"Your Excellency, how should we deal with the blackmail of the Italians?"

In the royal palace in Amsterdam, King William III of the Netherlands is asking Prime Minister Shimskirk's opinion.

The 68-year-old old king is also tragic to say, his three sons have long since passed away, and only his five-year-old daughter, Princess Wilhelmina, is still alive. However, if you can still have a daughter at the age of 63, you have to admit that you should be strong when you are old.

"Your Majesty, there aren't many ways we can use at the moment."

The Christian prime minister said something depressing with a helpless face.

Some people will surely say that it is time to ask for help from Britain, France and Germany, especially since the Netherlands has relations with Britain and Germany, and it is easier to obtain their support.

That's right, asking for help from both countries can indeed get the support of both countries, but then what?

Will Britain and Germany force Italy to withdraw its fleet for the sake of the Netherlands?

If not, what's the point?

Besides, how can there be a free lunch in the world, if you ask others to help, then you need to pay for it. But don't forget, the Spice Islands owned by the Netherlands were coveted by even the British Empire, and the two countries had been at war many times before, and finally the Dutch fought hard to keep this treasure land. Although Britain later became more and more powerful, the Dutch finally opened an opening to allow British ships to be allowed to trade.

If the Netherlands had asked for help, Britain would certainly have gone further in its interests in the Spice Islands, so would the Dutch agree or not?

Of course, it is inevitable to ask Britain, France and Germany for help on this issue, but the extent to which help is to be found out after talking to the Italians.

To this end, Prime Minister Khimskirk already had an initial idea.

"Your Majesty, I have sent Foreign Secretary Becchio as plenipotentiary to Rome to consult with the Italians."

But then his voice changed. "However, it is impossible to get Italy out of the way like this, and we will pay some price."

It is clear that Prime Minister Himmskirk knew very well that it was impossible for the Italians to send them away without paying some benefits.

As for how much to pay, it depends on the results of Foreign Secretary Beckio.

Of course, as the prime minister, he did not do nothing, and he still had to send telegrams to Britain, France and Germany asking for help. It is believed that Britain and France, which have huge interests in Southeast Asia, do not want to have more forces there.

As for Germany, which has no interests there, it is also a very suitable mediator because of its good relations with the two countries concerned.

As for the Spaniards, who occupied the Philippines, Prime Minister Himkirk had no hope for them. Now that Spain is in great decay, it would be good to be able to hold on to its few colonies, and it is completely powerless to express its opinions to the outside world.

Of course, before that, in order to avoid any uncontrollable situation caused by any accidents, Prime Minister Himskirk also sent a telegram to the Dutch Spice Islands, asking them to refrain from doing so.

Actually, there is no need to worry about Himskirk, Governor Luton has done a good job in this regard.

"Are you all ready?"

Governor Luton stood in the loading dock of the port and asked a Dutch official.

"It has been loaded, a total of more than 300 tons of various fruits, vegetables and meat, I have personally checked them, and they are all carefully selected."

Faced with the answer of the official in front of him, Governor Luton nodded in satisfaction. "Very well, then this will be sent to the Italian fleet, don't let the Italians wait too much."

Isn't this scene funny, Governor Luton actually sent supplies to the Italians who threatened him, and he was afraid that things would not be good, and the Italians would not be satisfied.

Speaking of which, this was just a helpless move by the Batavian officials, and the order of Amsterdam made them unable to deal with it at all, not only to argue with reason, but also to avoid conflict, so after thinking about it for a long time, the Batavian officials decided to make two preparations, first of all, to draw troops from the surrounding area to assemble outside the city in case of a possible conflict with the Italians, and the other was to appease the Italian fleet and show that they had no malicious intentions, so they sent some living supplies to the Italian officers and soldiers.

Of course, whether such preparations will have any effect, the Dutch officials have no bottom in their hearts.

The first troops gathered around Batavia, many of them indigenous soldiers, were truly doubtful in combat. The number of white troops currently around Batavia does not exceed three thousand people. And sending some daily necessities, how effective this can be, it is unknown.

Of course, in this case, Governor Luton also made a wise decision.

In the Lanfang camp on the edge of the Kun River, Liu Enguan, who is the chief of Lanfang, is listening to the report of the brothers below.

"Chief, the Dutch on the Natu really withdrew. I took my brother all the way for nearly a hundred miles, and the Dutch did not see anyone at all. ”

"It's the same with our reconnaissance in Quentin, the Dutch have already retreated."

"It's the same thing we see at Mount Büller."

Several spies sent out reported the situation one after another, which made the leaders who were stranded here at the scene smile.

After the spies finished reporting the situation, they saw Zheng Zhengxin and Zheng Leader standing up.

"The chief is really wise, relying on the help of the Italians, without spending a single soldier and a single bullet to let the Dutch obediently slip away, it can really be said that it is like that...... That...... That Zhuge is in the world. ”

Leader Zheng racked his brains and finally smoothed out the sycophants, which was really a bit embarrassing, and at the same time, this big old man.

And as Leader Zheng opened his head, a burst of rainbow farts singing praises to his face immediately came.

"Lao Zheng is right, I and the elder are very supportive of the commander-in-chief's decision, as long as the chief opens, let me go west, go west, never east."

"That's right, I admire the chief's decision, and everything will be up to the chief in the future."

“……”

Liu Enguan looked at the scene in front of him and felt very interesting. You must know that these people complained about all kinds of yin and yang two days ago, but today they immediately showed all kinds of loyalty.

If anyone really believes them, then he will be sold and he will have to count the money.

"Okay, everyone knows the news, so you don't have to worry about the Dutch, wait for two days, everyone will go back, after all, everyone needs you to feed them."

Liu Enguan's words did not make these people stop patting their ass, and immediately a more turbulent wave of sycophants rushed towards them.

"Chief, where is it, it is a blessing for me to be here to watch the Chief-General drink the Dutchman."

"Yes, yes, we have great admiration for the chief, and I hope we can follow the chief for a few days."

This person is like this, when he is not allowed to go, he wants to leave, but he is unwilling to let them go one by one.

It's not that these leaders are confused, these people are like monkeys. It should have been unclear and not safe here. Now that everything is clear, they want to keep it and see what good they can get. Chief Liu has already seen through these tricks.

After sending these leaders away, Liu Enguan asked a person close to him. "Is Leader Liang back?"

"Just came back and rested in his room."

"I see, you go get busy."

After branching out the others, Liu Enguan came to Liang Luyi's house alone.

"Who?"

"It's me."

Liang Luyi, who opened the door, opened the door with a tired face, and after Mr. Liu closed the door, he thanked him in a low voice. "Lu Er, you and the brothers below have worked hard this time, you have made great contributions to our Lanfang, I will not forget it."

"Chief, where is it, it's all for the future of the big guy. The only thing is that it's a pity that the people of that village and two foreigners. ”

"Lu Er, this time it's going to rot in the stomach, don't be known."

"Don't worry, chief, I know this in my heart, and I will never tell anyone."

"Then you can rest first, I'll go first."

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Chief Liu left, leaving only the tired Leader Liang.