Lett Mapplethorpe, the chief representative of the Dutch East India Company in peace talks, stared angrily at the Hanzhou Prime Minister in front of him, and was very dissatisfied with some of his statements in refuting the terms of the agreement.

"You Hanzhou plundered Ambon twice, and also looted Kupang, as well as several of our East Indies trading stations. All the wealth there is the inherent property of our East India Company, and you must return it!"

"Mr. Mapplethorpe, attacking your East India Company's trading stations and strongholds is an act of war." Pan Qifeng said seriously: "We at Hanzhou have attacked several of your strongholds only for military purposes. But.

Our soldiers in Hanzhou strictly abide by military discipline and have never committed any robbery. As for the looting and damage to some of your trading stations, I think it was the work of the local natives."

"..."

"No, your Hanzhou's special rights and interests in the northern part of Timor Island can only be limited to Dili City and cannot be expanded. This is the minimum requirement of our East India Company."

"Our Hanzhou's daily traffic in Dili City naturally passes through the entire northern end of Timor Island, and individual supply points are set up during this period. This is the most reasonable and appropriate requirement for our Hanzhou."

"If you divide Hanzhou according to your division, you occupy almost two-thirds of the entire Timor Island. This seriously erodes the existing rights and interests of our East India Company."

"As far as I know, your East India Company actually doesn't have much commercial interests on Timor Island. It's just a transit supply point for you to and from the Spice Islands." Pan Qifeng smiled, "And once we sign the peace

Agreement, our Dili City, oh, no, it has been renamed Zhenhai City. It can also provide supplies to the merchant ships of your East India Company. So, you see, your East India Company has not actually lost anything.

There is also an additional temporary supply point.”

"..."

"Batavia is the ruling center of our East India Company and the most developed commercial and trade center in the entire Far East. We have expressed our greatest sincerity by fully opening the market here to you, Hanzhou. But you, Hanzhou, have only

The markets on Timor Island in Dili City and Xinxiang City are open to us, which is obviously unequal."

"How can we not be equitable?" Li Renchang, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Hanzhou, replied seriously: "In the future, Dili City and Xinxiang City will be our main foreign trade windows. Various commodities sent by your East India Company will be exported to these two cities.

When the land gathers together, it will eventually flow to our Hanzhou mainland. This is equivalent to our Hanzhou completely opening the entire market to your East India Company."

However, our East India Company wants to directly monopolize all import and export material trade in your Hanzhou mainland by virtue of our superior maritime transportation capabilities and mature business methods, instead of letting you Hanzhou just set up a trade transfer station on Timor Island.

Selectively purchase the goods we ship.

The peace negotiations between the East India Company and Hanzhou lasted for nearly ten days, and they only reached agreement on a few terms. Later, the two sides proposed to take a temporary break and submit their objections to their respective decision-makers in order to make concrete decisions.

Deployment. The next phase of negotiations will move to Batavia next month.

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November 28, 1641, Batavia, Governor's Palace.

"If we admit that they occupy the entire Han continent, then the Holenburg we built not far from Jianye City (today's Port Kitts in northern Australia) will be a very embarrassing existence in the future." Batavia

Navy Commander Colonel Duckman Barek said with a wry smile: "Moreover, we have spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build this stronghold. If we give up just because we want to reach a reconciliation with Hanzhou, it would be a bit... a pity.

.”

"How long do you think it will take for Hanzhou to discover the existence of Holenberg?" Governor Cornelis van der Lin asked.

"This... I can't tell." Colonel Duckman Barek hesitated and said: "Maybe a few months, maybe a few years, it may depend on God's will. However, Holenburg is hidden deep in the bay.

It’s located next to a small river. If you don’t search carefully, you won’t find it easily.”

"Are there any properties of economic value near Holenburg?"

"Except for the endless forest and many jumping pocket beasts, there seems to be no valuable property. If those trees can be cut down and processed, they may be of some value. However, based on the current situation of Holenburg,

I’m afraid we will need to go there regularly for at least one or two years to bring the supplies needed by the garrison personnel.”

"Does your navy really want to own this stronghold in order to deal with the threat from Hanzhou in the future?" Governor Delin asked.

"Yes, if our East India Company holds Hollenburg, whether it launches an attack on Hanzhou or blocks the Hanzhou mainland in the future, it will be a wrong supply stop," said Colonel Barek.

.

"In the next stage of negotiations, we can admit that they possess the entire continent of Hanzhou, but we must also recognize and respect our special rights and interests in the entire East Indies. Without our permission, they are not allowed to occupy any of the East Indies.

Establish a stronghold." Governor Delin said categorically: "As for the Hollenburg we built on the Hanzhou continent, in order to ensure that it is not discovered by the Hanzhou people, I suggest that the navy designate an armed merchant ship to replenish it regularly.

The number of people in this stronghold is limited to the minimum number of people."

"In terms of market opening, Hanzhou must also list their homeland as an open place, allowing our East India Company to trade without restrictions. As a reciprocal, our East India Company can promise to open the strongholds we control and

The sphere of influence is also open to Hanzhou. Can a local power that has only been established for six years still develop strong industrial output strength?"

"As for the return of the property that was taken from our East India Company during the war, we can do so without recourse. But all the employees they captured must be released unconditionally, and the so-called repatriation model based on individual wishes cannot be implemented. Because we don't know that the Hanzhou people

Will we use force to keep our former employees in their country?"

Rowlett Mapplethorpe, the chief representative of the peace talks, hesitated for a moment and asked softly: "Your Majesty the Governor, the Hanzhou people require us to clearly delineate the sphere of influence of the entire East Indies, so that when they establish new strongholds in the future, they can avoid

Open an island belonging to the East India Company."

"The entire East Indies is so vast, with thousands of islands, how can we clearly divide it?" Governor Delin asked in surprise: "Can they Han Chinese describe the geography of the entire Han continent?"

"My Lord Governor, the Hanzhou people... have really clearly mapped out the entire Hanzhou continent and its affiliated islands." Rowlett Mapplethorpe said, "Moreover, I also saw the map they drew.

, the geographical situation of the entire northwest, west and south of Hanzhou is basically similar to the sketch drawn by Major Abel Tasman. In addition, they also drew the geographical situation of the east and southeast of Hanzhou."

"How did they do it?"

"How did they do it?"

Governor Delin and Colonel Barek asked in unison.

"How the Hanzhou people did it, I don't know. But when they showed me the map of the Hanzhou continent they drew, they seemed very confident and proud. I think the Hanzhou people have already mastered the map of Hanzhou in the past few years.

The entire continent has been explored in detail." Rowlett Mapplethorpe said: "So, they are very determined to take possession of the entire Hanzhou continent and its affiliated islands."

"Mr. Mapplethorpe, since you have seen the map drawn by the Han people, what is the shape of the entire Han continent? Can you draw it from memory? ... How big is the entire continent?" Barek

the colonel asked curiously.

"The shape of the entire Hanzhou continent is like...like a crab shell, with a long sharp corner sticking out from the north..." Rowlett Mapplethorpe picked up a pen in his hand and drew while talking, "

From my point of view, the Hanzhou continent is equivalent to two-thirds of the size of our entire Europe."

"Such a vast land!" Colonel Barek said in surprise: "How many Han people need to immigrate to fill this continent?"

"If they want to occupy this continent, they really need countless immigrants. Then, the various materials they need must also continue to grow." Governor Delin's eyes flashed with a strange light, "If our East India Company can monopolize

Most of their business channels, this is undoubtedly a very large market. They will be like Russia now, commercially barren and let us run wild."

"Sir Governor, do we need to make certain concessions to the territorial claim claimed by Hanzhou?" Rowlett Mapplethorpe heard from Governor Delin's words that the East India Company's most important clause was commercial, that is,

Hanzhou needed to fully open its market to the East India Company.
Chapter completed!