Under the northeast monsoon wind, the combined fleet of the Wyverns marching west was unstoppable, and any suspicious ships encountered along the way were devastated.

In order to make the dispatch more sudden and surprise the Westerners' fleet, Zheng Zhilong and the others were already fully prepared, after all, the gathering point of the combined fleet dominated by the Dutch was the port of Batavia, which the Dutch had painstakingly operated for decades.

At this time, the inhabitants of the port of Batavia and the rulers had not yet expected a catastrophe to come, and they were now welcoming a distinguished guest, nay, it should be said that the arrival of the master, the new governor of Java, the Netherlands. Alba.

The battleship Ziola, which had sailed across the ocean, slowly docked at the excellent harbor of Batavia.

Putting on the sampan and slowly lowering it, touching the ground brought up the sampan for a slight rebound, and with the crisp sound of coughing and coughing shoes against the deck, a blonde and blue-eyed Caucasian foreigner wearing a short English skirt revealed his handsome face.

"Good afternoon, everyone, I'm from the Alba family. Alba, it will be a pleasure to work with all of you in the next few years, and please take care of it! ”

High on the deck of the battleship, the new Governor General His Excellency James gave his first speech after his arrival in Batavia to the colony.

"Welcome to His Excellency James, I can also board the ship back with peace of mind, and I believe that under the leadership of His Excellency James, the interests of my Dutch East India Company in the Far East will be further enhanced!"

Even though he knew that the new Governor, and the Alba family behind him, were the culprits who pushed him down from the position of Governor of Java, the former Governor Dandel still smiled enthusiastically and applauded the new Governor's unremarkable speech.

"Thank you, thank you!"

At least for now, it seems that this Lord James still knows some etiquette, and he still maintains a minimum of respect in the face of Dandel, the former governor who has lost power.

With the first friendly meeting between the two sides, the following handover ceremony was relatively smooth, and Dandell did not embarrass and shirk too much, but also made James quickly have a deeper understanding of the situation around the Jawa colony at this time.

“…… What does Lord Dandell mean that the opponent we are facing now is just a group of pirates who are not supported by the power of the kingdom. ”

However, although Dandell expressed enough goodwill, the newcomer Governor James was still surprised by some of the information given by Dandel.

"Although they don't have the support of the kingdom forces behind them, we can't be sure that they don't have Hongmen behind them."

Dandell didn't know how to explain to James, this was the effect of the cultural differences between the East and the West, and people who had not been in this area for a long time would not understand that if an Eastern pirate force was placed in the West, they could even occupy a small duchy and replace it.

After all, the West has always been vast and sparsely populated, even if the population of dozens of countries in Europe combined, it is not even less than 100 million, and a Ming Dynasty is now only half of the country, I am afraid that the population of the entire Europe combined.

"Hongmen? Is it the so-called king of the pirates of the Far East? ”

James still disagreed, with their European experience in the Caribbean, the so-called king of pirates, with no more than a thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, and only a dozen ships was already remarkable.

"Yes."

Colonel Lincoln was still sensible, and seeing that the face of the former governor Dandell became a little ugly, he hurriedly took over the conversation and shared his worries: "According to the information obtained by our East India Company, there are now more than 100 battleships above the third class under the command of Hongmen, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers under his command, and the number of citizens and slaves from Dayuan to Luzon exceeds 3 million. ”

"You're kidding, right?"

When James heard the Hongmen information converted into numbers, his face changed, but this face changed from disbelief at the beginning to disbelief.

"With such a large-scale pirate, doesn't the Ming Dynasty take care of it, isn't it afraid that they will attack the territory of the Ming Kingdom with their backhand?"

"In our Europe, with a force of this scale, even if it attacks England, a powerful country, there is no problem!"

"They're already doing it!"

Colonel Lincoln answered Governor James's question with a solemn face: "The current Hongmen, in the easternmost part of the Ming Dynasty, defeated the Ming Dynasty's most powerful opponent, the Qing Kingdom, head-on, and instead expelled the remnants of the opponent's army and people to the wilderness further north. ”

"And the information we have gathered shows that they are in the land of the former Great Qing Kingdom, and they are preparing to attack the Great Ming Kingdom and replace it."

"If it weren't for the fact that Hongmen is now focusing more on the Ming Kingdom, we wouldn't dare to confirm whether there is Hongmen's support behind the Flying Dragon Gang."

Colonel Lincoln's words finally brought back Governor James's dissolute heart, and asked with some seriousness: "Is this the reason why you have been busy in the Malacca area these days, adjusting and attracting all European powers?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Lincoln nodded and acknowledged.

"I don't care what you're trying to do to establish this alliance, but what I want to tell you is that you can't let the interests of the Netherlands be harmed."

"This time, I am the Governor of Jawa, and I am entrusted by His Excellency the Consul of the Kingdom to put the colony of Jawa in order, which is now in turmoil, and to return the track that the East India Company has deviated from for most of the past six months."

"From the perspective of business people, other Europeans are naturally competitors of my Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the European business territory is so large, there is no problem for us to unite with each other to fight against strong enemies, but we can't let them take the opportunity to dump the goods that belong to our monopoly to Europe and earn the benefits that belong to us."

"Do you understand that?"

"Understood!"

Lincoln's heart tightened, although there were no plain words, but these words were actually a knock on the joint matter that he had been carefully brewing for more than a month.

"It's a good thing I've worked overtime to finalize everything before the new governor arrives."

Lincoln sighed that the new governor seemed to be more of a businessman than a politician. Fortunately, with the support of His Excellency Dandell, at least in the short term, the alliance he has established will not waver.

And if he is right, when the Wyverns once again launch a strong offensive against the Indonesian archipelago and the Strait of Malacca, the new governor will understand how meaningful what he Lincoln has done will be.

(End of chapter)