On the shore of the port in Batavia, the Dutch soldiers in charge of shore guards are leisurely basking in the sun.

Suddenly, a wisp of white smoke appeared on the surface of the sea not far away, and along with the white smoke, a mast-mounted sailing ship with no sails raised, was speeding towards the harbor at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this time, the soldier who first noticed that something was wrong had already woken up from his momentary shock, and quickly woke up his companion who was dozing or chatting behind him.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, hey, Joseph, you idiot, get up, get your guns right, aim at that unknown ship," a petty officer shouted at the soldier who was still sleeping on the battery.

"Toot, toot, toot." After three whistles,

Ye Tianming, the acting captain of the Mermaid, stood on the bow deck of the ship, looking at the Dutch soldiers who were busy in the port in front of him with a telescope, and was adjusting the muzzle to aim at his Mermaid, just smiled and handed the telescope to the first mate behind him.

"Inform the chief engineer to speed up, we have tried to get the soldiers on the shore to adjust the muzzle of the gun to the shore."

"Yes, Captain." The first mate left in response.

"Damn, what kind of noise is that, I think I've heard it," a Dutch soldier finally remembered something when he heard the sound of the whistle: "Australians, that's the Australian ship, sir, that's the Australian ship, and that beeping sound just now is only made by the Australian ship." ”

"Soldier, you're sure you're hearing that." The Dutch petty officer in charge of shore defense had been transferred from mainland China not long ago, and knew something about the last time Batavia was attacked by Australian fire, but he did not know what the Australian ship was like.

"Yes, sir, it's an Australian ship, and only theirs can run as fast as a gust of wind." The Dutch soldier nodded, and replied affirmatively.

"Well, all listen, stay on your guard, aim your guns at the white mast ship, and remember, you are not allowed to fire without my orders." The petty officer obviously had a little knowledge of the deeds of the Australians, so he calmly made arrangements. And did not lower his vigilance because he was an Australian, but did what a soldier should do.

Six minutes later, the Mermaid had completely approached the dock in Batavia, and even sounded three more whistles to signal its arrival.

Zhao Shijie and other staff of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, escorted by a squad of army soldiers, slowly walked the ship.

As early as when the Mermaid was not completely docked on the shore, the officer in charge of shore defense sent someone to report the situation to the governor's palace, and it was Van Diemen's henchman Brian who was responsible for receiving it

"Dear, Minister Zhao, we meet again, it's really nice to see you again,"

"Haha, Brian, I'm glad to meet you too, it's a gift for you and Madame."

Zhao Shijie took a milky white statue of Jesus from a staff member and handed it to Brian, because Australia lacks raw materials and equipment to make cartons, so the current export items are packed in wooden boxes.

"Oh, oh my God, this is glass, not porcelain, this gift is simply too valuable, Zhao, is this a new commodity brought by Australia, I dare to guarantee that this statue of Jesus will definitely not be less than 200,000 silver dollars sent to Europe." Brian held the statue of Jesus in one hand and touched the whole body of the statue with his hands.

"Well, this is indeed our new commodity, Mr. Brian, this is just one of the few we have brought with us, and tomorrow I will personally go to the Governor's Mansion to discuss cooperation with His Excellency the Governor. Look, let's go to the embassy and sit down and talk. ”

"Yes, yes, you see that I have forgotten that Mr. Liu Yun has sent a carriage to pick you up, Minister Zhao, then you can go back to the embassy to rest first, I and His Excellency the Governor have prepared a dinner for you at the Governor's Palace tonight, please be sure to attend then."

Zhao Shijie said a few polite words to Brian and walked towards the carriage sent by Liu Yun.

"This time, I should bring a lot of good news, and I also have a lot of good news to tell you, Lao Zhao."

"Oh, tell me about it, what good news do you have?"

"About a week ago, I went to Daming, and the Zheng family initially negotiated cooperation, in the future, the entire Japan and Fujian and Zhejiang mirror agency rights, will be directly contracted to the Zheng family, as these regional agents, they pay 300,000 taels of silver like us every year, and in the East China Sea, as long as it is the territory of the Zheng family, our merchant ships can pass unconditionally in the future, without paying any flag fees, you say this is good news." Liu Yun looked at Zhao Shijie with a smile and asked.

"Well, it sounds good, but isn't this agency fee a little less, only 300,000 yuan, and a larger mirror will be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"It's a lot, Lao Zhao, 300,000 taels is just one of them, the Zheng family also promised to help us recruit displaced people in Fujian and other places, and help us transport it directly to the Christmas Island transit station at the price of one hundred and twenty one people, which is cheaper than the Portuguese and Dutch."

"In addition, I have another plan, I think we should properly cultivate a group of pro-Australian elements within the Ming Dynasty, which will have a very necessary relationship for us to directly intervene in the war between the Ming and the Manchu Qing in a few years."

"Pro-Australian elements, this is okay, Liu Yun, I found that you sometimes have a big view of the overall situation, and it is not suitable for intelligence work."

"Hehe, why is it not suitable, can't those who do intelligence work enter the cabinet, the more I think it can't be done, the more I have to prove it to everyone."

"Liu Yun, you are a little extreme, let's see, have you looked for pro-Macao personnel in Daming."

After pondering for a while, Liu Yun said: "Zheng Sen, how about it, I gave him a set of infantry drill manuals and a few books, from his performance, it can be seen that he is very yearning for Australia, if I can, I want to take him to the mainland in two years to visit and study, I believe that by then we will have enough strength to protect ourselves, and we don't have to worry about the retaliation of the Dutch due to the exposure of the route." ”

"The surname of the country," Zhao Shijie looked at Liu Yun with a surprised expression, he didn't expect that the object he chose would be the famous national surname in history: "It's good to be selected, but it's not easy to guide him to become a real pro-Australia element, he is the kind of person who admires heroes, I'm afraid you and I can't, this matter has to be handed over to the guy in the military department." ”

"Haha, it seems that you and I think the same, this time you go back and give my plan to a few military bigwigs, I believe they will be more interested in becoming a teacher with the surname of the country." Liu Yun said with a wicked smile.

The carriage continued to move slowly towards the embassy, and while the two were sitting in the carriage talking and laughing, they had already calculated the future national surname.