After Bohard's reminder, Heinsius quickly understood the meaning.

At present, the Great Northern War between Sweden and the Northern Alliance is in full swing. In the near future, due to the inheritance of the Spanish throne, an anti-French alliance will be established. At that time, most of Europe will be trapped in war, and the Netherlands will inevitably enter the anti-French alliance.

And it will become the most dangerous country in the alliance.

As a country dominated by industry and commerce, all kinds of supplies from the Netherlands cannot be self-sufficient. If you want to persist, you must maintain contact with the outside world. Looking back on the last Great Alliance War, in the French Navy gained an advantage and the Netherlands did not withdraw from the war, only Chinese ships could come to Amsterdam with their advantages in armed escort and speed.

This led to the Dutch prices being controlled by Chinese merchants for a time and they lost too much profit.

If an alliance of neutral countries was established, this would not have happened.

However, the Spanish War of Succession of the Throne has not yet broken out, and this armed neutral alliance targets both sides in the Great Northern War. Among the participating countries, Sweden was the only one with maritime advantages. Heinsius wanted to consider letting Sweden accept such an alliance.

After careful consideration, Heinsius believed that the possibility of Sweden's agreement was very high.

First of all, Sweden has no reason to refuse imports from countries such as the Netherlands in the Baltic coast. After all, most of the food in countries such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands need to be imported. If it is blocked, it will arouse all-round hatred.

Secondly, the export of materials from countries to Sweden's enemies should be restricted, such as military materials are absolutely unacceptable. But the problem is that for the Netherlands, there is no need to challenge Sweden in the Baltic Sea.

Because after the Four-Nation Agreement that year, Russia and Poland both obtained the Black Sea estuaries, and military supplies that were not allowed by Sweden could take the Mediterranean route.

Although the Netherlands was planning an armed neutral alliance based on the Great Northern War, it was actually aimed at the future war against France. Heinsius soon thought that similar alliances were also important to China. In fact, this was what they did in previous wars.

In the Great Alliance War, countries fought with France in an endless battle, and China made a lot of money in both ends of business.

Only when superpowers like China join, can the armed neutral alliance be recognized by all belligerent countries.

But Heinsius soon thought of one thing: Since the armed neutral alliance is also beneficial to China, why did the Chinese have no plans? At least with the wisdom of the Chinese prince, he could not have thought of this.

What Heinsius didn't know was that Bohard did not come to help this time, but came to be a lobbyist instead of Li Junwei. The idea of ​​the armed neutral alliance was made by Li Junwei.

During the Great Alliance War, the empire did not need to build an armed neutral alliance at all, nor did they worry about the warring countries intercepting the empire's ships. The reason was that at that time, the warships of various countries were sailing warships, and the empire's merchant ships either had steam power or were flying scissors. The warring countries could not catch up with the empire's merchant ships.

But the situation is completely different now. With the opening of the empire's technology and the sale of equipment, many countries have steam-powered warships.

Just imagine, once a war breaks out due to the inheritance of the Spanish throne, the inevitable result is that France and Spain will form an alliance. By then, the two major straits of the English Channel and Gibraltar will be under the control of the navies of these two countries. The technological advantages of the imperial merchant ships have been lost. What should the belligerent merchant ships be inspected?

Therefore, an armed neutral alliance must be established in advance to prevent belligerent countries from destroying trade in neutral countries.

However, the empire cannot take the initiative to take the initiative to take the initiative, otherwise all countries will come to the door to bargain with the empire. The empire will lose a lot of benefits, but it is most appropriate for the Netherlands to take the lead. This will become the Netherlands' request for the support of the empire. Other countries will either accept the armed neutral alliance or oppose the armed neutral alliance. Whether it supports or opposes, all countries will know that China's attitude is the key to the establishment of this alliance. At that time, countries involving interests will go to the empire to negotiate.

The final negotiation will become an exchange of interests, and the empire will also gain many benefits. One positive and one reverse, and the amount of income is hard to say.

Heinsius may never know in his life that the good ideas Bohard came from actually came from China, but these ideas are really important to him. After leaving the small reception room, Heinsius treated Bohard seriously.

Although it was a private banquet, there were quite a few people attending, including Amsterdam bankers, local factory owners or shipping companies. The economy of Prussia is booming and has formed a significant complement to the Netherlands. Bohad also brought a lot of business this time.

At the banquet, the two sides were chatting happily, and suddenly an explosion sounded from afar.

"Oh, don't worry, don't worry. It's a small welcome ceremony. It's not the artillery that explodes, but fireworks. Celebration supplies from China are really beautiful." Amsterdam Mayor Matthews said with a smile.

"Why celebrate?" Bohard asked.

"It is to welcome a yacht called "Flying Henan people". The ship comes from the New World, and it is home to the family of Chinese officers and wealthy people from the New World colonies. In the bustling city closest to there and is safe and friendly, it is our Amsterdam." Matthews explained.

Heinsius smiled and said, "This is the second time that the yacht has arrived. The last time, more than 300 women came down from the yacht. God testified that they were simply terrible. In just one week, they bought more than 120,000 Chinese silver dollars.

From clothes, shoes, furniture and jewelry, they need everything. Amsterdam's businessmen love them so much. Chinese women are really scary and cute."

Bohad smiled, actually envious of himself, but he still said, "I thought it was the French who were causing trouble."

"You are talking about Huguenots, my dear lord. Indeed, they are very restless recently, which makes me feel a headache. Alas, we can't blame them all. The situation is very tense now, and the relationship between the Dutch and the French is even more tense." Matthews said helplessly.

Heinsius frowned, because it was the second time he had heard the word Huguenot from Bohard. The politician's instinct told him that it was definitely not that simple.

The Huguenots were all French, that is, French Protestants. They believed in Calvinism and opposed monarchy, which was incompatible with France. More than a hundred years ago, the Huguenot War broke out. Later, because the Nantes Edict was recognized, fourteen years ago, Louis XIV abolished the Nantes Edict, and the Huguenots were persecuted and fled to Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, and even fled to the New World.

After the Grand Alliance War, Huguenots tended to gather in the Netherlands.

Mainly, the British civil war broke out after the Grand Alliance War, which brought serious disasters to the people of England. Obviously, France's interference and support for the restoration of James II were the main reasons. Although the Huguenots were Protestants, they had the label of France, so they moved from Britain to the Netherlands.

In the early years, the Netherlands was very popular with the Huguenots because these believers were mostly educated and had a relatively close mind to the Dutch, mostly handicraftsmen, citizens and merchants. However, in recent years, the situation has been somewhat different.

The main reason is that in terms of economy, many of the Huguenots are handicraftsmen engaged in the textile industry, and they naturally return to their old business after they arrived in the Netherlands. However, with China's economic relationship with the Netherlands, a large number of cheap Chinese textiles entered the Dutch market, destroying many home textile workshops. The United Province's response strategy is to import a large number of advanced textile machinery from China.

Most of these machinery are eliminated by China and mature water conservancy machinery. However, the Netherlands is convenient for shipping, with cheap wool from Denmark, Germany and Sweden, and local mature textile practitioners. Chinese goods have to travel thousands of miles and the transportation cost is very high.

The result is that the Netherlands resisted the competition from Chinese textiles and sold them to European countries in large quantities.

But the problem is that these achievements are entirely achieved through the improvement of mechanization. All new textile factories are large-capital companies, which still have an impact on the hand-made textiles engaged in by the Huguenots.

Because of these, starting last year, Huguenots in cities such as Amsterdam began to protest, but at this time, the issue of inheritance of the Spanish throne was on the surface, and the French labels on Huguenots in the Netherlands became obvious, so local governments generally held a tough attitude towards Huguenot.

Prussia opened its arms to the Huguenots early. In 1685, after France announced the abolition of the Nantes Edict, the Grand Duke of Prussia immediately announced the Edict of Potsdam. It accepted more than 20,000 Huguenots to the Prussian territory in one go. Because these people were rich and skilled, they injected economic vitality into Prussia. Over the years, the Prussian economy has been changing year by year, which is not unrelated to the entry of Huguenots, Jews and other immigrants.

Although he knew all these things well, Heinsius was not going to talk about it with Bohad at such a banquet, thinking about waiting until the banquet ended. However, after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was a good idea to let these troublemakers go to Prussia.

When Heinsius was entertaining Bohard, Duan Yi also invited Luo Fei, who came from Atlantic City, to his carriage at the dock in Amsterdam.
Chapter completed!