Former Dutch captain, Adams, who volunteered to become an Australian citizen after being captured for his good behaviour, is now a professor at the National Manchester Naval Academy, where he teaches how to deal with ships at sea and also serves as a trainee teacher.

Although Adams has operated Western sailing ships for almost half of his life, and is not familiar with the Australian's modified steam sailing boats, this does not deny that his decades of experience are completely useless.

Most of the Dutch sailors who were captured with Adams have now changed their status, and only a few still retain Dutch citizenship and have not joined Australia, but their treatment is much higher than that of the group of migrant workers who just came, after all, their contributions are obvious to all, especially to the Australian shipbuilding industry.

The new life in Australia has given each of them a different feeling, where the distance between the nobles and the commoners is very close, the hierarchy is not particularly serious, the nobles will not look down on you because you are a cleaner or just an ordinary worker, they treat every commoner very cordially and warmly.

The warmth and kindness of the big shots also warmed the hearts of these former captives, and here they truly felt the dignity they should receive as a human being.

It's just that the fly in the ointment is that Adams and others who want to leave Australia and return to Europe to visit relatives or go to Batavia will be strictly approved, and the procedures for applying to Batavia are not troublesome, but if they are going to their hometown in Europe, then it is certain that they will not be passed.

They couldn't figure out why, whether the Australians were afraid that they would bring the Dutch army, or whether they didn't want to go back by themselves, and their usual empathetic, kind and commendable expressions were all pretended.

As the most authoritative of the Dutch captives and able to speak directly to the Australian bigwigs, Adams was elected by everyone, hoping that he would tell his requests to the bigwigs, they just wanted to go back to see their relatives and friends, and take their wives and children to live with them in Australia, and had no other ideas.

"Mr. Adams, I will forward your request, and I will reply to you within five working days, do you have any other things that you need help with?" Liu Yinghao, a head of the reception section of the Immigration Bureau, took a small notebook and a pencil and wrote a few random on it.

This answer and action, Adams is not the first time to meet, almost every time he comes to the immigration bureau to respond to a question, their answer is almost the same, without any changes, even the words written in the record have not changed, which makes him feel that the other party should be Ying Cheng He did not give the real reaction to the question.

"Section Chief Liu, I hope to see your director, I want to personally respond to the problem, you should understand the homesickness of me and my compatriots, we miss our relatives in Europe, it's been two years and we almost forget what they look like." Adams' tone was a little choked when he said this.

Liu Yinghao, who was in charge of the reception, was stunned, and it was hard to say that in fact, the director really didn't want to see you, it was useless for you to see it, and the director couldn't solve your problems, not to mention that you want to go back to visit relatives, or if you want to leave Australia, you must go through a strict approval process, and it is not the same.

"Mr. Adams, please believe me, I will definitely tell the director of your request, the director is really not here, I promise you, I will give you a reply in five working days, okay?" If not, how about you come to the director? “

Adams knew that the other party was giving an eviction order, and he would not see the director even if he stayed here for a day, so he shook his head helplessly and had to walk towards the door.

When the person completely disappeared from his field of vision, Liu Yinghao got up from his chair and walked towards the director's office in the inner courtyard. As soon as he entered the door, Qian Yuanzhong, who was also the director of the Immigration Bureau and the Civil Affairs Bureau, asked: When people leave, they are here to reflect on returning to their hometowns.

"Yes, Director, I think our formulaic response will not work, old Adams estimates that the pressure is quite high, and the people under his command are counting on him to bring back good news, do you think they will pass this request."

"It's difficult, but according to the procedure, we should report this to the president."

Qian Yuanzhong is still a competent bureau chief, every time someone comes to respond to a problem, he will select the priority, whether to report to the president or not, this kind of report is also one of his privileges.

Half an hour later, in President Zhou Aiguo's office, Zhou Aiguo sat at his desk drinking the tea made by the secretary, gently lifted the cup, and asked: Adams came to you again to react to the situation.

"Old Zhou, this time I see that Lao Ya's mood is heavier, and I am afraid that it will affect their mood and cause unnecessary things to happen if it continues to delay like this." Qian Yuanzhong's worries are not unreasonable, although after the last march, the government has relaxed the going out to a certain extent, but it is only for the crossing crowd and necessary staff, and many immigrants who want to go back or go to other places are still subject to certain restrictions.

Things like the submission of an application by the Immigration Bureau are just a perfunctory treatment for the common people, and everyone in the Crossing Crowd knows how difficult it is to pass the application. In addition to the approval of the Immigration Department, it is also subject to the approval of the National Security Council.

This is also historical, a country's residents go out to involve national security, but there is no way to choose, after all, Australia's population base is too small, it is easy to be seen through, once it causes others to covet it, it is very dangerous to cross the whole of the public.

"Little money, don't worry too much, at present, the parliament is already discussing the complete lifting of the ban on going out, the progress is quite good, it will not take long to pass, and then the residents of the entire Australia, whether officials or ordinary people, can freely enter and exit the ban without being restricted."

As the president, Zhou Aiguo naturally knows that such a thing as lifting the ban must be more than Qian Yuanzhong, a small immigration director, before the ban is lifted, the MPs have specially consulted the military, and the military has given the opinion that there is no problem, with the combat effectiveness of the Australian army at this stage with advanced weapons, there is absolutely no problem in defeating the invasion of Manchester City, as long as the other party does not send more than 30,000 troops, even if it is an army of 30,000 people, Australia does not have to worry too much, Because Australia is basically invincible as long as there is enough ammunition.

Therefore, Zhou Aiguo's words are fast, and there is still a certain amount of truth, which also reassures Qian Yuanzhong about what he is worried about. (To be continued.) )