Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"Australia's railway construction is now being planned. This is a road map. To get rich, build roads first. Without a land transportation artery that can drive the two places, it will be difficult for inland economic development to rise based on sea transportation alone. And safety is not optimistic either.”

After all, if you really want to talk about it, Britain's world's largest navy is not a vegetarian. They are at the northern end of the Indian Ocean because the Indian subcontinent extends almost southward to the center of the Indian Ocean. When the two countries are at odds, there is no reason to prove that Britain will not attack Australia and China. In the Dutch industrial bases and cities in the East Indies, one attacks and the other defends. People can choose the ground to attack at will, but the defense needs to be comprehensive. The navy can come and go freely. Without convenient land transportation, we are afraid that our navy will be exhausted. To no avail. "

William IV's words have to be said to be very reasonable.

Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can a thousand days to guard against thieves!

Everyone looked at the Australian railway plan that William IV had prepared.

However, when they looked at the map of Australia, the simple strokes of a few strokes on it made them extremely shocked.

Why?

Because William IV's railway construction route plan was too huge, so huge that it was suffocating.

I saw that this area had been mapped out by William IV, starting from Perth, the capital of Western Australia, in the west to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, in the east.

After arriving here, it seems to be the central interchange of Australian railways.

The first branch runs directly eastward from the center to Sydney, the capital of New Wales.

The second branch goes southeast and south to Melbourne, the capital and deputy capital of William Province.

The third fork goes north from Adelaya through Alice Springs, the central city of Australia, to Darwin, the capital of Northern Australia.

Another branch from Alice Springs in the middle leads to Townsville, the second largest city in Queensland in the northeast.

Don’t think that this was the only Australian railway ambition of William IV. That would be a big mistake, because he also had a coastal railway. In addition to the east-west Perth in the south through Adelaide to Melbourne in the southeast, there was also the Perth Railway. along the coast to Darwin.

and northbound from Melbourne through Sydney, Brucebane and Townsville. Then west to Darwin.

It's like drawing a circle with a vertical line in the middle, and two lines extending to both sides at 30 degrees east and 45 degrees west on the upper half of the vertical line.

After reading this plan, everyone turned their attention to Industry Minister Wem Cote and Deputy Finance Minister Tom.

The former is not bad, at least it is just astronomical data that requires industrial materials. Although the task is difficult, it is also a huge job.

But the latter, like other people in the Ministry of Finance, changed their faces because of money.

Tom smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the current available balance of the Ministry of Finance is insufficient. Not to mention building so many railways, just a circle around the three cities of Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide in the southeast, our Our financial resources can’t keep up. Thousands of kilometers need to be built in these three places alone.”

"No, this is not a discussion, but an order."

William IV said seriously: "Come and see what this is, and you will understand."

I saw that this time it was no longer a planning document, but a newspaper, and the many wrinkles on it showed that the newspaper was old.

When they saw an English newspaper, they were stunned at first and then frowned. At this time, the popular language in Europe was French, which was the aristocratic language of the upper class in Europe. English was just rising, and most of them could basically speak it. Some French, very little English.

However, there are also people who know this, including the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Venus and the Minister of Navy Jan Peter. They are familiar with them due to business reasons.

So he explained the above content to everyone.

After hearing this, everyone was stunned.

3100 kilometers of new railway across North America.

Even Tom, the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Netherlands, was stunned.

"Venus, are you sure you read that correctly?"

Tom couldn't help but ask again.

But after asking, he regretted it, because he saw the clear Arabic numerals on it, and the six zeros after 3 and 1 were absolutely correct.

"If you don't believe me, don't you believe Peter, the Admiralty Minister?"

After hearing this, Tom turned to William IV and said, "Your Majesty, is the United States crazy? With so much invested, won't everything be lost?"

"Loss of money"

William IV shook his head, "A country's security is greater than any financial evaluation, not to mention, it also involves the United States' grand strategy of ruling the country."

Everyone looked over, full of curiosity.

William IV sighed: "Have you forgotten who the real original owner of America is?"

"Indians!"

Several exclamations came out.

Venus, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, had his mind running fast, and he quickly came up with ideas and found the answer that was ready to come out in the context provided by His Majesty.

So he looked at William IV in shock, and the latter nodded to him. Venus couldn't help but show surprise, and finally sighed: "President Lincoln of the United States is too big-hearted and too wild."

Seeing everyone's confusion, he explained: "Everyone, your Majesty's newspaper states that on August 20, 1862, when the Civil War was going on, President Lincoln of the northern United States also announced that they would build a line across the country from east to west. This railway at both ends. This is the news reported in the newspaper just now. It has been almost a month.

It is normal to build railways, but don’t forget that the entire United States is divided into east and west. Except for the coastal areas, the west is almost the territory of the indigenous Indians in the United States.

The northern industrial United States was obviously influenced by the south. It no longer tolerated the unexpected factors below, but carried out extermination.

If my guess is correct, it is true that the United States wants to open up this east-west transatlantic and Pacific railway, but the same ultimate goal is that the construction of this railway will also separate the entire west from north to south and further divide the Indians. Once the railway is opened, the eastern Americans will continue to move far along the railway to the western coast through the western railway to sell goods to countries in the Pacific West. At the same time, they will kill the Indiana people to achieve complete Control the entire United States. "

"No way, he actually has such a purpose. Lincoln usually sees him as a nice guy, but he didn't expect him to be so sinister behind his back."

"What's the point? When the Netherlands first landed in New York, they didn't use the blood of Indians to expand it, but they were snatched away by the British in the end, just like the Cape of Good Hope."

Suddenly speaking of this, everyone looked at William IV.

After William IV took a deep breath, he said seriously: "In order to win over Australia, I started planning a few years ago. I established a huge naval base on Paradise Island, hiding it from the entire Europe, even the Netherlands, and only a few people. Some people know this, but only those who can be trusted.

The arsenals in Jakarta and Sulawesi are even comparable to those in the Netherlands.

Now that the British have successfully captured Australia, New Zealand is the only one left in the South Pacific."

"Your Majesty, New Zealand's geographical location is too important. It blocks our maritime direction to South America and is very annoying." Jan Peter revealed his ambition for New Zealand.

"The time has not come yet. New Zealand will belong to us sooner or later. The current existence there is the reason why Queen Victoria and the British government are reassured about us. If it disappears, then the Indian subcontinent will put pressure on us."