After the Kunming left Qingdao, the East China government did not sit idle, but continued to organize the mixed fleet. The other work was on the diplomatic side, and when the Kunming ship left Qingdao, the Beijing office of the East China government sent a letter to the Dutch minister to the Qing court, M. F. M. Knobel He submitted a letter of representation to the East China government, accusing the Dutch Batavian colonial authorities of indulging the local natives of Java and launching an anti-Chinese action, causing a large number of casualties and property losses among the Javanese Chinese, and demanding that the Dutch government immediately intervene and order the Batavia colonial authorities to immediately take effective measures to restore the stable situation in Java, safeguard the interests of the local Chinese, recover the lost property, and severely punish the perpetrators and murderers, and at the same time guarantee that no similar incidents will occur in the future, otherwise the East China government will take effective means to protect the interests of the Javanese Chinese。

Due to the weakness of the Netherlands, it had already withdrawn from the game of competing for hegemony at this time, so although the Dutch legation in the Qing court and the expatriates also suffered some impacts during the Gengzi Revolution, they did not participate in the Eight-Nation Alliance, but in the old time and space, the Netherlands participated in the negotiations of the Qing court and became one of the signatories of the [Xinchou Treaty], and also received an indemnity of 782,100 taels of silver.

However, in this era, the Netherlands obviously did not have such good luck, not only was it not qualified to participate in the Shanghai negotiations, but also did not get a penny of indemnity, but the Dutch minister Krober paid attention to the whole process of the great reversal of the situation in China, and had a relatively clear understanding of the strength of overseas Chinese, knowing that they were not as easy to deal with as the Qing court, so after receiving the letter of representation from the East China government, he did not dare to be careless, and first assured the Beijing office that he would transmit the opinions and attitudes of the East China government back to China as soon as possible, and as soon as there was news in China, he would immediately notify the Beijing office。

In the afternoon of the same day, just after attending a meeting between the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the local business circles, Zhang Zhenxun also received a notice from the East China Government, and knowing the attitude of the Dutch Legation in the Qing Dynasty, he was also a little relieved, and he only hoped that the negotiations of the East China Government could play some role, and would have a warning effect on the Dutch Batavian colonial authorities and restrain the local natives.

In the following two days, Zhang Zhenxun visited several private enterprises in Qingdao with the Shanghai industrial and commercial delegation, and also visited the Qingdao Industrial Park. This is a large industrial park planned by the East China government along the Jiaoji railway line, which is for businessmen to invest in Qingdao to build factories, with a total area of more than 60 square kilometers, and has opened two horizontal and two vertical, the construction of four 4-lane highways, dividing this area into 9 large blocks, and also reserved electric wires, water pipes, and sewage pipes. Of course, if someone invests in some special industries, such as ports, docks, shipbuilding, or building a super-large factory, they can choose other locations.

In the past few days, Zhang Jian has attracted some businessmen's investment commitments, and the shares have exceeded 1.5 million silver, and Zhang Jian is full of confidence in the final 2 million silver shares, so he has preliminarily drafted a joint stock agreement with the businessmen who have decided to invest, and only wait for the official signing of the capital contribution after returning to Shanghai, and make up the remaining part.

With this initialed joint stock agreement, Zhang Jian expressed to the East China government his plan to invest in the establishment of a textile factory in Qingdao. The East China government naturally raised its hands to support Zhang Jian's move, and the investment of 2 million yuan is by no means a small amount, and Qingdao does not have a formal textile factory, and now all textiles are supplied by Tianjin, so Zhang Jian's textile factory can be regarded as filling a gap. So Ye Yanfu, on behalf of the East China government, said that he could let Zhang Jian choose the address to build the factory, and Zhang Jian put forward the hope of establishing a cotton production base in Qingdao, Ye Yanfu also expressed his support, but asked Zhang Jian to determine the plan, capital and share agreement for the establishment of the textile factory as soon as possible, so that he could negotiate with the East China government on the affairs of the company.

After Sheng Xuanhuai learned about it, he immediately said that he would not hesitate to recruit the businessmen who had determined the investment and formally sign a simple shareholding agreement, and he could let Shanghai immediately remit 200,000 taels of silver as the start-up capital of the textile factory, and suggested that Zhang Jian stay in Qingdao to negotiate the details with the East China government first, and that he could go back to Shanghai to deal with the fundraising, collection of shares, and share agreement.

Although Zhang Jian was a little strange and didn't expect Sheng Xuanhuai to be so active, this shows that Sheng Xuanhuai is indeed planning to invest in this textile factory, which is of course a good thing. So Zhang Jian also sent electricity to the Dasheng Yarn Factory in Nantong and asked the Dasheng Yarn Factory to remit 200,000 taels of silver to himself, so that the funds would be enough.

In fact, Sheng Xuanhuai's behavior was so positive, it was still related to Li Hongzhang's attitude, it turned out that Sheng Xuan sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang, indicating that Zhang Jian wanted to set up a textile factory in Qingdao, and suggested that Li Hongzhang become a shareholder in the textile factory. That knew that Li Hongzhang called back and insisted that he would invest alone and not invest in Zhang Jian's textile factory, and if the funds were not enough, Li Hongzhang could add another 200,000, but also said that if Sheng Xuanhuai was interested, he could join forces together.

After receiving Li Hongzhang's reply, Sheng Xuanhuai was also quite shocked, because the attitude of the position expressed by the shareholding and direct investment is completely different, which also means that Li Hongzhang is absolutely optimistic about overseas Chinese, rather than betting on both sides. Although Sheng Xuanhuai does not plan to invest directly, he also feels that he should be more active in the textile factory, strive for a good day to promote the establishment of the textile factory, and then decide whether to open another factory with Li Hongzhang depending on the situation of the textile factory.

In addition to Zhang Jian, several businessmen have expressed strong interest in investing in Qingdao, and of course some businessmen are planning to go to Jinan or Tianjin to see if there is a better place to invest. On the one hand, after a few days of investigation, the vast majority of businessmen have recognized that the investment environment of the East China Government is indeed good; on the other hand, the news of the East China Government's decision to send warships to Java to protect overseas Chinese has also spread in Qingdao, and this news has also brought considerable shock to the businessmen; although many businessmen are worried that the reckless behavior of overseas Chinese will bring trouble to the Qing court, they have to admit that overseas Chinese are indeed more responsible than the imperial court and dare to act.

Just two days after leaving Qingdao, the Kunming arrived in the waters of Guangdong, joined Zhang Zhenxun's nephew Zhang Zizhang at sea, and then continued south into the South China Sea. In Qingdao, the establishment of the mixed fleet for the protection of overseas Chinese has also been completed, and the Central Military Commission has decided to have four warships of the battleship detachment, the Yuanyang, the Yuanyang, the Kaihai, and the Tuohai, which are also the main forces of the operation to protect overseas Chinese; two warships from the cruiser detachment, the Haisha and Haita; and the first destroyer detachment, four warships, Haishi, Jiangli, Jiangchao, and Jiangyi; a total of 10 warships, and the Yueyang warship will be dispatched from the crossing warships. Because the captain of the Yueyang ship, Wang Hailong, was also the commander of the battleship detachment.

In addition, seven transport ships were dispatched to load army soldiers and coal, water, food, ammunition, and supplies, plus the Kunming ship, which arrived in Java in advance, and two Qingzhou and Yizhou, which returned from Germany, a total of 21 ships of various kinds, with a total of more than 10,000 troops. After the warships to be dispatched were confirmed, the officers and men of each ship immediately mobilized urgently and stepped up the transportation of supplies to the warships.

After Zhang Zhenxun received the notice from the East China Government, he also had mixed feelings in his heart, and he thanked the East China Government repeatedly. In the past few days, Zhang Zhenxun's son, Zhang Zhijun, has been sending telegrams from Batavia every day to inform him of the situation in Java. In the past 100 years, this anti-Chinese movement can be regarded as a large-scale one, and it has occurred in Batavia, Malan, Semarang, Surabaya and other places, but Batavia is the most serious, and more than 10 overseas Chinese residential areas around Batavia have been looted by local aborigines. There are thousands of shops, one of which was set on fire by the aborigines, and although there was no large-scale massacre, many Chinese were killed in the looting riots, and it is estimated that more than 500 Chinese were killed in the area around Batavia alone. Details of the rest of the place are unknown. In addition, the Zhang family's industry also suffered some impacts, the most serious of which were two cultivated estates and a mineral that were looted by the natives, and four or five shops were looted, killing more than 20 workers and injuring as many as 100.

Zhang Zhijun also reported to the Batavian colonial authorities several times about the anti-Chinese movement in Java, but the colonial authorities' attitude was very negative, saying that this was a contradiction between overseas Chinese and the local natives, and it was inconvenient for the colonial authorities to intervene, and at the same time warned Zhang Zhijun that it was best not to leave Batavia City in the near future, otherwise the colonial authorities would not be able to ensure his safety once he was outside the city.

Zhang Zhijun also learned through some other connections of the Zhang family in Java that this anti-Chinese movement was instigated by a group of Dutch businessmen behind the scenes, because in the past 10 years, the number of Chinese in Java has grown rapidly, and now it has exceeded 100,000, and more than 30,000 Chinese live in the surrounding areas of Batavia alone. Many local natives were jealous of the wealth obtained by the Chinese, so at the instigation of a group of Dutch businessmen, several indigenous tribes launched this anti-Chinese action, and the colonial authorities in Batavia also adopted a tacit attitude towards this, and did not control it at any time, so the anti-Chinese action soon spread to other regions, and more and more indigenous tribes participated in the anti-Chinese movement, and it is estimated that at least 10 tribes have participated in it now. However, Zhang Zhijun also prepared a large amount of food, medicinal materials, tents and daily necessities in Batavia in accordance with Zhang Zhenxun's requirements, and as soon as the fleet arrived, he could immediately settle overseas Chinese.

After reading the telegram sent by Zhang Zhijun, Zhang Zhenxun could only sigh, it seems that the diplomatic negotiations between the East China government and the Netherlands have not played a role, and the East China government can only rely on the army of the East China government to protect the overseas Chinese in Java.

On the fifth day after the Kunming ship left Qingdao, the mixed fleet also completed preparations for departure, officially departing from Qingdao and sailing for Java Island.