Gao Shida, who was ambitious as a young man, compared with He Huazhang and Zeng Ming, who were old but did not see much in the officialdom, it is very ironic that the three of them met. Even if He Huazhang and Zeng Ming's current achievements were unimaginable before the Chen family raised troops, they were still sour in the face of Gao Shida, who was much younger than them and whose official position was much higher than their own.

Gao Shida is very civilized, although his cultural level is not high, but with a faint smile on his face, the whole person looks gentle and elegant.

Such an expression matches his profession, and it makes people feel creepy when they think about it.

"The two adults haven't been in Manchuria for a day or two, in addition to the many news reported before, I wonder if the two of you have made any new discoveries about the smuggling network recently?"

Gao Shida, whose temperament gives people a gentle and elegant feeling, does things straight to the point, direct and rude.

"My lord, we have indeed made new discoveries recently, but we are not sure about many things. According to some clues reported earlier, we have delineated more than 20 suspected targets, and we have gained a lot from the secret and meticulous investigation, but there has been a lack of direct and strong evidence. After giving a salute to Gao Shida, Zeng Ming and He Huazhang glanced at each other and said in a deep voice.

Waving his hand, Gao Shida said: "The two adults should know the seriousness of this matter, and you can directly tell who is in the circle, what things have been investigated, and who is involved!"

"There are a total of seven suspects identified this time, two of which are the most suspected, and the other four suspects involve the police, traffic and tax supervision departments in other places. The last one is a man in the army. "All seven suspects are not in Manchuria, Zeng Ming's actions are legally criminal, and he has no right to directly investigate suspected targets inside and outside Manchuria.

However, as a border port city, Manchuria is more of a material distribution center, and the crime itself was initiated from other places. Zeng Ming made a choice to cross the line when he chose to come.

Gao Shida smiled coldly, "As long as you catch someone, I will hold up the big basket for you." Did you alarm them? ”

"Back to my lord, these people are only quietly monitored now, and they are not moving. Without waiting for the instructions from above, how dare we act rashly! ”……

The distant northeast is about to set off a storm of rebellion, but Chen Ming in the Nanjing Palace can't spare any energy to care about this matter.

Because on the battlefield in Burma, the Sino-Siamese armies retreated one after another, and when the rainy season was approaching, war broke out in India.

In the autumn and winter of last year, a part of the British lobster soldiers in India were transferred to the American theater of operations, and at the same time Heider Ali seemed to have reached a mutual agreement with the French and Dutch, and in January 1780, Heidel, who had captured the warplane, led an army of 50,000 men and more than 100 cannons to attack the Carnatic Plain, Haider captured Portonovo, and defeated a British detachment in the subsequent Battle of Berenbokham. Tiep, the son of Haider Ali, also led an army of 30,000 men north to prevent Bailey from joining the two British armies led by H. Munro. Tiep took control of Carnatic by defeating Bailey at Polyruul, capturing the Carnatic capital of Alkot, and forcing Munro to retreat to Madras. The successive defeats put the British East India Company in a difficult position, and at the same time, the powerful French fleet, which repeatedly defeated the British fleet and landed the Marines to help Haidel, reduced the British 'luck' in India to a minimum, and John Bull faced serious challenges and difficult situations.

Forgive Chen Ming, who has not existed much in world history, he has no idea that the Second Mysore War in India took place in the original time and space, and in fact it also happened in 1780 in the Western calendar. It's just that compared to the current time is half a year later, the Mysore army also achieved an absolute advantage at the beginning.

The French fleet, which was powerful at that time, defeated the British and Indian navies many times, but alas, the latter, although defeated, suffered small losses in strength.

The British had a whole set of shipbuilding and repair factories in Bengal, and then the British regained their combat effectiveness in a very short time, and took advantage of the time lag between the Dutch intervention in the war to attack the Dutch first, seizing the Dutch stronghold in South India, Nagbertinam, and the best port in Ceylon, Trincomalee, a natural port. Subsequently, the British and Indian Navy annihilated the Mysore fleet under construction at Calicut and seized sea supremacy.

The French fleet docked in their unarmed harbor had not yet reacted, and the port of Trincomalee that they hoped would be available had already been occupied by the British navy. This is an absolute sadness!

An ideal port must not only have good industrial facilities, excellent defense, but also have convenient wind direction and ocean currents.

It can quickly restore the combat effectiveness of a fleet, with sufficient craftsmen and materials to repair the entire fleet, replenish the gunpowder, cannonballs, food, water, meat, salt and other materials needed by the fleet; It is able to protect the safety of ships in the harbor in bad weather, while taking advantage of the wind direction and ocean currents, allowing the inner fleet to quickly attack its own combat targets.

Trincomalee is one such strategic location.

The harbor is deep, the entrance channel is more than 30 meters deep, and there are multiple wharves that can accommodate large ships.

The French had always wanted to borrow this seaport as a base for the French navy to fight against the British and Indian fleets, but the Dutch's prevarication and the lack of coordination of interests between the two sides completely frustrated this plan, and this strategy fell into the hands of the British. From a historical point of view, this greatly reduced the combat effectiveness and threat of the French fleet in India, and provided a great ease for the British to finally survive that difficult period.

Last year, the French Navy and Army occupied Grenada in the West Indies. In the Battle of Grenada, the commander of the French fleet, Admiral Count d'Estaing, faced 21 British ships with 25 warships, and 4 British ships suffered heavy losses.

French Army Lieutenant General Count Rochambeau led 6,000 French elite troops to land in the United States, and the balance of military power between Britain and the United States changed.

The situation in North America has changed dramatically, and when you think of the changes in India, as well as Chen Ming's connection with Batavia, these occupy all his attention, and Chen Ming really has no energy to spend in the Northeast now.

He only needed to know the outcome.

At the gate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, Dequelma, dressed in a black dress, walked out of it, and you can't see what kind of expression he has. On the outside, it's a large marble statue. But how can the adult world be so superficial? Especially in the field of diplomacy.

Since the Dutchman broke up with Britain last year, Dequelmar's expression has been like this. No matter what occasion I saw him, that stiff face was always fresh in people's minds.

Half an hour ago, Deckermar and Dong He were having in-depth consultations on a certain issue in a small conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Chen Ming sent someone to contact Batavia last year, don't think that if you shrink your head into the turtle shell and make a turtle with a shrunken head, you will be safe.

The potential connection of the British is gone, and Chen Han can seize the East Indies now, driving the last bit of European power out of his backyard.

At this time, the Dutch had not yet hooked up with the Gallic rooster, and the current big windmill was unguarded, which was a piece of fat in front of Chen Ming.

And Chen Ming thought from a distance, and did not want to form a mortal enmity with the Netherlands, a small country that would travel between Britain, France and Germany in the future, and with one European power after another, although they dominated the Hongxi tragedy.

Chen Ming wanted the Dutch to withdraw from the East Indies on their own initiative, and also showed a desire for colonies in Ceylon and the Indian mainland, but it was clear that the Dutch would not give up so easily.

Although the Netherlands had many colonies in this era, if there was one of the greatest interests and the most promising place, it must be the East Indies. Moreover, it is also related to their economic and trade exchanges with Japan.

Without the East Indies, it would be a major blow to the entire Dutch economy. Especially after the Dutchman lost his thigh, the mental blow was even more severe.

"The East Indies belonged to the Netherlands and were the lawful property of every Dutch citizen......"

Deckerma did not express any protest against China, and there was a Mao use, and everyone had to pick up their guns and rob them.

Dequelma's clamor was useless, Dong Huan only needed to know that the Dutch had rejected His Majesty's 'goodwill'. You must know that His Majesty had intended to keep Ceylon for the Dutch to lend to France for the whole war before taking Ceylon. A nominal purchase fee is also prepared.

But now that I look at ......, I don't need any of this.

They should have consulted directly with the French.

Each country has its own interests and intentions, and no one can take the initiative to dance around the baton of the other.

Chen Ming's plan is very good, that is, to seize the territory he desires, not to completely tear his face with the Dutch, but also to provide convenience for the French. Don't look at John Bull's pitiful India now, but Chen Ming still doesn't believe that the French can turn over.

Mysore is a little more powerful than the same period in history, and you can see the number of Indian white slaves in China's sphere of influence now, but Chen Ming doesn't think that the strength of the Mysore Kingdom itself has changed qualitatively compared to the same period in history.

"No, no, no. If His Majesty had seized the East Indies now, it would have touched the bottom line of the whole of Holland. They entered the war because of the British blockade. But the price of participating in the war was the immediate loss of the East Indies and Ceylon, and even if the British were defeated in the war, what good would it be for the Netherlands? ”

The Netherlands is no longer a leading power in Europe. Then if Britain, a country with a bit of a 'superpower' momentum, will benefit from France, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, and the interests of the Netherlands will not be contaminated by the post-war interests. In this way, the war did not benefit the Netherlands at all.

Rather, they might as well have chosen to endure the great distress of the war, and maintain their relationship with the British. No matter how greedy John Bull was, he would not let the Dutch lose the East Indies.

Because they knew the importance of the East Indies to the Netherlands, and it would certainly be better to go out of the way from the point of view of the country's security than to hope that they would push the Netherlands into the arms of the enemy.

Because of the geographical advantage of the Dutch, which was of great strategic importance to the British, it was very close to the British mainland, and it was a very suitable base for launching an attack on the British. In addition to the Netherlands, Prussia, France, Spain, Portugal, and distant Austria and Russia, the relations between the two countries and Britain are not very good due to religious and other reasons, so Britain needs to win over the Netherlands, which is also a religious sect.

It is not yet a hundred years from now, and the Kingdom of Great Britain has not yet reached the time of glorious isolation.

In short, the French were strongly opposed to China's attack on the East Indies now, and in any case, they had already set foot on the ships leaving China, and Perrière, who had remained behind, was adamantly opposed to China's attack on the Dutch East Indies now.

The French were convinced that the great interests of the East Indies would cause the Dutch to turn around and resubmit to John Bull's crotch.

France's friendship Chen Ming didn't care much, the Gallic rooster after the War to Resist Britain and Aid the United States was faster than the Ming Dynasty after the Korean War, and in a short period of time, the French Bourbon Dynasty, which had defeated the invincible Kingdom of Great Britain, collapsed.

Chen Ming didn't care about this at all.

He even thought of taking advantage of the fire of the Napoleonic Wars to rob France and Spain. Thus laying the foundation of his great desire.

So Chen Ming didn't care about the French, and it was the British who really shook him in Perrier's words. It would have been terrible if the Holland had turned around and leaned down under John Bull's crotch again, and the people who had come to China to negotiate had changed from French to British.

Chen Ming can not care about France, but he can't not care about Britain. The economic and trade interests between China and the UK are far greater than those between China and France. Especially after the British made a naval blockade, the number of merchant ships except the British was greatly reduced.

Chen Ming felt that he should wait until the Dutch officially announced that they would join the war. But when will it be?

In the side hall, a large world map marked many 'X' symbols representing wars, India, Burma, Europe, the east and west coasts of the Americas, wars raged one after another.

Chen Ming stared at the west coast of North America, he didn't seem to be able to attack the East Indies now, this restriction period might be a whole year, but he couldn't just watch time slip away in vain.

He stared at the west coast of North America, which was also a battlefield, did he add some more troops, add a fire, and make the smoke of war around the world more intense? Do a good job of fighting Mexico, trying to put the pressure on the Spaniards, so that they can conclude an armistice peace treaty or something?