In particular, Britain and France, as well as Russia, Germany, Japan, the United States and other countries, signed loan contracts with the Qing Dynasty, there is no normal contract, all special additional privileges.

That kind of contract is to smash the bones and **** the marrow, rushing to wipe you out. Chuemon felt that he could not sign it or not. If he was not a last resort, he shouldn't borrow this kind of money.

So the Netherlands is a good choice!

Why is it a good choice? It's very simple. The Netherlands no longer has the military strength to open up and contend for colonies and spheres of influence with iron and blood. Or he does have a certain degree of strength to bully and bully indigenous forces, but will big countries such as Britain and France give him this opportunity?

The British Empire, known as the empire of the sun never sets, is seizing various profitable colonies and trading points all over the world. As a piece of fat that has not been divided, Japan is obviously also on the map of Britain.

In addition, the French and Americans are also coveting this (shielded) female land of Japan. With the Netherlands, they are not qualified to obtain substantial colonial benefits in Japan.

So the best choice for the Netherlands should be to develop broader trade exchanges with Japan, to take the lead in trade, to cooperate in the economy, and to obtain certain benefits in Japan.

This is the most important thing for Tademon Gate. It is not that the Netherlands does not want to include Japan. He can neither do it nor dare. Borrowing foreign funds from such trading partners has a relatively higher safety factor. There will be few incidental political conditions, and more economic conditions.

But in the final analysis, this matter still needs to be considered in the long term. The shogunate in history did not even think about borrowing foreign money even if it was already poor and unable to open the pot, and even began to fire thousands of princes before the black ship arrived.

For one thing, the shogunate never thought about borrowing foreign money, and there is no such concept. Secondly, the shogunate thinks that his own is a "big nation of the state", how can he go to the Nanbarans and barbarians to borrow money without having to face them?

After the shogunate was completely opened by the American Perry’s powerful ships and guns, and after signing various unequal treaties with foreign countries, it accepted the new trends in Europe and the United States. At the same time, the domestic finances were further deteriorating and faced with internal and external issues. A military threat. Only then did he spare his face, borrowing money from Britain, France and other countries to reorganize the army and practice martial arts.

Now that Chuemon proposes to borrow foreign money, the shogunate may still be reluctant to agree. The point is that the shogunate has no property or property rights that can be used as collateral.

tariff? That hardly exists.

Salt tax? It almost does not exist.

Jinshan? That is the lifeblood of the shogunate, and it is absolutely impossible to give it to outsiders!

What's left? Chuemon walked around in his head, and there was hardly anything that could be used as collateral. I don’t know if Bank of Amsterdam is willing to take an unsecured loan with the “friendship” of the Shogunate’s trade with the Netherlands for so many years as a guarantee.

Hey, I'm afraid it will be difficult. We are not borrowing thirty-five thousand, at least a few million pounds in foreign funds, in order to start a large-scale internal construction. Wanting to get several million pounds is a little bit overwhelming.

It's man-made, and since he is ready to do it, Chuemon feels that he can try it. The former director of the Dutch business curator Blokhov had some friendship with himself. Now Blokhov has returned to Jakarta, Indonesia to serve as the Dutch senior business commissioner in the Spice Islands. This old man might be willing to be a financial broker, helping Tademon to get a loan.

The big deal is to give rebates. Compared to millions of loans, giving a rebate of 2% or even 3% is acceptable, and 5% is okay to grit your teeth.

After thinking about it, Tadaemon wrote a letter and sent it to the Dutch Commercial Building in Nagasaki, asking them to transfer it to Jakarta and hand it to Blokhov. As for the Amsterdam bank agency set up in the Netherlands, you can also start to get in touch.

Of course it was contact with the shogunate!

Let's first test whether the Netherlands has the willingness to use loans to expand trade in Japan. If the other party has a strong will, then this foreign money can be discussed.

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The group of students sent to Britain who left Japan on a Dutch merchant ship could have gone directly to Jakarta and then changed ships to Europe. But this does not require the British Government of Hong Kong to issue diplomatic documents to facilitate direct entry into the UK, so the ship went to Hong Kong first.

The Governor of Hong Kong Bonham is one of the people who promoted the cultivation of Japan's "elite". He was really pleased with the 125-member international student group. For things like elites, the more the better. As long as there are more elites, it will be much simpler and easier for Britain to enter Japan in the future and then support comprador forces.

Therefore, he not only hosted a banquet to entertain the group of students sent to the UK, but also quickly went through various formalities. Of course, he needs these students to become elites, so the best way is to let them be convinced by the strength and prosperity of the British Empire.

As a result, more than ten warships of the Far East Fleet were shown to the overseas students one by one in the Hong Kong Bay. This is only the second- and third-rate fleet of the United Kingdom, far less powerful than the one in Europe. But even so, it was enough to deter a group of overseas students.

The paddle-wheeled warships of more than two thousand tons fired volleys in the harbor, shaking the sky and shaking the earth. This kind of display is indeed very effective. A group of international students sighed extremely, and even more yearning for studying in the UK.

But the Dutch who came along the same road felt wrong, because under normal circumstances, the center of British rule in Asia is India. Regardless of whether it is New Delhi or Kolkata, it is not in Hong Kong anyway.

Hong Kong is at best regarded as an important port and foothold for Britain in the Far East!

Based on the status of Hong Kong alone, UU reading www.uukanshu.com absolutely does not need to set up such a tyrannical fleet. The two thousand-ton steam paddle warships, no matter what country they are in, are the first-class battleships. There are six bows in Hong Kong alone?

What is this going to do? Prevent the Taiping Rebellion in Guangdong and Guangxi? That's not like it. The Taiping Army has not yet entered Guangdong on a large scale. Where is such a defense needed?

More importantly, the United Kingdom has sent a large number of additional personnel to Hong Kong. There was a diplomat called sirharrysmithparkes (1828-1885), the current deputy consul of Guangzhou. He was very happy to see the Japanese student group. Through the banquet, he talked with the students and tried his best to understand Japan. The situation at this time.

After learning that Japan had actually replaced a "Taro Master", Pashali seemed very interested, and she has repeatedly understood the Tokugawa family's life in the world.

A strong atmosphere of conspiracy...

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