Chapter 252: Fighting and Plotting (Double Change)
From ancient times to the present, the Chinese have paid attention to fighting wars with the army, followed by the war, then the army, and then the siege; The siege of the city is a last resort.
It can be said that Yu Bowen's diplomatic strategy uses the first two sentences, on the one hand, to protest against the violation of sovereignty by the Netherlands and Spain, and at the same time, to let the domestic suggestion, in line with his actions, the deployment of warships from the mainland to garrison Hong Kong and cruise is just a strategy, if the Dutch insist on ten days and half a month, it is estimated that they will be able to understand the authenticity.
It was only Yu Bowen who made a good connection with the Spanish hatred of the Dutch, so that the Dutch had to make concessions, and finally agreed to carve out a piece of territory near the Malacca Sea for Australia.
This time, they learned to be obedient, and did not give Australia the land that nominally belonged to the Netherlands, but was not actually controlled by themselves, but actually handed over a piece of land to the Australians.
When the two sides signed the treaty, Yu Bowen was full of spring breeze, and he was proud that he had diplomatically exchanged a piece of land for Australia, and no matter who he would write in the future.
It's just that in stark contrast to him, the faces of Van Bowen and other Dutch officials were basically expressionless, and they refused to attend even the dinner after signing, and left early.
What the Dutch think can't do so much to Bowen, what he has to do is to strive for the best interests of Australia, as for the rest, it is not for him to consider, and this matter has always been done by the Dutch themselves, if they don't pay a little price, how can they increase their memory.
Looking at the agreement between Nigeria and Malacca, Yu Bowen's face unconsciously showed a smile, gently picked up the agreement, and then handed it to his assistant Fei Zhangsong.
"Now it's time for us to go to the Spaniards and the English to get our land back." Yu Bowen chuckled, and his eyes were already looking out the window.
"Mr. Carlos, it's a pleasure to meet you this time, you can take a look at this agreement first, and if there is anything unclear, I can explain it to you." The meeting room inside the consulate. Carlos, the representative of the King of Spain, was drinking coffee ground from Brazil with his legs crossed, immersed in a beautiful fantasy.
Suddenly, Yu Bowen's voice sounded in his ears, pulling him back to reality. He had to greet Yu Bowen with a smile and walked towards him with his assistant.
"Deal, damn it, the Dutch don't have the right to decide the sovereignty of Guyana, which is sacred to Spain." Carlos put the agreement on the coffee table with some anger and said angrily.
"Mr. Carlos. You're right, but as far as we know, the Dutch were the first to have sovereignty over this territory, and now that they have transferred sovereignty to us, I don't think the Spanish friends will not fail to return our territory. ”
Yu Bowen's words made Carlos speechless for a while, he really didn't know what to say, just a second ago he was still immersed in the fact that the Spanish Army, which had obtained a large number of Australian munitions, could defeat the French and the Dutch, but on the back foot, he found that the Dutch had successfully led the disaster to himself.
The Dutch were deliberately pulling the Australians in, adding to their hatred of Carlos, and he swore he wouldn't make the rebellious people feel good if he had the chance. But for now, it still needs to be explained by the Australians.
The Australian elders would never give up so easily once they got involved, and when he saw that the final clause of the agreement also included the places occupied by the British, Carlos felt a wave of ecstasy, and this time the Dutch seemed to be in the same hole as the English.
Spain has a vast territory in South America, and even if it is not possible to give these islands and Guyana to Australia, there is actually nothing lacking. But getting Australians to reach into South America is not what they want to see.
The old greed of Australia can be compared with the Dutch, they are all bloodsucking devils, but compared to the Netherlands, the Australians still have strong military strength, which the Netherlands does not have.
So this matter must be carefully considered, if you can. He was even willing to give out land in Luzon in exchange.
Although Luzon was also important to the Spanish compared to the geographical location of South America, the Spaniards knew better which was more important than the plundered wealth of South America.
Mr. Consul. As a friend, we can give sovereignty over this territory to Australia, but we would like to exchange a piece of land in Luzon for what you think.
For Australia, which had just acquired a piece of land in Malacca from the Dutch, it was not in practical interest to have a colony in Luzon, and Australia had acquired a piece of land in South America to consider its future involvement in South American affairs.
"Mr. Carlos, I think you misunderstood that we only need this territory. Rest assured, we have no interest in the rest of your territory in South America, and the English have readily agreed to transfer sovereignty over the places under their control to Australia, and we will pay England twenty-six hundred thousand silver dollars in compensation so that the Australian friends do not lose anything. ”
260,000, a figure that was absolutely nothing for the once wealthy Spain, but it was a lot of money for the Spanish Empire, which was in financial crisis at this time.
In consideration of the loss of our Spanish friends, we will also compensate you for the same cost, which you can choose to buy Australian goods and weapons.
Weapons goods, this is simply too tempting for Spain, especially weapons, if there are these 260,000, Spain can form a battalion of nearly 1,000 Australian infantry, maybe you can also buy a few high-powered caliber artillery.
Once Spain acquires new weapons, it will shock the whole of Europe, and the era that belongs to Spain will come anew.
"Mr. Consul, are you telling the truth, if these are true, I think His Majesty the King will agree, before I want to see the agreement signed by the English, I don't know if it is possible."
The cautious Carlos does not think that the British will agree so easily because of Yu Bowen's words, and he will only believe whether the agreement is true after reading it.
"Of course this is okay, Yu Bowen happily asked Fei Zhangxiang behind him to present the transfer agreement signed by the British to him, and after a few minutes of reading, he made sure that there was really no problem, and then he spoke: Spain is willing to hand over the sovereignty of these lands to Australia, but you also need to promise our requirements, in order to show sincerity, I hope that Australian friends can deliver a thousand rifles to our country first, what do you think."
"Well, no problem," Yu Bowen smiled and picked up a bottle of wine on the coffee table and filled it for Carlos, poured himself a full glass, and finally clinked glasses with the other party: "I hope we have a happy cooperation." (To be continued.) )