The United Kingdom and the Russian Empire held the second negotiation in the Kingdom of Belgium. Although both sides seemed to be very serious about negotiating, they could not reach an agreement in the end. As a result, the second armistice negotiation was aborted.

At the same time as the assassination, on the battlefield of the Balkans, because Britain and Russia obviously did not want to continue the war, and the Ottoman Empire did not dare to act rashly, but it made peace there for a short time, and people seemed to see peace. Dawn.

But is it really so?

William IV disagreed, because on his desk, there was a list of weapons listed by the Russian Empire.

"If the Netherlands agrees to the demands of the Russian Empire, what will the Russian Empire do?" William IV stared at Prime Minister Tolbeck and asked after drinking a sip of tea, seemingly wandering the world for a long time.

Tolbek said mysteriously: "If these 50,000 rifles are added to the Tsarist Russian Empire's army, then the Balkans will continue. Of course, Alexander II is wild and a little elusive. It's hard to tell him. There are other plans, but I might not know it.”

William IV's eyes turned slightly, looking at the map of the Balkan Peninsula, he paused on the Greek Kingdom, but not worried, but a little scruple, and then moved to the Balkan Peninsula, he was just about to say something, suddenly, His gaze moved eastward and landed on a spot.

Interest appeared on his face, as if he realized something, and he said, "I really want to know what Alexander II wants to do?"

On September 25, 1866, the Netherlands made a high-profile announcement to provide 50,000 Mauser rifles to the Russian Empire. Immediately a lot of doubts arose.

Why, because the UK and Tsarist Russia had just failed to successfully negotiate peace in Belgium, the Netherlands announced that it had negotiated the most powerful rifle business in Europe with the Tsarist Russian Empire. This was an invisible blow to those who were originally looking forward to Britain and Russia.

Because this means that the Russian Empire is replenishing the ammunition depot, and the increase in this weapon is obviously a coercion to the United Kingdom.

In the British Isles, many people speculated that this was a psychological war between Alexander II and Queen Victoria, indicating that if the United Kingdom no longer made concessions on the negotiating arena, then the Tsarist Russian Empire could only continue.

However, some people believe that the Tsarist Russia Empire did not intend to negotiate peacefully from the very beginning, and now negotiating with the United Kingdom is just delaying time to digest the Romanian victory it has just captured.

These two views made the British cabinet and even the House of Commons take a completely different position. Some people advocated continuing to negotiate with the Tsarist Russian Empire in order to relieve the pressure brought about by the war in the Balkans.

And some people think there is no need to continue talking, because the Tsarist Empire is just consuming the prestige of Britain, which makes Britain's allies look at Britain with an unreliable halo.

The sale of these 50,000 Mauser rifles by the Netherlands to the Tsarist Russia has detonated a big controversy in the UK, which can be said to be stunned.

In North America, under the watchful eye of William IV, the Federal State of the Rice Family secretly completed the increase in troops to the northwestern state of Washington to 50,000.

When I think of the already turbulent water in the pool in London, what will be the effect if external forces are added to stir it at that time.

At the same time, the Dutch government began to increase the promotion of news that was friendly to the image of the Netherlands in the newspapers of various countries that the Netherlands secretly controlled, and the war against the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of America was directed in the direction of the Netherlands. , With the help of the Netherlands, the dark tide is surging again, and as the driving force of the Netherlands, William IV is speeding up the tide of his own construction.

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After four years of rushing into the construction tide, Australia in the Far East of the Netherlands has ushered in the harvest season.

Gu Yun

On September 25, 1866, the coastal railway along the southeastern coast of Australia was finally completed.

Melbourne, the capital of the province of William (that is, Victoria), to Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, was officially opened to traffic on this day.

This is Australia's most important economic artery, and its opening will further promote the economic prosperity of the Australian mainland.

On the same day, the railway from Melbourne to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia province, was officially opened.

This one is the strategic resource transfer artery of the Dutch military industry. Melbourne transports the eastern coast to Adelaide, and the weapons produced after that are continuously transported to the east and even the East India.

In the western province of Western Australia, the railway from the capital Perth to Kalgoorlie, the central town of the province, was officially opened to traffic.

If this is opened, it will play a greater role in promoting the development of weapons in Adelaide, and the transportation of minerals from the west to the east will make a complete leap in the industrial economy of Sydney and Melbourne.

As long as the population keeps up, minerals, industrial products, and markets will remain the same as the Commonwealth of Millikin. Even with the division of Millikin, Australia's geographical location will be even more dominant.

In the northern province of Northern Australia, a link is being built to connect Darwin, the capital on the Timor Sea, to Nambuelwa, the city next to Nellimen Bay in the Bay of Carpentaria.

It is expected to be officially opened in 1869. If this 6-year-old railway is opened, it will greatly promote the economic development of Northern Australia, and in terms of safety, it will also be greatly promoted.

Because of this, the local government has tried its best to introduce indigenous labor.

Like it, the eastern province of Queensland is also in a construction boom, or even worse.

As a major grain-producing province in Australia, transportation is a problem. Therefore, with the approval of the Tolbeck Cabinet, Queensland Province has obtained the approval of Amsterdam and took the lead in carrying out 4 projects in Australia. Concurrent construction of the railway.

East-west rail: Bluesbane to Quilpy in the west, Rockhampton to Longridge in the west, Townsville to Dutchess in the west, Cairns to Normanton in the southeast of Carbondale Bay in the west.

These four railways are still under construction and are expected to be opened to traffic around 1870.

The north-south direction of Cairns-Townsville-Rockhampton-Bloomsbane has been completed and opened to traffic.

Even Brusbane has begun to cooperate with New South Wales to plan the inter-provincial rail connection between Brusbane and Sydney.

In addition, Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, which is under construction, connects to Alice Springs, which is a major town in the southern part of North Australia, and Adelaide connects west to Kalgoorlie, an important town in the central part of Western Australia.

These two are the largest long-term plans of the Dutch government. Due to the long span and complex terrain, it is estimated that the completion and opening to traffic will take around 1873.

Other branches are added slowly.