Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 1180 The Dilemma of Pound Sterling Diplomacy

1883 7 Month 25 Day.

Royal Palace of the Netherlands, King's Office.

Bill Charlie, Director of Royal Netherlands Intelligence, Mackay Sean, Director of Netherlands National Intelligence, and Wright, Director of Netherlands MI8, sat on both sides at the bottom, with King William IV sitting in the middle.

The shortest of the three was Wright, who served William IV for more than 20 years. The other two were even former ministers of William IV when he was still the Crown Prince of the Netherlands.

Therefore, at every meeting, everyone spoke freely except for the king's etiquette that had to be respected.

William IV always asked the three of them to do their best to provide him with the intelligence he needed and wanted.

These three people also tried their best to serve him.

"Your Majesty, this book contains what you requested, which is the events that have occurred around the world in the past seven months."

As the Director of International Intelligence, Mackay Sean is a well-known figure in the world. His words and deeds represent the direction of the Dutch hidden department. Unlike other countries that dare not expose him, as an intelligence worker, he actually walks between countries openly, which can be said to be very popular, making all the intelligence chiefs of various countries envious. Of course, the national strength of the Netherlands is there, who dares to really touch them.

Every time he visits a foreign country, it causes a stir in the local area. After all, countries are afraid that the other side will deploy intelligence in their own country to monitor them and affect their rights.

William IV was the one who facilitated this. In the past, America would often use its intelligence officers as spokespersons for matters related to diplomacy, which was still quite cool.

After all, these people know a lot of inside information, some of which are even top secret. As spokespersons, they always give people the feeling that they know a lot of inside information.

William IV felt that if America, the overlord of the previous life, could do it, then the Netherlands, as one of the powerful countries in the world today, could naturally do the same. What's more, his people were still walking among the allies and were still very safe.

However, it is still necessary to send more people for protection. After all, assassinating any one of them will be a huge loss for oneself.

His eyes fell on the documents on important global events provided by Mackay Sean.

Did the Korean Peninsula start using the Tai Chi flag? This flag was later used by the South after the split. The two countries fought over it at first, but the North gave up in the end.

Well, no wonder the South always says that they are the orthodox one. Perhaps winning the battle for the national flag makes them feel that they are the heirs.

The second one also originated from North Asia. The Qing Dynasty was affected by the interests of various countries there. After the rise of finance in the concession areas, a financial crisis broke out, which then began to affect the financial operations of the entire Qing Dynasty. William IV remembered that the Dutch Ministry of Finance and the Dutch Federal Reserve took action together and made a fortune from the crisis.

Robert Koch discovered Vibrio cholerae.

The Royal Netherlands Prize for Medicine had already been announced and Robert had been selected for the award, and William IV knew about this.

Antoni Gaudí begins construction of Sagrada Familia, which attracts attention, but is met with both criticism and praise.

Alas, these days, no matter what you do, there will always be people who are not satisfied. It is best to just live your own life well.

The famous Cardiff University was founded.
Not only it, but also the famous University of Texas at Austin and Woodward College were successfully established.

Wagner College and Baltimore Institute of Technology were also established. Even the later famous industrial university Darmstadt University introduced the world's first electrical engineering program. Suddenly, William IV's breath tightened because he saw a title that surprised him.

As the pound depreciates, are London's wealthy accelerating their holdings of Dutch guilders?
William IV asked with a slightly hurried breath, "Are the wealthy businessmen in London really doing this?"

He pointed at this question and looked directly at Mackay Sean.

The pound sterling is the most influential currency in the world today, a fact that was determined by the rise of Britain in the early 17th century.

Spain and France were defeated by Britain at sea in turn, and the Netherlands was even more defeated. It can be said that these three world maritime powers were defeated by Britain one by one. The consumer currency they launched around the world also became a loser replaced by the British pound.

Britain then fully promoted globalization instead of using its own colonies as a base for promotion like Spain, France and the Netherlands had done before.

In addition, Britain promoted industrial diplomacy around the world, using gunboats and artillery to blast open the tariff doors of various countries, allowing the British pound to be used in transactions including industrial products, and the pound became the world currency in one fell swoop.

For more than two hundred years, British currency has circulated frequently, in large quantities and widely in Europe and even the world.

This also allows the UK to be widely used in the world through its currency, allowing the British government to use loans to build a large fleet of warships, and the payers are not only domestic investors, but also pound users around the world.

It's strong and profitable, so buy it!

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What confidence in the pound!

Britain's policy for many years has been to maintain a balance of power diplomacy in European military and politics and to ensure that no single powerful country emerges in Europe. When Spain was strong, Britain joined forces with France to defeat Spain.

When Spain declined and France rose, Britain joined forces with the Austrian Empire to suppress France.

Later, Austria was so cunning that it actually maintained a balance with Britain and chose to unite with the Russian Empire to balance Britain, which really made Britain shoot itself in the foot.

So Britain became angry and supported the rise of Prussia.

Well, Britain would be really angry at this time. After all, Prussia and Austria both belonged to the German Confederation. This was a direct poaching, and in the end Britain really succeeded in worsening the open relationship between Prussia and Austria. In the end, Prussia even defeated the Austrian Empire, replaced it, became the co-leader of the German Confederation, established the German Empire, and the Austrian Empire was driven out of the German Confederation.

Britain then provided financial and human support and continued to support Prussia in suppressing France. Later, under the leadership of Bismarck, William I was proclaimed emperor in Paris.

But Bismarck, William I and others were not so easily fooled. After they proclaimed themselves emperors in Paris, they turned their guns on London and began to guard against Britain supporting France and other countries in suppressing the newly established German Empire.

Bismarck cleverly maintained relations with the Russian Empire and a semi-friendly status with the Netherlands. At least the relationship did not deteriorate openly, leaving room for improvement.

On the contrary, the German Empire sometimes has to push Britain and the Netherlands to become opponents so that it can benefit from it.

Sometimes William IV had to admit that Bismarck and William IV were able to make Prussia the new overlord of Western Europe in just 1862 years after they came to power in 21. This showed that their political acumen was indeed extraordinary.

　National fraud, 1 worker, braised meat strips
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