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Chapter 417
From the perspective of the Dutch and Indian authorities, the British Empire had enough and vast enough colonies, and there was absolutely no need to compete with them for the island of Borneo.

But the British Empire doesn't think so, and the gentlemen, nobles and capitalists in London don't think too much of the colonies.

On the way to the Batavia Governor's Mansion, Bonham carefully observed the core city of the Dutch in the East Indies region, which can also be said to be the ruling center.

The morale of the Dutch and Indian soldiers guarding the city was low, the sparse pedestrians on the streets looked sad, and there were not enough goods for sale on the shelves of the shops, and some shops even closed their doors.

The Dutch have always been mercantile, and it is unimaginable to see such a scene in the core city of the Dutch colony.

The entire city of Batavia made Wen Xian feel very depressed. You must know that when Pontianak City was surrounded by four thousand Dutch and Indian troops, he could still drink tea and chat with Liang Yao relaxedly.

After seeing the situation of Batavia City, who will be the final winner in the Holwa War and gain control of Borneo Island, Wen Xian already has the answer in his mind.

"Sir Wenham, you are safe." Tevez greeted Wenham at the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

"You are safe, Your Excellency Tevez." Wen Xian said with narrowed eyes, "I heard that your recent situation is not very good. On my way to Batavia, I saw a lot of pirate ships."

Tevez said blankly, "Your Excellency came to Batavia all the way from Hong Kong, you didn't come here to see my jokes, did you?"

"Of course not, this time I am visiting Batavia as a messenger." Wen Xian took out Liang Yao's letter and handed it to Tevez.

Tevez opened the letter, read it hastily, then put it away and said with a sneer.

"Liang Yao's face is so great that you can be your messenger."

"If your Excellency is interested in peace talks, I would rather act as a mediator to mediate." Faced with Tevez's cynicism, Wen Xian didn't take it too seriously.

The British are the ones who can't afford it early, and there is a price to pay for the British to intervene.

Of course, this is also part of Tevez's unwillingness to negotiate peace with Liang Yao now.

Another reason why Tevez was unwilling to negotiate a peace was that he could not accept the terms of the peace proposed by Liang Yao: the withdrawal of the Dutch and Indian authorities from West Borneo, the real compensation of 800 million U.S. dollars, the opening of the East Indies market and the cooperation with Umbrella The company conducts free trade, and the tariff is negotiated by the representatives of both parties. A piece of land with an area of ​​no less than 3 acres is set aside in the city of Batavia for Umbrella to set up an office in Batavia.
Any one of these conditions for peace talks is enough to put Tevez on the pillar of shame.

Unless it is at the end of the mountain and there is no other choice.

Otherwise, Carlos Tevez would not accept such harsh conditions for peace talks.

"Excuse me, please go back and tell Liang Yao that I will accompany you to the end." Tevez straightened his back and said confidently.

"Then I'm afraid you will lose more things." Wen Xian shook his head and said, "With all due respect, your Excellency not only doesn't understand Liang Yao, but also underestimates Liang Yao."

Since the main force of the Dutch-Indian authorities on Borneo Island was wiped out and the senior general of the Dutch-Indian Army Anderson was captured, the Dutch War has entered garbage time.

During this period, apart from sporadic conflicts between the two sides at sea, the war on land came to an end temporarily.

After Elvis easily took down Kandawangan, which was empty of troops, the stragglers of the Dutch and Indian Army huddled in the South Borneo area were in panic all day long, and they didn't even dare to leave their strongholds.

Considering the cost of ruling and the issue of military strength, Liang Yao's focus at this stage has shifted to consolidating the existing occupied areas.Instead of using core armed forces to continue to expand the occupied area.

Liang Yao only has a core force of the Western Brigade. If the occupied area continues to expand, he will also face a shortage of core forces and will not be able to effectively control the new occupied area.

Furthermore, too scattered troops can easily leave opportunities for the Dutch and Indian authorities.

However, although the main force of the Western Brigade is no longer expanding externally.

However, the resistance armed forces of the Chinese Resistance Company still advanced to South Borneo after rearming and short-term training, putting pressure on the remnants of the Dutch and Indian soldiers in South Borneo and the pro-Dutch Sudanese emirates.

By mid-May 1854, armed merchant ships recruited from California arrived in Pontianak one after another. Together with these armed merchant ships, there was a newly built Bold-class steamship and three Loach-class steamships.

With the addition of these new forces, Liang Yao's confidence doubled, and he did not fear the East Indies Fleet of the Dutch and Indian authorities at sea.

Arriving in Pontianak along with the armed merchant ships, there are also California port workers and investors.

These port workers are very experienced, and many of them have participated in the construction of Pearl Harbor, Los Angeles Port, and Jinshan Port.

Now, these port workers will be responsible for the construction and operation of Pontianak Port.

Since the founding of California, California has always been the only one that has imported industrial workers from outside, and there are few precedents for exporting industrial workers.

The last time Liang Yao exported industrial workers was when Pearl Harbor was being built.

And this was already three years ago.

Investors in California are also keenly aware that Liang Yao wants to focus on building Pontianak, otherwise he would not spare so much money.

Therefore, although the war is not yet over, many investors still come to Pontianak with the mentality of seeking wealth and insurance to prepare for a fight.

The successful experience of their peers told them that as long as they follow Liang Yao's footsteps, even if they can't eat meat, they can at least have a sip of soup.

At this time, Pontianak was very lively, and public trial meetings were held almost every day.

With the progress of the public trial, Liang Yao's reputation among the Chinese in West Borneo also increased.

The purpose of the public trial is mainly to liquidate those who committed numerous crimes against the Chinese during the Dutch War.

Some of these people were the management of Lanfang Company, some were traitors who resisted the company, some were local chieftains who acted as accomplices of the Dutch-Indian authorities, and there were even senior Dutch officers in the Dutch-Indian Army.

During the public trial, the Chinese people in the entire West Borneo region were excited.

After the trial of five majors, two lieutenant colonels, and one colonel of the Dutch-Indian Army, the voice of Andersen's public trial appeared for a time.

However, due to practical considerations, Liang Yao does not plan to try Andersen publicly for the time being.

Andersen is one of the most senior generals of the Dutch and Indian Army, and he also has the title of Viscount. Andersen can play a greater role as a bargaining chip than as an object of public trial.

These voices did not frighten Andersen, who was hopeless and eager to die, but they frightened the Sultan of Sanfa and Sultan of Pontianak enough. According to such a public trial law, they will be hanged in the next public trial.

The third Sultan Akamuddin and the Sultan of Pontianak Al Qadri came to Liang Yao crying and mourning, and kept admitting their mistakes to show their loyalty, which made Liang Yao feel dumbfounded.

Liang Yao said to them with a playful smile that if he wanted to show his loyalty, he would send troops to assist the Umbrella Company's mercenary group in attacking the Brunei Sultanate and the new Sultanate in the deep inland area.

Liang Yao was just joking with them at first, but he didn't expect these two idiots to really set off with the broken guns they had just seized from the Dutch Indian Army after they returned.

But Liang Yao didn't stop them, it was also good for Sanfa Sultanate and Pontianak Sultanate to clean up these other neighboring Sudanese chiefdoms.

At this time, the chieftains who are not close to China and have no vision should also spank their ass to let them know the pain.

(End of this chapter)