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Chapter 768:Abandoned by Allies

The conditions put forward by the Daming Empire seemed to have no effect on Britain, they only had to promise that they would no longer use the soldiers in the Portuguese mainland and overseas colonies, and that this was just a promise, whether it would be obeyed, whether they would abide by it or not, and whether they would abide by it or not, if they felt that their fists were big in the future, they could do not promise.

Fairfax signed a non-aggression pact.

This Jockman is a little unhappalled, although Zhang Bin said politeness, but the conditions are too much, if all agreed, the Netherlands is not to suffer a big loss, so he did not immediately sign the treaty, but hesitated to say that he wanted to talk again.

Zhang Bin is not in a hurry, talk about it again, anyway, he has time.

The negotiations of the next day were over, and the English negotiator Fairfax had signed a treaty, and the captives of the little Cromwell and the British soldiers could naturally be released, and Zhang Bin took Fairfax directly to the camp where the captives took them, and personally ordered the release of the Duke of Cromwell Jr. and the captured British soldiers, and he enthusiastically inquired about Fairfax's need to send their own flotillas to send them back to England.

Fairfax, of course, hoped that Zhang Bin would send the fleet to send them back, because he came in a hurry, and did not bring any large warships, in order to hurry, they drove a few vehamas to come, at most can carry hundreds of people, these thousands of people he once can not take back.

At this time he could not care for any allies, anyway, they did not eat anything in Britain, as for the Netherlands to eat or lose, and he did not have much to do with him, he also hoped that the Netherlands could be devastated by the Ming Empire, so that the continental maritime overlords were their Britain and not the Netherlands.

So he said hello directly to Jockman, and then sat on the battleship arranged by Zhang Bin, with the little Duke Cromwell and the captured British soldiers, and returned to England with the truce he was riding when he came, and Jockman, the ally, who had been left behind by him in Lisbon, no matter what!

On the morning of the third day, the negotiations continued, and at this time Jockman was even more frustrated, and he had a feeling of being abandoned by his allies, but he had no way of letting Fairfax stay with him and work for the Dutch interest.

He knows quite well that the alliance between the anti-Habsburg powers is fragile, and everyone is united for the interests of their own country, and no one will defend them for your interests.

Zhang Bin saw the dejected expression of this goods, his heart can not help but be secretly proud, he wants this effect, only let the Dutch feel that they have been sold by allies, they will recognize the reality.

He pretended to be a kind person and worried: "Your Excellency the Grand Speaker, what happened to you?"

Jockman sighed helplessly, "Your Highness, the conditions you have put forward are a little too harsh, and we cannot accept it."

Zhang Bin shook his head and said, “Mr. Speaker, have you not yet recognized the reality?”I did it for your good work!”

Jockman heard that he wanted to roll his eyes, and the duke's face was really thick, so that the Dutch "returned" most of the colonies to Portugal, or for their good, how can you only "good" for our Netherlands and not "good" for Britain!

He was now angry and dared not speak, but they were badly beaten by the Great Ming Empire, and the loss of the East India Company in Formosa and Batavia alone caused them to lose nearly a quarter of their war power, and to fight them again, which was of no good to them at all, and he knew quite well that the Netherlands was not at all the opponents of the Ming Empire.

It is not that their warships are not much, mainly that there are no more people in the navy, the fleet brought by this duke alone is enough to make them despair, two hundred super battleships, two hundred cruisers, plus two hundred warships, how many people need to drive and control them is quite clear, they are not the Dutch Navy together with so many people.

That is to say, the fleet in the hands of the duke's plenacular alone can crush them, and if they have to fight with the Daming Empire, they will be able to fight the Dutch Navy!

He could only euphemistically say, “Your Highness, you should also know how many colonies we have in Holland, and you asked us to return more than half of the colonies to Portugal, is it not in vain for our decades of hard work?”

Don’t you want to think about how big your stomach is and that you don’t have to eat so much to die?

Zhang Bin simply said directly: "Mr. President, you should think about how many people you have in the Netherlands, at best, about one million?"How many soldiers can you recruit, at best, about 100,000?You have stationed more than ten thousand men in Ceylon, and the coasts of Comoro and Malabar, and three or four thousand, or fifteen thousand?And from the Far East to the European continent more than thirty strongholds, add up to at least 5,000 people, and Cape Verde, and the Gold Coast, and Brazil, these places, you do not stationed thousands or even tens of thousands of horses can hold?In this way, your scattered overseas forces will not be less than 50,000, you local, how many horses, no matter what?If Britain and France declare war on you, what will you resist?”

Jockman heard that his face could not help but become unsightly, the duke's strongman knew all about their overseas troop deployment, in fact, they did not conscript a hundred thousand troops in the Netherlands, now their total strength is more than sixty thousand, their native stationed horses less than ten thousand!

If Britain and France had declared war on them, what would they have done, they really haven’t considered it, because they’re still allies, and it’s normal that they don’t help each other, but it’s rare for allies to declare war on each other, so they haven’t thought about it yet.

However, think carefully, it is still possible for Britain and France to declare war on them for profit or for the supremacy of maritime supremacy!

Of course, he will not say this, he can only be wrongly perfunctory: "Duke, after all, we are allies with Britain and France, you say they do not do their best to help us, I believe, but you say that they will declare war on us is a bit absurd, declare war on allies, this kind of thing is possible?"

Zhang Bin looked at him and said lightly: "Is it possible that you should know in your own hearts that when your ability is not enough to protect your interests, do you think others will not be blind or even rob?"Portugal is a good example, their overseas colonies, what about the results?Needless to say, you Dutch people have done everything to rob their colonies.”

“This!”It is true that Jockman was embarrassed to say that the Dutch had robbed their colonies while Portugal was bullied by Spain.

Zhang Bin once again said with great gravity: "Think about it, are you useful to seize so many colonies, are you capable enough to keep the colony, Portugal is about the same population as you, they are the best example."

Jockman heard it, and slowly fell into thought, and the duke's highness seemed to make a good sense, and once the English and French eyes on their colony, they could not keep it!

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