The Anglo-Dutch fight never stopped, peace was only a break in the war, and New York changed hands back and forth.

If you don't fight, you can't do it, because if the countries participating in the Great Voyage Race want to eat the dividends of the new world, they must have a scale-up structure.

On the other side of the scale of the Netherlands is Indonesia, on the other side of Portugal is Brazil, on the other side of Spain is the Caribbean, the Americas, just as Britain is actually the future India on the other side.

The relationship between the European countries and their colonies was similar to that between the north and the south of the United States. Trotsky's theory of the scissors difference between industry and agriculture in the Fourth International was also based on this structure.

Once the other side of the scale is lost, the structure of the scale will collapse, and the "open door" of the United States is to smash this scale.

After the collapse of the British Empire, the British Commonwealth was still built, just to protect this scale.

However, at this time, Britain only had Hong Kong and Macao in India, and it was in the form of coastal trading posts and autonomous ports.

The New World is huge, but the market is small, and it is insignificant compared to the size of the Qing Dynasty. A century and a half later, in 1820, the United States had only one percent of the world's gross domestic product.

The external market is so little, the wolves are more and the meat is less, no one dares to let go, and once the overseas colonies are loosened, all the trading posts will be lost, and the navy will collapse.

There is no need for overseas colonization, there is no need for shipping, and you want the navy to dry your hair? The Holy Roman Empire, Tsarist Russia and other countries don't want it, and the Qing Dynasty in the original history doesn't want it, there is no demand!

It's not a scales structure, it's nonsense to form a big navy! The Beiyang Naval Division is a nonsensical product, a navy used for defense, and it is normal to be easily annihilated by others, then it is not a navy, it is the Great Wall of the sea.

The navy of Tsarist Russia was built by Peter, and it was also used as a city wall envoy, just to defend against the Swedish navy. With this self-contained naval mentality, it is not surprising that the Tsarist Navy was in shambles.

At this time, Sweden was a naval power nowadays, unlike the Nordic otaku of later generations. Scandinavia, Denmark, and the three Baltic states are all Swedish, and their influence has spread to the Black Sea.

The Vikings are the ancestors of pirates, and Sweden is the current Nazi Germany in Europe.

At this time, Sweden was very keen on global aggression, and the Swedish East India Company, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Mediterranean Sea all had Swedish warships.

In addition to the equator and the tropics, the subtropics, the Nordics can't play, the polar regions and high latitudes, the Swedish army and navy are extremely sharp.

A warship from Sweden can run to Canada in one go to rob in one go.

The Russians' experience in cold warfare was okay to resist Germany and France, but when they met the Nordics, they rested.

It was not until the Great Northern War that Sweden was smashed back by a group of anti-Swiss gangs formed by Tsarist Russia, Prussia, Poland, Denmark, Hanover, Saxony and other countries.

In order to block the Swedish devils, Peter the Great grabbed the soldiers' bayonets and slashed the ground on Rabbit Island: "A castle needs to be built here."

At that time, it happened that an eagle flew over Peter, and that was the eagle on the flag of Tsarist Russia, the Russian Federation.

The fort that Peter built on the land was St. Petersburg!

"When the market capacity is limited and there is a surplus of capacity, it is necessary to eliminate each other's surplus through war. It is better to have an external war than an internal revolution. ”

Motoyoshi did not comment on the Navigation Act, but when Hannibal came with a tray, he picked up the six goblets on the plate and placed them on the edge of the long table.

"Very transparent glass."

"What kind of wine is this? Amber with a sweet scent. ”

As Hannibal pours the wine from the bottle, Rohr and Horn change the subject at the same time, giving an exaggerated admiration for the glass and the wine.

The regulating role of war has never been better understood than the lords of the warring states of Europe and Japan.

"Sugar cane brandy is rum."

Yuanji handed a full glass to Rohr, and raised another glass to the Englishman, "How about it, compared to what your British Navy distributes every day?" ”

"We give out potato brandy, and cane sugar is a luxury for us."

Luo Er took the cup, politely gestured to Yuan Jidun, and raised his glass to take a sip.

The British Navy has been handing out rum every day since thirteen years ago, and no one could have imagined that this improvised measure would last until 1970.

"It's not inferior to Caribbean rum."

Horn also raised his glass and took a sip, but instead of swallowing it immediately, he turned around in his mouth a few times before swallowing, grinning, "In order to break the Spanish monopoly on sugar, we intend to open up some sugar cane plantations in Indonesia. ”

"No, I just want to give you orders, massive orders for cane sugar, the people of the Qing Dynasty need an adequate supply of sugar, it is said that sweetness will make people happy."

Yuan Ji responded with a smile, picked up the third glass of wine, and did not hand it to Nan Huairen, Wu Xingzuo and Hannibal, but handed it to a young man behind Wu Xingzuo, "Come, have a drink, Bo Cheng has grown in the past few days, he said that he has a good translator, He Dong, right?" I thank you on his behalf,"

“… Small... How dare the villain? ”

He Dong looked at a wine glass handed to him, the whole person froze, and his whole body trembled suddenly, he wanted to kneel and elbow and half raise to receive the wine, but his body twisted unharmoniously on the spot, and subconsciously touched the wine glass with both hands, only then his face turned red, and his voice trembled, "Thank you Jiuye." ”

As he spoke, he knelt down to the ground.

"Excuse me, I should thank you."

Yuan Ji put his left hand on He Dong's shoulder, lifted him up like a monkey, and gently hit the cup in his right hand against the cup He Dong held in both hands, and said with a smile, "The empire thanks you for your service." ”

With the crisp sound of the wine glass crashing, He Dong's eyes were red, and the tears came down, his hands trembled and he raised his glass to his mouth, but he couldn't lift it, and when he lowered his head, the tears between the glasses slipped into the wine, and he drank it with the wine tears.

"How? I'm okay, right? ”

Yuan Ji is a slut, looking at Xiao Tongyi's excited appearance, he glanced at Wu Xingzuo triumphantly, "Don't put your county order stinky shelf, it's easy to fool." Find some clever boys like He Dong in Fujian, Guangdong, and send them to the master, you are considered a meritorious recommender, and it is better than your nonsense. ”

"Follow the teachings of the master." Wu Xingzuo smiled and bowed.

"I don't lack clever people like He Dong in the Qing Dynasty, what I lack is people who know people, and what I lack is human teaching."

Yuan Ji ignored Wu Xingzuo, and turned his head to look at Luo Er and Horn, "Presumably, you don't have the authorization to exchange sovereign territories, but the intention to strengthen trade and exchanges between each other must be common, right?" ”

"Of course."

"That's for sure."

Rohr and Horn nodded without hesitation, especially as they waited for a huge order for cane sugar.

"Then we need a common language, a common rule and a consistent standard for connection."

Yuan Ji put a small bunting in Lushun's mouth, with a smile on his face, "The school of cultivating translation, the formulation of weights and measures, the standard of water diversion at the port of berth, signal identification, the regulations on internal and foreign navigation, trade rules and settlement methods, I think we need a connection and develop a consistent standard framework." ”

"That's great."

Horn couldn't agree more with the proposal, and the Dutch had long since had enough of the messy rules that filled the world.

Leiden University in the Netherlands was the first university to train talents in business law and trade, and Bush's idol Rembrandt graduated from the oldest university in the 16th century.

"What do you mean?"

Rohr, on the other hand, is more sensitive to navigation rules because of the Navigation Act.

"We need a multi-party standards committee to standardize the relevant trade and navigation guidelines involved."

Yuanji does not have a unified temperament, but a Dutch style, with smiling eyes, "We need to open a window for each other, let the wind form a convection, and speed up our understanding of each other." We need to send teachers and students to each other.

I have been authorized by our government to open a port in Shengjing in the north, which is the Port Arthur that you see. I will prepare for a school of interpreting, a maritime college, and a business school in advance, and may be upgraded to a comprehensive university in the future.

Of course, this requires you and me to work together.

The Great Qing Dynasty welcomed professors from Cambridge, Oxford, Groningen and Leiden to come for exchanges, and welcomed students from Britain and the Netherlands to study abroad.

We also hope that the scholars and students of the Qing Dynasty can return to China with their good feelings and attachment to your country, which is very important for us to understand each other's civilization and our long-term friendship. ”

"Yes, it's crucial."

Horn immediately responded, and was extremely excited about the proposal that the old conservative Eastern Empire would open a window.

The Qing Dynasty was a big empire, and diplomacy was very busy, so small countries such as England, the Netherlands, and Portugal would inevitably be subject to diplomatic discrimination, and the application for entry would be easily rejected.

Even if they were allowed to enter the country, they had to send personnel from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Court to Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangnan and other places for on-the-spot training, so as not to prevent the barbarians from ignorance of the rules.

The diplomatic sequence of the Qing Dynasty, the first class is the outer vassal and the internal subordinate, most of them are the Mongolian khanates such as the Blat, Kokand, Heshute Khanate, Erut, etc., and the Western Regions are under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Court, and there are permanent representatives and intelligence stations, or even garrison Eight Banners stationed in the local area, and the connection is relatively close.

The second class is Korea, Siam, Nanzhang, Vietnam, Ryukyu and other subject states, which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites and are regarded as semi-independent countries.

Internal and external subordinates can be converted, and many khanates and alliances such as the Heshute Khanate and the Erut Mongols were directly incorporated into the territory.

North Korea also became an internal subordinate in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai was stationed in North Korea, and the Bagua Flag was designed by one of Li Hongzhang's staff, and the Taiji Flag fluttered under the Qing Dynasty, which was mighty and majestic.

The third class is the traditional tributary state, which has no power and obligation relationship with each other. Most of them are Sulu, Sumatra, Chenla, Champong, Sriwijaya, Brunei, Java, Mud Country and a bunch of Nanyang native monkey countries.

The name of the country changes from time to time, but the old tributary name is still used when paying tribute. There was a coup d'état after a quarrel, and the king's flag changed every day, which belonged to the number of people, and should be a scene of "all countries coming to court".

Let this number come to pay tribute, and the two money that will be rewarded for the happy event are of the same nature, and ask for a mouthful.