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Chapter 699
But Putmans showed a strange expression: "The temporary government formed by the local expatriates has declared allegiance to your Kyushu Army, and it is clear that your Kyushu Army is behind it."

"Mr. Putmans, you have to be more cautious in what you say. All these are spontaneous actions of local expatriates. If they voluntarily pledge their allegiance to our Kyushu Army, we certainly don't mind taking them in. After all, their roots are in our Chinese land. "Xiong Wencan said.

"So is your Kyushu Army going to help them?" Putmans stared at Xiong Wencan's expression, trying to see the attitude of the Kyushu Army behind him through the reaction on his face.

"Is your East India Company going to help Frangji?" Xiong Wencan asked Putmans back, also wanting to see the attitude of the East India Company.

"If the Kyushu Army intervenes in the war on the Malay Peninsula, our East India Company will definitely help the Franc Robots. I hope that the Kyushu Army can properly handle this matter." Putmans said.

"What if we don't intervene in the affairs of the Malay Peninsula?" Xiong Wencan asked.

"That depends on the war on the Malay Peninsula." Putmans said, "We have only one principle, the Strait of Malacca, as one of the only ways for us Westerners to travel between the Far East and Europe, must be passed by We manage it ourselves. And the Malay city-states, as some small city-states on the north side of the Malacca Strait, are the buffer zone between us Westerners and Siam, so we must maintain the independence of the Malay city-states, and the overseas Chinese coalition forces cannot go south to annex them.”

Xiong Wencan nodded frequently: "I understand what your East India Company thinks. As for our Kyushu Army's opinion on this matter..."

Putmans leaned forward slightly, eager to get the attitude of the Kyushu Army: "How is it?"

Xiong Wencan touched his chin and said, "No comment."

"Huh?" Putmans seemed to be deceived, and his face became aggrieved. "I told you so much, but you didn't say anything? Not even a threat?"

"I said I have no comment, the time is up, please." Xiong Wencan called the yamen servant.

"I protest, you are cheating, shameless!" Putmans still yelled dissatisfiedly when he was taken out by the yamen servant.

Xiong Wencan probably heard the East India Company's thoughts: "It seems that the East India Company does not want to easily intervene in the war, and it will give us more time to prepare."

Three days later, Xiong Wencan brought some officials of the Cochin Chief Secretary to the pier of Shenglong City, ready to welcome the arrival of Zhili Fleet Commander Nelson.After they notified Nelson, Nelson immediately wrote back and rushed to Shenglong City to discuss with them the handling of Nanyang affairs.

The six ministries established by Chu Yun are different from the previous six ministries. Although the Ministry of War superficially manages military affairs, it actually manages logistics more and belongs to the civil service system.The Ministry of the Navy is a military system and has the same status as the Sixth Department, so Xiong Wencan's position is slightly lower than Nelson's, and it is also a matter of etiquette to come to greet him.

"I heard that General Nelson has not participated in the war for a while. The Nanyang Fleet often fights in Nanyang, and the Beiyang Fleet also occasionally participates in wars in Dongying. I wonder if the Zhili Fleet will suddenly intervene in the Nanyang war. Will there be any pressure?" Some officials of the Chief Secretary of Cochin had never seen the Zhili fleet and had doubts about the actual combat capabilities of the Zhili fleet.

In their impression, after Chu Yun entered the capital, the Zhili Fleet has been silently taking on the mission of guarding the capital and patrolling the East China Sea. Beat the surrounding native sailors to pieces.So everyone knew about the existence of the Zhili Fleet, but few people understood how terrifying the Zhili Fleet that Chu Yunxue had hidden was.

"But I heard from the officers of the Nanyang Fleet that many of their Nanyang Fleet officers were trained under the officers of the Zhili Fleet. Those officers of the Zhili Fleet are sea warriors who have experienced many battles. If there is no war, you should not be slack." Xiong Wencan and Deng Qianlong, the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, knew each other when they were in Guangzhou, and they learned a lot about the Ministry of the Navy from Deng Qianlong.

"Look, the ships of the Zhili Fleet have arrived!" An official shouted.

Everyone looked to the east of the river, and they saw a formation of warships approaching.The leading sailing battleship is twenty feet long, the mainmast is twenty feet high, the Qinglong flag of the Admiralty is fluttering, and the three-story artillery deck is like a fortress city!
When the huge battleship docked, the waves splashed onto the pier, startling the officials who were very close to the edge of the pier to take several steps back.

A huge and cold muzzle facing the pier, most of which are cast iron cannons, of which the 32-pound long cannons shocked the officials of the Chief Secretary of Cochin.

The main ship of the Nanyang Fleet, the Daqin, is a battleship with more than 50 cannons. It is already the top warship in Nanyang, and this sailing battleship has hundreds of cannons, and it is even bigger than the Daqin. many.This shocked the Chief Secretary of Cochin who had never seen the Zhili Fleet and thought that the Nanyang Fleet was the strongest fleet among the three fleets of the Kyushu Army.

"Victory..." Xiong Wencan had seen the Victory two or three times before, and was still quite shocked when he saw the Victory, the heaviest tonnage of the Navy Department of the Kyushu Army.

After the huge battleship Victory docked, the gangway stretched out, and a man less than 30 years old came down surrounded by a group of naval officers.

Um? ! !When Xiong Wencan saw the man who was less than 30 years old, his eyes widened suddenly, as if he saw an extremely impossible thing happen in front of him.

In addition to Xiong Wencan, there are a few other officials of the Chief Secretary of Cochin who also showed astonished expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

"Is that man General Nelson? I heard that his daughter is in her 20s. He should be in her [-]s or [-]s this year. Why does she look so young?"

"No, look, he's not wearing a navy uniform, it's quite different from other men."

Most of the Cochin Chief Secretary whispered to each other, wondering why a man under 30 years old appeared at the front.

Xiong Wencan hurriedly shouted to his subordinates in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, this is the military leader of our Kyushu Army, the leader of the six divisions, and the supreme ruler of the tens of thousands of miles."

Master Lord!The officials of the Chief Secretary of Cochin who had no chance to see Chu Yun all changed their colors. No one thought that this consul who manages the boundless territory would appear here!

　Chapter 700 is about to come, and the author has neglected the existence of the protagonist, so he increased the role of the protagonist in the second half of the book, and sacrificed some rationality for this. I hope everyone will forgive me.

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(End of this chapter)