Chapter 6 Experiences in Europe (2)
Qin Yu recalled the current Dutch woman: The current Dutch queen is Queen Wilhelmina, who began ruling at the age of eighteen and is an excellent leader. She remained neutral in the Netherlands during World War I and fled to England after the German invasion during World War I, and ruled for 50 years in 1948 to her daughter Julina.
The current Netherlands basically does not realize the importance of Southeast Asia, and the Netherlands does not have a lot of military power in Southeast Asia, but if you want to go in and develop, it is better to get the consent of the Netherlands, after all, there are still Britain and France watching there.
The next day, Qin Yu came to the prince's mansion early, and the prince happened to be waiting for him, and the two went to the queen's palace with a few polite words.
After arriving at the palace, Qin Yu was called for a tedious inspection, and after the inspection, Qin Yu finally met Queen Wilhelmina, who was only twenty-six or seven-year-old Queen Wilhelmina looked like she was just twenty years old, wearing the queen's exclusive clothes, wearing a crown on her head, and was sitting on a luxurious chair, and the queen's temperament was undoubtedly revealed.
Queen Wilhelmina sat there and watched Qin Yu and the prince walk in, and the prince saluted the queen: "Your Majesty, this is what I said about Qin Yu of the Qing Kingdom." ”
The queen waved her hand to signal that she was not polite, and Qin Yu went up and bent down and said: "Meet the Queen, I can't believe that the Queen is so young, beautiful, and so outstanding." ”
The queen looked at Qin Yu and smiled, "Yes, is what you said true?" ”
"Of course, my Majesty." Qin Yu said sincerely.
The queen looked happy: "The prince said that you have something important to talk to me, right?" ”
"Yes, Her Majesty, on behalf of my family, Donghua Automobile Company and Pan Asia Petroleum Company, I am here to discuss cooperation with Her Majesty, and I hope that Her Majesty will consider it."
"What kind of cooperation, you want to come to me?" The queen asked curiously, the queen knows the names of Donghua and Pan Asia, and now she has a limited edition car made by Donghua for the royal family of Europe, and the Qin family has also heard of it, and these companies are still very influential together.
"We want to invest in your colony, the East Indies, my family wants to develop local farms and minerals, and Donghua wants to invest in minerals and rubber, and Pan Asia wants to explore oil and extract oil, our family and Donghua and Pan Asia have decided to invest together, and to be able to carry out more extensive cooperation with the Netherlands, I hope Her Majesty will consider it."
The Queen and the Prince thought for about ten minutes, and then said slowly: "Cooperation is possible, but the scope is a bit broad, I want to discuss it with the Parliament, if there is anything else you want, you can finish it at once, I can think about it." ”
"We hope that there will be no more non-Dutch foreigners other than us who have just mentioned, and that our Qin firm will be able to provide the Netherlands with a market in the Qing Kingdom, and we hope that the Netherlands will be able to provide a market including the colonies."
"Okay, I've written it down, and if you come back in a few days, I'll discuss it with the council." The queen pondered.
Qin Yu said politely: "Then thank you Your Majesty, I will personally wait for me to say goodbye first, goodbye." ”
Out of the palace, the prince said to Qin Yu: "I think this matter has a great chance of success, after all, now that the Netherlands' overseas trade is getting less and less, the new market will definitely increase our overseas trade and increase our finances." ”
"Yes, the market of Qingguo is not small, and the prince can also invest when the time comes, and my family will definitely support you." When the prince heard this, he was very excited, and said again and again that he would definitely go when he came.
A few days later, Qin Yu came to the palace again with a few bodyguards, and at this time, there were a few more people around the queen, and after a few polite words, he went directly to the topic, the queen: "We hope you can show that you can prove your identity, after all, there is a lot involved." ”
"Okay, I've got those." Qin Yu said as he took out the entrustment telegrams of Donghua and Pan Asia and the entrustment certificate that he had made before, "As for the Qin Group, you must have also understood it in the past few days, I am the only heir of the Qin Group, and I have this right." "These queens have already asked Prince Guò to prepare in advance.
After circulating it to each other, several people behind the queen said, "Her Majesty the queen xià this is true." ”
"Alright, now let's start the formal discussion about cooperation."
Qin Yu: "First, we demand the establishment of farms and factories in the East Indies to obtain the exploitation of its minerals, oil, natural gas and other resources; Second, we hope to obtain free trade in the Netherlands, including the Dutch colonies, and the Qin group will assist Dutch merchants to open up markets and obtain raw materials in the Qing Kingdom; Third, we hope that those we have just spoken of will not be able to participate except the Dutch; Fourth, I hope that the Netherlands will allow us to have a small number of armed forces in the East Indies that can defend ourselves, and that's all there is. ”
"We can agree to your terms, but we have to make adjustments," said the queen, "and the first point can be fully accepted, but we must own shares in minerals and oil, not less than twenty-five percent, and we can give out the money; The second point is okay, but the Qin Group must do everything in our power to help us gain access to the market in Qingguo; The third point is guò, and the fourth point is that the armed forces must be openly permitted by the Dutch government, and the armed forces must not exceed one-tenth of our army there, is that okay? ”
"Yes, we are very satisfied, but we have to add two articles at the end, we must not massacre the local Chinese, give preferential treatment to the Chinese, and then we will invite a lot of Chinese laborers, after all, the natives there are very lazy, and finally add that when one day it is not a Dutch colony, these agreements will be nullified, how about it?"
"How can it not be our colony, it always will be, then now we can sign an agreement." When the queen heard Qin Yu's last sentence, she was very angry, but she still sensibly asked for the contract.
In this way, Queen Wilhelmina and Qin Yu signed an entente, known as the "Mingyu Dutch Entente", and the Chinese in Southeast Asia also avoided the history of being slaughtered.
After signing a contract with the Netherlands, Qin Yu quickly telegraphed to Mrs. Qin, Donghua and Pan Asia, asking for the cooperation of Kuài to carry out the development of Southeast Asia.
Because Qin Yu completed the task in the Netherlands ahead of schedule, he and Erin played in the Netherlands, watching windmills, admiring the tulips, the national flower of the Netherlands, and participating in aristocratic banquets.
Along the way, Qin Yu and Erin fell in love and watched the sea view, Erin also began to learn Chinese, so he slowly wanted Britain to get closer, Qin Yu was also thinking about his plan after arriving in the UK, because of the inspiration he got in the Netherlands, he decided to cooperate with the British aristocracy, the royal family may not let Qin Yu's plan, after all, Britain is now the boss, what do you want, unlike a small country like the Netherlands, only colonies can take out.
Qin Yu still has a lot of scruples about the UK, because he is worried that the British aristocracy will not give him face, and the current British aristocracy is the most arrogant, so he thinks about what to do if he can't cooperate with the British aristocracy, the closer he gets to the UK Qin Yu is.