"Honorable Great Emperor Xià. The Dutch Government would like to know very much whether the recent remarks in your country's newspapers concerning Sino-Dutch friendship represent the will of yourself and your government. ”

"If so, our government will not believe that China and the Netherlands still have room and space for negotiation on the Malchen Port issue."

"If not, our government hopes that your cabinet will do everything in its power to urge your country's General Administration of Press and Publication to clean up the irresponsible reports in the newspapers. Don't let these words set off a bad wave and hurt the friendship between China and the Netherlands! ”

Hunt's words are very 'diplomatic'. And apart from these few words, he only brought a few overly passionate newspapers to see Liu Xian this time, and nothing else.

Hunt soon walked out of the zn sea. A young man at the side of the carriage opened the door for Huntla. "Sir, does the Emperor of China have any indications?"

"Hehe, Walm, how is it possible to get represented? This is in the interest of the country. Hunter smiled. He was going to teach the young man in front of him a lesson. "The public opinion of the state cannot turn its back on the interests of the state."

"China has now settled on the port of Machen, even if we have the support of Britain, France, the United States and Spain behind us, it cannot change the fact that the port is now in the hands of the Chinese."

"And China is a totalitarian state. The supreme power of the state was in the hands of the Great Emperor of China. If he hadn't swallowed Machengang's heart, would the Chinese have acted so quickly in the past two months? ”

"As a representative of China's interests, the emperor will change his will because of a frivolous protest. Concession of the interests of the country? ”

"I have come to the palace today to ask for an audience with the Emperor, just to express the will of the Dutch government. It was not to get an answer from the Great Emperor. These are two things that don't go well together. ”

"Do you understand now? My sweet lad! ”

Hunter laughed in the carriage.

His mission in this matter has long been over, and all he needs to do is wait for the arrival of the [special envoy] of Count Oyer. Then he handed over the qiē in his hand to the Count of Oyer.

In the nautical zone, Liu Xian did not listen to Hunt's protest at all. As soon as the people left, he waved his hand, and everyone retreated ten meters away from the pavilion. Lying alone on the rocking chair in the pavilion, blowing the cool breeze and squinting his eyes, it was so comfortable!

Recently, I don't know what the reason is, Liu Xian suddenly enjoyed 'quiet'.

There was no human voice at all, only the sound of the wind blowing. The sound of the waves of the water, the sound of insects and birds chirping, he felt that it was a pleasure to stay quietly by himself.

For national affairs, especially cumbersome government affairs, more and more inattentive!

Anyway, Liu Xian understood why Tang Xuanzong was half a hero and half a wine. This government affairs have taken a long time to handle, and it really makes people want to slack off. In particular, the country's achievements are obvious and thriving. It is even more subconscious to alienate the government.

Liu Xian initially wanted to establish the prestige of the cabinet, but gradually, he really didn't want to deal with government affairs.

If Congress has been in existence for a year, taxes and laws are express. Congress already has a certain right to know and to review. Liu Xian felt that the cabinet had been constrained by Cheng Cheng, and as long as the rights and interests of the parliament were slowly expanded, it would not take ten years. The domestic political situation will become a two-legged walk that complements and restricts each other. Expanding Congress's powers will only take time. Time will make the domestic capital economy bigger and stronger, and the foundation of the Advisory Council will become more and more deep. Time is on Liu Xian's side. He felt that he was in order, even if he didn't sit back and relax. It has almost completed the layout of the domestic political arena, which seems to be one of the reasons for Liu Xian's neglect.

Anyway, in addition to the military, for political affairs, Liu Xian has now done not to ask about the details, only to the extent that the cabinet submission.

……

Time flies. In the ninth lunar month, in October 1884 of the Western calendar, the Dutch envoy Count Oyer arrived at the port of Tianjin by ship.

The Sino-Dutch negotiations on the Malchen Port issue have officially begun!

Most people in Beijing City want to come to see the excitement and keep their eyes on the Tongtong Hall, and this negotiation has provided a lot of talking points for the teahouses, teahouses, streets and alleys in Beijing.

But when I leave the city of Beijing, there are not many people who care about this. Even in Lanfang, which is the closest to Machen Port, the people and the government here are most concerned about how to turn Machen Port into huge rubber and pepper plantations if they go to the surrounding areas of Machen Port to open up wasteland!

Borneo is mountainous in the middle and surrounded by plains, with low terrain in the south. The land here can be described as barren, with the exception of a few volcanic areas. The main food of the island's indigenous people is rice, but also corn, cassava, cucumbers, and pumpkins.

Nowadays, there is a large influx of Chinese, and large-scale rubber plantations have been built with the support of the government, in addition to pepper that has been cultivated on a large scale by the Lanfang Chinese. And Borneo's sugar gum gum is also popular in the international market. In addition, the cultivation of kachi dye (extracted from red bark) and highland tobacco was newly developed, as well as the cultivation of coffee, cocoa, and large and hemp.

Combined with the timber that is Borneo's traditional export mainstay, the per capita income of the Chinese here is already much higher than that of the Han farmers.

The southeastern part of Borneo is a tropical jungle, and timber resources could not be more abundant. How many days has it only been since Machen Port arrived in the hands of China? There are no less than 10 large and small timber mills in the port area. And every house has a steam oven.

Perhaps this kind of deforestation is absolutely deforestation in the eyes of people in the 21st century. But in the era of 1884 in the Western calendar, this large area of forest with no edge could be seen, which was the wealth given by the sky.

China's demand for timber has increased rapidly in recent years. In addition to being used in the shipbuilding industry, it is more for private consumption. Among them, the price of the precious wood produced in Borneo has soared!

Because the country is stable, the country's strength has increased. In other words, the world is peaceful, and the people's livelihood is restored. Naturally, the requirements for living and living are rising.

The prosperity of the timber trade and the vigorous logging industry did absorb the immigrants in the first place.

And these mainland immigrants who came to Borneo, no matter how poor and poor they were, joined the logging team, worked hard for a year, and then had a family to live in a new place.

There are hundreds of people of all kinds. What's more, the basic population of Lanfang has exceeded one million. It can't all be honest people who are down-to-earth and capable, those second-rate, ruffians, and bastards are not stingy, but there are a lot of them. This time, Machen Port was opened up, and most of the immigrants migrated from Lanfang, which provided an opportunity for the Lanfang government to clean up.

But when these people who are looked down upon on weekdays return to their hometowns after two or three months, their pockets are full of money, and they return to their hometowns with high spirits, I don't know how many people can breathe fire with red eyes!

In the development of Machen Port, as long as you dare to play hard, the opportunity to make money is great. Although it won't be all the second-rate people who have made a fortune, there are always two or three out of ten people who have made a real profit. As soon as this was publicized in Lan Fang's hometown, it became a rumor that everyone was getting rich in a blink of an eye.

So at this time, everyone in Lanfang was talking about how to develop in Machen Port, but no one cared about the Sino-Dutch negotiations!

Because in the eyes of the millions of people in Lanfang, Machen Port is China. If you eat the meat in your stomach, no one can take it away.

"Before the Chinese New Year, a militia of 2,000 people must be formed. Lu Boping, I sue you, if you can't complete the task, you will undress me and get out. ”

In the Yamen of Pontianak Provincial Government, Liu Mingchuan, who is currently the governor of Lanfang, said this to a middle-aged official under him.

Lu Boping is the talent who was arrested and sent to prison for three months in Taiwan for opposing the village official examination. After coming out, he changed his ways, initially as a village official in Lanfang, but now ten years have passed, and he is already a member of the fourth grade. He is one of the four deputies of the prefect of Pontianak Province, and his main focus is on criminal security. The militia is in his hands!

Although the huge province of Lanfang has a population of more than one million and an area the size of two and a half Henan provinces, there are still very few cities that are truly large-scale. The only one with a population of more than 150,000 is Pontianak.

The entire Pontianak province has a population of 450,000 and a permanent population of more than 500,000. Lu Boping wants to organize a militia of 2,000 people, especially when new immigrants are constantly coming, it is really not too difficult to get 2,000 militia.

"But this is also very difficult!" Back in his office, Lu Boping yelled at his clerks. Liu Mingchuan is really a domineering person. The wrist is very tough, too! In less than a year since he became the governor of Lanfang, there is no one in the entire Lanfang Province who is not afraid of him, the governor. So when Liu Mingchuan gave the order, when Liu Mingchuan overstepped the level to give the order, Lu Boping didn't dare to squeak at all. I was depressed and only dared to vent when I dared to return to my own territory!

"Your Excellency. Most of the men in camps 1 and 2 have signed agreements with plantation and timber companies. There are less than 5,000 people in Camp 3. Men of appropriate age are only in their early 1000s. Your Excellency wants you to recruit 2,000 militiamen, what will you do with the remaining shortfall? ”

The atmosphere in the office fell silent. For Lu Boping, completing the task now is the first priority. His Wu family moved to Lanfang from Taiwan, and he has indeed made a fortune over the years, but for the entire Lu family, the most important thing is the official hat on Lu Boping's head.

"Inform the police stations and give me a list of all the ruffians who don't learn well. And the people in the detention center, look at the minor crimes, and those who are about to be released, and write them down for me. Let's count how many people are still missing! ”

Lu Boping had a headache. There are not a few ruffians in Pontianak City, but these days, there are a lot of people in this group who have gone to Machen Port, and now counting the people in the detention center, it is good luck to have two or three hundred.

There were more people in the prison, but Lu Boping didn't dare to move that. In the new Qin Dynasty, in China, a prison is a prison, a detention center is a detention center, and a prison and a detention center are two completely different concepts.

Pontianak has four or five hundred thousand people, which seems to be a lot. But half of Henan Province, the top of the huge Pontianak Province, where four or five hundred thousand people sprinkle pepper noodles, is not conspicuous at all. There are 1670,000 in the city, but which one has no livelihood?

The militia is not a soldier and is not paid well. Even the wages of dock stevedores are far inferior. Who in the city wants to do this?

"Oops!" Lu Boping held his forehead and said **...... (To be continued......)