"How could this happen? How could this happen!" Cologne held the newspaper and roared hard. He kicked over everything that could be kicked over in the room. The exquisite tea set was thrown directly into Qianli Lake by him. The splashed lake water wet his robe, making Cologne look particularly embarrassed.

"Why did this happen? Da Yang, why did you come to inform me now!" Cologne said angrily. This newspaper was eight days ago, and Da Yang was only here now.

Da Yang said, "Your Excellency, ten days ago, I went to attend the private banquet of Lord Linhe on your behalf. Two days later, I arrived at Budai Port, but there was no banquet. Some of them submitted my declaration of war. At that time, I sent the embassy staff to inform you, and sent three waves of people, but I never received your reply. So I came here alone. Your Excellency, don't you know that?"

Cologne shook his head in horror and looked at the Japanese woman, but she said, "During this period, no one has visited Mr. Cologne except for the official dispatched by the United States!"

"This is a conspiracy! Conspiracy!" Cologne roared. He walked around the room a few times, but didn't know what the conspiracy was.

Dayang said, "Yes, this is a conspiracy. That Rilinhe said that the messengers who declared war had set out to Batavia a month ago. They tried to let us know the news of the declaration of war at the same time as Batavia. After the declaration of war, the United States seized the company's merchant ships and cargo at the first time. This is their conspiracy, which makes us unable to react."

Cologne was shocked, "That's one hundred and twenty ships, more than two thousand company employees!"

Of course, Cologne did not count the indigenous crews hired, but even so, it was an unbearable loss for the Netherlands United East India Company. In fact, not all ships were seized. During the agreed period of seizure, two ports did not assist or fully assist the United States in seizure requests. First, Nagasaki, where twenty-five Dutch ships were here. Nagasaki pursued the refusal to cooperate with the United States' request, saying that they would neither seize Dutch ships nor form alliances with them to participate in the war. The Tokugawa shogunate protected all legal ships in the port of Nagasaki, and it had nothing to do with it after leaving the port.

Another special port is Daishan Port, which is a port under the rule of the Lujian State. It is famous for its large-scale smuggling of the Qing Dynasty. After receiving the request for assistance, the Lujian State regime ordered all Dutch ships and the Dutch people around the Zhoushan Islands to leave the country, saying that it had no intention of participating in the Sino-Dutch war. This practice was not friendly to the United States, but did not violate the alliance between the Lujian State and the United States. After all, the alliance between the Lujian State and the United States was only aimed at the Qing regime and was not directed to other countries. However, in private, some generals friendly to the United States notified the United States of the Lujian State regime in advance. Therefore, the Jiangnan fleet blocked most of the Dutch merchant ships in the Zhoushan area and sank or captured them.

In contrast to the policy of the governor of Lu, Huang Binqing of Zhoushan, Qiongfan, and the Portuguese in Macau immediately seized Dutch ships and personnel, confiscated their goods, and handed them over to the United States. Obviously, in this war, they were loyal allies of the United States.

Cologne simply packed up and rode to Taipei. The night of running around made him extremely tired, but Cologne did not rest. Instead, he asked to meet the head of state through the embassy. However, he was told that the head of state was preparing for a personal expedition and had no time to meet with Cologne. In desperation, Cologne settled for the second best and asked to meet with Foreign Minister Lin He.

"Hisser Linhe, why do you declare war on the United East India Company for no reason?" Cologne walked into Linhe's office and immediately shouted at him.

Lin He sat at the desk, staring at a small machine on the table. The machine was mainly made of bronze, but the cylinder was made of porcelain. The gears and screws drove a set of exquisite steel knives. After rotating, he quickly ground the coffee beans into powder. Lin He obviously tried it several times, and the room was filled with the aroma of coffee.

"No reason? You Dutch attacked our stronghold in South Africa. Since you have taken action, we will accompany you to the end. The open declaration of war is a manifestation of a gentleman. Why is it for no reason?" Lin He asked while fiddling with the grinder without raising his head.

Cologne said angrily, "That's the West India Company's business, it has nothing to do with our joint East India Company!"

Lin He smiled, "Not to mention that the attackers are ships of your East India Company, just trace the origin. Both of you have a large number of common shareholders. How can you distinguish between the two in pairs of pants?"

"No, you, it's just a coincidence that our two companies have common shareholders. It's the investor's business, the rights and responsibilities of both companies, and the regions." Cologne explained with all his strength. He knew very well that not only himself, the East Indies Commission of Batavia and the seventeen local gentlemen in the Netherlands would not have expected the declaration of war, nor would he accept this result. It would be better to curb it in the bud and eliminate the war at the negotiating table before the two sides officially started.

Linhe interrupted Cologne's words "Your Excellency Cologne, you don't have to explain it anymore. It's meaningless. It was the Netherlands who attacked us. We will declare war on the Netherlands. The declaration of war will not only be delivered to Batavia, but we also have channels to serve Recife and Amsterdam. It's just a pity that Europe is too far away and Batavia is very close, so the East India Company has to bear the main anger of the United States. I have to say, I am very sorry."

"Are you so hasty? Elevate the struggle between colonies into war between countries. God, no civilized country will be so reckless!" Cologne said with his fists.

Lin He shook his head, "The land belongs to the land, the colonies belong to the colonies. That is the rules of the game for you Europeans, and it has nothing to do with us. This is the East. For a long time, China has been the overlord of the East. We have formulated the rules of the game here. Therefore, there is no difference between colonies and localities. There are only countries and countries, nations and nations."

In fact, the local area belongs to the local area and the colonies belong to the colonies. This kind of foreign policy that is differentiated is not a bullshit rule of civilized countries. It is more of a last resort. Because the distance is too far, the local area has weak control over the colonies, and there is no clear border between the colonies and there is not enough administrative and security forces. Therefore, conflicts between colonies are very common. The reality is that all colonial countries are cramped along the Atlantic coast. If the conflict in the colonies can rise to war between countries, then Europe will never have peace.

In fact, European colonial countries have always been very harsh on colonies, and regarding colonies as cows. Needless to say, the colonies were colonized indigenous people. Even white second-generation and mixed-race children born in the colonies were also discriminated against. How could the bloodshed of second-class people be valued by the upper class? Only when the local people needed it, the sacrifice of second-class people would be mentioned. For example, in the British-Dutch War, in order to gain public support, the British also took out the ruins of the Ambon Massacre that took place more than 20 years ago, just because it was only useful.

Cologne was not angry, and he didn't know how to speak. The diplomatic habits and norms that Europeans had formed for thousands of years had no effect in front of this new country. Instead, he had to follow their habits and rules as much as possible, which made Cologne difficult to adapt. However, Lin He cleaned up the grinding machine and exposed the most exquisite side in front of Cologne. The delicate porcelain surface was an Iberian-style picture. Lin He asked, "What do you think of this little thing?"

The two words "Not bad!" were squeezed out from Cologne's teeth.

Lin He nodded, "Mr. Da Yang also commented so. Since both of you think it is good, it can be used. This is a gift to the Governor of Portugal of Goa. In the war between you and us, we need such a good ally."

"You will pay the price for today's arrogance." Cologne felt as if he had been slapped in the face, and shouted in anger, then turned around and left the office.

"Let's talk about it when you win the war, Mr. Cologne!" Lin He responded, and this sentence drifted in the corridor for a long time, and disappeared at the end with Cologne's heavy breathing.

Taipei Port.

The north wind has already started, and a small expedition ceremony was held at Taipei Port. A fleet of two main battleships, two cruise ships, four frigates and twelve transport ships went south. The fleet will block the Dayuan Port and transport a land war battalion and two independent brigades of land war forces on the transport ship to the shore. At the same time, a heavy artillery battalion will also be on the shore.

As early as ten days ago, the army had already crossed the border of Bazard Creek to the south. The army had strengthened 400 cavalry, an artillery brigade and two pioneering teams, forming a mixed brigade. These troops are all the troops that the United States can currently draw, and it is enough for the Dayuan Port. After all, there are only more than 3,000 defenders there, and among the defenders, there are only more than 600 real Dutch people, most of them are local and Nanyang natives, and there are also a few Japanese Chezhidans.

Song Laoqi was responsible for all the affairs of conquering Tainan. Military command was only a small part of it. The key was to deal with the problems of Chinese groups in the Dutch-occupied area, indigenous villages and investors in the United States. After all, it was the most valued local area in the United States. With a veteran, it was easier to get support. More businessmen and citizens in China were ready to move. The land in Tainan was fertile but not perfect. For the local residents who were increasingly tight in land, it was a big piece of fat. As soon as the army set out, the local people began to discuss plans to divide Tainan.

The Immigration Bureau also submitted a large-scale immigration plan. Tainan's land is fertile. If it can be developed like northern Taiwan, it can feed at least two million people. The Tainan area near the local area is definitely not the capital and population for development. This means that just because of Tainan, the population of the United States can grow by half within five years, which will be another leap in the strength of the United States.

"The fence-bearing grass raised by this group of bitches!" Wu Mu's indignant voice came into Li Mingxun's ears.

Li Mingxun glared at him and whispered, "You are also the commander of the Marine Corps now, how can you speak so rudely!"

"Head of the People's Republic of China, those group of South-Sea barbarians." Wu Mu argued.

"Shut up your mouth!" Li Mingxun cursed.

Wu Mu's anger was not unreasonable. The targets of his anger were merchant ships that took advantage of the north wind to move south after the fleet left. Taipei is now the largest port in the East, with ships of all sizes anchored here, reaching 1,500 ships at most. Although it is incomparable to the large and three thousand ports of the Netherlands, Taipei's trade prosperity is an undisputed fact.

These ships leaving the port changed their flags one after another. In the past, in order to avoid the threat of pirates and for the convenience of trade in various ports, these ships registered in the United States Shipping Department hung the Golden Dragon Flag of the United States, and paid a large amount of registration and management fees to the United States. However, as the United States declared war with the East India Company, they hung their flags again, with the purpose of not wanting to become prey of Dutch armed ships.

Before the rise of the United States, the number and quality of ocean ships in the East were very low, and most of the ocean trade was gambling. Taking the Ming Dynasty sea ships as an example, the ship owner and shareholders gathered a ship of cargo and went south to Southeast Asia to exchange for the colonists' silver and South China spices, making huge profits, and then sold the ships together.

In that era, raw silk, silk, porcelain and Nanyang spices were hard currency, but none of them were bulk trade goods, so the total amount of maritime trade was not large until the rise of the United States, which changed the trade type in the East that was dominated by luxury goods.

After the rise of the United States, it brought four bulk trade goods - man, rice, wood, and iron.

Starting from the Central Plains, the United States spent eight years migrating a total of 3.2 million people from Shandong, Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi, and North Korea. This number is the official migration number, and there are also a large number of spontaneous immigrants. It requires a large number of merchant ships to Yongning, Taiwan, and Nanyang. The United States ships are definitely not enough, so a large number of civilian ships were rented, which was the Ming Dynasty. After the fall of the main territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Nanyang ships became the main body.

On the basis of this large-scale immigration, the United States purchased a large amount of grain from Nanyang every year. At its peak, the purchase volume exceeded 8 million stones (including private purchases), which also required a large amount of transportation tonnage. Although large-scale immigration has stopped in the past two years and the development of the country has reduced the grain shortage, smuggling grain has become a high-profit transaction, especially the Zhoushan Islands and Kinmen. Every year, smuggled into Jiangnan through these places, the grain in Zhejiang and Fujian was no less than 2 million stones, and the rice in Nanyang was only 8 cents per stone. When sold to the Qing Dynasty occupied areas where wars were frequent, it could reach three or four taels. The Nanyang natives, grain merchants, crew members, middlemen, Ming army and Qing army generals shared the profits of seven or eight times, giving birth to a huge fleet.

The expansion of the fleet promoted the prosperity of the shipbuilding industry. The large-scale supply of tropical hardwood from the Nanyang region to the United States, Qiongfan and Zhoushan shipyards. The large-scale production of grain and timber promoted the demand for iron products in the Nanyang region. The iron ingots and iron tools produced in the United States became the main bulk cargo in the Nanyang region.

The rise of the United States and the wealth of the country increased greatly in the consumption of cloth. At the same time, the Dutch obtained the trade ports in India. More than one million pieces of cotton crossed the Strait of Malacca every year and delivered in Batavia, Haikou, Taipei, Nagasaki, and Yongning. Therefore, the rise of the United States has created the prosperity of the Eastern shipping industry, and the strong maritime strength of the United States is obvious to all. Therefore, in most cases, it is not surprising that those South Asian countries, especially some sultanates who lack prestige, have registered their ships in the United States Shipping Department.

The ancient sea trade in which a ship of cargo was sent to sea and half a ship of silver has disappeared. Now maritime trade has become the main means of bulk transportation.
Chapter completed!