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Zhang Wei did not return to Batavia, but returned directly to Pontianak from Surabaya.

From Surabaya to Pontianak, around the island of Madura, there are 540 nautical miles.

At present, there is no battle territory in Surabaya, so the warships cannot go through the Madura Strait and the Surabaya Strait, otherwise they will be alarmed, attract the attention of the officers and men of Surabaya, and increase the offensive of the 10th Division.

The speed of the fleet was controlled at 16 knots.

Riding on a battle cruiser and escorted by two 1935 torpedo boats, Zhang Wei felt extremely safe.

The best battleships of this era used reciprocating steam-powered units, which had limited power, could not exceed 20 knots, and could not travel at high speeds for long periods of time.

The Moltke-class battlecruisers can reach a speed of more than 25 knots, which is already very against the sky, even if they encounter dreadnought-class battleships in the future, it is still very easy to escape if they can't beat them.

On the afternoon of January 3, back in Pontianak, Zhang Wei first asked James about the recent exchange of gold.

James said: "Young master, Pontianak Port has been closed for more than 20 days, and it is only allowed to enter and not to leave, and the ships here can't get out, how can they continue to come to exchange for gold?" So there has been basically no exchange recently, and the gold you left over from the last time has not been exchanged yet. ”

"Well, this is a problem, wait until I discuss it with Chief of General Staff Lu before deciding whether to continue to close the port."

Zhang Wei came to the basement, where more than half of the 20 tons of gold he had placed in the warehouse when he left last time were still here.

Zhang Wei took the more than 200 tons of silver back into the system. It is true that the exchange has been small recently, and this is simply not enough to support the continued expansion of the army.

After receiving the news of Zhang Wei's return, Lu Weimin, Zheng Daoping, Li Minmin and Lu Sifu came to James's manor one after another.

I hadn't seen each other for a long time, so Zhang Wei invited them to dinner together.

Now James is now a wealthy man in Pontianak, and the dinner he prepares is sumptuous and sumptuous in his preparation.

Zhang Wei has spent more time on the warship recently than on land, and the food on the warship is definitely not good.

As long as Zhang Wei feels delicious, James is not busy in vain. Everyone also followed Zhang Wei to take advantage. Usually, James has never been so generous, the richer the person, the more he picks the door, and he is talking about people like James.

After dinner, everyone came to Feng Youcai's study, and James asked the maid to serve coffee.

After the servant retreated, Zhang Wei asked everyone to tell everyone about what had happened recently.

First of all, Zheng Daoping reported: "The government is seriously understaffed, and it is difficult to carry out the work; Now that the port is closed, there is basically no trade, and there is no tax; Now Pontianak is starting to run out of food, and prices are starting to rise; The lack of economic development has led to the loss of many people's jobs, and many people have run out of food, so we cannot continue like this for a long time, and we must come up with a plan as soon as possible. ”

Li civilians said: "The news of the annihilation of the Dutch naval fleet has been spread by passing merchant ships, Pontianak has been closed for so long, and the outside world has already known that something happened here, and the merchants have also passed on the news that Lan Fangjun has fought back, and it is no longer meaningful to close the port again; The news from Singapore that the British Governor is now aware of our existence. I feel that we can't go on like this, and we should declare the founding of the country as soon as possible, otherwise we will be very passive. “

Lu Weimin also said: "Young master, we should shift our focus to Java Island as soon as possible, establish a country as soon as possible, and establish a reputation." ”

Zhang Wei thought for a while and said: "In order to ensure that the residents have food, I want to set up a grain trading company in Batavia, and set up a grain store in each province to sell rice, white flour and salt wholesale; In addition, a shipping company was set up, and all the captured ships were put into it, and I bought a few more cargo ships, so that the capacity of the shipping company would not be small for the time being, and it would gradually expand in the future; These two companies are under the responsibility of Director Lu. ”

"Yes, young master" Lu Sifu replied, and then asked: "Young master, is there too few grain stores in each province?" ”

"We don't have so much energy to focus on this, one in each province is mainly wholesale, and the Chinese can wholesale grain from us, and then go to the cities and counties below to open grain stores, which can not only expand sales, but also reduce our own personnel, and also provide jobs for the Chinese."

"Yes, young master, I understand."

Zhang Wei continued: "Let's discuss the name of the country, the location of the national capital, the setting of the national body, etc.; Now that the Great Powers already know that we exist, we will generously declare the establishment of the state, lift the blockade of the ports, and let them spread the news. ”

It was Zheng Daoping who spoke first: "Young master, I feel that it is definitely not possible to build a capital on Kalimantan Island, as for the reason, first of all, it is really not suitable for economic development, and the land is too poor; The second is that it is too sparsely populated; The most important thing is that it is at the forefront of the war, and the terrain is also easy to attack and difficult to defend; So I suggest that it should be on the island of Java. As for the name of the country, I suggest that for the time being, we should still use the brand of Lanfang, and when negotiating with the Dutch, we can stand firm in legal theory, and it is not easy for Britain, France, the United States and other Western powers to interfere, and after we have completely driven the Netherlands out of the East Indies, we will establish the Xinhua Empire, take the imperial system as the national system, and establish a dictatorial government, only in this way can we gather the strength of the whole country to develop heavy industry, basic industry, military industry and infrastructure construction that costs a huge amount of money. ”

Li civilians said: "Young master, while founding the country, let's still think about how to deal with the Dutch, now the Dutch governor has been captured and the navy has been annihilated, but there are still 3 Dutch divisions on Sumatra, 1 battalion on Belitung Island, 2 regiments on Sulawesi Island, 1 regiment on Papua Island, and these troops add up to 50,000, how to occupy these areas next is the key, now that the Dutch Governor has been captured, the Dutch government and Britain and France and other countries already know about our existence, We'll be reacting soon, and we don't have much time left. ”

Zhang Wei said: "This issue will be handed over to the General Staff Headquarters, and we will discuss it separately after the meeting." ”

Lu Weimin said: "Young master, we can now move all of them to Java Island, and there are still three provinces in Kalimantan Island, and the provincial government and the provincial military district will be set up respectively, which will be in charge of administration and military. Even if a foreign enemy is coming, our reinforcements can arrive within 1 day, so the young master doesn't have to be afraid of the enemy attacking. As for the country name, my opinion can be called Lanfang Kingdom for the time being; I suggest that the king should still be in charge of the military and political power, so that in the future it can also be well transitioned to a dictatorship. ”

Zhang Wei was not sure about this issue, his original intention was to establish a constitutional monarchy, and when he saw that everyone's opinions did not match his own, he said: "Then this issue will be discussed after the Dutch army is eliminated, and the Lanfang Kingdom will be announced to the outside world for now." In addition, 3 provinces and 3 provincial military district staff have been set up on Kalimantan Island, and now there are 2 provincial military district staffs, and then the staff headquarters of the western province can be set up, and the three provincial governments have not been established, and tomorrow they will combine 3 provincial governors and 1 provincial military district chief of staff, and report to the chief of general staff of Lu and Premier Zheng respectively, and give you 2 days to deal with these problems, and the night after tomorrow we will all move to Batavia. ”

"Yes, young master"

Zhang Wei thought to himself, for the matter of the capital and the national body, we should wait for later, and the most important thing now is to occupy the territory.