Amsterdam, as the most important financial center on the European Continent, attracts not only domestic capital but also a large number of investments from Germany, France, West, and Italy.
Therefore, Amsterdam also draws major companies from various European countries to come for financing.
As England is the largest industrialized country, naturally, many companies are listed here.
If one can leverage the Cape of Good Hope incident to stir up Dutch hatred toward England, it could trigger a wave of withdrawals, potentially crashing the market value of these British companies.
Those that are listed in the Netherlands are usually large companies. Once the stock price impacts ripple back to England, it will undoubtedly cause a hullabaloo.
Meanwhile, the funds withheld from British companies will need to find new investment targets.
The companies in the Rhineland only need to absorb one-third of these funds to easily complete their financing goals.
