Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 719 The Five-Nation Allied Forces set off
“In the 19s, Europe began to enter the era of electric revolution.

Not only big companies, but also small businesses are embracing mobility, namely electricity.

Initially, an engine was used to light a house or a street. This type of power station was called a "residential" power station, and the power generated was very small.

However, as the demand for electricity increased, people began to propose the idea of ​​establishing a power production center. However, despite the best efforts of R&D and scientific personnel in power science projects across Europe, it was difficult to develop products that could achieve this goal.

On January 1878, 1, the first day after New Year's Day, not far from the headquarters of the Edison Electric Company of the East India Company in Sydney, Edison, under the watch of many scientific workers of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, built a 2-volt generator. power plant.

In fact, in June 1878 before this, he had already established a central power plant with one engine on a test site of his company.A month later, two more power plants were built and put into operation.

In October 1878, in Melbourne, he had started generating electricity, supplying electricity to many Melbourne government locations, city churches and bridge hotels.

Until now, on January 1879, 1, this power plant composed of 2 electric motors used a steam engine to drive a DC generator to generate electricity. The elegant 6 volt power supplied a total of 110 light bulbs invented by Edison in a few months.

In other words, almost 1000 households in Sydney who are saving electricity can use electric lights.

On January 1, Melbourne Edison Electric Company's power plant was also installed with peer units. This is the second power plant in the world after Sydney. It is equipped with 10 generators and can be used for 6 Edison light bulbs.

By early February 1879, the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands had been equipped with the coal-fired power plant invented by Edison.

However, it seemed that they did not want Edison to be more beautiful than before. The Far East Group of the Netherlands also attracted an inventive genius who had been under Edison. However, after he fell out with Edison due to interests, he joined the power generation project of the Far East Group.

This person's name is Nikola Tesla.

After he fell out with Edison, he directly took Stanley, who was also his teacher and friend, to join the Far East Group.

The two obtained the consent of the Far East Group to form the Tesla-Os Electric Company. They actually undertook a contract to provide generators for a hydroelectric power generation project on the Murray River. With Tesla's full efforts, facts proved that High-voltage current must be used to realize expedition power transmission. The Murray River successfully generated electricity, thus ending the long-standing dispute between AC and DC power supply systems. The AC power invented by Tesla immediately became the universal power supply system in the Netherlands and even the world in the future.

The electrical technology of the Netherlands is advancing with each passing day, and even major European powers and the United States are paying strange attention to it.By June 1879, more than a quarter of the population of the Netherlands (outside Africa), European territories and the Far East had access to electric light.

In Europe and the United States, only aristocrats and high-capital people enjoy this "welfare".

This is the envy of the middle class and those at the bottom of society all over the world.

South America, Chile.Half a year of silence has made the situation in South America much more stable.

Ordinary people throughout South America are beginning to return to their previous peaceful lives.

However, in Chile, both the south and the north are actively preparing for war.

When the morning sun shone over Santiago, a rare plain in Chile, Secretary-General Martinas of the Five-Nation Alliance received an order from William IV, asking him to lead a total of 5 troops from the Five-Nation Alliance to the east of Santiago and stationed there. Confrontation between 2 Argentine troops in Mendoza, Argentina.

The banner was to oppose Argentina's interference in Chile's internal affairs.Naturally, after informing the President of Northern Chile, Artur Lauzon, Martinas directly led the army eastward and soon reached the border between Chile and Argentina.

On February 1879, 2, President Miter of Argentina held a press conference in Buenos Aires to oppose the five-nation coalition's entry into the border between Chile and Argentina.

"I don't think this is what a friendly country is doing. Northern Chile has already acted hostilely to Argentina. Although Argentina has always been very friendly to Chile, when faced with unreasonable and hostile behavior, we will make What’s in our interests”

When asked what to do.

Mitre said with a smile, "Our counterattack is very powerful."

In response, Artur Lauzon from Northern Chile sarcastically responded in Santiago: "Is Argentina's so-called friendship with Chile just to help Southern Chile deal with us?" They added [-] Argentine troops to the southern part of Puerto Monte. , as their backing to deal with us?

We have always been very suspicious of Argentina, because Argentina likes a weak and divided Chile, which will allow Argentina to better control Chile, a weak country. Therefore, I disagree with President Miter’s approach this time. Because I thought from the beginning that Argentina was actually hostile to Northern Chile rather than kind."

Arthur Lauzon's actions made Argentina very angry.

On February 1879, 2, the Argentine Ministry of Defense announced an increase of 18 troops, but instead of supporting Southern Chile in the south, they headed directly to the Mendoza area. Obviously, including the previous 5, a total of 5 troops were used to fight against [-] Five-Nation Alliance troops stationed in Santiago.

On the other hand, Argentina and Chile's quarrel made other South American countries dissatisfied.

"Argentina, as a major country in South America, should not interfere in Chile's internal affairs. We support the development of northern Chile and we oppose Argentina's interference."

Peruvian President Prado worried when accepting the "Australian Times" that "Don't forget, Peru is also a small country. We are worried that one day we will face the possibility of Argentina daring to do domestic affairs. Therefore, Argentina's approach is actually unknown. It is not popular in Peru and Bolivia and other countries close to Argentina, so we call on Mitre not to continue to make mistakes.”
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Ecuadorian President Moreno said very clearly, "The reason why we formed the five-nation coalition is to maintain the security of small countries. After all, when dealing with big countries that often have hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, our country's population determines the size of our army. And like South Korea and Argentina, the military modernization of other countries is far behind, so I think the five-nation coalition is the best choice. We call on President Miter of Argentina to give up his ambitious plans and return to the original peaceful track. to maintain peace in South America”

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