He Yongqing said: "In the first ten years of the Dutch East India Company's business, there was no return to investors, and even no interest was paid. But these investors trust this company very much, because this company is authorized by the Netherlands to sign contracts with other countries and start wars, that is, a company that invades and expands on behalf of the Netherlands. Ten years later, the company lived up to its investors and paid out handsome dividends to shareholders for the first time. ”

Gao Junshan said: "It seems that such a company is sure to make money and not lose money!" ”

He Yongqing said: "This company has a stock exchange in Amsterdam, this exchange is a courtyard with an area of no more than 1,000 square meters, where there are not only Dutch people, but also many British, French, Portuguese ......, so many years, this exchange for the Dutch treasury and ordinary Dutchmen to collect a lot of money, only the British government bonds, the Netherlands can get more than 25 million guilders a year, equivalent to 200 tons of silver. ”

At this time, Li Derong sent a telegram to Gao Junshan, and after Gao Junshan signed it, he put down the telegram and continued to say to He Yongqing: "If we kill this East India Company, how will the Netherlands react?" ”

He Yongqing said: "This involves the interests of too many people in the Netherlands, and they will definitely protect it with the strength of the whole country." ”

"It's the power of the whole country." After Gao Junshan repeated this sentence, he picked up the telegram on the table and glanced at it, the telegram was sent by the household department, and the content was that the first indemnity of the island country was 50 million taels of silver, which had been put into storage. Gao Junshan smiled slightly, and then said contemptuously, "With the strength of the whole country, his navy can't break through the blockade of our battleships, but we still have Britain as an ally." ”

He Yongqing reminded: "The Amsterdam exchange also has a lot of British people holding shares there. ”

"Those little people can't make big waves." Gao Junshan stood up and said, "You go back and rest for two days first, and write a report on your analysis of the Netherlands to the command center, you are now also the senior staff officer of the command center, and you will participate in the formulation of the battle plan for the Netherlands." Have you fulfilled the problem of your accommodation in Yangon? ”

He Yongqing said: "The colleagues at Yangon Station have already arranged everything for the students. ”

Gao Junshan suggested: "You better live in the headquarters, it will be convenient for your work." ”

"Thank you for the care of the mountain chief, the students will go back and make arrangements, and then move into the headquarters."

"Good!" Gao Junshan said with a smile.

"The student is quitting!"

He Yongqing left, and Tian Qiliang, deputy director of the Navy General Staff, walked in.

He excitedly told Gao Junshan: "Mountain Chief, we have found traces of the Dutch mission. ”

Gao Junshan asked, "Where are they?" ”

Tian Qiliang replied: "We don't know where they are yet, but our people found the documents and maps they left behind at the Rose Garden Hotel in Yangon, as well as 1,000 taels of silver and some broken silver. ”

"What they left behind?" Gao Junshan took the stack of documents handed to him by Tian Qiliang and asked suspiciously.

Tian Qiliang said: "We asked the waiters of the hotel, and these people have already checked out and left, saying that they are going to the capital. ”

Gao Junshan asked, "What is the reason for these people to stay in the Rose Hotel?" ”

Tian Qiliang replied: "For business reasons, they said that they went to the capital for a business. ”

Gao Junshan looked through a few documents, which were issued from the Netherlands, indicating that they were all from the Netherlands. On the documents were Lodwijk, Johann Niehoff, Vermeer, Berkelszon, Van Drijen and several others. The map looked like it was made by a Han Chinese because it was full of Chinese characters.

Gao Junshan said to Tian Qiliang: "You take these documents to He Yongqing, who has just gone out, he is the head of the Dutch station of the General Affairs Bureau, and you ask him to verify the identities of some of these people." ”

Tian Qiliang took the certificate and said: "Obey!" ”

……

In the mountainous areas of the southern part of Taungoo Province, the mountains are continuous, the high mountains are overlapping, the towering trees are towering and do not see their ends, and the novelty of green leaves rises vigorously, and there is not a single village or rice field in sight, and some are just endless peaks and mountains.

A small group of more than twenty people, dazedly walking in the deep forest with no end in sight, there is no road in the forest, there is no sun, there is vegetation everywhere, there is no open space, and there can be no moment's rest, because the dense jungle is full of leeches.

The small group was a Dutch mission, led by Lodwijk, consisting of Vermeer, Berkelszon, Van Drijn, and Johann Niehoff, as well as two Chinese interpreters they had hired, one surnamed Chen and the other Zhang, and more than a dozen retinues.

As he walked, Lodwijk complained to Vermeer beside him: "Let you keep your documents, you don't bear any responsibility, these are good, our documents have been lost, and a lot of money has been lost, you should think about it!" Where did all these things get lost? ”

Vermeer was very aggrieved: "How can I remember where I lost it, and if I remember where I lost it, can it still be lost?" ”

Lodwick was dissatisfied: "You're a stupid pig anyway!" I shouldn't have chosen you to come to China in the first place. ”

Van Drien persuaded: "Vermeer didn't mean to lose it, so don't blame him anymore, he is already uncomfortable." ”

Lodwick complained: "Will he feel bad? I didn't see it at all. ”

"We've been walking for a day, and we haven't seen a single village, not even a single figure, so we're on the wrong track." ”

Lodwijk turned around and asked Chen, who was the guide, "Chen, is there a wrong path to follow?" ”

Chen Yi didn't know the bottom of his heart, and he stammered and replied, "Also, maybe it's not wrong." ”

"What does that mean?" Lodwijk asked.

Zhang Yi had a conflict with Chen Yiyi, but now that he had found a handle to attack him, he didn't desperately fall into the well, so he gloated and said, "Chen Yi, are you taking the wrong path?" Look at this barren mountain and wild land, a place where you can't even see the sun, can you walk to the capital from here? ”

Zhang's translation was in Dutch, and the purpose was to make it heard.

Lodwijk also seemed to have noticed a problem, and he asked Chen Translator: "This is such a wilderness, can it be the way to the capital?" ”

Translator Chen pointed the finger at Vermeer: "It's not that the map is lost, and we won't go to this hellish place." ”

Vermeer was even more aggrieved: "Why do you blame me again?" ”

Van Drijen said: "Don't fight, let's find a way out, otherwise we will be here for the rest of our lives." ”

Translator Chen viciously said to Translator Zhang in Chinese: "You kid has a kind! Dare to throw a stone at Lao Tzu! ”

Translator Zhang sneered in Chinese: "Your mother's comparison! Do you have less to throw stones into Lao Tzu? ”

Lodwijk couldn't understand what the two were saying, but he knew from his expression that the two were fighting, and now without these two people, it would be much more difficult for them to get out of this predicament, so he asked the two to separate and stop their quarrel.

After parting, he called Translator Zhang over: "Zhang, tell me, how do we get out of here?" ”

"Now we have to go back, otherwise, we will be farther and farther away from the city. ”

"How do you go back?" Lodwijk asked.

Translator Zhang replied: "Let's just go south, and in that direction is the sea, and we will definitely find people." ”

Lodwijk nodded, "Your analysis is very reasonable, fortunately the compass is still on me, so we will set off south." ”

Lodwick's orders were to be obeyed, so the team prepared to return to the south.

"John Niehoff, what are you doing? Everyone is gone, what are you still painting here? Berkels, who had walked at the end, saw that John Niehoff had no intention of leaving, and hurriedly called out to him.

John Niehoff, the clerk and chronicler of the mission, was a well-known explorer who excelled in poetry, painting, and music, and now he was so engrossed in drawing something that he did not hear the order for the party to set off.