It took a lot of time for the news to reach Liu Xian from Borneo. At that time, the tripartite talks between Liu Xian and Liu Dian and Zhou Fu had already reached a successful conclusion and ended.

The minting of silver dollars is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and all three parties agree. As for how many silver dollars each family can make, it depends on their financial strength. At this meeting, the three parties reached an agreement that all industries in each industry will be settled in silver dollars after June this year.

In this way, it will be possible to spread the silver dollar to all parts of the country soon.

But these were not the main topics of the talks. If it was just these things, Liu Xian would be able to reach an agreement with Li Hongzhang in the telegram. The main topic of the talks is still on the distribution of interests, who can occupy those territories!

The silver of the Great Qing Kingdom did not fall from the sky. If the Huai army mints more silver dollars, the Qin and Chu families will have less; The two families of Qin and Chu minted more silver dollars, and the Huai army will have less. Although after the fold of the silver dollar is handed over, the household department will definitely get a piece of the pie, but the majority of it depends on the three families of Qin Chuhuai. Because today's heavy industry in China is almost completely controlled by the Qin, Chuhuai and three families.

that each piece; The silver dollar weighs seven coins and two cents of flat silver, containing eight percent of pure silver, that is, six coins and four cents and eight cents, but the exchange of silver can be used as a reexchange. Therefore, the profit of minting a silver dollar is one percent, and the profit of minting a hundred silver dollars is ten silver dollars. and all the silver of the land shall be minted into silver dollars. That's a truly astronomical amount.

Therefore, the three families of Qin and Chuhuai must demarcate the territory. According to the total of Liu Xian and Liu Dian. The two of them in the north are not interfering. The Huai army is regarded as a series, and it actually represents the interests of a part of the Hunan army. Therefore, the four provinces of Zhili, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Henan, plus Anhui and Jiangsu, the old nest of the Huai Army, and the essence of the north of the Yangtze River + a southern Jiangsu, are all given to Li Hongzhang.

Jiangxi, Lianghu, and Liangguang all have some of the authority of the imperial court, and these territories seem to be more oily than those in the north, but they are definitely not easy to gnaw. Add Fujian and Zhejiang, then it will belong to Qin Chu. As for how to distribute between Qin and Chu, Hu Xueyan, who came to Tainan with Liu Dian, mentioned that he would set up a silver number. In the end, the Qin and Chu families reached an agreement, and the management rights of the silver horn belonged to the Chu army. The Qin army only needs to make a profit by minting coins. This is the difference between long-term interests and short-term interests, and Liu Xian knows it well, so he naturally chooses the latter. Liu Dian and Hu Xueyan were stunned and agreed.

In addition, there are three provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi and Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and the three provinces of these five provinces have consciously avoided talking about it. The forces stirred up there are somewhat complicated, and because the war in Yunnan does not stop, the Manchus have scraped the land nearby, and it has been scraped a little hard over the years, even in Sichuan, a large economic province. The leader of the southwest is far from slowing down.

Liu Xian has already established three modern salt factories in Qinzhou, and the salt produced does not go much to the two lakes and the east road, but mainly to the west road. Topped a lot of well salt business in Sichuan. It has made Sichuan's own recovery even worse. In this tripartite meeting, the land of the five provinces will be completely abandoned.

Now Zhou Fu has returned to Tianjin, and Liu Dian has also returned to Fuzhou. There is one remaining Hu Xueyan in Tainan, who is grinding with Fan Debang, the chief butler of the Qin army.

In recent years, the Qin army has frequently moved in Vietnam and Taiwan. The epidemic in the army is a big problem, requiring large quantities of medicinal materials. Hu Qingyu Hall run by Hu Xueyan. Hu's Pill for Removing Plague, Zhuge Xingjun San, Babao Red Spirit Pill and other good medicines are all good medicines for the symptoms, and they are highly praised in the Qin army. Qin Jun has not received much medicine from him in the past two years, but he has not reached a long-term supply relationship, so it is a pity.

The Xianghuai Army, which wants to fight in Yunnan, also has conflicts with the Chu Army, but the annual supply agreement has been finalized three years early. This is a great opportunity for Qin Chu to get close, if Hu Xueyan takes advantage of the cordial relationship between the two sides to finalize this matter, he will not be a self-made red-top official and businessman Hu Xueyan.

Along with the news from the navy, it was also in the hands of Liu Xian in Tainan, as well as news from the Dutch army. The news was telegraphed from Batavia to Singapore, then from Singapore to Hong Kong, and then to Taiwan, which was really much faster than the naval news that came across the ocean.

The Dutch and Indian army gathered 13,000 men, including five battalions of white troops, and hired a large number of ships from Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands themselves, totaling as many as 40 ships, to go south to attack Lanfang territory for the second time.

Compared to the last time, it is obviously more powerful. The Dutch, the commander of their own supreme army, Fiyenoord, the commander of the army in Batavia, also dispatched their own supreme army commander. Fan. Lieutenant General Kuyt.

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In Sarawak, the Dutch did not attack from the south of Borneo, which was full of rainforests, although it was closer to Batavia. Kuyt landed in Sarawak honestly, and his choice was the same as that of the previous commander, Colonel Robben. Although poor Colonel Robben has been recalled to Batavia, he will soon be returning to Holland.

Compared to the last time the Dutch and Indian troops arrived, Charles. Brooke's enthusiasm has dropped a lot. I don't know if it's because of the losses Sarawak has suffered these days, or because the Governor of Singapore Clark has sent him news, but Charles's enthusiasm is gone.

Now the Dutch were in more trouble. Just the cost of material supply is more than six times higher than the last time. Although this time the Dutch and Indian armies also used many, many more troops than the last time. But if the cost increases sixfold, it is obvious that someone will take the opportunity to ask for the price.

But Kuyt put up with it. Some financial matters are not a matter for the overall situation. Kuyt's concern was how to defeat the Chinese army in Bengajang. The result of the previous battle made him very worried. No matter how stupid Robben is, the combat capability of the Chinese army must also be affirmed. In a word, striking iron must be hard itself!

And what's worse is that the morale of the hundreds of remnants left by Robben last time is really low. The soldiers first failed in the battle of Bengajang, and then lost dozens more in the 'banditry' operation of the Sarawak Guard, but only a bunch of indigenous slaves were killed. I didn't even see a single corpse of the Chinese, and my spirit was really low.

Kuyt thought he could add another battalion to his strength. But after seeing this group of soldiers, his idea went bankrupt. These soldiers are now useless on the battlefield.

"Mr. Charles. I apologize for the Brooke family's previous losses. A big reason here is because of Colonel Robben's mistakes. However, I ask you to seriously consider that our interests are aligned. The Chinese will not forget the blood feud of the past, you should know that they worship their ancestors like that! ”

Kuyt paused and continued: "I don't have the luxury of asking for your full help, I just want to know, these days. There are no new changes in Lanfang's territory. Don't call me cowardly, I'm responsible for my soldiers. The arrival of the Chinese warship will certainly go a long way to boost the morale and confidence of the Lanfang Chinese. I need to know the real side of my opponent! ”

The expression on Charles's face immediately became solemn. Kuyt earned his respect. Compare Kuyt's current watch xiàn with Robben, the latter is like a peacock who only opens the screen to show his beautiful feathers, very beautiful and beautiful, but has no real combat power.

"Your Excellency, Honorable General, you have given me hope that the Netherlands will win this war." Charles himself poured a glass of wine and handed it to Kuyt. "Six Chinese warships sailed to Pontianak, and Lan Fang's group of yellow and leather monkeys were going crazy with joy. Two thousand, at least two thousand. In this short period of time, he joined the rebel forces. Their commanders formed two more regiments, the 6th Regiment and the 7th Regiment. A regiment is a thousand people.

In addition, the Lanfang people also organized an uprising team in their own city to take charge of the security work within the city. The number of volunteers varies from place to place, but the total number should be more than 1,000.

Weapons. The arrival of the Chinese fleet should have brought them another large number of munitions. Moreover, the bad ending of the Battle of Bengaying also allowed the Lanfang people to obtain a large number of weapons. They have cannons! And those muskets are very backward, but they are also very suitable for equipping the Volunteers. ”

"Your Excellency, General. You're going to be dealing with a team that has undergone initial training and has some combat experience. A modern army equipped with ample weapons. Please be cautious.

I don't expect you as much as I do. Governor Clark of Singapore has sent me a letter. The British Empire will formally declare its neutrality after 'rescuing' its people from the rebels. My help to you. That's all. ”

Kuyt took a deep breath. Seven regiments, at least 7,000 men, and thousands of volunteers, a far greater number than he had previously estimated. I thought it would be good to have three or four thousand people. But now it seems that the influence of the Qing Empire among the Nanyang Chinese is not generally strong.

His mind could not help but think of a question he had discussed with His Excellency the Governor when he was in Batavia. It's really necessary!

"Mr. Charles, you have been of great help to me now. On behalf of the soldiers of the army, I salute you. When I return victorious, I'll have a nice drink with you! ”

Kuyt felt compelled to gather the officers of the army to discuss the situation. The enemy numbered at least 8,000 men, and his fighting strength was stronger than that of the native soldiers, and with the strength of his current forces, it would be very difficult to fight to Pontianak in a battle. He needs reinforcements, at least five thousand people!

"May God bless you, with the wails and cries of the rebels, in triumph. Dear General! ”

"Thank you for your blessings. Mr. Charles, wait for the news of my victory in Kuching! Kuyt smiled confidently in front of Charles. But after walking out of the Brooke Mansion and returning to the barracks, Kuyt's loud voice rang out loudly. "Inform Batavia immediately that I need reinforcements, at least five thousand soldiers. And shells, shells in large quantities! "With the advantage of firepower, Kuyt needs more shells to blow up the enemy's sense of resistance! (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......) R1292