1890 King of Southeast Asia

Five hundred thousand is just a small number for Java, even for the Chinese. Just a little donation will get you there.

But for Nanhua, this is not a small number. Now Nanhua's wealth comes from the army's seizure, army building, and Surabaya's industry. Liu Yiming forced it to be distributed to the major families in Surabaya through pressure.

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

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

It was still the Surabaya Government Hall. Unlike the last time, there were a few more reporters to witness this event. This also means that if nothing unexpected happens, the two sides will get a certain result in this negotiation.

"Pinak, please convey the request of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands." At the beginning of the negotiations, Charles, as the mediator, spoke first.

"Her Majesty the Queen has fully considered the Chinese's request. In view of the Chinese's strong demand for independence, which has caused many Chinese to be displaced and even died, in order to allow the children to return to school, Her Majesty the Queen is willing to make concessions and agree to the Chinese's conditional autonomy or independence." Pinnac said with difficulty, holding the speech manuscript.

He knew that after he said this, a large part of the blame would be put on him. In fact, he was unwilling to be the representative. There was no way. The new governor was playing crazy and stupid, and time was tight. People who set sail from the mainland? They are still in the mainland, and even the soldiers have not set sail yet.

The Suez Canal suddenly needs maintenance, and British ports on the African continent have suddenly tightened their port policies. Everything shows that Britain has turned to the Chinese, and South China is still in frequent contact with the northern continent...

Everything is moving in a direction that is unfavorable to the Dutch. For the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Pinnac can only stand up and agree to South China's conditions, but he still has to fight for what he can fight for.

"What do the representatives of the rebels think?" Charles looked at Pinnac and asked Liu Yiming.

"We always uphold the principle of humanitarianism. This is a disaster. Many people are indeed displaced, but the reason is not Nanhua, but the corrupt colonial government and the greedy Chinese. They suppressed the voices of the Chinese, which eventually led to such a tragedy. This war is a wrong war. Since the dispute can be resolved through negotiation, Nanhua is willing to put down the steel gun in its hand..." A lot of blah blah, this is the disadvantage of having reporters!

With reporters, no one will curse unless Xunzong is resurrected. Of course, when the real decision is made, there will be no reporters.

"Okay, since the two sides have reached a consensus, for the sake of peace, the British Empire will urge the two sides to reach an agreement as soon as possible, cease fire as soon as possible, and let Southeast Asia return to a peaceful environment." Charles also spoke in an official tone.

"First of all, we require that Nanhua immediately release the detained Dutch people, return their wealth, and compensate the soldiers and people who died in the war." Pinak took out the drafted clauses and read them one by one. However, the clause directly said that it was Nanhua, not the rebels. It can be seen that the Dutch want money, but they can't lower their proud heads.

"I hope the Dutch government knows that South China is not the defeated party. Compensation is always the compensation of the defeated country to the victorious country. Secondly, South China also has a large number of soldiers who have lost their lives in the war. At the same time, Batavia is still depriving the Chinese of their wealth. Here, we urge the Dutch government to immediately stop the illegal means of persecuting the Chinese and compensate the Chinese for their losses." Liu Yiming also spoke in an official tone.

After a lot of wrangling, Liu Yiming used up all the words he saw in the news, and the two sides still could not reach an agreement.

You say I did this, I say you did it first, I say you persecuted civilians, you say he is a spy, anyway, there is no hard evidence.

The meeting entered the intermission stage, which is also the stage for normal negotiations to produce results.

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

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

"Badavia can give it to you, but the premise is to release the prisoners, pay compensation, and it can only be given to you in February next year." Pinak said.

"This is impossible, Pinak. Prisoners need to be redeemed with money. This is an international practice. Compensation is impossible. Nanhua is not a defeated country, but we can redeem Batavia, but it must be handed over within a week." Liu Yiming sneered and said.

"You are too greedy, Commander." Pinak looked at Liu Yiming with bloodshot eyes.

Liu Yiming looked back without showing any weakness, and said: "There are already several big holes in the walls of Batavia, and there are no people outside. If you don't agree to this proposal, there will be no such good conditions for the next negotiation!"

"I propose that both parties cease fire during the negotiations!" Pinak looked at Charles.

"Oh? Mr. Pinak, the main body of this negotiation is you, and the British Empire is only responsible for mediation. If both of you are willing to cease fire, then it's fine." Charles put down his wine glass and said seriously.

"You can also stop the fire, provided that the port of Batavia immediately stops external transportation, and at the same time, the Dutch soldiers or mercenaries in Sumatra, the Netherlands and other places stop moving towards Batavia." Liu Yiming immediately locked Pinak's weakness.

"Yes, if the Netherlands requests a ceasefire, then correspondingly, possible military transportation should also be stopped." Charles interrupted.

But this sentence is worth saying. The possible military transportation means that Britain, as a mediator, can completely block the transport ship that is transporting treasures at the port or pull it to the British colonies. When the ship is destroyed and people die, Britain can apologize and compensate according to the number of crew members. Then find a poor guy, demote him and send him to exile, and transfer him back in a few years.

Pinak is silent and stops transporting? Wouldn't he be beaten to death if he returns to the Netherlands? Batavia is the essence of the Dutch. There are ship repair factories, complete docks, and a large amount of plundered wealth. The latter is the most important.

Yes, the Dutch occupied Batavia for nearly two hundred years, and there was little industrial construction, because Java's biggest role was trade, followed by plantations, and then mining, and the output was sold directly in Europe, so there was no need to transform Java as a commodity sales market and raw material production area.

"Have you thought about what you want?" Liu Yiming stared at Pinak who didn't say a word and said.

"I need to report to the Prime Minister again. Let's suspend the negotiations." Pinak decided that he would not take the blame.

"Okay!" Liu Yiming agreed very straightforwardly.

Pinak said that he would report to the Prime Minister, and the goal would be achieved at the earliest the next day. Liu Yiming said goodbye to Charles and returned to the headquarters.

At this time, on Madura Island, two thousand recruits had undergone adaptive training and were stationed.

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

"Yang Tao is forming a garrison brigade, the Second Garrison Brigade, and asked him to give a list of candidates for brigade commanders, responsible for the security management between Semarang and Surabaya."

The Dutch issue was almost resolved, and Liu Yiming was ready to deal with the natives, using sticks and candied dates, religion and race, and let the natives mess around first. But military preparations must be made. No matter what, soldiers will have to go in the end.

"Help me find the Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and those strange religious leaders on Java Island, and say that Java Island has changed its owner, and the new owner wants to talk to them about missionary work." Liu Yiming only needs to give orders, and someone will naturally do it.

"Commander, the first batch of immigrants has landed." The first sentence of Staff Officer Yang when he saw Liu Yiming was.

Liu Yiming has been waiting for a long time, and the original arrival time has exceeded. Because it is the first time to do business, the volume is large, and the dealers of the die Qing need to transfer goods, yes, transfer goods! This word was said by the dealer himself.

The die Qing's policy of keeping the people ignorant for more than 200 years was very efficient. If it were not for the reasons of the times, it might really be the first dynasty that lasted for more than 300 years. But in that case, their huge ruling class would be miserable, especially miserable! Millions of people should not survive.

"Where is it? Let's take a look!" Liu Yiming couldn't sit still, so much so that he didn't expect why it would be transported more than 100 nautical miles to Surabaya instead of landing in Semarang.

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

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Li Goudan is twelve years old this year. He was born and raised in the Central Plains. His parents are farmers. His family has a few acres of thin land and can barely make ends meet.

This year was not a good year. We suffered from floods, but there was still some harvest in the mountains. Logically, we had some savings in previous years and could get through this year. However, the officials increased taxes and levied naval salaries. There were more than ten people in the family, totaling seventeen taels of silver.

We had already suffered from the disaster, and taxes were increased. Seventeen taels were added. After the taxes were added, the whole family had to beg for food. However, my grandmother was seriously ill. For this reason, there was no other way. My father sold the land. The landlord lowered the price. Five acres of land were sold for twenty taels. After paying the taxes and buying medicine for my grandmother, there was not a penny left. It was only August, and the remaining food could only last for one month!

Li's father went to work in the county town, and heard how the county magistrate deceived his superiors and subordinates. He reported the disaster, but the higher authorities exempted taxes and allocated disaster relief silver. Li's father thought of his family's land and was so angry that he secretly ran to the prefectural government to complain, and was beaten to death.

The house was confiscated, and they wanted to arrest Li Goudan's sister. Li Goudan took a rusty hunting knife and scared the yamen runners away. Grandma died of illness, wrapped in mats and buried. They were already unable to take care of themselves.

After several rounds of turnover, only he, his 14-year-old sister, and his 8-year-old and 6-year-old sisters were left. In the end, he sold himself to Southeast Asia. What he experienced in the middle is not worth mentioning.

Li Gou met the Nanhua immigration ship at the Songhu Wharf. The four of them were also the only formal immigrants. The others were bought.

It was a very dramatic encounter. Li Gou couldn't survive with his three sisters, so he went to the mountains to dig medicinal herbs and wild vegetables and lived a hard life.