Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On July 10, 1881, the Extraterrestrial Propaganda Department of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences officially recognized the method of transmitting electricity over long distances discovered by French immigrant Depreux. The financial backers behind the Christian Party, the Dutch East India Group, subsequently announced that they had acquired it. , Mr. De Pule became the chief engineer of the East India Electric Power Company, a subsidiary of the group.

On July 12, the East India Group also announced that Edison, the second largest shareholder and president of its Dutch General Electric Company, had built the world's first thermal power station and connected transmission lines into a network, causing a global sensation.

It even overshadowed Brazil, which had just concluded its general election a few days ago, and was hosting a global strategic security conference in London.

You must know that in this era, electricity is an excellent and cheap new energy source. With its widespread application, it has been promoted by emerging countries such as the Netherlands, Germany and the United States, which has promoted the rapid development of emerging industries such as the electrical industry and electrical appliance manufacturing industry.

As Deppler and Edison made electricity more convenient, later people officially believed that 1881 was the beginning of mankind's transition from the "Steam Age" to the "Electrical Age".

As if unwilling to see the East India Group enjoy exclusive glory, the Dutch Far East Group (the main financier of the Liberal Party), one of the three major groups in the Netherlands, began to show its "minions".

On July 15, 1881, the group's German inventor von Feng Tensi invented the world's first panning camera, and also announced that another Davis invented a stereo camera and a dual-phase stereoscopic viewing lens. .

As if unwilling to see these two major rivals excelling in the United States, one of the three major Dutch giants, the latecomer Dutch United Group (the third largest party, the Socialist Party), announced on July 18 that physicist Maxwell under the group had invented The world's first color photo.

The emergence of this photo is as shocking as the invention of the stereo camera and the electric generator.

The three major Dutch groups have been releasing new inventions one after another, which has attracted global attention and has further confirmed the Netherlands' position as the world's leading leader in the electric age. Even Germany and the United States can hardly keep up with it, not to mention that they are still unwilling to give up steam. As a leader of the times, Britain is still using a lot of energy and resources to expand the application scope of steam engines.

This reminded William IV of the early 21st century when Noah clung to the Symbian system, buttons, sliders, etc. to face the competition from Apple, and ended up losing miserably.

Isn't it true that Britain is now just like Noah at that time, standing firm and trying to maintain hegemony, but it doesn't know that in the end, its industrial, technological and economic development has lagged behind that of the United States, Germany, etc. for more than a hundred years.

Once you make a mistake, you will regret it forever!

Therefore, in the era of electrical industry, many inventions in the Netherlands, especially the emergence of automobiles, long-distance transmission of circuit transmission lines, etc., have improved the shortcomings of the electrical industry. The emergence of various hydropower stations and thermal power stations has led to the rise of renewable resources. Well, electric is more durable and durable than steam.

Therefore, with the advent of the electrical age, the Netherlands, the United States, and Germany, the three emerging economic powers, are right to bet on electricity this time.

On July 10, 1881, at the British Global Strategic Security Assessment Report "1881 Global Regional Security Assessment" held in London, Hugh Smith, a scholar at the British Institute of Global Strategic Studies, President of the University of Cambridge and Dean of the School of Political Science, pointed out at the meeting, Although the Anglo-Dutch conflict is different in nature from the physical laws that the Netherlands may use, the Anglo-Dutch rivalry reminds people that the struggle between major powers will affect the security and economic aspects of other countries.

He said that if you look at Brazil’s just-concluded general election, you can see the British and Dutch figures everywhere. The risk of invasion by Mexico as a result of the expansion of the German-Austrian Alliance in the Yucatan Peninsula is real, raising concerns that similar situations may occur in various regions around the world. However, there is currently no evidence that the Anglo-Dutch conflict has changed the minds of the Netherlands or the United Kingdom and the two countries have decided to ease bilateral relations.

The Anglo-Dutch conflict may accelerate the trend of countries in Europe and even around the world to increase military spending and develop military power more firmly. The Netherlands' growing strength and outward-oriented strategy continue to "strategic climate", which is the main long-term challenge facing the existing international order, especially are the Americas and the Pacific.

The president of Cambridge University took the Netherlands as an example, saying that although the Netherlands promised to abide by the interests of other countries, the Netherlands had continued to damage Britain's reputation since 1866, when Britain suffered its largest military defeat in South Africa in hundreds of years. The British military has become the object of ridicule throughout Britain and even Europe.

The Netherlands successfully used the Boers to block the British, and used the British as a tool to successfully allow more than 80% of the Boers of Dutch origin to be absorbed into the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands has now become a military force that all European countries are worried about militarily, ensuring that the Netherlands can see a few The past ten years of security have established a safe environment in which we can develop with confidence.

The Netherlands constantly emphasizes its light of peace, but it pursues the purpose of expanding its territory under the cover of peace around the world. It robs and trades in Africa. The United Kingdom obtains the Australian continent and New Zealand, North America and the Middle East, purchases from the Tsarist Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, and South America. Leasing or directly stationing troops, etc., these are all ways for the Netherlands to expand its influence and territory under the aura of peace. The scale of expansion is astonishing. This is comparable to the results of the efforts made by the United Kingdom in the past hundreds of generations. .

The Netherlands only used William IV to achieve this in just twenty years. It has to be said that the efficiency of this Dutch Majesty is very high.

After praising for a while, Smith emphasized the threat of the Netherlands, "By the end of this century, if the Netherlands continues in this way, bound by the alliances established over the years and the establishment of various organizations, all countries will become encouraged by the Netherlands. Or being drawn into such two opposing parties, the equilibrium situation originally established by other countries will thus break the global strategic balance. The development of the Netherlands and its allies and structural organizations will not only continue to attract the attention of other powerful countries, but also make small and medium-sized countries highly Pay attention because this will bring significant threats and risks to other countries around the world.”

King Leopold II of Belgium pointed out at the Global Security Strategy Symposium hosted in London, England, that geopolitical competition in Europe and even the world has intensified, and the division of power has become increasingly fierce, which may bring huge risks of miscalculation, especially when These competitions include meddling in other countries' internal affairs.

With the speeches of pro-British European politicians, this so-called global security assessment meeting turned into a criticism meeting against the Netherlands.

The Netherlands became the target of venting from these countries present.

As the words spoken by those present were amplified and broadcast on the media of various countries, countries around the world couldn't help but pay more attention to the Netherlands.

Everyone wants to see how the Netherlands will respond to the summit held by these anti-Dutch countries, so as to observe the Netherlands through a window.