In the battle of Sanwan City, more than 350 Dutch soldiers were killed and wounded by the infantry regiment of the Pingyuan Water Division, and the rest were captured, and almost none of them escaped the net.

A few days later, in the waters around Subi Island, the Dutch fleet intercepted two Chinese merchant ships and towed them to Sarawak, while the British-controlled port of Sarawak was open to the Dutch navy to resupply them.

Obviously, because of the deployment of Chinese batteries in the Pontianak area, the Dutch did not dare to easily pick up their tiger whiskers, but began to wander around the world looking for Chinese merchant ships.

Even in Phan Thiet, Vietnam, there was a shadow of the Dutch arming sailing ships, but because Phan Thiet was the forefront port of the southern forces to penetrate the East Indies, the forts were built early, although there were only more than 100 soldiers, but the Dutch who could not figure out the truth retreated.

The war situation in the East Indies has reached a stalemate, and on Borneo, the Dutch in several armed strongholds have temporarily withdrawn, and they have only more than 1,000 troops stationed in Borneo, so they are naturally worried about being broken by the Chinese marines.

In the Dutch Army in Batavia (Jakarta), a general mobilization is underway, and the Governor of Batavia, Borsboum, has vowed to expel the Chinese from Borneo.

When Ma Dayong's request for a decisive battle with the Dutch fleet was sent to Nanjing by the Xinjiapo Intelligence Group of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Qianwang Palace had just been repaired, the craftsmen had already withdrawn, and even the Qing Zhai Wen of the palace secretary's room had already been prepared, just waiting for the regent to choose Huang Daoji to preside over the ceremony of thanking the soil.

However, the current Ye Zhao naturally has no time to pay attention to the affairs of the Qianwang Palace, and while he is concerned about the war situation, he must communicate with the powers that have interests in the Far East, and even, he must pay more attention to the movements of the Russians, although the probability of the Russians uniting with the Dutch is zero, because many times, it is not the enemy of the enemy or the friend, from religious beliefs to historical origins to the mentality and civilization development of the mainstream strata of the two countries, it is impossible for the Dutch and the Russians to get too close. But what is afraid of things is just in case, and the Russians like to take advantage of the fire to rob the most, so naturally they should pay more attention.

In fact, it is not only Ye Zhao who is busy now, the war that broke out between China and the Netherlands has attracted the attention of the whole world, and the ministers of various countries in the south are nervously analyzing every move of the Chinese, observing everything that this country has shown in the war, its advantages, disadvantages, mobilization ability, the mentality of the Chinese people in the war, and so on.

In the letter, Sergei said that the Russian fleet had already left for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Sergei specially sent a letter to Zou Kaizhi to explain the intention of the Russians, that is, to trade with the Russians, invoke treaties of various countries, and obtain the right to trade with the four countries, the right to adjudicate, the right to tariff, and so on.

Ye Zhao looked at the letter and smiled, the Russians really didn't disappoint themselves in doing things, they knew that they would take the opportunity to make waves, and sure enough, they took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand their sphere of influence to Yuben.

The Russians' westward advance was blocked, and the Far East became the only way for their expansion, and while fully supporting the north, they were also looking for opportunities to see the needle, and the preferred targets were in addition to Vladivostok, that is, Korea and Yuben, Korea is a subject country protected by the south, if you rashly step into it, I don't know how the Chinese will react, it is more realistic to choose the book, which is not surprising to Ye Zhao.

Said the country, Ye Zhao picked up the teacup and thought silently.

Footsteps sounded, and the secretary Ma Deng walked in, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Lord Wang, the three female clerks of the secretary's room who are selected by the small one are outside, waiting for the prince to summon them." ”

Ye Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that there was such a thing, the last group of diehards of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom finally graduated from the training class, no matter whether they were sincere or fake, in short, they all wrote articles to criticize the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The palace secretary's room also selected three outstanding women from the princes and female officials to enter the secretary's room, which is to reform the atmosphere of the palace, and two years after Ye Zhao's failed reform of female clerks, the palace secretary's room finally has female officials.

Of course, the selected female officials are only responsible for the most basic transcription work, and will never come into contact with secrets.

However, from the bottom of his heart, Ye Zhao never regarded them as a threat, they were just a bunch of poor women, the time was a little longer, and there was always a time to slowly turn around, after all, Nanguo was not a religious society in the past, and it was a hundred times more advanced than the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's selling dog meat with sheep's heads in respect of female surnames.

"I'm gone." As he spoke, Ye Zhao also turned out the fold presented by the secretary's room yesterday, with the files of the three female officials, and when he turned to the second person, Ye Zhao felt slightly familiar, although the color photo effect was not good, but the new female surname in the south had a unique outfit, a silver round placket plum blossom buckle flag jacket, a pink silk skirt, lace-up black cloth shoes and white socks, a slender and soft figure, quite gorgeous and charming girl, looking at it all feels familiar.

As soon as he saw the name, Ye Zhao couldn't help but smile dumbly, Yueji.

But I almost forgot about this person, after hearing that she came to Nanjing, it played a great role in appeasing the emotions of the pseudo-princesses and female officials, she was also studious, participated in several training classes, and heard that the grades were not bad, and then there was no news of her.

"Why did you choose her?" Ye Zhao felt strange.

Ma Deng said respectfully: "The villain knows that she is the target of special supervision, but she has excellent grades and good writing, and she is really a rare talent. ”

Ye Zhao pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary, if you think it's available, then use it." ”

Madden bowed and said, "Yes, the little one obeys the order, and the little one will only assign her to copy the public text, and then use it in time." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and asked, "Is there any news from the British?" ”

"Yes," said Madden, "I have heard that the British have rejected the request of the Dutch to use the new Kapo military port, and will inform our Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this decision. ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, for the Dutch warships can use the British port, the southern country has protested several times, and now it has finally achieved initial results, at least, the British still have a bottom line, and did not open the port of Xinjiapo to the Dutch fleet during the war, otherwise, the contact between the southern country and the naval army and even the supply will be greatly affected.

"It seems that it's time to take the initiative to meet the red-haired ghost." Ye Zhao picked up Ma Dayong's fold again and looked at it slowly.

(To be continued)