Five hundred thousand is just a small number to Javanese, and even to the Chinese, it is a small number. If you just raise money at will, half a million will be there.

But for Nanhua, this is not a small number. Now Nanhua's wealth comes from military seizures, army construction, and industry in Surabaya. Liu Yiming has used pressure to forcefully distribute it to the major families in Surabaya.

Now that Nanhua is about to be established, we should consider financial issues...

On December 20, the second round of negotiations officially began.

It is still the Surabaya Government Affairs Hall. The difference from last time is that there are a few more reporters to witness this incident. This also means that, if nothing unexpected happens, both parties will get certain results in this negotiation.

"On behalf of Your Excellency Pinac, please convey the request of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands." When the negotiations began, Charles, as the mediator, said first.

"Her benevolent Majesty the Queen has fully considered the request of the Chinese. In view of the Chinese's strong demand for independence, which has caused the displacement and even death of many Chinese, in order to allow the children to return to school, the benevolent Her Majesty the Queen is willing to make concessions and agree to conditional autonomy for the Chinese.

Or independence." Pinak held the speech and said with difficulty.

He knew that after he said these words, a large part of the blame would be put on his head. In fact, he was unwilling to be this representative. There was no way, the new governor was pretending to be crazy, and time was running out. People who set sail from the mainland

?Still in the mainland, even the soldiers haven't set sail yet.

The Suez Canal suddenly needed maintenance, and British ports on the African continent suddenly tightened their ship docking policies. Everything showed that Britain had turned to the Chinese, and South China was still in frequent contact with the northern continent...

Everything was moving in a direction that was unfavorable to the Dutch. For the sake of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Pinac could only stand up and agree to Nanhua's conditions, but he still had to fight for what he could.

"What do the representatives of the rebel army think?" Charles asked Liu Yiming after seeing that Pinac had no words.

"We always adhere to humanitarian principles. This is a disaster. Many people are indeed displaced, but the reason does not lie with South China, but with the corrupt colonial government and the greedy Chinese. They suppressed the voices of the Chinese, which ultimately led to this

Tragedy, this war is the wrong war. Since the dispute can be resolved through negotiation, Nan Hua is willing to put down the steel gun in his hand..." A lot of blah blah blah, this is the disadvantage of having reporters!

With reporters around, no one would yell out loud unless Xunzong was resurrected. Of course, when the decision was actually made, there would be no reporters around.

"Okay, now that both parties have reached a consensus, for the sake of peace, the British Empire will urge both parties to reach an agreement as soon as possible, cease fire as soon as possible, and allow Southeast Asia to return to a peaceful environment." Charles also said in an official tone.

"First of all, we demand that Nanhua immediately releases the detained Dutch people, returns their wealth, and compensates the soldiers and people who died in the war." Pinak took out the prepared articles and read them sentence by sentence.

However, the article directly mentioned Nanhua, not the rebel army. It can be seen that the Dutch wanted money, but they could not lower their arrogant heads.

"I hope the Dutch government knows that South China is not the defeated party. Compensation has always been done by the defeated country to compensate the victorious country. Secondly, a large number of soldiers in South China have sacrificed their lives in the war. At the same time, Batavia is still depriving the Chinese of their wealth.

Incident, here, we urge the Dutch government to immediately stop the illegal means of persecuting the Chinese and repay the losses of the Chinese." Liu Yiming also said in an official tone.

After a long argument, Liu Yiming used all the words he saw on the news, but the two sides still couldn't reach an agreement.

You say I did this, I say you did it first, I say you persecute civilians, you say he is a spy, but there is nothing useful anyway.

The meeting enters the intermission stage, which is also the stage where normal negotiations produce results.

Charles called Liu Yiming and Pinak together, and the three of them found an office and negotiated with the door closed.

"Pinak, tell me your conditions!" Liu Yiming rubbed his head.

"Batavia can give it to you, but only after releasing the prisoners, paying compensation, and not giving it to you until February next year." Pinak said.

"This is impossible. Prisoners need to be redeemed with money. This is international practice. Reparations are impossible. South China is not a defeated country, but we can redeem Batavia, but it will have to be handed over within a week." Liu Yiming.

He sneered and said.

"You are too greedy, Commander." Pinak looked at Liu Yiming with blood-red eyes.

Liu Yiming looked back without showing any signs of weakness, and said: "There are already several big holes in the city wall of Batavia, and there are no people on the outside. If you don't agree to this proposal, the next negotiation will not be like this."

Good conditions!”

"I propose a ceasefire between the two parties during the negotiation!" Pinak looked at Charles.

"Oh? Representative Mr. Pinac, you are the subject of this negotiation. The British Empire is only responsible for mediation. If both of you are willing to cease fire, that's fine." Charles put down his wine glass and said seriously.

"It is possible to have a ceasefire, but the premise is that the Batavia port immediately stops external transportation, and at the same time, Dutch soldiers or mercenaries and other armed forces from Sumatra, the Netherlands and other places stop moving to Batavia." Liu Yiming locked up immediately.

Pinak's weakness.

"Yes, if the Netherlands demands a ceasefire, correspondingly, possible military transportation should also be stopped." Charles interjected.

But there is something to be said for this. There may be military transportation, which means that Britain, as a mediator, can completely block the transport ships that are transporting treasures at the port, or pull them to the British colonies. Then we will come

If a ship is destroyed and everyone is killed, the worst thing the UK can do is apologize, pay compensation according to the number of crew members, find an unlucky guy, demote him, and transfer him back in a few years.

Pinac misfired and stopped transporting? Then he would not be beaten to death when he returned to the Netherlands? Batavia is the essence of the Dutch. Where there are ship repair factories, complete docks, and a large amount of plundered wealth, the latter can

is the most important.

Yes, in Batavia, which was occupied by the Dutch for nearly two hundred years, there was very little industrial construction, because Java’s biggest role was commerce, followed by plantations, and then mining, and the output was directly sold in Europe, so

There is no need to transform Java into a market for selling goods and producing raw materials.

"Have you decided what you want?" Liu Yiming said, staring at the silent Pinak.

"I need to report to the Prime Minister again and suspend the negotiations for a while." Pinak decided that he would not take the blame.

"Okay!" Liu Yiming agreed simply.

Pinac said that he had to report to the Prime Minister and that the goal would not be achieved until the next day at the earliest. Liu Yiming said goodbye to Charles and returned to the headquarters.

At this time, on Madura Island, two thousand new soldiers had undergone adaptive training and were stationing troops.

"The Madura Island Garrison was reorganized into the First Garrison Brigade, and Wang Xu was appointed brigade commander, responsible for the Madura Island cleanup and development plan."

"Yang Tao is forming a garrison brigade, the second garrison brigade, and asked him to provide a list of brigade commander candidates to be responsible for the security management between Semarang and Surabaya."

The situation in the Netherlands has almost been resolved. Liu Yiming is ready to deal with the natives, using big sticks and candied dates, religion and race. First, let the natives make chaos on their own. But military preparations must be made. No matter what, soldiers will still have to come in the end.

.

"Help me find the Hindus, Greens, Christians, and those weird religious leaders on Java Island. They said that Java Island has changed its owner, and the new owner wants to talk to them about missionary matters." Liu Yiming

Just give the order and someone will do it.

"Commander, the first batch of immigrants has arrived." Staff Officer Yang's first words were when he saw Liu Yiming.

Liu Yiming has been waiting for a long time, and the scheduled arrival time in Hong Kong has already exceeded. Because it is his first time doing business, the volume is large, and the dealer needs to transfer goods. Yes, transfer goods! This word is said by the dealer himself.

The Qing Dynasty's policy of obscuring the people for more than 200 years was very efficient. If it hadn't been for the reasons of the times, it might have been the first authentic dynasty for more than 300 years. But in that case, their huge ruling class would have been miserable, especially miserable!

Millions of people should not be able to survive.

"Where is it? Let's have a look!" Liu Yiming couldn't sit still, and he didn't even think about why he had to transport more than a hundred nautical miles to Surabaya instead of docking in Semarang.

"It's right at the dock, and it's being sanitized right now!" said Staff Officer Yang.

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Li Goudan is twelve years old this year. He is a native of the Central Plains. His parents are farmers. His family has several acres of thin farmland and he can barely make ends meet.

This year has been a bad year, with floods, but there are still some harvests in the mountains. It stands to reason that we have saved a little bit in previous years. This year, it is over. As a result, the official has also increased taxes and allocated navy pay. There are more than ten people in the family.

A total of seventeen taels of silver.

There was already a disaster, and there was a tax increase of 17 taels. After the tax was added, the whole family had to beg for food. But my grandma was seriously ill, so there was no other way. My father sold the land, and the landlord lowered the price. Five acres of land was sold for 2 taels.

After paying the tax and getting medicine for grandma, there is not a penny left. It is only August, and the remaining food can only last for a month!

Li's father went to work in the county town. He heard how the county magistrate deceived his superiors and reported the disaster. The superiors exempted taxes and allocated disaster relief funds. Li's father thought about his family's land and became angry. He quietly ran to the magistrate.

The Yamen went to complain and was beaten to death.

The house was taken over, and they also wanted to arrest Li Goudan's sister. Li Goudan took a rusty hunting knife to scare away the government officials. Grandma died of illness and was wrapped in a mat and buried. They had no time to take care of themselves.

After several changes, only he, his fourteen-year-old sister, eight-year-old and six-year-old sisters were left. Finally, he sold himself to Nanyang. What he went through in the process is indescribable.

Li Gou met the Nanhua immigration ship at Songhu Pier. The four of them were also the only official immigrants, and the others were all bought.
Chapter completed!