The so-called alliance is the combination between people with common interests, whether Australia and the United Kingdom can become allies depends on whether the two sides have common interests, on the surface there is no common interest between Australia and the United Kingdom, at least so far.

As the old saying goes, people have no long-term worries, if the eyes of the traversal are only on one acre and three points of land in Australia, or willing to become an industrial manufacturing production base, then there will be almost no conflict with the Netherlands, but as a traverser, will it really be the case, the answer is no, absolutely not.

Therefore, the foreign trade team did not refuse John's desire to become an agent of Australian mirrors, but decided to make an appointment to talk in a teahouse opened by overseas Chinese in Batavia.

"Mr. John, it's a pleasure to see you again."

"Dear Miss Minister, I am also glad to see you again, this is a gift to you."

James John handed Hu Xijing a gift wrapped in a beautiful gift box.

I personally welcome Mr. John's proposal to become an Australian mirror agent, and we will hold an agent conference in two days' time, when anyone from Batavia can participate, regardless of nationality or race.

Hu Xijing did not directly say that he represented the Ministry of Foreign Trade or Australia, which is a bit intriguing, although Australia needs an ally, but at this time Britain definitely needs an ally like Australia, because they are directly facing the exclusion of the Dutch, and soon after defeating the old colonial empire Spain, it is eventful both at home and abroad.

For Australians to hold an agent bidding meeting, John has long heard that the other party is ready to bid for the agent of the Australian mirror on that giant ship, the bidding method is very novel, there is no restriction on the participation of personnel, there is only one, to participate in the job fair must pay 1,000 taels of silver entrance fee.

Although a thousand taels of silver is not much, but for ordinary businessmen is equivalent to building a barrier, if you can become an agent of the Australian mirror, it is good to say, if not, a thousand taels of silver is equivalent to a waste, so although Batavia City spread the news that Australians are recruiting agents, but the real interest is some Europeans and Chinese families.

John's purpose in meeting Hu Xijing was not to look for a mirror, but to find an ally for the British East India Company's expansion in Southeast Asia to interrupt the Dutch monopoly on trade, and this ally was now close by, but he did not know how to speak.

The conversation between the two has been not salty, it lasted for about half an hour, and John failed to get any useful information from Hu Xijing's mouth, and finally he broke the silence, his tone was a little heavy, since he reported the news of the appearance of the Australian to the company's senior management, he was required to have a relationship with the Australian boss, if possible, it is best to get a few guns used by the Australians.

"Your Excellency, in fact, I am here to discuss cooperation with you on behalf of the British East India Company, and we sincerely hope to form an ally with our Australian friends to deal with the Dutch together." After John finished speaking, he saw that Hu Xijing did not refuse him to continue, but showed a very interesting expression and waited for his next words.

"That's what I learned from the Dutch, James John put a report on the table and pushed it in front of Hu Xijing. Ostensibly Van Diemen has made a settlement with you, but he has not given up on your investigation, and just three days ago he has sent a sailing ship from the Viceroyalty of Batavia to find out where Australia is by the route you have said. ”

The Dutch would find out where Australia is so quickly, obviously this is what the people in the foreign trade group did not expect, and everyone has focused on the Australian mirror agent bidding conference these days, and the original proposal to form an alliance with the United Kingdom through John has also been postponed.

Apparently John said this both as a gesture of goodwill and as a warning to the Australians that they actually had a strong intelligence network in Batavia, and that if the two sides could cooperate, they would be able to achieve a double profit.

Hu Xijing took the report, and did not rush to open it, but said with a faint smile: "Thank you Mr. John for the information provided to us, since the Dutch want to find out where Australia is, let them find it, our government will generally take measures to sink foreign ships that have not obtained permits to enter the territorial waters." ”

seems to be the answer to the actions of the Dutch, in fact, it is also a warning to John, since the Sea Blue shelled Batavia, where Australia has become a lot of questions, are trying to find out where the mysterious country is, but now Australia can not be announced in front of everyone, maintaining the existing mystery is a kind of protection through the crowd, after all, there is no armed force in Australia, once the Dutch or other countries find out that Australia's reality will be a disaster.

"Oh, hapless Dutchman, I hope they won't be sunk by the warships of your government." John pretended to sigh with emotion and said: We are very sincere in becoming allies with Australian friends, and I hope that His Excellency the Minister will give more consideration.

"Sincerity, it can be seen that you are indeed very good, but Australia does not seem to need allies, we do not have too many conflicts of interest with the Dutch, and I believe that the Dutch will not be too aggressive towards us." Hu Xijing said with a smile.

"No, no, Your Excellency, you don't understand the greed and jealousy of the Dutch, they will definitely retaliate for your shelling, although at the moment you do not have too many conflicts of interest, I believe you will have soon, and the Dutch will definitely interfere with the Australian mirror agency, even if they do not interfere, the final winner will be the Netherlands. Because they control nearly three-quarters of the cargo ships in Europe, which means that the mirrors that end up sold to Europe, whoever acts for them, will eventually be transported by the Dutch. ”

Hu Xijing did not agree with John's statement, if it is obviously impossible that the conflict between Australia and the Netherlands will eventually occur on the agency of the mirror, the most likely conflict point in the future is estimated to be on the route from Batavia to Daming.

With the development and construction of Australia, the immigration force will inevitably increase, and the export of industrial products will hit the Dutch trade in this region to a certain extent, so this is the future conflict between the Netherlands and Australia.

This is somewhat similar to the situation that the British are now encountering in North America and Europe, and the British have no way to find an ally to fight against the exclusion of the Dutch at this time, after all, the Netherlands is the hegemon of the sea at this time.

"Mr. John, I don't think I can give you a positive answer for cooperation at the moment, and I need to report to my parliamentarians after returning to China, and I will only be able to reply after discussion among the councillors."