Chapter 235: Diplomatic Protest
Strong attention, serious protests, but the news came back to the mainland, and the local people felt strange no matter how they looked at it, which brought the later set of Yu Bowen to the 17th century.
Shouldn't this kid have seen too much news before, and he has become accustomed to it because of his work, anyway, Yu Bowen's harshly worded condemnation and protest have a great style of later generations, and people have to admire that this guy is from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Now that the Dutch have begun to negotiate, this shows that they still have no bottom in their hearts, and the news from the Far East must have made them dare not easily judge whether they are enemies of the Australians.
But one thing they can be sure of is that the Spaniards will definitely not be able to escape in this matter, there must be their shadow in this, if the Dutch know a classic Internet scolding, they will definitely say that the Japanese dog, halfway out of the way to bite the gold, is this what's going on!
When did the Netherlands get so angry, even Spain was defeated by itself, and when he saw that he was about to become the hegemon of the sea and dominate the world, he jumped out of a troublemaker halfway, can it be sour.
The Dutch could not afford to lose more than the Spaniards, and the reason why the people had such a strong self-confidence to defeat the Spanish was entirely due to their achievements at sea.
If the only sense of accomplishment at sea at this time is taken down, it is conceivable that the Spanish army is still in full swing, and it is still the strongest army on the European road at this time.
Even if the Netherlands wanted to completely confront it on land, it would not have been possible to do it alone, without the British and French, and with the other anti-Habsburg allies in check.
The Dutch, who did not understand the art of diplomacy in later generations, saw the serious protest letter issued by Yu Bowen, and naturally did not dare not pay attention to it, where is the geographical location of Australia has not been clarified until now, just a warship dispatched by others directly blocked the entire Batavia's fleet in the port, in the face of such a terrible and powerful opponent, even in the heyday of the Spanish Armada, it is estimated that it is not Australia's opponent.
Although the governor of Batavia, Van Dimen, had not yet received the news from China at this time, the two ships of the East China Sea Fleet stationed in Hong Kong had been cruising in the coastal waters of Dayuan Island from time to time in order to cooperate with Yu Bowen's protest letter in Europe, and even approached the range of the opponent's artillery for a time.
But the two sides are relatively friendly, and they have not been disconnected because of this, and the Dutch in the Viceroyalty of Batavia, who have learned from the past, know that Australia is not easy to mess with, and once provoked, they will let them take off a layer of skin.
However, Van Diemen was uncharacteristically opposed to the Australian warship, and chose to remain silent, that is, not to protest, and not to invite the other party into the port.
This strange silence made the Spaniards, who had just failed, feel that the atmosphere was wrong, the Australians and the Dutch were partners in Southeast Asia, but they had also had conflicts before, so the Spaniards sent their own spies in the hope of finding out what news.
At the same time, there are also urgent negotiations in the Netherlands about the protest of the Australians, and if the Dutch now have a telegraph, they will be even more surprised by the actions of the old Australians.
In the Consulate General of Amsterdam in Europe, Yu Bowen smiled and poured a glass of Longjing from the Hangzhou Mansion of Daming to Van Boor, who came to negotiate.
"Your Excellency the Municipal Officer, please taste the Longjing from Daming Hangzhou Mansion, which I brought from China, and the tea brewed is more mellow after special treatment with Australian technology."
Van Boer raised his hand to pick up the small cup, took a sip, put the teacup down, and gave a thumbs up to indicate that it was good.
"Mr. Consul, tell me about the conditions of your government." Van Boor was appointed by the Speaker to negotiate with Yu Bowen, because according to the reliable information they had received, the Spaniards seemed to be making overtures to Australia, and it was very likely that the two had reached some ulterior agreement.
"The condition of our government is that your government must unconditionally withdraw from Dayuan Island and hand over all defense to our government's Hong Kong Overseas Consulate. As for the people and merchants of your country on the island, as long as it does not violate the laws of Australia, we will agree to let them stay. ”
Well, the conditions offered by this guy Yu Bowen will definitely make the Dutch crazy, quit unconditionally, and take over everything on the island, not even mentioning some compensatory costs, are you a Dutch soldier who is full of food and goes to war with the Spaniards just to give the Australian old takeover.
But angry is angry, Van Bor, as a good politician, will not immediately turn his face.
"With all due respect, Mr. Consul, the conditions offered by your government are too harsh for us to accept, and you must know how many precious soldiers' lives have been paid by the Netherlands to occupy Dayuan Island."
"Hehe, Your Excellency the Municipal Officer, you should understand that the Lord is the inherent territory of our country, and you are mining and building houses on it without permission, and transiting ships and trade, which is a naked challenge to Australia, and we have reason to believe that you are provoking a war." Yu Bowen's face suddenly sank, and he replied sternly.
If Van Boer hadn't seen that the old man in Australia had strong force and sharp firearms, he would have been angry at this time, and it was uncomfortable to hear what he said, and he proposed sovereignty when the Netherlands defeated Spain, but he didn't mention it before, no matter how he looked at it, it felt strange in it.
Could it be that the Spaniards are getting in the way, the Spaniards in Manila seem to be getting closer and closer to the old Australians, maybe this is some kind of exchange of interests reached by the two sides.
"Mr. Consul, doesn't your government have any other choice, we are willing to pay a lot of money to buy the whole island, you see how it is." Van Boor's conditions were also acceptable to the Dutch parliament, and unconditional return of them like the Australians was simply unacceptable.
"I think let's continue to drink tea," Yu Bowen smiled directly and pointed to the teacup, signaling the other party to drink tea, now he is playing psychological warfare with the Dutch, because the other party knows that he is in contact with the Spaniards, so they are even more afraid, and even the latest batch of arms, the Spaniards have been transported back to the mainland from Christmas Island.
This was bad news for the Netherlands, who knows if the Spaniards would attack the Netherlands again with new weapons, and although the two sides signed an armistice, the Spanish never recognized the independence of the Netherlands.
So at this time, the Dutch are much more anxious than the Australians, they need to negotiate with the Australians, and let them not be able to cooperate with the Spaniards, this is one of their purposes, as for the ownership of Dayuan Island, they will not give up, which has caused there are now two voices in the Netherlands, but the two sides have not yet reached a unified opinion, so the negotiations have lasted for a few days and there is still no progress.