Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 76 This game of chess becomes more and more interesting the more you play it
While the outside world is busy discussing the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of Africa, which has always received little attention, there is news about the massacre of towns in East London, a colony of the British Empire!

Zindert, Netherlands.

"Everyone, come and listen. This is the newspaper I just got. If you want to listen, come here quickly. Remember to wait until you finish listening. Just remember to pay."

"What are you looking at? Tell me quickly, what is it talking about? Oh, it's great for you to live in the present. The Netherlands is really good now, with stable employment.

Especially in education, the huge project of universalizing nine-year compulsory primary education has been fully rolled out and implemented in an orderly manner. You are so happy."

"Hey, old guy, do you still want to listen?"

"You want it, why don't you want it? I mean, young man, can you respect me as an old man? It's so rude of you."

"Hmph! You still call yourself an old man. How many people here don't know that you, Sikes, have been wandering the streets of Amsterdam for ten years since you came back from the Cape of Good Hope? You have never worked for more than a month. Change 10 jobs.

Also, I fell in love with gambling. Let’s judge. As a Protestant pastor, my father sympathized with him. I only knew him for less than half a year, and he defrauded him of more than 1000 guilders, and the number of times was more than 5 times. You say , does an old man like you deserve my respect? "

"Hehe, I said Vincent, please stop talking about Sykes, please, and continue the topic just now, what happened over there at the Cape of Good Hope?"

"That's right, continue talking about the report in the newspaper just now, there is so much nonsense"

In a central square of the city.

A group of idle old men in ordinary clothes were surrounding a 9-year-old child. However, this child was not afraid of strangers. He had a pretty face and a look of impatience on his face, but in fact his eyes were wandering around.

If it weren't for his small stature, no one would believe that he was only a half-grown child.

"Hmph, it happens every time. Sure enough, the boss is the one who borrows the money."

This child was born in 1853 in the vicarage in the market center of Zundert, Brabant, in the southern Netherlands. His birthday was also the anniversary of his brother's death.

In mid-1859, his father Theodoros sent him to Zindert City School because of his isolation since he was a child. The miserable learning environment later made him more and more rebellious, and he finally dropped out of school at the end of October 1861. At that time, he Only 10 years old.

However, to his helplessness, the Netherlands promulgated a new education law in December 1861, which stipulated that nine years of compulsory education should be universalized in the Netherlands. All young people must complete nine years of education before they can enter society.

So this year, he went back to Zindert City Public School, so he was dissatisfied that the old man Sykes just mentioned this matter deliberately.

However, since he was a brat, he naturally would not offend the public, so he chose to retreat. However, seeing Sikes's proud look, he secretly decided to take revenge on the other party.

But now, solving the puzzles of these illiterate old men is the best way for him to earn pocket money after attending classes.

Because the new education law stipulates that schools have two days of school holidays every week.

Being rebellious, he naturally wouldn't stay home, so this square became a place for him to earn pocket money.

Reading newspapers to a group of illiterate Dutch veterans every week, participating in their comments, and earning 2 Dutch guilders a day.

Being able to get money, he would naturally enjoy it.

"The newspaper said that since 1652, some of us Dutch have immigrated to the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa. In 1795 and 1806, jealous of the key and importance of this location, the British defeated the Dutch there and occupied it twice. The Cape Colony.

Our Kingdom of the Netherlands was naturally dissatisfied, so we had a dispute with the United Kingdom. However, the British were like divine help. The guy Napoleon I rose up astonishingly in Europe. The Netherlands fell soon after, so the British occupied it openly.

The Dutch at the Cape of Good Hope, who had no backing, had no choice but to accept the strong British rule.

Until the Vienna Peace Conference in Austria in 1814-1815, the British secretly asked for this place from the current Dutch royal family, on the condition that Nassau-Orange was officially elected as the new Dutch royal family, and the British were willing to pay a compensation of 600 million pounds. .

They legitimately obtained the sovereignty of the Cape of Good Hope area from New Netherlands and began to rule it. At this time, in order to deepen their influence and slowly wash away the memory of the Netherlands, the British changed the city of the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Dun. "

Neither the child nor anyone else noticed that the old man who he had devalued as worthless had a look of painful memories on his face after hearing this, but he concealed it quickly, so no one noticed. “In 1836, a new ethnic group called the Boers formed from the Dutch, French and Germans. They were dissatisfied with British rule and began to leave the Cape Colony en masse.

Under the leadership of the militia commander Andres Pretorius, they established the Lydenburg Republic, the Wimburg Republic and other colonial areas in the northern interior. In the end, fearing that they would be defeated by the British, these colonies merged into founded a republic, and its name was called the Transvaal Republic."

However, another group of De Boers established the Natalia Republic in the eastern part of the Transvaal Republic.

However, after being destroyed by the British, these people moved eastward. In the south near the Republic of Transvaal, and in the northwest of the Kingdom of Basutoland and the Zulu Kingdom, they relied on the three countries to establish the Orange Kingdom. Free State Republic.This is the situation in southern Africa today.

The British dominate there, followed by the Transvaal Republic, followed by the Zulu Kingdom, Orange Free State Republic, and Babasutoland Kingdom.

However, today's newspaper said that the British wanted to break this pattern and even wanted to persuade the Zulu Kingdom to start a war between the Zulu Kingdom and the Transvaal Republic. However, they did not expect that the Governor-General Shep. Not to mention that the representatives sent by Tong were completely wiped out in East London, a city in the eastern part of the British colony. Not even one British person in the entire small town was left alive by Zulu tactics.

The report concluded that the Queen of England had decided to send troops to carry out a bloody suppression of the Zulu Kingdom to avenge the blood of 1000 British people. "

咣 咣 咣!
Sikes' crutch suddenly fell to the ground, and he looked at him strangely. Sikes shrugged helplessly, "I can't help it. I am 65 years old. It's normal for my hands to be weak. Vincent, you Keep talking"

"You're a big-headed guy, Sikes. I know you have no money, but wait, I want to hear your story about the Cape of Good Hope 30 years ago. I remember there was a man who called you Andres." Yes, it’s possible that you have the same surname as the leader of the Cape of Good Hope, so you wouldn’t be brothers with him?”

Sykes's face changed drastically, but this time he was caught by Vincent. His heart was shocked, his mind was spinning, and he had strange thoughts at the same time.
Sikes didn't know that he had been targeted. He hurriedly agreed: "Okay, okay, I'm not feeling well today. I'll go back and rest first. Alas, I'm old and can't hold the crutches steadily."

Vincent sneered in his heart: I told you to pretend, your handle has already fallen into my hands, just wait for me to slowly explore your value!

1862 3 Month 3 Day.

Just as Britain had begun mobilizing regular troops, it was preparing to go south to the Atlantic to southern Africa and prepare to attack the Zulu Kingdom.

Napieron III of the French Empire, William I of the Kingdom of Prussia, and William IV of the Kingdom of the Netherlands held a historic meeting of the heads of the three countries in Luxembourg for the first time. The three heads of state issued a statement warning the United Kingdom against the three countries in southern Africa in recent years. Immigrants expressed dissatisfaction with the infringement of their rights.

At the same time, the three countries expressed their support to the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Republic. These support measures include providing 10 of the latest firearms and related ammunition.

In addition, the three countries will send observation teams to the two countries, and every six months they will assess the people's views of the UK in the two countries, as well as the UK's measures towards the two countries.It is released regularly to assess the degree of corresponding help needed by the three countries.

At the same time, the three countries stated that they will form a joint fleet to conduct joint patrols in the Indian Ocean every six months. Specific measures will be announced at a later date.

Finally, the three countries invited the United Kingdom to negotiate with the Zulu Kingdom to resolve the recent conflicts between the two countries and create a peaceful African environment.

The three countries are willing to provide any help to support the peace talks between the two countries.

When the news reached southern Africa, the people of the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Republic cheered and stood up. At this moment, they seemed to feel that the British were not so afraid.

Although the Zulu Kingdom in the east is not so relaxed, it also feels that with the statements of these countries, the British should not dare to be too presumptuous.

In short, except for the dissatisfaction of Shep Stone's British, the declaration of the three countries was warmly welcomed throughout southern Africa.

However, although Buckingham Palace expressed dissatisfaction with the statement of the three countries, Foreign Secretary John Russell even stood up and accused the three countries of not being sympathetic to the deaths of thousands of British people, but caring about the lives of aliens. This was a betrayal of white Europeans, and therefore condemned The Three Kingdoms.

Naturally, the three countries were not to be outdone, and dug out old account books, accusing the British of burning, killing, and looting the Boers, including immigrants from the three countries, in southern Africa, and forcing them to live an inhumane life abroad like herds of sheep. Life.

With the release of the evidence from the three countries, in addition to the three countries, there are even groups from all countries except the British, especially in Northern Europe including Sweden, and even Belgium. Many people died at the gun of the British, so the ongoing The four candidates in the general election also stood up and condemned the UK to win the support of the people.

This made William IV shake his head. Nationalism is indeed the easiest to get votes, no matter what era it is in!

"This game of chess becomes more and more interesting the more you play it."

　that child

　　
　
(End of this chapter)