Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The European colonization process in Southeast Asia was first completed by the Portuguese. It was a pioneer country in the whole of Europe and was the ancestor of modern navigation.

Although the Portugal did it very early, it was not the last one to laugh. Due to the military conflict between the land and Spain, the Portugal was once incorporated into the Spanish territory, thus his overseas colonies were also inherited by the Spaniard.

However, Spain was not a nation with a strong national destiny. Even though they had formed an Armada, they were defeated by the British in the end. In fact, during Spain's heyday, the core of its colonial interests was on South America. At that time, Southeast Asia was too far away for Europe.

In Southeast Asia, the country that really filled the gap in the Portuguese was the Netherlands. The coachmen at sea were good at business, and they did not engage in an excessive arms race, but instead formed an East India Company and began to expand towards the distant Southeast Asia.

The Netherlands filled in the blanks of the Portuguese, the Philippines, Da Ma, the star slope, the southern part of the Kalimantan Island … The vast land was controlled by the Dutch, where the rich spices were monopolized and dumped into Europe.

In fact, until the 21st century, the Netherlands is still the world's largest market spice sales, where the price of listed spices became the world's reference price.

Britain was a newcomer to Southeast Asia. At the end of the nineteenth century, Britain's colonies in Southeast Asia only had one star slope area, which was mainly to control the Malacca Strait.

Britain did not seem to be interested in seizing the Dutch's territory. Of course, one of the reasons was the submissiveness of the Dutch, it could protect the interests of Britain in the Dutch colonies. Adding to that the close relationship between the Dutch royal family and the British royal family, it made the British eat a lot better.

The British took control of the Malacca Strait, which they had taken from them. The French colonies were also concentrated in Burma, Annan, India, and other places. The southern islands did not have any of their own.

In fact, the colonization center of English and French was still in Da Qing Empire. Although it was important in Southeast Asia, there was no need to rule it personally. Leaving it for the Dutch to manage would not harm their own interests.

There were many countries in Europe that Xiao Letian could not afford to offend, but the Netherlands was an exception. With the current strength of the Chinese people, it was easy for them to destroy the Dutch army in Nan Yang.

Xiao Letian was worried about the fact that the Dutch had lost and the British had been lured out. This was a diplomatic problem, as long as the Dutch could think of a way to quietly take over the Dutch colony, then it could be carried out smoothly.

Would the Dutch just watch Xiao Letian's Chinese grow up? The answer, of course, was no, or the Dutch governor would not have allowed a bunch of kings to pay for their ships.

The news of the end of the Borneo Battle was personally brought out by the Dutch warship,. When they retreated from the battlefield, they only stopped for a moment to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield, and found that the Chinese had already established a victory, then immediately retreated towards the south.

There was a military port in the southern part of Borneo that belonged to the Netherlands. Where Ma Erweike would quickly generate electricity to Ward and Jakarta, these were two important strongholds under the control of the Netherlands in Southeast Asia, as well as locations for the Governor.

The Dutch Governor, Wei Liyaka, who was in Jakarta, was completely stunned when she received the telegram. He could not believe her eyes, "The hundred thousand indigenous allied forces have received the support of countless of our arms, and they are fighting to such an extent? You can't even hold on for a whole summer? "

"God, why did you create such an incompetent bunch of humans! Prepare a warship immediately, I want to go to star slope to meet the Governor of England! "Immediately …"

Holland no longer had the courage to fight the Chinese, he wanted to do anything with Britain.

That night, a fast destroyer ship headed north in Jakarta, arriving at star slope before the Zhiyuan Warship arrived. As soon as he arrived at star slope, Wei Liyaka was already stupefied by everything that was happening in front of him.

Outside of the harbor, the battleships on the sea were swarming with white sails that covered the sky. Seabirds were flying among the clouds of white sails, and their cries were the sound of the training of the British sailors.

"My God! Did the British bring all the warships in Southeast Asia to the Singapore? What is Governor Philip doing? "

"Governor, look! It's the battleship Melville!" The main battleship that have participated in the war against the Qing Empire … " An old sailor on the deck recognized the huge battleship at first glance.

The Governor took out his telescope and looked into the distance. Sure enough, there was a three storey cannon cabin filled with main battleship lying in wait on the high seas.

"Melville, Bolan..." It was actually more than 74 battleships! Two of them actually gathered together … "

"Look, Governor, the British destroyer fleet is gathering as well... Duroy, Conway, Crocodile... "A total of eight …"

"Transport ship?" Why are there ten other transport ships? Does the British have any ocean-going duties? It's time to prepare for the war... What the hell are they trying to do now? "

When he saw that the main battleship that was touring the Kingdom of Qing were all gathered at the outer seas of the Singapore, he immediately knew that the Governor Philip was about to make a big move.

Could it be that the cunning Englishman also thought that the Chinese were too arrogant and should be restrained?

"That's great, that must be it... Get into the port immediately, I want to see Governor Philip! "

Diplomats, especially those with the status of a governor, had special privileges in the port. After Wei Liyaka revealed her identity as a governor of the Netherlands, the pilot boat immediately approached the patrol boat and started opening up a safe passage in the busy commercial dock area.

Not only that, the patrol boat shouted out to Wei Liyaka, "I'm sorry, my Lord Governor. The military port is currently full and is unable to arrange a pier for your warship.

Wei Liyaka did not have the time to be polite with them. He knew that the Singapore guarding the Malacca Strait was an important military stronghold of the British in Asia.

This was completely packed, which meant that the British fleet was already gathering here in droves. This was something to be proud of!

Since it was no longer a time to fight for diplomatic prestige, the Governor would jump onto the dock. Very soon, the English arranged for the guards to escort them and the carriages to come forward. The group of people quickly rushed to the Governor of England Residence.