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Among them, spices were the main trade object of the Dutch, and the price of a gram of spices was said to have increased dozens of times or even more in Europe, and it was precisely because of the pursuit of high profits that the Dutch came to the Far East at the risk of their lives.

On the way to the Far East, they naturally found many backward civilizations and countries, and for their own convenience, they learned from the Spanish and Portuguese practices and established colonies here.

By this time, the Dutch colonies in the Far East were larger than their European counterparts, the Spanish and Portuguese, and they initially wanted to occupy the island as a transit point and supply point for trade to Japan, and then gradually developed into colonization here.

The population of Dayuan Island is not large, except for some coastal residents who immigrated when Yan Siqi opened the stage in the early years, it is the Bafu villagers who Zheng Zhilong immigrated to the past in recent years, and the forces on the island are mainly divided into the Dutch and the Spaniards, because Zheng Zhilong's main power is placed in the Penghu generation, and the power on Dayuan Island is much weaker.

But even so, we can't underestimate Zheng Zhilong's right to speak here, there are often conflicts and frictions between him and the Dutch, and the festival between the two sides is not a day or two, and it will definitely not be resolved in a while. So his garrison in Penghu was no less weak, mainly to prevent the Dutch from seizing Japanese trade.

Zheng Zhilong was very clear about the intentions of the Dutch and was always on guard against their every move.

Of course, as one of the leading forces in the East China Sea, the Dutch naturally know that the conflict between the Yan and Zheng families has become bigger and bigger recently, and both sides are actively preparing for war, but they don't know when the war will start.

As an advance base, the geographical location of Dayuan Island was very important to the Dutch, it was an advance base and transit point for trade with Japan, and it was also a trading point for trading with the coastal merchants of the Ming Dynasty, so it was naturally heavily guarded here.

They had received news that there would be cooperation between the Spaniards and Yan Jianye, and that the fleet in Manila was also heading north to Dayuan in the near future, and their final battle goal was estimated to be on the Penghu Islands, which were the forefront of the Zheng family's trade with Japan, and were also an important military town on the sea.

The news had reached Batavia, and Governor Van Dimen had asked Daniel, the head of the Governor, to keep a close eye on the actions of both sides, especially the Spaniards, who were rivals of the Dutch, who had fought the war of independence in Europe for decades, and even now, Spain has not recognized the independence of the Netherlands.

But even so, the Dutch already had the fact of independence, and they stubbornly resisted the Spanish coalition attacks on their own European soil, and at the same time robbed many of the former Spanish colonies overseas, and the people of the country brought a lot of exciting news.

Fan Dimen is an expansionist maniac, once wanted to occupy Penghu, but was defeated by the Ming sailors, and later Zheng Zhilong rose in the East China Sea, mainly serving as the Ming maritime defense force in the East China Sea, effectively blocking the expansion of the Spaniards and the Dutch.

From a certain level, Zheng Zhilong actually made a certain contribution to the coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty, but this cannot get rid of the fact that he is a local warlord, and he has become the largest local warlord within the Ming Dynasty.

After Batavia learned that Zheng Zhilong was about to start a war with Yan Jianye, he immediately had the idea of reoccupying Penghu, which was developed earlier than Dayuan Island during this period, and the population settled was larger, but Dayuan Island, which was relatively not far away, was much more barren.

Van Dimen convened a meeting of senior colonial officials in the Governor's Palace, and the topic of discussion was the action against Zheng Zhilong.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I think we can take advantage of this time to take the entire island of Dayuan in one fell swoop and drive the Spaniards away completely."

"Cody, I don't agree with your idea, sooner or later the Spaniards will be driven back to Manila by us, this time we should reoccupy Penghu, that's the point."

At the beginning of the meeting, the two officials in the governor's palace expressed their political views to each other, and also expressed their views on the proposals put forward by the other side in a-for-tat manner.

Something like this is a necessary part of almost every meeting, and a discussion is inevitable, and everyone has their own opinions, but the way of expression is a little different, some like to directly comment on each other's not, and some like to listen silently, and tell the governor what they think after the meeting.

In short, everyone has their own ideas and opinions, and whether the key is whether it can be approved in the end depends on whether that person's ideas are consistent with that of Governor Van Dimen.

If Daniel was here at this time, he would definitely be able to understand Van Dimen's thoughts, Van Dimen is a bold adventurist, in the face of such an opportunity, he will definitely make a move to win the entire Da Yuan and Penghu at the same time, but no one in the audience seems to be aware of the slight frown of His Excellency the Governor.

Taking two places at the same time will mean that the Netherlands will send more troops to fight, and the risks are very huge, not to mention that the Spaniards in Manila will know the movements of the Dutch fleet to the north, and Zheng Zhilong alone will also mobilize ships from Kinmen, Xiamen and other places to participate in the war.

But that's exactly what Van Diemen had in mind, it was in his nature to take risks, and although he was the governor, the internal decisions of the Dutch East India Company were somewhat similar to those of the later councils, and his decisions had to be voted on by everyone before they could be implemented.

Almost all of the people in the audience discussed which one to win first, whether it was Penghu or the big man, but no one proposed to march at the same time, which made Van Dimen very disappointed, and very disappointed with the cautiousness of these guys, so that the entire East India Company would lose the momentum to expand.

"Gentlemen, be quiet, I think we can fight against Dayuan Island and Penghu at the same time, according to the information I received, the defense force here will be very weak at that time, as long as we take here, we can occupy the advantage of coastal defense to defend."

There was a sudden silence in the conference room, everyone was listening to Van Dimen's proposal, it was too risky, no one dared to answer, but in their hearts they were all saying that this was simply a madman, and facing two strong enemies at the same time, which would make it difficult for the East India Company to move forward.

"Your Excellency the Governor, this is a risk, and I hope you will consider it carefully," one of the older officials came out to object, and the others naturally followed suit.

Seeing this situation, Fan Dimen knew that most of his proposal did not have any hope of passing, and looked at everyone helplessly, saying that he would reconsider.