Iron Dynasty

Brandon looked at the magnificent palace in front of him with a look of amazement.

Yesterday's Qingzhou group made him feel a lot of emotion. The changes in the Great Yu Kingdom are almost a thousand miles away, and the current Qingzhou City can be said to be completely changed to him.

Member Brandon, please come with me. Qian Dafu appeared at the gate of the palace.

Brandon submitted an application to the palace through the Dutch negotiating team in Dayu yesterday, and he got a reply this morning.

Thank you very much. Brandon bowed to Qian Dafu and walked to the palace with awe.

Compared with the first visit, this time he has a mission, and this will be related to the fate of the Dutch sea route.

After a while, the two arrived in front of the imperial study. At this time, he saw Xiao Ming, the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom. Compared with two years ago, this young emperor was more like an emperor. There seemed to be an irresistible will in his gestures. .

Brandon sees the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom.

Entering the imperial study, Brandon took off his hat and saluted.

At this time, Xiao Ming was looking at the brochures sent by the agricultural department. He raised his head and smiled, Brandon? I still remember you. You came to Qingzhou two years ago and bought a steam engine to go back.

Exactly. Brandon behaved cautiously, he said: If the two countries are not far apart, I would be very happy to come to Da Yu country often.

It's really a pity. Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes, and he teased: Then what is the purpose of your coming to the Great Yu Kingdom this time?

Brandon liked Xiao Ming's straight-forward character very much, so he could avoid wasting too much speech, he said: Your Majesty, this time I have been assigned by the Dutch Parliament to come again, hoping to reach a greater sea level with the Great Yu Kingdom. With a lot of cooperation, I think Your Majesty should be aware that British and Portuguese merchant ships have been attacking our merchant ships, so if protection is not provided for this route, then there will be lasting effects on trade between us.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming let out a laugh and said, The envoy Brandon, the British and the Portuguese attacked the Dutch merchant ships, not the merchant ships of the Great Yu Kingdom. You seem to have made a mistake about this.

Brandon suffocated for a moment. He did play a trick on this issue. In fact, the trade between the Netherlands and the Great Yu country is basically a trade surplus.

Every time it was the Dutch merchant ships that Dayu purchased things and shipped them back to Europe. Dayu never went to Europe to purchase things, and even if they did, they were merchants from the south who were not controlled by the royal family in the north.

So, on the route from Asia to Europe, they have been suffering.

Your Majesty is right, it's just that Your Majesty, we signed an agreement after all, right? Brandon reminded.

Of course I remember, but it's very clearly written in the treaty that the Great Yu Kingdom only guarantees the safety of Dutch merchant ships on the Asian routes, isn't it?

That's true, so this is the reason why I came to the Great Yu Kingdom this time. I hope His Highness can cooperate with us in the Netherlands. Brandon began to sweat on his forehead.

Xiao Ming frowned. Although the United Kingdom was behind his back everywhere to block him, but now there is no clear war with the Great Yu Kingdom.

If rashly and the Dutch take action against the British navy, he will add another front after the three fronts of the barbarians, the Japanese, and the Chu.

And this is unbearable for the Great Yu Country. After all, the Civil War in the Great Yu Country may start at any time.

The most important thing is that among European countries he is really not optimistic about the Netherlands.

According to his sources from other European businessmen, the Netherlands is now Europe's largest lender.

It can be said that the current Netherlands is a vault guarded by the navy.

The only problem is that when the Netherlands lends money to every European country, it also means that it has to maintain good relations with the European countries.

If he went to war with Britain or France, it would mean that these European countries would immediately stop paying interest on most of their borrowings, thus doing great harm to general prosperity.

The worst problem is that no matter which European country the Netherlands is involved in, it will mean it is fighting its own borrowers.

For this reason, the Dutch avoid going all out with any one country, but follow the last word of the uncle that owes money, and those countries that borrow money are not polite to the Netherlands.

While borrowing, they continued to create disputes with the Netherlands, which caused the Dutch to continue to be involved in wars, supporting military spending and losing a lot of interest.

The Netherlands allegedly lost a lot of income during the French Revolution.

Moreover, the Dutch have a small land area, no resources, and lack of stamina for development. They are easily beaten by countries such as France, Tsarist Russia, and Prussia on land. Therefore, it is not reliable to expect the Dutch to be his loyal allies in Europe.

However, although the Dutch during this period declined somewhat, the accumulation of centuries made him still a big dog in Europe.

Otherwise the Netherlands would not be called the World Bank by current Europe.

For these reasons, Xiao Ming is only willing to develop economic and trade with the Netherlands, otherwise he is likely to be betrayed by the Dutch.

However, in addition to this reason, his denial of this incident was also mixed with an exchange of interests, so he first suppressed Brandon.

Like European countries that are in desperate need of funds, Xiao Ming also wants to borrow some money from this big dog.

This is a very risky act. Once you leave Malacca, the British navy is in the world. I can't take this risk, not to mention that this kind of risk is not equal to the actual benefits. Xiao Ming continued to deny it.

Brandon was a little anxious, the gradually declining Netherlands needed to cooperate with this eastern empire, he said: Dear Your Majesty, I know this request is a bit excessive, but it is also for the long-term prosperity of the trade between the Great Yu Kingdom and the Netherlands, for the sake of To achieve cooperation, we can accept the reasonable demands put forward by Da Yuguo.”

Xiao Ming's eyes flickered. It seems that the Dutch understand the rules between countries better than he thought. He said, The relationship between countries is only a benefit. It seems that you understand this truth. Since that is the case, I will say it. I understand that the Netherlands has provided huge loans to the UK, France, and even Tsarist Russia. These loans have greatly promoted the development of these countries. Today, the Great Yu country is in need of huge financial support. Therefore, I would like to ask you Loan ten million ducats.

Loan? Ten million ducats? Brandon felt dizzy. Ducats are the current gold coins in circulation in the Netherlands. One ducat weighs three grams, and this ten million ducats is basically equal to 600,000 taels. Gold, which is also a huge loan for the Netherlands.

Your Majesty, the amount of this loan is really large. The most important thing is that the Netherlands and the Great Yu Kingdom are so far apart that guaranteeing loan repayment is a problem. Brandon is a congressman and a businessman. He is not stupid.

He is not willing to sign such a large list without guarantees.