Chapter 1036

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's a dissension of the British."

In the imperial library, Cui Shangan presented the information sent back from Nanyang to Xiao Ming. Although the news has been transmitted much faster in China because of the appearance of telegrams, half a month has passed since the general staff received the battle report of thunder. After all, it is 3000 miles from Indonesia to Canton.

Xiao Ming snorted and dropped the war report on the table. He said, "it's better to believe what it has than not. I'm not sure about Holland. After all, in Europe, Holland's territory is small and its navy has declined. It's easy to compromise under the coercion of power."

"But if we go to war with the Dutch, I'm afraid our rubber trade will be interrupted." Cui Shangan has some worries. As rubber enters every node of the industry, the importance of rubber becomes more and more prominent.

In recent years, even the rubber trade with the Dutch could not meet the needs of the current Empire, so the price of rubber products in the Empire remained high.

Speaking of this, Xiao Ming was even more angry. He said to Cui Shangan, "don't believe that there is any friendship between countries. The Dutch know this better than us. They make a lot of money in rubber trade, but they are not soft on us in terms of price. If we were worried about the shackles of rubber in the industrial development of the Empire, I would have stopped this trade which suffered losses."

In modern times, a ton of rubber can be sold for about 15000 yuan. In this era of scarcity of rubber, the Dutch are even blacker. The Dutch sell 1000 dragon coins per ton of rubber, almost reaching the proportion of one gram of gold and one gram of rubber.

Facing such a huge trade deficit, he had been dissatisfied for a long time, but now he had a solution, so he continued: "I have come up with a solution to this problem. After the collapse of the golden account, the grassland is the assets of the Empire. There is a kind of grass called rubber grass near Tianshan Mountain. If the rubber trade is interrupted, it can be replaced by rubber grass temporarily, and the Empire has been in danger for many years We have been developing rubber tree plantations. Now Hainan generation has a large rubber forest. Generally speaking, it only takes six years from planting to collecting rubber. Now six years have passed, and we can collect rubber. In this way, with rubber grass, the rubber produced by the empire can meet the current needs of the Empire. "

"Rubber grass." Cui Shangan looks surprised. He finds that he knows too little.

Xiao Ming nodded and explained, "this kind of rubber grass is distributed in Tianshan Mountain. It grows vigorously and has a short cycle. It can be planted and rotated like grass. Some of it looks like dandelion. After the surrender of the golden tent, I have arranged some slaves to go to Tianshan Mountain to open up a rubber grass planting base. It is estimated that we will see a harvest that year."

Cui Shangan was relieved, and his worries were all gone. He said with a smile: "the Empire has been blackmailed by the Dutch for many years, and now it can be relieved. In this case, the Empire does not need to fear them. As long as the evidence is solid, we will drive the Dutch out of Asia."

"Whether it's true or not, now order the Ryukyu garrison to be on full alert. Once the Dutch have any trouble, they will be wiped out immediately." Xiao Ming said coldly.

Cui Shangan looked serious and answered.

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Reranzha.

Eric was pacing uneasily in the governor's house, and the news of the capture of Newland had reached him, which made him very uneasy.

Because at the same time that the Chinese Empire spread the news of victory, there were also rumors that mysterious letters were found on Governor Newland.

For this rumor, he can't judge whether it was done intentionally or leaked intentionally.

"Governor Eric, we don't have much time left. Although we don't want to see this, we are Dutch and have to obey the decision of Congress."

Stephen looks at Eric, who arrived in the city 18 days ago, announcing to him a new congressional appointment.

"A group of madmen, you don't understand the horror of the Chinese Empire. The British and French are forcing us to die!" Eric was furious.

Stephen showed a helpless look, he said: "Eric, as a Dutchman, you have to consider the safety of the Dutch people. If we continue to adhere to the policy of being close to the Chinese Empire, we will be blockaded by Britain at sea and attacked by France on land. Do you think we can resist the attack of France? Trade with the Chinese empire is indeed profitable, but the safety of the country is more important. Now is the time for you to make a decision. I'm sure the letters they found must be about the political situation in the Netherlands. If they don't act, it will be too late. "

Eric's face is constantly changing. According to the plan of Congress, they first need to solve the problem of the imperial soldiers in the city of geranja, and then gather the warships and soldiers from Manila and Malaysia to attack Singapore. After winning Malacca, the support of Britain and France will come, and take Malacca as the boundary to prevent the Chinese empire from entering the West.

"Stephen, you have to understand the consequences of this decision, the Netherlands will completely lose the trade routes of Manila, Indonesia and Asia," he said

"The British and French agreed to give us part of the colonial markets in Africa and America to make up for our losses. Eric, open up a little bit. Asia is too far away from us, while Britain and France are too close to us."Turning around and looking at the bloody setting sun falling out of the window, Eric nodded slightly. He hesitated for a long time about this matter. Now it seems that it's time for him to make a decision. After all, the contents of this letter may expose them, and he can't take the risk.

Before the Chinese Empire was ready to complete, they had to flee the city of geranja.

"In that case, we will take action tonight and may God bless us to return to Holland alive." Eric looks firm, Holland is his country, his family are in Amsterdam, he can't leave all this behind.

Stephen breathed a sigh of relief. He underestimated Eric's fear of the Chinese Empire when he arrived, and now his task is finally completed.

At this time, Eric looked at the imperial garrison outside the governor's house and continued: "it's impossible to leave here intact, but our soldiers can't sacrifice in vain. At least we need Chinese rifles and machine guns from the Chinese Empire."

Stephen's eyes seemed to be shining. "Yes, it will sell for a good price in Europe. Eric, you will leave a strong mark in Dutch history."

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