Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Just as the outside world was scrambling to discuss the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of Africa, which has always been unnoticed, there was news about the massacre of the towns in their colony East London on the British Empire colony!

The Netherlands, the city of Zindert.

"Everyone, come and listen. This is the newspaper I just got. If you want to hear it, come over quickly. If you don't remember enough, you can remember to pay after you finish listening."

"Look at what? Hurry up and tell me, what exactly is this about? Alas, it's so good for you to live in the moment, the Netherlands is so good now, with stable employment.

Especially in education, popularizing the primary nine-year compulsory education, this huge project has been rolled out in an all-round way, and it is implemented in an orderly manner, you are very happy."

"Hey, I said old guy, do you want to listen?"

"If you want it, why not? I said, young man, can you respect me as an old man, it's too rude to you"

"Humph! You still call yourself an old man. There are a few people here who don't know that you, Slack, have been wandering the streets of Amsterdam for 10 years since he came back from the Cape of Good Hope. The job has not been on duty for more than a month, and it can be changed within a year. 20 jobs.

Also, I fell in love with gambling, and everyone came to judge. My father, as a Protestant pastor, sympathized with him, and only knew him for less than half a year, and he was defrauded of more than 1,000 guilders, and the number of times was more than 5 times, you said , Do you, an old man like you, deserve my respect? "

"Hehe, I said Vincent, stop talking about Sykes, okay? Let's continue the topic just now, what happened over the Cape of Good Hope?"

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

In a central square in the city.

A group of idle old people dressed in ordinary clothes were surrounding a child who was only 9 years old. The child was not afraid of life. He had clear eyebrows and a look of impatience on his face, but in fact his eyes were wandering around.

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

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

This child was born in 1853 in the priest's mansion in the market center of Zindert, in the province of Brabant in the south of the Netherlands. His birthday was also the anniversary of his brother's death.

In mid-1859, he was sent to the Kilometer School in Zindert City by his father Theodoros because of his loneliness since childhood. The appalling learning environment caused him to become more and more rebellious, and finally dropped out at the end of October 1861. Only 9 years old.

However, to his helplessness, the Netherlands promulgated a new education law in December 1861, stipulating that nine-year compulsory education is universal in the Netherlands, and all young people must complete nine years of education before they can enter the society.

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

However, he would not be angry with others because he was a big kid. Therefore, he chose to retreat, but seeing Sikes' proud look, he secretly made a decision in his heart that he must take revenge on the other party.

But right now, to solve the puzzles of these illiterate old men is the best way for him to earn pocket money after classes. The new education law stipulates that every week, the school has two days off, and he is a rebellious child. , Naturally, he won't be a cat at home, so this square has become a place for him to earn pocket money.

Every week, read a newspaper to a group of illiterate Dutch veterans, participate in their comments, and earn 2 guilders a day.

Being able to get the money, he is naturally overjoyed.

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

Naturally, we were dissatisfied with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, so we had a dispute with the United Kingdom. However, the British were like gods. The astonishing rise of Napoleon I in the European continent, the Netherlands fell not long after, so the United Kingdom occupied the place.

And the Cape of Good Hope Dutch, who had no backing, could only swallow their breath and accept the mighty British rule.

Until the Vienna Peace Conference in Austria from 1814 to 1815, the British privately asked for this place from the current Dutch royal family. The conditions were to formally elect Nassau-Orange as the new Dutch royal family, and the UK was willing to compensate 6 million pounds. .

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

The child and the others didn't notice that the worthless old man who was demoted by him had a painful memory on his face after hearing this, but he hid it quickly, so no one noticed.

"In 1836, a new group of Dutch and French and Germans, called the Boers, was dissatisfied with British rule and began to leave the Cape Town colony en masse.

Led by Andres Pretorius, the commander of the militia, they established colonies such as the Republic of Laidenburg and the Republic of Winburg in the northern interior. In the end, fearing that they would be destroyed by the British, these colonies merged into one a republic, his name is the Transvaal Republic"

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

However, after being destroyed by the British, these people migrated eastward. In the south near the Transvaal Republic, and in the northwest of the Basutoland Kingdom and the Zulu Kingdom, they relied on the three kingdoms and established Orange. Free State republic. This is the pattern in southern Africa today.

The British are the most dominant there, the Transvaal Republic is the second, and the Zulu Kingdom, the Orange Free State Republic, and the Babasutoland Kingdom are the third.

But today's newspaper is that the British want to break this pattern and even want to persuade the Zulu Kingdom, the Zulu Kingdom ruled by Kaizhiwayo, and the Transvaal Republic to go to war, but they did not expect that the Governor Shep S. The representatives sent by Tong actually destroyed the entire army in East London, a city in the eastern part of the British colony. Not a single British person in the entire small town died under the Zulu tactics.

At the end of the report, the Queen of England has decided to send an army to carry out a **** suppression of the Zulu Kingdom in order to avenge the blood revenge of 1,000 British people. "

bang bang bang!

Sykes' cane suddenly fell to the ground, seeing him looking at him strangely, Sykes shrugged helplessly, "No way, I'm 65 years old this year, it's normal to have weak hands, Vincent, you keep talking"

"Say you're a big bastard, Sikes, I know you don't have money, but wait, I want to hear your story over there at the Cape of Good Hope 30 years ago, I remember someone called you Andreas Yes, is it possible that you have the same surname as the leader of the Cape of Good Hope, so you wouldn't be brothers with him, would you?"

Sykes's face changed dramatically, but this time he was caught by Vincent, his heart was shocked, his mind was spinning, and he had a strange idea at the same time,

Sikes didn't know that he had been eyeing him, so he hurriedly agreed: "Okay, I'm not feeling well today, I'll go back to rest first, alas, I'm old, and I can't hold my 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 the value in you!

........

March 3, 1862.

Just when the United Kingdom had begun to mobilize its regular army, it was preparing to go south to the Atlantic Ocean to southern Africa, and prepare to attack the Zulu Kingdom.

Napiron 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 in Luxembourg for the first tripartite agreement between the heads of state. Immigrants' rights violations expressed dissatisfaction.

At the same time, the three countries expressed their support to the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Republic. These support measures include providing 100,000 newest firearms and related ammunition. In addition, the three countries will send observation teams to the two countries, and every six months, they will review the views of the people of the two countries on the UK, as well as the UK's actions towards the two countries. Published regularly to assess the level of assistance the three countries need to provide.

At the same time, the three countries stated that they will form a joint fleet and conduct joint patrols in the Indian Ocean once every six months~www.NovelMTL.com~ The specific measures will be announced at another date.

Finally, the three countries invited Britain 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 assistance to support the peace talks between the two countries.

.....

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

And although the Zulu Kingdom in the east is not so easy, but I also feel that with the declarations of these countries, the British should not dare to be too presumptuous.

In a word, except for the dissatisfaction of the British, where Shep Stone is located, the announcement of the three countries was warmly welcomed throughout southern Africa.

However, although Buckingham Palace expressed dissatisfaction with the statement of the three countries, and even Foreign Secretary John Russell stood up and accused the three countries not only showing no sympathy for the deaths of thousands of British people, but caring about the lives of aliens. three kingdoms.

Naturally, the Three Kingdoms did not want to be outdone, and dug out the old ledger, accusing the British of burning, killing and looting the Boers, including immigrants from the Three Kingdoms, in southern Africa, and making them live in inhumane lives abroad like a flock of sheep. Life, with the release of the evidence of the Three Kingdoms, there are even three foreign countries, and even except the British, there are all countries, especially Sweden, including Northern Europe, and even Belgium. Many people died under the guns of the British, so The four candidates who are in the general election have also stepped forward to condemn the United Kingdom, in order to win the support of the people.

This made William IV shake his head at the sight of it. The nation's righteousness is indeed the easiest to get votes, no matter what era it is!

"This game of chess is getting more and more interesting"