After all, China is not a source of silver. And it is precisely the most suitable thing for China at present is to use silver as a currency in circulation. So the two hit it off. At the same time, in order to deter the British, Liu Pei agreed to take him to participate in the war in Southeast Asia. However, he was restricted from accessing weapons and equipment and other materials. That's why he's here today, to meet with Governor Cohen.

Liu Pei stood up and said, "It seems that the two of them know each other, so things will be much easier." By the way, Colonel Clark is already willing to sign the agreement on behalf of the Kingdom of England! And he generously said that as long as I asked for it, they would not make any changes. ”

Governor Cohen roared, "Of course they're not going to ask for a change!" Because they have no trade routes in the East at all! Now that you've given him a trade channel, they'll say yes no matter how harsh the conditions are! Because they picked it up for nothing! ”

Liu Pei pursed his lips and said, "That can only say that they are lucky!" And I, as the host, treat every guest with respect. But at the same time, I ask that my guests respect my rules! ”

When Governor Cohen heard this, he sat down in his chair like a punctured ball! He knew that with the British-stirring stick agreeing to Liu Pei's conditions, the declining Spain and Portugal would definitely agree. When the time comes, I will be one-to-many, and there is no chance of winning. Now he can only hope that things will be like Liu Pei's words, that is, he has enough goods to maintain or exceed the current level of trade.

In the following days, Liu Pei ignored the two of them because he had too many things to deal with! He's going to start sorting out the situation around Batavia. Moreover, Liu Pei urgently sent back an order to transfer the Foreign Legion to Batavia, and also ordered to recruit another 10,000 new soldiers.

Liu Pei was busy with government affairs here, but those people sent by the maritime merchants were busy counting the materials and registering them.

These people are the ones that the sea merchants jointly provide. Truth be told, these maritime merchants don't trust each other. And in this kind of participation in the siege of cities and land, and the destruction of the country, it is even more impossible to trust the other party. So each family has a number of people, and some of them are the bookkeepers. They will be responsible for counting all the income of Liu Pei, and finally divide it according to the shares invested

Match.

After counting, the gold and silver harvested in Batavia alone, plus goods and other materials, was equivalent to more than 300,000 taels of silver! This does not include the large number of people captured by Liu Pei. But these people Liu Pei did not intend to give them at all. These natives will be directly converted into money and distributed to them.

These bookkeepers were overjoyed when they finished counting! You know, this first stop harvested half of the total investment amount! And according to Liu Pei, there are more than a dozen similar Batavia in the back, but there are no such big strongholds to overcome. This shows that this investment will not only not fail, but will be very profitable!

When Liu Pei was done, the follow-up fleet also arrived. Liu Pei took Governor Cohen and Colonel Clark with him and began a continuous battle. The Netherlands' strongholds were better, with the presence of Governor Cohen, and they were largely received peacefully.

The strongholds of the Spaniards were different, only strongholds with a small number of people would obediently surrender. The large number always tries to hold on. When encountering such a stronghold, Liu Pei didn't say a word, either heavy artillery bombarded the city wall, or used gunpowder trucks to blow up the city gate, and then drove the natives to charge the battle, and then covered up and killed himself! All those who dared to resist were executed, and those who were alive were beaten into slavery.

This made Governor Cohen and Colonel Clark secretly frightened! Both of them felt that Liu Pei was ruthless, and secretly told themselves not to offend Liu Pei in the future. So in just over two months, Liu Pei swept all the Westerners' stations in Southeast Asia, and all of them were in his own hands. This caused a huge upheaval throughout Southeast Asia!

You must know that there are too many small countries and tribes in Southeast Asia at this time. Southeast Asia has a new owner, and this is a big event, which will definitely attract the attention of various small countries and tribes. Especially if the new owner this time is actually Han, then there is more room for manipulation.

Judging from past experience, these Han Chinese are easier to fool than Westerners! As long as you nod your head to show your obedience, go to the capital of the Ming Kingdom to send some gifts to the emperor, and then bribe the ministers, those fools in the court, or those who are clearly pretending to be confused, will suppress those who understand below!

When the time comes, their own internal affairs are still

If you don't say it, maybe you can suck some blood from Da Ming. So for a while, the big and small forces in Southeast Asia were ready to move!

But these people did not know the temperament of the new master, and they knew that they were pirates, so they did not move for a while.

In fact, at this time, those Western colonizers in Southeast Asia did not have the full initiative. They just had the upper hand near their strongholds. They now do not have enough manpower to expand their colonies in Southeast Asia. These strongholds are more of a transport, storage, transit and supply task. You can only control a certain area around the colony.

At present, the main focus of these Western colonizers is still on North and South America. It wasn't until the 18th century, when North and South America were completely in their hands, that they projected their real power into Southeast Asia.

Therefore, even if Liu Pei occupies these strongholds, he is only invincible. And there was no all-round victory. Based on this situation, Liu Pei formulated two plans for the north and the south. The Southern Plan is a strategy of focusing on defense in Southeast Asia, nurturing the war with war, and gradually opening up.

It is to extract resources from Southeast Asia to fill Taiwan, and at the same time support the development of a large number of immigrants to Southeast Asia. At the same time, the natives of Southeast Asia were killed by sowing discord, dividing and buying. At the same time, the Foreign Legion was used to capture slaves on a large scale and carry out land reclamation work.

In the north, it accumulates strength and gradually expands its strength. At the same time, Southeast Asia will also become Liu Pei's training ground. Let the recruits exchange fire with these natives with low combat ability to gain experience, so as to save the situation of reduced combat effectiveness when fighting with the Ming official army and the Houjin army in the future.

Now Liu Pei brought 2,000 recruits and 5,000 recruits transferred in the future are scattered and stationed in each stronghold, and promised them that they will also move their families to the garrison in the future.

On the one hand, this is to allow the soldiers to settle down and be stationed here. On the other hand, it is also to alleviate the pressure on the existence of the victims. Now Shandong and Taiwan are full of people and there is nowhere to resettle. I can only do nothing every day. If there are many of them, they will easily cause trouble if they stay any longer, and they will be the source of trouble. So it's a good idea to spread out as soon as possible.