Viscount Tirener's birthday was in September, but at the end of October, a grand banquet was held, inviting people from North Holland to attend, which really caused quite a stir.

In the Netherlands, Viscount Tirener's power was even stronger than William III, the last heir of the Orange family. Because the Dutch and people from other places felt that William III lacked the courage a man should have, and was completely a puppet in the hands of the British. But to be fair, William III was not the kind of cowardly, timid and afraid of death, otherwise he would not have gone to London alone to ask for the debt Charles II to the Orange family.

What must be said, William III just committed a common problem that young people all have, such as recklessness, recklessness, and over-bearing others.

Later, he was placed under house arrest in the Tower of London for a long time, and during this period, he had cut off news from his supporters. His supporters either scattered or turned to support others. The fact that he became the Duke of Utrecht attracted the disgust of many people with fierce temperaments, who thought that William III and Charles II colluded with each other and sold the Netherlands to Britain and France.

Even if he raised the Orange family's flag this time, some people still think that he is pawning for Charles II, rather than inheriting the will of his father and brother.

So, a strange statement appeared. In the Netherlands, Viscount Tirener was more convincing than William III - he was a descendant of the Orange family, but also a minister of King Louis XIV of France. His loyalty to the king was also a rare virtue.

But here we still have to say, don't think that North Holland can be calm. In addition to Charles II's conspiracy, it also involves the dissatisfaction of Dutch merchants and parliamentarians with the French.

As we all know, Louis XIV was very lenient to his people, and even if they fought, they would not increase taxes. This kind of favor even extended to his newly occupied areas. But the policies on merchants can even be said to be extremely harsh. The merchants really loved and feared the king. The various new products developed by Louis XIV's craftsmen and scholars certainly made them rich, and even became bricks and stones for them to knock on other palaces and noblemen's doors. However, when the Sun King formulated laws on merchants, he was equally strict and delicate, leaving almost no gaps, and his sentencing was extremely harsh, and he was often beheaded or hung.

If these merchants could barely endure it, then what they felt unacceptable was the various privileges that Louis XIV took back. Unlike another continent, in Europa, because the kings had to borrow from merchants when they were fighting (sometimes just to squander), the nobles even more so, although the status of merchants was humble, they often had various special powers - they were given to them by the kings and lords to repay their debts.

Do you still remember the taxpayer who has disappeared in France now?

To give a simple example, the merchants bought the taxes for Orleans from the king for thirty years, but they did not collect them from the king's officials, but they sent people or collected them themselves. When they signed a contract with the king, the annual taxes for Orleans were only converted to 50,000 livres. When they collected taxes, the tax would suddenly be raised to 500,000 livres. The difference of the 450,000 livres directly entered the merchant's pocket, and the king had no choice.

What's ridiculous is that when the people cannot make a living due to heavy taxes and even riots are launched, the culprit they determine is the king.

Even though that's true...

France's tax-holding system was banned as soon as Louis took power, and then there were a lot of people. As long as there were privileges about people's livelihood and state affairs, His Majesty the King would take back anyway. For this reason, he also sacrificed a lot of personal interests - but he thought it was quite worth it.

Therefore, when His Majesty the King begins to rule North Holland, his policies will inevitably make Dutch merchants feel uncomfortable and dissatisfied.

"The Netherlands is a country of businessmen."

Where this sentence comes from is now unverified, but no one will not admit that this sentence is true. When the Netherlands was ruled by Spain, whether Spain wanted to garrison, divide the territory, or set up a governor, the Dutch were obedient and had no intention of opposition. But when the Spanish wanted to collect taxes they thought were "excessive", they drove the Spanish out.

They founded the country in 1588, not because they had any ambitions, but because the merchants could continue their business safely and smoothly. But we all know that no matter what, when and where, it would be impossible for a group of profit-oriented merchants to govern the country. When they fought with the British, they did not stop doing business with the British, and when they fought with the French, they did not stop doing business with the French. With such a government and officials, even if there were ten, a hundred Reuters would be useless.

These people may think that under the rule of the French king, they can still accumulate wealth as much as they have ever done, and by any means. After all, every king is like this, but Louis XIV is a Majesty who knows very well about merchants. He knows very well how unscrupulous such people can be - for merchants, everything can be calculated with money for value, love, family affection, honor, faith, dignity and even life... They always put on a confident knight, as if they don't take anything seriously - this is normal, how ordinary people view a chair or a cup, and how they view others.

For nearly a thousand years, the people of Judah who are good at doing business have been subject to discrimination and expulsion, and it is not without reason.

With such a lesson, Louis XIV's first reward for Viscount Tirena to bring to North Holland was a book of "French Commercial Law" that had been supplemented and refined several times.

This business law is a shackle that is tied around the neck of a businessman.

Even the unthinking animals feel uncomfortable when they are shackled and want to break free, let alone people. The people of North Holland have now slowly recovered from the pain of losing their country. After all, they have only been established for a hundred years, and Louis XIV is not a cruel king.

What I feel is becoming increasingly unbearable are those "noble people". Now in the Netherlands, there are no parliament, no chamber of commerce, and no guilds. The power they once had is held in the hands of Viscount Tirena. Profit reduction is inevitable. What is even more annoying is that these considerable flows have become funds used by Viscount Tirena to strengthen the army and ships. Although merchants can sell ropes to hang themselves when necessary, isn't it because they failed to get the money?

When they received the invitation from Viscount Tirener, some people with ulterior motives did think about finding excuses to not go to the banquet - Charles II had only played such a unique skill. They were really worried that Louis XIV would follow suit, but it was obvious that this was not something they could decide whether they wanted to.

The only thing that could reassure them was that there were many poor representatives of the people invited at this party.

In their mouths and cognitions, Louis XIV has always been a hypocritical person. With these people in it, the French probably... wouldn't be so shameless...

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"Idealist." Viscount Tirener commented, and then he could not get a reply, and then he remembered that Veral was already on the sea.

Although they were invited today, those who were incompatible with the luxuriously dressed and jewel-like guests, they were completely contrary to those around them. These radically thoughtful good people already possessed the initial, crude national consciousness, just like the former General Reuters, who had regarded the Netherlands as a country, an ideal worthy of sacrifice. With this idea, they had been honored to be the little trouble of Viscount Tirener, like those merchants.

Despicable and noble are sometimes not good ways to identify enemies and friends.

At this time, Debor, a "idealist" and "nationalist", was standing in the foyer and Schön, a businessman, were standing in the foyer, enjoying the only decorations in the foyer with others.

French commercial law protected by glass boxes.

It is true that the binding of this commercial law is exquisite, but it is not worth reading for so long. However, Viscount Tirener enshrines this book in the foyer that everyone can see when they arrive in Amsterdam, which is really meaningful. In addition to the deterrence of Dutch merchants, it is also possible that the book contains a gift and signature written by His Majesty the King, because Viscount Tirener did not want to live in the Dutch palace, and it was specially requested by Louis XIV that he did so.

The most important thing is that although this palace was regarded as an palace because Louis XIV stayed here, it was originally just a city hall and court in the Netherlands. Viscount Tirener dared to accept the king's kindness.

"What do you think this Governor-General's banquet means?" Debor asked when he heard someone not far away.

"If you just want money," his friend replied. "That's nothing."

"It depends on whether he is seeking money for the king or for himself."

"Hope is the latter."

"Hope is the latter."

Hearing the people around him agree so much, Debor couldn't help but feel disgusted. He walked straight to another remote corner, and he didn't walk into the hall until someone invited him.

The Dutch Royal Palace also has an alias called Da Da Palace. As the name suggests, it stands on the embankment. It has no foundation or the kind of foundation that people usually think of, but is supported by more than 13,000 wooden stakes. Such a building is a miracle, and the Dutch also regards it as a kind of pride, but it did not expect that it changed from a city hall to a palace in just 50 years after its completion.

Debor's surname means "peasant". According to tradition, he should have been a farmer, but after the main economic pillar of the Netherlands changed from agriculture to business, Debor also became a sailor, and then came to General Reit to be a soldier. He did not know whether it was misfortune or luck, but in General Reit's last battle, he did not die in the sea. Therefore, he believed that it was God who gave him a new mission.

It is to drive the French out of the Netherlands!

A few years ago, his career was quite smooth. He was embraced with hatred against the French and the king. Many opponents joined his camp. In the countryside, cities and ports, he also had many supporters. However, as time passed, fewer and fewer people in his team. Except for Viscount Tirener's "copying" like a comb, the French rule was not as strict as the people imagined - the people have always been the most docile. As long as you give him a little life, he will not easily have the idea of ​​rebellion.

After the number of people who voluntarily left exceeded the number of people arrested and executed, Debor must admit that he had failed.

But a failure did not make De Boer disheartened, and new sponsors appeared, but what they asked De Boer to do. Facing De Boer's tone and posture, he couldn't help but remind De Boer of the people he met in the army and chamber of commerce - those people were simply more hateful than the French!

The merchant Schön noticed Debord. Debord probably didn't know that his activity funds also contained a pound of silver belonging to Schön. Unlike Debord, Schön was a Judah man. Of course, he did not recognize it in front of others. His father was a Protestant and his mother was a Judah. ​​According to Judah's laws, he should be a Judah, but he knew that the Judah had no good reputation in Europa, so he always regarded himself as a Protestant.

Anyway, if necessary, please convert to the letter.

Schön was a pure businessman and an elder of the shoemaking guild in Amsterdam. Although the shoemaking industry in Amsterdam is not the most developed, as long as it is a guild, he is destined to make a fortune. As an elder, he already owns three workshops, two stores, and a boat. Before the war begins, he is expected to become the president of the guild, which means that his family can go further.

Of course, we all know what happened next. Louis XIV has always hated guilds. In addition to being so greedy that even the king's industry had to intervene, it also greatly affected the progress of industry and commerce. For example, Schön's shoemaking industry, without the permission of the guild, craftsmen were not allowed to modify materials, patterns, dyes, etc., nor could they easily accept orders from other places, or other suppliers, nor could they set prices themselves and find buyers.

The guild may have guaranteed the safety and interests of handicraftsmen at the beginning, but over the past few hundred years, all the customs and customs, almost all for profit, have turned this huge system into a lifeless prison. Smart people, hardworking people, or simple people not only cannot benefit from it, but will suffer and punish. However, those villains who know how to flatter and bribe and accusation have a shortcut to reach the sky.

What's more, these guilds have developed to this day, and they have their own laws. Their army and their officials have made great contributions to the aid of evil in the two riots of the Stone Party. Louis XIV has never forgotten them.
Chapter completed!