From the point of view of the Dutch Indian Company, this was indeed a condition that the Republic could not accept. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For everything in this plan was based on the fact that the Republic would not be involved in the spice trade, that the Republic would be willing to accept credit deals, that the Republic would be willing to open new routes from the east, and that the Republic would have enough goods to destroy the English system of cotton and spices.

However, Dutch India was not able to come up with effective remedies to get them to accept this condition. Interests are the same everywhere, only thinking about others paying, not thinking about taking out equivalent things yourself, and there is no reason to accept it at all.

Besides, what if the British offered a monopoly on the spice trade and a share of the sales? The British will soon get the news, and maybe even now the British ship is already in the Strait of Dover......

Like the Indian companies, there are businessmen who are dissatisfied with the monopolistic policies of the Indian companies in Amsterdam, as well as the business oligarchs of the cities.

The Netherlands was dominated by commercial capital, and the large quantities of handicrafts in China were wealth to them. They monopolized trade in the Baltic Sea and Northern Europe, merchant ships transported all the goods needed, they did not rely on or need domestic handicraft support, and not too many people were willing to invest money in handicrafts.

When the rate of return on overseas investment and commercial shipping investment is more than 8 percent, fools will invest their money in some low-level handicrafts.

In addition, this time, Chen Jian also brought tea, porcelain and other goods monopolized by Indian companies. Although these two things are not the mainstream trade for the time being, and the quality is far worse than that of the noble porcelain in Jingdezhen, it is also a huge benefit.

If a series of favorable conditions can be agreed, then the Dutch merchants feel that they can make a lot of money with their own transportation system and business network.

At this time, the Chinese people did not have the conditions to trade with other countries, the language barrier, the relationship was not hard, the bribes did not know who to find, and the freight was not as familiar with the routes and waterways as the Dutch.

So the businessmen hoped that the parliament and the ruling government would immediately reach a trade agreement with Chen Jian, and that some goods, such as cotton cloth, would be exempt from customs duties altogether, or that they would be able to impose very little taxes to attract them to trade in Amsterdam.

If the Dutch could be guaranteed access to these people, and the goods were concentrated in Amsterdam, they would still be able to obtain high profits through the commercial system they had already formed.

As for the handicrafts that are to be lived or died, they do not have much to say. The state is oligarchs and bankers, maritime merchants.

It seems that this condition is tempting, but the problem is still there. Can the fleets of these Chinese merchants trade in Amsterdam with the attraction of low tariffs alone? Instead of finding a way to trade directly with the rest of the country?

In all these negotiations, it is always necessary to give up a part of the interests, but where to give it up?

Moreover, although the proportion of raw silk and other trade in the trade volume of Indian companies is not large at this time, it also hurts the interests of Indian companies.

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In the midst of all these plans and contradictions, Chen Jian sent people to Amsterdam.

After the date was set, the same two identical "fairs" that were familiar to Chen Jian and some of his employees as if they were women cooking were held at the same time.

The news spread quickly, and the Netherlands was a religiously tolerant and open country, and a gathering place for philosophers, scientists, atheists, and other heresies.

There were also a large number of nobles, envoys, merchants, and burghers who liked to be lively.

These people only knew that a new batch of goods had arrived, but they did not see the shocking scene with their own eyes.

Nothing else, a hot air balloon is enough to shock the citizens of the two cities and the nobles who visit.

Flying is the dream of human beings, and not only the Chinese people will go crazy about it, but also here.

But that's not all.

The flat glass that had crossed the ocean was glued together with a wooden frame to create a glass house that was considered one of the top works of art in Europe at this time.

If you look at it only from an artistic point of view, it's nothing. But this is the first time that glass and wood-framed glue are used to combine a transparent glass room that can accommodate three or five people to sigh inside, revealing a luxurious and mysterious atmosphere everywhere.

Wide silver-plated glass mirrors are placed nearby, and various types of haha mirrors are as always a means of attraction.

The hot air balloon lifted off to push the atmosphere to the peak of madness, and the telescope, which was three years earlier than Europe, made many aristocrats indulge in the world that had been pulled closer.

So much so that when the news from this side reached the battlefield in the south, Spinola, who had returned from Spain, was silent for a long time and sighed: "Now, I can't see him, but he can already see me." ”

This, of course, refers to Morris.

In addition to these, the kerosene lamps that can be placed on both sides of the carriage for lighting at night, and various small toys that use the center of gravity to confuse their vision, also amazed the citizens.

But the most surprising thing is photography, simple and monotonous black and white photos, set off a wave of craze, those more realistic than any painter painted, street scenes, portraits, all demonstrate the power of science to change the world.

Of course, there is also a "photo book" that has been prepared in the fleet, and the photos in it are all carefully selected by Chen Jian, with some simple annotations.

For example, the kind of children who won the first photography art award and looked forward to the return of the sea boat, just a few words of annotation gave the dull black and white photos a taste of art.

The most in the "Photography Collection" are still a few photos deliberately selected by Chen Jian.

The wood-rail railway network in the Nan'an mining area is as dense as a snake, the horse-drawn mine carts full of ore are posed on it, the most prosperous neighborhood in Mincheng, the batch of renovated slum buildings in Mincheng, the ships docked at the wharf at noon to calculate marine insurance, the coastal forts in Mincheng, the huge fortress in the coastal fortress area of the capital, and the building complex of the National People's Assembly in the capital...... and the iconic, elevated canal aqueduct of the Nan'an Canal.

There's nothing more visually stunning than a photograph that has made countless people want to take a look at this photo book as soon as it spreads.

People always fantasize about a country in a distant place that mysteriously puts an end to all suffering here, and it is no different here.

The less you know, the more mysterious you are, the more you yearn for it. All the photos that can be left in the photo album are carefully selected by Chen Jian, and the half-hour exposure required at this time also ensures that the characters are dull or serious, and the scenes that are willing to be taken by people who have learned photography skills are bound to be shocking.

People in Amsterdam or The Hague have seen the market. Some have been to the Spice Islands, some have lived in Granada, some have a home in Paris, and some have come from the north to serve in the Morris Army......

But even if they have seen the market, even if the world they have seen is already halfway around the world, they still can't skimp on any beautiful words in the face of these deliberately selected shocking things.

Guns, art, cities, architecture...... When all this is present and beyond the senses of the people at this time, the mystery and the power of the imagination become an indelible first impression.

The mysterious country is like the Atlantis of ancient Greek legends, and all this that Jian Chen focuses on showing is the scene of Sir Francis Bacon's fantasy work that reveals the supremacy of science and utopian socialism. Even if that book had not yet been published, it was undoubtedly the limit of scientific supremacy imaginable at this time.

For a while, the swearings that originally looked strange in the fleet became a new experiment and fashion. The odd-looking cutlery has also become a symbol of elegance. Tea drinking, which had just become popular but had become accustomed to in the fleet, quickly became a more elegant pastime.

When we communicate with each other, there is never nobility or lowliness in some behaviors, but only whether the civilization is strong or not, and sometimes we don't even need to be strong, just a kind of mystery.

The most ordinary citizen could not think of how these cotton cloths, which far exceeded the limits of their arms, were woven.

The most ordinary businessman, however, was full of interest, and even some coincidence, in the stock exchange and futures exchange spoken by the crew members who spoke a few words of Dutch.

It is incomprehensible and incomprehensible to the most ordinary nobles that they can't figure out why this mysterious country has no hereditary nobles.

The most ordinary officer, unable to think of how in the face of a salvo from this densely packed army, could guarantee that morale would not collapse.

Those who were the most unusual finally understood that Jian Chen was preparing to expand his influence, relying on the Dutch fleet to spread everything that happened here, waiting for British, French, and even Lisbon and Venice merchants to come here to communicate.

So the negotiations, which were deliberately delayed by Jian Chen, quickly got on the right track.

Chen Jian's conditions have also begun to be introduced, and all this needs to be done before people from other countries come or Chen Jian leaves.

The conditions are secretive, you need to come and go, and the bottom line has been determined.

China and the Netherlands signed a treaty on colonial ownership and maritime territory on the high seas of navigation recognized by the two countries, and enlisted Britain, France, Denmark and other countries to sign it. The Netherlands signed a contract to allow the activities of the International Federation of Charities for the Lives and Injuries in the Netherlands. The Chinese Republic expressed moral support for the independence of the Netherlands and allowed the arms trade.

Recognize the treaties signed by the Dutch with the princes of the Spice Islands, and recognize their right to sail and monopolize spices there. But correspondingly, the fleet of the Republic has freedom of navigation and passage, and must not be hindered.

The Chinese Republic gave up the trade of spices to Europe at the expense of the Dutch Indian Company in the ports of Asia, and the republic's fleet had the right to dock. It can be inspected by the Netherlands and guaranteed that no spice smuggling will be carried out.

Amsterdam exempted the Republic's trading ships from customs duties, and the Nanyang Trading Company guaranteed to dock and trade only in Amsterdam for five years. Similarly, Dutch privateers were not allowed to raid and plunder the fleet of the Republic of Nanyang Trading Company, and the Dutch fleet had the responsibility to protect the fleet of the Nanyang Trading Company when it was close to Europe.

It was agreed that credit transactions would be carried out in Amsterdam, and that a Pacific route could be opened, and only cotton and handicraft goods would be traded with Dutch trading posts in the Spice Islands region. Dutch ships were not allowed to trade in the Republic or in the places of emigration without permission, and the Dutch India Company was obliged to prevent the formation of the Dutch "East" India Company. When necessary, the Dutch Indian Company in Asia may draw on the fleet and soldiers of the Republic Nanyang Trading Company on a mercenary, private, and non-diplomatic basis, and pay them accordingly.

It's just some bottom line, or just the surface of a bargain.

Some things are so easy that the fledgling Indian companies would be very happy as long as they were not touched, and it seemed that they could use their power to fight Portugal and the British. And Chen Jian will not be interested in this kind of thing that has at most twenty years to make but wants to offend a group of countries to kill people and win wild, but he can pretend to be interested.

Some things are just a façade.

For example, the arms trade and mercenaries. The former is just a formality, no matter whether it is signed or not, as long as it is profitable, it cannot be stopped at all. The latter mercenaries, there is no such form in the country, and it is impossible to have this possibility, rather than going to sell their lives, it is better to go to the Great Wilderness City to reclaim. But it is possible to scare Spain, which does not know the truth, as a condition for negotiations with Spain, because mercenaries are very popular here.

Some are the inevitability of the oligarchy republic of commercial capital. Tariffs are not too difficult to talk about in a country where commercial capital is overwhelmingly dominant and handicrafts are silent, and he has a network of contacts and smuggling channels for other countries, as well as solid shipping routes and lower shipping costs.