Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On June 17, 1866, the Federal Republic of America applied to join the South American Union. Because Prime Minister Tolbeck and others were still in Suriname, Argentine President Mitre mentioned it, and the leaders of the South American Union held an emergency meeting. meeting to discuss whether to accept the Commonwealth of America as the sixth member of the organization.

"Everyone, I didn't expect that in just two days, our South American Union would attract the attention of the world, and even make the United States of America, a major North American country, want to join our organization. I think that in order to expand the influence of South American Union to North America, , can accept the Commonwealth of America as our new colleague."

The speaker was Argentine President Miter.

Tolbek's eyes narrowed, then returned to normal. He saw the eyes of Colombian President Mosquera and Ecuadorian President Moreno intersect, and the left corner of Tolbek's mouth slightly raised.

Sure enough, Argentina has always been close to the United States in South America, and the United States has a large amount of investment in Argentina. It is said that there are investments in both the north and the south.

At the beginning, Argentina also issued an appeal to the Lincoln and Davis administrations to stop the civil war between the north and south of America, and even prepared to make the Argentine capital Buenos Aires the venue for U.S. peace talks.

Both the north and the south of the United States were interested, but unfortunately in the end they were too confident and thought they would win the war. They eventually rejected Argentina's proposal, causing the war to continue until now.

As a reliable partner and investment destination of America, Argentina was also happy with the increase in investment because of the war in the United States. It was also because of strategic instability that Miter began to accept the Dutch "Covenant", which ultimately led to the establishment of the South American Union. .

However, Mitre was not willing to give up Millijan as a partner. Now that the Northern Federal State unexpectedly applied to join the South American Union, Mitre was naturally happy.

With the addition of a powerful American Federation, Argentina will be able to rely on a hedge against the Netherlands.

Deep in Miter's heart, from the beginning, although he agreed with Sarmiento's statement that cooperation with the Netherlands would be conducive to Argentina's development and strength, Argentina's long-lasting ally Militia also brought more benefits to Argentina.

Perhaps Miter believes in Millikin more than the Netherlands.

Ecuador has always been Colombia's leader, so Ecuadorian President Moreno saw Mosquera's eyes and blurted out an unhappy retort: ​​"President Mitre, although everyone is very happy that America applied to join, this represents our organization The reputation of the country has become famous, and it has also given great appeal to our organization, but I feel that if we agree too quickly to join the Federal Republic of America, won’t the impact be bad?”

"Oh, I would like to hear why it is not a good idea for the Federal State to join the South American Union?" Mitre sneered in a dissatisfied tone.

But his mind was spinning quickly. Ecuador was a follower of Colombia. This was known to the whole of South America. Now Moreno was obviously opposed to the United States of America joining. Looking at Mosquera's calm appearance, it was obvious that the two of them It must have been approved beforehand. So, Colombia is also opposed to the Federal Republic of America. What should we do?

According to the Charter of the Union of South America, new member states must obtain the consent and approval of all member states before they can be adopted and take effect. Among the five countries, Argentina, where they are now, agrees, Ecuador and Colombia behind them oppose it, the Netherlands’ position is unclear, and Venezuela should There will be no objection, because President Herrera is said to have received a lot of investment from the Lincoln administration.

Calculated in this way, 2 to 2, plus the Netherlands, this negotiation has been blocked.

Seeing that Miter's face changed, his dissatisfaction was revealed on his face, but Moreno deliberately explained hypocritically: "You know, there is a civil war in North America and the United States. The two sides are currently at war. If we rashly choose to let the federal state in the north become our members, so what if the South expresses its dissatisfaction with this?"

"This" Mitre said for a moment.

Moreno continued to say unreasonably: "More than that, you must know that the Confederate States of the South are supported by the United Kingdom. If you are not careful, the United Kingdom may be angry with us for accepting the Confederacy and punish us. We will really Going to cry.

After all, the British had just shot and killed more than 10,000 British troops by the Northern Commonwealth of America in the Richmond War. "

Speaking of this, Moreno glanced at Venezuelan President Herrera and Tolbek, and said with a reminder: "British Guiana is located in the east of Venezuela and the west of Suriname where we are now. It is said that the British Guiana above The army has more than 5,000 people. What if the other party is annoyed and these 5,000 people go crazy?"

"Okay, what I can tell President Moreno is that they will never set foot in Suriname. I guarantee this with the reputation of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands."

Mitre was about to continue speaking, but was stunned by Tolbeck's words.

Tolbeck stood up and gave a serious warning.

"Although Britain is strong, it is not so strong that it will engage in artillery diplomacy without scruples. After all, if it were that powerful, it would not have failed repeatedly on the land of America, and the same is true on the Balkan Peninsula."

Having said this, Tolbeck spoke in a slightly slower tone to Moreno and President Mosque next to him: "I just want to say that although the Netherlands is very concerned about the strength of the United Kingdom, it does not think that the United Kingdom will dare to attack Dutch territory because of this. Take action"

This is a kind of self-confidence, which shocked and envied Moreno and Mosquera. Although they did not understand where the Dutch Prime Minister got his confidence, it did not prevent their confidence in the Netherlands from increasing as never before.

Is there anything more reassuring to Colombia and Ecuador than an ally that dares to show that it is not afraid of Britain?

As a result, Mosquera and Moreno chose to remain silent regarding the entry of the Federal Republic of America into the Union.

However, the two of them were still puzzled. By this time, Prime Minister Tolbeck should have understood that Argentina was preparing to add a new ally within the South American Union, and the right target of checks and balances was the Netherlands. Originally, the two of them thought that Tolbek would side with them and oppose the joining of the American Federation and dilute the influence of the Netherlands. But now it seems that they were wrong. Tolbek had other ideas. While this made them curious, they no longer objected.

Mitre was also stunned, but then he was overjoyed. As the opposition from Ecuador and Colombia disappeared, Tolbek unexpectedly helped him to speak up. He clearly did not oppose the entry of the Federal Republic of America into the Union. Venezuelan President Herrera spoke out Known to adapt to the changing circumstances, this matter is done!

Thinking of the news he had just received that Walburn, the Treasury Secretary of the Lincoln administration, was visiting his residence, for a moment, he thought about asking for more benefits from him after meeting again later.

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