According to Degus's information, relations between the Kupang authorities and Ornet have been developing well recently, and it was heard that Orne's representative in Kupang was discussing with the Dutch about "peacekeeping and aid".

However, there was some hesitation and misgivings on the part of the Dutch, who did not seem to like Ornet very much, a mixture of Portuguese and natives, and attached to the letter was a hand-copied document from the Dutch intelligence officer in Kupang to Batavia, which stated that Ornet was essentially a hater of the rich and a tyrant.

The Dutch informant wrote: The port of Dili under Orne was now a place where there was no law and no commercial law, and the merchants had no personal security, let alone the protection of their commercial interests.

Especially now that there are no public courts, no city councils, and church clergy, including Arab crescent imams, are the targets of expulsion or enslavement.

In today's Dili Port, Orne himself has the final say, he connived at his soldiers and natives to rob the Timorese citizens of the wealth, and enslaved these citizens, such as forcibly driving some of the citizens out of the city, regardless of gender, old and young, and driving them to work in banana plantations, in the name of "self-reliance", his warriors can take the wealth of others for free, and he and his relatives also take the wealth of their subordinates for free......

In addition to the uncomfortable information in Degus's letter, there is also some good news, such as the fact that the pro-Portuguese indigenous tribes on the island of Timor are at war with the relatives of Orne, and that the tribes that have split up internally due to the uneven distribution of the spoils are also fighting each other, and some ostensibly neutral tribes are also secretly watching, and these tribes are obviously waiting for an opportunity to speculate.

Therefore, Degus believes that Ornet's current rule on the island of Timor is actually very fragile, and Degus also said that the short-sightedness of the Dutch is fatal, and they do not understand that dealing with hooligans will ultimately outweigh the losses.

As evidence, the Dutch informant lurking in the city of Dili admonished the Batavian board of directors in the same vein, in which the knowledgeable Dutch informant wrote:

“...... You know, Ornet is not the Tatar emperor on the Far Eastern continent, we Dutch can temporarily give up our dignity to worship the Tatar emperor for the sake of great interests, but Ornet is not worth giving up these dignity - although Ornet promised that nearly half of the land on the island of Timor could be "given to Dutch friends", however, we still can't take this risk, looking at the world, the Dutch have enough enemies, and in the Far East, the Portuguese are the only people who can barely be called friends......"

In the last part of his letter, Dergus informs of Orne's current military strength, and that the ruler of Dili, in addition to his own five hundred "Janissaries", has about two thousand warriors from his own tribe, of which about one thousand are six hundred warriors with iron weapons, bows and arrows, and iron-tipped wooden spears, and that he does not have any sea power, that is, his basic strength is more than two thousand one hundred men.

Moreover, only his so-called Janissary 500 men were really combative, and of course, this team was well-armed, a third of them musketeers, and the rest heavily armed shieldmen and spearmen.

Thus Dergus concludes in his letter that he does not think it very much of a problem to counterattack the port of Timor and take control of the port area at the beginning of the battle with the present forces, for we will have the support of the pro-Portuguese tribes, which now have a large part of the eastern part of the island of Bon, where there are about a thousand tribal warriors, but with the disadvantage that these warriors are scattered among more than ten tribes, and that the Governor will be our loyal allies if he wishes to give them material aid.

Of course, if we can get the "explicit support or true neutrality" of other neutral tribes through diplomatic means, then our chances are much better.

This letter was translated by Xu Zhi an hour later Chinese placed in front of Sun Lao, at this time Pimont was also present, and he said to Sun Lao Gu Jin and Zhu Hou Li Xu and others who were present, although Dergus knew that I had received help from the Australians and escaped death, but he did not know that you had come to Macao during this period of time, because this letter was about information from a month ago......

"Is this the origin of the so-called East Timor problem in the history of the Old World?"

After Pimont left, Zhu Beiguo looked at the letter and muttered.

"It's really possible that it is, which is an important point, that the historical Dutch may have finally accepted Orne's terms and occupied or controlled the western part of the island of Timor until ---- handed over to the natives after World War II......"

Sun Lao nodded and added.

"Ornet's offer to the Dutch is actually very tempting, obviously, we can't give the Dutch a chance to meddle in the situation in Timor!"

Gu Jin immediately opened his mouth to express his position, and everyone nodded in agreement.

"Looks like it's time to move quickly, and it's time for us to go......"

Sun Lao turned his head to look at Pimont in the distance, and everyone nodded and agreed:

"Time is running out ......"

"Time is running out!"

Several of the people present said in unison.

In the afternoon of the same day, Pimont and Sun Lao visited the City Council and the Governor's Palace, and informed Governor Bugano that the Nicole and Pride and Pimont's fleet would set sail south the morning after tomorrow, that is, on January 7.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Lao and Dai Xiaoshan visited the Hall of Mercy, and discussed with Mama Angel about the living arrangements of the children in the orphanage, as well as the specific operation plan of the school, in the evening, two carriages carrying 10,000 taels of silver quietly entered the gate of the Hall of Mercy, Dr. Dai Xiaoshan repeatedly instructed Mama Angel to ensure the living standards of the children, grandmothers, and women and girls working in the school.

Dai Xiaoshan's standard is that every child should have an egg and fresh vegetables every day, and every dinner should have a broth, and the food should be full, and try to make sure that everyone is like this.

Dai Xiaoshan also handed Ingres a large clay pot filled with some gray-white powder, and the doctor told the grandmothers present that this was the so-called "miracle medicine" that had defeated the plague a few days earlier, but the difference was that it was taken orally.

If there is a plague during the time we are away, it can be given to the patient, one small spoonful at a time, taken with boiled cold water, three times a day for six days......

Mama Angels wrapped this precious jar in her clothes, and then carefully put it in her inner room, and when she came out, all the grandmothers present bowed to the doctor under the leadership of Angels, and Dai Xiaoshan hurriedly supported Mama, he felt that he couldn't stand such a big gift from Mammas. ……

On the second day, Mr. Sun and the others visited the four major Chinese businessmen and several city councilors, and of course they discussed business matters, and these businessmen all had their own magical powers.

Because the fleet is the first time to come back to Macao, Sun Lao submitted to the businessmen the content of the purchase list is very complicated, the items are varied, there are always more than 100 kinds of goods, these businessmen actually did it in just ten days, of course, some things still have not arrived, but the businessmen also said that because everyone is dealing with each other for the first time, so some goods are indeed a little caught off guard, however, next time there will be no such problems, everything on the list can be prepared in advance.