1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 390 Ultimatum
When Ye Tingfan's men used crowbars to pry open the wooden cargo box, Elvis and Wang's hands stretched to their waists involuntarily, preparing for the worst.

Ye Tingfan pulled away the straw laid on the upper floor, and what came into view was a brand new steam engine.

The foreign code on it is impressively printed: Made in California.

"This is California cargo, why is your cargo ship flying the British flag?" Ye Tingfang asked vigilantly.

"Sir, California and the Dutch East Indies are embargoing each other. If the Dutch East Indies wants to buy goods from California, they can only use the hands of a third country." Elvis replied with reason.

Elvis' answer dispelled Ye Tingfan's doubts. Indeed, if the Dutch East Indies want to buy California goods, they can only ask a third country to come forward.

As for why Ye Tenghui bought steam engines and other gold panning equipment from California, the reason is also very simple. The gold panning industry chain in California is relatively mature, and the gold panning tools produced in California are very popular among miners.

As far as he knows, even the various gold mines in Australia use gold panning tools produced in California.

Ye Tingfan took Ye Tenghui's face into consideration, and dismantled another wooden cargo box. Seeing that it was still a steam engine, he waved his hand to let it go.

Changing Ye Tenghui snorted coldly, and pulled the goods to the mine.

After Liang Yao arrived in Xiangshan, the reaction of the governor in Guangzhou was far less intense than the last time Liang Yao came to Xiangshan.

Both Xu Guangjin and Ye Mingchen, Liang Yao of the Qing Dynasty were only resting in Xiangshan temporarily, and would not rashly go deep into the hinterland of Guangdong.

Of course, even if Liang Yao really wanted Chen Bing to go to the city of Guangzhou, they would have nothing to do with Liang Yao.

In the name of the Umbrella Company, Liang Yao issued an ultimatum to the Governor of the Dutch East Indies, Sir Albertos Jacobs Dumar van Teves.

In the letter, Liang Yao claimed to have obtained evidence of crimes against humanity committed by the Dutch East Indies authorities in the East Indies, and asked Tevez to stop all crimes against humanity and to stop targeting Chinese and indigenous people in Borneo, especially It was the massacre of Chinese Americans.

At the end of the letter, Liang Yao requested that he and the Indian authorities withdraw their troops from Borneo, apologize to the Qing and American governments for the massacre of local people by the Dutch and Indian authorities, and provide corresponding compensation.

After receiving Liang Yao's letter, the 45-year-old Tevez laughed angrily. He had never seen such an outrageous ultimatum.

The Dutch and Indian authorities slaughtered natives and Chinese in the East Indies, so what does Liang Yao have to do with him?
This American general's management is too wide.

Of course, Tevez would not agree to Liang Yao's conditions, and he quickly wrote back to reprimand Liang Yao for being greedy and rude, and warned Liang Yao not to be whimsical and try to get involved in the East Indies.

What Liang Yao was waiting for was Tevez's rejection letter. As soon as the reply letter from the governor of the Netherlands and India arrived, Liang Yao assembled a team and set off from Xiangshan to Borneo in a hurry.

"Don't leave some reserves?"

Fremont asked before boarding the ship.

Fremont felt that it was too reckless to go up with a full stud. Liang Yao's current sea power was already at the limit of California's mobilization ability. massive sea power.

"Our strength on paper at sea is not as good as that of the Dutch and Indian authorities. Instead of being timid and retaining the reserve team to preserve our strength, it is better to fight to determine the world and win Pontianak directly." Liang Yao said.

If strength and conditions permit, Liang Yao would of course also want to keep a reserve team in case of emergencies.

Right now, Liang Yao's sea power is not dominant at all, and keeping the reserve team will only widen the gap between him and the Dutch and Indian authorities' sea power.

If the first game is lost, what can he do with the reserve team he left behind?

The ships of the Guangdong Navy also removed any flags that could show the identity of the Qing Dynasty in Huangpu, and sailed to Xiangshan Port and Liangyao Round.

In addition to the three loach-class ships, the Guangdong navy is most often equipped with rice boats, Tonganshuo boats and Dayangyangshuo.

The rice boat was originally a civilian transport ship known for its fast speed and strong hull. The largest rice boat measures only nine feet five feet (31.67 meters) in length and two feet and six inches (6.87 meters) in width.

The situation with Ansel and Transocean is not much better.

The dimensions are seven feet two feet (24 meters) long and one foot nine feet (6.33 meters) wide.

The captain of the transoceanic shuttle boat is eight feet two feet (27.33 meters) long and two feet six feet (8.67 meters) wide.

The tonnage of these ships is only two hundred tons, and the old artillery on board is only a few.

The firing conditions of these mini boats are also very harsh. Only when the wind is calm and the sea is calm can they hit the enemy ship, otherwise they will just hear it.

According to the British Royal Navy Ship Classification Standard announced by the British Navy in 1817, the last sixth-class ship in the British Royal Navy is a small gunboat with 20-24 guns, and the shortest length is 38.1 meters. The minimum displacement is also 450 tons.

That is to say, the sixth-tier ships of Great Britain are placed in the Guangdong Navy, and they are all treasures that can be used as flagships.

Even though Liang Yao was already mentally prepared, the poverty of the Guangdong Navy still surprised Liang Yao.

What the hell are these ships? Except for the loach-class ships, if you want to find a ship with a displacement of more than 300 tons, you can't find it.

Not to mention oceangoing sailing for such a ship, even offshore defense is enough.Maybe even the ships of the Southeast Asian pirates are better than the ships of the Guangdong Navy.

The Guangdong navy was already the most capable navy in the Qing Dynasty before the Westernization Movement.

The only consolation is that Xu Guangjin and Ye Mingchen did not object to Hong Mingxiang's expedition in the name of exterminating pirates.

Xu Ye and the two knew that Hong Mingxiang was taking the Guangdong navy to go to sea with Liang Yao to earn extra money, so they turned a blind eye.

"The Guangdong Navy doesn't have any bigger ships?"

Seeing the moment when the Guangdong Navy set off for the fleet, Liang Yao instantly felt that his 10 US dollars had been given too much, and it was a blood loss.

In the case of the Guangdong Navy, at best it can only be used as an atmosphere group to enliven the atmosphere.

"These are already the essence of the Guangdong navy." Hong Mingxiang said with a dry cough.

Liang Yao was speechless when he heard the words, so he had to order to sail.

Not long after the fleet sailed out, a third-tier fleet of the British Far East Fleet flying the Mi Zi flag was following Liang Yao's fleet, watching every move of Liang Yao's fleet.

The third British Governor of Hong Kong, Wen Xian, learned of the changes on the Borneo Road through the mouth of Sir James of the Brooke Dynasty. He was very interested in whether Liang Yao could overturn the dominance of the Dutch and Indian authorities on the island of Borneo.

Liang Yao ignored the British. The British in Hong Kong did not respond to the actions of the Dutch and Indian authorities, which showed that the Hong Kong British authorities had no intention of intervening in the dispute between Liang Yao and the Dutch and Indian authorities.

Of course, from another perspective, it can also be understood that the Hong Kong British authorities, like the Dutch and Indian authorities, did not take Liang Yao seriously at all. They all believed that Liang Yao's strength was not enough to change the current power structure in the East Indies.

(End of this chapter)