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Chapter 921 Carve up the Netherlands (2)

Liu Hongjian's eyes lit up instantly, and he thought to himself, look at others, just say it if you want it. If you don't say it, how can I know you want it? What's so embarrassed about it!

In fact, it is quite difficult to take this huge fleet across the Indian Ocean across the Cape of Good Hope and then arrive from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea.

Time is still a small matter, and the most obvious problem is supply. With the current fleet's oil inventory, the fleet will at most run to the Cape of Good Hope and will be out of oil.

It is as difficult to transport diesel from the Ming Dynasty to Europe as it transports supplies from the capital to Moscow. In addition to diesel, ammunition, firearms, artillery, Dutch grain, routes are also problems.

The current scope of activities of the Ming Navy is only in the South Ocean. I have never been to the Cape of Good Hope route. I don’t know where there are many storms and where there are many reefs.

The Europa would not easily send such a large fleet to the Beihai, the hinterland of Europa. Even if Liu Hongjian's reason was high-sounding, even if Liu Hongjian was not afraid of going to war with many countries at the same time.

But all the problems are attributed to one point, or the cost of war. With the current strength of the fleet, it may be a protracted tug-of-war. Compared with the small amount of land in the Netherlands, isn’t it good to develop America or Australia?

But there is no doubt that the Netherlands must be destroyed. Whether it comes to the Ming Dynasty or the Europa, the result will be the same. Everyone does not want the Netherlands to rise again.

With Barth, other European envoys immediately began to criticize each other, basically saying that the Netherlands robbed their merchant ships, used secret tricks in the colonies, etc.

Liu Hongjian stood up after seeing that everyone had basically unified their attitudes.

"Everyone stops, the Dutch must be a very serious crime. The existence of the Dutch state is simply a shame for the Europa, and there is no doubt that it is.

But there is a question that I want to ask clearly, is your opinion the opinion of the country behind you? Or, can you guarantee to convince your royal family to start a war?"

Liu Hongjian's butt hurts when he sits. He gets up and picks up the teapot and starts pouring tea for the governors. If things go well, maybe the fleet will be able to return to the Ming Dynasty soon, and he is in a very good mood.

"There is no big problem in England. I will go back and explain the interests to His Majesty Charles I in person. His Majesty the King will agree." Nigel said the first.

After England's rise, what they fear most was that the emergence of powerful countries in Europa was. In fact, England has been working hard for hundreds of years. The specific measures were to attack whoever was strong and sanction whoever was strong.

"Why should I believe you? Just your simple words?" Liu Hongjian smiled slightly, and his words were gentle and questioned.

"I am His Majesty the King's nephew, Your Highness." Nigel looked a little embarrassed after saying that.

"Oh, so that's it, I understand." Liu Hongjian pulled a long voice and said, thinking that he could become a major general and serve as governor in his twenties. He was arrested by civil and military officials, and there was indeed a backstage.

"Little Franji Kingdom is fine, your highness." Alders followed.

"Oh, Your Highness, I am His Majesty Philip IV's nephew." Oldes would answer quickly when he saw Liu Hongjian looking at him.

Liu Hongjian also nodded, thinking to himself that as long as you look like a pig head, the Habsburg family probably won’t be much handsome.

"Your Highness, there is no problem with the Austrian state. If you know what Austria has experienced in the past thirty years, you will believe it." Austrian Governor Lumfield said sincerely.

Thirty Years' War destroyed the hegemony of Habsburg, Spain declined, the Holy Roman Empire was completely divided, the Italian countries, Switzerland and the Netherlands were independent, and the position of emperor in Austria was undermined. If Austria wanted to rise, the Netherlands was just the beginning.

The governors here say one by one, either they say who is the relative of someone, or they talk about the unresolved contradictions in the Thirty Years' War. In short, they all swear to show that they can completely push the royal family to start a war.

Liu Hongjian sat in the main seat and listened to their promises one by one, but remained silent until someone could no longer help but speak.

"Your Highness, what do you think?" Hermann asked, waving his hand to stop everyone's noise.

Since we have made up our minds to divide the Netherlands, we must first get the guarantee of the Ming Empire, that is, the fleet of the Ming Empire cannot go to Europe and cannot interfere with this division operation.

"Well, I believe in your guarantee, but there is still a problem. The Netherlands has been in its glory for decades. As far as I know, the wealth plundered by the Netherlands is immeasurable. The Ming Dynasty spent a lot of effort to defeat the Dutch fleet.

Now it's time to go to the Netherlands to harvest the fruits, but I brought the fleet back. How did I explain to the emperor and His Majesty?" Liu Hongjian pretended to be embarrassed.

How else can I explain? Even if he goes back and tells Xiao Zhu that he will stop fighting and is tired of fighting, what can Xiao Zhu say?

But you still have to pretend, and you still have to say it. In fact, even in the future, it is not much higher-end in many issues of diplomacy.

"This..." The envoys from all countries were in a dilemma again.

Yes, what the young prince in front of him said is reasonable. The fruits were picked. What did the Ming Empire want?

There was no mediocre person who could sit here. Everyone looked at each other and immediately knew that this young man wanted to get a piece of the pie.

If you don’t send troops, you still want to get a piece of the pie. How can you get such a cheap thing? No! Didn’t they sit here just to stop the fleet of the Ming Empire from entering the Europa?

This is simply a pair of contradictions, how can I deal with this? Everyone looked at each other and didn't say anything. In the end, Liu Hongjian took the initiative to speak.

"How about this? You all have money to pay for money together, but don't have money to pay for land?" Liu Hongjian said with a final conclusion.

The problem is actually very simple. All contradictions are attributed to gold and silver. This is like the Dutch, other countries in Europe, and the same is true for the Ming Dynasty.

Since we do not want the Ming fleet to get involved in Europa, we can only raise money to raise the Ming Dynasty's share first, and then unite to divide the Netherlands.

But this incident made the governors of all countries here feel very uncomfortable. Malacca is gone, and the Dutch country's property has not been obtained, but they still have to pay for it first. No one feels cowardly?

But the governors of all countries understood that perhaps this was the best solution, so the governors of all countries in the cabin began to discuss again, asking how much the Ming Dynasty wanted and how much they could each issue.

The noise was so loud that Liu Hongjian was so hungry that he ordered the chef to cook. Since Liu Hongjian was in a good mood, the governors were honored to have authentic Daming dishes on the Invincible.

After drinking and eating, everyone started bargaining in various ways, and finally decided that the compensation money the countries gave to the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to the unit of measurement of the Daming silver.

The countries can directly produce silver or pay the goods in silver, and the Ming fleet will stop attacking the Netherlands after taking over Malujia Port City and receiving full compensation.

"What a pleasant negotiation, you should be proud of this negotiation, because we have resolved a war together!

Come on, let's cheer for peace!" Liu Hongjian took the lead and picked up the wine glass.

The governors of all countries also happily picked up their wine glasses. It was indeed worth celebrating to resolve a war, but they all knew that it would be difficult for the Europa to gain a foothold in Southeast Asia in the future.

"Oh, I remember something. Such an important negotiation. Don't you think we should sign a treaty?" Liu Hongjian put down his wine glass and said.

Liu Hongjian originally thought that these Europa people would take the initiative to propose, but after waiting for a while, they didn't say it, which made Liu Hongjian a little anxious.

Although the treaty restricts both sides, it is more about restraining the weak. The real strong will not be bound by a single note. It is obvious that the Europa Governors present have not yet realized this.

"Yes, Your Highness, we should indeed sign the treaty." Bart, the governor of Prussian to Nanyang, stood up and said bluntly.
Chapter completed!
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