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In the Australian Embassy, after just meeting with a businessman from India, Zhao Shijie leaned on the sofa a little tired and squinted his eyes to rest.

Since the Mermaid arrived in Batavia, the businessmen who had tasted the sweetness of Australian goods in the first two times had not only talked happily with the Australians at the dinner, but also went to the embassy more and more frequently in the past few days, and even one guy ran five times a day just to invite Zhao Shijie to attend the dinner he prepared at home.

Zhao Shijie has participated in no less than a dozen of this kind of dinner, and in just three days, every time it gets dark, he and the Australian Trade Representatives who traveled this time are like running actors, sometimes drinking a glass of wine at this house, talking a few words, and immediately changing to the next one.

If you have to use one word to describe their hearts at this time, it is better to be tired, in addition to being immune to the dinner party, now including Yang Wenwen is already afraid that others will invite her to participate.

"Lao Zhao, how is my information, Fan Dimen was shocked."

Liu Yun walked out of the other room with a smile and asked directly, the information that Zhao Shijie provided to Fan Dimen that day was from Liu Yun, but in terms of the assessment between the British and the Spaniards, Liu Yun deliberately exaggerated.

The Spaniards in Luzon did have some contact with the British, but it was not to that extent when it came to the actual alliance, after all, the naval battle between the two sides half a century ago has not been forgotten, and even that naval battle directly led to the decline of Spain.

"With you, Liu Yun, even if I read that information, there will be a misunderstanding, let alone Fan Dimen."

Hehe, it's just an exaggeration of some big analysis, and there's nothing worth saying, but it's not the same for Van Diemen, if the old empire Spain really colludes with the British, it's definitely not a good thing for the Netherlands.

It is definitely not for nothing to say that the Netherlands has no concerns, after all, its predecessor was still a province under Spanish rule, don't look at the Dutch now the Dutch are a maritime trade power, with countless merchant ships, but Spain has never recognized his independence.

So legally, the Netherlands can still be said to be a Spanish dependency, and the Dutch will be very cautious about every move of the Spaniards.

Now that the British and Spaniards in the Far East have come together, this is definitely not good.

And things were indeed as Liu Yun and Zhao Shijie thought, and at this time, the intelligence agency of the Dutch also launched an investigation into that information.

Van Dimen had in his hand the information sent by Brian, and the discrepancies on it were indeed similar to those provided by Zhao Shijie, just a month earlier, a British businessman had secretly met with Sebastian in Luzon as a Portuguese. Hurtado. Morality. Secretary to the Governor of Coquera, Coquilla Jr.

A few days after their negotiation, little Coqueira even took a boat to Malacca, where he had another secret conversation with the Englishman in the capacity of the Grape Man, and it was not known what had been discussed, but it was certain that they must have had some conspiracy.

Soon after they had spoken, there seemed to be a slight change in the attitude of the Spaniards in Luzon towards the British, and this change was small, but it all showed that there was some kind of agreement between them, that the British had established themselves in India, that they wanted to establish a permanent foothold in Sumatra, and that they wanted to intervene in the spice trade, which was very much in line with the nature of the British, and they were a bunch of-stirring sticks, and wherever they went, there would be no peace.

Damn the British, Brian, you give me a way to solve this matter, and we must not let the Spaniards and the British come together to unite, and once they unite, we will even be driven out of the Far East and lose our monopoly on the spice trade.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor, we must not unite the Spaniards with the British, I don't think it is difficult for us, did the Portuguese declare independence from Spanish rule only last year, but it has not been recognized, we can just unite the Portuguese against the Spanish, after all, their power in Macao is not weak, and it is easy to find a little unhappiness for the Spaniards in Luzon."

Well, Brian, you're right, we should stand with the Portuguese, we have so many similarities. A smile finally appeared on the corner of Van Dimen's mouth, after all, Portugal and the Netherlands are both countries that have not yet been recognized by Spain, and the enemies of both sides are the same.

Your Excellency the Governor, I think that the power of the Far East has been broken since the arrival of the Australians, and that the muskets and cannons of Australia are far ahead of any other country in Europe, and that if we can unite the two sides, the days of the Spaniards in the Far East will come to an end.

United Australians, Fan Dimen has not thought about it, after all, they have shelled Batavia, for this matter, even made him lose face, and has always wanted to find a chance to avenge this arrow.

"We don't know where the Australians are, once we unite the Australians, we will inevitably share some of the benefits to each other, which is absolutely not allowed." Van Dimen shook his head in disagreement.

Your Excellency the Governor, do you think that the Australians will not come and take it themselves, but they definitely have the strength, so it is better to make friends with them now and give them a great gift, so that we will have one more help against the Spaniards and the British.

"What do you mean, give Sumatra to the Australians, but there is iron ore there, and the Australians have offered to buy our iron ore as long as we mine it, do you want to let it go?"

No, it's not so, Mr. Governor, which do you think is more important than an iron ore or the spice trade, and Brian deliberately made the problem more serious in order to persuade Van Diemen to give Sumatra to the Australians, in order to influence his decision-making.

I need to think about this, Brian, you go and keep an eye on the Spaniards, and report to me as soon as there is a problem.

Poor Van Diemen and Brian thought that the Spaniards and the British were united, but they did not know that this was just a game jointly designated by Liu Yun and John, and the purpose of which was to force the Netherlands to make concessions on the issue of Sumatra.

It's just that the two of them are still stupid to think that the Spaniards have made a new move, focusing almost all intelligence forces on what should not be concentrated. (My novel "Crossing 1640" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )