"Commander, Pinak is here again, do you want to meet him?" Staff Wang, who had been bothered by Pinak for a long time, asked Liu Yiming.

This era is indeed the era of heavy artillery. Countries attach greater importance to large-caliber artillery than anything else. Heavy artillery = power.

A day had passed since Nanhua's heavy artillery began to speak. The newly formed Madura Island garrison was on track. After the 501 ship returned, it took three ships to pick up the surviving Chinese while continuing to explore northeast.

At this time, Pinac brought new news that the Dutch in Sumina County had taken in more than 8,000 Chinese.

This was a gesture of goodwill. Although the Dutch army in Batavia City was still engaged in an artillery battle with the South China Army, the news obtained from Charles was that the Dutch had stopped transporting troops from Sumatra to Java, and instead increased their troop transport from Batavia.

Via transfers wealth out.

Obviously, the five million pounds, the subsequent big orders, and the possible secret agreement have tempted some people in the UK.

"Bring it in!" Liu Yiming came back from his deep thoughts and said to Counselor Wang.

"Pinak, is there any new news? You have only been away from me for six hours!" Liu Yiming joked.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I am here to convey the order of the Dutch government and hope to start the second round of negotiations." Pinak has long since lost the appearance of a governor. Now he is just holding on to the airs of a negotiator. He is from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

A representative, no matter what the result is, he must act like a representative.

"Before the negotiations begin, I hope that both parties can reach an agreement on the principles, otherwise the negotiations will be useless," Liu Yiming said.

"Then, we would like to know your terms." Pinak considered the wording. "Your terms" neither represent recognition nor rejection by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a very neutral word.

"Our two basic conditions are that the Netherlands recognizes the legal existence of the Republic of South China and that the Dutch troops withdraw from Java. Everything else can be negotiated." Liu Yiming was also very straightforward.

"The request of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is to retain the existence of Batavia." Pinak was silent for a long time and argued.

"Your Majesty the Governor! The power of Nanhua has been gathered. Now, my army is only five kilometers away from Batavia. The heavy artillery has begun to speak. I can launch an attack at any time. However, in the spirit of humanitarianism, I must reduce civilian casualties.

We hope to solve the problem through negotiation," Liu Yiming said.

"Your Excellency, Commander, there are only two of us here, so there is no need to speak in official terms." Pinak said irritably, "The Kingdom of the Netherlands can at most recognize the establishment of the Republic of South China, and it needs to compensate the Dutch government for its economic losses, as well as the corresponding trade treaty!

"

"So, there is no absolute conflict in the basic principles? Nanhua can start the second round of negotiations at any time." Liu Yiming frowned when he saw that Pinac did not say Batavia, but instead said compensation for economic losses.

This means you can negotiate, but you have to pay money.

After Pinac left, Liu Yiming originally wanted to find Charles and get a feel for the Dutch, but before he even set out, he received a telegram from Sumina.

"They have already entered?" Liu Yiming looked at the telegram and asked doubtfully.

The telegram was from Ma Chaoqun. 501 was moving at full speed and it only took a few hours to arrive in Sumina. According to the time, Ma Chaoqun should have just arrived at this time.

In fact, shortly after Ma Chaoqun arrived and Ship 501 approached the Sumina area, the Dutch envoy came up with more than a dozen Chinese representatives.

"I am Lieutenant Boer of the colonial army stationed in Madura Island of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. I am here to negotiate on behalf of Lieutenant Colonel Johnny, the supreme commander of Madura Island." He was about thirty years old, with a slender figure, but a depressed look.

Bol said to the Marine captain.

"Negotiation?" The Marine Captain was confused, "Negotiation for what?"

"We don't want to conflict with you. We are just waiting for the order from the king or the governor. Since General Hertz's defeat, we have shrunk to Sumina. Now there are more than 8,000 Chinese in Sumina. After the indigenous riots,

We take them in. We hope to start negotiations on the refugee issue." Bol spoke in Hakka with a strange accent.

A few soldiers even guessed, and they guessed pretty well.

"Captain, can you negotiate?" This soldier, who will definitely practice more when he returns to Hong Kong, said something that struck a chord in his heart.

"Go back and report to the captain and ask him to send someone to negotiate." The captain seemed not to have heard and said to the person next to him.

"Hey, can you negotiate?" Ma Chaoqun looked at the first and second mates and asked.

"That's not right." The first mate rubbed his head.

The second mate was speechless.

But the gunnery commander stood up and said: "Will I persuade you to surrender?"

"How to persuade him to surrender?" Ma Chaoqun became interested.

"Just put a gun to his head and he will surrender. The Dutch are all like this!" the gunnery commander said about his experience in the battle for Surabaya.

"Forget it, I'll go, at least I can still bargain at the vegetable market." Ma Chaoqun said speechlessly.

The gunnery commander also scratched his head and stopped talking.

After getting on the small boat, Ma Chaoqun headed for the shore.

"I am the captain of this warship and I want to negotiate with your supreme commander!" Ma Chaoqun said when he came ashore.

When he heard that the captain had gone ashore, Boer did not expect it, and then took Ma Chaoqun into the city. The first officer, under Ma Chaoqun's instructions, took off the artillery jacket, but did not aim it at Sumina.

There are too many Chinese in Sumina. According to the Dutch, there are more than 8,000 Chinese in Sumina, which is basically twice the number of Dutch. Once the artillery is fired, the Chinese will be more damaged.

After Ma Chaoqun entered Sumina, he found that there were Chinese people everywhere, many of whom were crowded into small thatched houses. It turned out that the former owners of these thatched houses were natives.

"The natives rioted very suddenly, and there were suddenly too many Chinese in Sumina. We didn't have enough tents and houses to accommodate them." Boer explained as he watched Ma Chaoqun watch everywhere.

"It's already done very well." Since Madura Island is not centered on commerce, but relies on mining and plantation economy as its main income, the Chinese here live relatively well compared to the Chinese on Java Island.

"We're here," Bol said.

"Hello, I'm Johnny Putt, you can call me Johnny." A lieutenant colonel in his fifties was waiting at the door of the Government Affairs Office.

"Hello, my name is Ma Chaoqun, captain of the Nanhua Navy." Ma Chaoqun also followed suit.

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"Commander, what's going on with Ma Chaoqun?" Staff Officer Wang asked.

"Maintain the status quo and tell him that the second round of negotiations is about to begin and the Dutch will evacuate from Java soon," Liu Yiming said.

This is for Johnny, and the one for Ma Chaoqun is the first sentence.

After finishing this, Liu Yiming went to Charles's villa, which Charles bought. Here, the house price is much lower than that of the Straits Settlements, and the environment is far better than that of the Straits Settlements.

The most important thing is that it is not expensive. I bought an entire villa for twenty pounds, which is equivalent to eighty taels of silver, half a year's income of a middle-class person in London.

But for Charles, who has made a huge fortune in the past six months and will make a fortune in the future, this is a small matter.

"Liu, you are finally here. I was still wondering when you would come." Opening the door, Charles said, the most uncomfortable thing is that you can't find servants in Surabaya. Most of the natives are uncivilized, and some are slightly civilized.

Already low-key and integrated into the Chinese, they are just doing hard labor. As for the Chinese, they can't recruit anyone at all.

"The new home is nice, I like the scenery." Liu Yiming stood in Charles' yard, looking at the sea view, and said.

"Yes, I bought it just because I liked it!" Charles was very happy.

Of course, before, this villa was worth at least 150 pounds, and Charles would not buy it even if he killed him.

"To make a long story short, there have been some subtle changes in Britain's attitude? Pinac came to see me today. Is the Netherlands ready to abandon Java?" Liu Yiming poured himself a glass of wine and said while drinking.

"Isn't this what you want to see? You won't hesitate to spend five million pounds on it!" Charles said with a smile.

"That's just business." Liu Yiming also said with a smile.

"Yes, business. The British Empire likes to do business. You are willing to do it, but the Dutch are not. The Prime Minister already knows this. There will be no more resistance in the direction of the British Empire." Charles also poured a glass of wine on his own.

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"The Prime Minister already knows?" Liu Yiming said in surprise. After all, South China is an independent colony, and Britain, which owns more than 30 million square kilometers of land, has never cared about this colony, even if it is very wealthy.

"Yes, it is a big order of five million pounds after all." Charles said.

Liu Yiming still underestimated the power of five million pounds, mainly because Liu Wanhua gave him a check for two million pounds as soon as he arrived, which gave him a wrong concept of money.

Liu Yiming forgot that this money started to be hidden in the 18th century when the Liu family heard about the Hongxi Massacre. It could be said that it was accumulated by one family over hundreds of years.

"The Dutch want to sell Batavia, what do you think?" Liu Yiming asked instead of continuing the previous topic.

"I think it's completely feasible. According to international practice, the Dutch have tens of thousands of soldiers captured, as well as a large number of officers and two governors. The latter two are big nobles. You can use them to pay off debts." Charles said with a smile.

, "In this way, these problems can be solved perfectly without giving you a bad reputation."

"How much are they worth?" Liu Yiming said pretending not to know.

"Hey, let's put it this way, a soldier, two pounds is the minimum, ten is not much for a pure Dutchman, officers are all nobles, starting at one hundred, title, military rank, the higher the more expensive, governor, one hundred thousand, plus

There is no problem in changing the title of nobility to Batavia." Charles said nonchalantly.

"Oh? What's the Dutch offer?" Liu Yiming became interested.

Charles glanced at Liu Yiming: "This is your goal!"

"My friend told me, half a million!" Charles said after taking a sip of wine.
Chapter completed!