The Dutch bit the hook and began negotiations in a very low-key manner, with an initial period of five years, starting from the 8th year of the Republic (22 years) and ending with the 12th year of the Republic (26 years), and the two sides were exempted from all import and export duties. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the agreement expires, either party can propose to terminate it, which is a test to put it bluntly. Once the experiment for outsiders is successful, it may be difficult for countries like Britain, France and Germany to join, but those small countries, even economic powerhouses like Switzerland and Italy, will probably want to join.

Britain's attempt to reject China's intervention in European affairs is not so easy to succeed, but this matter still needs to be communicated with the British.

It is difficult for the British government, and the Chinese government has a very good attitude, and intends to abide by the newly signed agreement, but this matter, preventing the economic cooperation between the Netherlands and China, will not only offend the Dutch, but also arouse the vigilance of other European countries, which will think that Britain interferes in their affairs.

But don't stop it, China's economic ties with the Netherlands will definitely allow China's influence to penetrate into Europe, and it will indeed affect the interests of Britain, as a big country, Britain also has a relatively complete industrial chain, China exports to the Netherlands, British products will definitely be affected.

After discussion, Britain believed that it still could not give the European continent countries the impression that Britain interfered in their internal affairs, and if the economic agreement between China and the Netherlands was blocked, the political losses could not be made up economically, so they could only grit their teeth and make blessings to the Sino-Dutch economic free trade area, and sang a high profile that this was exactly the free trade that the British Empire always adhered to.

The Netherlands bites the hook, and Sweden, Denmark and Finland, several small countries, are also very interested and willing to join this cooperation, anyway, it's only five years, and if it doesn't happen, what if it happens? Try it, try it and won't get pregnant, the domestic market is small and can squeeze people to death European countries continue to join, mainly small countries, the largest is Switzerland in Central Europe, they want to sell more watches.

In just two months, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia joined the trade agreement, and the trade agreement was changed from the Sino-Dutch Free Trade Area to the Central European Free Trade Area.

A large number of countries also invited Yang Chao to visit, the first stop was Czechoslovakia, and the next stop was Switzerland.

When he left the Netherlands, Yang Chao was quite a pity, but it was a pity that he could not go to the Dutch countryside to visit Wilhelm II, and by the way, he ridiculed this arrogant king.

Because I was too busy, I didn't bother to take care of it.

However, Olga has been to see Wilhelm II, but with Olga's good temper, he will definitely not laugh at others, and I am afraid that it is another etiquette greeting between nobles.

Olga praised Yang Chao about the beauty of the Dutch countryside, windmills, canals and pastures, an idyllic scene.

Of course, the rate of country houses of the Dutch reached 43% more than 300 years ago, that is, in the Ming Dynasty, half of the Dutch owned country houses, and more than half of the country's population was a wealthy middle class.

It is a pity that time has passed, finance is too developed, a large amount of capital has entered the field of international trade, the whole nation has become a rentier class, no one is engaged in industry, all the labor force except for fishing and shipbuilding, is engaged in trade and trade services, as a result, the poor ghosts in Britain began the industrial revolution, the technological explosion of the industrial revolution soon overthrew the past trade methods, steamships replaced steamboats, the Dutch even lost trade, and the financial industry that was pinned on the cornerstone of trade also collapsed.

Thankfully, their ancestors, Ning Gou, had left them too much of a legacy, and their investments before the industrialization of Britain were paid back by the British for hundreds of years, so they kept a beautiful countryside.

"Like it? The place in Siberia where the pastures are to be made is bigger and more beautiful than in the Netherlands. ”

Yang Chao told Oliga.

The couple left the Netherlands hand in hand, and their first stop was Czechoslovakia.

Austria-Hungary left too many industrial resources to this country, but unfortunately, after the collapse of Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia not only lost a huge imperial market, but also went to the sea where Austria-Hungary expanded to the sea, which became a landlocked country, they had to face the same predicament as Switzerland, how to export?

Their natural outlet to the sea is through Germany, exported in the port of Hamburg.

Yang Chao's advice to buy her was: "Go south, through southern Europe to Greece." ”

To the south, it is closer to China, from Greece to Asia through the Suez Canal, and from Germany to France, Spain and Gibraltar to enter the Mediterranean, and eventually to pass through the waters near Greece, which is equivalent to a plain detour.

But go to Greece, this is very difficult, their closest distance is through Hungary, Serbia, and Macedonia to reach Thessaloniki, after the coordination of the customs of the three countries, railway scheduling is a big problem, if you go north, whether it is through Germany or Poland, you only need to pass through one country, and to the south Austria and Italy are only two countries.

Czechoslovakia wanted to go to sea through Austria through Italian ports, because after all, Austria was once a country, and the Austrians were obviously better at dealing with each other, and it was easier to communicate with the Slavs in southern Serbia, after all, the Czech soldiers fought with Serbian and Russian Slavic soldiers in World War I.

Yang Chao did not intend to interfere in the economic activities of Czechoslovakia, but suggested that they could slowly negotiate with the countries of southern Europe, and that the Chinese merchant fleet would have independently operated ports in Greece, and once Czechoslovakia could open a passage to the south, trade with China would be very smooth.

Czechoslovakia, of course, also wanted to get out of this geographical predicament and decided to make a diplomatic attempt.

Yang Chao then visited Czechoslovakia's partners, Skoda Industrial Group and automotive companies.

After Clement helped Laulin set up a factory in Qingdao, Laulin presided over the R&D and production tasks, while Clement himself returned to Czechoslovakia to take up residence in the small town of Mladá Boleslav, the headquarters of their automobile company, hoping to expand into the European market.

Yang Chao knew that Clement was very insistent on producing cars in Czechoslovakia, not only because of interests, but also because of the national dignity of the Czechs, when he was a 26-year-old young bookseller, he liked to ride, but the Czech Republic did not have its own bicycle industry, he used the German side, once the car broke down, he sent the bicycle back to Germany, and wrote a letter, but the Germans even returned the letter to him, because Clement wrote the letter in Czech, and the German only replied with one sentence" If you want us to answer your request, then at least in our language", and Clement, who was deeply emotionally sold, was introduced by a friend to work with Laurin, a mechanic, to build his own bicycle.

They named the company Slavia, which means slave in Czech, and used it to motivate themselves.

For hundreds of years, the Czechs lived with the Germans, always competing with the Germans, and they did whatever the Germans did, and even created a complete industrial system from textiles, wood processing, shoemaking, glass making, beer brewing, metallurgy, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing, etc.

Therefore, since the Middle Ages, the Czech Republic has been an industrial powerhouse under the rule of the Habsburgs, and the proportion of industry in the economy is even higher than that of Germany, and after the transition from the Soviet Russian system, they were also the first country in the former Soviet countries to become a developed country.

Yang Chao still admires the spirit of the Czechs, just like Poland, they have been oppressed by the Germans for a long time, and their national cohesion is very strong.

Czechoslovakia is located in the hinterland of Central Europe, especially the Czech Republic is only a small basin surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is no outlet to the sea, and there is no rich mineral resources, so they rely on industry to feed themselves, and now their market is shrinking, and they urgently need a huge market, and the last car market is not in the United States, but China is still very promising.

But Yang Chao prefers Skoda to put production in China, but the Czech Republic can do some research and development, but this is not in line with the development ideas of this era, and before the formation of an international intellectual property protection system, it is difficult for R&D to become wealth in such a small country.

However, Yang Chao did not insist, thinking that he found that there were some problems with Skoda's business ideas, or that they were guided by the situation, they are now designing and manufacturing luxury cars of the Hispano Suiza brand, and the luxury is outrageous, according to the design budget, the site alone is higher than the price of Rolls-Royce's vehicle.

In order to curry favor with Yang Chao, Clement granted the first car to the beloved President of the Czechs, Masaryk, who led Czechoslovakia, but the second car to Yang Chao.

is very clever in tackling key problems, Yang Chao can't think about it, and once Yang Chao accepts it, they will definitely make a big fuss, and China's rich will definitely buy it enthusiastically, and now Maybach has an opponent.

But it doesn't matter, Maybach is a brand, and the automobile industry can only develop by producing cars for the middle class, and one or two luxury cars can't support this industry.

However, this time Yang Chao thought about it, when the news that Clement's second car was given to Yang Chao was announced, it caused an uproar, and the Chinese felt that Skoda looked down on people and should give the first car to Yang Chao, and there was naturally Maybach behind the scenes.

As a result, the Skoda car was given away in vain.

That's another story, I spent only three days in Czechoslovakia, one day in a car factory, one day in communication with Czech officials, and the last day in Prague before going to Switzerland.

At this time, the formation was delayed, and the trip to Switzerland had to be canceled, because of the earthquake in Japan, the Great Kanto Earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people died, and more than two million people were homeless.

Under the banner of saving Japan, Yang Chao immediately set off for East Asia. (To be continued.) )