In two days, it was too late for a king's canonization ceremony, but Liu Hong gradually put his words here, and went their separate ways to refute the Wandan people.

But fortunately, Harold is a very good talker, and he needs to announce the news of the restoration of Banten to the people of Banten as soon as possible, and the people of Banten have waited for this day for 80 years, and he does not want to wait any longer.

On August 20, Liu Hongjian held a ceremony for Harold at the palace of the king of Banten, Batavia, and crowned Harold on behalf of the suzerain, only two days earlier, when the situation in Nanyang was reported to the imperial court.

The ceremony as a whole is decent, except that the palace is a bit dilapidated, the officials are a bit like beggars, the banquet is a bit unpalatable, and the order is a bit chaotic, it is okay.

When Liu Hong gradually held up the crown representing the king of Banten, he actually felt a sense of sacredness in his heart, which reminded Liu Hong of Napoleon's refusal to wear the crown of the pope when he was canonized.

As a superior person, he will never allow the king under his feet to disobey the Ming Dynasty, his eyes are deep and benevolent, and when he sees Harold prostrate in front of him, he suddenly feels and says:

"Your Excellency Harold, I hope you will always remember your identity and responsibility, you are the king of the Banten people, shouldering the responsibility of protecting the safety of the people of this land, glory and responsibility are always symbiotic, can you do it?"

"I, Harold, swear with my life, that I will spend my life defending the people from foreign intrusions." Harold said humbly.

"Your Excellency Harold, I hope you will always remember your identity and responsibility, Banten is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will help your country resist strong enemies within its ability, but the country of Banten must obey the laws of the Ming Dynasty and must ensure the safety of the Ming people in this land, can you do it?"

"The country of Banten was restored because of the Ming Empire, I Harold swear by honor, the honor and disgrace of the Ming Dynasty is the honor and disgrace of Wandan, and Banten will obey the laws of the Ming Dynasty, garrison the South Seas for the Ming Dynasty, and provide due supplies and protection for the Ming fleet and merchant ships!"

Although I don't know why Liu Hongjian came to such a paragraph at the canonization ceremony, His Excellency Harold still said loudly and seriously.

"I declare in my capacity as the King of Qin of the Ming Empire, the Regent, and the Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses, Harold, from today onwards, you are the king of the Bandan people!

Congratulations, King Harold! After Liu Hongjian finished speaking, he put the crown on Harold's head and helped him up.

"Anseltim came to Ekumu." Harold bowed to Liu Hongjian again.

Harold turned around, smiled and said to the vassals of the Banten Kingdom and the people who came to watch the ceremony, "Ansai Liangmu came to Ekumu. ”

The dilapidated palace immediately resounded with the cheers of the people of Wandan, and although he couldn't understand what they were saying, Liu Hong gradually understood what they were happy about.

After the ceremony, Liu Hongjian held a brief meeting, and the East India Company's legacy had been fully loaded, except for a detachment that was left as the garrison navy in the port of Batavia, and Liu Hongjian left Batavia with the fleet the next day.

The fleet first reached Sumatra in the south, and then along the port of Sumatra all the way west to the Strait of Malacca, but as soon as it reached the Strait of Malacca, Liu Honggradually became angry.

Unlike Greater Java and Luzon, the entire region of Greater Java and Luzon is controlled by the Dutch, but Sumatra, Manchurian, and Siam are currently condominiums of indigenous kingdoms, large and small Francis, France, and the Netherlands.

The Lesser Franc controlled North Sumatra and the Great Mud, the Grander Franc controlled South Sumatra and Chenla, and France controlled the Champ.

Because the sea power cannot be compared with the Netherlands, these Europa colonists can only temporarily make friends with the local indigenous kingdoms, just like the big Franc machine in the war situation in Macau on the grounds that the goods need to be wet and need to be dried, and the development of the indigenous people's territory is shameless, and with the expansion of colonial trade, the territory of the indigenous people is slowly eroded.

So much so that today's northwestern South Seas is mixed, such as English, Swedes, Slavs, Norwegians, Austrians, Italians, but not many actually have their own large ports.

Many Europa merchants did not have ports in their own countries, so they paid a fee to trade in ports controlled by France, and although they were given a piece of the pie, as colonists, in addition to dumping, they also engaged in robbery, and the profits were still very high.

The Dutch had the largest influence in the South Seas, and in addition to controlling Luzon and Greater Java, the Dutch also controlled Horn Island and Malacca City.

Malacca City is a seaport city, as the capital of Manchuka, providing a steady stream of money for Manchuka, and the answer is that it is the closest route for Europa merchants to the Ming Dynasty.

In comparison, Da Ni Port and other ports are 108,000 miles behind Malacca in terms of throughput and trade scale.

In addition, it was also a necessary place for Europa's colonists to visit the Spice Islands, and Europa had a crazy attachment and thirst for spices due to its geography.

It is for these reasons that the Strait of Malacca has become the golden route of the Europa people to the Spice Islands and the Ming Dynasty, yes, it is a route full of gold, and a full load of merchant ships is almost equal to a full load of gold, and it is complemented by the blood and tears of the natives.

The reason why Liu Hongjian was angry was because after the Dutch retreated, the Dutch colony in Malacca was actually occupied.

Moreover, there was more than one wave of occupied forces, mainly large and small Francis, supplemented by France and Sweden, and the four countries jointly divided the original territory of the Dutch.

As a belligerent and victorious country, the Ming had the right to accept all the rights and interests that originally belonged to the Dutch, and now he rushed over to continue harvesting the fruit, only to find that the fruit had been picked away, and it was also the size of the Ming silk and other trade rights.

How can this be endured?

"Lord Wang, our brother said that the geographical location of Malacca City is extremely important, if we want to make money by sea trade, this Malacca City will not be able to hide." Qi Yuanbi quietly glanced at Liu Hong and said.

Qi Laosan is a complete militant, if it weren't for the two elder brothers to take care of him, he would have been unable to mix in the sailors, seeing that Liu Hongjian was just staring at the sea and not speaking, Qi Laosan decided to add another fire.

"Just you talk a lot! Retire! Qi Yuangong shouted loudly, and Qi Laosan walked to the side to look at the sea.

Although Qi Yuangong was nominally the deputy admiral of the naval division, he was actually the general staff and commander of this combined fleet, of course, if Liu Hongjian did not intend to interfere.

As a commander, Qi Yuangong never thinks about problems, Malacca City and the surrounding countries are numerous, although he is confident in the strength of the Daming Water Division, but if he starts a war rashly, it is likely that Daming will become the target of public criticism.

At this moment, including Qi Yuangong, Qi Yuanfu, Zheng Sen and others, their eyes stopped on Liu Hongji's face.

"What do you see? Are they all idle? Drive the fleet over for me! Fuck it! Liu Hong gradually smashed his fist on the boat gang.