Chapter 350: Territory

It has been two days since the news of the marriage of the Spanish princess Sophia and the youngest nobleman in Australia, Yu Bowen, who has made a lot of noise on the European continent.

No matter how reluctant the anti-Habsburg side was, this has already become a reality, the wedding arrangements are already underway, and Filip IV is already eager for the two young men to complete the wedding as soon as possible, so that Spain can be regarded as a real Australian magnate.

For the wedding gift of this future son-in-law, Fili IV was also very attentive, and after thinking about it, he decided to give all the land north of Kalimantan to Sophia and the future grandson in the womb.

The child who was not even born and didn't even know whether it was a man or a woman was also crowned by his grandfather, Duke Aobot, from the point of view of the gift, it is indeed very good, and it is a prince above, but after all, Sophia is just a princess.

The reason why the territory sent to Kaliman Bataan is actually considered by Fili IV, the power here is complicated, there are Dutch and Australians, and there are Portuguese who have always been unwilling to become part of Spain here, plus the local Islamic kingdom, it can be said that the environment is very complicated.

The Australians have made great moves here, especially the recent activities of Blackwater, the Landaq Kingdom on the island has been secretly controlled by Blackwater, and in addition to their export and sales of rifles to the countries on the island, Spain is definitely in a difficult situation if it wants to continue to expand its influence here.

Not to mention dealing with those countries, even dealing with the Dutch made Spain very difficult, the defeat of Dayuan Island has completely lost the invincible aura of the Spaniards, and now the Dutch are in an absolute advantage at sea, and it is right to do not rob Spain's treasure ship from South America.

Moreover, the Viceroyalty of Batavia was under the control of the Dutch East India Company, whose goal was to establish a strong enough colony in the Far East and monopolize the spice shipment.

How could they possibly allow the Spaniards to continue to expand their power in Kalimantan, if the Australians did not come, perhaps the Dutch would not pay much attention to it. But according to the information provided by the Australians, there is a coal mine on the island with very large reserves, and the largest energy consumed by the steam engine is coal.

The reason why the Australians came here is to develop the coal here, and to develop the island's resources with the Dutch, both sides are collaborators in the steamship project.

It can be said that the Dutch have a clear advantage, they rely on the weapons provided by Australia, and the military cooperation with the Australians basically dominates Kalimantan, and the Spaniards want to have a say in this place is not at all different.

But that's different now. Spain gave the land to Princess Sofia's child, who by law would officially take over the land at the age of sixteen, and until then it would be managed by the Spanish crown.

This gave Spain an indirect opportunity in the mining process, as long as Sofia, the mother of His Royal Highness the Duke of Aubot, was writing a power of attorney.

And Spain does not have to be afraid that the Dutch and the Australians are coming to snatch this territory, the owner of the territory, the Duke of Obote, is an Australian magnate, even if others have ideas, he will try his best to maintain and even fight for it.

The Spaniards are interested in this point, knowing that whether it is the Dutch or the Australians, if they want to fight this territory, the idea depends on the meaning of Bowen. According to the investigation, Yu Bowen's identity is not simple, can a person who can have direct contact with the Australian president at a young age be an ordinary person, and the president personally called the Spanish royal family. Greetings and blessings to the royal family, saying that this is the biggest step taken by the two countries.

It is indeed the biggest step that has been taken, and the marriage between the royal family and the powerful Australian aristocracy will inevitably affect the decision-making of the top management, just like the marriage between other nobles in Europe. It is directly related to the right to the realm and the succession to the throne. This kind of inheritance relationship of remote houses is absolutely impossible to happen if it is placed in Daming.

Of course, Yu Bowen can naturally see this relationship. If this is not visible, it means that his political consciousness is too low, and he cannot even be a qualified diplomat. For a diplomat, qualified political literacy is very important.

Since the Spaniards just wanted to get a piece of the cooperative mining pie, in fact, there was no loss for Bowen, and the plan for Kalimantan Island was originally done by Blackwater at the instigation of a group of domestic capitalists.

Moreover, as a supernumerary, he did not participate in this plan, so it can be said that the future interests of this have nothing to do with him, and now the Spaniards doing this is equivalent to sending the benefits to him, and he cannot give up stupidly.

He said that this land was nominally his son's, and that Australia would be on his side even if there were any differences in the future, and that it was unlikely that the Spaniards would want to play with words, so he did not object to the Spaniards' actions.

As for the domestic idea, President Zhou Aiguo also communicated with him in an ocean-going telegram, saying that it would not pose a threat to Australia's interests, and that the power of Kalimantan Island Judging from the current situation, Australia has occupied an absolute priority, and the puppet government plan of Blackwater is eating away the kingdom of the entire island step by step.

Once Blackwater controls the kingdom of the entire island, it is equivalent to Australia controlling here, and it is absolutely unreasonable to say that the actions behind Blackwater do not have the support of the government, and Blackwater cannot do it by itself just by exporting such a large amount of weapons supply.

With the use of thermal weaponization in the kingdom of the island, it is bound to cause a lot of trouble to Spain and other forces, as for whether it will cause trouble to Australia, in fact, there will be, but Australia does not need to be afraid at all, because when supporting one force, leaving another force to contain, as long as there are bad ideas, Blackwater can directly support another force to come to power.

For example, the relationship between countries is not very friendly, and it also creates a natural opportunity for Blackwater to easily resolve problems as long as they support the opponent of another country, and they don't even have to send troops to interfere.

So even if this territory is developed and occupied by the Spaniards for sixteen years, they can't stay here without Australia's consent if they want to have other ideas, and they don't even need the Australians to take action in person, as long as they command a group of younger brothers, they can't eat and walk, not to mention that there are Dutch people by their side, they won't mind falling into the well. (To be continued......)