Since 1827, when John Clunis Ross and his family came to settle in the Cocos Islands, it is estimated that the Clunis Ross family has not left the Cocos Islands for a long time, which is why John III would say such stupid things.

Don also doesn't know where John III got his confidence, the geographical location of the Adan Islands is important because the Adan Islands are almost far away from the surrounding areas, located in the very center of the Indian Ocean, so the Adan Islands will have strategic value.

The Cocos Islands are relatively close to the Strait of Malacca, but this "relatively close" means that the distance is also more than 800 kilometers, so Don really doesn't know where John III got the confidence to offer such a price.

"In that case, can you do this, next to the main island and the west island, give me an uninhabited island, and I can give you rent, but the lease term must be more than 99 years." Don also has a backup plan, if he can't buy the Cocos Islands, then look for an island in the Cocos Islands that can be used.

"No, I know what you want to do, either buy the entire Cocos Islands for 142,000, or you get nothing." John III was not stupid and directly rejected Donn's backup plan.

"Are you sure?" Don is not in a hurry, the Adan Corporation has more powerful energy than John III imagined.

"Of course I'm sure! It's not negotiable at all, and if you want to get the Cocos Islands, then you have to do what I say. John III had no fear, and did not think that Done's warnings were very powerful.

"Good—" Donn didn't talk nonsense, and left the Cocos Islands that night.

Then the next day John III was in trouble.

Cocos Islands dried coconut kernels were mainly sold to an East India company for profit.

Coincidentally, this company in the East India is subordinate to a South African company.

So the next day, John III received a notice from the East India Company to rescind the contract signed at the beginning of the year for the purchase of dried coconut.

The East India company signed a purchase contract with the Cocos Islands on a one-year basis, and the Crunis Ross family's main income came from the sale of dried coconut.

John III did not expect the East India company to tear up the contract, and immediately took the initiative to go to Batavia, East India, to seek a solution.

The general manager of the East India Company is called Huang Renshi, who is said to be a distant relative of Huang Zhonghan, and after the independence of the East Indies from Dutch colonial rule, the Huang family became the first prominent family in the East Indies, monopolizing more than 80 percent of the East Indies' foreign trade.

What John III didn't expect was that when he came to Batavia, he didn't get the opportunity to meet Huang Renshi at all.

In the Cocos Islands, John III was the unbeatable king, but in the East Indies, known as the "Land of a Thousand Islands", John III was nothing.

There are 17,508 islands in the East Indies –

Oh, no, after accepting the German islands in the Pacific, the number of islands in the East Indies has exceeded 18,000.

So the Cocos Islands are really nothing to the East Indies, and Huang Renshi said that if he can't see John III, he won't see it, so the members of the Huang family won't care what John III thinks.

"That's it, Mr. Huang has been very busy lately, so he doesn't have time to see you, you don't have to waste time-" Huang Renshi's company is called Huanyu Trading, and the person who received John III was a trainee manager, and he looked at John III with undisguised contempt, and he didn't care what John III thought.

"Sir, help, I only need ten minutes, even if it's five." John III pleaded, shook hands and quietly presented a twenty-rand note.

Twenty rand!

Well, in fact, twenty rand is not less.

The trainee manager looked left and right, and found that no one had an idea, so he unknowingly put the banknote into his trouser pocket, and then reluctantly agreed: "Okay, I'll go and fight for you again, but don't get too hopeful, Mr. Huang is very unhappy today." ”

"Thank you, thank you very much—" John III had a faint sense that something was wrong.

The result was three hours.

Three hours later, the trainee manager finally showed up and asked John III to meet Huang Renshi.

Huang Renshi is no more than 30 years old this year, his office is larger than the living room of John III's house, and the decoration is extremely magnificent, and a female secretary in uniform asks John III to see Huang Renshi, who does not squint all the way, and does not even dare to look around.

"John, what do you want me to say? Sourcing dried coconut from the Cocos Islands? No, no, no, you don't even know what you've done wrong, our agreement has been nullified and there is no possibility of resuming it. "Huang Renshi was as ruthless as Huang Shiren, leaving no room for John III.

"Wong, we've always had a good relationship, and our dried coconut from the Cocos Islands is of the best quality in the entire Indian Ocean region," John III tried to convince Wong.

"No one denies the quality of dried coconut kernels in the Cocos Islands, as I said earlier, you don't know what you're doing wrong, let me tell you, Mr. Donne, if he comes to the East Indies, then my uncle will go to Banda Aceh to meet him." Huang Renshi's uncle is Huang Zhonghan, the current speaker of the East India Parliament.

John III did not speak, and swallowed with difficulty.

John III knew that the Adan Company was very powerful, but he did not know that it was so powerful.

Understandably, John III never left the Cocos Islands as an adult, and the Boer War had not yet broken out when he was at university in London.

"Do you understand now? I, my uncle, and even the whole East Indies, Mr. Donne, as the spokesman of Lord Nyasaland, with his supreme authority, can do whatever he wants—I heard that it was Mr. Don who wanted to buy your Cocos Islands, but you offered a price of £142,000, John Clunis Ross III, are you crazy? Huang Renshi was blunt and didn't care what John III thought.

The East Indies were able to gain independence from the Dutch colonial government thanks to the help of the Umbrella Company.

After the establishment of the East Indies, the magnates of southern Africa and the mercenaries of the umbrella company bought a lot of property in the East Indies, and now in the East Indies, nearly 40% of the land belongs to the magnates of southern Africa and the mercenaries of the East India Company, the East India Company under the name of Roque bought almost the entire island of Sulawesi, and the South African company under the name of Xiao Si owns the entire Kingdom of Aceh, just because Xiao Si likes the coffee of the Kingdom of Aceh.

Therefore, John III's indiscretion, Huang Renshi can hardly evaluate, it is normal to appropriately strive for more benefits for himself, but to open a sky-high price to hoard goods is to find death.

"I'm not crazy, I'm just trying to fight for some more benefits, Mr. Huang, you know, the Clunis Ross family has nothing but the Cocos Islands—" John III only now realized that the situation faced by the Clunis Ross family was really beyond the power of the mantis.

"Go back and think about it, just do it in moderation, and give a price that is acceptable to all of us, Lord Nyasaland has just set up an Australian company, if you don't want money, then you can ask for a farm in Western Australia that is larger than the Cocos Islands, I believe Mr. Don will definitely meet your requirements." Huang Renshi gave the most feasible plan, which was also the most beneficial to the Clunis Roth family.

"Then the contract between us—" John III still wanted to make a final struggle.

"Abandon the illusion Mr. John Clunis Roth, whether you agree to this plan or not, it is impossible for us to continue to perform the contract, although you can continue to look for alternatives and see if anyone else is willing to buy dried coconut from the Cocos Islands." Huang Renshi didn't leave a way for John III to live, what do you think, John III has never been a chess player, not even a chess piece.

Although Huang Renshi made it clear enough, John III made some attempts to see if anyone would be willing to buy dried coconut from the Cocos Islands.

To John III's disappointment, not a single one of the dozens of trading companies in the whole of Batavia was willing to buy dried coconut from the Cocos Islands, as if dried coconut from the Cocos Islands had become poison overnight.

It can't be said that even if it is poison, there are people who are willing to buy it, and it is more appropriate to describe it as "garbage".

On May 3, John III came to Paz and approached Don in the hope that Don would buy the Cocos Islands.

John III was also reluctant to give up the Cocos Islands if it was even the slightest possibility.

But the reality is always cruel, John III tried everything, even the Lion City trading company, John III has tried, but no one wants to buy dried coconut from the Cocos Islands.

Just a week ago, a destroyer from southern Africa appeared in the northwestern waters of the Cocos Islands, causing panic throughout the Clunis Ross family.

The Cocos Islands were not peaceful, and during the World War, the Australian cruiser HMS Sydney sank the German cruiser HMS Emden off the coast of North Keeling Island.

The appearance of the destroyer in southern Africa prompted John III to make the right decision, and now John III no longer insists on the price of 142,000 pounds, but takes the initiative to reduce the price to 1420 pounds.

However, John III demanded that the Australian company not pay cash, but to find a new farm in Western Australia for the Clunis Ross family at a price of £1,420.

For such a request, Don of course raised his hands to welcome.

In return for John III's kindness, Donn prepared a 3,500-acre farm for the Clunis Ross family on the outskirts of Pass.

It should be emphasized that 3,500 acres, which translates to about 14 square kilometers, no more, no less.

Of course, considering that the farm is on the outskirts of Pass, it is certainly worth much more than the Cocos Islands.

ps: I'm sorry brothers, I was wrong, this is the real 1023 chapter-