Dutch East Indies was the official name of Indonesia in 1932, and compared with the history of the colony of Indonesia, which was established in 1949, the Dutch East Indies have a history of several hundred years. The most famous area was originally the Spice Islands, which doubled several times over the centuries since Columbus discovered the New World, reaching its peak in the 18th century. The excess trade made spices no longer valuable. At the same time, the continuous introduction of new gadgets in the Great Voyage also changed the fashion of Westerners' exclusive love of spices. First it was tobacco, then tea, coffee, cocoa, cane sugar...... There is also a more pungent American red pepper, which makes the traditional spice lose its charm. In addition, the tastes of the aristocracy or the bourgeoisie were incorporated into more elements, and sweet, spicy, and light became part of the new fashion; A new fashion evaluation system also came out, and in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, many new fashion books such as "The Queen's Pantry Is Open", "The Diet of the Royal Family and the Bourgeoisie", and "Smell" were published. In the 19th century, the bourgeoisie ushered in a new century that reshaped world fashion, and everything was overturned.

Spices and the Spice Islands have just withdrawn from the stage of history. Coupled with the success of China's own spices, life during the First World War in the Dutch East Indies was quite difficult. It wasn't until the oil extraction in Balikpapan that some sense of prosperity was restored.

Most of the overseas Chinese live in Sumatra, Java and other places in the Dutch East Indies. In the latter part of World War I, Britain leased land to China to develop the palm oil trade. The Netherlands also signed a cooperation agreement, and China leased some islands in the Dutch East Indies to open up some oil and rubber farms. Generally speaking, it is a decent economic and trade cooperation.

The nominal leader of the BJP in the Dutch East Indies was Wang Qinian, and this was an open matter. Wang Qinian's official title is the chairman of the Dutch East India Benevolent Medical College, this guy who has obtained a diploma from a French medical college, after joining the People's Party, he is still engaged in this major, and he is not particularly radical or fanatical in politics, and his work is very practical. Later, he was entrusted by the People's Party to open branch campuses in British Malay and Dutch East Indies as a trustee of Shanghai Renxin Medical College, a Sino-British joint venture.

At the same time, Wang Qinian is also the vice chairman of the Southeast Asia branch of Durex safety products company, nicknamed "Mr. Du", a well-known fertility and health care product in China. It is also the main agent of many special drugs in Southeast Asia. The leading figures in Southeast Asia know that there is such a "red-top businessman", especially among Japanese women in Southeast Asia, Wang Qinian is really known to everyone.

Director Wang Qinian knew that the meaning of his existence was to attract firepower, and he was used to it. In 1932, Wang Qinian's main area of activity was Jakarta, and in terms of his network, much of the news he received was related to Japan.

The Japanese government-led women's business, which once covered the entire Far East and Southeast Asia, was eradicated by the People's Party and the Soviet Union, and Japan turned to Southeast Asia, where it has been trying to develop its services since its defeat in Korea. These businesses do not overlap with Wang Qinian's business, and there is no commercial competition. Wang Qinian's concern is that Japan has always insisted on propagating the "China threat theory" in Southeast Asia.

The Kingdom of Siam has been very close to China in recent years, and as a friendly neighbor of China, Siam has always hoped to be free from British control. China is certainly happy to see this happen, for example, the South East Peninsula Railway, which China and Siam have already negotiated to build, and which has begun to be built despite British opposition.

China, which has embarked on the road of rejuvenation, has naturally become more and more influential in Southeast Asia, and Japan has tried to exploit these contradictions to form an anti-China alliance in the Western Pacific, similar to the anti-Napoleonic French alliance in Europe at the time.

Wang Qinian is a well-known target, and the information he gets during normal activities is certainly not confidential. Even so, he still received information that Japan had set off a new round of anti-Chinese initiatives.

Wang Qinian was provided with this information by an official of the Dutch East Indies Governor's Office, this official was the key target of bribery, at the banquet, he tasted rum, drunkenly talked about Japan's proposal, "Japan suggested that Britain and the Netherlands jointly form a maritime joint security mechanism, and the navies of the three countries will regularly exchange exercises." ”

"Really?" Wang Qinian filled the official's glass with rum as he opened a small, delicately packaged box containing Soviet Volga caviar. This is also a high-end luxury in Europe, and in the Dutch East Indies, the number of people who can taste it is extremely limited.

At this moment, the Dutch official's eyes lit up, he picked up the spoon and scooped a spoonful into his mouth, and enjoyed it with his eyes slightly closed. Wang Qinian didn't like this taste, he just symbolically scooped a few and put them in his mouth.

The Dutch official shook his head and enjoyed it for a long time, and then he happily poured another sip of rum and sighed loudly before he continued: "Your Excellency the Governor has consulted with the country and is ready to approve this proposal. ”

"Oh!" A look of surprise appeared on Wang Qinian's face, and he frowned and asked, "Could this have an impact on civilian merchant ships?" ”

The official was very satisfied with Wang Qinian's astuteness, and he replied with a smile: "So we suggest that Chinese merchant ships should fly the Dutch flag and register with the Dutch shipping company." ”

If you fly the flag of the Netherlands and register with a Dutch shipping company, you will have to pay a large fee to the Netherlands. China's domestic shipbuilding is to expand trade in Southeast Asia, and the growing Chinese fleet has indeed enlivened trade in the western Pacific, and has also become a big fat in the eyes of Britain and the Netherlands. It has always been the nature of colonists to make a lot of money by doing nothing, and Wang Qinian believes that the "maritime joint security mechanism" proposed by Japan should be true.

After eating and drinking for a while, Wang Qinian sent some gifts to the official, and then sent a car to send the official away.

It doesn't matter whether the official is selling out of a greedy nature to China, or simply the person in charge of speaking privately. The stronger China's industrial strength, the greater the pressure felt by neighboring countries, and this is the essence of the world. The Anglo-Japanese alliance has not yet been dissolved, and Britain and the Netherlands are still moving closer to Japan, as they all have to deal with China's growing naval power. Maintaining Japan's fleet is a strategic deterrent to China.

Is this a deterrence, a prelude to the Netherlands borrowing the power of Britain and Japan to blackmail China, or is it a prelude to the preparation of these three countries to go further? Wang Qinian entrusted the People's Party intelligence agency to continue the investigation in the Dutch East Indies, while he himself went to Singapore. Nominally, he was inspecting the school, but in fact he was visiting the British Governor of Singapore.

Tropical diseases are very common in Southeast Asia, and the reason why Yan Xin Medical College was able to establish itself in Southeast Asia is that there is a large number of specialized doctors in need of it. Neither the UK nor the Netherlands have decent medical schools, and there are no high-level doctors willing to leave Europe to practice medicine in Southeast Asia.

Soon after Wang arrived in Singapore, he attended a banquet hosted by the Governor of Singapore. At the banquet, the governor's official revealed about the same information to Wang Qinian, and suggested that Chinese merchant ships fly British flags and be registered with British shipping companies.

It looks like this is really negotiated! Wang Qinian confirmed the accuracy of this news, at least the blackmail has actually happened. As China's economic frontiers expand, foreign countries are trying to make a fortune from China. No country on land would dare to invade China, and they are trying to find ways to occupy the superior sea.

As Wang Qinian thought, the officials of the Governor's Palace were all mouthpieces, and their purpose was to tell China to hurry up and obediently hand over the benefits. The talks, which were even more eerie than what Wang Qinian had been told, were being held in Jakarta at this time.

The colonial governors of both Britain and the Netherlands sent negotiators to negotiate the issue of Chinese banks in Southeast Asia.

The Dutch side is very aggressive, "We want to close Chinese banks in the Netherlands." In the future, trade between China and the Netherlands must be carried out through the Dutch bank. ”

The British side seems to be much calmer, after all, the British bank is the leader of the banking industry in Southeast Asia, and if the Dutch bank is allowed to monopolize the banking services between the Netherlands and China, the British will not get much benefit. "I think there are still some areas that temporarily restrict the services of China's banking industry, such as private deposits."

"Do you have any ideas?" The representative of the Netherlands asked.

"With the requirements of tax audits, let the Bank of China hand over the information." The representative of the United Kingdom replied.

The representative of the Netherlands could not help nodding his head repeatedly, while the British representative continued to say in the inscrutable tone peculiar to the British bureaucracy: "I think we can conduct a joint tax audit to investigate and deal with tax evasion in other countries." Of course, before we can do that, we need to establish new tax standards. ”

For example, the targets of the British and Dutch investigations must be overseas Chinese businessmen, and some overseas enterprises of the People's Party will definitely be involved. But the goal is to get rid of China's banking industry in Southeast Asia, or at least to keep the business of China's banking industry in the hands of Britain and the Netherlands.

The colonists in both places did not feel anything wrong with such actions at all. They traveled thousands of miles from Europe to Southeast Asia, killing people and setting fires for hundreds of years, just to be able to make a fortune there?

The representative of the Netherlands then asked: "What is your Governor-General's view on Japan's desire to invest in Southeast Asia?" ”

"The tax investigation is also responsible for some commercial disputes, right? If Japan wants to buy it, I don't see any reason to refuse it. The British representative replied calmly.

In 1932, the Dutch representative had never seen a Japanese anime at the end of the 20s, and if he had seen it, he would have smiled sadly and said, "You're bad enough." ”

As long as it can be skillfully operated, it can form an illusion to the outside world, and the Japanese have taken a fancy to the Chinese farms in the Netherlands and Malaysia, and then try to encroach on the Chinese farms. The British and Dutch officials were only "blinded" by the Japanese. It's an easy thing to do, it only takes a little time and means.

The representative of the Netherlands has decided to set aside some land for Japan to "start a farm" near the farms in China, and as for the rest of the matter, the representative of the Netherlands believes that Japan will not fail to understand what to do.