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On April 7, 1878, Paris issued a statement that shocked the world, including Britain and the German Empire, Italy, Spain, etc.

The cabinet government of the Second French Empire with its capital in Paris announced that the French Empire did not want a conflict between Britain and the Netherlands in the Far East. As a friendly neighbor of the two countries, the Second French Empire was willing to promote a negotiated settlement of the dispute between the two countries.

If this is the case, no one will be shocked. The reason why they are shocked is because the French Second Empire government also announced that in the next five years, it will prepare to immigrate 2 million French people to the North and South Vietnamese territories in the Far East to build the French Second Empire. The real overseas territories of the Second Empire.

The government also announced that it would timely solicit tenders for transport fleets from all over the world to help the large-scale migration operations of the Second French Empire.

The news released by the French Second Empire government immediately shocked the world.

The French Third Republic, the German Empire, and the United Kingdom in the south were even caught off guard.

William IV, who was on his way back to Melbourne, smiled knowingly after receiving the news.

"Isabella II really still has a way. There are many big European countries. Now under the leadership of the Netherlands, there will be second nests of many European countries in the Far East in the future. What they didn't expect is that this was actually my intention. A set of traps set. After the French Empire and Spain settle here, they can only be raised, and they are sheep raised by France and Spain with their own forage, but the people who collect the wool are me and the Netherlands."

On April 10, 1878, the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands publicly welcomed the relocation of the Second French Empire.

"The Netherlands thinks this is a good idea, because it means that the Netherlands and France are not only good neighbors in Europe, but will also be neighbors in the Far East in the future."

Following the Netherlands' statement, the Spanish government in Madrid also expressed support for the relocation of the Second French Empire, and Isabella II even stated that she would send a Spanish transport fleet to bid for France's transport work.

Given that Spain has transported 1.8 million Spaniards to the Philippines in the past 10 years, no one would think that Spain’s transportation capacity could not keep up with this bid, so no one would object to Spain’s approach.

After all, local transportation companies in the Netherlands and the French Second Empire will also participate in this bidding.

British Empire, London,

"What do you think about the actions of the Netherlands and Spain? What problems will our country face?"

Queen Victoria has never really felt at ease since she began competing with the Netherlands for sovereignty over the Strait of Malacca in the Far East in February 1878.

"Finally, the division of the French Empire into the north and south reduced our threat. However, the Netherlands launched a provocation against our colonies. The dispute between the Nicoma Islands and the Andaman Islands has been in our hands for more than 90 years. Now the Netherlands is telling us that the Nicoma Islands and the Andaman Islands have been in our hands for more than 90 years. The Coba Islands and the Andaman Islands belong to the seabed range of Sumatra, so these two islands should be allocated to Sumatra. Oh my God, is the Netherlands crazy about territorial ambitions?”

Crown Prince Edward, who was born in 1842, roared with an extremely angry face: "I think this time our British Empire should teach the Netherlands a lesson no matter what they say. We must let them know what it means to not know the heights of the sky and the heights of the earth, and what the British Empire is untouchable. The bottom line."

"Okay, this is not your room." Queen Victoria stopped Prince Edward from venting and said coldly to Creston: "Prime Minister, is there any connection between the actions of France and the Netherlands this time?"

What she was most worried about was whether there might be a Dutch conspiracy in France's migration. After all, countries had suffered a lot at this point, so they had to guard against it.

"If Napoleon III colluded with the Netherlands, I don't really believe it, but the people below him are possible."

Creston's words made Queen Victoria stunned for a moment, and then her eyes lit up, "Queen Eugenie is from Spain. Her mother was Queen Isabella's nanny when she was a child. Could it be said that the Second French Empire and Spain are the same thing? Interested in cooperating in the Far East?”

"Although I don't know the truth, it should be similar." Creston became the British Prime Minister for the third time, but he became more and more experienced. He said to Crown Prince Edward: "Your Highness, the current practice of the Second French Empire to move to the Far East is not the same." It’s hard to touch, but I think if the Crown Prince can visit Berlin on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen at this moment, he can test it out.”

Crown Prince Edward's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, "Does the Prime Minister want to use the German Empire to test Paris and prevent Napoleon III from taking sides in the Anglo-Dutch Far East dispute?"

"Yes, although the Netherlands' Nordic allies Redien and Denmark have close relations with the Netherlands, they are too small and their help is limited. What's more, the relationship between the Netherlands and the two countries is not as close as before. But France has to guard against it. . This is a lion that has just been injured by the German Empire. It may bite people crazily at any time to replenish itself with energy, so it must be guarded against."

Creston's statement was recognized by Queen Victoria, "This is true. Currently, our Indian fleet and half of the South African fleet have been assembled in the North Indian Ocean, deployed in Colombo, Chennai, Mumbai, Dhaka, Among the six military ports in Rangoon and Maldives’ Malé.”

Queen Victoria seemed to be looking eastward at the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Far East, and said coldly: "We have already set up a large naval network there. As long as the Netherlands dares to make any move, this time, as the Crown Prince said just now, we will never let the other side off lightly."

A smile suddenly appeared on Prince Edward's face. There had never been a moment like this before, and the queen in front of him looked more like his mother.

Creston said: "Your Majesty is right, but it is time for the Netherlands to weaken."

On April 13, 1878, the United Kingdom announced that it would send Crown Prince Edward to Berlin, the German Empire. He would hold a meeting with the Crown Prince of the German Empire to deepen the friendship between the two royal families. At the same time, Crown Prince Edward conveyed the Queen's hope to the German Empire on behalf of Queen Victoria. Empire cooperated in the northern Indian Ocean.

On April 15, 1878, the two crown princes announced in Berlin that Britain and Germany would jointly conduct military exercises in the Arabian Sea of ​​the Indian Ocean to deepen the coordination of maritime security between the two countries.

On April 20, 1878, King William IV of the Netherlands finally returned to Melbourne that day.

He held a Privy Council meeting. After the meeting, the Kingdom of the Netherlands announced that it would hold a trans-Indian Ocean military exercise, but the location would be in the waters between Western Australia and Madagascar in the southern Indian Ocean.