Brown went back to Governor Van Diemen to inform the Governor of the Australian's terms, and the high-spirited Governor made a fuss and clamoured to fight the Australians to the death.

However, after calming down, he asked Brown what to do.

Van Diemen can be said to be obedient to Brown's words, and it was revealed that next year, His Excellency the Governor, who was committed to colonial expansion in the Far East, will be transferred back to China, and his successor will be Brown.

Therefore, Brown can be said to be the number two person in Batavia, in addition to being trusted by Van Dimen, another important reason is that he has a very strong foundation and can do things after careful consideration.

"Your Excellency the Governor, compared with the interests of Dayuan Island, if I had to choose, I would definitely choose a steamship, which is related to the important interests of the Netherlands to continue to dominate the sea in the future, and the interests of Dayuan Island are too small."

Brown was right that the main business of the Dutch was to grow sugar cane and buy porcelain and tea from the mainland, which were then shipped to Europe.

In comparison, there is definitely no steam ship that brings more benefits to the sustainable project, and with the steam ship the Netherlands will be able to sail the sea to transport goods without being affected by the monsoon, what an attractive interest exists.

And can a small man compare with the whole of the Netherlands in the maritime transport business? The Netherlands, known as the coachmen of the sea, started by transport, and without the support of the transport industry, the Dutch colonies abroad would soon fall apart.

As long as such a simple truth is said, everyone can understand it, let alone an experienced person like Fan Dimen.

"Well, you're right, the interests of Dayuan Island can't be compared with the steamship project, but we have to let the Australians increase the production of a few more units, so that we can make the right concessions."

"There's no problem with that, I'll try to fight for it from the Australians. I hope you don't get your hopes up too much, though. ”

Brown knows that the steam engine project is one of the most important industries for Australians, and it can be said that it is not so easy to move in a few words.

And Australians have always been strong, and they won't accept any compromises or anything like that.

So we can only try to fight for it, Australians have no interests, and they will never make decisions easily.

Brown ended the conversation with Van Diemen, and without resting, he went directly to Zhao Shijie and told him the results of the discussion.

"Brown, five is already our limit, if there are more, the workers will really strike." Zhao Shijie sighed. A look of powerlessness.

"Zhao, you must help me in this matter, you know, next year His Excellency the Governor may be transferred back to China, and I will become the new Governor, and now I need the help of these steam engines."

Brown's words are very clear, in fact, it is to achieve political achievements, and it will be indispensable to help him in the future at this time.

In fact, Brown is still very easy to deal with, and Zhao Shijie is more willing to deal with him than Fan Dimen.

"Really? Then I'm going to congratulate you. Become Your Excellency the Governor-General, well, my friend, I will try to convince the domestic manufacturers. Even if they can't, I'll give you five from the Spaniards, and that's it. ”

Five sets, plus the five that Zhao Shijie promised before. Then it would be ten, and the Netherlands would receive at least seventy steamships a year, which was obviously more advantageous than the Spaniards.

That's pretty good. It can be said that Zhao Shijie made a very big concession, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was about to take over as governor, he wouldn't have loved him.

Since the two sides have reached an agreement, it means that the Dutch have accepted this condition, and the garrison on Dayuan Island will be withdrawn, and the security work on the island will be taken care of by the Australians.

Of course, the main reason why the two sides reached such a happy agreement is that both sides get the benefits they need, this time in the eyes of the Dutch, Australia has indeed made a lot of concessions, just ten steam engines and the interests of the big people fully show that the other side still regards itself as an ally.

So from the beginning Brown thought that Zhao Shijie's arrival would make the Netherlands bleed, and now he thinks that Australia bleeds.

After the negotiations in Batavia, Zhao Shijie should leave for Hong Kong, although he did not let the Dutch bleed, but Zheng Zhilong must let go.

According to the evidence and witness confessions collected by Wei Yan, the Zheng family was the main mastermind behind the planning of the attack on Dayuan Island.

Zheng Zhilong may be very difficult to dodge, this time after negotiating with Batavia, he went to Hong Kong with Zhao Shijie is another warship of the navy, this warship sailed over, the meaning of deterrence is too obvious.

Australians will not gather heavy troops to Hong Kong for no reason, and the purpose of this time is to find trouble with the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong has been distracted lately, and when he received the news of the return from Southeast Asia, he was even more sure that the Australians had deliberately jumped into a big hole.

I have to say that his thinking is still turning quite fast, and this time the Australian is indeed waiting for him to jump into the pit, and then fight for what he wants.

Zhao Shijie and his entourage did not stop too much in Hong Kong, and went straight to Fuzhou with witnesses and belongings.

Zheng Zhilong knew that it was inconvenient for his younger brother to come forward, so he came out and took charge of the reception.

"Lord Zheng, this is the evidence we collected on Dayuan Island, and Zheng Cai has surrendered, and his confession is all instructed by you, we hope you can give a reasonable explanation." The domineering Zhao Shijie squinted at each other with a pair of eyes.

"This, this, Lord Zhao, Zheng really didn't know that this big man was Australian territory before, this time I was offended, you see how to deal with it."

Zheng Zhilong simply admitted it and asked the Australians to make conditions.

"According to the casualties and the things destroyed, we have calculated, and your invasion has seriously affected the daily life of the Australian people, so we always compensate 300,000 taels of silver."

The lion opened his mouth, Zheng Zhilong sighed in his heart, this Australian is 300,000 silver as soon as he opens his mouth, and he would not have caused such a commotion if he knew this.

300,000 taels, Zheng Zhilong pretended to be uncomfortable and distressed: "Okay, who called it my fault this time, and I hope that Australian friends will not misunderstand." ”

The local tyrant Zheng Zhilong, as expected, agreed to the price without paying it back. It seems that taking money to solve the problem has been thought of by him a long time ago.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have agreed so happily, after this time, I believe he will not be interested in Dayuan Island, but in the end, the Australians still have to thank Lao Zheng for his behavior, it's not that he can't garrison the army at all, if you want to talk about merit, there is also a share of Zheng Zhilong. (To be continued......)