Although the punishment was not severe, the attitude of the little Kurdray was very serious, and he closed the door when he went home, which made the whole Luxembourg very nervous.

The Kurdere family had a high position in Luxembourg at this time, after all, the glory of Luxembourg at this time was due to the old Kurdre's gamble on the German Confederation.

Leaving their homeland to go to Africa is also very painful for Luxembourgers, but seeing that other states have sent so many people, they can only send some "volunteers" over.

In addition to the Luxembourgers, the Dutch were not very happy, at least not so much with their king, Wilhelm II.

In fact, when he heard that old Pretorius said that the Boers were not Germans, he was really excited.

Wilhelm II thought that the Boers might be trying to recognize their ancestors, which was similar to the Great Dutchism he advocated.

In fact, Wilhelm II was also preaching that the Dutch were not Germans, and that although they were part of the German Confederation, this did not mean that the Dutch had to be Germans.

And the Dutch themselves are no longer the ones who rebelled against Spain (the Eighty Years' War, fought for eighty years. ), the undead little strong of France (Franco-Dutch War).

After a series of bitter wars, the Dutch did not see the light of day, but the elite ran away en masse.

The Glorious Revolution in England, the Dutch ruler William came to power.

Although many history books say that William is nothing more than a mascot, the Bank of England, which he supported, can leave a strong mark on the entire history of capitalism, and it is also one of the important reasons why Britain can really take off.

Now in the history of the Anglo-Saxon editor-in-chief, the Bank of England was the first central bank in the world, but in fact the Bank of Amsterdam in the Netherlands was much earlier.

Now it is only mentioned how the witty capitalists defeated the conservative and stupid old aristocracy of England, but there is no mention of William or King William III of England who issued the "franchise certificate" with a decisive word, not to mention that the principal of the Bank of England was borrowed by William from the Netherlands.

With the transfer of capital, shipbuilding, manufacturing, and even services were also transferred to Britain, and then Britain became the world's financial center and world hegemon as a matter of course.

Capital knows no borders, technology knows no borders, knowledge knows no borders, and the elite can commit treason, but ordinary people in the Netherlands are not even qualified for treason.

In the end, they only got a piece of chicken feathers, the economy plummeted, and then they were wiped out by France, and the French army also carried forward their fine traditions and did all kinds of evil.

After the Napoleonic Wars, William I, the "merchant king", began a series of reforms, and the economy finally recovered, but the British let Leopold I tear the land of the Dutch and crown him king.

Wilhelm I's reforms failed, the revival was interrupted, and the Dutch economy once again ushered in a major recession.

Later, it was the accession to the German Confederation that made the Netherlands, which had been lying flat, sit up again, so it doesn't matter whether it is Dutch or not for ordinary people, the important thing is that they can live a good life.

Then why don't the Dutch engage in French nationalism or English nationalism, because of the language barrier?

The cost of learning a foreign language is very high, while German is at most a dialect, at least the linguistic logic is the same.

A Dutch may find German friendly, but never Spanish, even though they have been ruled by the Spanish for centuries.

Therefore, the Netherlands was very puzzled by the behavior of King Wilhelm II, and even disgusted. Wilhelm II was equally puzzled, but felt that his people had betrayed him.

He was thrilled when he heard that Dutch descendants did not consider themselves Boers, but reality soon dealt Wilhelm II a heavy blow, and old Pyretorius did not consider himself Dutch.

This directly frustrated Wilhelm II's plan to monopolize the Transvaal, and his logic believed that although the German Confederation bought the Transvaal, it was the Dutch who lived there.

So the Netherlands should take over the Transvaal, and he should be king of the Transvaal.

However, the German Confederation apparently only used it as a penal colony, and the convicts in the prisons of various countries were sent to the Transvaal, which was also called "help".

Wilhelm II felt that the German Confederation was too hypocritical, but at this time it was more advantageous for the Netherlands to side with the German Confederation than with France and England, because the benefits were visible.

Moreover, the Netherlands also had a share of the benefits in Switzerland, and if it chose to withdraw from the German Confederation at this time, then the Swiss enclave would naturally not exist.

Wilhelm II felt that he should find an opportunity to punish the nationalists at home, and the Dutch nationalists could no longer tolerate their own king, and it only took a spark for the anger of both sides to ignite.

Spain.

The clouds of war once again loomed over the country, and the Carlos, trained in England, entered Spain from Portugal.

The French were equally unwilling to let the fat of their mouths fly like this, and almost at the same time the French Foreign Legion entered Spain from the border of the Pyrenees.

The regent Christiana was uncomfortable, but she couldn't do anything, neither England nor France could compete with Spain at this time.

In the end, the orthodox faction, led by Queen Regent Christiana, chose to lie down, retreat all their forces to the vicinity of the capital, and then sit back and watch the British and French fight on their own soil.

At this time, Austria and the German Confederation were still busy digesting Switzerland, and post-war reconstruction was the top priority.

The people of Aargau were not reluctant to return to the Habsburgs, having been tortured by Frey Holos.

With the loss of 10% of the population, 30% of the houses and almost all of the pastures, it is natural that there will be no memory of the former Swiss Confederation.

Thanks to the tyranny of Frey Holosey, the obstacles were cleared for Franz, and he could win the hearts of the people as long as he was not worse than the original.

At the same time, the old bureaucrats and local gentry defected from the Orthodox League to the Liberal League before the war, and their practices were also considered by the locals to be the root cause of the disaster.

After all, surrendering without firing a shot always makes people feel a little unconvinced.

The pre-war misjudgments of the old bureaucracy and the local gentry, as well as their incompetence during the tyranny of Frey Holosey, discredited them no longer hold the hearts of the people.

But this actually saved their lives, because Aargau was an enclave after all, and Franz didn't want these people to become bigger, let alone accept that someone could challenge the authority of the empire.

But now that everyone is shouting at the street rats, Franz doesn't need to take it too seriously. All Franz needed to do was get them to admit their mistakes, nailed them to the pillar of shame, and then buy hearts and minds with the gesture of a great power.