Chapter 194: The Dutch Admiral's Report (I)

In the evening, Huameng Capital State Guesthouse, Neuschwanstein Castle

Unlike the original Neuschwanstein Castle, located in the Bavarian mountains of southern Germany and surrounded by clouds and mist, this Australian copycat version of Neuschwanstein Castle is located on a cliff at the mouth of the Swan River. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Blessed with fresh sea breezes all year round, and overlooking the capital city across the harbor, this place is chosen as a state guesthouse, as well as its location in line with the name of the castle, and its architectural style is also very magnificent, full of fairytale romantic art atmosphere.

Especially for the Dutch from Batavia, the window of their room overlooks the huge windmills that swirl along the seawall in the distance, and the beautiful lavender fields, which remind them of their distant lowland homeland.

At this moment, after another day of visits and excursions, and a delicious paella, the envoy of the Dutch East India Company, Anthony ? Fan? Admiral Dimon went back to his room, and as he reached out and tugged at the drawstring, he lit the lamp on his desk, and took out the fountain pen, inkwell, and letterhead, and began to prepare to continue writing about what he had seen and heard in the "capital of Australians."

- After spending a few days in a luxurious suite at the Neuschwanstein Castle State Guesthouse, he finally figured out the purpose of most of the facilities in the room, but also made Anthony ? Fan? Admiral Dimon felt more and more frustrated that he was indeed a hillbilly.

First of all, like the castle's artistic and dreamy exterior, at least his rooms are quite ornately decorated, decorated with beautiful frescoes and paintings. Not only are the tableware and wine utensils provided as delicate as snow, with beautiful patterns painted in Chinese porcelain, but even the toilets and bathrooms attached to the suites are all made of fine Chinese tile veneer, and even the bathtub and toilet are made of porcelain! In addition, there are glass windows and glass mirrors everywhere...... Even though glass mirrors and plate glass have depreciated much today, so many fully transparent glass products are worth a lot of money, which can be said to be more generous than the palaces of many kings, sultans and cardinals!

Then there was the incredible running water and electrical appliances - the faucet in the bathroom, which was easy to understand for the admiral, was nothing more than a pool of water in the heights, which was introduced into his room through a metal pipe, and when the floodgates were opened, clean water flowed out. But the lights in the glass enclosures on the ceiling and desk, and the trefoil-like fan in the bedroom, were completely beyond his comprehension. Although the interpreter at the state guesthouse patiently tried to explain to him what electricity was, Anthony? Fan? Admiral Dimon still couldn't understand why the power of lightning, in addition to igniting the woods and hacking people to death, could be used to light lamps and drive fans.

Although he did not understand the principle of electricity, this did not prevent the admiral from using electrical appliances, especially from writing reports under the bright light of electric lights, and after getting used to its bright daylight he felt that he could no longer tolerate the dim oil lamps and candles of the past.

Take your eyes off the glare lights, Anthony? Fan? Admiral Dimmen returned his attention to the letter he had written to the Dutch East India Company Governor of Batavia. Carpentil's report. In what he has already written, he described in as much detail as possible the journey of the Australian voyage and his impressions of the Australian land, focusing on the various things he saw and heard in the Australian capital, and then the admiral was going to write something more in-depth...... He dipped the tip of his pen in the inkwell, and after a moment's thought, he began to write down the lines of words quickly:

“…… Dear Excellency, as described above, with God's blessing, we have successfully arrived in this magical land, and have seen all kinds of incredible technologies and countless magnificent buildings beyond the limits of imagination in the Australian capital. Although many of us claim to have traveled to most of Europe and seen many famous cities. Others have crossed the Atlantic and visited Manchester City in the American Republic, but all of the above, when compared to the Australian capital in front of them, is as self-conscious as a sparrow standing in front of an eagle.

On the whole, such a marvelous city of extreme magnificence, magnificence, and extravagance, seems to have rightfully belonged to an extremely noble and great empire.

It's hard to imagine, however, that it's just a new city, and that a lot of its neighborhoods are still uninhabited. And the kingdom it represents is merely the remains of an ancient empire, although it seems to be quite vast on the map.

There have been many vague speculations about the origin of these mysterious 'Australians' by company staff and European scholars, and many conflicting rumors have been gathered. Here, I finally unveiled the mystery of the Australians: when I asked the reception staff at the State Guesthouse about it tentatively, they directly gave me a French version of "The History of the Rise and Fall of the Australian Song Empire"!

Luckily, my French is pretty good. Although Australians' French is a bit odd, they can still understand it.

According to the description in this history book, the origins of Australians began in the late thirteenth century after the birth of Jesus, that is, about three and a half centuries ago. In those days, just as the terrifying Mongol cavalry invaded Poland and Hungary, slaughtering Baghdad, and the great Marco Polo embarked on his journey to the East, the Mongols in the East also destroyed the Chinese Song Dynasty. Marco Polo also described this. But what he didn't know was that a remnant of the remnants of the Song Dynasty fled across the sea in a fleet, and eventually succeeded in finding a new land, which was now my place in western Australia, carrying distant relatives of the Song royal family, fugitive scholars, and the most outstanding craftsmen of the old empire.

In other words, these Australians are actually a branch of the Chinese, although modern Chinese may not be willing to recognize these relatives.

Then, these refugees from the former dynasty cultivated land in the wilderness of Australia at that time, overcame all kinds of hardships and hardships, and finally re-established their own country, named it "Ao Song", and supported a distant relative of the Song Dynasty to ascend the throne and rule this newly opened territory.

Around the middle of the 14th century, a member of the Knights Hospitaller named Livy, who claimed to be French, made his way to the almost isolated Otto-Song Empire by chance by some strange encounter. He succeeded in spreading the glory of God to this land, converting some of the subjects of the Australian Song Empire to Christianity, which is the origin of the Australian Church.

The lone empire continued to prosper and develop for more than a century, elevating its civilization to astonishing heights. However, from about the end of the last century, a terrible drought suddenly struck Australia, and the entire Song Empire did not see a drop of rain for many years, the rivers dried up, and the crops drought, and finally countless once-prosperous towns and villages were quickly swallowed up by the expanding desert.

The devastating natural disasters were accompanied by internal unrest among the rulers of the empire, who were mired in frequent palace coups and bloody full-scale civil wars, further undermining the country's ability to cope with natural disasters, despite the fact that the country was gradually turning into a desert.

Due to devastating civil wars and natural disasters, the once-prosperous Aussie Song Empire soon collapsed, abruptly destroying like the legendary Atlantean civilization. Many desperate Australians have had to say goodbye to their homeland once again and sail out to sea in search of a new home, as their ancestors did...... They soon spread to all corners of the world, establishing a series of colonies such as the Huamei Republic, the East Coast Republic, and Lingao City on Hainan Island.

As for the people who stayed in the native of the Aosong Empire, they barely struggled for a while. But it wasn't long before a tragic super sandstorm suddenly arrived, turning the essence of the empire's old capital 'Song City' into a barren land where humans could not survive. These last survivors of the Australian Song Empire had no choice but to embark on a migration journey, relocating to the remaining unexplored and desolate lands on the Australian continent to try to rebuild their homeland.

"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Australian Song Empire" ends here. In other words, Your Excellency the Governor, when we first came into contact with the Australians, their Aussie and Song empires had actually come to an end. But the story of Australians going global is just beginning......"

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Writing this, Anthony? Fan? Admiral Dimon put down his pen for the time being, shook his slightly sour right hand, and rubbed his withered eyes again. Looking back, I saw a bright light outside the window, making people feel like they were falling into a galaxy. To the admiral's senses, the huge city across the harbor looked like it was on fire, and even through a large area of water, it was clear that the lights were already reflecting the night sky red.

This is the beauty of the so-called "city that never sleeps"! It's so bustling!

Anthony? Fan? Dimon shook his head and sighed, as he had just arrived here, he was still carefully observing the harbor and shipping lanes, calculating the possibility of sending a fleet to attack and occupy the city. However, as he became more and more aware of the terrible strength of Australians, he no longer dared to do such delusions, but concentrated on admiring the magnificent wonders of the city and enjoying the good things of the daily life of Australians.

So, after admiring the brilliant night view of the Australian capital for a while, he picked up the pen again and continued to write:

“…… At the end of the fall of the Song Empire, a large number of Australians fled overseas and established a series of colonial bases in the Americas, Africa and East Asia. However, although they left their homeland and scattered to all corners of the planet, they still called themselves Australians or 'Song people', and maintained a considerable degree of unity on a psychological and cultural level, thus laying the foundation for future reunion.

In fact, the last time the fleets of the various Australian colonies gathered in Batavia seemed to be to discuss peaceful reunification. At the second phase of the meeting, which they moved to Hainan Island to continue, a final decision was finally reached to unite and rebuild a unified country.

It is said that the last emperor of the Australian Song Empire, a venerable old man, played a great role in the process of reunification of Australians around the world. Under his pressure and influence, the Australians, who had been torn apart, were once again pinched together.

After many rounds of negotiations, the countries established by the Australians abandoned their old grievances, first entered into military alliances to avoid internal struggles, and then reached terms of political unity on the basis of basically retaining the autonomy of all countries, preparing to establish a loose unified country again.

However, this newly established Australian state is not the restoration of the former Australian and Song Empire. Because His Majesty, the last emperor of the old empire, although still alive, has lost all his heirs in the catastrophe of the collapse of the empire, and has no relatives who are close to him, he has long been disheartened by the throne. And after His Majesty the Emperor announced his formal abdication on the grounds of old age and infirmity, among the upper classes of various countries, there was no military and political powerhouse with enough prestige to deter all Australians. So, at the suggestion of the last emperor when he abdicated, this new, unified Australian state was changed to a republic, and the full name of the country was quite lengthy and cumbersome, and Australians generally referred to it as 'Huameng'.

It is therefore incredibly clear that Australians are currently adopting a republican form of government, which is very rare in the world, and bears a striking resemblance to our home country, the United Republic of the Seven Provinces of the Netherlands. Just as our country was formed by an alliance of seven highly autonomous provinces, each with its own army and fleet. Australians are also currently made up of five major republics and several small dominions scattered around the globe.

Moreover, the seven provinces of our seven-province United Republic are, at least geographically adjacent to each other, economically closely connected. The republics of the Australians are scattered on different continents, separated by vast seas, mountains and forests, and travelers who want to complete the land of Australians almost have to circle the world. Moreover, the strength of the republics seems to be basically equal, not the relationship between the mother country and the colonies as is common in Europe, and even in terms of religious beliefs, there are already great differences between Australians around the world...... In this way, it seems that the only thing that can keep them in touch with each other is culture and language, and this power is obviously very weak. I simply can't imagine how such a fragmented state could have been built and born? And how should we maintain its unity and existence?

But no matter how counterintuitive it is, this Australian republic with a global territory is indeed born suddenly at an astonishing speed. And when they had just established a unified country, they launched an unprecedented reconquest war against the Ming Empire, where their nation originated, occupying many coastal provinces of the Ming Empire, conquering vast territories equivalent to two to three French kingdoms, and almost completely disintegrating the empire.

In addition, the new Australian republic also spent a huge amount of money to build an incredibly majestic new capital on the southern coast of the old Australian and Song Empire capital swallowed by the desert, and it took only a few years before and after, fully demonstrating their unity and terrifying strength.

So, Dear Mr. Governor, even if it is merely an acknowledgement of reality, the Company should maintain a cautious and respectful attitude towards Australians.

In short, if I had to describe this country in one word, it would be the word 'incredible'. This republican state, which originated in the mysterious southern continent, may have the most irrational political system in our eyes, but it also has the most powerful and wealthy city in the world. Even the great Rome and Constantinople did not have as many magnificent palaces and mansions as the capital of Australians.

More importantly, the affluence of Australian society is not like the princely states of India or the German princes, who squeeze all the wealth of the whole country for a very small group of nobles to squander. The vast majority of the inferior civilians and serfs were left to the brink of death and lived in extreme poverty. On the contrary, any traveler who has been to the American Republic of North America claims with envy that every citizen of Manchester has several sets of clothes and that almost every family can eat white bread. Many poor Germans who were forced to desperate in Europe by war and exorbitant taxes soon had decent housing and a pretty good life after emigrating to the American Republic across the sea. Even an ordinary mason earns thirty silver coins a month in the American Republic, making him richer than a considerable part of the citizens of Amsterdam.

Much the same is true of another eastern republic founded by Australians. In addition, according to the information sent by the company in Lingao Commercial Hall, the Chinese on Hainan Island were generally richer than under the Ming Empire after only two or three years after being ruled by the Australians. It can be seen that Australians, no matter where they are, seem to have the magic of creating prosperity and wealth, and are very happy to let their subjects share in the benefits.

As far as I can see in the past two days, the affluence of the native Australian residents seems to be higher than that of the two Australian republics in the Americas. Although I have not yet penetrated into the ordinary residential areas of the Australian capital, as far as I can see, even the maids in charge of entertaining us in this state guesthouse are at least comparable to any baroness in Germany in terms of clothes and food.

In addition to the astonishingly affluent and comfortable life, Australians do not lack armed forces to protect their property. Ladies and gentlemen of Batavia, you must remember the 300 Australian ocean-going galleons that came to our port three years ago. Now, after uniting the republics around the world, the united Australian nation is said to have a standing army of more than 200,000 men and nearly a thousand armed ships capable of making transoceanic voyages. Although these armed forces are scattered throughout the world, they are also formidable enough.

Their weapons have always been known for their sophistication, and the firearms and artillery sold in the American Republic have long enjoyed a good reputation in the European market. Their soldiers were never short of courage, and the two wars between the Eastern Republic and the Spaniards in South America ended in the crushing defeat of the Spanish Kingdom. The company tried to compete with them for the southernmost part of Africa, but also failed. In fact, so far, no single force has actually defeated any of the Australians on the battlefield, and it is already a great success to be able to keep the tie.

What is even more touching is the spiritual outlook of their entire nation. Contrary to the rumored arrogant and conservative native Chinese residents, the energy and entrepreneurial spirit of these Australians is simply terrifying. In less than 20 years, various groups of Australians have taken root all over the world, opened up so many colonies, and established one vast and powerful country after another.

The Australian aristocracy held the government of these colonial countries and held the highest control. Chinese and European migrants, as well as local Aborigines, existed as Australians, reveling in the affluence and security that Australians provide. Languages and costumes from the East have quickly become an identity quest in these countries...... And all this earth-shaking change took only one generation!

This was a chilling rate of expansion, perhaps barely matched by the brilliant victories of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. "According to the information sent by the Lingao Commercial Pavilion, the Chinese on Hainan Island were generally richer than under the Ming Empire after only two or three years after being ruled by the Australians. It can be seen that Australians, no matter where they are, seem to have the magic of creating prosperity and wealth, and are very happy to let their subjects share in the benefits.

As far as I can see in the past two days, the affluence of the native Australian residents seems to be higher than that of the two Australian republics in the Americas. Although I have not yet penetrated into the ordinary residential areas of the Australian capital, as far as I can see, even the maids in charge of entertaining us in this state guesthouse are at least comparable to any baroness in Germany in terms of clothes and food.

In addition to the astonishingly affluent and comfortable life, Australians do not lack armed forces to protect their property. Ladies and gentlemen of Batavia, you must remember the 300 Australian ocean-going galleons that came to our port three years ago. Now, after uniting the republics around the world, the united Australian nation is said to have a standing army of more than 200,000 men and nearly a thousand armed ships capable of making transoceanic voyages. Although these armed forces are scattered throughout the world, they are also formidable enough.

Their weapons have always been known for their sophistication, and the firearms and artillery sold in the American Republic have long enjoyed a good reputation in the European market. Their soldiers were never short of courage, and the two wars between the Eastern Republic and the Spaniards in South America ended in the crushing defeat of the Spanish Kingdom. The company tried to compete with them for the southernmost part of Africa, but also failed. In fact, so far, no single force has actually defeated any of the Australians on the battlefield, and it is already a great success to be able to keep the tie.

What is even more touching is the spiritual outlook of their entire nation. Contrary to the rumored arrogant and conservative native Chinese residents, the energy and entrepreneurial spirit of these Australians is simply terrifying. In less than 20 years, various groups of Australians have taken root all over the world, opened up so many colonies, and established one vast and powerful country after another.

The Australian aristocracy held the government of these colonial countries and held the highest control. Chinese and European migrants, as well as local Aborigines, existed as Australians, reveling in the affluence and security that Australians provide. Languages and costumes from the East have quickly become an identity quest in these countries...... And all this earth-shaking change took only one generation!

This was a chilling rate of expansion, perhaps barely matched by the brilliant victories of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. ”