On February 21, 1869, the Anglo-Dutch undercurrent caused by the visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Huntington to Spain was surging. At this time, the British acted like a gentleman and proposed to the Netherlands to solve this problem through negotiation. The Dutch government would naturally not object to this.

The negotiations were not very smooth. The Dutch government asked the British government to lift the score for the British warships in northern Spain, but was rejected. The negotiations seemed to be deadlocked.

However, the negotiations did not seem to affect the visit of the Dutch Speaker of the House of Representatives Huntington, who is visiting Spanish territory, and his visit is still going on.

In Madrid, he was invited by the House of Representatives and the Senate to deliver speeches in Spain, where he was invited by the Prime Minister and the Queen in succession. In it, he talked eloquently and talked most about the feelings of the Netherlands for Spain and the Netherlands for Spain. support, and hinted that he will push the Dutch government in the House of Representatives to provide Spain with state-of-the-art weapons support so that Spain can counter pressure from Britain, France and other countries.

Huntington's approach has been greatly welcomed in Spain. Whether it is from the Spanish people or the government, he is a symbol of friendship between the Netherlands and Spain.

And his approach was quickly fed back to the representatives of the UK and the Netherlands at the negotiating table.

The UK's stance softened slightly, seemingly influenced by Huntington's popularity in Spain.

The Netherlands, on the other hand, made some excessive demands on Britain.

So much so that this excessive request, informed by Disraeli, actually aroused the anger of Queen Victoria, who was always reluctant to anger.

"Is Holland crazy? You just made this request." Queen Victoria sneered: "Well, William IV, the master of the Nassau family's rejuvenation, actually hit the target here."

She turned to Disraeli and said, "What does your cabinet government think?"

This time 17bxwxM Zhang Si. Disraeli knew this scene from the very beginning after he knew the news.

Because the request made by the Netherlands was so excessive that he felt very absurd at first after listening to it. The Netherlands dared to make this request. Isn't he afraid that Queen Victoria of England, who has always been pro-Dutch, will turn her back on him?

"I'm still hesitating now," he said quietly after receiving Queen Victoria's caring gaze, and he thought about it.

Perhaps seeing that Queen Victoria, who was already on the verge of anger, was about to speak, Disraeli hurriedly said: "We can use this to test more requests from the Netherlands before formulating countermeasures."

When Queen Victoria heard the words, her anger dropped. Said: "Look, in short, I will not let the Kingdom of Belgium disappear, this is my bottom line."

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A few days ago, the world news almost revolved around his exclusive interview in "European Times".

Looking at the world map he made himself, William IV sighed. It seems that the Netherlands occupies a large piece of territory and is actually far away from Europe. This is equivalent to being alone overseas. Due to transportation reasons, the export economy of mainland Australia and the Dutch East Indies will increase a lot of transportation costs.

And looking at the current UK-London negotiations, it seems that the Netherlands has the upper hand, which is actually dangerous.

The Netherlands seems to be moving in the direction of Spain and has launched a diplomatic attack on the UK. It seems that the UK has retreated. In fact, it is very likely that the UK is brewing some means of counterattack. Inevitably scattered.

The United Kingdom may be grasping the purpose of the Netherlands, preparing to assess the gains and losses of the counterattack against the Netherlands.

The British navy is the largest in the world, and it seems to be hanging in Spain at present. If it is transferred to the mainland of the Netherlands, the current advantage of the Netherlands will no longer exist. After all, the hinterland of the Netherlands is too small, and the threat of the British navy to the Netherlands can be said to be direct and brutal, and the feeling of the Netherlands will also be extremely painful.

Although the United Kingdom is still "cooperating" with the Netherlands to choose Spain as a "battle" venue, making Spain a leveraged link for the Netherlands to fight against the United Kingdom, this is the same as the United Kingdom cooperated with the Netherlands to go to the British opponent to make fun of itself. Enemy countries make no difference.

Obviously, only bold British people would dare to do so.

Foreign Secretary Haysbet Fung Hui reported: "Your Majesty, I have just received news that the British Disraeli government rejected our proposal to return Belgium to our Netherlands, and also expressed dissatisfaction with the Dutch ambitions and named Queen Victoria. I am very angry, so I ask the Netherlands to stop being delusional, and even the United Kingdom is ready to support the Belgian royal family and fight back against the Netherlands.”

William IV was shocked, and then returned to normal.

Strong sacrifice read sacrifice. The British reaction was in his expectations, but it was not unexpected, it was normal.

This is a diplomatic method that the British have always used. Obviously, after seeing the purpose of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom is ready to deploy to intervene in the internal power competition in Belgium.

William IV is ruthless. Belgium is now almost all Dutch in power. Up to the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are Dutch, so is the Supreme Court, and down to the cities and towns below~lightnovelpub.net~ are all Dutch In this case, even if the British threatened with artillery shells, it would be difficult to achieve their goals. Unless the British can change the current demographic structure of Belgium, they can make the current Belgian Dutch population account for more than 80% of the population.

What's more, these 80% of the Dutch population, under the "training" of William IV, have never rebelled against the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Even if the United Kingdom is exhausted, it is difficult to achieve its wish to break the influence of the Netherlands there.

"What Britain can do now is nothing more than publicize the ambitions of the Netherlands and make European countries dissatisfied with the Netherlands" William IV asked: "Is that right?"

Haysbert Von nodded in approval.

William IV followed up: "If that's the case, what do we need to do to get rid of it?"

Haysbert von: "Additional envoys from various countries to explain the Dutch position"

William IV shook his head, "That's too inefficient."

Hesbet Feng: "Your Majesty has a better way?"

Make a big tyrant. William IV nodded and said: "There is a natural way. Few people will believe what the government says, because throughout the era, the relationship between the government and the capital and the aristocracy was too close, and the bottom of the society had a sense of mistrust. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to talk to other countries. Say it, don't say it."

Haysbert Feng: "?"

William IV further unraveled the mystery and said: "You said that if a referendum was launched by the Dutch in Belgian society, the title would be to choose to join the Netherlands? Do you think this PR will explain it better than your foreign ministry? Would it be better?"

Haysbert Feng Meng nodded and said happily: "A hundred times more"

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