Everyone was in the restaurant for a long time to push the glass and change the glass, and the excitement on the wine table gradually returned, and sure enough, as Lao Wang said, it is indeed easy to drink too much milk wine in this fairy cave.

So after dinner that day, almost everyone was a little drunk, but the drunkenness still did not affect the discussion of various things---- especially the telegram sent by the Nicole last night that intended to land in the Kaye Islands.

Gu Jin is a very cautious person, he reported the opinion of the landing on the Kaye Islands to the Red Mansion, although the telegram has made it clear that the crew of the Nicole and the Pride have no opinion on the landing on the Kaye Island, and even support it, but Gu Jin still asked his family to give an opinion, and provide some necessary technical guidance and suggestions for the landing operation.

So at the suggestion of Sun Lao, this topic was put forward for discussion.

The initiators of the landing in the Kaye Islands are the people of the Huotang Club, and the backbone members of the Huotang Club who are currently staying at home are only Quan Zhenhai An Hengtong from the Metallurgical Group, Qiao Xiaomu and Gui Xianning from the Chemical Industry Group, and the opponents of the Caiyuan Club are not present, so everyone looks at these people first, which means that you will explain and explain first.

It's no wonder that even in the Old World, it's a remote corner of the island, an archipelago with a total population of less than 5,000 people.

However, in the New World, because the Cay Islands are located on the only way north from Carpentalia Bay to the South Seas from Mornington Island, they immediately became an important node on the trade route from Australia to the South Seas.

But even in the New World, the archipelago was still not as important to the other powers of the South Seas.

Although the archipelago is located in the middle of the north-south route from Australia to the Philippines and is part of the historic Spice Islands, it has always been an inconspicuous place due to its remote location and lack of human population.

In fact, it is a treasure trove of resources, and the geographical location is just right, it is the hub point to control the north-south traffic in the eastern part of the South Seas and connect several major trading ports.

Regarding the treasure trove of resources, the girl from Cao Limei also said that the resources there are still a secret to the old world, let alone the new world.

Tonight, at the recommendation of everyone, Quan Zhenhai, who drank relatively high milk wine in the Xianren Cave, focused on telling everyone about the before and after of landing on the Kayi Islands.

When he said that he was excited, he stood up, his mouth was full of wine, and he held a small clay pot filled with milk wine from the fairy cave in his hand while shaking and speaking, and everyone hid far away, for fear that the small clay pot in the hand of this goods would fly out and harm the innocent.

Xiao Quan said that this landing operation will change and make history! It will also play an immeasurable role in the development of the geopolitical situation in the South Seas region in a few years, and it is a "very wise" landing operation.

Although everyone has already decided that Xiao Quange has drunk a little high at this time, everyone here knows the geographical location of the Kai Islands from the map, and after some map discussion, everyone has to admit that although this classmate is indeed a little drunk, what he said is still good.

They also believe that if we have a base here, it can not only be used for shelter and supply, but also become a forward base for us in the South Seas, both in an economic and military sense.

Lao Wang stressed that as part of the world's famous spice archipelago, it is still a natural spice production base.

Obviously, the climate on the island should be suitable for growing tropical crops such as spices, cocoa, coffee and bananas.

According to his own planning, most of the raw materials for the production of five-spice powder can be planted, including but not limited to cinnamon, star anise, pepper, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, nutmeg and other seasoning raw materials, and even onions, mustard, ginger, celery and coriander, etc., these tropical and subtropical, various spice crops should be planted on the island.

At this time, Gui Xianning also interjected and said that if we succeed, we can quickly replace Ambon as the center of the world's spice trade.

At this time, Qiao Xiaomu warned beside him, once we decide to develop the Kay Islands, we must have more eyes to prevent the Dutch from coming to find trouble.

When Lao Wang heard this, he immediately agreed, and he said that if the spice trade in the Kay Islands really started, to be specific, it should be that once the five-spice powder trade is successful, it will indeed seriously affect the trade interests of Europeans.

There is no way, once the compound five-spice powder spice comes out two hundred years in advance, those single-variety spices will be gradually eliminated if the five-spice powder is not added.

In this era, the Dutch forbade the indigenous people to grow any spices, such as cloves and nutmeg, outside of Ambon, in order to maintain Ambon's status as the center of the world's spice trade.

Now, because of our intervention, there is no doubt that the monopoly of the Dutch will be completely broken, so if we think about it seriously, we must be prepared for the outbreak of a local war!

As a result, everyone suddenly realized that this topic actually involved a huge topic of "diplomatic strategy".

Although when discussing this issue, many people were a little smoky by the fairy cave milk wine, but this did not affect everyone's performance at the table.

Regarding the "diplomatic strategy", An Hengtong, who has been sitting next to Xiao Quange, announced at the dinner table a report on the recent war games conducted by the Huotang Club.

In addition to the local indigenous regime, there are currently three major foreign forces in the South Seas: the Dutch, the Portuguese, and the Spaniards.

There are many contradictions between them, and apart from commercial competition, the three are currently in almost a state of political semi-hostility. Obviously, we should be able to find allies in these three, and the Portuguese are the most likely allies based on the current reality.

First of all, there is no fundamental conflict of interest between the Portuguese sandalwood trade in Timor and our spice trade, and there are various mineral resources on the island of Gasilvon, so we can communicate with each other and achieve mutual benefit.

Obviously, we have a good relationship with the Portuguese, which is very much in the interests of both sides.

The second is the complex entanglement of the three parties in terms of history and religion, the Spaniards, the Portuguese and the Dutch, although all Christians, the first two are Catholics and the latter are Protestants, and the two sides have been fighting bloody lately.

However, for Spain and Portugal, whose religions are both Catholic, the question of national sovereignty has recently arisen.

You know, the Portuguese were annexed by Spain for a while, but the historic Kingdom of Portugal did not buy the account of the Spanish king.

Just 20 years ago, Portugal finally gained national sovereignty again, but after all, the time interval is not long, so the previous conflicts and grievances between the two sides have not been resolved.

Especially in the Eastern colonies, whether it was the headquarters of the Portuguese East India Company or the Portuguese trading posts on the mainland and Timor, these forces were reluctant to recognize the Spanish king, and of course did not openly rebel against the Spanish king, but tried to maintain some kind of de facto independence during the Spanish rule.

In fact, the Spaniards in Manila did not have a good grasp of the Portuguese strongholds, Macau and Dili.

Therefore, during that time, there was a great discord between the Portuguese Macao and the Spanish Manila, and the two sides also competed openly and secretly, until recently, the Portuguese finally got rid of the rule of the Spanish king and returned to an independent country, but the grievances between the two sides did not disappear, and Liang Zi was settled.

As a result, the Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish sides have had various historical entanglements and contradictions that have led to intermittent conflicts over the years, note that these conflicts are global, not only in the Far East, but also in Europe and elsewhere, and the situation is even more complicated today because they have to face a new power – the rising British and the French......