Chapter Seventy-Six: The Harvest of War

"In this campaign against the Netherlands and Portugal, we have accomplished the strategic objectives we set at the beginning! We have occupied the Nusa Tenggara Islands and Portuguese East Timor! We have also captured 5,698 Snyder-Enfield rear-loading single-shot rifles and 43 100mm breech-loading guns in the war! In addition, we have captured five Portuguese naval warships in East Timor and two gunboats of the Dutch colony on the island of West Timor! Except for the Timore's wooden-hulled cruiser that is more than 1,000 tons, the others are wooden-hulled gunboats of about 600 tons!" After finishing speaking, Huo Long closed the document in his hand and put it on the desk in front of Huo Shan!

"Now we can finally breathe a sigh of relief!" Hearing this, Huo Shan couldn't help but say with some joy.

"Yes, in the past two months, I have been scared of him, and I can't stand it when I come to the military headquarters to block the door every day! Why didn't I find out that he was so difficult before!" Thinking of what happened in the past two months, Huo Long couldn't help but say with a palpitation.

Seeing his frightened look, Huo Shan couldn't help but smile! Huo Feng might be a little more restrained here, but in front of Huo Long, he was absolutely unscrupulous!

"Okay, let's talk about other war captures! These islands in Southeast Asia are rich in gold production! Just this month, the Government Council has harvested five tons of gold from the gold mines mined in the three provinces of Nanyang! But the teacher is very happy!" Huo Shan said with a smile.

The abundant resources of the South Seas are hidden under the rainforests that are still in a wild state, and as long as they are developed in the future, they will be a land that is not inferior to the wealth of China's coastal provinces!

"What the young master said is that we have seized a lot of property this time, there are 34 tons of gold, but the silver is only about 50 tons, there are a lot of jewelry, calligraphy and painting antiques are mainly oil paintings, gold and silver and porcelain, and there are some in our country, but not a lot!"

"Well, that's right! Let them hand over the seized property to the Bank of China, and don't rush it back first! Now we have a war with the Dutch and the Portuguese! Although the scale of the war is not very large, the impact in Southeast Asia is not small! Let's see how the British and the French react first! I believe that their faces will be very colorful when the time comes!" Huo Shan sneered.

"I understand, young master! If these two countries hadn't figured out our details, I'm afraid that their ministers and counselors in the Far East would have come to the door now!"

After listening to his words, Huo Shan also nodded in agreement, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Tell us that the garrisons on the islands of the South Seas, if they meet the envoys of the five countries of Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, they will be sent out of the country, and if they meet other countries, they will be directly detained!"

"Young Master, detaining envoys from other countries is tantamount to declaring war!" After hearing his words, Huo Long was somewhat worried about the consequences of doing so. After all, the attitude of European countries towards their own citizens is not like that of the Qing Dynasty, let alone an envoy of one country!

After glancing at him, Huo Shanshen said confidently: "Don't worry, Huo Long! With our current strength, apart from these five countries, who else is our opponent! If it weren't for the fact that the strength of the navy is still a little weak, and there are two European powers, Britain and France, around us, we can directly declare the founding of the country! Moreover, we have spent more than a year to develop with all our might, and now the Huo family army already has the strength to protect itself, even the British Empire, the most powerful country in the world, cannot make us succumb!"

The news of the defeat of Portugal and the Netherlands in the South Seas, and the loss of Nusa Tenggara and East Timor, after being blockaded for nearly half a month, spread throughout East Asia! And with the continuous transmission of various telegraph stations, the whole of Europe, and even the whole world, knew about it!

After fighting a war, but not knowing who their opponent is, this kind of stupid thing has made the two countries completely become the laughing stock of the whole Europe! Now the originally embarrassed Netherlands is finally no longer alone, and Portugal is their best difficult brother!

As for the matter of the 10 million guilders collected by the governor of Portuguese East Timor, it was decided privately, and Portugal, which was located in the European mainland, did not know the whole story, so there was no estrangement between the two countries, and it seemed to be intimate.

A month after the news reached Europe, the two countries salvaged to save their own reputations and regain their own invaded colonies! After another month of continuous consultations, an agreement was finally reached! The two countries formed a national alliance on the East Indies and jointly organized armies and warships to fight those shameful invaders! and vowed to wash away the shame inflicted on the two countries with the blood of those indigenous monkeys!

However, the East Indies had many islands, and with the addition of those indigenous armies! In their opinion, the problem could not be solved without more than 30,000 troops! But these colonies, except for one East Timor, were basically Dutch! So Portugal only needed 10,000 troops, or even 5,000 troops! However, the national strength of the Netherlands at this time was not too strong, they were not like Portugal and the two major colonies of Angola and Mozambique in Africa, their large colonies were only the East Indies, but this only Far Eastern colony has now lost more than half of it! Therefore, the Netherlands wanted to support at least 20,000 army with their weak finances, plus the navy, they were really overwhelmed! This is the fundamental reason why the Dutch East Indies colony has been lost for almost half a year, but its own expeditionary force has not yet set off!

The Netherlands is no longer the 'coachman of the sea'!

"The Kingdom of the Netherlands will never accept such a harsh treaty! We will only hand over West Timor to you, but Portugal must send troops to defeat those yellow-skinned monkeys! This is our bottom line!" Looking at the cunning and greedy Portuguese ambassador to the Netherlands in front of him, Prime Minister Morrison couldn't wait to rush up and punch him in the hateful fat face!

"Hehe, don't be angry, Mr. Prime Minister! We Portugal just want Nusa Tenggara Islands! As long as we give it to us, then Portugal will send 30,000 troops to help your country eradicate those hateful indigenous monkeys!" Laudwin, as the Portuguese ambassador to the Netherlands, is also the plenipotentiary envoy in charge of negotiating with the Netherlands on the issue of joint troop dispatch! However, he has been living in the Netherlands for many years, and he is well aware of the weak nature of this small country, which makes him see an opportunity to expand Portugal's East Indies colony!

"Your Excellency, Britain and France are much stronger there than yours, and we can pay a certain price to ask them to help!"

"Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I think your country should be well aware of the greed of the British! If the British enter your East Indies colony, I am afraid it will never return to the bosom of your country!" Laudwin increased his power of persuasion with every word!

Hearing his words, Morrison couldn't help but be a little silent! Although this guy in front of him was greedy and cunning, he was telling the truth, if it weren't for those Anglo-Dutch wars, the Netherlands would not be as fragile as it is now, and it would not even be able to protect an East Indies colony of its own. Now, it is even more reduced to relying on the armies of other countries to help drive out those hateful invaders.

Seeing his contemplative appearance, Laudwin wisely did not open his mouth to bother!

The atmosphere in the living room became a little solemn because of the silence on both sides!

"Well, I have agreed to your terms, but the Nusa Tenggara Islands will not be handed over to you until your army has liberated all of our occupied lands in the entire East Indies and returned them to us!" Morrison looked up and said word by word, with a firm expression.

"There is no problem! I can agree to such conditions!" After listening to his words, Laudwin couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, as long as this treaty is signed, then as a plenipotentiary, he will become a hero of the Kingdom of Portugal! It is not impossible to win the throne of prime minister at that time!

"Lake, do you think Mondrian's report is credible?" Looking at Laudwin's back as he disappeared around the corner of the door, and picking up the humiliating treaty in his hand, Morrison asked in a gloomy manner. He understood that if Portugal really exterminated those hateful yellow-skinned monkeys, then he would be immediately ousted by the angry people for betraying the kingdom's colonies!

Lake is his office secretary and arguably his true confidant!

"It should be credible, as the governor of the East Indies, after more than half a year of reconnaissance, the information obtained by Mondrian is definitely much more accurate than Portugal, which is still in the dark!"

"I hope he's right, as long as the Portuguese and the damned Orientals come together and break the blood! Then when the strength of both sides is exhausted, then we in the Netherlands will clean up the mess! Then the whole East Indies will be our Kingdom of the Netherlands, even the Portuguese East Timor will be the same!" Morrison couldn't help but say with some new cháo.

"Yes, Governor Mondrian's plan is really brilliant, it only costs 10 million guilders to turn around that stupid Portuguese governor of East Timor, and obediently use us as a gunman! Now even the entire kingdom of Portugal has become the sharpest weapon in our hands, and when the time comes, maybe we will be able to get the entire East Indies without a single shot!"

"Hahaha, when the time comes, the Portuguese, who think they have taken a big advantage, will understand that the interests of the Kingdom of Holland are inviolable when they see the arrival of the kingdom's army!" Morrison laughed triumphantly.

"When the time comes, the Prime Minister's name will resound throughout Europe!" Lake said with a compliment.

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