Chapter 292: The Dutch Protesting

Most of the time the purpose of the war is launched because of interests, such as Li Zicheng's peasant army, the main purpose of waging war is to live a good life, because of the land annexation and the occurrence of disasters, so that the peasants have no harvest, and have to take up arms to start a war with the imperial court. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

To put it bluntly, it is still for the sake of interests, the different classes they represent, will naturally represent different interests, to a certain extent, Australia launched a clearance action against overseas territories to ensure that its interests are not infringed.

In fact, the threat of the indigenous people in this area is not too big, after all, their combat effectiveness is there, whether it is now or in the future, their combat effectiveness is not strong, let alone fighting against a strong opponent like Australia, not to mention anything else, it is an unequal relationship in terms of weapons alone.

The Dutch do not think that Australia is clearing the natives, but strengthening the expansion of power in this region, from scratch, the largest market for Australians is in Daming, and the total number of goods exported to Daming every year has increased from a few to the current 160 ships, this rising point has made them understand a truth, the necessity of controlling this sea route.

Only by controlling this place can they feel safe, so this military operation is an act of expansion, but Manila has not reacted at all, maybe there has been, but it has been successfully persuaded by the Australians.

I don't know how the Australians persuaded them and agreed to withdraw, which made the Dutch a little embarrassed, because they didn't have enough control over Malacca, so they didn't have a garrison.

Now that the Spanish army is withdrawn, it means that Australia's military strength in Southeast Asia has increased greatly, and it has become the third largest military group in the region, so the Netherlands will be very dangerous, how they took the territory from the Spaniards in the first place, the Australians will use the same method.

In order to deal with Australia's military operations, Batavia increased troops and strengthened patrols because it was afraid that one day, maybe Australia would come directly.

However, the Australian ambassador has already said that Australia will not attack its own allies, but if it is found that the other side has hostile behavior against Australia, it will not rule out the use of force first.

The first use of force, not the first use of force, can be said to be very big difference, if it is not the first use of force, it means that Australia is not concerned here, but first of all, it is very different.

It seems that they are bound to strengthen their power here, and at the same time, the military presence is already an indisputable fact, and at this time the Netherlands will oppose it, so Australia will have a reason to fight. Maybe that's what they're trying to do.

The Australians and the Spaniards were very close, and there were many negotiations between the two sides, and it is not known whether they would unite against Batavia, but one thing is for sure that the Spaniards were fully supportive of Australia's actions.

Their troops stationed in Luzon have begun to withdraw, and the defense is completely handed over to the Australians, who originally stationed more than 200 people here, and if you add domestic soldiers, then at least it will reach the scale of more than 1,000 people, such a large scale, which really worries the Dutch.

If nothing else, the mere fact that such an army is on the edge is enough to worry them.

Your Excellency the Governor, rest assured that the friendship between Australia and the Netherlands is long-lasting, and we need not worry about it, don't you think?

Li Zhiqing, as a negotiator sent by Australia, sat in the governor's palace in Batavia to negotiate with Van Diemen.

In his opinion, Li Zhiqing is one of the few main sides in China, and he believes that he should not negotiate with the Dutch, and directly dispatch warships to deter and force the other side to agree, so what if he does not agree, then go to war directly.

Before solving the Ming problem, it can completely solve the problem of the Dutch helping the Ming Dynasty, and can also completely control the market in Southeast Asia, which can not only reduce tariffs, but also expand the market.

You must know that Australian goods enter the Dutch territory for sale, you need to pay a certain percentage of taxes, this tax is a lot, if you export a lot of things in a year, it can be said that the tax is still quite high.

Li Zhiqing is a shareholder of one of the companies, and he is very unhappy with paying such a large amount of export fees to the Batavian government every year, so he feels that he should use military deterrence.

There are still many main battle factions who think like him, but the Aozhen government absolutely disagrees, and it is taboo to use troops rashly.

You have promised not to garrison more than 1,000 troops here, and ships will not exceed 1,000 tons, but now you have violated the treaty.

When Australia and the Dutch were united, they did say this, and said that they would not garrison troops here, and even if they did, they would not exceed too many.

But now the situation has become different, Australia wants to use troops against the Ming Dynasty, and for its own routes, it needs to control well and ensure the supply of troops in front, so that it may clash with the Dutch.

The Netherlands is a regional power in this region, and the Spaniards have been completely suppressed by them and cannot be unstable, but the sudden addition of Australia obviously has the possibility of competing with him, it is completely different, and they have to protest.

The purpose of the protest is clear, to demand that Australia live up to what it had said.

This was the first time that the Dutch had protested, and the purpose of the protest was clear.

That's why Li Zhiqing came to negotiate, and the purpose of this negotiation is very clear, that is, the Australians cannot violate the original agreement.

But Australia is ready for everything, how can it agree to their request at this time.

Your Excellency the Governor, you should trust our good intentions, this is just a routine military operation within our Australia, so please rest assured.

Rest assured, how to rest assured, Australia is about to put the army at their doorstep, can they rest assured, so it is impossible to rest assured.

If they don't have their own opinion, then the Australians will definitely have to move forward, and they don't have to think about what they will do, and they will definitely test the Netherlands even more.

Van Dimen has a feeling that his career will eventually be lost to the Australians, and although he doesn't want to admit it, he must admit that the expansion of the Australians here has been very difficult to stop, plus the support of the Spaniards.

Your Excellency the Governor, we may enter into an agreement with you to ensure that the interests of the Netherlands will not be disturbed, and we can even tell you with certainty that our garrison will never exceed the number of troops specified in the treaty. (To be continued.) )