The short video shows the ancient times, and the emperors cried with envy!

Chapter 680: The Coachman of the Sea! A flower led to the destruction of a country! The ancients were shocked!
[Nowadays, when people mention the country of snow peas on the back of Europe, what do they think of? Andersen? Or the beautiful natural scenery. 】

[However, as we all know, the countries that remain in Europe today are all battle-hardened and are not pushovers.

Hundreds of years ago, the Dutch potatoes...or the Dutch were the real overlords of the ocean. 】

[However, the economic prosperity was destroyed by a financial crisis that swept the entire country. This crisis originated from a flower.

Because of this flower, the prosperous colonial empire eventually became a thing of the past, the Netherlands was forced to disintegrate, and the country essentially perished.

[Later generations called it the "Tulip Revolution"]

"It's really novel that a country was destroyed because of a flower."

Empress Wu Zetian of the Great Zhou Dynasty looked at the tulips above the sky with interest. The flowers were quite pretty, but a little petty.

In the Tang Dynasty, the peony in Luoyang was worth a fortune. It was the real national flower. If an ordinary family could get a beautiful peony,

No matter it is lent to others for grafting or sold to wealthy businessmen, one can easily rise to the top and cross the social classes to become a superior person.

So this beautiful thing was actually said to be the culprit that brought disaster to the country and the people. Wu Zetian didn't believe it and felt that it was like grafting the cause of the country's demise onto a woman.

Nonsense!

Other emperors of other countries also felt that this was outrageous. They had all governed countries before and knew how much manpower and resources were needed to run a huge country.

How could a country that has been so cohesive collapse because of a flower?

With this question in mind, everyone's eyes are on this peculiar little country.

[Netherlands, this place has never been a good place since ancient times. ]

[In the era before Christ, the Germanic people in the Great Plains of Germany were called barbarians by the warm Mediterranean people, who believed that they were not accustomed to the king's rule and were completely barbaric. ]

[But the Germans had seen even poorer people, namely the Vikings in the Netherlands and the Scandinavian Peninsula in the north.]

[This poverty continued until the 14th century, when shipping finally developed and, with the expansion of the Middle Ages, this hellhole was finally developed by people.]

[Many big merchants from Venice and Genoa saw this fertile land that was accessible to all countries, so the Netherlands became their new home. ]

[The huge investment and fleet made the Netherlands a concentration of wealth, but it also attracted covetousness, that is, the Spanish Empire, which was at its peak. ]

[As a business group that makes money through harmony, the Netherlands bowed down to Spain with all their heart and paid money to buy peace. ]

[However, they underestimated the greed of the Spanish royal family. They were serious about taking every penny in the merchants' pockets.]

[Who can still endure this situation? It's really fucking terrible! ]

[However, it is said that even a scholar cannot succeed in a rebellion in three years, let alone these businessmen who already have huge wealth. They value their lives very much and can only rely on hiring mercenaries to maintain their rule.]

"Tsk! Businessmen forget morality when they see profit, they are treacherous, it is already difficult for them to unite, how can they want to defeat a country? It's just a foolish dream!"

Shang Yang, the number one opponent of trade, snorted and spoke out to Qin Xiaogong above him to advise him.

Shang Yang believed that merchants who engaged in speculation and accumulated wealth by buying low and selling high were stealing the country's wealth.

Therefore, merchants should be labeled as criminals within the country and not allowed to do business. The picture shows a special kind of disgust for the gathering places of merchants such as the Netherlands.

Not to mention that these unruly people dared to defy the rule of the empire. Isn't it just to extort some money? It's only right that you take away all the ill-gotten gains from doing business!

On this point, many Chinese emperors could not empathize with the people of the Netherlands, and they naturally stood on the side of Spain.

After all, all this land belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are his subjects. If the emperor asks for money and still complains, then wouldn't I be the emperor in vain?

China's attitude towards big businessmen is always to raise them like pigs. People are afraid of becoming famous and pigs are afraid of getting fat. When they are fat, it is time to kill them.

However, it is clear that the Dutch do not intend to accept this fate as merchants.

They have their own demands!

[The war between Spain and the Netherlands lasted for nearly eighty years. During these eighty years, thanks to the chaos in Spain, the Netherlands finally won the war.]

[They did not establish the monarchy system that was common and fashionable at the time, but instead established a company system state with merchants as the theme.]

[This move was simply heresy and opened the eyes of the whole of Europe. ]

Not to mention the eye-opening things that happened in the European countries in the sky, this incident also opened the eyes of the audience in the heavens and gave rise to ideas in the minds of many businessmen.

"That's right! Why should merchants be inferior to others? These foreign races can establish their own country, so why can't I?"

In the Song Dynasty, Mr. Pu, who came from a maritime merchant family, clapped his hands heavily. He controlled almost all the fleets of the Song Dynasty.

But he still has to pay tribute to the court every year. The annual tribute is saved by him. Why?

Just because they stay in Lin'an City and talk big every day? Pah!

Mr. Pu has realized that he wants to build a country!
The salt merchants of the Han Dynasty also felt suddenly enlightened. After seeing the sky curtain, they all felt that it made sense.

After Emperor Wu of Han issued the order to ban private salt trading, he made salt and iron state-run, which cut off the livelihoods of many of them. However, the salt dealers were the most aggressive group.

Therefore, after receiving inspiration from the Dutch, they all raised their banners, saying that they wanted to oppose Liu Che's tyranny and that the world belonged to the Han people!

In short, he made Emperor Liu Che so busy that he didn't even have time to favor beautiful women. This was truly a heinous crime!
On the contrary, Chai Rong, the Emperor Shizong of Zhou, who was born into a merchant family and traveled extensively with caravans, gave a relatively objective evaluation of the Netherlands:
"Merchants who united in opposition to tyranny will eventually lose the support of the people and bring about their own destruction because of their pursuit of fame and fortune!"

That's right, from the very beginning, they laid the genes for destruction. The Dutch never took the concept of country to heart.

[After the founding of the country, the Dutch Merchant Council was surprised to find that the country's wealth, which was as vast as a mountain, had long been consumed by years of war.]

[Nowadays, the entire Netherlands' treasury is so poor that even a mouse can escape. ]

[This is not good news, and the worse news is that the surrounding monarchies are unwilling to lend them money! ]

[These kings even believed that these lowly merchants insulted the concept of the country and refused to recognize the Netherlands as an independent country.]

[Faced with internal and external troubles, the Dutch found a new way and turned their attention to the lower-class people. The country is out of money, but it doesn’t mean that the people are out of money! ]

(End of this chapter)