The Dutch, of course, did not want to hand over their colonies to the Tang people, many of which they had been operating for centuries and were economic wealth that brought great benefits to the Dutch. But reality is reality, and the Dutch can't keep those colonies in front of the British.www.biquge.info In fact, on the other hand, Britain did not do much to the Dutch East Indies colonies, only attacking the Dutch colonies in Sumatra. In this plane, the British suffered greater losses before, and their thirst for compensation was stronger, and with new warships, it was not impossible to attack more Dutch East Indies colonies.

Naturally, in addition to the threat from the British, the Dutch sensed a threat from the Dons. Chu Bai came to Amsterdam in person and came up with this agreement, which itself carried a strong connotation of coercion. Chu Bai was even more afraid to tell the Dutch that the Tang Dynasty had more than 40,000 troops that could be mobilized in the entire Southeast Asia, and more than 80,000 troops in the Qing Kingdom, and the fleet of the Tang Navy in the Far East had more than ten advanced warships, which was enough to destroy any enemy on this planet.

This kind of military strength directly scared the Dutch, the Dutch don't know how much water the Tang people mixed in this number, but considering that the British military strength in India is less than 10,000 people, it has caused such a big trouble to the Dutch, even if the strength of the Tang army is one-tenth of what they say, with more powerful weapons, then the Dutch will be difficult to resist.

Since the Tang Dynasty opened up overseas territories in Borneo, the Dutch have always been cautious, and the Dutch East India Company even required all employees of the company not to provoke the Tang people and not to break out any armed conflict with the Tang army. Because the Dutch recognized it very well. They could not fight the Tang in Southeast Asia. The military strength of the Tang people is too strong. And since the Tang people defeated the Qing state. Even the Japanese Okuwa was cut off, the islands of Guwei in the north and south were occupied, and these areas were used as bases to station forces, and the strength of the Tang army in the Far East rose to a higher level.

Any country in Europe that can come up with a standing army of more than 100,000 personnel is already a power among the great powers. In fact, even if it is a military power like Britain, France, and Prussia, there is no time for a big war. It is also impossible to have 100,000 troops. Historians generally believe that Britain's 50,000-strong army may have been expanded at the outbreak of war. As a benchmark European continental power, Prussia's army reached 80,000 at the peak of Frederick I, and was later reduced to 30,000. King Frederick William I expanded his army to 80,000, and during Frederick II's reign, he expanded his army to more than 100,000.

Taking Britain as an example, the Waterloo War in the other side can be said to be the pinnacle of the war in Europe before the world war, and the British army led by Wellington totaled 68,000 men, and these people were not all Britons. The specific structure is as follows: from Britain and Ireland: 25000; From the Netherlands: 17000; from Hanover: 11000; From Braunschweig: 6000; From Nassau: 3000; From the rest of Germany: 6000.

In fact, this structure is also very similar to the current Tang Army, and the core and main force of the Tang Army's ground forces come from the regular army of the Tang Dynasty. The combat force is about 40,000 people; followed by the Wuwei Army and the Wuyi Army, which nominally belonged to the Qing army, with a total strength of 60,000 troops; The second is the German Foreign Legion, the Yamato Corps and the Panama Foreign Legion, which have a strength of nearly 50,000 troops. It is simply a comparison of military strength, and among the European powers of this era, there is hardly any country that can reach this level of standing army.

Of course, the Netherlands were very afraid, the British in the front, the Tang in the back, no matter who they fought with, they couldn't beat it, and the colony was basically lost. It can be said that Datang has grasped the current situation in the Netherlands and actively fell into the ground. It can be said that the best choice in front of the Dutch is to obey the proposal of the Tang Dynasty and transfer the colony in their hands to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty would sign a treaty with the Netherlands, which would further affirm the Dutch wealth interests in the region and open up other overseas territories in Southeast Asia to the Dutch for business. Finally, a sum of money was immediately provided to the Netherlands for the purchase of various weapons and industrial products of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the Dutch East India was sold, at least it was sold at the price of the Tang people, not to mention the price, if the British took it, the Dutch really couldn't get a penny.

Despite the inefficiency of the political system of the Dutch, in the face of such a matter of stake, almost total efficiency was mobilized. This is also because as the largest company in the Netherlands, the Dutch East India Company has too many interests involved, I don't know how many nobles are shareholders of this company, if the British really take away the East Indies colony, then the Dutch East India Company will be finished, and the nobles as shareholders may even lose their pants. Now that it was handed over to the Tang, a series of plantations and lands still belonged to the Dutch East India Company, and they could continue to trade in Batavia, Makassar, and even later to Siam, and so long as the trade routes were maintained, there was hope for the Dutch East India Company.

Therefore, in the entanglement and expectation of the nobles and capitalists across the country, Van der Spiegel officially signed the "Tanghe Amsterdam Treaty" with Chubai in Amsterdam, which officially confirmed all the Dutch colonies in the East Indies, including Batavia, Malacca, Padang, Makassar, and Maluku Islands, and the sovereignty belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and all the wealth of the Dutch East India Company and other Dutch companies in the local area was protected by the Tang Dynasty and was controlled by the local laws of the Tang Dynasty in the future. Clauses such as trade and lending also appeared in the treaty, and the Amsterdam Treaty was basically the same as Chu Bai's original words.

The signing of the treaty also made people see the status and influence of the Tang Dynasty, even if the European powers such as the Netherlands still had to submit to the Tang Dynasty in order to continue to survive.

On the second day after the treaty was signed, the Tang envoy to Britain officially handed over a copy of the treaty to the British government, and hoped that there would be no misunderstanding between Tang and Ying, and if any ships tried to attack all the land of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would definitely not let it go easily, and would definitely fight back.

At the same time, a clipper ship departed from Amsterdam and hurried to the East Indies to convey the spirit of the treaty and the intention of the Dutch government to the Dutch there. This was a time when there was a real deal of foreign monarchy, and there was no effective communication between Europe and the colonies. Datang also decided to further promote the development of telegraph in European countries, at least so that its governments could have normal communication channels. Looking at it now, the convenience of this kind of news dissemination will always help Datang more than banning them from having a telegram. (To be continued.) )