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"Mr. Metz's letter must have been read by gentlemen." In February of the fourth year of Wu Cheng, one day in March 17o3 AH, an important hearing was being held in Batavia, the old nest of the United East India Company. "What I want to explain next is that the company has a treaty with the Eastern Empire of China, but the Huaxia people are slowly but surely tearing up this treaty." Governor Pieter-van-net, who was giving a speech, held up a stack of peace covenants and presented them to the congregation. "In this peace treaty, there were explicit restrictions on the expansion of colonies by the Chinese in Borneo and Sumatra, but just last month, the Chinese colony in West Borneo conquered two local sultanates, and three months earlier, the Sultan of Johor also signed a peace treaty with them, formally selling Temasek Island, or Lingyamen Island as the Chinese call Lingyamen Island, to them for 1,000 pieces of porcelain and 300 pieces of silk, thus ending the military conflict with the Chinese."

A senior company employee at the level of a salesman immediately shouted: "The Chinese are bound to threaten the company's rule in Malacca with a foothold in Temasek, and the company cannot afford to turn a blind eye to this." ”

"I'm against it." The United East India Company had more than seventy directors, one of whom was represented in Asia. "I have read this peace treaty carefully, and there is no mention of Malaya, so what the Chinese have done in Temasek is not a breach of the agreement with us. As for its expansion in West Borneo, gentlemen, please read carefully the contents of the treaty, which prohibits the Chinese from establishing new colonies in Borneo, not prohibiting them from expanding their colonies. ”

"I agree with Mr. Rosenhill." The United East India Company was a joint-stock company, and although the power was in the hands of sixteen major shareholders, the core of the board of directors of the company, known as the seventeen gentlemen, also included representatives of small merchants and small boat owners, so it was normal for the company to have divergent interests. "Even if the Chinese are deliberately squeezing out the company's business in Japan, and even if the Chinese are expanding in Borneo in violation of the treaty, they have fulfilled their promise not to expand into Sumatra, Java and the Spice Islands, and we should not be the first to tear up the agreement."

"Apparently Mr. Rosenhill and Diemen didn't notice what happened to [Sikkim]." A senior salesman jumped to his feet. "Just like the [Great Eastern] back then, the Huaxia people quietly sank it with extremely despicable means, I don't know why the two of them ignored this, could it be that the two gentlemen defended the interests of the company like this?"

"Mr. Putheim, you are so excited that even Mr. Berts is not sure that it must have been the Huaxia who sank the Sikkim, how can you make the decision to cut off trade with the Huaxia Empire based on the imagination of Mr. Mets? No, even if the Sikkim was really sunk by the Chinese, the company must not give up its trade relations with the Chinese Empire, otherwise the company would be defeated by the English, French, Danes, Spaniards and even the Portuguese who were already out of the Eastern trade in the trade race of porcelain, silk, sugar, and tea. ”

Rosenhill's words caused a new uproar, but soon someone came out to retort: "We are not Spaniards who can bring large quantities of gold and silver from the Americas, and if the Japanese trade is forced to cease or if the profits are diminished by the onslaught of the Chinese merchants, the company will not have the financial resources to compete with the nations in the East." ”

"After Huaxia opened the door to Japan, the company's profits in Japan have to be unavoidably lost. This will inevitably require us to obtain adequate compensation from other places, and I believe this is also Mr. Metz's view, but this does not in any way mean that the company is in conflict with the Chinese. To be honest, I don't understand what Mr. Metz is thinking, how could he ask the company to come into conflict with such a huge Eastern Empire? This would completely shake the company's rule in the East Indies. ”

Governor Net took the opportunity to retort: "Mr. Diemen, in fact, due to the expansion of the Chinese in the East Indies, sooner or later the company will have a conflict of interest with the Chinese Empire, just as Temasek's position is bound to threaten Malacca. ”

"Then use the treaty to stop a possible conflict." Diemen looked around at the crowd in front of him. "In my personal opinion, the Chinese can buy Puerto Princesa from the Spaniards with money, and Temasek from the Sultan of Johor with money, which shows that although the Chinese Empire pays more attention to overseas interests than the previous Ming Empire and the Qing Empire, it is still introverted on the whole, which is in line with the consistent tradition of the Eastern Empire. Confirmation of the Spice Islands. ”

"What, what we have already gotten in our hands, and we still want the Chinese people to admit it, this is an offense to the company." A businessman with a hard* stance began to clamor. "Mr. Diemen, is this your betrayal of the company? We demand that the diemen be tried immediately in order to protect the interests of the company??????"

Seeing that the merchants refused to give up, the smiling Governor Net, coldly asked Diemen, "Mr. Diemen, what can you justify this?" ”

"The Spaniards, because they had a large amount of gold and silver in the Americas, lacked the ability to expand in Asia, and they only needed the Philippines, a transshipment station for trade with China, but the French, the English, the Danes, and the Portuguese were different, and they wanted to replace the company in the East Indies anytime and anywhere." Diemen looked at the noisy businessmen in front of him with idiotic eyes. "As the country with the longest historical ties in this region, the Chinese Empire has countless means of intervening in the ownership of the East Indies, and now they are not in a position to decide the fate of the East Indies because of the Tatar relations in the north, and once they completely defeat the Tatars, then the Chinese Empire is bound to regain dominance in this region. That's why I'm advocating a territorial division with the Huaxia Empire now, and we can't help but think about the future of the company. ”

Determined to help Diemen, Putheim added: "In a way, the Chinese Empire can actually support the English and the French to compete with us in the East Indies." ”

Last year, the news of the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe had reached Batavia, and the Dutch Republic held the same position with the Kingdom of England in this war, but this did not mean that the United East India Company and the British East India Company were allies working together, in fact, the Anglo-Dutch conflict in the Eastern trade was more intense than that between France and the Netherlands, so the United East India Company was actually in a state of enemy on all sides.

Hearing the judgment that China might unite with Britain and France, some of the merchants present began to divide, and they whispered to each other: "I'm afraid that abandoning Borneo may not be able to satisfy the appetite of the Chinese Empire??????"

Someone directly questioned Diemen: "According to you, even if the company signs a new treaty with the Chinese Empire, it will only maintain peace for about ten years, and when the Chinese destroy the Tatars in the north, they will inevitably return to the East Indies, and at that time we will still face the fate of being driven out." ”

"We have to wait for the war in Europe to end so that we can send enough battleships from Europe." Diemen replied. "If the company had a sufficient number of battleships in Batavia, the Chinese Empire would not necessarily have torn up the treaty."

"By the time the war in Europe is over, maybe the Chinese Empire will also be equipped with a sufficient number of battleships." Cross-examiners do not approve of Diemen's delaying tactics. "Since the East Indies will be lost sooner or later, why not teach the Chinese Empire a profound lesson now? Perhaps this would curb the ambitions of the Emperor of Dongning. ”

"The Chinese Empire did not necessarily have any hope of winning the Tatar war, and according to some Chinese close to us, there was a similar situation in the history of the East, when the two sides faced each other for nearly two hundred years." Diemen is prepared for it, so what he says is well-founded. "I think it's probably the same as it was in history."

"Do you mean to restore trade relations with the Qing Empire while negotiating with the Chinese Empire?" Obedient to the sound of gongs and drums, there are people who are incredulous at the moment. "Isn't this too risky, and it seems to be in clear conflict with what you have previously expressed about maintaining good trade relations with Huaxia."

"Companies must be prepared to give up some of their interests." diemen presents an amazing building yì. "Send two or three Galen ships to carry a number of mercenaries and shipwrights into the Tatar-controlled area at a time, and assist the Tatars in building warships and organizing fleets free of charge, so as to achieve the role of containing the Chinese Empire."

The so-called Rock Breaker was the effect of this, and immediately someone shouted in a derangement: "Two or three Galen ships, my God, this is at least a hundred thousand gold frins, and it is crazy to have mercenaries and shipwrights go to the Tatars' control area to help build a navy." ”

"No, that's a tiny fraction of the company's huge profits." Governor Pieter-van-Net's blue eyes suddenly lit up with a terrifying light. "The company can afford to lose this expense completely, as long as it can hold back the Chinese, as long as it can ensure the interests of the company in the East Indies, the wise seventeen gentlemen will agree."

"Yes, maybe the company will agree, but on the issue, such a large expenditure, we have to get the approval of the board of directors."

"No, no, no," Net shook his head. "The board of directors of the company is afraid that it will not be able to deal with this issue for the time being, or it will be decided by the headquarters in Batavia, I believe this is also the purpose of the company's headquarters in Batavia, isn't it?"

"But how can this expense be explained to the shareholders?"

"We can think of the loss of human ships as being affected by wind and waves, isn't it, the company loses at least a dozen ships in this area every year, and it is not a problem to have two or three more." Speaking of this, Net knocked the bell in his hand hard. "Gentlemen, time is money, don't talk about it, come on, let's vote on the proposal of diemen??????"