The Spaniards' large spending, which was a big blow to the other powers in the First Zone, and they wanted to exchange their existing territory for cooperation, but they wanted to cooperate with the Australians, which would inevitably fall into an awkward situation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Dutch, in particular, were the most embarrassed, because the Australians really wanted to unite with the Spaniards, and they were the first to bear the brunt, but if they did not cooperate with them, the situation would be the opposite with themselves.

So Nick has been suggesting to Governor Van Diemen, whether to learn from the Spanish approach, after all, this routine is very effective, practical, according to intelligence, the Spaniards have obtained a batch of Australian weapons, the number of these weapons is several times that sold to the Netherlands, it is conceivable that the Spaniards who have this weapon will use them against whom.

Van Dimen naturally knew about this situation and was thinking about whether to accept this suggestion, but there were two voices inside, one was that even if Australia and Spain cooperated, it would not have any effect on the Netherlands, and the Netherlands was a big country, and if they wanted to survive here, they had to follow the rules.

Rules, hehe, Van Diemen smiled disdainfully, the rules have always been made by the strong, how can there be a share of the weak, so he doesn't think the Australians will let go of this good opportunity.

Hearing that the Bicol Peninsula had become Australian territory, and that they were about to mobilize troops from the mainland, the Dutch wanted it too, but he did not expect the Spaniards to give him to Australia.

Damn, this is a Spanish ploy, they want to use the Australians to start a war with Spain, and they must not fall for this.

They all knew Spain's purpose for doing this, but Van Diemen still had to make the same arrangement, sending Nick to Hong Kong to talk to the Australians, and when it came to territory, the Netherlands was much bigger than Spain, even dozens of times his size.

However, in terms of where to take out the territory, Van Diemen and Nick are in a dilemma, they actually don't want anywhere, but there is a place to give to the Australians, Malacca used to be the territory of the Portuguese, although it has now become completely Dutch, but the Spanish have always been very opinionated about this, and have been trying to take the territory back.

"I heard that the Dutch are coming, and they are here for the purpose of cooperation between us and Spain, and it seems that they can't sit still."

Billy Zhou's intelligence network had been set up in Batavia, and a radio station had been left to facilitate communication with the mainland and Hong Kong, and he received the news, so he immediately told Wu Zhengdao.

"The instructions given to us by the local people are that cooperation is the premise, and after the alliance is formed, there is no need for us to get involved in the battle between the two of them, which will not do us any real benefit."

"But if the other side proposes an alliance, can we still refuse with the same words, I think it will be difficult to refuse this time, after all, we rely on them for half of our transportation." Zhou Yang was a little worried that the Dutch would do tricks in the transportation of migrants.

Transporting immigrants is the key to Australia, and at the same time, the transportation of local goods is completely dependent on Dutch transport ships, and the only thing they have not discovered now is that Australians actually do not have their own ships to transport them out.

"It's different, Zhou Yang, how can you forget the ships docked in our dock, the transportation capacity of these dozen ships can not be underestimated at all, once all of them are loaded with steam engines, our transportation speed will be accelerated, this is more clear than we see, if they want to continue to maintain this business, they must maintain friendly and cooperative relations with us."

Yang Yuzhou is worthy of being born in business, and he immediately saw what the Dutch were worried about, in fact, the Spaniards also have this strength to transport, even if the Spaniards do not have this strength, and Portugal does not completely need to rely on the Dutch to carry out.

As Yang Yuzhou pointed out, Nick's main purpose in coming to Hong Kong is to find out whether Australia has reached a secret agreement with Spain, and at the same time strengthen cooperation between Australia and the Netherlands, which is his main task.

Nick has not come to Hong Kong many times, his main route is Australia, this time he came to Hong Kong very surprised, Australia's overseas territory is so good, it is not inferior to the local towns.

The streets and buildings in Hong Kong are Australian, and when he got off the boat, it was like a dock officer announcing his identity, and the officer in charge of immigration registration immediately went to him to report it.

"Nick is here, and it seems that Van Diemen knows about his relationship with us, so he sent an acquaintance over."

Since he came, he always had to meet, Zhou Yang arranged for people to take Nick to the overseas consulate guest house, and then discussed with Wu Zhengdao and others how to deal with the arrival of the Dutch.

"The main purpose of his visit is cooperation, and we will focus on cooperation, and as for the amount of arms to be exported, it depends on how much price they can offer, and if there is enough price, we can also appropriately relax the conditions."

The Spaniards gave away an island, there is no reason why the Netherlands should not send it, they want to cooperate and will send an island to Australia in the same way, which is a must-meet gift.

As soon as they met, as everyone thought, Nick was very kind, and directly took out Van Diemen's handwritten letter, wanting to give the island of Malacca to Australia for management, which means that this place completely belongs to Australia.

"Nick, you're not kidding, this place really belongs to Australians, aren't you thinking about it?" Wu Zhengdao asked with certainty, after all, he knew that the geographical location of Malacca was very important, especially in military affairs, and it would be an important defense line in the Strait of Malacca in the future.

"No, Wu, we think very clearly, we will be very generous to our friends, what the Spaniards can do, we can too, we are not as poor and stingy as Spain, and the land we give to our Australian friends is much bigger than theirs."

"Well, in this way, on behalf of the Australian government, I would like to thank you for your kindness, and Your Excellency the Governor, I don't think you made a special trip to Hong Kong for this matter, if you have anything to say, we don't need too much politeness between us."

"Wu, we hope to buy the same number of weapons as Spain, this request is not too much, and I hope you can agree."

Wu Zhengdao pondered for a moment, this request is indeed not excessive, with the same number of weapons, they need to fight a decisive battle with the Spaniards, and it is no problem to promise them, the local government has given him carte blanche to negotiate and decide, as long as it does not exceed the bottom line, everything can be.

"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult to do, but don't worry, I will try my best to convince the country," Wu Zhengdao got up and patted Nick on the shoulder to reassure. (To be continued.) )