The 16th and early 17th centuries are considered to be the golden age of Spanish development, during which the Spanish Empire was almost invincible with its vast fleet at sea.

It wasn't until the British defeated the supposedly invincible fleet, the Spanish Armada a few decades ago, that the old empire began to decline, but a big country is a big country after all, and even if it goes downhill, it will not collapse at the touch of a button.

Although Britain defeated Spain with fewer victories and more victories, its dominance at sea was not secure, and neither the number of warships nor the number of merchant ships was as strong as Spain's.

In addition to the emergence of civil war in Britain itself, the war between the king and parliament continued, so that the British did not have more experience in expanding their maritime power, and at the same time, France, a power on the European continent, was not actually strong in overseas expansion**, but tried to defeat Spain to become the most powerful country on the European continent.

As for the German Confederation, it was still at war with the vassal states, so things all together led to the fact that these later Western powers did not become the hegemon of the seas at this time, but allowed the Dutch people in the lowlands, a republic of new bourgeois merchants, to rise.

Although the War of Independence lasted for decades, it did not drag the Dutch economy into a quagmire or even collapse, but on the contrary, it allowed the Dutch to grow stronger and stronger, and in addition to directly fighting the Spanish Army on the battlefields of Europe, they also launched a war of colonies with the Spaniards around the world.

Through history, we may all know that Zheng Chenggong recovered Dayuan Island from the Dutch, but many may not know that in fact, Dayuan was occupied by Spain in history and ruled for 16 years, during this period, the Dutch also had their own trading points in Taiwan.

In 1642, the two sides fought a war for ultimate dominance, which ended in the defeat of the declining Spanish Empire, and the entire island of Oto entered the Dutch era.

But the failed Spaniards did not intend to give up, they made peace on the surface, but behind the scenes they were waiting in Luzon Manila for the right opportunity to regain control of the north, but all this seemed to exist only in their good imagination, the Dutch did not intend to give them this opportunity, in addition to sending two additional warships from Batavia, they also mobilized more than 1,000 soldiers from the mainland to garrison,

Therefore, if the Spaniards did not have other back-ups, it would be difficult for them to succeed by relying on the power of Manila alone, and the Dutch took a fancy to this, and with Britain and Portugal in the way, the declining Spain was no longer able to estimate its interests in Taiwan.

In response to the war between the two sides and the eventual silent withdrawal of Spain from the island of Oto, the European Consul General was in charge of a strongly worded diplomatic statement to Spain and the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.

And repeatedly asserted that Australia existed in the inherent territory of Dayuan, which is an indisputable fact, and even took out a chart made during the Northern Song Dynasty, and evidence that the Song people moved westward into Australia, all of which can show that Dayuan Island was once the territory of Australians.

When the news was released, the first thing to be happy about was that Spain had lost the war, the Australians had sharp firearms, and the huge warships were obvious to all.

Even the king of Spain wondered if he could let the Australians fight the Dutch, so that he could benefit from it, and even if he could not benefit, he could share some of the pressure on Spain.

The sudden intervention of the Australian veteran, who had risen strongly in the Far East, gave Spain hope that although the interests in Dayuan Island could be replaced by the Aussie, at least better than the Dutch.

King Philip IV of Spain even responded to the notice issued by the European Consulate-General, expressing support for Australia's sovereignty over the island of O, and also announcing that he would send a minister to talk to Australia about the return of the Orangian.

As soon as this voice came out, the Dutch immediately became angry, Dayuan Island is no longer in your hands, okay, you still have to negotiate on behalf of the actual owner, it's ridiculous. The president of the Dutch parliament did not respond to the protest submitted by Yu Bowen.

But Yu Bowen's second letter of protest followed again with sharper and more bitter dissatisfaction, and literally, the other side has been seriously warning that if it does not respond, Australia will take the necessary measures to protect its inherent territory.

The Dutch, who were dazed by the harshly worded warning, realized that it was not possible not to respond, after all, the strength of Australia in the Far East was not the old Spanish soldiers.

The Speaker immediately sent someone to the consulate to respond, saying that this was just the way the governor of Batavia went and that the two sides should sit down and have a good talk. In fact, this is just a delaying tactic.

Australia's appeal for the big guy is actually not so big, and now Australia has Hong Kong as a base, as for the big guy, it is completely to fish in troubled waters, look at the bottom line of the Dutch, if the other party can let out part of the interests of the natural good, can not and does not matter, waiting in a few years to instigate the surname of the country to take back.

Well, the negotiators naturally fell on Van Bor, the mayor of Amsterdam, who had close ties to Yu Bowen. The two sides met and talked quite kindly, and there was no momentum of sabre-rattling.

"Mr. Consul, I disagree with the protest raised by your country, as far as we know, it is not the inherent territory of Australia, and this is a treaty signed between the Ming Dynasty and our country, and our government is in strict accordance with the requirements of the Ming government to withdraw and move to Dayuan Island."

The agreement provided by Van Boer was the agreement reached between Naval Commander Ryerson and the local government of Fujian at the time of the invasion of Penghu, and according to the requirements at that time, they were only to withdraw from Penghu and move to Dayuan, which is indeed a matter of fact.

At this time, Yu Bowen is about to use his incorruptible tongue to make it up, Mr. City Officer, we also have the same information in the protest letter we submitted, and we can prove that we have a footnote in the big office, and now that we are back, should your government return it to us.

"Mr. Consul, but the evidence you provided does not show it, and we have not found any traces of Australia on the island, and what you said is only one-sided."

"Evidence, Yu Bowen chuckled, then I will provide it to you, but I am afraid that your government will not agree when it sees it."

"Is this one!" Van Boor was a little difficult, but the Dutch were allowed to trade in Dacheng and act as a relay station for transshipment of goods.

But now, the focus of the discussion between the two sides does not seem to be on this part.