Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"I have lived there for more than 5 years. The life there is like returning to nature. There is no smell of money, only strong suffocating self-edification, coupled with the strange life there, really, it will make me happy when I am there. It doesn’t feel like it’s on this planet.”

"Is it as good as you said?"

The tablemate who just looked at William IV and asked a question, another boy who was only fifteen or sixteen years old said: "In my opinion, Rotterdam is the most beautiful. Think about it, Rotterdam's many landforms and the The location, coupled with the cultural environment, this wonderful thing, let me first say that I have just returned from New York, USA. In the past few days when my father and I were traveling around the Netherlands, Rotterdam is a very suitable city for living. Also great for city walks.

Walking in the old town of Rotterdam, even people who don't understand art at all can feel the rich cultural atmosphere.

If you can take your time and take a closer look, you will see that there are travelers like me who enjoy exploring the city of Rotterdam.

On a beautiful afternoon in the sun, in the open-air cafe on the street, watching the locals and tourists conversing attentively with broken Dutch and gestures, I felt that the locals were sincere and willing to let tourists Understand the spirit of Rotterdam’s historic mission”

When the man said this, he changed his tone and said, "Especially, I found that although the painters there have some Parisian roots, they also have their own innovations. I think Rotterdam is the most beautiful."

Here, in addition to the boss, William IV and Charles, several other people also joined the argument.

William IV was amused when he saw these people arguing about the ranking of the most beautiful cities in the Netherlands, but he did not participate. In his opinion, the Netherlands is the most beautiful. As for these cities, they are all the beautiful flowers in the Netherlands. In the middle, the petals are just part of the whole.

No one came to the conclusion, so William IV directly interrupted the conversation of several people. Just when they were about to be dissatisfied, they saw William IV pouting at the boss. Now, several people were embarrassed because They have been arguing for a long time, but the final answer has not been announced yet?

The boss seemed to have been waiting for this moment for a long time. As if he was about to announce the winner of the award, the boss said mysteriously: "I think the most beautiful city in the Netherlands should be Honolulu on Oahu Island in the Hawaiian Islands. The most beautiful place in the Netherlands”

William IV, who didn't care at first, was stunned. He didn't expect that the boss would actually talk about that.

After giving the boss a thoughtful look, he took Charlie and left after paying the money.

Honolulu, is it that famous?

And why did the man who had obviously come back from the United States change his face so much? What was the identity of the middle-aged man?

Charlie watched the words and gestures. After he made a few gestures to the surroundings, a man who was no different from ordinary people suddenly came to the two of them. Charlie spoke in the man's ear for a while, and the latter left quickly.

"Your Majesty, the boss and the middle-aged man are both foreigners who have just returned to the Netherlands from the United States. The middle-aged man is an American businessman, Thomas Seth, who specializes in reselling goods to earn the price difference.

And that young man is his nephew, named Thomas Alva Edison, who is now the founding owner of the Herald, a small newspaper in the United States.

He came back from Michigan with his uncle to visit relatives in the Netherlands. It is said that his family sent the young man to seek refuge in the Netherlands. Everyone finally saw that the war in the United States could not be expected to end for a while."

"What, what's his name?" William IV looked at Bill Charlie in disbelief.

The latter didn't understand why the only major change in William IV's expression in many years occurred like this.

"Thomas Seth"

"It's not the middle-aged man, I'm asking for the name of the young man at the back." William IV stared at Bill Charlie closely, fearing that he would say a different name than just now.

Can William IV remain calm?

If it were him and he had the same achievements, then Holland would have really prospered. And this time he went out, it seemed that he was approved by God. He actually had unexpected big gains one after another, especially, If he is that person, then the gains from this trip will be enough to save the Netherlands from struggling for more than 10 years in the future. Even in the next 200 years, the Netherlands will be enough to become one of the strongest industrial players in the world.

However, everything starts with whether that young man is the future Dutch-born technology giant.

Bill Charlie didn't want to disappoint William IV, but he was afraid that what he said would be different from what His Majesty thought.

"Thomas Alva, Edison."

"That's right," William IV said excitedly: "Ask someone to introduce the middle-aged man to the William Group, and the young man to the R\u0026D department, but don't have any problems with loyalty, you understand."

Bill Charlie nodded and left quickly.

William IV thought to himself: "Now, the rise of the Dutch industrial revolution has added a giant. As long as Edison is not good in this generation, the development of Dutch electrical industry technology in the world will overwhelm other countries, even today's Britain, the most industrially powerful country, would be trampled under the feet of the Netherlands. They would avenge their past and take back what the Netherlands had taken away from the British.

Started on July 5, 1862.

The colonization of Africa continued, and this wave eventually defeated the British who wanted to eliminate each other for a period of time, and then continued north to eradicate the Transvaal Republic, etc., so that South Africa, which had an extremely important strategic position, was completely returned to the British.

The 100,000 British troops landed in South Africa and began the war of annihilation against the Zulu Kingdom.

People originally thought it would be over soon, but the Zulu Kingdom seemed to be assisted by a god. Its guns were full of guns, but Britain was blocked by the outer layer, even with the cooperation of warships at sea.

This 100,000-strong army seems to be just like the previous army. They are extremely brave all over the world, but when they come here, they lie down, which is frustrating.

So it continued like this, with no progress for half a month.

At this time, an internal fission occurred in the Republic of the Transvaal.

Martinas, the leader of the Transvaal Republic, announced on July 28, 1862 that he would step down as leader of the Transvaal Republic. He also announced that 300,000 Dutch people would follow him and withdraw from the Transvaal. After the Republic of Vanuatu, they would fight with the British for many years, and all returned to the embrace of the great Kingdom of the Netherlands, migrating to the Congo River Basin, the new overseas territory of the Netherlands, to help the Netherlands develop there.

George Nash, leader of the Orange Free State, also announced on the same day that he would lead all 100,000 Orange-Dutch people to evacuate South Africa and move to the new Dutch overseas territories of Tanzania and Kenya.

The Netherlands actually took down 400,000 of the extremely ferocious Dutch people in South Africa without saying a word? And they are all 400,000 people with extremely rich fighting power, who defeated the United Kingdom in defeat?

Countries around the world were speechless at this moment.