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Chapter 657 Batavia Conference (Part [-])
Batavia, the stronghold of the Dutch in the Spice Islands, has become increasingly prosperous since the Dutch took over, but almost all European businessmen who want to buy spices must come to Batavia.

At this time, Batavia gathered ships from the Netherlands, Spain, France and other countries, and the situation gathered!

The Spanish galleon docked, and Acuña, Governor of Manila, disembarked with a group of people.Just at this time, the warship of the Frangji people also arrived in Batavia, and the governor of Malacca, Mascarlo, also brought a group of people down.

"Mascarlu, I didn't expect that you are still alive and well. You were not caught by the Orientals when you were the governor of Macau?" Acuña teased.

"You old guy is still alive and kicking, I can't leave before you." Mascarro said sarcastically, "It's not easy for you in Manila, the local Chinese businessmen are becoming more and more powerful, and they have surpassed the Spanish businessmen to become the most influential in the local area. The Shang Gang, but you are in charge, I am afraid they have long been dissatisfied."

"Hmph, it's not your turn to worry about our Manila affairs, we will naturally have a way to deal with them." Acuña and other Spanish colonists were obviously not very angry with the Francois.

Although the two countries are now managed under the name of the Spanish emperor, it was only the declining Francois who were forcibly merged by Spain, and the Spanish emperor became their king inexplicably.In general, the two sides are still very clear.

Cohen, the governor of the Netherlands who initiated the Batavia Conference, brought Putmans and other East India Company people to the pier to greet them with his hands behind his back.

After the three highest rulers of the three Western countries met here, they stared wide-eyed, because the relationship between them was too complicated.The countries behind them fought and fought in Europe, and the Netherlands gradually became stronger. After becoming a "sea coachman", it fought against the former maritime powers Spain and France to fight for hegemony.So when it comes to the issue of the Netherlands, Spain and France are on the same front again at this time.

"Acuna, Mascaru, it's really embarrassing to see you two old guys again." Cohen took the initiative to greet the two.

"You Netherlands has been in full swing recently, and you have repeatedly wanted to break away from the rule of our Spanish emperor, but you have to take the initiative to ask us for help. Doesn't it feel a bit embarrassing to the Federation of the Netherlands?" Acuna said.

The governor of Malacca, Mascarlu, and the Frangji merchants he brought were even more dissatisfied with Cohen: "In the past 20 years, you have tried to capture Malacca more than once, and you have also robbed our Frangji fleet in the waterway near Java Island. , causing people to panic, we have to settle this account carefully when we have time."

"Old friends, shall we settle the previous accounts later? Now that the sleeping lions in the East have awakened, the top priority is to curb their momentum in time," Cohen said.

"If His Majesty the Emperor knows that we will join forces with your Federation of the Netherlands, it is estimated that after the war, I, the governor of Manila, will also be removed." Acuña still said.

"You have been the governor of Manila for decades. You should have retired long ago. Before you leave, make a little contribution to your successor and the country. Please, some directors and generals of our East India Company are already waiting for you on the board of directors." Cohen greeted everyone Follow him to the parliament building built by the Dutch in Batavia Harbour.

"In addition to you this time, I also invited envoys from Johor, Zia, Malay city-states, and even Siam to discuss major issues." Cohen said to everyone as he walked.

The countries he mentioned are the Spice Islands and some small indigenous countries on the Indochina Peninsula.

"These backward natives, why did you find them? Many of them have grievances with us." Acunia and Mascaru asked.

"Wars always require some cannon fodder. The biggest disadvantage we have in the Spice Islands is the small number of people. 800 to [-] people are great, and these indigenous people have a population of hundreds of thousands. It is easy to pull out a cannon fodder army of [-] people." Cohen said.

"The natives will help us?" Mascarlu was still a little puzzled.

"As long as you give them some benefits, and declare that the Kyushu Army is the rebel army that occupied the Ming Dynasty, burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of crimes, these natives will join us. They still have a good impression of the former Ming Empire. After entering Daming, they all expressed their dissatisfaction with the Kyushu Army." Cohen said.

"Cohen, you are really insidious." Mascaru and Acuna said.

"It's just some small tricks, and the fighting power of the natives can't be put on the table at all. If our countries didn't fight in Europe and could send the main fleet over, why worry about the infiltration of the Orientals into the Spice Islands."

"It's a pity that infighting is a human instinct. No one wants to see who becomes bigger. I hope we can still guarantee our interests in the Spice Islands."

"If those people in Europe know that we have formed an alliance here without permission, they will probably be furious. They are obsessed with fighting for hegemony, but they ignore the power of the Far East, thinking that the Far East, like the natives of the Spice Islands, can be easily conquered with thousands of people. "

The three governors left here with one sentence and one sentence, and entered the port of Batavia.

On the pier, a lean and dark dock worker was carrying a sack of sugar onto the boat. He glanced at the Western governors leaving the pier.

"What are you in a daze for, hurry up!" A Dutch overseer waved his whip, urging the dock workers to work faster.

Bah, the dock worker spit secretly: "Sai Linmu."

"What are you talking about?" The supervisor in the Netherlands couldn't understand Hokkien, but he knew that the dock worker must have said something bad about him, so he pulled a whip, making the dock worker scream in pain.

The other aboriginals and Han laborers around looked at them and shook their heads, not to be provoked, so why bother to offend the Dutch people.

However, Cohen and the others had already left the pier and did not notice the normal scene on the pier.

Cohen pushed open the door of the parliament, and more than a dozen senior officials of the East India Company and envoys of the indigenous kingdoms who had already been inside stood up, and all looked at the coming Francois and Spaniards, more or less with some hatred.

"Everyone, all the influential forces in the Spice Islands have arrived. The purpose of today's Batavia Conference is not for anything else, but to curb the evil Kyushu fleet going south. According to our information, they have already captured the Annan Kingdom and The Champa Kingdom plundered their royal family, ministers and nobles to the Central Plains, looted all their gold and silver treasures, and massacred the city, blood staining the rivers along the banks." Cohen stood at the position of the chief of the board of directors, talking nonsense.

(End of this chapter)