In this Miluo incident, the Empire and the Netherlands played a red face and the other a black face. After reaching an agreement on compensation, the Empire's attitude has been quite eased, but the Netherlands is completely different. It seized on the fact that the Dutch crew was killed and demanded that the Danes severely punish the navy.

Of course, in essence, the Danes are still giving in to the issue of internationalization of the Sond Strait.

All parties also put pressure on different ways. The British said that if British ships pass through the Strait of Sond, they would also have to pay tolls for Danish ships pass through the Strait of England. The Empire also agreed with the Strait of Gibraltar as the main body.

The Dutch said that the Scania Strait is not unique to Denmark, and Scania on the back belongs to Sweden, so the tolls of the Scania Strait should be paid to Sweden half, and the specific amount of payment needs to be made, rather than completely according to Denmark's standards.

The Danish king had a very firm attitude on this issue, but he could not resist too many opponents, and he frequently used his killer moves, especially Sweden, which directly used his killer moves.

The relationship between the two sides has been constantly marching since two years ago. Until now, the Danish army still occupied part of Holstein's land. Last year, the duke there had married the sisters of Swedish King Carl XII, and both sides had already married in-laws.

Sweden has always been unable to find an alliance in dealing with the Denmark issue, and even the Netherlands, Britain and France are unwilling to take action (the three countries have a common interest, that is, they cannot let the Strait of Sond be controlled by one country).

Now that he finally found an allies, King Carl directly defeated the enemy with one move.

In the last war, although France's intervention failed to achieve Sweden's strategic goal, one thing was certain, that is, Scania to the north of the Sonde Strait was already Swedish land, and Sweden thus obtained the privilege of the Sonde Strait, that is, Swedish ships passing through the Sonde Strait do not need to pay tolls.

After Denmark refused the requests from various countries, King Carl directly announced that all ships heading to the Baltic Sea could go to Stockholm to register. Only a symbolic registration fee was required, and the Kingdom of Sweden granted its Swedish ships the identity of Swedish ships so that all ships could pass through the Strait of Sond.

This is also King Carl's counterattack against Denmark, because in the past two years, Denmark has been inspecting Swedish ships entering and leaving the Sonde Strait for various reasons, and sometimes even shelling them. This is why Sweden still allows Chinese ships to transport key materials even though it has the right to free navigation on the Sonde Strait.

And this proposal directly forced the Danish king to the corner and had no choice but to retreat.

Faced with so many countries' forced efforts, Denmark took the initiative to request the Empire to mediate to ensure that the Empire's ships could be exempted from inspections in the future, and no longer collect taxes based on the value of the goods, but based on the size of the ship. However, Duan Yi is not a short-sighted person, and under such a good situation, he will not take the initiative to destroy the allies' stations.

Denmark was in extreme anxiety. On May 20, a Dutch fleet appeared west of Zeland Island. The fleet was composed of steam-powered ships, with a total of six. Military exercises were held near Zeland Island.

Moreover, representatives of various countries informed the Kingdom of Denmark that if they did not agree with the internationalization of the Sonde Strait, then all countries would accept the good intentions of the Swedish king. They organized merchant fleets to hang the Swedish flag and force the Sounded Strait, while the Dutch fleet and the Swedish fleet would escort armed on both ends of the Sound Strait.

Even Duan Yi, the representative of China, did not say that the empire would not participate, but said that he would do his own business by looking at the merchant ship.

Everyone knows that the Danes will eventually surrender. At the Denmark's high-level meeting, Minister of State Field proposed to comply with the requirements of various countries and sell the right of way in the Strait of Sond in one go. The higher the price, the better, otherwise nothing will be obtained.

Headed by Prince Frederick, he demanded the protection of the rights and interests of the country and did not surrender. The two sides even had fierce quarrels in front of the king.

In the presidential palace in Amsterdam, Duan Yi slowly walked into the conference room. He knew that the purpose of inviting him to come today was to form an escort fleet and protect the merchant fleet from forcibly entering the Strait of Songde.

After greeting representatives from various countries, Duan Yi said: "I personally think that Denmark may compromise. Christian V is a cowardly and incompetent person. The Swedish king's advice was originally legal.

Based on the above considerations, our country believes that this is a sub-armed escort, just a pressure, not a last resort. Therefore, our country will not send combat ships to participate......"

This attitude caused an uproar among representatives of various countries. Duan Yi said with his hands: "Please listen to me. Our country fully supports this just action. In order to show his attitude, the imperial merchant ship can participate freely. The Navy will also send a cruise ship affiliated with the Navy to participate in the action, and send the Swedish naval cadets who graduated from Xijin back to China.

The reason why we do not send out warships is to leave some room. If Denmark compromises and needs peace talks, our country can still mediate in the center."

As a result, all countries were satisfied. Heinsius named the "Entertainment of Freedom" for this operation. In addition to the Netherlands, Portugal and France also sent warships to participate. Sweden was also a fleet prepared in the Baltic. Not to mention that these warships were all first-generation ironclad ships equipped with steam power, which was more than enough to deal with Denmark's sail battleships. Even if they were just ship tonnage, they would not suffer any losses.

The commander was naturally the Dutch who had the most ships, which was also the reason why Heinsius took the initiative to arrange this matter, hoping to enhance the Netherlands' status and voice in Europe.

That is, while everyone was discussing, a Dutch official walked in, in a hurry and whispered in front of Heinsius. Before he finished speaking, an official in France, which had always been fierce and domineering, forced himself into the conference room and said a few words in the French ambassador's ear.

Duan Yi didn't know what happened, but he understood that something must have happened, otherwise such an rude thing would not have happened. But what could happen? Duan Yi listened carefully to the French. He also knew some French, but was not familiar with it. Therefore, he could only hear the words that he often heard recently. The words Denmark and King appear the most frequently. It must be that there was something wrong in Denmark. Some problems might have happened, which shocked everyone. The Danes have been forced into a corner. Is there anything else to resist?

After looking at the translation, the Dutch translator said nothing without permission.

Finally, Heinsius stood up and said, "People, please calm down. I have a news release about Denmark. I am afraid that our plan to free the Freedom Messenger will be suspended."

Duan Yi frowned. He really couldn't imagine that Denmark could have any ability to suspend this plan.

But that's the truth. Not to mention Duan Yi didn't expect that, no one expected that even the Danes didn't want this, because the King of Denmark Christian V passed away.

When the old king passed away, everything returned to the starting point. Whether to carry out armed escort depends on the attitude of the new king.

Heinsius presided over the meeting and determined the matter. If the new king adhered to Christian V's position, the plan for the Freedom Messenger continued, and if not, it would be cancelled. For this reason, Heinsius formulated a memorandum and gathered the commanders of the fleets of various countries to form a joint command.

"Duan, please stay." At the end of the meeting, Heinsius called Duan Yi and the two entered Heinsius' office.

Heinsius said: "At the beginning, I didn't let the translator tell you, but waited for a while, and was waiting for the French to finish speaking. After understanding how much they knew, I could control the situation.

Now that they are gone, I will not hide the truth from you anymore.”

"What else is there?"

Heinsius called the official who sent the message and said in detail.

It turned out that Christian V's death was just the beginning, and a political incident was triggered in Copenhagen. That was the escape of Secretary of State Field.

According to the Dutch ambassador who returned from Copenhagen, the new king Frederick began to capture Field and his accomplices on the night of Christian V's death, but the problem is that Field knew the king had passed away before Frederick, so he prepared in advance.

After seeing the king's death, Field blocked the news and fled back to his own home. He was born into the four major Danish families and was in charge of the country for many years. He was in a mixed relationship with the Danish government. But Field knew better that his conflict with Frederick was irreconcilable, and once he succeeded to the throne, everything would be done.

Originally, Field wanted to block the news and launch a coup, and attacked first, but the king died too hastily and he was not prepared. At dawn, Frederick knew about his father's death and immediately led his army to deal with Field, and soon surrounded Field's manor.

Field also thought of getting out of the country and saying that he could withdraw from the government and enjoy his old age, but Frederick directly declared that he was a traitor, which completely lost Field's vitality.

But no one expected that the Field's manor had a secret passage leading to the outside. While asking his subordinates to negotiate with Frederick, they secretly escaped and escaped from Copenhagen.

The conflict between Field and Frederick has been irreconcilable for a long time.

When he was young, Frederick lived in Paris, France for a while and visited Amsterdam. During that trip, Frederick deeply felt the gap between Denmark and these countries, especially with his neighboring Netherlands.

At that time, the Netherlands was in a period of rapid expansion. The normalization of relations with the empire made the Netherlands a gathering place for Eastern and colonial commodities, reshaping the position of Amsterdam's commercial center. The restoration of James II and the British Civil War injected new impetus into the Netherlands.

A large number of Protestants fled from Britain to the Netherlands, bringing capital, technology and skilled workers. The entire Netherlands' economy was booming, and it was the first country to escape the national debt crisis caused by the Great Alliance War. It also became the richest and most technologically advanced country in Europe.

That trip gave Frederick his own political philosophy. He believed that Denmark and the Netherlands had a similar population and had more land area than the Netherlands. He should take the Netherlands as an example to enrich the country and strengthen the army. There are two political philosophy of Jean: one is to abolish the serf system and liberate the labor force, and the other is to develop trade, especially trade with the East.

But both concepts are not tolerated by traditional nobles such as Field, one of the four largest families in Denmark, with a large number of serfs in their family. Field also controls the East India Company with a monopoly status for the king and monopolizes Eastern goods. The two sides are constantly in opposition on these two issues.

What Duan Yi and Heinsius are going to discuss is where Field is going to escape. The possibility is nothing more than China, the Netherlands, France and Sweden. If it is in the hands of China and the Netherlands, how should this person be used, and how to deal with it when it comes to France and Sweden.

However, the discussion between the two was destined to have no result, because Field had already decided to go to Stockholm, Sweden when he decided to escape.

The reason is that Field had many documents that were very important to the Swedish king, including the secret treaty of Denmark to form an anti-Swedish alliance with Poland, Saxony and Russia, and even the military plan had been determined.

In March or April next year, the three countries will send troops at the same time. Denmark attacks Sweden in the Baltic Sea in West Pomerania, and blocks the Sonde Strait with naval and shore artillery. Polish troops attack Livornia (latvia and Estonia regions in later generations), while Russian troops attack Ingria, which is the area of ​​St. Petersburg in later generations.

The Swedish Palace in Stockholm.

"Scammer, arrogant idiot, thief, damn barbarian..." King Carl XII, who was only seventeen years old, roared violently in the palace. King Carl, who had always strictly required himself to be strict with the standards of medieval knights, had never lost his composure. The reason for his anger this time was the anti-Swedish alliance treaty brought by Field, which actually contained the signature of Tsar Peter of Russia.

You should know that Sweden sent a delegation to Moscow and received courtesy. The two sides also reaffirmed their friendly relations. The treaty was signed before that visit. It was obvious that Russia had deceived Sweden from the beginning.

Jiang Xianyun heard Carl's roar as soon as he entered the palace. When he saw the king's most trusted commander and close friends, Renscred, Stanbok and Levinhop, standing in the corridor in front of the study, he knew something big had happened.

"His Majesty the King, Ambassador Jiang is here." Renscred knocked on the door.

"Ren, please tell Teacher Jiang what happened. I want to be quiet. In an hour, we will meet in the war room." The door did not open, and the king's hoarse voice came from inside.
Chapter completed!