The Chinese navy defeated the Dutch fleet in Penang Port. When news came, even the American minister, Machason, who thought the Chinese could win, was surprised.

Madchason and Ye Zhao have known each other for a long time and have studied the new ideas of the Chinese people more seriously. The China Times and Guangdong News are both must-read newspapers. Therefore, he knows more than anyone else that the potential of South China may have. He even firmly believes that as long as South China is ruled by the Regent and does not cause trouble, it will inevitably become a new force that no one dares to underestimate.

But this day came earlier than he expected.

Mainstream newsprints such as Guangdong Daily, Ningbao and other mainstream newsprints all described the great victory of the Pingyuan Navy in passionate words. In fact, the Pingyuan Navy did not carry any reporters with the army this time. A few photos of the Dutch warships were still trophys from the Battle of Pontianak. They had just been sent to the South, but were rumored by several newspapers as Dutch ships captured in the Battle of Penang and Hong Kong.

The Southern Kingdom once again set off a wave of fundraising. Wu Chongyao and other southern giants worked together to donate one million taels of silver and asked to buy ships for the Navy. Rishengchang Li family donated 200,000 taels alone to help the Nanbao preparatory. I think the words of the Regent have always been the big stone in the heart of the Li family.

The donations from all walks of life in the south of China exceeded 10 million taels. Even Shanghai, a free trade port, Chinese businessmen also donated generously, with more than one million taels of donations. Many Chinese businessmen joined the Southern Dynasties household registration. In this era, when dealing with foreigners, Chinese businessmen could clearly feel the discrimination they received when the country was weak and the people were poor. Even now in Shanghai, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the British and French Concessions began to treat the merchants of the South and North countries differently, and were even prepared to absorb one or two Southern merchants to become directors of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in order to better cooperate with the Southern Dynasties government and govern the Shanghai Concession.

More than 10 million taels of silver were a timely rain for Ye Zhao. This war not only united people's hearts, but also stimulated the development of the Southern Dynasties' military industry even more quickly.

When the Fuzhou Shipyard was trial production, the third large shipyard in the southern country, Wuchang Shipyard, also began its inspection and preparation stage. Wuchang Shipyard is different from Guangzhou Shipyard and Fuzhou Shipyard. Before it began preparations, it was defined as a military enterprise.

In the Inland River, maintaining a large military ship manufacturer has very realistic and important significance, both now and in the future.

In fact, in Shanghai, Yingshang Nicoson began to operate Xiangsheng Shipyard, and several shipyards in Hong Kong are also expanding. Although they are far different from Guangzhou and Fuzhou's two shipyards, they can also be used as a useful supplement to the southern shipbuilding industry. Even a shipyard in Hong Kong is already cooperating with Guangzhou Shipyard to provide Guangzhou Shipyard with some parts that can be produced within its capacity.

Chinese merchants have or are building shipyards in Seoul, North Korea, Tuo Tam, Vietnam and Nagasaki, Vietnam. In other words, it is more suitable to call shipyards. They can only provide necessary maintenance and repairs for ocean-going ships. Shipbuilding is just a sand boat or fishing boat in the near-shore, but its significance to the Pingyuan Navy is self-evident.

Sometimes when looking at the map, Ye Zhao sighed. Before he knew it, in East Asia, the Pingyuan Navy had gradually made his mark.

Ye Zhao was not surprised at all when Hilton's visit. At this time, he had to listen to the price of the British.

In the garden and pavilion of Xiyin Academy, Hilton admired the colorful flowers and tasted Chinese tea, and said comfortably: "In London, I can't drink such delicious tea."

Chinese tea is like opium to the British. For a long time, the precious metals it plundered from the Americas were transported to the East for such drinks that they could not stop.

Precious metals are always poor, but tea is refurbished every season. In the end, British merchants finally found China's weakness, that is opium. In fact, the British sold opium in many countries, but only destroyed one China. It is impossible to say that if a nation is content with the status quo and confines its thoughts, it will be easier to be controlled by such psychotropic drugs.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Let me go back and I'll help you send some packs to your house."

Hilton waved his hands repeatedly: "No! Thank you for your good intentions." He knew that the tea he was tasting now was extremely precious even in the east, as if only a tea tree on the top of Wuyi Mountain could produce such wonderful tender leaves, and its value could not even be measured by money.

The supreme ruler in front of him can almost be said to have the power to use the entire country's resources. Even the European kings under the feudal system have never enjoyed this. In the West, perhaps only by deducing upward into slavery countries can the king have such a huge power to allocate resources without being restrained.

However, what he admired was that the ruler of the southern country, in fact, had been constraining this power and the various codes formulated were adjusting the distribution of social resources without exception, recognizing individual ownership of social resources, and trying his best to make the leverage for regulating the distribution of social wealth resources more effective.

In fact, many theoretical things were realized only after reading the works of His Highness the Prince.

The breeze is blowing and the weeping willows are shaded, and the stone pavilion is cool.

Ye Zhao had turned around and ordered the servants, obviously it was about sending tea. Hilton smiled bitterly. This southern ruler was enthusiastic and heroic. Of course, he also had the capital for heroic spirit. The Eastern royal family was really not comparable to that of the European royal family.

His personal impression of this prince is excellent, but it is difficult to say that Hilton will not forget his identity in Jinling City. He can't make the Far East the dominant Chinese, let alone after controlling the waters of the East Indies, he will face the Strait of Malacca. With Hilton's understanding of this prince, he will sooner or later have no choice but to have the idea of ​​the Golden Sea. He must give the Dutch a breath and ask him and the Dutch to go to Southeast Asia. None of these two families can really overcome each other.

This is how he wishes, but Hilton knew that this prince was difficult to deal with. Besides, the Dutch country's small strength was declining and the Chinese had pierced the cowhide lantern in Southeast Asia. The French said they would take advantage of the situation and robbery. Restricting the French's strength on the European continent is the most important national policy in London.

"Your Highness, it's time to stop the war in Southeast Asia." After a period of time, Hilton and Ye Zhao stopped giving up their cold diplomatic rhetoric, such as the East Indies war destroying trade prosperity, etc., are all words on the negotiating table, and they seem unfamiliar in private use.

Ye Zhao laughed and said, "I want to stop, but I'm afraid the Dutch will not agree. Besides, you should have heard that the Dutch have started killing people in Sumatra and Java, and they killed me, the people in the Qing Dynasty." After speaking, his face became serious and said, "Let's forget it? You said, should I, the regent, step down?"

Hilton was really dissatisfied with the Dutch's actions. It was easy to kill people and vent their anger, but it was difficult to end.

Perhaps Hilton and other Westerners themselves did not realize that from this moment on, they truly regarded the Chinese as members of civilized society, and the lives of the Chinese became lives, and there was a significant difference between killing the Chinese and killing the natives.

Hilton thought, saying, "I am also very indignant about the Dutch's behavior. As long as you agree to a ceasefire, our country is willing to mediate so that such incidents will no longer occur. At the same time, urge the Dutch to improve the living conditions of Chinese workers."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and said, "If the Dutch agrees to our country's free trade in Southeast Asia, I have no objection to the truce."

After hearing what Ye Zhao said, Hilton finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, with Ye Zhao's character, he has to take advantage of drilling holes and stealing holes, let alone the situation is getting better now. But sometimes only by taking a step back can the sky be broad.

This is the first time that China has challenged the maritime power of European countries. No matter what, in terms of cultural traditions, there will always be gaps between the East and the West. If you rely on the advantages of the current battlefield to pursue it relentlessly, it will inevitably arouse the alertness of the British. The sudden rise of an Eastern empire will definitely make European powers unaccustomed. If it is combined with aggressiveness, it will make it even more uneasy.

Not to mention whether the golden sea routes such as Malacca and even this empire threatens India? I’m afraid that the British will start to consider this issue.

China is not yet rich now, and it has just stepped onto the world stage. It is not wrong to be cautious. It is easier to gain respect by showing its own force appropriately, as if a hedgehog is just offensive.

Moreover, there may be more things to get at the negotiating table, and Ye Zhaozi would not easily cease to truce the war. He continued: "But before the ceasefire, I hope to form an inspection team with your country and send officials to Sumatra and Java to inspect the survival status of overseas Chinese, and to ensure that the Dutch respects the various personal rights of our compatriots."

"Examination team?" Hilton was quite fresh.

"Yes, civilians can be used, officials can be used to investigate the two islands in an objective capacity."

Hilton nodded, thinking that this prince has a lot of new ideas and sounds quite good.

Ye Zhao said again: "Mike, I reiterate that the armistice negotiations can only be negotiated based on the existing control areas of both sides."

Hilton understood Ye Zhao's meaning, which was naturally because the Chinese required to own most of Borneo, including ports on Sumatra Island such as Penang.

The news is difficult to pass on, and the telegrams of Singapore and Batavia have not been released, which has made the Dutch clearly know his bottom line and saved the pain of mediators running around.

Hilton was slightly in trouble, and the Dutch were afraid that it would be difficult to agree to peace talks, let alone negotiate on the basis of agreeing to the Chinese occupying Borneo, Penang and Hong Kong.

Ye Zhao smiled at this time: "Mike, when I move to my new house, I will hold a *** dance party to entertain envoys from all over the world. I will also like to give you a glory to you."

Hilton was shocked and thought of the power plants under construction in Guangzhou and Nanjing. He heard that the power installed in the Ganwang Palace had undergone full load tests for five days and five nights, and everything was normal.

Today, the AC and DC generator orders are generally snowflakes. If the current generator assembly speed is based on the current generator assembly speed, I am afraid that the orders will be scheduled ten years later. The electrical bank is improving generator components so that they can be assembled and produced efficiently.

I was originally planning to order one and send it back to China, but I couldn't get the goods in a short time. It seems that I would ask the Regent for help. Although Hilton was not a scientist, he also keenly realized that the popularization and application of electricity would inevitably lead the industrial production model to a new stage.

South China, the vibrant South China, is increasingly afraid to be underestimated.

Hilton nodded slightly and smiled, "It must be certain, thank you for your invitation."

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Chapter completed!