Chapter 439: The Ownership of Dayuan Island
Zhao Shijie is coming, so there is really no need for Brown to talk to Tao Ziran, because the other party really can't give him any answers.
As Australia's main foreign economic and trade leader, Zhao Shijie is indeed a celebrity in Southeast Asia in the Dutch, Spain, and Portuguese.
Brown left the Australian Embassy, and he continued to stay and he had nothing to talk to Tao Ziran, in his opinion, Australia sent such a young official to Batavia obviously not enough attention here.
At this time, five days had passed since the Zheng family attacked Dayuan Island, and Zheng Cai's troops were still fighting bravely in the front, but they did not know that the rear had been captured by the Australian Yellow Sparrow behind.
After the occupation of the chicken coop, Australia blocked the port, and all the ships went to sea, which was very necessary and one of the necessary things to avoid leakage of information.
However, although the news is blocked, the Zheng family has many eyeliners, and if you want to send the news, you don't need to take the chicken coop route.
In the end, the news that the Australians landed on Dayuan Island was sent to the Zheng family.
Zheng Zhilong staggered back and forth, thinking about why the Australians landed on Dayuan Island at this time, could it be that they already had an idea of where it was, this is probably very possible.
The Australians have never been profitable, and this quiet landing on Dayuan Island allowed the Zheng family to see the other side of Australia, which fully shows that the intelligence network of the Australians is very strong, and they must have known the news when they were preparing to attack Dayuan Island, so a yellow finch came behind.
"Big brother, this time the Australian GIs have landed on Dayuan Island, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult for us to take it back, the three warships in Hong Kong have already sailed, you don't have to think about it, you must be in Dayuan, and last year the Australians protested against the Dutch occupation there, claiming that it was Australian territory."
Zheng Hongkui was afraid that his eldest brother would not know the situation, so he gave a detailed introduction to the situation on Dayuan Island.
It's really hard to say about the ownership of Dayuan Island. Although some people have moved here from the Central Plains since the Three Kingdoms period, the imperial courts of later dynasties do not seem to attach much importance to this isolated island, and the current Ming Dynasty does not attach much importance to it.
Therefore, Australia claims territorial sovereignty, which is very difficult to explain on this issue, and most importantly, the Spaniards have admitted it, and the Dutch have also supported the Lend-Lease treaty, which is very unfavorable for Zheng Zhilong.
He went to attack Dayuan Island to seize the territory of the Australians, and it is not known what the Australians think of him, but it is certain. It's definitely not so easy to let him go, I'm afraid Zheng Cai's people are more than lucky.
However, this is just right for him, the smaller Zheng Cai's power is weakened, the greater the benefit to him.
"Australians are mercenary, this time we missed it, or it won't be long before they can come to us to negotiate."
Before Zheng Zhilong's words were finished, a domestic servant came in to report that the secretary of the Hong Kong Governor's Office had come to visit.
At this time, coming to visit, Zheng Zhilong shook his head at his younger brother. The meaning is obvious, I'm afraid this is not a good thing.
"Master Zheng, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's good to come in."
The person who came was the secretary of the Governor's Office of Hong Kong. Kong Bin, this guy is a radical member.
"Secretary Kong, please take a seat, it's very rare to come to the door today!" Zheng Zhilong sighed, the meaning was obvious. I'm afraid something happened.
"Lord Zheng, this time Kong came to discuss something, you should know that Dayuan Island is our Australian territory. At present, it is only temporarily borrowed from the Dutch, and what is the matter with you sending troops to land on Dayuan Island? ”
This is a question, Kong Bin's words show that the Australians are indeed here to ask for an explanation.
"Landing officer?" Zheng Zhilong was a little surprised, Secretary Kong, are you sure that those are not pirates who are from my Zheng family. Zheng Zhilong denied it with a face, and his acting skills can be said to be at the level of an actor.
"Zheng Da doesn't know, then let me tell you, General Zheng Cai under your command led thousands of people to land a few days ago and besieged the chicken coop city there, and his troops are currently attacking Relansha City."
Zheng Zhilong didn't believe this kind of thing, but it seemed that he was ready to abandon this subordinate.
Zheng Cai's status within the Zheng group is very high, and one-third of the forces are under his orders, and Zheng Zhilong has always regarded him as a big trouble, so he will send him to attack the big man.
"Secretary Kong, I won't hide it from you, Zheng Cai's behavior has nothing to do with my Zheng family, it is completely his private behavior, you should know that Zheng Cai's men and horses are stationed in Kinmen, so you can't monitor his behavior at all times."
Zheng Cai was abandoned by the land, Zheng Zhilong seems to be ready to take care of his brother who was born and died, but this is the meaning of the Australians, as long as Zheng Cai lives in the future, it will be the biggest force to contain Zheng Zhilong, so Zheng Cai's future has also been arranged, his place is North Vietnam, and in the future, he will enter the Indochina Peninsula with Zheng Zhilong's forces and contain each other.
"Since you don't know, then we can take care of it ourselves, and then don't say that we didn't inform you." Kong Bin asked again with confirmation.
"Of course, Zheng Cai privately transferred troops into Australian territory, which is a blatant destruction of the relationship between you and me, even if you don't deal with him, I will deal with this guy." Zheng Zhilong said with great certainty.
Since Zheng Zhilong has already said so, Kong Bin can't say anything more, so Australia can let go of Zheng Cai.
Zheng Cai was still attacking Relanza City hard at this time, but he didn't know that Zheng Zhilong had abandoned him, and it was estimated that he would vomit blood in anger if he knew.
But the Australians wouldn't tell him at this time, this guy has been attacking the city of Geranza for a few days, and although he hasn't breached the city, he has at least caused a lot of trouble to the Dutch.
Obviously, Australia is planning to wait until Zheng Cai consumes a lot of energy from the Dutch before preparing to make a move, and this cheap is verified.
Although Zheng Zhilong was a dumb loss, at least he didn't lose anything, and he successfully solved Zheng Cai's big problem with the help of Australians, and it was too late for him to be happy.
But from another point of view, the Zheng family also tacitly acquiesced that the ownership of Dayuan Island is Australia, which leaves enough evidence for Australia's occupation of Dayuan
With the affirmation of the Zheng family, as well as Spain and the Netherlands, Australia's occupation of Dayuan Island will become a fact, and even if the Ming court raises the issue of sovereignty in the future, it will probably be difficult.
After finishing his conversation with Zheng Zhilong, Kong Bin directly sent a telegram to inform the Governor of Hong Kong of the situation here, and then conveyed it to the Ministry of National Defense, which will formulate the next combat mission. (To be continued......)