Li Mingxun knew that Fan Dimen's "selling the country and seeking honor" peace negotiations were the purpose of Fan Dimen's "selling the country and seeking honor". The governor, who spent most of his life to United East India Company, left the capital for the East India Company to make a comeback. Compared with the gains and losses of a city and a place, politicians care more about political influence. Fan Dimen hopes to minimize the disadvantages of the Sino-Dutch war, so as not to become a stinky dog ​​shit like the Portuguese colonial empire that everyone dares to step on.

Vandimen knew very well that everything must ensure that the East India Company preserved sufficient strength and prestige in the war. The key to prestige lies in the gains and losses of Batavia, and strength mainly depends on the naval fleet. The strength of the United States' naval strength is recovering, and there is also the ally of Portugal. Once the war broke out in the land of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the British would join that rank and gather a joint fleet. Even if the East India Company cannot be eliminated, the only few remaining ports can be blocked and the fleet will rot in the high seas. Without the fleet, the East India Company will lose everything.

The enemy of all this is not the United States. Van Dimen has received some news about Big 6 and knows that Li Mingxun is eager to end the war at sea. The greater threat is the seventeen local gentlemen. Van Dimen doesn’t know who they will send. If they are soft boys, they may lose a lot of benefits that they should not have lost. If they are strong men, they may make a wrong judgment and let the war continue. The East India Company also loses a lot.

"Okay, how to cook raw rice and cook it, how to do it?" Li Mingxun asked.

Vandimen said: "It's very simple. Batavia is completely under my control. The East Indies Council is already a rubber stamp. The peace agreement between us only needs you and I to reach an agreement. The next step is to implement it quickly. You need Trincomali. So please send a fleet and more than 1,000 troops to hand over and form a rule in the local area. You generously give us Malacca City. I can draw two-thirds of the troops there, keep the food and gunpowder in the castle to an unbearable siege, and transport the heavy artillery there. If you want the store in Ambon, I can transfer the fleet there and give your country the castle left by the Portuguese to your country, which is enough to make you stand up.

Finally, and most importantly, when our peace agreement is reached, I will send Harus to organize a trade fleet to Taipei, Manila or any city you designated for trade, and this fleet will contain most of the existing fleet until you reach a written agreement with the new governor of Batavia that the trade fleet will return to Batavia.”

Li Mingxun thought about it and said that this was indeed the best way. Vandimen's move was to allow the United States to control and oppress its many strongholds, and to "temporarily detain" the armed ships on which he relied on. This led to a point that the new governor could not put it into practice no matter what his ideas he had, and could only accept the current situation.

"Your wisdom is indeed very owned by people. Lord Fan Dimen, I will always remember your contribution to peace between the two countries." Li Mingxun said seriously.

Van Dimen smiled and said, "This is my honor and for my lifelong career. Mr. Yuan, in fact, we still have many places to cooperate with on the Batavia issue."

"Cooperation? Please tell me in detail." Li Mingxun sat upright.

Vandi tells: "Now, the war between us also involves the Goa Governor of Portugal and the Sultanate of the Massacre Blue. Given that your country and Portugal have not reached substantial cooperation, let's not talk about it for now. We can talk about the Sultanate of the Massacre Blue. This arrogant Susu Hunan seems to be a common threat to both of us. If it weren't for the local power of this East Indies, maybe you wouldn't let us continue in Batavia, right?"

"It is true, I don't deny this. Your diplomatic strategy against Ma against Blue Sultan has been successful. There is a crack in our alliance. At least that idiot thought you would hand over Batavia to him." Li Mingxun said.

Van Dimen nodded slightly, his pale face turned red, and he said, "It's just a trick. My ultimate goal is to reach a peace agreement with your country. On this basis, to protect Batavia, that's all. Please believe that during the secret talks between Yuma and the Blue Sultan, I did not make any suggestions that would harm your country. On the contrary, I know that the stupid Sultan is full of vigilance for you to board Java Island."

Li Mingxun was half-believing and half-doubted about Fan Dimen's words. He signaled Fan Dimen to continue. Fan Dimen said: "Then why don't we punish that stupid guy through this unfinished war?"

"for example?"

Van Dimen coughed lightly: "For example, let him suffer a tragic failure under Batavia."

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "This does not seem to be beneficial to our country."

The Dutch continued to stay in Batavia to keep Java in a battle of two strong powers. If Batavia plots to fight against the blue, will it lead to the decline of the horse fighting against the blue or directly collapse? After all, the Dutch dominate Java is also unacceptable to the United States.

Van Dimen smiled: "No, I think it's good for you."

As he said that, Van Dimen took out a document from his bag. It was a handover document, but it was not stamped. Li Mingxun could speak a little Dutch, but he didn't know this kind of text. Fortunately, Lin He was already proficient in this kind of language. He glanced at it and said in surprise: "This document was handed over to the garrison commander of the West India Company in Mauritius. Among the goods are gold du Carter worth 2.6 million taels of silver, Spanish Rial and silver, gold, and some precious spices, with a total value of over three million taels of silver."

"What does this mean?" Li Mingxun asked.

Vandi's doorway: "This is before the Battle of Java, I controlled most of the funds and important goods in the Batavia vault and shipped them secretly to two ships, which were anchored somewhere in Java. Once Batavia fell, they would go to Mauritius and sent them to Europe by the West India Company ship there.

And now, I hope it will be a gift to end this war, you help us resolve the biggest threat from 6 places, and I pay you."

Li Mingxun stood there, feeling that he had become a gangster. When he thought about it, he suddenly realized that he still underestimated the impact of the Javanese naval battle on the Dutch.

In this naval battle, the United States defeated the Dutch Batavian fleet and blocked the remaining fleet outside Batavia. The Batavian fleet was built by the East India Company to do its best. It not only refers to ships, but also personnel. You should know that the Dutch had a small population in the East India region, and even fewer people could participate in the battle. In order to enhance the strength of the fleet, a large amount of troops was allocated to the fleet, which caused the Batavian city defense capabilities to be reduced to a dangerous level, so that even if Vandimen was sure to break the alliance between the United States and Madailan, he was not absolutely sure to block the siege from Madailan.

On the other hand, this is also a threat. Three million taels of silver is a considerable sum, enough to make up for nearly half of the losses in the Sino-Dutch war and greatly alleviate the financial pressure of the United States. If the United States continues to unite with Martin to fight against the Lan or even Britain besiege Batavia, it will get nothing.

"Three million taels of silver are really heart-warming, but I will not sacrifice the strategic interests of the United States in Java for this." Li Mingxun finally said in the war room for a long time.

Vandi tells: "I just hope that your country will help us solve Batavia's trap. There is no need to destroy horses and fight against the blue. And what you need to know is that once this silver goes to Mauritius, it will never come back. Most of Batavia's wealth is here."

That's right. The East Indies is just a colony of the Dutch in the East. Every year, the wealth traded here will be shipped to Europe together with the scarce commodities, becoming dividends for shareholders. Most of the middle and senior officials will return to Europe after fulfilling their duties. Only those who cannot afford to buy tickets will stay. Most of the funds accumulated are transformed into castles and fortresses and warships. Although the East Indies Company does East-West trade, there is very little gold and silver shipment from Europe. Most of the precious metals used for trading come from Japan, India and Persia, and the procurement costs are also insufficient.

(The main way for colonists to make money is to spend money on Chinese goods, buy Japanese goods for precious metals, buy cloths in India, buy spices in the Spice Islands, and then transport valuable items such as spices, porcelain and precious metals back to the local area. In this process, there is very little start-up capital required)

Van Dimen said it sincerely and had a simple meaning. When the war ended, the East India Company could not provide much compensation, and the cash that could be earned was only more than three million.

"Obviously, you convinced me." Li Mingxun finally chose to agree.

After the Spring Festival in the seventh year of Yongli, Arusha, the messenger of Madai Lan, came to Wendao Port again. This time, his attitude was even tougher than the last time. There was no other reason. After this period, the Dutch in Madai Lan Batavia had more knowledge of the strength of Madai Lan Batavia and concluded that there were less than 20,000 residents in this castle, of which less than half of the immigrants in Europe, and only more than 4,000 Ding Zhuang could pick up weapons. Madai Lan believed that he could attack Batavia independently.

Another reliance is that news from Europe finally reached the far east. Half a year ago, Britain and the Netherlands declared war on the Navigation Ordinance, and many naval battles broke out in the North Sea and the English Channel.

The news came that the two major East India companies in the UK and the Netherlands were at a strife. After all, Britain only had the stronghold of Banten east of Malacca, which was next to Batavia. The United Kingdom also realized that the Sino-Dutch war was a good opportunity to suppress the Dutch East India company, so it hurriedly sought cooperation with the United States. The United States refused to comment on the alliance request it sent, while the British East India company came to Madalan and was willing to assist it in siege of Batavia.

Madalan obtained firearms including artillery from the British, and demand for the United States fell.

But beyond Arusha's expectations, Li Mingxun was not angry and did not ask for the lease of Batavia. Instead, he was willing to assist Madalan to siege Batavia. However, unlike the original alliance, 6 teams were dispatched to send 15,000 troops. The United States provided Madalan with twenty-four various artillery and a large amount of ammunition, many of which were seized from the Batavia fleet and sent a fleet to escort Madalan's transport fleet. All these measures allowed Madalan to assemble an army of more than 60,000 people in February of the seventh year of Yongli to arrive near Batavia, and sent elite soldiers to 6 Ontrust Island to destroy the Dutch shipyard.

Batavia is even harder to fight than fourteen years ago. This is the headquarters of the East India Company. Batavia, which was originally located in a low-lying place, has been transformed at this time. The Dutch's best canal engineering capabilities are fully demonstrated in Batavia. In addition to the moat, there is also a canal deep into Batavia City. Large-tonnage ships can sail directly into the city. A large number of battalions are distributed in the rectangular walls located in the north and south. Half Moon Fort and Niujiao Fort are densely packed with artillery.

When Monda stood outside the east city of Batavia, it had become a battlefield. He vaguely remembered that there were sugarcane and pepper plantations of his family nearby, but at this time it was already in a mess. The army of horses and blue men covered the castle seven or eight miles, with all kinds of livestock and elephants scattered among them. One by one, the flags representing the lord of power fluttered in the wind, and the flags of Susu Hunan were taller than anyone else.

"If the United States troops had arrived, maybe we would have won long ago." Shadick said angrily beside Monda. In the past half month of siege, Shadick's Hindu tribe had lost more than 800 people, accounting for half of all losses. Today he was finally rotated, but Shadick didn't feel happy at all, because Susu Hunan mobilized the artillery supported by the United States, and when the artillery bombed the castle and went in to grab the spoils, the good thing that Shadick had no chance of winning.

"Your Excellency Yuan asked me to tell you that this may not be a good thing." Mengda smiled mysteriously.

Shadick snorted coldly and directed the soldiers to drive the slaves to pull the cannon into the cannon. Susu Hunan originally wanted to use a bull to drag the cannon, but Shadick refused. The punishment he received was to move the cannon to the position. The Sultan did not give him an elephant, so he could only use humans.

Two Europeans came to hand over the artillery, one was a Portuguese and the other was a British. This British was also a pirate corpse in the Sunda Strait. Monda asked someone to hand over the gunpowder to the two foreign firearm commanders in Sudan. No one noticed that there were clicking sounds from several huge gunpowder barrels.

That night, the Dutch used the night to turn some heavy artillery to Dongcheng. The red-burned shells were fired from the barrel. I don’t know how long it took, but a shocking explosion suddenly appeared in the horses and blue barracks.

On the hillside, Lin He saw a dazzling orange light flashing. He quickly closed his eyes, and the fireball spread out, the color changed from orange to red, and finally turned into a huge flame with a diameter of hundreds of meters slowly took off. The surrounding wooden gunpowder depot and the tent built by palm leaves were swept by gunpowder and shock waves, turning into billions of fragments. Everything within hundreds of meters was swept away, and the wood was placed on shells and stones swept across everything. The world seemed to be silent for a moment. Then the entire Batavia city woke up. Lin He felt the trembling of the ground, and the huge roar made him have to cover his ears.

After dawn, when Lin He looked at it again, there were circles of round waves in the center of the explosion of the gunpowder depot. The invisible shock wave created a large pit about 100 meters deep. Everything within three or four hundred meters around was swept away and crushed. The energy generated by the explosion of more than 300 tons of gunpowder instantly took away nearly two thousand people.
Chapter completed!