New Shun 1730

Liu Yu heard Anthony's sadness about the impending destruction of the Netherlands.

Faced with the Dutch's sadness, Liu Yu recited three lines of poetry in a very appropriate manner.

Those millet stalks are scattered, those millet seedlings. Walking slowly, my heart is shaking. Those who know me, say that I am worried, those who do not know me, say what I want. The vast sky! Who is this person?

Those millet stalks are scattered, those millet ears. Walking slowly, my heart is like being drunk. Those who know me, say that I am worried, those who do not know me, say what I want. The vast sky! Who is this person?

Those millet stalks are scattered, those millet fruits. Walking slowly, my heart is like choking. Those who know me, say that I am worried, those who do not know me, say what I want. The vast sky! Who is this person?

Then, he used very colloquial sentences to simply translate the sadness of the millet stalks and introduced the background.

Poetry is an emotion that can transcend language barriers. After reading the three lines of poetry, the Dutch present felt uncomfortable.

This feeling was especially strong for the former Grand Speaker Anthony.

The Netherlands did not have the scene of the destruction of the capital and the millet fields.

But the former Grand Speaker Anthony witnessed the closure of factories in Amsterdam; witnessed the closure and bankruptcy of shipyards; witnessed the 200,000 Dutch troops marching across Europe and now unable to gather 20,000 troops; witnessed the Netherlands, which once fought against the British and French coalition forces, degenerated into the Netherlands that now faces the French accusation that the Netherlands gave money to Austria and has to kowtow to France for forgiveness; witnessed the change from every foreigner who came to Amsterdam when he was young to sigh that this is a rich city, and now even Russians who come to Amsterdam will say that they are very disappointed and that it is just so-so.

At his age, he has experienced everything.

He has experienced the raging fire and the prosperity; he has also experienced gradual decline and powerlessness; in the end, he may have to see the decline and fall, from a superpower that kicked Britain, France, Spain and Portugal to a third-rate country.

This is the sorrow of the lost.

Although the translated poems have lost their original flavor, Anthony still feels an unspeakable sadness in his heart.

When he was in China, he had to think about the domestic quagmire every day. The open and secret struggles between the regents, the princes, the oligarchs, the guilds, the financiers, and the industrialists.

Now he is far away in Malacca, forced to witness the end of the Dutch rule in Southeast Asia. Thinking of the decline of the Netherlands that he has witnessed since he was a child, his emotions are suddenly mobilized and difficult to control.

For a moment, he seemed to see the man who sighed at the vast sky in front of the ruins of Haojing. He shared the same emotions and finally understood the sentence "Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who do not know me say what I want".

He couldn't help but feel a little sour in his nose.

But Liu Yu did not stop there, but painted a picture of the future to Anthony that "it is infinitely beautiful for Dashun and full of haze for the Netherlands".

"Former Grand Speaker Anthony is right. The fall of Malacca and Batavia also means the destruction of the Netherlands. The outcome of the war in Europe will be completely different because of this incident in faraway Southeast Asia."

"Guess, did I inform the French in advance about this matter? Did I reach some kind of secret agreement with France? Did I tell the French that the Netherlands would collapse financially before the fall of 1745?"

Simply asking, the words turned into a heavy hammer, hitting the chest of former Grand Speaker Anthony heavily.

If only the rule of Southeast Asia changed, it would only destroy the Dutch East India Company and cause the Netherlands to fall into financial collapse.

But combined with the current war in Europe over the Austrian throne, this will completely kill the Netherlands.

In the current war in Europe, both sides are exhausted and are hanging on to their last breath, unwilling to admit defeat.

Dashun cannot provide warships to Europe, and has no chance to directly participate in the European war.

However, if Dashun really notified France of this matter in advance and the two sides reached a secret agreement, then France can hold on around this strategy. The fate of the Netherlands will be extremely tragic if it survives until the day when the Dutch financial order collapses.

Even more, there may be another situation where water is used instead of soldiers.

But after the last time, the Netherlands survived by relying on the monopoly of Southeast Asian trade and the edict signed by France to expel Protestants.

Now, the Southeast Asian trade monopoly no longer exists, and France has no Protestant bankers and Protestant craftsmen to expel. After the Netherlands uses water instead of soldiers this time, how can it survive in Europe surrounded by wolves?

Liu Yu's rhetorical question did not give an answer of yes or no, but continued to sprinkle a handful of salt after hammering the hearts of these Dutch people with a heavy hammer.

"Many people know that I don't like Britain. But people can't get along with gold and silver."

"Now that the Celestial Empire has taken over Southeast Asia, I once suggested to you, the Netherlands, to engage in trade, but you refused out of patriotic self-esteem. Now, the Celestial Empire will adopt a brand-new trade model."

"The whole of Europe will be divided into four sales areas. Among them, Sweden will be responsible for the sales of spices and porcelain in the Baltic region; Britain will be responsible for North America and the British Isles; France will be responsible for France and Central Europe; Spain will be responsible for South America."

"Dashun will be the guarantor, and it is strictly forbidden for goods to leave their respective sales areas and be sold across regions. To ensure that trade between countries is relatively peaceful, this can be regarded as a disguised trade, or a new type of monopoly model."

"Unfortunately, there is no place for the Netherlands in this beautiful blueprint for the future."

Killing someone is not enough, but it is a bit infuriating to kill someone and then destroy their heart.

These words were enough to make the Dutch despair, but Liu Yu pointed to the direction of Malacca outside the general's tent and said with great enthusiasm: "This city, which you deliberately suppressed for Batavia, will become a transit point for goods between the East and the West, and will be a hundred times more glorious than Batavia."

"However, the flag of VOC is no longer flying above this city. I think it won't be long before you can witness the reconstruction and glory of Malacca."

Such a heroic statement made Anthony and other Dutch people who still had to return to the Netherlands and had some patriotic feelings for the seven provinces feel even more uncomfortable.

Liu Yu did not speak empty words, and every word he said could be done. Dashun relied on the monopoly of the source of goods to develop this monopoly model of segmented sales areas, which was absolutely possible. The Dutch knew this very well.

In this way, the Netherlands would not even have a way to survive.

While selling spices and oriental specialties, various countries would gradually replace the transportation systems of the Netherlands and occupy all the markets that the Netherlands had opened up with great difficulty for two hundred years.

The overdevelopment of the financial industry in the Netherlands has caused the demise of the Dutch handicraft industry. If the transportation industry and commerce are also replaced, the days of the Netherlands will be extremely difficult.

Even going back to the past is impossible.

In the past, you could still fish in the North Sea.

Now, fishing in the North Sea is beaten, hijacked, and expelled by the British all day long.

Anthony was already trembling with anger at Liu Yu's vicious thoughts, wondering how the Netherlands had offended Dashun? Why was Dashun so cruel to the Netherlands? Even if Liu Yu hated Britain, he still had to cooperate with Britain. Why did he want to kill everyone in the Netherlands?

Anthony couldn't figure it out.

The Netherlands is not Catholic, nor is it keen on missionary work.

Although they occupied Taiwan, massacred some Chinese, and kidnapped some Chinese to be slaves in Southeast Asia, that was all in the past. Is it necessary to retaliate like this? Besides, they had already apologized when they paid tribute.

Even Anthony felt that the East India Company was not bad for the Chinese. Many business activities are done by Chinese people. Some Dutch people even complained to the board of directors that excessive support for Chinese business activities seriously affected the interests of Dutch employees.

Why did Liu Yu have to be so cruel to the Netherlands?

Despair, real despair, that's it.

The enemy made it clear what to do next.

However, knowing what the enemy will do next, there is nothing you can do.

This is despair.

Anthony lowered his head and sighed.

He wanted to ask something, but in the end he didn't ask anything.

After listening to the translator translating Liu Yu's words into Chinese, Li Xi, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help laughing in his heart. He thought that Jing Hou was also a good liar. He really grasped the pain points of the Dutch and deceived them into despair.

Seeing something in someone else's hand, picking up a knife to take it away, and then giving a little to the original holder, that's called a good person.

Seeing something in someone else's hand, thinking that part of it belongs to you, and hoping to get a little back fairly, that's called an enemy.

Giving a little hope after despair, it will be much easier to cooperate.

Originally, Dashun and the Netherlands would never cooperate. Li Xi thought, but with a series of operations by Jinghou and the principle of transforming confrontational and non-confrontational contradictions, they actually created a basis for cooperation.

Li Xi has been in the navy for a long time and has long been accustomed to the vulgar sailor culture within the navy. I thought that if the sailors used a vulgar metaphor, Nanyang was a beauty. Originally, both the Dutch and Dashun wanted her, so they could not cooperate.

But now, Dashun has got her, but in fact, Dashun wants a child. But after some operations, he found that he couldn't give birth, so he asked the Dutch for help. Originally, the Netherlands wanted both women and children, but the women were taken away by Dashun, and both women and children were gone. Now Dashun asked the Netherlands to help give birth to a child. Although the Netherlands couldn't get the child, it could still touch the woman, so it could cooperate.

Of course, what Liu Yu said now meant: Yes, Dashun can't give birth to a child by itself. But it's not just you, the Netherlands, who can give birth. Britain, France, Denmark, Sweden, and Spain can all help with the birth, so there is no problem in helping.

These last words are the basis for real cooperation with the Netherlands.

Li Xi thought to himself, the Netherlands, the Whale Marquis has you in his arms. The more desperate you are now, the happier you will be when we cooperate in the future. I won't point it out, but I'm afraid you will never guess in your life that in such negotiations, the initiative is in the hands of the Celestial Empire.

After a few days, invite people from British and French companies to Malacca for a meeting, pretending to discuss the topic of trade share and sales area division monopoly. I don't believe that the Dutch can still clamor to never surrender and refuse to cooperate. I think Dashun will get a very generous and favorable condition in the cooperation.