After Tan Tiyuan and Zeng Guoquan met in Dongwanlu, Tan Tiyuan learned from Rong Weishanna, commander of the special forces battalion of the 38th Infantry Division, that You Romantic led the third detachment of the Nanyang Fleet to capture Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, and directly destroyed the Bullock Dynasty, and even the so-called king Bullock was killed by a grenade on the way to chase and kill the families of Chinese miners. Not only that, but they also seized a steamship and gold, silver, and opium worth hundreds of thousands of holy dollars, and basically took the whole of Sarawak into their hands.

After saying that, Rong Weishan threw out the human head that Bullock had salted with salt, and pushed out the already frightened dealer Awusi Delhishan. When Awusi Derry Mountain saw Brook's dead head, he thought that these Orientals were going to cut off his head and make it, so frightened that the red-haired fan turned into a white-faced fan, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, saying that he was willing to become Tan Tiyuan's slave.

Tan Tiyuan couldn't help laughing, what the hell did he see, why did everyone want to be his servant? First the Dutch naval lieutenant Van Basten was now the Dutch East Indies official named Athos Derry Hill. In fact, what he didn't know was that the Dutch people were like this because of the atmosphere in Europe, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands suffered successive defeats in the Anglo-Dutch War and the Franco-Dutch War, and even the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was also divided, so they did not have a strong concept of the Dutch state, so they were not as patriotic as the people of a powerful country in later generations, and it was good to take care of themselves. In their opinion, it is normal to surrender in defeat and save their lives, and it is only when they see the ferocity of the Orientals that they are so frightened that they abandon all the pride of their Europeans and are willing to be the slaves of the Orientals.

And the Pontianak garrison officer named Krusheng, in the face of the two people sent by Tan Tiyuan Van Basten and Awus Drishan took turns to persuade him to surrender, but only said with a little reserve that as long as the two of them could appease the more than 200 captured Dutch soldiers and surrender to him, he would also agree to surrender to Tan Tiyuan.

Van Basten and Awusdrishan naturally understood that this Crusen was just pretending to find a step down, so the two came to the basement of the Pontianak fortress where the more than 200 Dutch soldiers who were captured and imprisoned, saying that they and the garrison officer Crusheng and others had surrendered and surrendered to the Chinese Empire, and if they were willing to submit, they would follow them out, and the Chinese master had a good meal to entertain, if they were not willing to submit, they continued to stay in the basement, two days later, Imperial soldiers would come and cut off their heads to make them into heads, which would become the spoils of war for the Orientals.

After speaking, Van Basten lifted the head of the unlucky King Bullock, and the head of Bullock, which was like a European barbecue, made all the Dutch soldiers shudder, except for a dozen Dutch soldiers who were stubborn and unwilling to submit to the empire and asked to send them to Batavia, the rest of the two hundred Dutch soldiers said that they were willing to follow the garrison and the two adults to submit to the eastern country. And these dozen or so Dutch soldiers were immediately escorted out, and then disappeared permanently, which made the other people tremble even more, and did not dare to have the slightest other thoughts, just like that, these Dutch people comforted each other that others led them to submit to the barbaric Orientals, and the shrewd traitors Van Basten and Awus Driesan signed the document of allegiance to Tan Tiyuan, so that these Dutch soldiers and even the garrison officer Krusheng signed the letter of allegiance, It's just that Tan Tiyuan changed his allegiance to himself to Feng Yunshan, the emperor of the Chinese Empire.

Returned to Pontianak for two days of rest. Two things happened during this period.

First, You Romantic led the third fleet to Pontianak to rendezvous with Tan Tiyuan, and as for the main infantry regiment, it remained in Kuching to defend. Of course, the Third Fleet also had a frigate and a gunboat to guard the troop transports and the estuary. But even so, when the four warships rushed to the Banda River at the Pontianak pier and merged with the first fleet, the appearance of the strong army was an eye-opener for the Chinese and natives on the pier. The natives are even more cautious, while the Chinese are elated, as if they were celebrating the New Year.

The second is the two Dutch merchant ships, both of which are spices and opium, Tan Tiyuan directly asked Lan Fang's people to come forward, and imposed a tariff of 10% in the name of Lan Fang and let them go, in fact, it was mainly to release a signal for them to bring a message to the Dutch East India authorities.

However, it seems that there is no need, as soon as the merchant ship has left for half a day, a small merchant ship carrying the improved red, white, and blue princely flags of the Kingdom of the Netherlands came to Pontianak Wharf. Otherwise, not to mention the First Squadron docked at the dock, the cannons of the Pontianak fortress that had not yet been completely blown up would have sunk the merchant ship so close.

Sure enough, disembarked from the merchant ship were two officials and several Dutch soldiers who were guarding them, and Van Basten recognized them at a glance and told his master, Tan Tiyuan, that one of them was the Minister of War and Admiralty of the Dutch East Indies, and the other seemed to be a member of parliament from the Netherlands stationed in the Dutch East Indies, who also served as secretary general and so on. Needless to say, the two must have come for the occupation of Pontianak by the Nanyang Fleet. There is no impermeable wall in this world, not to mention that the South Sea Fleet has been in West Borneo for so many days, and this is the hinterland of the Dutch East Indies, someone must have reported the situation here to the Governor's Palace of Batavia.

Two men from Batavia, headed by the Minister of War and the Admiralty, led the two into the Pontianak fortress. The Minister of War and the Admiralty, who claimed to be named Andersen, had softened his attitude and lowered his posture after seeing the warships at the mouth of the river and the docks, and when he thought that this army had captured the Pontianak fortress as well.

But when he saw the young leader of the eastern country, he could not help but protest strongly: "This honorable general of the East, we in the Netherlands strongly protest against this aggression of yours! You ......"

"Van Basten!" Tan Tiyuan couldn't help but interrupt the chattering minister, and said to the servant who knew Chinese beside him: "Tell him, my name is Tan Tiyuan, and I am the deputy commander of the Nanyang Fleet of the Chinese Empire's captive army, and on behalf of the Chinese Empire, I ask them to apologize to the Chinese compatriots they have slaughtered in the past, and take the initiative to propose a compensation solution." ”

When Van Basten translated Tan Tiyuan's meaning to Andersen, the Dutch admiral-turned-Dutch East Indies Minister of War was a little furious!

"Van Basten, you traitor to the Dutch clan, how can there be a coward like you in the Kingdom of the Netherlands! The backward China, that is, using their tea and silk, exchanged some warships from Europe, and I am afraid that they sent all the warships to Borneo before they even learned how to drive, right? Just these warships will scare you like this, and you are still a major! I will inform the Ministry of Justice to investigate and try you and punish you for your treason! Andersen was eager to scold, but Van Basten was unimpressed by his anger. He sneered: "Andersen, our minister, my comrade-in-arms of the same year, I, Van Basten, am not Dutch at all. Only the noble blood of your native Dutch province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands can be called a Dutch, and I, a native of Batavia, a descendant of several generations, only have the same face as you, and the rank, status, and promotion are different from yours, and naturally the loyalty will be different! Wake up, I have decided to join the Chinese Empire and become a member of a great empire. Maybe one day, you will no longer just be a poor naval major, but a general just like you! ”

"Van Basten, you're crazy! You turned your back on your motherland for the sake of promotion, for the sake of saving your life! ”

"Stop talking nonsense! Commander Tan has already said that you must apologize to the Chinese who died in the massacre and discuss how to compensate. You know, over the years, the Dutch East Indies have killed a lot of Chinese. Van Basten interrupted Andersen and laughed: "I can't think of it! Andersen! You nobles, who claim to be European-born, have always regarded us as second-class even for native-born whites, not to mention the Chinese who are not even as indigenous. You call them the piglets of the East, but now their people have come to your door to seek justice for the policies and mistakes made by you, the decision-makers of the Dutch East Indies! You must know that no one cared about them when they were bullied because it was the Manchu aliens who ruled the empire in the east at that time, but now it is different, it is their compatriots of the same race, I heard that there is still a local blood relationship who became the emperor of that empire, and now they have come to the door! Wait for revenge. ”

"So what? After all, our Kingdom of the Netherlands was once the most powerful maritime overlord in the world. Even if it is not as good as it used to be, it is still a European power, and it is not comparable to a backward barbaric country like them. What's more, we have a state agreement with the United Kingdom and have friendly relations. Andersen completely abandoned his disguise and became arrogant, and he was a little annoyed with saying so much to this second-class Van Basten, and began to threaten directly with British relations.

"Mr. Minister, you probably don't know yet. They directly killed the British agent in Sarawak, Bullock, the king of the small dynasty, and directly annexed Bullock. But now, Britain doesn't seem to be moving at all! Do you think that the British Governor of the Channel, or London, could have decided to abandon India on behalf of their queen and send troops to help the Dutch kingdom as an ally? I heard that the Indian rebellion was very fierce, and they even went ashore with the navy to quell the rebellion, so how many extra troops came here? What's more, I heard that the Chinese Empire seems to have as many as 6,700,000 army troops, and it is still increasing at a rate of 100,000 every year, which is about the same as the combined strength of Britain and France, and as much as 20 times that of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Although their navy was just beginning to develop, warships like those at the dock were only half the size of one of the so-called Nanyang Fleet, and they had two other such fleets. ”

"What? Kill Brock directly? Ante's mouth widened, and his face was full of disbelief: "There are three such fleets? This, is this still backward East? ”