"No wonder the emperor is so concerned about Nanyang, so it is."

Yue Yun's gaze fell on the indigenous people of Manila who came and went, thoughtfully.

Li Kaiyuan followed Yue Yun's gaze, and he said with a smile; "There are more and more overseas colonies, and more and more manpower is needed, which is also a matter of no choice, but the emperor is not ready to adopt the old ways of the Western slave trade."

Yue Yun was taken aback at this time, and he asked; "Without Western methods, can you still make these natives voluntarily go to the empire to be slaves?"

Li Kaiyuan laughed twice, and he said: "This is not true, the emperor requires that slaves who enter the empire be strictly screened, and all slaves who are weak, have low IQ, and are mentally abnormal are not allowed to enter the empire." ”

Yue Yun nodded and continued to wait for Li Kaiyuan's explanation.

"The reason why this is the case is that the emperor is preparing to ban the black slave trade in the next step, so that the black slaves cannot enter the empire, and without the black slaves, the empire can only make up for it with slaves from the South Seas."

"Black slaves are strong and have the strength to work, why is that?" Yue Yun was really puzzled.

Li Kaiyuan said mysteriously: "This is involved in the next household registration problem of the empire, according to the cabinet, the empire is about to implement a new household registration system that popularizes the whole country, and in the future, there will be only one family name on the household registration of each imperial person, which is the Han, plus the emperor wants to cancel the Golden Tent, Tubo and other Guandong tribes, and unify the imperial language, so that it is equivalent to Han people everywhere, so that there can be fewer contradictions, and black slaves, Westerners and us are too different in appearance, Even if this law were to be enacted, it would be useless, but these slaves of the South Seas would be different, and they would only need to survive in the empire for a few generations before they would be completely assimilated. “

Yue Yun's head was a little messy, he shook his head and sighed, "After all, the emperor's work is not something we can figure out. ”

He didn't know that Xiao Ming was doing this to avoid following the old path of a certain contemporary big country, so the control should start from a long time ago.

The two chatted for a while, Li Kaiyuan held his stomach and went to Manila City step by step, while Yue Yun ordered the fleet to enter the preparation stage.

Now that Li Kaiyuan is here, there is no need for him to sit in Manila, he has already received the Western five-nation coalition army is gathering in India, and I am afraid that an unprecedented war will happen soon.

But before that, he still has a colony to solve, which is the last Dutch colony in Asia, Indonesia, and his next stop, he is about to go to Jakarta.

It took two days to complete the handover of Manila, and in the early morning of the third day, the fleet set off in a majestic manner.

They ultimately failed to find Eric's merchant ship during the Battle of Manila, and eventually abandoned the search after learning about Manila's dense water network as it was a waste of time.

But Yue Yun understood that these Dutch must have gone to Jakarta, and this was also the most important stronghold of the Dutch, and he was ready to fight a naval battle here, because he believed that the Dutch would not give up there so easily.

Jakarta Governor's Palace.

An unprecedented quarrel is breaking out here, and Stephen, Simon, Eric, and Jakarta Governor Eiffel sit at a table like angry lions.

"Simon, Eric shouldn't be here, he's been relieved of his position as governor of Geranzachen, and now he's just a prisoner."

Simon said: "Don't be like this, Stephen, at least Eric is still a good commander, I believe that he will do well in the next battle, if you want to judge him, at least wait until he returns to Holland and hands him over to the parliament for trial, not to mention that he knows the Chinese Empire better than any of us." ”

"You bastard who deserves to be imprisoned the most, if it weren't for your insistence, we wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses, now that the city of Geranza is gone, trade is gone, and Manila is gone."

Eric said angrily.

"This is a congressional decision!" Stephen screamed.

Ivel's face was very ugly, and he had lost his patience, when he slapped his table hard, and said; "Shut up, maybe now the Imperial fleet is coming to Jakarta, this is the most important question now, what should we do?"

"Withdraw to India, wait for the outcome of the battle, lose and go back to Holland, win, we can get everything back." Eric persuaded: "With our strength we can't fight the Chinese Empire at all, believe me Ivre." ”

Simon really saw the power of the imperial army, and couldn't help but nod his head.

Disappointed, Eiffel said: "Jakarta is the most valuable asset of the Netherlands, we have been operating here for more than 100 years, and we can't just give it to our enemies. ”

"That's right, and now the coalition forces are not fully prepared, and we need to delay the speed of the Imperial Navy, this is an order we got before we came, and like Manila, we must prepare for war." Stephen said.

Eric looked desperate, Simon also lowered his head, and said, "All of you have seen their weapons that shoot continuously, and when you do, you will understand what a stupid decision you made today." ”

"You should feel ashamed, although the Netherlands is in decline, the spirit of the Dutch has not declined, and it is the merit of our Dutch people to never give in." Stephen exclaimed.

Eric just laughed sarcastically, and said, "Just don't pee your pants in fright." ”

Eivor heard what Eric meant, and he said happily, "You're willing to stay, aren't you?" ”

"Yes, this time I'm going to test how to deal with the Imperial Army." There was a twinkle of danger in Eric's eyes.

Along the way, he had been studying how to organize the offensive of the Imperial army.

After a pause, he said: "There is only one way to delay the attack of the Imperial army, and that is to dig deep trenches and use fire hedgehogs to inflict heavy casualties on them, so that they will consider the cost of the attack and return to the negotiating table with us, rather than just using force to settle everything." ”

"The fire hedgehog did work." Simon testifies for Eric.

Eiver nodded, he and Eric had been on the battlefield together before, and he trusted Eric very much, "I immediately organized the indigenous slaves in Jakarta to dig trenches, and Eric, this time let's fight side by side, just like before." ”

Eric's expression softened a little, "I hope we can get through this time and bring the Chinese Empire back to the negotiating table, but this hope is very slim." ”