Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

After discussing with Isabel II on the morning of January 27, 1869, Her Majesty the Queen was finally convinced by William IV.

The two agreed and signed an agreement that Spain and the Netherlands would start from July 1st in the second half of this year. The two countries would use the Customs Union as a starting point to implement the common market, the same big market, and agreed on January 1, 1870. At the beginning, the free circulation of personnel, goods, capital, and services will be truly implemented after simple remarks.

This news caused a global sensation after the two kings made a joint statement.

"Spain is a big country. Although it has declined in recent years, Spain's potential is still not small. The economic and technological strength of 11 million Dutch whites plus the market of 20 million people in Spain will form a scale of 30 million people, which is enough to challenge France. River, Prussia, even Britain, plus Sweden, Denmark, the United States, Greece, Tsarist Russia, South American countries, etc., the Dutch trade scope is getting wider and wider."

"Your Majesty the Queen, I think we should suspend the marriage with Greece. Louise should no longer marry Greece in the form of a joint venture. This will make people think that our majestic British Empire will please the Netherlands at this time. This It is a plus for the Netherlands, but a minus for us. I suggest that the marriage should be abolished. Even as people say, Louise should stay in the UK and be the wife of a noble within the British Empire. . This will help deepen the relationship between the royal family and the local British aristocracy, and ease their fear of other European royal families getting involved in the British royal bloodline."

Crown Prince Edward looked at Princess Louise who looked a little pale next to him. Even though she was his fourth sister, he didn't feel pity for her because he had not been close to Princess Louise since he was a child. Instead, he was the eldest princess Victoria. The second princess, Princess Alice, and even Princess Helena are better than her.

What's more, after Alice's previous position as the personal secretary of her mother, Queen Victoria, was taken away by Princess Louise, he no longer had anyone to speak for him around Her Majesty the Queen, which made the relationship between their mother and son worse and worse. , it was impossible for him to get angry at Queen Victoria, so Princess Louise naturally became the target of his troubles.

After William IV's visit some time ago, Princess Louise actually supported the marriage of William IV's biological brother, Prince Frederic, Crown Prince of Greece, which made the relationship between them even worse.

So this time Crown Prince Edward wanted to use this to break up the marriage. Not only did William IV's unknown plan come to nothing, but he could also kill two birds with one stone by giving some eye drops to his fourth sister, Princess Louise.

Queen Victoria looked at Louise calmly and saw that she was indifferent, so she couldn't help but ask: "There is a certain truth in what Edward said. Louise, what do you think?"

Louise, who was born in 1847, is almost 22 years old this year. At this age, the European royal family has already reached the stage of marriage.

What happened to the second daughter Alice made Queen Victoria hesitant.

In fact, like Edward, she doesn't like the four girls very much, but she admits that Louise's shrewdness is the most outstanding among all the children.

This is why she keeps Princess Louise by her side as the King's personal secretary for almost four years now.

Princess Louise heard Queen Victoria's question and said calmly: "On the contrary, I think that marrying Greece can put the British Empire in an invincible position."

Queen Victoria was smiling and curious.

But Crown Prince Edward said disdainfully: "How do you say this?"

Princess Louise laughed, her teeth exposed, and said: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is afraid of is that the growing Netherlands will threaten the interests of the British Empire, right?"

Edward nodded and said: "That goes without saying, just look at the influence of the British Empire in North America."

"But has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ever thought that no matter how powerful the Netherlands is, its homeland in Europe is still so small? Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think that the Netherlands has just launched a war against Britain, France and Prussia in Europe?"

Edward was stunned for a moment.

Queen Victoria suddenly began to think deeply.

Princess Louise continued to laugh and said: "I have been my mother's personal secretary for almost four years. Although the information from all over the world in my hands is not comprehensive, I still have a general understanding.

The current strength of the Netherlands is definitely not to the point where it can resist the major powers in Europe. In other words, as long as the Netherlands is attacked by France and other countries do not rush to help the country, it is not difficult to destroy the country. As for the Far East, a There are no members of the royal family in the Netherlands in the Far East. Do you still need to worry? "

"What if William IV escapes to the Far East before attacking in the Far East and then attacks again?" Edward almost changed the topic, so he glared at Princess Louise with dissatisfaction.

The latter smiled nonchalantly and said: "At that time, was the Netherlands still the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe?"

ah!

Edward immediately went offline.

Yes, was the Netherlands still a threat to Britain at that time? the answer is negative.

There is no Netherlands in the mainland. No matter how fast it develops in the Far East, no one would think that the Netherlands in the Far East would dare to send warships to the North Atlantic to deal with Britain, France, Prussia and other countries. If so, there will be no return.

Thinking of this, Edward raised his head and looked at Louise, who was still smiling. His mouth moved, and finally, he gave up.

The whole process fell into the eyes of Queen Victoria, who felt a little regretful in her heart. It would be great if Princess Louise and Edward were in different places.

But she just thought about it.

Seeing that the dissuasion was useless, Edward was persuaded and left with thoughts in his heart.

After Edward left, Queen Victoria stared at Princess Louise and warned: "Although I will not object to your dream of becoming a queen, I hope that the interests of the British Empire will not be damaged due to your methods."

"Why did mother say that? I care deeply about the British Empire, but I will not do anything detrimental to the British Empire. If so, please mother punish me and my family."

She secretly thought: "At least it will be like this while you are alive. As for when you are gone"

Queen Victoria said calmly: "I hope you will do what you say."

"If you want to control Spain, you must control a Spanish national central bank and currency issuance, then buy the country's core high-quality assets, and then control Spain's economic and financial lifeline and then dominate Spain's war and peace, and on this basis According to the familiar historical cycle, credit-cargo expansion and credit-cargo contraction are continued to harvest Spain's leeks. This routine of the Rothschild family can indeed be fully used on Spain, making allies while stabbing in the back. , the Netherlands relied on sucking the blood of Spain to strengthen itself. At that time, it was difficult for the Netherlands not to gain weight."

William IV secretly thought that the current situation in Spain was very strange. Britain, France and Prussia were all stirring up trouble inside. This was the reason why Isabel II was close to the Netherlands, because it would not be good for Spain to join any side of Britain, France and Prussia. The strength of the Netherlands can be a little more reassuring.

I have to meet with Emmanuel II of Italy in the afternoon. That old guy is a complete old fox, so be careful not to be fooled by him.

Alas, who said there is a system in time travel? I have never seen a system. It is really hard work.