Java, Batavia.

In this Dutch colonial city that is increasingly like a stagnant pool, representatives of the two East India companies in Britain and the Netherlands finally waited for the envoy of the Spanish Philippine Governor who was late.

Unlike the colonization methods of the Netherlands and Britain in the East Indian Ocean, the Spanish colonial control of the Philippine Islands was not developed by colonial companies, but officials sent by the Spanish kings. At the beginning, the Philippine Islands were also subordinates of the Spanish American colonies and were the place for raw materials.

In order to get involved in the spice trade in East India, Spain sent five expeditions, and worked hard to finally gain a foothold in Luzon. In 1521, the Magellan expedition arrived in Luzon. In 1565, Spain invaded Luzon and captured Cebu Island. In 1571, it invaded Luzon and built the city of Manila.

The name Philippines came from King Philip II of Spain, which was used to express respect for Prince Philip at that time.

From the construction of Manila City to the present, the Spaniards have been in the Philippine Islands for seventy years. During this period, there were both wars with the indigenous people of Luzon and battles with maritime merchants from the Ming Dynasty in the north. But in the end, they became the largest force in the Philippine Islands, the Philippines' Governor, the Supreme Emperor of Luzon.

In the past two years, Governor Philipbin in Manila has not lived well. First, the Dutch, who was once their territory, became independent and established the Federation Republic. These pests took advantage of Spain's battles on the European continent as the main glory of Catholicism, but they even went all the way to the East to compete with them for the trade interests of East India.

These damn Dutchmen joined forces with the British to collude with pirates on the coast of Ming Dynasty to block Manila, intercept Ming Dynasty merchant ships to trade with Manila, and also blocked Chinese coastal areas and prohibited Spanish merchant ships from going to trade with China. The Spanish finally broke the blockade and seized a piece of land at the northern end of Formosa, but these damn Dutch people stirred the Japanese shogunate to prohibit Spanish merchant ships from going to Japan to trade with.

After entering the 1930s, the Spanish were far behind in East India and were suppressed by the joint efforts of the Dutch and the English.

After the Han Empire suddenly emerged in the northern Han Empire, the situation of the Spanish in Luzon became even worse, and Formosa's stronghold was seized. Many mercenaries and ships were captured. The five-country agreement signed finally proved to be nothing more than a cunning trick of the Han country.

It is precisely because of this that the English, Western, and Dutch, who were originally hostile to each other in the East and repeatedly fought openly and secretly, only then did they sit together this time. They no longer care that the English and the Dutch are devilish Protestants.

"Okay, we are finally sitting together again now. I believe everyone understands the difficult situation we are facing now. If we don't join forces, we will all have to get out of East India. Those damn Han people have completely stopped giving us any chance. These people eat meat themselves and don't even give us some soup. We will never tolerate it!"

The British envoy John shouted loudly. In fact, the English have always wanted to interfere in the East Indies over the years. Unfortunately, they came earlier than the Portuguese, and their strength in the East has always been inferior to that of the Spanish and Dutch people. After working hard for many years, they can at most pick up some leftovers. Fortunately, they have quickly adjusted their direction over the years and focused on the direction of India, and have gained a lot. However, the strongly rising Han Empire also seriously threatened the interests of the England East Indies Company.

Today's meeting is a re-dividing of the three major colonial forces of the East India Company and formulating new trade regulations to break the differences and unite against the rise of the Han Empire.

The British East India Company was the leader of this alliance. John had reached an agreement with the Dutch and Indian companies. They had agreed that the Portuguese colonies in India would belong to the British. The Portuguese territory in Malacca would belong to the Dutch. What they gave to the Spanish was the Northern Spice Islands.

However, the Spanish were not vegetarians. They were willing to come because they did feel the serious threat from the Han Empire, but it did not mean that they were willing to be led by England and the Netherlands. Moreover, the kings of Portugal are still the kings of Spain. Naturally, the interests of the Portuguese in the East Indies should be attributed to them.

"I think we should talk to the Portuguese first. Maybe they are willing to draw a clear line with the Han Dynasty and work with us to deal with the Han people."

"The Portuguese are now shamelessly holding the thighs of the Han people. They ordered several warships and more than a dozen merchant ships from the Han Dynasty not long ago." The Dutch and India Governor General said angrily.

John didn't want to talk to the Portuguese, not to mention that the Portuguese had a good relationship with the Han people, not to mention that they were eager to take this opportunity to swallow up the Portuguese's business port in India. Goa has been watched by the British for a long time.

"It's okay to talk about it. As long as the Portuguese cancel the shipbuilding orders with the Han State, and together with us, impose sanctions on the Han State."

The British's terms of peace talks were to hope that the Portuguese would join them, and all commercial ports from Luzon to India to the Persian Gulf were not allowed to enter the port, nor were they allowed to supply them.

At the same time, the Dutch would block the Sunda Strait, and the Portuguese would also block the Malacca Strait and prohibit the passage of merchant ships from Han countries. The Portuguese would sign an agreement with them to prohibit the sale of spices to Han countries. In short, it would be necessary to completely block the passage of Han countries' merchant ships from the East Indies and drive them out of the East Indies, and they would not be allowed to intervene at the seas in Europe.

Portugal also had to take off the ship and take people to prepare to conquer Singapore together and drive the Han people out of the East Indian Ocean Islands.

The Dutch also added a piece of the Portuguese territory in the Moluca Spice Islands, which must be handed over to the three countries of England, Joseon and Europe, and completely withdraw from the Spice Islands.

This is an extremely harsh condition.

But the Spanish were willing to talk to the Portuguese, they wanted to deal with the Han country, but they did not want to see the Netherlands, and the British had too much power in the East Indian Ocean.

However, their expectations were dashed, and the Portuguese ignored the good intentions of the Spanish. They hated the Spanish more than they hated the British and Dutch people. These Portuguese were worried about the Spanish king's defrauding the Portuguese throne through the game of succession.

Moreover, they had long discovered that Britain, Jose and other countries were coveting their territory in the East Indian Ocean, and they were all a group of greedy poisonous snakes. In contrast, although they were also taken away by the Han people from Macau, at least the transactions after that were not bad.

"The ships made by Han people are both cheap and time-saving. Why do we need to look for the Dutch? Unless the Dutch can give lower quotations and faster completion time, we will never stop shipbuilding orders with the Han people."

The Portuguese in Malacca did not want to go to war with the Han Dynasty. They no longer had the time to dominate the sea. Now they are not enough to maintain their achievements, so how can they talk about such ambition?

The rejected Spaniards returned to Batavia and gave up explaining the Portuguese union and proposed another plan instead.

The Spaniards hope to occupy Malacca themselves.

The Dutch had long been in love with Malacca. They now control Batavia and the Sunda Strait. But if they could also control the Malacca Strait, then the East Indies would be the only one.

But the Spaniards refused to let the Dutch succeed. The Dutch had already controlled the Sunda Strait and wanted him to occupy Malacca again. Although the Spaniards had their own secret Pacific route, they could lead directly from one end of the Timor Sea to America, but they were unwilling to let the Dutch take advantage of the situation.

After repeated negotiations, representatives of the three countries of Britain, Joseon and Spain finally reached a preliminary agreement in Batavia.

The Netherlands and Britain cannot establish colonies on the Malay Peninsula or sign any treaties with local rulers, and the two countries recognize Spain's rights in Malacca.

Britain and Spain cannot establish colonies on Sumatra or sign any treaty with local rulers, and both countries recognize the Dutch's rights and interests in Sumatra.

The Netherlands and Spain cannot establish colonies in Britain or sign any treaties with local rulers, and both countries recognize British interests in India.

Spain and the Netherlands will hand over all their strongholds and interests in India to the United Kingdom.

The UK handed over all his strongholds and interests in the Moluca Spice Islands to the Netherlands and Spain, where the Netherlands owns the southern tribes of the Moluca Islands and Spain owns the northern tribes of the Moluca Islands.

In this treaty, Spain will have interests in the entire Philippine Islands and the Malay Peninsula. The Netherlands will have interests in the entire Java and Sumatra, and the United Kingdom will have interests in India.

After dividing the sphere of influence, they also made trade agreements.

For example, merchant ships from three parties can enter the territory of the other two families, but a fixed fee agreed upon by both parties is required.

The three parties cannot hinder the other party from trade with any local forces, and cooperate to fight against the Han Kingdom and eliminate pirates active on the East India Sea.

In addition, the three parties also have detailed plans to fight against the Han people together.

In this plan, the Dutch will dispatch 17 battleships of more than 74 guns, the British will dispatch ten battleships of more than 74 guns, and the Spanish will also dispatch ten battleships.

The three families will take the initiative to dispatch 37 main battleships, and will also gather hundreds of small and medium-sized ships to form a huge maritime joint fleet to attack the Han people's Singapore, the Portuguese Malacca, and the Aceh port, etc.

The representatives of the Three Kingdoms were all full of strong confidence in their joint fleet.

Thirty-seven battleships, even in Europe, were also extremely powerful. The entire UK now has only more than one hundred main battleships in service. Although they still have double the main battleships in service, those battleships are in the process of being sealed.

Under no special circumstances, the British Navy only had more than 100 main battleships. Now the three families have gathered 37 battleships, which is equivalent to the strength of two or three fleets.

"Even if those Han people can steal the shipbuilding technology of our Dutch people, they will never be able to steal advanced maritime combat capabilities in just a few years. What's the use of having a ship? We will all sank to the bottom of the sea!" The Dutch raised their glasses arrogantly.

"When it comes to naval warfare, who can compare with our Spanish Navy in today's world? The Spanish Navy is the strongest in the world!" The Spanish envoy also raised his wine glass and his nostrils were facing the sky.

The British envoy and the Dutch envoy looked at each other and showed sarcastic smiles at each other.

The Spanish Navy has long been no longer glorious, and we are the strong men at sea today! The envoys of both Britain and the Netherlands thought so. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!