Chapter 196: Divergence (Asking for Subscription)
The feud between the Netherlands and Spain can be said to be comprehensive from Europe to the Americas, from the Americas to the Far East, and the Dutch not only defeated the Spaniards to take their place on the sea, but also succeeded in grabbing a part of his territory. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
If you want these two to sit down and negotiate and cooperate, it is difficult to imagine, but the situation in the Far East is that if you don't cooperate, you will inevitably be defeated by the other side, or even completely driven out of this area, so they are not stupid and know what to do.
The two sides sent their own representatives to Chang'an Town for negotiations, and Australia's role in this is equivalent to a mediator, both sides need to give him face, but at the same time the conflict between them still needs to be resolved.
The main contradiction is that the Dutch have seized a lot of the original Spanish land, which is somewhat unacceptable to Manila, the two sides have been fighting for many years, each has its own losses, and just coming together like this will definitely be discussed and blamed by some people.
In fact, both sides need a step down, a step that can solve the problem between the two sides, Christie proposed that the Dutch must hand over the administrator of Dayuan Island and withdraw it, as well as the administrator of the eastern part of the Malay Peninsula, the Dutch demand is relatively simple, asking Manila to pay a compensation for the war expenses and the two sides can successfully sit down and negotiate.
But these two problems obviously cannot be solved, the Dutch have spent so much money to take these places, and now they must not want to return them suddenly, of course, there is also a major reason that Van Diemen is a man of expansion, he can return the land he got to the Spaniards so easily.
Of course, Christie has also thought about this possibility, it is definitely not easy for me to return it to the other party, this is the land obtained by war, if it can be solved at the negotiating table, then it will be solved long ago, and there is no need to wait until now, so the final problem is how the Australians adjust.
If you want to mediate between the two sides, you must be fair and strict, and even if you want to make both sides make concessions, it is not so easy, after all, it has been fighting for so many years.
In the conference room of the Diaoyutai Hotel, Nick, the representative of the Netherlands, and Christie, the representative of Spain, sat at the same table, and Wu Zhengdao sat in the center, listening to the exposition of the two, nothing more than talking about the management rights of each of them over the existing land and the price they paid.
Of course, Wu Zhengdao had not heard this argument once, and they had told him when he passed through these two places on his way back to China.
These two people are saying it here, and it is useless to express that they cannot accept each other's opinions, if they are not willing to give in, then this cooperation will be difficult to continue, this is certain, there is no need to think about it.
Of course, the Spaniards absolutely want to cooperate with Australia, even if they do not want to return the Dutch lands, they are willing to unite with Australia against the Netherlands, and those lands will have to return to Spain sooner or later.
"Nick, I think you can make appropriate concessions, such as the eastern part of the Malay Peninsula, the management rights will be returned to Spain, of course, in order to make up for your construction here, Mr. Christie, you should give some compensation, what do you think of this proposal."
For the Dutch, they did not have a lot of influence in the Malay Peninsula, and their main place of activity was Batavia, which was their center of gravity, just like the Spaniards, Manila.
So there is really no other impact on their economic status here, or even any impact on their economy.
If Wu Zhengdao's suggestion is agreed, both sides will actually have benefits, the Dutch can get a subsidy, the Spaniards can get back the land, and there will be an explanation for the people in the country.
Just looking at the expressions of the two, they may not be able to accept this suggestion, after all, both sides believe that this land does not belong to the other, and the Spaniards still need to pay a sum of money to return this land, which is actually not cheap.
Nick shook his head, indicating that he didn't accept it, and Christie had the same expression, and the stall hand said that he didn't accept it either.
"Okay then, gentlemen, tell me your own opinions, what do you want, say what you think, we are sitting together today to solve this problem, the land of Southeast Asia is vast, we should not join forces to get more benefits."
"Giving up the management of the eastern part of the Malay Peninsula is the bottom line we want to do, if Batavia does not accept it, then we absolutely cannot accept an alliance with them, and we choose to form a unilateral alliance with Australia."
Christie's statement actually shows what they mean, they want an alliance, but the Netherlands have to make a concession, if not, they will have a unilateral alliance with Australia, that's what they think.
Nick showed a sneer, in his opinion, the Spanish always want to hug the Australian thigh and fight against the Netherlands together, but will the Australians do this with them, obviously not.
"I repeat that the Netherlands can hand over the rights and interests of the Malay Peninsula, but Spain will also make concessions and give us certain benefits, otherwise everything will be avoided."
From Nick's words, Wu Zhengdao heard the meaning, in fact, the Dutch are not so enthusiastic about the management of the Malay Peninsula, but they just want to get back a benefit of equal value.
But let Spain give equal benefits, what can they give, except to lift the hostility against the Dutch, it seems that they can give nothing but money.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it was still for the money, and the Batavian government still took a fancy to the money of the Spaniards, as long as they gave money, but it was probably not up to the Spaniards to decide, but by the Dutch.
Christie thought hard that this was a big deal for him, in fact, they didn't value the eastern part of the Malay Peninsula so much, but they still needed to come up with something to convince the people of Manila, otherwise it would be a bit unreasonable to be with the Dutch.
"Well, we can agree to give the Netherlands some compensation, but this compensation can't be too high, otherwise we will also terminate the negotiations." Cristi also understands what she means, and it's okay to agree, but you can't ask for too much, otherwise there's nothing to talk about between us.
Nick smiled and stretched out his hand, "Rest assured, everything will be according to the normal compensation application, and Mr. Christie has to trust our Dutch credibility." ā
(To be continued.) )