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Yesterday's trip to Qingzhou made him feel a lot of emotion, the changes in the Great Chongqing Country are simply a thousand miles a day, and the current Qingzhou City can be said to be a completely different appearance for him.

"Councillor Brandon, please come with me." Qian Dafu appeared at the gate of the palace.

Brandon submitted his application to the palace yesterday through the Dutch negotiating mission in Chongqing, and he received an answer this morning.

"Thank you very much." Brandon saluted Qian Dafu and walked towards the palace with awe.

Compared to his first trip, he has a mission ahead of him, and it will be at stake in the fate of the Dutch sea routes.

After a while, the two of them arrived in front of the imperial study, and then he saw Xiao Ming, the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, compared to two years ago, this young emperor looked more and more like an emperor, and there seemed to be a will that people could not disobey.

"Brandon see the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom."

Entering the study, Brandon took off his hat and saluted.

At this time, Xiao Ming was looking at the fold sent by the Agricultural Affairs Department, he raised his head and smiled, "Brandon? I still remember you, you came to Qingzhou once two years ago, and you bought a steam engine to go back. “

"Exactly." Brandon was cautious, saying, "If it weren't for the fact that the two countries are far apart, I would be happy to come to Dayu often." “

"It's a shame." Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes, and he teased: "Then what is the purpose of your coming to the Great Chongqing Kingdom this time?" ”

Brandon liked Xiao Ming's straightforward personality very much, so as to avoid wasting too much tongue, he said: "Your Majesty, this time I have been appointed by the Dutch Parliament to come again, hoping to reach more cooperation with the Great Chongqing Kingdom at sea, I think Your Majesty should know that the British and Portuguese merchant ships have been attacking our merchant ships, so if we can't provide protection for this route, then the trade between us will continue to suffer." “

Hearing this, Xiao Ming laughed, and he said: "Brandon envoy, the British and Portuguese attacked the merchant ships of the Netherlands, not the merchant ships of the Great Yu Kingdom, you seem to have made a mistake about this matter." “

Brandon choked for a moment, he did play a clever trick on the subject, and in fact the trade between the Netherlands and the Great Chongqing was basically a surplus trade.

Every time, it was the Dutch merchant ships that purchased things from the Great Chongqing Kingdom and shipped them back to Europe, and the Great Chongqing Kingdom never had a merchant ship to purchase anything from Europe, and even if there were, it was a merchant from the south who was not controlled by the northern royal family.

So, on the route from Asia to Europe it has always been that they are suffering losses.

"Your Majesty is right, it's just that Your Majesty has signed an entente after all, haven't we?" Brandon reminded.

"Of course I remember, but it's very clear in the treaty that the Great Chongqing State only guarantees the safety of Dutch merchant ships on the Asian routes, doesn't it?"

"That's true, so this is the reason why I came to Dayu this time, and I hope that Your Highness can cooperate with us in the Netherlands." Brandon began to sweat on his forehead, this emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom was really a difficult character to deal with.

Xiao Ming frowned, although Britain was blocking him everywhere behind his back, but now there is no clear war with the Great Yu State.

If he rashly acted with the Dutch against the British navy, then he would have added another front after the three fronts of the barbarians, the Wa state, and the Chu state.

And this is something that the Great Chongqing State cannot afford, after all, the Civil War of the Great Chongqing State may start at any time.

The most important thing is that among European countries, he really does not like the Netherlands.

According to what he received from other European businessmen, the Netherlands is now the largest borrower in Europe.

It can be said that the Netherlands is now a treasury guarded by the navy.

The problem is that when the Netherlands lends money to every European country, it also means that it has to maintain good relations with European countries.

If he went to war with Britain or France, it would mean that these European countries would immediately stop paying most of the interest on their loans, thus causing great harm to the overall prosperity.

The worst problem is that whatever European country the Netherlands is involved in, it will mean that it is fighting with its own borrowers.

For this reason, the Dutch avoid going all out with any country, but following the rule that owing money is the last word, those countries that borrow money are not polite to the Netherlands.

At the same time, they continued to create disputes with the Dutch, which caused the Dutch to continue to get involved in the war, and they lost a lot of interest while supporting military spending.

It is alleged that during the French Revolution, the Netherlands lost a large amount of income as a result.

Moreover, the Dutch had a small land area, no resources, and insufficient development stamina, and were easily beaten by France, Tsarist Russia, and Prussia on land, so it was not at all reliable to expect the Dutch to be his loyal allies in Europe.

However, although the Dutch were in decline during this period, the accumulation of centuries made him still a big dog in Europe.

Otherwise, the Netherlands would not be called the World Bank by the current Europe.

For various reasons, Xiao Ming is only willing to develop economic and trade with the Netherlands, otherwise he is likely to be betrayed by the Dutch.

However, in addition to this reason, his denial of this matter is also mixed with an exchange of interests, so he first suppressed Brandon.

Like European countries in urgent need of funds, Xiao Ming also wanted to borrow some money from this big dog owner.

"This is a very risky act, out of Malacca is the world of the British Navy, I can't take this risk, not to mention that such a risk is not equal to the actual benefit." Xiao Ming continued to deny.

Brandon was a little anxious, the gradually declining Netherlands needed cooperation with this Eastern Empire, he said: "Your Majesty, I know that this request is a bit excessive, but this is also for the long-term prosperity of the trade between the Great Yu Kingdom and the Netherlands, and in order to achieve cooperation, we can accept the reasonable requirements of the Great Yu Kingdom." ”

Xiao Ming's eyes flickered, it seems that the Dutch understand the rules between countries better than he thought, he said: "The exchange between countries is not a benefit, it seems that you understand this truth, since this is the case, I said, according to my understanding, the Netherlands has provided huge loans for Britain, France, and even Tsarist Russia, these loans have greatly promoted the development of these countries, and now the country of Dayu is in ruins, and it also needs a huge amount of financial support, so I want to borrow five million ducats from you." ”

"Borrowing? Ten million ducats? Brandon has a feeling of dizziness, the ducats are the current gold coins in circulation in the Netherlands, a ducat weighs three grams, and this 10 million ducats is basically equal to 600,000 taels of gold, which is also a huge loan for the Netherlands.

"Your Majesty, the amount of this loan is really large enough, and the most important thing is that the Netherlands and the Great Chongqing Kingdom are so far apart that it is a problem to guarantee the repayment of the loan." Brandon is a councillor and a businessman, and he's not stupid.

Without security, he is not willing to sign such a large order.