It should be said that the conditions at this time are much better than at the beginning of the negotiations, and East China has indeed made considerable concessions, of course, these concessions are actually in the concession space that has long been reserved in East China, and the current result is basically the actual goal set by East China before the negotiations.

The Netherlands is a small country, with a territory of just over 40,000 square kilometers and a population of only 6 or 7 million, and it is not realistic to expect to receive a large amount of reparations from the Netherlands, but this is the first negotiation object of the five countries of the expeditionary force, and it has a great guiding role, so if the concessions to the Netherlands are too large, it will have an adverse impact on the subsequent negotiations.

After serious discussions, East China ** believed that although the initial negotiation principle was to obtain as much compensation as possible, and the land was placed in a secondary position, and even abandoned, it was necessary to change this principle in the negotiations with the Netherlands, because it was not possible to squeeze much money from the Netherlands, and the Netherlands had vast colonies in Southeast Asia, totaling about 1.7 million square kilometers, so it was more realistic to ask for some valuable land from the Netherlands.

And East China** is interested in Kalimantan Island, which is called Borneo in China. Kalimantan Island has a total area of about 740,000 square kilometers and is the third largest island in the world; it is located in the central part of Southeast Asia, bordering the Java Sea in the south, the South China Sea in the north, Sulawesi Island across the sea in the east, and the Strait of Malacca in the west. In addition, Kalimantan Island is very rich in resources, and the continental shelf on the north coast contains rich oil resources, and during World War II in the old time and space, Japan relied on the oil resources here to sustain the needs of the Pacific War.

Although Kalimantan is now occupied by Britain and the Netherlands, the Netherlands accounts for about 73% of it, about 540,000 square kilometers, so if you can get the colony of Kalimantan Island from the Netherlands, you can also control most of Kalimantan Island, and then East China will have to negotiate with the British, and you can take the rest of it from the hands of the British.

For the Netherlands, although the conditions at this time are higher than expected, but also within the affordable range, 10 million pounds Holland ** can still be taken out, although the colony of Kalimantan Island is large, but the Dutch colony in Southeast Asia is mainly Java Island, followed by Sumatra, the rest of the Netherlands' national strength is insufficient, basically not much development, mainly to pound a little timber, open up some estates, plant some sugarcane, rubber and other cash crops, so the transfer to East China ** is not much loss.

However, the proportion of Chinese officials in the Java colony** is still unchanged from the [Java Treaty], which is also acceptable, and this rule has been implemented in Java for 3 years. Only in Java the demarcation of the Chinese autonomous region, it is indeed weakened the Dutch rule in Java, but with the victory of the Far East War in East China, the support for the overseas Chinese in Java will be greater and more resolute, and the Javanese colonization can no longer limit the improvement of the social and political status of the overseas Chinese in Java, so instead of waiting for the overseas Chinese in Java to continue to grow stronger with the support of East China, it is better to carve out a Chinese autonomous region on the island of Java to limit the power of the overseas Chinese in Java within a certain range.

However, the two negotiators also hope to fight for more benefits for the Netherlands, and Bi Jing can be a little less, so the Dutch delegation proposed that it hopes to reduce the amount of compensation to 8 million pounds, and Kalimantan Island is only half of East China.

Li Sanjie, the negotiator of East China, solemnly rejected the bargaining of the Dutch representative, saying that this is the bottom line of East China, and East China will not make any concessions, and the Dutch representative only agrees and disagrees with two replies, the former means that the negotiations are broken, and the latter can enter the final stage of the negotiations, discuss the text of the negotiation terms, and then sign the contract. Moreover, Li Sanjie also specially reminded the two that the fleet of East China's ** has reached the waters of Kalimantan Island, and there are only 4 or 5 days left before Java, and there is not much time left.

At this point, the negotiations have also reached the most critical time, Bellas said that the two sides will negotiate the draft conditions back to China, to be decided by the Netherlands, so the negotiations are suspended, can only wait for the decision of the Netherlands.

Of course, the negotiations between East China and the Netherlands have also attracted the attention of the world, and the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Russia and other interested countries hope to understand the attitude of East China from this negotiation, and decide their next move, in fact, at this time Britain, France, Japan and Russia are under tremendous pressure, because now East China's maritime interception of merchant ships has begun, Britain and France know, each has 6, 7 merchant ships were intercepted by the People's Army Navy, some were detained, some were sunk, this is just the beginning, who knows how much loss will be in the end, so now Britain and France want to end the war as soon as possible, and even have quietly changed the bottom line from never paying reparations to being able to pay a small amount of reparations, it can be said that as long as the conditions reached by East China and the Netherlands this time can still be passed, Britain and France are also ready to start negotiations with East China.

In principle, the negotiations between East China ** and the Netherlands are carried out in secret, and it will not be officially announced until the final negotiation is signed. Of course, there is no problem here, and it is difficult for the Netherlands to keep the real secret, because the Netherlands can only transmit the content of the negotiations to the country, through the cable telegram, piece by piece, back to the country, and in the middle of the transmission, there are too many loopholes, so that Britain and France can obtain the telegraph signal, although the Netherlands also encrypts the telegraph signal, but for Britain and France, it is not a difficult thing to obtain the Dutch telegraph codebook.

After getting the draft of the negotiation conditions, Britain and France were taken aback, because this condition was too harsh, although 10 million pounds is not counted, but the Netherlands is big, not to mention the loss of more than 500,000 square kilometers of colonies, and the Netherlands is the smallest of the five countries in the expeditionary force, all of them have paid such a price, so how much do they have to lose, but if they still carry it so hard, the losses will only get bigger and bigger, so now we must try our best to prevent the Netherlands from signing a contract with East China and resisting hard. Either to force East China to lower its conditions, or to break down the negotiations, so that the Netherlands will remain in the alliance of the five countries of the expeditionary force and jointly bear the pressure.

So French Prime Minister Armand Fallier immediately made a surprise visit to the Netherlands, held talks with Dutch Prime Minister Theo de Mestre, and expressed concern on behalf of Britain and France about the negotiations between the Netherlands and East China.

Mester asked rhetorically, now that the fleet of East China ** is about to arrive in Java, if the Netherlands does not accept such a treaty, how to ensure the security of Java, and whether Britain and France can help the Netherlands to help defend Java and resist the attack of East China.

Falier made it clear that it is impossible for Britain and France to provide military support to the Netherlands at present, but according to the expectations of Britain and France, the finances of East China ** can only support 3 months at most, and after 3 months, it will inevitably collapse financially and have to compromise with the expeditionary force 5 countries, as for Java, Fallier suggested that the Netherlands can give up Java first without visiting, and the personnel can be withdrawn to Singapore first, and wait until 3 months later, East China ** Compromise, the Netherlands could have asked for a return to Java in the negotiations, and Britain and France would do their best to help the Netherlands, so as to ensure Dutch interests in Java.

The goal of Britain and France is actually to stabilize the Netherlands for another 3 months, and in these 3 months, Britain and France will pull the United States together to negotiate with East China, and strive to reach a peace agreement with East China at a lower price.

However, Mestre is not a naïve person, he can't see the routine of Britain and France, this is clearly fooling himself, and he has already greeted the women of the previous generations of Falier's family in his heart, but he can't show it on his face, after all, France is also a neighbor of the Netherlands, and he can't rely on it, and he must be very careful when he is sandwiched between the two powers, otherwise the big Bobo who was in Pingdu Town will end up. Therefore, Mestre first expressed his gratitude to Britain and France for their concern, but pointed out that the Dutch people could not bear the result of losing Java, even if it was only three months, and whether to sign a contract with East China ** was decided by the Dutch people, not themselves, of course, the opinions of Britain and France would be conveyed to the people.

Fallier hit a soft nail, but couldn't say anything, so although he knew that Mestre had rejected him, he could only return home disappointed, and the next day, the Dutch parliament held a vote and finally approved by a majority in favor of signing the treaty with East China**, and authorized the two negotiators to sign the treaty.

After getting the authorization from the country, the two negotiators also breathed a sigh of relief, anyway, the negotiations were over, and their tasks were completed. However, now the two sides have only negotiated the draft, and the two sides will negotiate the signing clause of the most covenant, because the text of the covenant is quite exquisite, and it is also in both Chinese and Dutch, so it is not a day or two to determine, but now the fleet of the People's Army has arrived in Java, so after the two sides negotiated, they each took a step back, and the Javanese colony ** allowed the fleet to dock, and the troops and personnel went ashore, while the East China ** promised that the fleet would leave the port within 3 days.