The air raid on Batavia by the "Albatross" really made the Batavians feel personal pain in the war.

Prior to this, although the Medan army was advancing in Sumatra and the East Indian colonial government was losing and retreating, Batavia did not feel much urgency of the war, and many people still believed that the East Indian colonial government could quell the rebellion in the port of Medan, especially after the Dutch mainland issued a national mobilization, some people in Batavia took the initiative to donate money and materials for the East Indian colonial government.

Unexpectedly, the staunchest supporters of the colonial government of the East Indies were not white immigrants, but overseas Chinese who were even more white than whites.

After the outbreak of the war, many whites left the East Indies to return to Europe, or the nearby Malay Peninsula to escape the war, and the air raids of the Medan Air Force on Batavia prompted more whites to leave.

On the contrary, there are very few overseas Chinese students who leave, the reason why the overseas Chinese students in the East Indies can have their current status is closely related to the colonial rule of the East Indian colonial government, white people can return to Europe after leaving the East Indies, and overseas Chinese students have nowhere to go when they leave the East Indies, so most overseas Chinese students still choose to trust the East Indian colonial government.

Some people believe it, and naturally some people don't believe it, and as the Medan army grows stronger, there are more and more "new visitors" who go to Medan or Nyasaland in search of opportunities.

"What about the RAND Bank in Batavia?" Roque felt strange about many things in this era, such as the fact that the Medan army had occupied the whole of Sumatra, but the Rand Bank in Batavia was unaffected and continued to operate, which was simply impossible in Roque's opinion.

"Everything is normal, as long as we do not declare war with the East Indies, the RAND Bank will not be affected in any way, and the East Indian colonial government will also ensure the safety of the RAND Bank, which is their responsibility." Ida was very proud, Britain was so arrogant in this era, at the beginning of the Medan Army, the British Colonial Affairs Department asked the Dutch government to guarantee the safety of British enterprises in the East Indies, and warned the East Indian colonial government that if the British enterprises in the East India were affected, it might lead to the British government's military intervention.

The Sumatra Agreement of 1824 stipulated that Britain and the Netherlands had the right to enter each other's colonies and enjoyed the greatest rights.

The RAND Bank is registered in Southern Africa, a standard British enterprise, protected by the British government, so even if the relationship between the RAND Bank and the Umbrella Company and the Adan Company is close, the East Indies colonial government cannot anger the RAND Bank.

What's more, after the establishment of the East India Company, the Umbrella Company and the Adan Company had nominally withdrawn from the East Indias, so the riots in Medan had nothing to do with the RAND Bank.

"Where's the business?" Roque was not concerned with the RAND Bank, but with Batavia.

"Very good, Batavia has been attacked by the Medan Air Force recently, and more and more people are choosing to deposit cash in the RAND Bank, and several of our partners in the East Indies are eager to get a chance to meet you, and someone has sent me a hundred thousand pounds—" Ida was triumphant, and her relationship with Roque was not on the table in Europe, but it was normal in the Far East.

Huang Zhonghan, the current richest man in the Far East, is said to have eight wives and concubines and more than 20 children, and Luo Ke is simply a saint compared to him.

"Who is so generous?" Roque was curious, in order to let Viscount Gladstone purchase Nyasaland's plane, Roque gave Viscount Gladstone his first gift of 100,000 pounds.

The gift was worth the money, and the Nyasaland Airlines Group made more than £1.2 million from that transaction, and the key was to get through the relationship with Viscount Gladstone, otherwise there would not have been this deal.

"Jianyuan Trading Co., Ltd., which is the largest enterprise in East India, mainly deals in cane sugar, and the plantations under the name of this company produce one-fifth of the cane sugar in East India, and also deals in rubber, coffee, tea, pepper, vegetable oil, etc., and there are branches of this company in London-" Ida is not much envious, and the scale of the Rand Bank is not bad compared to Jianyuan Trading Co., Ltd., not to mention that Nyasaland has a large number of super giants.

If Luo Ke is not mistaken, this Jianyuan Trading Co., Ltd. should be Huang Zhonghan's industry.

In fact, Ida has not finished speaking, Jianyuan Trading Co., Ltd. in addition to operating plantations, but also operating banking, insurance, voyage transportation, etc., in the current East India, Huang Zhonghan is the undisputed richest Chinese, and the former richest Chinese Zhang Bishi is a while.

Like Huang Zhonghan, Zhang Bishi is another legend, in the seventies of the last century, Zhang Bishi cultivated plantations in East India, and in 1878 in Japan founded the Kawang Reclamation Company, there are 8 rubber plantations alone, employing more than 10,000 people, it is said that one of the rubber plantations, his family took a horse-drawn carriage, walked in a straight line for 4 hours to get out of the park.

After 1893, Zhang Bishi was appointed as the first consul of Penang by the Qing state, and was soon promoted to the consul general of Singapore, and then Zhang Bishi was appointed as the minister of commerce and inspection, and then was appointed as the head of the top dai, Taifu Temple Zhengqing, and the general office of the Guangdong-Han Railway, and the focus of business has long been transferred to the Qing state, and his position in the East Indies was replaced by Huang Zhonghan.

"It's 100,000 pounds just to meet in person, it seems that the plan is not small-" Roque smiled dumbly, and only now did he think about investing, which was indeed a little slower.

For the Chinese in the East Indies, in fact, regardless of whether they are overseas Chinese or newcomers, Roque has no prejudice, after all, they are people under the roof, in the Dutch colony, and it is understandable to obey the rule of the Dutch.

However, for those overseas Chinese who are advancing in the Medan army, but still show loyalty to the colonial government of the East Indies, they will definitely be liquidated after the war, and Roque's requirements are actually not high, even if he does not support the Medan troops, at least don't stab them in the back, so that they may be able to escape after the war.

"Actually, I can't blame them, I dare to guarantee that before the Medan Air Force bombed Batavia, many Chinese in the East Indies probably didn't know where Southern Africa was, let alone the background of the Umbrella Company and the Adan Company, so it is understandable that they were cautious, after all, the Chinese in the East Indies were slaughtered by the Dutch and the East Indians many times, and these shadows have never dissipated, hanging over all the Chinese in the East Indies, God knows when they will suffer bad luck." Ida knows a little more about the history of the East Indies.

Roque is more aware of the current situation in the East Indies, or the future of the East Indies, thinking of those bloody pictures on the Internet, the only little pity in Roque's heart has disappeared without a trace.

"Then I'll see, the head of the State Administration of Taxation still has to give face-" Roque teased slightly, and Ada's eyes were very seductive.

Think about it, Huang Zhonghan has eight wives and more than 20 children, Luo Ke is estimated to be unable to compare with Huang Zhonghan in terms of the number of wives, and the children can work harder, the total number can't catch up, and it's no problem to pick up the average.

The next day, Roque met with the Permanent Shepherd from the East Indies at the Nyasarstate government.

Chang Zimu is the manager of Jianyuan Trading Co., Ltd., and when he met Roque, Chang Zimu first conveyed an apology from Huang Zhonghan: "I'm very sorry Lord, Mr. Huang's situation is special, he and his family are closely monitored by the Dutch, and they can't come to Nyasaland in person, please forgive me." ”

This is understandable, and if Roque is the governor of the East Indies, he will also be wary of all Chinese, including Huang Zhonghan, at this time.

In fact, Roque was already very surprised, according to Roque's understanding of the Dutch, the Dutch should have already attacked the Chinese in the East Indies by now.

Perhaps it was because of the rapid progress of the Medan forces that the Dutch colonial government did not have time to attack the Chinese in the East Indies.

However, in Chang Zimu's mouth, it is obviously not the case: "When the Umbrella Company just launched an attack on Medan, the Governor's Palace had already levied a war tax, and then the Medan troops captured Palembang, and the Governor's Palace raised the tax again, this time we Jianyuan Trading Co., Ltd. had to pay 30 million guilders, and our waist really couldn't bear it——"

Ma Yi is Huang Zhonghan's position, which is the highest position in charge of overseas Chinese affairs.

As for 30 million guilders, this figure is indeed very high, but compared to Jianyuan Trading Co., Ltd., it is not impossible to get it.

It is estimated that Huang Zhonghan's net worth is now about 200 million guilders.

"And your purpose?" Roque doesn't listen to his own complaints, everyone knows how tyrannical the Dutch are, to put it mildly, Huang Zhonghan served as a horse waist in the East India, and he is definitely not good at stubble, so everyone should not say anyone.

"We want to drive out the Dutch and let us Chinese run the East Indies ourselves, so we are willing to help and invest 1.5 million pounds to buy weapons and ammunition from the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group to support the Medan troops." Chang Zimu didn't dare to slack off, Roque's time was very precious, and Chang Zimu had to hurry up.

Regarding the exchange rate between the guilder and the pound, Roque is not clear, so he has to ask Ida about this question.

Ida didn't speak, and made a "twelve" gesture with her mouth.

Roque had a score in his heart, one and a half million pounds, multiplied by twelve, is eighteen million, and there is still a gap between the 30 million that the Dutch wanted.

So Roque smiled.

"This is only the first, and then there will be a second, and the third, not only conventional weapons and ammunition, including artillery, aircraft, cars, and may be within the scope of purchase in the future." Chang Zimu immediately increased the weight, money is not a problem, drive out the Dutch, some have money, but if it annoys Roque, then everything will be in ashes.

"Mr. Chang, for this level of trading, you can go directly to the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group-" Roque doesn't talk nonsense, this amount of money, is it called Hanako?

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