Chapter 1038: Only interest

"The emperor, I'm afraid this is the British trick."
In the imperial study room, Cui Shangan submitted the information sent from Nanyang to Xiao Ming. Although nowadays, due to the appearance of the telegram, the information transmission is much faster in China, but when the general staff received the thunderous battle report, the sudden incident had passed half a month. , After all, there is a distance of three thousand miles from Indonesia to Guangzhou.
Xiao Ming snorted softly and threw the battle report on the table. He said: "This incident would rather be believed to be true than unreliable. I have always been worried about the Netherlands. After all, in Europe, the Netherlands is small and the navy has declined. It is easy to compromise under the coercion of power."
"It's just that if we go to war with the Dutch, our rubber trade may be interrupted." Cui Shangan is a little worried. As rubber enters every node of the industry, the importance of rubber becomes more prominent.
In recent years, even rubber trade with the Dutch could not meet the needs of the current empire, so the price of rubber products in the empire remained high.
Mentioning that Xiao Ming was even more angry, he said to Cui Shangan;
Don’t believe that there is any friendship between countries. The Dutch know this better than us. They make a lot of money in the rubber trade, and the price is not for us. I have no mercy at all. If I were worried that the industrial development of the empire would be fettered by rubber, I would have stopped this losing trade long ago."
In modern times, a meal of rubber can be sold for about 15 thousand. In this era of rubber scarcity, the Dutch are even darker. Every ton of rubber is sold for one thousand dragon coins, almost reaching the ratio of one gram of gold to one gram of rubber.
In the face of such a huge trade deficit, he has been dissatisfied for a long time, but now he has a solution, so he continues: "I have already figured out a solution for this problem. After the collapse of the golden account, the grassland is the asset of the empire. There is a small grass called rubber grass nearby. If the rubber trade is interrupted, it can be replaced with rubber grass temporarily. Moreover, the empire has been opening up rubber tree plantations in recent years. Now the Hainan generation has large rubber forests. It only takes six years from planting to collection. Now that six years have passed, it is ready to be collected. In this way, with the addition of rubber grass, the rubber produced by the empire can meet the current needs of the empire."
"Rubbergrass." Cui Shangan showed a look of surprise, he found that he still knew too little.
Xiao Ming nodded and explained, "This rubber grass is distributed in the Tianshan Mountains. It grows as vigorously as pastures and has a short cycle. It can be planted in rotation like pastures. It looks a bit like dandelions. After the surrender of the golden tent, I have already Some slaves were arranged to go to Tianshan to open up a rubber grass planting base. It is estimated that the harvest will be seen that year."
Cui Shangan breathed a sigh of relief. Now all the worries in his heart disappeared. He smiled and said: "I have been blackmailed by the Dutch for many years, and now the Empire can finally breathe a sigh of relief. In this case, the Empire does not need to fear them, as long as the evidence is conclusive. We completely drove the Dutch out of Asia."
"Whether it is true or not, we now order the Ryukyu garrison to be on full alert. Once the Dutch make any disturbance, they will be wiped out immediately." Xiao Ming said coldly.
Cui Shangan looked serious, and answered yes.
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Jeranja City.
Eric was pacing restlessly in the governor's mansion, and news of the capture of Newland City had reached here, which made him very uneasy.
Because while the Chinese Empire spread the news of victory, rumors about mysterious letters found on Governor Newland were also flying in the sky.
Regarding this rumor, he could not judge whether it was deliberate or deliberately leaked.
"Governor Eric, there is not much time left for us. Although this is not what we want to see, we are Dutch and must obey the decision of Congress."
Stephen looked at Eric, who arrived in Jeranja 18 days ago and announced to him the new appointment of Congress to him.
"A bunch of lunatics, you don't understand the terrible Chinese Empire. The British and French are forcing us to die!" Eric was furious.
Stephen showed a helpless look. He said: "Eric, as a Dutch, you have to consider the safety of the Dutch people. If we continue to adhere to the policy of being close to the Chinese Empire, we will be blocked by the British at sea and on land. Will be attacked by France. Do you think we can resist the attack of France? The trade with the Chinese Empire is indeed profitable, but the safety of the country is more important. Now is the time for you to make a decision. I'm sure they found The letter must be about the Dutch political situation. If you don’t act, I’m afraid it will be too late.

Eric's expression changed again and again. According to the plan of the Congress, they must first solve the imperial soldiers in Jeranjah city, and then gather Manila, the warships and soldiers from two places in Malaysia attacked Singapore, and after the capture of Malacca, the support of Britain and France It will come and stop the Chinese Empire from advancing westward with Malacca as the boundary.
Stephen's series of words made Eric sigh, and he said: "Stephen, you have to understand the consequences of making this decision. The Netherlands will completely lose the trade routes between Manila, Indonesia and Asia."
"The British and the French agreed to give us a part of the colonial market in Africa and the Americas to make up for our losses. Eric, want to open a little bit. Asia is too far away from us~EbookFREE.me~ and Britain and France are too far away from us. near."
Turning around and looking at the setting sun outside the window, Eric nodded slightly. He hesitated for a long time about this matter. Now it seems that it is time for him to make a decision. After all, the content of this letter is very May expose them, he cannot take this risk.
Before the preparation of the Chinese Empire is complete, they must flee from the city of Jeranja.
"In that case, we will take action tonight, and may God bless us to return to Holland alive." Eric looked firm. Holland is his country and his family is in Amsterdam. He can't leave it all behind.
Stephen breathed a sigh of relief. When he first arrived, he underestimated Eric's fear of the Chinese Empire, and now his mission is finally completed.
At this time, Eric looked at the imperial garrison outside the governor’s mansion, and continued:
It’s probably impossible to evacuate from here intact, but our soldiers can’t sacrifice for nothing, at least we have to get the Han-style rifles of the Chinese Empire. And machine guns."
Stephen's eyes seemed to flicker, "Yes, this will sell for a good price in Europe, Eric, you will leave a big fortune in the history of Holland."