When he saw the Dutch-style architecture on the coast of Manila, Eric suddenly felt the thrill of the aftermath of the disaster, and the fear that the night in the city of Geranza slowly dissipated.

Stephen's expression was the same as Eric's, and they did not wait for the soldiers to return to the battleship with their Han rifles and machine guns and flee with them, and the two thousand Dutch soldiers remained in the city of Geranza forever.

"We can't stay here for too long, the fleet of the Chinese Empire with landing teams will arrive here soon, and Manila is too close to Bohol, where there are Imperial garrisons."

Stephen reminded Eric that now he only wants to go to Jakarta, because from Jakarta they can travel from the south to Indonesia to India without going through Malacca, but then they will travel twice as long.

Eric's mood was very heavy along the way, they had a very good relationship with the Chinese Empire, and he was even able to go to Qingzhou to enjoy a good life in his spare time, but all this would be ruined by the group of fools in Congress.

Suppressing his anger, Eric said: "Councillor Stephen, since you dare to fight against the Chinese Empire, you must understand the consequences you will endure, Manila is dangerous, Argouda is also dangerous, congratulations to the Netherlands, we are going to lose everything in Asia, fuck the congressional idiots!" ”

Stephen's face turned red and purple, he was also a member of Congress, and Eric was scolding him to his face.

The surprise and grievance he had received in the past two days also exploded at this moment, and he exclaimed: "You can leave the city of Geranza to serve the Chinese Empire, why follow me, oh, it's not too late for you to go back now." ”

"That's because I'm loyal to the Netherlands, not you stupid pigs." Eric didn't budge.

While the two were arguing, six Dutch warships slowly entered the docks, and Simon, the consul of Manila, was looking at them and shouted, "Hey, guys, what are you arguing about, why don't you get off the ship quickly, I've prepared lunch for you." ”

Hearing this, the two stopped arguing, snorted angrily, and they got off the boat.

Walking up to Simon, Eric said; "Simon, how are you preparing, after eating Chinese food, we are going to Yagda, and the fleet of the Great Chongqing Kingdom will arrive here soon."

Simon's face changed suddenly, and he said, "Why? Have you ......?"

"Yes, you should ask Stephen about this." Eric didn't want to talk about this topic, in order to govern the colonies in Asia, the Netherlands sent a total of one governor, two administrators, Eric to govern the city of Geranza, Simon to govern Manila, and one to govern Jagda, but Eric had the most power, and both of them had to listen to him in their positions.

Stephen looked at Simon and nodded, "We don't have much time to prepare, the British and the French won't give us much time." ”

Simon's expression was complicated, he said: "But this is too hasty, if we leave now we will lose a lot, Manila we have been in business for many years, there are important economic interests here, just the estate and the mine are worth a fortune." ”

"That's no way." Eric said: "We have started a war with the Chinese Empire, and if we stay here, we can only wait for death, and we will evacuate after lunch, and we will not wait for those who have not had time to evacuate." ”

As soon as his words fell, Stephen suddenly said: "Simon can't leave here yet, we need him to contain the speed of the Chinese Empire's southward movement, and the coalition forces also need time to prepare." ”

Eric was completely furious, and he pointed at Stephen and shouted: "Isn't the death of two thousand Dutch soldiers enough?" How many Dutch people do you want to see die? ”

Stephen was also tired of Eric's attitude, he took out a congressional power of attorney from his bosom at this time, and said to Simon solemnly: "Simon, Congress has granted me the right to temporarily dispose of all affairs of the Asian colony, Eric's immediate is now questionable, I ask you to arrest Eric now." ”

Eric and Simon's eyes were drawn to the red ink under the power of attorney, which was indeed a congressional power of attorney.

Simon hesitated, and he finally said, "Eric, I must obey the orders of Congress. ”

With a sarcastic laugh, Eric spread his hands in desperation, and he was then controlled by Simon's soldiers.

Stephen had a smug look on his face, he had had had enough of the arrogant governor of Asia, and in his opinion, Eric was too inclined to the Chinese Empire, which was a cowardly act.

Eric was escorted away, and Stephen said to Simon: "Immediately mobilize all the soldiers of Manila to build a defense against the attack of the Chinese Empire, and if you faithfully carry out my orders, I will definitely apply to Congress to let you return home." ”

Simon's eyes lit up suddenly, after many years of living a boring life in this place away from home, Simon had long wanted to return to the Netherlands.

So he said, "Councillor Stephen, I'll try." ”

Stephen smiled with satisfaction, had lunch in Manila, replenished food and fresh water, and in the afternoon he again headed for Jagorda with the fleet.

There, the Dutch have the strongest power in Asia.

On the docks, seeing Stephen leave, Simon immediately arrives in the prison to release Eric.

Facing Simon with a weird smile, Eric showed a puzzled expression.

"Erik, you have to help me, whether I can go back to the Netherlands or not depends on how I perform this time." Simon said lightly.

"It can't be!" Eric sneered, in fact, he understood that Simon had been sent here only to restrain him, as the two had been on guard against each other.

Now that it was in his hands, he felt a little sad.

Simon understands that he doesn't have the skills to fight, and Eric has fought on the battlefield before, which is why he needs Eric.

He said: "Don't be in a hurry to answer, think of your relatives in Holland, as long as we finish this battle we can go back, if we can thwart the attack of the Empire, you and I will have a greater credit, even if we are defeated, we can escape to Jagda, the Empire does not know the nearby sea as we do." ”

Eric's expression struggled a little, and now he was disheartened, and his only wish now was to be returned to the Netherlands.

Thinking of this, he nodded, "Okay, I'll help you fend off the Chinese Empire, but before that, you'd better prepare a boat, or we'll all die here." ”

"Of course, I've already arranged for someone to go, now you better go and see how to build a defense." Simon's eyes sparkled.

He was more greedy than Eric, and one of the reasons he stayed was to sneak the gold he had looted in Manila, and he wanted to try to get his hands on the Empire's firearms, so that his future would be bright.