Boton would like to say that he is a qualified naval commander, because he successfully commanded the fleet out of the storm without any losses, which was very successful. But when Zhiyuan asked him where he was now and where the Lanfang Republic was, Bo Dun was stupid. The storm had derailed them badly, and they had been running blind for days in a state of trance, and who knows where they were.

After a few days of searching, they finally found land, and as soon as they came ashore, they met yellow people who could speak Chinese, but unfortunately this was not the Republic of Lan Phuong, but Vietnam. The Vietnamese were very happy with the arrival of the Bohai Fleet, and although there was no nearby port for the Bohai Fleet to dock, the Vietnamese also tried their best to provide the food, fresh water, coal, fruits and other materials needed by the fleet. The Vietnamese magistrate greeted the Zhiyuan delegation who landed in a small boat with a very high standard, and the behavior of giving too much face made Zhiyuan a little confused. After several communications, Zhiyuan got the answer, although he could not represent the Qing court, but at least he could represent the government of North Manchuria, and he could be regarded as an envoy of the Celestial Empire, and Vietnam was a subject country of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhiyuan began to contact Changchun with a huge radio, asking if he wanted to take advantage of the situation in Vietnam, but Changchun did not reply, and the French came to the door. France has been invading Vietnam for a long time, and two years ago it even beat Vietnam violently, forcing Vietnam to cede the three provinces of Tubian Hoa, Jiading, and Dinh Dinh and Kunlun Island, and further aggression is proceeding in an orderly manner. Zhiyuan and they suddenly appeared at this time, and the French felt that they were here to support the Vietnamese, which was a very unfriendly behavior. Moreover, because of Montauban's death, the French army was very afraid of the Manchurian army developed by the Gu'an army, and as soon as the Bohai Fleet was discovered, it immediately ordered the French army stationed in Vietnam to be on full alert and ready to go to war with the Manchurian army at any time.

After figuring out the environment, the Bohai Fleet did not harden with the French, but withdrew a little north and arrived at Da Nang to rest. The retreat of the Manchurian Army made the French a lot more comfortable, but the Vietnamese, Zhiyuan and Botun were very uncomfortable, Vietnam was a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, why should the French be more bullish than themselves! After waiting for Changchun's reply, he also tried to avoid conflict with the French. North Manchuria's family background is still too thin, and although it can make enemies on all sides for the time being, it can't get an old empire like France, so it can only take a detour and settle accounts after the autumn.

However, Zhiyuan, who was sprayed by the French envoys, was not ready to let the French go like this, and he sent a telegram to Changchun again, asking to help the Vietnamese train their troops according to the example of Sulu. Guo Xing'a, who knew the white-eyed wolf character of the Vietnamese, hesitated for a long time, and finally agreed to the military aid plan to Vietnam at the repeated insistence of Pi Runmin and others. Of course, according to Goxinga's consistent character, the weapons of aid are relatively backward, and they also collect money. However, Goxinga was also generous, and he sent a corps of officers to Vietnam, first, to teach guerrilla warfare, and second, to try to control the Vietnamese army. Only turning most of the Vietnamese officers into people who are in their own hands, at least when the white-eyed wolf bites back in the future, Goxinga's initiative will be greater.

After Zhiyuan signed a secret agreement with the Vietnamese prime minister for military aid, he left Vietnam in a hurry, after all, the eyes of the French were red, and it was easy to misfire if they didn't leave. But because he walked along the coastline, Zhiyuan's next stop after Vietnam was Cambodia. Now the French don't do it, Cambodia is not a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, but a French protectorate, Zhiyuan has no reason to stir up trouble here. After the French protested, Zhiyuan obediently left again, but he seemed to have been inspired, so he was not in a hurry to go to the Republic of Lanfang, he was ready to go around Southeast Asia.

As a result, Zhiyuan was breathtaking, but it was a pity that the Qing Dynasty did not understand what colonization was, otherwise where would the largest colonial empire in Asia get European countries. Southeast Asia is basically a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, and the top spot of the Qing Empire is firmly seated, but it is a pity that the Qing Dynasty does not understand too much, and understands too little. Among the former vassal countries, Cambodia was already a French protectorate, Siam was also half-dead, and half of the other countries such as Burma, Vietnam, and Laos were basically swallowed by Britain and France.

However, fortunately, it was not too late for Northern Manchuria, and Zhiyuan, in the name of the Qing Dynasty, began to promote his military aid program to various subject countries, and achieved good results. Although Zhiyuan's purpose is not very simple, but after all, the fists of Britain and France are in front, as long as real money can be exchanged for Manchurian weapons, the kings of various countries can only fight for their own dominance. However, these military aids can only be secret agreements, and Zhiyuan does not dare to offend Britain and France, so everything is secretly unsightly.

After passing through the Strait of Malacca, the Bohai Fleet finally arrived at its destination, the Pontianak Port of the Republic of Lanfang. Zhiyuan met Liu Asheng again, and held talks with the Dutch Pontianak garrison, and prepared to go to Jakarta to meet with the Dutch East India Governor-General, Ludolf · Wilt · Belle. The attitude of the Dutch was much friendlier than expected, and Belle was even willing to take the initiative to come to Pontianak to meet Zhiyuan, which made the trip to the Republic of Lanfang a good start.

Zhiyuan waited in Pontianak for three days, and Belle really ran to Pontianak, and the two began formal talks. The beginning of the negotiation made Zhiyuan very surprised, Belle was far from being as tough as Fernando, but very polite, and before Zhiyuan made a request, he took the initiative to say that he would never invade the Republic of Lanfang, a subject country of the Qing Dynasty. Zhiyuan, who has been accumulating strength for a long time, seems to have punched the cotton, and he can't find the power point at all.

Because of Guo Xing'a's influence, everyone in North Manchu regarded the Qing Dynasty as a weak country and a commodity to be slaughtered in the world, but Guo Xing'a was actually a little inferior, and the countries of the world still looked at it very clearly. Mo said that now there is a strong North Manchurian scene in Guoxinga, even in the original history, Western countries regarded the Qing Dynasty as one of the great powers.

Although the Qing court was decaying and declining, and had all kinds of problems, it was always regarded by Western countries as one of the great powers of the time, and its status before the Sino-Japanese War was not only much higher than that of Japan, but also higher than that of any other non-Western country. There are also certain reasons for the high international status of the Qing Dynasty. The first is the historical factor, for more than 2,000 years, China has been the natural hegemon of East Asia, not only with a huge territory, but also with dozens of vassal states, and is the superpower of East Asia. During the Kangxi period, the Qing Dynasty fought two wars with Tsarist Russia in Yaksa, and the Russian Tsar at that time was Peter the Great, who was very recognized by Westerners, and the Qing Dynasty won a complete victory. In the eyes of Westerners who value military achievements, Peter the Great is very good, and if the Qing Dynasty was able to defeat Peter the Great, they naturally have to look up to the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty has more than 13 million square kilometers, a population of more than 400 million, and dozens of vassal states, and the world's largest economic aggregate. This family background can only be compared with Britain at its peak, although the territory of Tsarist Russia is larger than that of the Qing Dynasty, but most of it is no man's land.

Third, it is more objective, the West can defeat the Qing Dynasty, but it cannot defeat China. Napoleon once said that China is a sleeping lion, and once awakened, the whole world will be shaken. Although the Qing Dynasty was defeated in the two Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion also caused the Qing Dynasty to be in a hurry, China's population and land were too large, and China's high degree of unity made it impossible for any great power to annex the Qing Dynasty. In a word, the great powers could look down on the Manchu rulers, but not on the country of China.

The fourth is that the Qing Dynasty still has a certain strength, although the Qing Dynasty has been defeated by Britain and France many times, but Britain and France were the world's top two powers at that time, and the Qing Dynasty's defeat to them was considered a normal performance. However, Zuo Zongtang defeated Agubai during the Tongguang period, and later recovered Ili from Tsarist Russia. This battle also played China's national prestige, so that the great powers did not dare to underestimate the Qing Dynasty.

Although there are no other things behind, the Qing Dynasty has Guoxing. Goxinga is currently the world's largest arms dealer, able to produce advanced weapons ahead of Britain and France, and has achieved miraculous development in industry and other aspects. In the Second Opium War, Guoxinga once inflicted heavy losses on the British and French coalition forces, although the outcome was the defeat of the Qing Dynasty, but no one dared to underestimate the military strength of the Qing Dynasty. Even if Britain and France are given a second chance to go to war, they have to weigh it, and Guo Xing'a is very difficult to mess with in the eyes of Britain and France.

The Netherlands is a small European country, but it has also been brilliant, and it invaded Taiwan, China during the Ming Dynasty, although it is now defeated, but its strength should not be underestimated. But Zheng Chenggong is worthy of being a national hero, he beat the Dutch in Taiwan, leaving a good aftermath for future generations. The Dutch may have been psychologically shadowed by Zheng Chenggong, and the mention of Chinese is a headache, even in the history of no Guoxinga, the Dutch are very cautious about issues involving China.

In history, the Qing Dynasty has never recognized the Lanfang Republic, and only regarded them as outcasts of the Celestial Empire. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was in the prosperous era of Kangqian, and the Dutch were worried that the invasion of Lanfang would cause opposition from the Qing Dynasty and had to stop harassing Lanfang. Later, the invasion of the Republic of Lanfang was also due to the Sino-French War, and the Qing court had no time to take care of overseas before daring to act.

And even so, the Dutch were still very suspicious of the Qing court, and because they were afraid of the Qing government's reaction, the Dutch did not even dare to publicly declare that they had destroyed Lanfang, but set up another puppet state to rule. It was not until after the abdication of Xuantong and the fall of the Qing Dynasty that the Dutch officially declared their occupation of the Lanfang region.

This time, Goxinga drove a huge fleet over, and the Dutch were even more confused, they simply did not have the courage to start a war with the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the military power of the Dutch East Indies was not weak, they had a fleet of nearly thirty warships, although there were no ironclads, but there were also three wooden battleships. The army has 200,000 people, and there are more than 40,000 Dutch soldiers after removing the local natives. But they just don't have the courage to go to war, after all, they are far away from their homeland, and the economic environment is not good, so there is really no need to fight with the fledgling Manchurian Empire.

More importantly, although the Dutch have been expanding their colonies in Southeast Asia, they do not particularly care about these Southeast Asian colonies, because their colonies are a complete loss of money for the country. The Dutch-occupied East Indies were rich in spices, which at first made a windfall for the Dutch. But since the eighteenth century, spices have become less and less valuable, and the Dutch have become narrower and narrower. And their colony is not a continent, but a fragmented island that requires a large number of ships and navies to maintain. The island was mostly filled with pure caliphs, who would make trouble if they had nothing to do, and the uprisings were wave after wave, and the Dutch army was busy suppressing the uprisings every day. The combination of these factors led to a surge in the cost of Dutch rule in the East Indies, which was struggling to make ends meet over the years. During Napoleon's occupation of the Netherlands, there was a debt crisis of the Dutch East India Company, and after the independence of the Netherlands, it was even more indebted. That is, the senior management of the company, in the continuous expansion, plundered a lot of private property, otherwise the Dutch government would have the heart to give up this colony, let alone expansion. This time, such a big enemy as Goxinga came to the door, and the Dutch government did not have the money to fight a war with Goxinga that spanned half the world. If Guoxinga wants to maintain the vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, then return the vassal state of the Great Qing Dynasty to him!

Although Belle's attitude was very positive, Zhiyuan still talked to him about sparks. Because the Republic of Lanfang that Belle is willing to give up is only Lanfang's current territory, and the land lost in the past is Dutch. And Zhiyuan not only wants the Republic of Lanfang, but also wants to return several Chinese countries that were destroyed by the Dutch in the past, including the Kingdom of Daiyan, the Kingdom of Ambona, the Kingdom of Java Shunta, and so on.

The kingdom of Dai Yan is also on Borneo, and Belle has no opinion, but the kingdom of Ambona, the kingdom of Shunta, Java, etc., he can't accept it. Especially in the country of Java, the island of Java was the stronghold of the Dutch rule in the East Indies, and if North Manchuria sent some troops there, the Dutch would not have to live in the future.

After three days of heated talks, Zhiyuan invited Bellis to visit again, and the naval and army exercises in Botun finally relieved Bellé. Java still didn't have to think about it, but Belle came up with a very funny quid pro quo. As compensation for the Dutch relinquishing some of its colonies, North Manchuria had to make large purchases from the Dutch East Indies in order to alleviate the Dutch financial crisis. This is something that Zhiyuan can't ask for, after all, before leaving, Goxinga has repeatedly instructed that there are good things in the East Indies. The two sides happily signed a purchase agreement, and the annual purchase amount of North Manchuria reached 5 million taels, involving projects including oil, tin, coal, nickel, uranium, town, copper, ming, bauxite, gong, ironwood, sandalwood, ebony, sleeve wood and rubber. These things, which seem to be meaningless at the moment, are important strategic resources for Guoxinga, and it is very cost-effective to be able to purchase and store them at a low price.

Territorially, the Dutch withdrew from Borneo and handed over the territory of the Republic of Lanfang and the Kingdom of Dai Yan to the Republic of Lanfang, and as for the state of Java and other places, they were compensated by the Dutch colonies in New Guinea. Zhiyuan was forced to accept this offer by several telegrams from Changchun, but he did not understand why Goxinga would like remote New Guinea, an enclave far away from the ocean, which seemed useless to Northern Manchuria.

It's a pity that Guo Xing'a didn't have time to explain to Zhiyuan, he was breaking dishes in Changchun, and he and Pi Runmin were about to go crazy in the past few days.