meeting ceremony" from William I.

The reason for agreeing to the Netherlands was simply that at this time, William I and Bismarck had already broken out of the Prussian trapped in the Pod Plain, began to look forward to the entire continent, and had already begun to prepare for a feud with the British Empire sooner or later. This was also the fundamental reason for his intentional temptation. As a result, he succeeded and indeed he was tested.

Both he and Bismarck believed that as long as the Denmark's plan was successful, it would be a success for Prussia that aroused the national honor, and at the same time it would arouse the blood of the Dutch, and it would also bring a plan to counterattack the United Kingdom with this, because only in this way would the United Kingdom jump into another pit that the Netherlands had already deployed and slowly enter the vortex of Europe. As the same goes, Europe is too calm and does not meet the current interests of the Netherlands as a middle-class country. William IV hopes to stir up the situation in Europe and make the water turbid, so that he can take the opportunity to fish and plunder the benefits.

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"See Your Majesty"

The Dutch Privy Council was located in the palace. It is an existence belonging to the cabinet and is used by William IV to manage the state.

Its main cost is basically all members of the cabinet, but the candidates are determined by William IV. At present, there are three main members of the Privy Council, namely Prime Minister Tolbek, Home Secretary Jonlell, Foreign Minister Hesbet Fon and Finance Minister Jane Von Capelo.

When the four of them saw William IV coming in, they immediately stood up and saluted.

"Please sit down, everyone." He pointed to his own actions, and William IV took the lead in sitting down.

After a few of them said a few subtle greetings and other topics, William IV got to the point and said to Jonleer:

"Let me introduce the latest immigration progress of the Ministry of the Interior"

Jonleer did not expect William IV to order him first. It was originally the main meeting to discuss the theme of Dutch diplomacy: the covenant with Prussia.

Fortunately, he did his homework and was not nervous.

"We have been in good health and many people have gone to East India. After a week of publicity by our media Rotterdam Daily, Echo, and Dutch Daily, the number of people who have registered has reached 20,000. As long as we continue to promote, I believe that more people will participate. After all, there are many lands there. Your Majesty, you also ask the Ministry of Finance to provide finance to allow the secret head algorithm. After each immigrant lives for one year, he will receive a support policy of 2,000 Dutch guilds (80 pounds, twice the GDP per capita in the Netherlands). That is, our country's national income is twice the year. As long as we have this money, we will obtain a good life after obtaining the corresponding land. Therefore, although the time is short, there are many people who respond."

William IV smiled bitterly when he saw the Chancellor of the Finance Department Jane Von Cape falling on Jonlell when he said that the support from the Ministry of Finance was time to show his displeasure to his face.

As the national finance manager, the Ministry of Finance is stingy every minute and every cent for various departments. William IV naturally knows the three flavors. Such a big money will be a burden.

For 20,000 people alone, it would cost 160,000 pounds. Last year, the Netherlands GDP was 160 million pounds, with fiscal revenue of about 40 million pounds. The country needs money in all aspects. If the military expenditure was just 1 million pounds before, it would be almost the same. However, with the beginning of a few years ago, more and more, the names are also longer and longer. The military expenditure listed last week, which was signed by the Parliament, which was signed by William IV, reached an astonishing 500,000 pounds. This is still January, and there are 11 months left in the next?

However, I believe that the Chancellor of the Finance Department, Jane Von Capelo, also saw the business opportunities.

"East India was originally the location of spices. The number of primitive deep forests there is an indispensable raw material for our fleet. In Europe, only Nordics can seize trees for various countries to squander. However, now the relationship between Nordics and Sweden and Britain is more ambiguous, and it is also the most supplied to the British Empire. Therefore, we cannot be controlled by others, but rely on ourselves. As the population slowly transfers to East India, we will complete a leap of quality and space to expand leap. As long as this step is firm and confirmed, then "

William IV said with all his ambitions: "At that time, we will stand in the forest of European powers again and compete with them again."

The camera turned back to Berlin, but this time it was the palace.

William I was also very surprised and couldn't help but look at Moltke, and then finally fell into Bismarck who brought the news.

The latter shrugged and said, "I didn't expect that the Netherlands would emerge at this time after many years of silence. It seems that our neighbor, William IV, is not a calm master."

William I was full of majestic face, his long beard covered with his upper and lower lips, and his words also caused his beard to shake.

He said: "They actually want the Faroe Islands in Denmark? This ambition is quite good, but will the Danes agree?"

Moltke was also shocked by the news.

The Netherlands has been scared by Britain in recent years. Now it actually wants the Flange Islands not far from Britain, those deserted islands with extremely cold and populations of only a few thousand people?

Will Denmark agree?

Bismarck was also questioning this way, but he thought of the young diplomat he had just talked to. For some reason, he actually agreed in his heart that the Netherlands should be able to do it. This surprised Bismarck. He actually chose to believe the other party. What an incredible thing.

It seems that although I had already looked up to him before, I still underestimated him after seeing him, and it was able to unknowingly affect my mind and invade my judgment. It is indeed amazing. If this person is in the Netherlands in the future, any country's diplomatic pillar needs to be paid attention to. This person may be a middleweight player in the diplomatic field in Prussia and Britain.

I secretly remembered Pearson and Bismarck said: "Your Majesty, I think the Netherlands is indeed our ally at present. After all, we are following the Kingdom of Westphalia, Rhine and Hannover, and there is no border with the Kingdom of Prussia. The two countries do not have conflicts. The Netherlands aims to be at sea. We are trapped in the Baltic Sea and do not have any coastal ports in the Atlantic Ocean. Perhaps cooperation with the Netherlands will be for us in the future, and we may get the strongest foreign aid at the Atlantic Ocean port."
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