According to the General Affairs Bureau, the Dutch had sent a mission to China, but when they entered Donghu, the mission suddenly disappeared, and it is unknown where they went, dead or alive.

Gao Junshan ordered a full-scale search in Taungoo Province to see people alive and dead to see corpses.

The day after the order was issued, Gao Junshan was checking the map in the command center, and Liu Wenxiu came to report: "Father, the He Yongqing you are waiting for has arrived." ”

Gao Junshan put down the work at hand and said happily: "Hurry up and invite him in, I have been waiting for him for many days." ”

He Yongqing is an outstanding student of the information transmission major among the Chongwen disciples, and is also the first generation of students among the Chongwen disciples, he was instructed by Gao Junshan to give up the research work of information transmission, and transferred to the General Affairs Bureau, and now serves as the head of the Dutch station of the General Affairs Bureau, he received Gao Junshan's order, and has just secretly returned to Yangon from the Netherlands.

"You've finally arrived, it's been a hard journey!" Gao Junshan got up and greeted He Yongqing warmly.

He Yongqing hurriedly saluted Gao Junshan and said, "Mountain Chief, He Yongqing reports to you!" ”

"It's not easy to walk along the way, is it?"

"It's finally going well, with our Huaxia country's navy here, the warships of other countries don't dare to do anything to the ship we are sitting on."

Gao Junshan returned to the seat he had just gotten up and sat down, and then said to He Yongqing: "Sit down, I heard that the merchant ship you are on has been stopped by warships of other countries several times. ”

He Yongqing said: "It's just a routine search, the students came back from Europe and passed through the maritime defense lines of several countries, and they heard that we are Chinese merchant ships, and they all gave us great convenience, and did not embarrass us, including the Dutch warships." ”

Gao Junshan said: "We are now planning a war with the Netherlands, what do you think?" ”

He Yongqing said: "As long as the mountain chief gives an order, the students will hit wherever you point." Although the Dutch also made overtures to us, as long as the chief said that he was our enemy, he would be our enemy. ”

Gao Junshan said: "The Dutch East India Company is a war machine that invades our Asia, and their purpose is obvious that they are entrenched here in the South Seas. If we want to go to the world and develop overseas, this Dutch East India Company is our stumbling block, and our development must clean up the East India Company, so we must have a war with the Netherlands, and the time is ripe to fight this war, so this time I will transfer you back from the Netherlands and let you participate in the planning of the operation against the Netherlands. ”

He Yongqing said: "The students are fully prepared and ready to sacrifice for Huaxia at any time!" ”

Gao Junshan smiled: "It's not so dangerous that you have to sacrifice your life." I asked you to learn a little more about the situation in the Netherlands, especially the East India Company. You drink saliva first! ”

He Yongqing was indeed thirsty, he picked up a cup of tea specially made for him on the coffee table, took a big sip, and then said: "The capital of the Netherlands is in Amsterdam. ”

Gao Junshan said: "I know this. ”

He Yongqing continued: "Eight years ago, the Dutch started the construction of the town hall in Amsterdam, and in order to ensure the quality of the town hall, there was no predetermined deadline for the completion of the project, and more than 70 tons of gold were used to build this magnificent building. After eight years of hard work, just this year, their town hall was completed, and for the inauguration of this new town hall, the citizens had a seven-day revelry, and at that time, the students happened to be in Amsterdam, and their poet, vondel, a great poet known as the Dutch 'Shakespeare', wrote an ode to the town hall, the lyrics read: '...... We Amsterdammers set sail...... Profit guides us across oceans. For the love of money, we visit all the seaports in the world. ’”

Gao Junshan said: "This fully illustrates their ambition. ”

He Yongqing said: "They still want to maintain cooperative relations with us in China, and although there have been two wars between our two countries, they are still very willing to establish contacts with us. Just before the students left Amsterdam, I heard that they had sent a diplomatic mission to our country. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Our people saw this diplomatic mission appear in Yangon not long ago, but now no one knows where they have gone, and we have no news about this diplomatic mission. ”

"Is there such a thing? Didn't they come to contact us? ”

"I have ordered an all-out search for them, and I don't know why they suddenly disappeared. Can you analyze it from your point of view? ”

He Yongqing said: "This is really hard to say, only by finding them can we know the answer." ”

Gao Junshan nodded, and then asked, "Can you tell us more about the Netherlands?" ”

Because the weather was very hot, He Yongqing picked up a pu fan on the coffee table, fanned the fan, and said: "The Netherlands originally belonged to Spanish rule, and in 1588, seven provinces opposed to Spanish rule united and declared the Dutch United Provincial Republic, which is now the Netherlands, which is an unprecedented country in human history, because it was the first country in the world to give the merchant class full political rights. Although it is a mixture of republican democracy, the actual power is in the hands of businessmen and intellectual elites. These seven different provinces, especially those with coastal cities, were ruled by the city's merchant elite, and the yamen officials of the entire country, as well as the representatives and rulers of the seven provinces, were also made up of these wealthy families. ”

"The Netherlands is like a family business. ”

"The Netherlands is a lot like a family business, but it's very loosely structured, the provinces are absolutely independent of each other, and the whole country can only agree on deciding on taxes, and in other respects, if they don't agree, they can't make any decisions," Ho said. This small, loosely structured country had to face a serious crisis almost as soon as it was first established. Before independence, its trade with Spain was one of the main sources of economy, but after independence, the Spanish king blocked all the ports of the Netherlands and forbade Dutch merchant ships from entering Spain. The lifeline of the Dutch economy was cut off by Spain, and the newly-born small country faced an existential test. In this moment of crisis, it quickly found its advantage with its business instincts. For the land was home to a large merchant class with a strong thirst for wealth, and if their love of money were to be transformed into a form of strength, the Netherlands would have a more powerful weapon than the king. On the basis of this advantage, the Dutch decided to turn from shrewd middlemen into brawlers of ocean voyages, and on their own to open up routes to the East and the Americas. ”

"Hence the Dutch East India Company." Gao Junshan interjected.

"That's right." He Yongqing continued, "In 1602, under the leadership of Odenbarnwalt, the Speaker of the Republic, the United East India Company of the Netherlands was established. Just as they created an unprecedented state, today, they have created an unprecedented economic organization. This organization was the first joint stock company, and in order to raise money, they issued shares, gathered rich people, borrowed money from them, and recorded their money in the company's books, and the board of directors of the company promised to pay dividends to this contributor, and in this way the Dutch East India Company raised 6.5 million and succeeded in establishing the company. ”

"They're smart when it comes to managing money." Gao Junshan praised.