At this time, I saw the door wide open, and Li Lihua walked out from behind the door wearing a gorgeous European-style palace dress and European-style curly hair. Originally, Li Lihua's face was very beautiful, and at this time, she was dressed up in makeup, which made her look even more beautiful, and more than a dozen young people waiting at the door immediately stretched out their right hands and invited her to dance.

But Li Lihua did not stretch out her hand, but bowed slightly, gave them an apologetic smile, and then gently lifted the skirt with both hands, jumped over the crowd and walked forward, and everyone turned their heads to look in her direction, it turned out to be a man in military uniform who greeted her, and Li Lihua stretched out his left hand and put it on his hand, obviously accepting his invitation. When everyone saw it, even though they were dissatisfied, they had no choice but to hang their heads and invite other girls instead.

When the music sounded, Qian Guoyu's left hand was on Li Lihua's waist, and his right hand held Li Lihua's hand, dancing with the rhythm of the music. Although Qian Guoyu's dancing level is average, Li Lihua has obviously received more formal training and is quite familiar with it, so the two of them also danced well. At this time, everyone else also found their dance partners to end the stage, and for a while, people came and went, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, the footsteps moved lightly, the skirts flew and rotated, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm.

Zhang Zhijun didn't end up dancing, but someone invited Huang Qingping, and the John Smiths couple also went down, so only Zhang Zhijun sat alone in the seat and sipped alone. At this time, I saw George Smith come to Zhang Zhijun and sit down, and said with a smile: "The dance has started, I can finally relax, why didn't Mr. Zhang go to dance?"

Zhang Zhijun smiled: "I can't dance, so I have to sigh." Mr. Smith can have a chat with me if he's fine. ”

George Smith nodded and said, "Mr. Zhang, there have been some misunderstandings between our two families in the past, maybe because of our unintentional mistakes, it has brought some trouble to Mr. Zhang's family, I apologize to Mr. Zhang, and if we cause losses, we are willing to compensate." ”

Zhang Zhijun smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Smith's past has passed, so don't mention it again, we should both focus on the future, right? And I think there is a wide range of space for cooperation between the two of us, and I hope we can cooperate sincerely in the future, which can bring great benefits to both of us." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and they were all silent.

George Smith said: "Our family has some channel connections in Europe, so we can offer you the best European goods at a guaranteed price of at least 20% below the market price. ”

Zhang Zhijun listened, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, opening up European trade channels has always been the biggest wish of the Zhang family, after all, Europe is now the main supplier of goods in the world, so if there are channels to obtain European goods, of course, the Zhang family's business empire can go further, the Zhang family has been showing favor to the Smith family, in addition to wanting to protect their position in Java, hoping to open up European trade channels, is also an important goal.

Of course, Zhang Zhijun also knows that this is because the Zhang family has taken the line of the East China government, which makes the Smith family soft, but after all, the Smith family is deeply rooted in Java, and the influence of the East China government in Java is still very limited, so he can't forget it too much, even if the Smith family mainly shows favor and makes major concessions to the Zhang family, then the Zhang family should naturally return the favor and express something.

So Zhang Zhijun said: "Mr. Smith is too polite, I don't know what the Smith family needs in return?"

George Smith listened, and was very satisfied, although Zhang Zhijun is not very old, but obviously a knowledgeable person, so it is easy to communicate, so we said: "We hope to be able to enter the Chinese market." ”

Zhang Zhijun also nodded, this request was not excessive, and said: "This matter is easy to say, but our way in China is average, and overseas Chinese are from China, and they seem to have some power in China, so it is better to invite them to come over and talk together." ”

While speaking, the first song was over, and Huang Qingping, Qian Guoyu, and Li Lihua also returned to their seats, so George Smith and Zhang Zhijun also stopped talking and turned to some other interesting things, and George Smith also said to Li Lihua: "Christina, are you having fun?"

After chatting for a while, the music sounded again, and then someone came to invite Li Lihua to dance, and Li Lihua couldn't refuse anymore, looked at Qian Guoyu, and saw him nodding before accepting the invitation. However, Qian Guoyu was not interested in inviting other ladies to dance, so he also stayed in the seat, and there were very few who stayed in the seat for a short time.

At this time, Zhang Zhijun said: "Mr. Smith intends to do business in China, I don't know if you can provide some convenience." ”

Huang Qingping said with a smile: "We are all soldiers and don't know anything about business, but our East China government welcomes businessmen from all over the world to come to do business and invest, as long as they operate legally and abide by our legal system." ”

Qian Guoyu also said: "Now there are many businessmen from all over the world in Shandong, including many British businessmen. If Mr. Smith is interested in investing in Shandong, we certainly welcome it. ”

George Smith nodded, if opening up trade channels in Europe has always been the greatest wish of the Zhang family, then opening up the Chinese market is the wish of the Smith family. Although China's door has already been opened at this time, and Britain occupies most of the Chinese market, not all British businessmen can successfully enter the Chinese market. Of course, there is also a kind of free businessman, who can enter the Chinese market as an individual, but the capital of the free businessman is small, and he cannot get the full support of the British government, so it is difficult to become bigger and stronger.

Of course, the financial resources of the Smith family are not bad, but there are not too many resource relations in the UK, so they have not been able to enter the Chinese market in the form of large capital, and disdain to make small knocks, so they can only sigh, and during this time, the Smith family also through their own relationship channels, inquired about some information about the East China government, and has a certain understanding of the East China government, if you can catch this line, it is indeed a good opportunity to open the Chinese market, although you have to make concessions to the Zhang family, but if you take advantage of the relationship between the Zhang family and even Li Lihua, to enter the Chinese market, in fact, the interests are far greater than squeezing out the Zhang family in JavaSo George Smith said: "I don't know what conditions are needed to do business in the East China government?"

Huang Qingping shook her head and said, "We don't know what the conditions are, but Mr. Smith can send a trustworthy person to Shandong to investigate, and we will have special personnel to take care of the reception and answer your questions in detail." Or when our office in Java is established, there will also be someone to deal with business problems, and they can also answer clearly. ”

George Smith listened, also very satisfied, and said, "Well, I'll think about it seriously." As he spoke, he raised his glass again and said, "May you enjoy this ball." ”

After the dance was over, after Huang Qingping and Qian Guoyu returned to the farm, Luo Yue announced that according to the requirements of the Qingdao Military Commission, the deputy commanders of the three combat battalions would be left in Java, and Qian Guoyu would be appointed as the commander to be responsible for the security and training of the farm guards in the East China Government Office in Java.

Of course, it was not just them, but a squad from each battalion, plus a 60 mortar team and a machine gun team, and the medical team also sent a traverser and 3 medical personnel to form the Java Office Escort Force, a total of 55 people. Although the [Batavia Treaty] clearly stipulated that the East China government was not allowed to station troops in Java, and after the treaty was signed, the People's Army should all withdraw from Java, but the Java office was a diplomatic institution, and it was also customary to leave escort troops, and only 55 people were left, so the Dutch colonial government was not too entangled. The rest of the staff of the office will be appointed by the East China Government and will be available in about one month.

The address of the office is located in Dagon Town, because the location of the farm is remote after all, and the East China government does not want to set up the office in Batavia City, mainly because it is inconvenient for the training of the farm guards, and Dagon Town is only 40 kilometers away from Batavia, only more than 20 kilometers away from the farm, the road traffic is very developed, and the population here is large, and mainly Chinese, and it is an area of commodity distribution, after all, trade is also one of the main functions of the office, so this location is also more suitable.

The Zhang family also very generously rented a shop to the East China government as the location of the office, and originally the Zhang family planned to give the shop to the East China government free of charge, but the East China government insisted on official business, so it could only collect rent at the usual price.

After dealing with these things, the People's Army began to evacuate Java, and when leaving, it was greeted by the Javanese Chinese, who went to the dock to see off the People's Army as many as 6,000 Javanese Chinese, and also gave the People's Army countless plaques, flags and other things to express their gratitude to the People's Army, and many people burst into tears. And they all gathered on the shore, watching the warships and ships leave the dock one by one, until they disappeared at one end of the horizon, and they were still reluctant to leave for a long time.

The British fleet left Java at the same time as the KPA fleet, and the farewell ceremony was no less than that of the KPA fleet, after all, if there was no British fleet this time, maybe Java would really change hands.

Although the two fleets set sail from different piers, and there was no need for a route, one went north and the other went west, but they still met on the sea, but the two sides still adhered to the rules of warships meeting at sea in this era, signaled to each other, expressed friendship, and then left, but they both knew in their hearts that when the two sides met again in the future, I am afraid it would not be so peaceful.