"Mr. Brian, it's really nice to see you again, this is Miss Hu Xijing, Minister of Foreign Trade of China."

Liu Yun smiled and introduced Hu Xijing behind him to Brian.

As early as half an hour ago, after Brian notified the ceasefire, Wang Tiehammer also issued an order for a ceasefire, after all, there were not many shells on the ship, and the ultimate purpose of this time was to trade, sell the mirrors, and bring back the materials that the base urgently needed to need, not to fight, once the shells were finished, it meant that they had to return home.

"Oh, Greetings Madam Minister, it is an honor to meet you, you are the most beautiful lady I have ever met." Brian said flatteringly.

After listening to Liu Yunfa's translation, Hu Xijing smiled at Brian.

"Then it's time for us to talk about war reparations, because your deliberate hostile behavior has caused this friction between the two sides, and the responsibility lies entirely with you, so you must compensate us, as well as pay for the shells spent in this war."

With a smile, Hu Xijing handed Brian a war reparations agreement drafted in Dutch.

When he saw the terms of the agreement, Brian was so angry that his hands trembled a little while holding the agreement, so he almost threw the terms directly on Hu Xijing's face, leaving a sentence, let's use the cannon to solve the problem, and then walked away, but the reality told him that he couldn't do this, he had to sit down and talk to the Australian boss.

"As for the issue of war reparations raised by your side, we say that it is acceptable, but the amount you put forward is huge and we cannot accept it." Brian pointed directly to the first article of the agreement and said, already treating the Australian old as a robber in his heart. Although the Dutch East India Company did not do this without doing so, robbers never thought they were robbers.

"Well," Hu Xijing nodded, indicating that the two sides could negotiate this article. War reparations are not the main content of this negotiation, but only secondary, so the negotiation is certain.

Then Brian pointed to the third article and said: "We must not accept the cancellation of tariffs on Australian goods, but we can give your goods MFN tariffs, this is our bottom line," Brian said through gritted teeth.

The most favored nation tariff, this is what Hu Xijing wants most, since the other party readily agreed, there is no need to dwell too much. nodded, and then Liu Yun translated it acceptable.

The blueprint for the entire treaty is based on the Humen Treaty, and it seems that some of them seek some compensation for the aggression suffered by the great powers in modern China.

Although it was a bit dangerous, Hu Xijing was sure that the Dutch would agree, because they did not know that the Republic of Australia was actually a base with a population of just over 1,000 that could not even reach a small town.

After a day of negotiations, and dozens of requests back and forth, a revised Batavia Treaty was born.

According to the terms and conditions, the Netherlands, as the party that started the war, would pay 10,000 taels of silver like the Republic of Australia, and open the port to Australia.

At the same time, Australia enjoys consular jurisdiction, which means that the Dutch have no right to arrest Australians who commit crimes in Batavia, and must be managed by the Australian ambassador in Batavia.

Although Australia does not plan to establish an embassy here now, the young men still strongly demand that such an article be added, so as to reflect the spirit of a great power. There can be no doubt that Australia must be a great power in the future.

The signing place of the treaty was placed on the Sea Blue, Van Diemen attended the signing ceremony as the governor of Batavia, and Hu Xijing signed the treaty on behalf of the Republic of Australia, that is, from this day, the European powers began to slowly know that there is a mysterious country called Australia, where the people look the same as the Ming people, speak the same language, but the life customs are obviously different from the Ming.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I hope we have a good time working together." At the end of the signing ceremony, Van Diemen warmly invited Hu Xijing and others to the Governor's Palace for dinner. Although he now hated the Australian elders, reason told him that it would not be wrong to maintain good relations with these Australian elders, and although the two sides had a little conflict soon after, this did not prevent the East India Company from cooperating with Australia.

After negotiations between the two parties, the Dutch East India Company will become the first agent of Australian mirrors in Europe, and also enjoy the agency rights of other Australian goods. Regarding Van Diemen's proposal to buy the Australian's artillery, before Hu Xijing refused, Wang Tiehammer on the side directly rejected him, and Australia's weapons must not flow out of the hands of third countries, at least until Australia has not updated its new weapons. As a soldier, the king of the hammer is more sensitive to weapons than anyone else.

Although I didn't buy the Australian artillery, I got the agency of the Australian mirror, which is already very good.

That's why Van Diemen warmly invited Hu Xijing and others to a dinner, which was of a very high level, and celebrities from all over Batavia were invited.

The people of Batavia knew something about the war that had just ended, and some well-informed celebrities had already learned that the Dutch had destroyed a battleship, and that most of the shore defense batteries had been destroyed, and that the Dutch had been defeated, and that the other side had only sent a warship.

The dinner was not invited to the local Dutch, but also the British and the Spanish, and the most discussed thing when they got together was where these Australians came from.

"Hey, John, see no, those are Australians," a Spanish man asked a British friend he knew, speaking English that he was not fluent in.

"Oh, those are Australians, they tend to look like the Ming people, but they don't look like each other in terms of clothing, Enrique, do you know where they came from?"

"No, I don't know very well, but I heard that their country is in the south of Batavia, and it is said that the island where they live has been surrounded by hurricanes for many years, and ordinary small boats can't enter at all, only ships as big as them can enter, so they haven't come out."

"So that's the case, I really want to go to that island to see, it must be a magical place, to build such a big ship, their strength should not be weak." John and his yearning sighed.

Why don't we go over and say hello to our Australian friends, Enrique suggested.

Looking at the two European men who walked towards him, Zhao Shijie smiled and said to Hu Xijing beside him: "I'm sure they must have come to greet us, Australia has become famous from today, but I don't know if this is good or bad." ”