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Chapter 76 This game of chess is getting more and more interesting

Just as the outside world was chaotic about the unwatched Cape of Good Hope in Africa, the southernmost Cape of Good Hope, and news about the massacre of the British Empire’s colony in the towns of East London, their colony!

The city of Zindert, Netherlands.

"Everyone, come and listen. This is the newspaper I just got. If you want to listen, come here quickly. If you don't have enough, remember to wait until you finish listening, just remember to pay."

"What do you think? Tell me quickly what is going on here? Alas, it's great for you to live in the present. The Netherlands is really great now, and employment is stable.

Especially in education, the popularization of nine-year compulsory education for primary schools has been fully launched and implemented in an orderly manner. You are so happy.”

"Hehe, I said, old guy, do you still want to listen?"

"If you want it, why don't you? I said, young man, can you respect me, old man? It's so rude."

"Hmph! You still call yourself an old man. How many people here don't know that after Sykes came back from the Cape of Good Hope, you have been wandering on the streets of Amsterdam for 10 years, and you haven't worked for more than a month. You can change 20 jobs a year.

Also, when I fell in love with gambling, everyone came to judge. As a Protestant pastor, my father sympathized with him. He only knew him for less than half a year and was cheated of more than 1,000 Dutch guilds, and the number of times was still more than 5 times. Do you think, is an old man like you worthy of my respect?"

"Hehe, I said Vincent, don't talk about Sykes anymore, okay? Continue with the topic just now, what's wrong with the Cape of Good Hope?"

"That's right, let's continue talking about the reports in the newspaper just now, there's so much nonsense."

In a square in the city's city center.

A group of idle old men dressed in ordinary clothes were surrounding a 9-year-old child, but the child was not afraid of being alive. He was browsing and looked impatient on his face, but in fact he was wandering around with his eyes.

If it weren't for his small size, no one would have believed that he was just a half-year-old child.

"Hmph, it's like this every time. Sure enough, the one who borrows money is the boss,"

The child was born in 1853 and was born in the pastor's mansion in the market center of Zindert, Brabant Province, in the southern Netherlands. His birthday was also the death of his own brother.

In mid-1859, because of his withdrawal since childhood, he was sent to the Jindelt City Kilometre School by his father Theodoros. Later, his terrible learning environment made him increasingly rebellious. He finally dropped out of school at the end of October 1861, when he was only 9 years old.

However, what made him helpless was that in December 1861, the Netherlands promulgated a new education law, which stipulated that the Netherlands popularized nine years of compulsory education, and all young people must have more than nine years of education before they could enter society.

So this year, he went back to the Zindelt Municipal Public School, so he was dissatisfied with the fact that the old man from Sykes had deliberately mentioned this matter.

However, he would not indignate others, so he would not inflict public anger. Therefore, he chose to retreat. However, seeing Sykes' proud look, he made a secret decision in his heart that he must take revenge on the other party.

However, now, solving these illiterate old men is the best way for him to earn pocket money after class.

Because the new education law stipulates that schools have two days off every week.

He was rebellious and naturally would not be hiding at home, so this square became a place where he earned pocket money.

Every week, I read newspapers to a group of illiterate Dutch veterans and participate in their comments, and I can get 2 Dutch guilds a day.

He naturally enjoys getting the money.

"The newspaper said that since 1652, we Dutch people have immigrated to the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa. In 1795 and 1806, we were jealous of the key and importance of this position. The British defeated the Dutch there and occupied the Cape of Good Hope colonies twice.

Our Kingdom of Dutch was naturally dissatisfied, so we had a dispute with Britain. However, the British were like God's help. The amazing rise of Napoleon I was in the continent. The Netherlands soon fell, so Britain occupied it openly.

The Dutch in Cape of Good Hope, without backing, could only swallow their anger and accept the strong British rule.

Until the Vienna Peace Conference in Austria from 1814 to 1815, the British privately asked for this place from the current Dutch royal family, and the conditions were formally recommended Nassau Orange as the new Dutch royal family, and the United Kingdom was willing to compensate 6 million pounds.

They took the sovereignty of the Cape of Good Hope from New Holland and began to rule it. At this time, in order to deepen their influence and slowly wash away the memory of the Netherlands, the British changed the Cape of Good Hope city to Cape Town."

The child and the others did not notice that the worthless old man who was demoted by him showed a painful memory when he heard this, but he hid it quickly, so no one noticed it.

"In 1836, a new ethnic group was formed by the Dutch, French and Germans, named Boers, who were dissatisfied with the British rule and began to collectively leave the Cape Town Colony.

Under the leadership of the militia commander Andres Pretorius, they established colonial areas such as the Ledenburg Republic and the Winborg Republic in the northern inland. In the end, due to fear of being defeated by the British, these colonies merged into a republic, and his name was the Transvaal Republic."

However, another group of Debors established the Republic of Natalia in the east of the Republic of Transvaal.

However, after being destroyed by Britain, these people migrated eastward, near the southern part of the Transvaal Republic, and the northwest of the Kingdom of Basuturan and Zulu Kingdom, they relied on three countries to establish the Orange Free State Republic. This is the current pattern in southern Africa.

The British were the only ones who dominated there, the second and third were the Zulu Kingdom, the Free Republic of Orange, and the Kingdom of Baba Sudoland.

However, today's newspapers say that the British wanted to break this pattern and actually tried to persuade the Zulu Kingdom, which was ruled by Kaizhiwayo, to go to war with the Transvaal Republic. However, they did not expect that the representatives sent by Governor Shep Stone were destroyed in East London, a city in the eastern part of the British colony. None of the British people in the entire town died under the Zulu techniques.

The report finally said that the Queen of England had decided to send troops to carry out bloody suppression of the Zulu Kingdom to avenge the blood feud of 1,000 British people."

Bang bang bang bang!

Sykes' crutch suddenly fell to the ground. Seeing him looking at him with a weird look, Sykes shrugged helplessly, "There's no way, I'm 65 years old this year, it's normal to lose my hands, Vincent, continue talking."

"Tell me, you big-headed ghost, Sykes, I know you have no money, but wait, I want to hear the story of you on the Cape of Good Hope 30 years ago. I remember someone called you Andres before. Could it be that you and the leader of the Cape of Good Hope, with the same surname, you wouldn't be brothers with him?"

Sykes's face changed drastically, but this time he was caught by Vincent. His heart was shocked and his mind flew around. He also had a strange idea.

Sykes didn't know he had already targeted him, so he hurriedly agreed, "Okay, okay, I feel uncomfortable today, so I'll go back and rest first. Oh, I'm old and I can't hold the crutches."

Vincent sneered in his heart: I told you to pretend that your handle has fallen into my hands. Just wait for me to slowly explore the value in you!

...........

March 3, 1862.

Just as Britain had begun to mobilize regular troops to go south to the Atlantic Ocean to southern Africa and prepare to attack the Zulu Kingdom.

The French Empire, Napiron III, William I of the Prussian Kingdom, and William I of the Netherlands, held the first head of state of the Three Kingdoms Agreement in Luxembourg. The head of state of the three countries issued a statement warning Britain to express dissatisfaction with the power violations of the Three Kingdoms in southern Africa in recent years.

At the same time, the three countries expressed their support to the Republic of Transvaal and the Republic of Orange, including providing 100,000 latest guns and related ammunition.

In addition, the three countries will send observation teams to the two countries, and will conduct regular releases to assess the corresponding level of assistance the three countries need to provide.

At the same time, the three countries said that they would form a joint fleet to conduct a joint cruise on the Indian Ocean once every six months. Specific measures will be issued on a certain date.

Finally, the three countries invited Britain to negotiate with the Kingdom of Zulu to resolve the recent conflicts between the two countries and create a peaceful African environment.

The three countries are willing to provide any help to support the peace talks between the two countries.

.....

When the news reached Southern Africa, the people of Transvaal and Orange cheered, and they stood up. At this moment, they seemed to feel that the British were not so scared.

Although the Zulu Kingdom in the Eastern tribe was not that easy, I also felt that with the statements of these countries, the British should not dare to be too presumptuous.

In short, except for the dissatisfaction of the British where Shep Stone was located, the statements of the Three Kingdoms were warmly welcomed throughout southern Africa.

However, although Buckingham Palace expressed dissatisfaction with the statement of the Three Kingdoms, even Foreign Minister John Russell came forward to accuse the Three Kingdoms of not only distorting the death of thousands of British people, but also caring about the lives and deaths of aliens. This was a betrayal of white Europeans, and therefore condemning the Three Kingdoms.

The Three Kingdoms naturally did not want to be outdone, and found out the old account books, accusing the British of burning, killing and looting the Boers, including the Three Kingdoms immigrants, in southern Africa, and allowing them, like chasing a flock of sheep, to live an inhuman life abroad.

As evidence from the Three Kingdoms was released, even in addition to the Three Kingdoms, there were all countries except the British, especially Nordics, including Sweden, and even Belgium, many died under the guns of the British. So the four candidates who are currently in the election also stood up to condemn Britain to win the support of the people.

This made William IV shake his head. National justice is indeed the easiest to get votes, no matter which era it is!

"This game of chess is getting more and more interesting."
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