v3 Chapter 480： Ottoman Empire Buying Arms Tour?

"Italy doesn't think that the relationship with Britain and France will affect the relationship with the Netherlands. I don't think that Italy's foreign relations must only be firmly hung on a tree."

Inmanuel II looked at William IV and emphasized with a smile: "Italy will continue to strengthen relations with France and the Netherlands, and relations with France and the Netherlands are not mutually exclusive."

William IV smiled noncommittally and said: "The Netherlands has never believed that it can influence Italy's diplomatic views, and we respect the views and practices of partner countries. However, we have the right to express our views. In fact, the Netherlands has always been do this"

"Say the same with Spain?" Inmanuel II squinted and smiled at William IV.

This question of his, discerning people know that this is a kind of temptation.

Obviously, Inmanuel II is a little curious about William IV's secret conversation with Queen Insabel II of Spain in the morning, and yes, the two countries face each other across the sea in the Western Mediterranean and the middle of the Mediterranean.

Italy has ambitions, but it is currently difficult to match the British, French, and Pau, but it is Italy's current goal to match Spain and even the Ottoman Empire.

William IV said: "Her Majesty Queen Yinsabel II thinks that the Netherlands is safer?"

Inmanuel II: "?"

"The strength of the Netherlands gives Spain more control over itself. Compared with France, the Netherlands and Spain are more allies."

Yin Manuel II heard the words and agreed very much.

"So, Italy and the Netherlands are also very good allies?" Inmanuel II joked.

William IV smiled and nodded, "Actually, I think so too."

Seeing what Inmanuel II wanted to say, William IV said: "Italy can cooperate with the Indian Ocean."

Immanuel II, who was about to oppose, was immediately held back by the words of the Indian Ocean.

The Indian Ocean. At present, Italy's interests in the Indian Ocean are in Eritrea and the eastern part of the Ottoman Empire in Yemen.

The Netherlands is second only to the United Kingdom in the Indian Ocean. The Netherlands not only owns the Dutch Indonesian archipelago in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean, but also the Australian mainland and the United Arab Emirates in the north.

In the west, it has coastal areas such as Madagascar, Northern Mozambique, Tanzania, and Kenya. In the Indian Ocean, its sphere of influence is second only to that of the British Empire, which is blessed with colonies such as the Indian subcontinent, lower Myanmar, the Bay of Bengal, West Yemen, Sudan, and South Africa.

If Italy can get the help of the Netherlands, which is the second largest power in the Indian Ocean, then Italy will have a lot to do in the Indian Ocean.

However, although he was moved, he chose to remain silent until William IV had no specific interests to show.

William IV saw through his thoughts and smiled: "The Netherlands actually wanted Italy to occupy Ethiopia, but Prussia asked the Netherlands to sit on the wall. Your Majesty should know that we were in the Prussian-French-Dutch alliance. , belongs only to the last stream, so the Netherlands can only listen to his advice.”

Listening to William IV talking about Ethiopia, Inmanuel II was shocked. In order to conquer this indigenous African country, Italy did everything possible, but in the end it got a bad one that could no longer be done. Bad result. William IV even mentioned Ethiopia at this time, what did he want to do?

William IV shared his plan with a smile.

After listening to it, Inmanuel II finally weighed one side and chose to establish a closer relationship with the Netherlands.

After William IV defeated two quasi-first-class European kings, he finally met Sultan Abdul Aziz I on the morning of January 28, 1869.

Regarding the Ottoman Sultan, the current public opinion in Europe is that Abdul Aziz I was the leader of the rejuvenation of the Sultan, and the special existence of the Ottoman Empire made all countries wary of the threat to all countries after the re-emergence of the country, but at present Countries are still close to the Ottoman Empire, with Britain, Austria-Hungary and the Netherlands being the most active in this regard.

After Sultan Abdul Aziz I was born in 1830, he became the sultan (emperor) of the Ottoman Empire in 1861 at the age of 31. During his nearly 9 years in office, he has achieved considerable political achievements. Universities are established, laws are drawn up. In terms of diplomacy, at the beginning, it maintained an equal distance between Britain, France and Russia, but it was slightly biased towards the United Kingdom, but in the late 1960s, it became closer to the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary and Prussia.

However, with the war with the Russian Empire and the ambitions of Britain and France, the Ottoman Empire has turned to the latter, that is, the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary, and Prussia.

To prepare for the old three powers, Prussia and the Netherlands and Austria-Hungary are close. It is his proper use inside and outside, so because it can meet the domestic food supply. Coupled with the rapid progress of industry, yes even the forces against him have gathered around him.

William IV remembered that the Sultan of Abdul Aziz I seemed to be the same until 1876 because of the food problem. When the people were dissatisfied with the demonstrations, the huge pressure-suppression was finally driven out by the people and died in depression.

Sultan Abdul Aziz I said: "The Netherlands is currently our largest trading partner, the Ottoman Empire is a huge oil production area to be developed, and it will also be a huge market in the future. The Netherlands is a major investor in the Ottoman Empire. The Netherlands is of course our number one partner in the field of security and politics, as well as in the field of Ottoman investment and trade.”

William IV laughed, "The ancient Ottoman Empire is a very curious and friendly country of the Dutch royal family. We all see the friendship between the Ottoman Empire and the Netherlands, and the close relationship with the Ottoman Empire is also very important to the Netherlands. of.

This is also why the Netherlands has always been willing to continue to sell to the Ottoman Empire, including the most advanced Dutch active-duty guns, to the Ottoman Empire. "

The Ottoman Empire has a very close relationship with the United Kingdom, but the Ottoman Empire purchased these cutting-edge advanced army guns from the Netherlands at a high price, because they had tried the same guns from the British Empire allies, but in the end, many people in the United Kingdom had feelings for the Ottomans. Driven by vigilant parliamentarians, strict export controls were imposed on the export of Ottoman weapons, which were ultimately unavailable.

This is also the reason why the Dutch fishermen benefited and gradually became the main supplier of weapons in the Ottoman Empire.

This time, Sultan Abdul Aziz I was actually going to ask William IV to buy a Mauser gun that had just arrived in the Netherlands. This gun is currently causing a sensation around the world.

At present, it is because the Netherlands sold this most advanced Mauser gun to the Kingdom of Siam that the French Empire suffered heavy casualties in the Far East. It is said that the Dutch ambassador has been summoned by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris no less than 10 times in the past six months. It can be seen that Gao-Lu-Chicken is really anxious.