As an island country, England was mainly focused on the struggle for hegemony on the European continent before the 17th century, and did not regard sea power as much as that of later generations, until after defeating the Spanish Armada, the British began to pay attention to the struggle for maritime supremacy.

If nothing else, at the end of this century, Britain will completely take over the scepter of the Dutch maritime empire, become the new maritime hegemon, and influence the development and progress of the whole world in the next two centuries.

But with the advent of the butterfly effect, everything is possible, Spain, which was originally on the road to the end of the road all the way downhill, began to return to the light, relying on the weapons and equipment obtained from the Australians to quickly recover the defeat in the European battlefield, and won enough time for the Habsburgs to counterattack.

Now that the Dutch and the English had become allies, the two sides were fighting for many overseas territories, but after all, the alliance in the European theater made the two families sit down to abandon their past and fight together against the Spanish attack.

The English did play a key role in the war on the continent, especially in the newly independent Netherlands.

The British helped the Dutch against Spain, the purpose of which was to contain Spain's hegemony on the European continent.

The British's influence on the continent was to balance their territory here, but since the advent of the Australians, their focus has been clearly on the sea.

The future is the age of the seas, and it is undeniable that Spain and the Netherlands have brought back great wealth from the sea, and it is said that the English have issued a great voyage plan to build two hundred ships for the next two years.

A lot of thought has been put into the plan here, but the plan is always a plan, and I was stillborn before I did an internship, why? That must be inseparable from the steamship projects of the Dutch and the steamships of the Spaniards.

The English did have a partnership with Australia, but the two sides were more from cultural exchanges, and business exchanges also limited arms sales.

To become an ally of Australia like the Dutch, there is still a long way to go, and it may not always work.

The Dutch were able to provide trade services to Australia by sea, while Spain was an old and weak empire. But its maritime transport capacity is not low, and it can also provide this service to Australians, especially in the Far East, where the number of ships in both countries can be said to be several times that of England.

For the first time, the English felt the pressure, and the little confidence that England had just had to squeeze into the hopes of the seafaring powers was shattered in an instant.

But the brave English, how could they be stumped by such a small thing, it is not the habit of the English to retreat in the face of difficulties, they began to find ways to persuade the Australians to cooperate with them to establish a shipyard, and even put forward a lot of preferential terms.

But for Australians, the conditions are preferential and useless. The production of steam engines is indeed limited, and the number of units that can be produced each year is completely determined according to the existing production scale, Australia does not want to expand production, but the market squeeze brought about by expanding production will also be not small.

In addition to providing ships every year, the steam engine factory is also responsible for the steam engine orders of large industrial factories and mines across the country, so there is not so much energy to do it.

It is a bit of helplessness to say that the cooperation project with the Dutch on a steam engine ship is not the real idea of the Australians, and everyone can see that this technology will change in the future. So more and more people are starting to pay attention to it.

The more attention it has, the higher its market value, and the higher the market value, the more marketable it is. However, once the cooperation with the English would mean that the price of ships of the same price would fall, this is absolutely true.

The two shipyards already had a competitive relationship, and if there was another one, the market would be chaotic, and the British had no advantage in soldiers.

With these factors in mind, it is natural that there will be no cooperation. However, it cannot be said that there is no chance of cooperation at all, and once the partnership between the Netherlands and Spain and Australia is dissolved, it will be the best attacking moment.

But when that moment comes, England is likely to miss out on a great voyage, perhaps in the next few hundred years.

Since there is no cooperation with the Australians. It's still okay with other people, such as the Dutch, the Dutch don't have many troops on the European continent, and the main reason is that they can't fight with the Spaniards to eat each other, so they have to rely on England as an ally.

England were the main allies of the Dutch, and the twins' cooperation on the continent on several occasions proved that the level of chemistry between them was very good.

So the English sent representatives to Amsterdam to negotiate with the Dutch nobles about the purchase of ships.

As the overlord of the sea, the Dutch certainly knew the power of steamships, but if they were not sold to England, it would hurt the feelings of the allies between the two countries, and if they did, it would be a threat to themselves.

But now the Dutch dare to agree, after all, the ship has not been officially delivered, so far it is only a sea trial, the distance to the launch of the sea trial is still two concepts, and the most important thing is that the Dutch are not willing to sell, they themselves only have 60 to 70 ships a year, this is not enough for them to replace all the ships in the country.

You said that you sold it, didn't you find a rival for yourself? While the cooperation on the European continent is very pleasant, it is not so pleasant in North America and elsewhere.

The Dutch still have scruples, after all, there is a conflict of interest between the two sides. But if you were to say that it was not sold at all, there was a good chance that the English would withdraw from the existing league system, and the main thing would be that the Spaniards could also provide this help.

Once the Spaniards were supplied to England and an agreement was reached, the most likely thing was that England would completely help Spain.

This situation is not what the Dutch want to see, after all, the Netherlands does not have many troops in the country, and if it is attacked from both sides, it will still be a little difficult.

In the end, starting from the overall situation, the Dutch decided to sell ten ships to England, so that they could form an alliance with themselves with peace of mind and not think too much about it.

The transaction between the two parties was naturally told by the Dutch, because there was a clear provision in the contract, and it was meaningless for the Dutch to decide Australia, because the ships sold in Australia need to share the profits. (To be continued......)