Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Regime transfers in Europe often take place in fragile peace. Memories form demonstrations and protests, and bloody struggles are also common. Civil wars are actually rare in the entire West, but they are not uncommon either.

For example, America has the most.

In the Brazilian Empire, supporters of Prime Minister Fonseca and Pedro II took to the streets vowing to help Fonseca retain power, which caused Pedro II supporters to compete with each other.

In the southern Confederate States of America, which broke away from the United States, Vice President Alexander Stephens and the new President Robert E. Lee were fighting for power to the death.

The scene was no less powerful than that of President Lincoln, Secretary of State Seward, and Vice President (now President) Andrew Johnson of the Northern American Confederacy. Even President Robert E. Lee was worthy of being a general. He issued a "fire order" against those stubborn demonstrators who supported Alexander Stephens, which almost made people feel that the Confederate States was about to start a civil war again.

Even the government of President Andrew in the north extended a "hand of friendship" to both sides, clearly trying to benefit from the situation.

This has led many European countries to start preparing for the continuation of the civil war in North America that has just subsided for about a year.

Among them, the UK, France and Spain are the most troublesome.

At present, the three countries of the Milijia Alliance have the greatest influence. The English, French and Spanish all have considerable influence.

According to William IV's understanding, the British currently support President Robert Lee and former President Davis, while the French support Vice President Alexander Stephens.

The Spaniards followed suit and took a neutral stance.

At present, the national environment of the Netherlands is not bad, but the internal political processes of the Netherlands' external allies are often interfered with by external factors. Often, "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop". Many countries are even unintentionally tied to the competition chariot of big powers and find it difficult to escape. .

Just a few years ago, Sweden and Norway almost started to demand independence and rights, just because of British intervention.

Britain's role has always been to establish a role that weakens others.

William IV remembered this particularly well.

Among the current allies of the Netherlands, the one that worries William IV the most is not the Commonwealth of America, but Argentina in South America.

At present, Argentina is willing to establish an alliance with the Netherlands. It mainly wants to rely on the economic strength of the Netherlands to gain strength against the powerful enemy of Brazil in the north.

The Argentines know that countries such as Britain and France are unreliable, and the "hate" between the Netherlands and Portugal, Brazil's European backer, makes Argentina think it has an opportunity. It wants to use the idea of ​​​​the Netherlands to gain a foothold in southern South America to complete Argentina's transformation from a South American agricultural power. It can rival Brazil's transformation as an industrial country.

The industrial technology of the Netherlands is exactly what Argentina lacks.

It is precisely because of Argentina's "remaining door" that when the relationship between Argentina and the Netherlands is getting closer and closer, although other countries such as Britain and France have not stated it explicitly, various forces within Argentina have to fight between the Netherlands, Britain, France and other countries. Careful weighing, unable to fully control one's own internal affairs.

Although Miter is strong, he is not willing to offend the British too much. After all, the British colony of South Africa is across the Atlantic Ocean from Argentina, and the British colony of New Zealand is to the west of the Pacific Ocean of Argentina. In addition, Chile in the west of Argentina belongs to the British. ally. The British navy is the best in the world. After Argentina weighs its own strength, it will naturally choose to retreat.

In fact, the same is true for other countries. In South America, although these phenomena are not enough to summarize the entire South American political scene, nor can they deny the achievements of South American political self-reliance, William IV admitted that these changes and turmoil in South American political circles are It is indeed the old style of political struggle in the 19th century. This is the European template before the First World War, with powerful people, bloody struggles, secret diplomacy, and constant ups and downs of conspiracies.

These phenomena reflect the political civilization process of the country concerned and the political and cultural level of the people. Of course, overnight change is a luxury, but understanding this status quo and characteristics should be a prerequisite for progress.

The current world is an era in which food and clothing are the biggest problems for the country. In the entire world, the countries that can currently solve this problem are only a few big food countries such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Prussia, and the United States and Argentina.

Other countries are progressing slowly, and even the capital of many countries has made a fortune through this.

The Netherlands is currently an exporter of food, weapons, and industrial products, which is why the Netherlands' international influence has increased.

In William IV's plan, in the future, the Netherlands' "democracy" exports will become the largest soft power product. If successful, it can even be exported to countries such as Britain, France, and Pumi. At that time, the Netherlands will become the world's top product. When the country was a country, I think back then, it was the highlight era of the Netherlands.

"The Netherlands will not keep this card in the safe for too long, because it will get moldy. Perhaps at the beginning of the next century, the United States in the previous life can use this method to intervene in countries around the world."

William IV murmured.

After speaking, he looked at the encrypted letter sent by Ambassador to France Jefferson Breen in his hand.

William IV was very proud, everything was going according to his plan.

Secretly said: "James Rothschild agreed as expected. As the Rothschild family safeguarded the interests of the Jews in Europe, they were wary of various countries, and the financial strength of the Rothschild family made other countries fearful. The Netherlands gave After opening a door, uncles and nephews James and Lionel saw hope. If the Jewish people were restored successfully, then the Rothschild family would have a place to stay, and the Israeli technology research and development in the previous life was booming. The world, even in terms of advanced weapons, seems to be more technologically advanced than the United States, and the contribution of the Rothschild family and the forces derived from them is indispensable."

“This new country supported by the Netherlands may be an early ‘Israel’ in the future, or it may be a financial country backed by the Rothschild family, Singapore or Switzerland.”

"However, they must not have imagined that I would choose such a place for them. Thinking about it, this place will surely 'surprise' them."

Just when William IV was imagining how the Netherlands would control and suppress the country after the establishment of the Jewish state, a piece of news came, which made him, who had always been extremely calm, feel happy.

On January 3, 1869, the Kingdom of the Netherlands secretly conducted the first airship test in human history using a battery-powered electric motor in the suburbs of Sydney, a city in the eastern part of the Australian continent. It was named "Holland" The airship is about 55 meters long and has a diameter of 9 meters at the front. In the early morning of January 3, accompanied by observers from the Far East Branch of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, the Far East Arms Company unmoored the cable for a trial voyage. The airship opened and ventilated at an altitude of 300 meters. The valve discharged hydrogen and landed, and the landing location was very accurate. The entire trial history lasted 30 minutes. After sailing for 6 kilometers, it returned to the source and landed. The total range was 12 kilometers and the flight speed was 24 kilometers.

The airship successfully flew into the sky. Although the time was short, it was enough to make the Dutch airship the first man-operable airship. Therefore, the Far East Weapons Company, in the airship project with the Dutch East India Company, One step ahead.