Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On March 20, 1878, when the dispute over power in the Strait of Malacca between the Netherlands and Britain was intensifying, King William IV of the Netherlands, who had arrived there for 11 days, left the port of Padang, Sumatra, and boarded the 1873 Dutch East Indies. The Navy No. 1 manufactured by the company's Naval Manufacturing Company for Van Willem IV headed directly south in a straight line, apparently preparing to return to Melbourne, the capital of the Netherlands.

On March 22, 1878, the Far East Electric Company, a subsidiary of the Dutch East Far East Group, announced that they had developed new technology to improve the communication system. The unified postal service enabled everyone to enjoy fast communication.

As if competing, Edison, the leader of the R\u0026D department of the Dutch East India Company, announced that he had developed a telephone. As the vice president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Edison lived up to expectations this time and developed a carbon microphone and induction line. On the same day, he also announced that he had created a public telephone and had registered a telephone company.

He stated at the press conference that these two inventions had been patented globally by the Dutch East India Company, which immediately caused a sensation in the Australian continent, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the whole world.

The telegraph era has already made people see the benefits of communication, so when the Dutch Far East Group announced telegraph and communication improvements, everyone couldn't help but feel happy. But now the appearance of the telephone has broken everyone's perception. It can be said that Shocked everyone.

Coupled with the transmitter and phonograph he had previously developed, this 31-year-old young Dutch scientist and capitalist suddenly shocked the world.

After all, telephone communication is comparable to the phonograph he invented two years ago, and even the use of telephones can change the scope of things more practical and wider than the gramophone.

They still remember how crazy the crowds were after Edison invented the phonograph and sold it on the market in 1877. Several inventions made Edison's products popular. Because of this, Edison is also known as the inventor closest to the market. He has become the most favored and wait-and-see inventor of the capital consortium, and is also a world technology benchmark.

While people were making a stir about the invention of the telephone, Edison announced in Sydney that his General Electric Company had begun to develop electric lights. If successful, thousands of households in mainland Australia would be the first to test electric lights. , at that time, the Dutch will enjoy the happiness brought by night lights for the first time in the world.

The Dutch East India Company and the Dutch Far East Company, as the two most powerful consortiums in the Netherlands, competed again and again in terms of military equipment and technology, and the two major consortiums had backers behind them.

The Dutch East India Company and the Christian Party are both headquartered in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Their annual political donations to the Christian Party are astronomical, said to be millions of pounds (over 100 million guilders), so no matter which one the Christian Party is Party members all know that the Dutch East India Company is an ally of the Christian Party. Whether in the Senate or the House of Representatives, any draft that harms the East India Company will be opposed or blocked, and it is also necessary to help the company fight for more favorable policies.

The Liberal Party naturally supports its ally the Dutch Far East Group, so the current headquarters of the Far East Group and the Liberal Party are also located in Adelaide, South Australia.

The two parties clearly support the two major consortiums, which has long made the Netherlands feel strange from top to bottom. It can even be said that they are more supportive of various disputes between the two parties and the two major consortiums, because only in this way will various monopolies not be formed.

This is actually a benefit for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Because of this, there is a healthy competition in the economy, technology and even politics in the Netherlands.

However, since the establishment of the Socialist Party on January 1, 1870, this pattern of two powers competing for hegemony has slowly been broken.

Especially in the past two years, the Netherlands has discovered that a third force has emerged in the Netherlands, whether in politics or in the economic and technological circles, without everyone knowing it.

In particular, the Dutch United Industries Group (formerly the Antwerp Food Company), which rose with the Socialist Party, was renamed the Netherlands United Industries Group after the Antwerp province returned to the Netherlands in 1869. It has been a trend that has been unstoppable by storms and has become the most powerful company in the Netherlands. A super-large company in the lifestyle food category.

Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are necessities that people need no matter where they are, so when the company actually started with this and succeeded, it can be said that everyone was shocked.

At present, the Dutch United Industries Group has many subsidiaries, and many of these companies have even entered all parts of the world. Among them are the famous European and American beer giants AB InBev and Anheuser-Busch, two of the world's most powerful beer companies.

There are also Dutch Chocolate Company, Dutch Transport Company (Marine), Antwerp Diamond Company (the world's largest diamond company), Dutch Grain and Oil Company, and Dutch Melbourne Electric Company.

The above forms the third largest company in the Netherlands. It can be said that together with the Socialist Party, it forms the third largest force in the Netherlands. Both are headquartered in Melbourne, the capital of the Netherlands.

The East India Company and the Far East Company were in the lead, and the Dutch United Industries Group, as the third largest company in the Netherlands, was naturally unwilling to lag behind.

In particular, it represents the scientific and industrial technology of the Netherlands that attracts the most attention from the world.

On April 5, 1878, the Dutch United Industrial Group held an industrial innovation product launch conference in Melbourne. At the conference, the leader of the Socialist Party Danetang appeared because the group released a very important new product and invention, a Inventions that have had a major impact on the world.

Even its emergence forced the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences to stand up and issue a major statement in response.

"Holland United Industries Group now announces that our Melbourne Electric Company in the Netherlands has invented radio communication equipment, yes, world leader.

We have also equipped and tested many products. This time we are going to manufacture and sell one of them. We call it broadcast communication. Our idea is to broadcast everywhere to deliver the news that people need.

Yes, it’s radio.

At present, our group has begun to contact the Melbourne government and is preparing to promote it in Melbourne first. If the effect is good, we will target customers in New South Wales, the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands and the world in the future."

If the birth of the telephone is shocking, then the future role of radio will make people fall into all kinds of reverie. Many politicians in the world think of radio, which seems to be more effective for their rule than the telephone. Because this is how you can express your "heart and soul" to the people under your rule. As a result, even Alexander II of the Tsarist Empire couldn't help but cast a burning gaze on the Netherlands.