On May 10, 1653, six 650-ton flute-type transport ships and two 300-ton refrigerated ships were carefully docked on the side of Tyser Island outside Sud. "≤After paying the tariffs into port, the fleet slowly sailed into the Amsterdam Pier under the guidance of the Dutch.

This large port, which used to be docked with more than 2,000 ships for many years, is now a little dilapidated. Mo Lie's eel looked around and saw only less than a thousand ships of various types, which made him very moved: During the war, the Dutch business had shrunk to this level, which was really pitiful and lamentable. You should know that in the past, this port controlled the trade of most of the food, salt, salt fish, rigs, and dairy products in Europe, and other commodities were generally collected here to seek buyers. In addition, Amsterdam also has a series of titles such as the European financial center, shipbuilding center, and the largest second-hand ship base. It can be said that before the war, this city with a population of 150,000 to 200,000 was at its peak of glory.

But now all this has become a thing of the past! The Dutch Navy has never been able to break the interception of the British. A large number of Dutch ships were taken away, and a large amount of supplies either sank to the bottom of the sea or entered the British warehouses in London. Trade was greatly affected, the economy plummeted, the people's living standards were declining, and the entire city and even the entire country were filled with a strong sense of insecurity.

It is conceivable that in such a situation, when the 10 ships Molie's eel were carrying into Amsterdam, the Dutch were so happy. Refined flour, butter, cheese, ham, wine, frozen fish, soybeans and other foods were stored in the cabin in a classified manner. The Dutch couldn't wait to carefully hang the food onto the docks with pulley booms and livestock cranes, and then sent them to the warehouse one by one for storage.

During the year when the British were blocked, Amsterdam was not hungry, but prices soared. There were many cases of ordinary people not eating. Go and see the cargo warehouse in Amsterdam, where goods were once stuffed. In the past, once a ship was docked, the goods would be bought as soon as possible and then spent four or five days unloading the goods - of course, the sales were not so fast, but the Dutch would put the goods in the dock storage warehouse and then slowly sell them, which also made Amsterdam always have a reputation for sufficient goods to be sold.

Amsterdam is such a place that collects, stores and sells goods from all over the world. A super-large logistics warehouse, "a trade fair that is held all year round", huge logistics, cash flow, and people flow in and out on the city's docks, which has brought countless wealth to the Netherlands.

But now many warehouses have bottomed out. Even though the old goods have risen several times, the price has been sold out. The new goods are replenished intermittently, which makes people worry. The 10 ships of the East Coast carry 4,500 tons of various food, which is far from enough to meet the daily consumption of Amsterdam, but it is still possible to spend a month in simplicity. After more than two months, another fleet of transport ships will arrive at the port of Flisinen in Zeeland, which is even larger this time. There are 9 flute-shaped ships, 2 refrigerated ships and 4 sail guard gunboats (the tonnage of the gunboat is 400 tons, and the surplus cabins can also be used to transport goods). It is estimated that at least 6,500 tons of various materials can be transported (parts of which are food and some are the rest of the order).

The arrival of these two fleets is not very important to the daily consumption of the Netherlands and Zeeland provinces and the significance of industrial production, but it should not be underestimated. In particular, the first food transport fleets arrived in Amsterdam directly provided them with a wide variety of goods, enough for them to maintain for a month, which is very important for the city to overcome the material difficulties during the war, and the Dutch should be grateful for this.

The day after arriving at the port, the second lieutenant of the Molierei Navy was received by Mad, who had just arrived from The Hague. Mad had just arrived in the Netherlands from Kafa City. Not long after, he served as the first diplomatic envoy of the East Coast Republic of China to the Netherlands, he has been very busy recently. He not only has to visit the senior officials of the Dutch government, but also the members of the Dutch Provincial Council of Zelan. Other important cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Flissin, Leiden, Horen, and Enkehezen also had to visit the city councils. These members are all businessmen with great influence. As diplomatic envoys who are also responsible for commercial promotion, Mad dared not neglect at all, so he has been busy recently.

In addition, he was also responsible for the establishment of the Amsterdam commercial station. If Mo San had not drawn personnel from various commercial stations to support him, he would have been unable to take into account. This commercial station was located on the dock in Amsterdam, and Mad directly rented a small area. There were ready-made cranes and ready-made warehouses, and even loading and unloading workers were well equipped. The price was not very high, because now Amsterdam is in a sluggish business, many warehouses have been empty, and the controllers of these warehouses had to significantly lower the rent. In addition, Mad rented it for ten years in one go, so the rent would be even cheaper.

"The commercial station in Amsterdam will be available in about a month, otherwise you won't have to worry about it." Made, wearing a striking Zhongshan suit, shook Mo Lie's hand, then looked at the second-generation naval lieutenant, and said with a smile: "The younger generation has grown up, I'm very happy. Your dad is still teaching in Luoqian Bingtuan Fort?"

"Yes, he likes quietness and is still there to take care of his children. He occasionally asks about all kinds of investments at home, but my mother is usually in charge." Mo Liei replied in a normal manner, and finally added: "For the blessing of the Ying-Ho War, the prosperity of domestic industry and commerce has increased significantly recently, and the speed of import and export of goods has been greatly accelerated. I heard from my friend that the tariff income of Luoqia Port, Dongfang Port and Qingdao Port has increased rapidly every month, which is really great. Some of the small workshops I invest in and trading companies have also made a small profit in this Dongfeng. I really want to thank the British, hehe."

"You can only say this in front of me." Mad laughed, then turned around and said, "Domestic industry, agriculture and commerce are indeed prosperous, but the Dutch are in a downturn, haha. However, the British are indeed very prosperous now. I don't know how many Dutch merchant ships they have captured. According to my inquiry, there may be 600-1,000 ships. Although most of these ships are offshore transport ships with small tonnage, the number of hundreds is hundreds after all.

If the ship price is not counted, the value of the goods alone may have reached several million yuan. Of course, if they only achieved such a small amount, it may not be enough to make up for the support of war funds, but so what? Everything depends on the long term. They broke the economic oppression of the Dutch and gained many markets that they had never dared to imagine before. The most important thing is that they also weakened the strength and prestige of the direct competitor, the Netherlands. In this way, they still make a profit, and they make a big profit."

"Dutch falls, everyone is full, haha, this is a joke that has been circulating in our navy recently." Mo Liei also responded with a smile, "Last time I heard a novel that served in the Second Fleet, the Dutch had officially delivered the Tulair Merchant Station. The main hall and annexes of the merchant station, about several hectares of farmland, more than 1,000 sheep, more than 600 cows, less than 200 employees (mostly German mercenaries) and some inventory goods were sold to the New China Development Team for a discount of 500,000 ruts. New China has now sent immigrants to settle down and plant cotton. Speaking of which, the Dutch have been cheated this time and have to cut their flesh, but it is said that they insist on refusing to sell Formosa Island and the Cape Town Colony. Haha, it is probably not painful yet by the British."

"Don't talk about these things in the future." Made patted his shoulder and said, "The national policy formulated by the Executive Committee is to unite the Dutch to make Britain. Now we need to do close relations with the Netherlands. There was no such condition before, and now we finally made a connection with them through the British-Dutch war, and we still showed our face. What are you waiting for if you don't strike while the iron is hot and continue to deepen bilateral relations? You must know that the Dutch are strong in the sales network, while we are strong in the production capacity. The cooperation with the Genoese was a model, and the Netherlands was a super large Genoa. This kind of cooperation is beneficial to our country's industry and agriculture without any harm. Therefore, supporting the Netherlands and suppressing the United Kingdom is the next long-term national policy. Let's say less in the future."

Mo Lieyan nodded when he heard this and satisfies Mad's education, who is a good teacher, which makes Mad very happy: "I recently met Speaker Dwight in The Hague and mentioned the matter of strengthening banking transactions between the two countries. Speaker Dwight agreed in principle, but I still have to negotiate separately with the Amsterdam Exchange Bank. This negotiation will probably not be easy. The Dutch have always been arrogant, especially in their extremely strong financial field, and want to make him

We recognize that the various commercial papers of our Northwest Reclamation Bank, United Industrial Credit Bank, Commercial Clearing Bank and New World Friendly Mutual Aid Bank are probably difficult to spend some money. Well, let’s go for a meal first. This is not something that can be discussed in a while. Just like we invite the Dutch to open a commercial station in Qingdao Port, it is basically impossible to have any clues in this kind of matter without going back and forth for several months to one year of negotiations."
Chapter completed!