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This worried the Dutch a little, because the feud between Spain and the Dutch was not so simple, and the stronger the Habsburg alliance, the more worried they became, and the situation was most unfavorable for them.

Once the Spaniards had won, they would certainly have reassigned the Netherlands to their arms, including the overseas colonies, so all their efforts would not be in vain.

The new bourgeois aristocracy in the Netherlands would not allow this to happen, they needed to defeat the Habsburgs, otherwise they would not be able to continue playing like this, so they had to get more Australian weapons, which was already a very important matter in front of them.

In order to get Australian weapons, they asked Van Diemen not to have too many conflicts with the Australians, as once they cut off the supply of weapons, it would make the war more complicated.

This is the main reason why Van Diemen wants to give face to Australians, since he gave you face, do you have to give me some face, so they also have a purpose, not as selfless as they think.

Your Excellency Governor Zhou, we hope that the supply of weapons to your country can be increased, and as you know, the war in Europe has seriously affected the security of the homeland, and we need more weapons to defend the Habsburg Union Army.

If it weren't for the opportunity of mediation, he might have gone directly to Australia to discuss with Australia's leaders.

After all, Zhou Yang's status is relatively special, although he is nominally the governor of Hong Kong, but in fact his status is higher than that of the other two governors, and many diplomatic affairs are handled by him.

After all, he was the first person in charge of foreign affairs, and he had the most dealings with the Dutch, and talking to him could still influence domestic decisions, which is the main reason why Van Dimen would look for him.

Zhou Yang knew that the war in Europe had changed, and the domestic newspapers would have a special European section, so he still knew some of the situation anyway.

Even if he doesn't report it, he can understand it through some channels, and now when he hears Van Dimen mention it, he naturally knows what the other party means, they want weapons, and if they get more weapons, they will have the strength to fight against Spain on the side of the Habsburg Alliance, but it is obvious that Australia has no intention of expanding arms exports.

The expansion of arms exports requires the consent of the Congress, and I myself cannot give you any reply, but can only relay your request to the Congress.

Zhou Yang made it clear that Van Dimen had no right to do it, and the parliament needed to discuss and decide through a meeting before it could be passed.

Of course, the Dutch also know that Australians have a large number of parliamentarians, and it is still a bit difficult to convince every member of parliament, after all, some people are not friendly to the Dutch, they think the Dutch are a threat to them.

Even so, he felt that it was right, and there were also people in the Netherlands who thought this way, after all, it was certain that everyone thought differently.

Of course, the most important thing is to persuade Zhou Yang to agree, Zhou Yang still has a certain amount of influence in China, and if he can help say something, at least it will be useful.

"Zhou, we are old friends, I hope you can help me, this is very important to us."

Important, Zhou Yang naturally knows that it is important, if the Dutch are defeated, it will not be in the interest, but their actions have been a little arrogant recently, and Zhou Yang does not plan to agree to them so easily.

If they agreed so easily, they would even think that Australia had intended to sell it to them.

Australia won't agree so easily, knowing that it is best to let them play for a while, even if they end up losing both.

But at the moment, the Dutch are even a little unbearable, which makes Australia a little surprised, is it possible that they were defeated so easily, will there be some conspiracy or something.

The intelligence services are still confirming the reasons for their defeat, and no actual report has been given so far, but one thing is for sure, it should be soon, and it will soon be clear why they lost.

According to the Dutch, they said that it was because of Australian weapons as the main reason, because the Habsburgs had a large number of Australian weapons, so they had a very strong strength on the battlefield.

This argument can still stand, but Australia doesn't think it's entirely right, the number of weapons exported to the two sides is actually the same, and there will be no big difference, so they will send intelligence departments to investigate.

If it is not possible to find out what other reason is the possession, then it is necessary to think about whether it is time to export weapons to the Dutch.

Mr. Van Dimen, I can only try to help you with your application, but your recent actions in Southeast Asia have indeed upset some members of Congress, who have spoken out to reduce arms exports to you, because your warships are often present in Australia's sphere of influence, causing quite a bit of trouble.

What Zhou Yang said about this thing is real, Fan Dimen wants to test Australia's strength, whether he has sent people to Daming There are not many troops in Southeast Asia, so he used warships to test it, but he didn't expect to get much obstacle, what does this mean, it shows that they have indeed transferred a large number of troops to Daming.

This made Van Dimen very happy, on the one hand, he launched his own operation, and on the other hand, he also began to rearrange the defense, mainly to test where he could touch and what he could not, and strive to make a breakthrough when the Australians returned.

So at this time, Zhou Yang said that the question made him difficult to refute, after all, the facts existed, and he also knew that the Australians would oppose it, after all, the Australian embassy also reported this matter to him, and he just thought that there should be no big problem, but he didn't expect the other party to use this.

Of course, this is not the main reason, the Netherlands have not actually done anything to Australia, and they can't say anything about themselves, so in any case, the Australians should not be too involved in this matter.

As long as he will not be sending troops, there should be no problem, this is his idea, it depends on what kind of conditions the Australians will propose.