Iron Dynasty

It's no wonder that the emperor is so interested in Nanyang, so it turns out.

Yue Yun's eyes fell on the Manila natives who came and went, thoughtfully.

Li Kaiyuan followed Yue Yun's gaze and said with a smile; There are more and more overseas colonies, and more and more manpower is needed. This is also something that can't be helped, but the emperor is not going to adopt the old way of Western slave trade. .

Yue Yun was surprised at this time, and he asked: Without Western methods, can these natives be allowed to voluntarily go to the empire to become slaves?

Li Kaiyuan laughed twice, he said: This is not the case. The emperor requires that the slaves entering the empire be strictly screened. All slaves with weak health, low IQ, and mental disorders are not allowed to enter the empire.

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

The reason for this is that the emperor is preparing to ban the black slave trade in the next step, so that black slaves cannot enter the empire. Without black slaves, the empire can only make up for it with slaves from Nanyang.

The black slave is strong and has the strength to work, why is this? Yue Yun was really puzzled.

Li Kaiyuan said mysteriously: This will involve the next household registration issue in the empire. According to the cabinet, the empire will soon implement a new household registration system that will popularize the whole country. In the future, there will only be one family name on the household registration of each imperial citizen. This is Han. In addition, the emperor wants to cancel the golden account, the writing of the Tubo and other Guandong tribes, and unify the writing of the empire. This means that all the people in the world are Han people, so that there can be fewer conflicts, and the black slaves, Westerners and We are so different in appearance that it is useless even to implement this method, but these slaves from the South Seas are different, and they will be completely assimilated after only a few generations in the empire.”

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

He didn't know that Xiao Ming did this to avoid taking the old path of a contemporary big country, so control must start early.

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

Now that Li Kaiyuan is here, he doesn't need him to sit in Manila. He has already obtained that the five-nation coalition forces of the West are gathering in India, and I am afraid that an unprecedented war will happen soon.

But before that, he still has a colony to settle. This is the last Dutch colony in Asia, Indonesia. The next stop, he is going to Jakarta.

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

They did not find Eric's merchant ship in the Battle of Manila, and after learning of Manila's dense water network they eventually gave up their search because it was just a waste of time.

But Yue Yun understood that these Dutchmen must have gone to Jakarta, which is also the most important stronghold of the Dutch. 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 fierce quarrel is breaking out here, Stephen, Simon, Eric, and Jakarta Governor Eifel are sitting on a table like an angry lion.

Simon, Eric shouldn't be here, he has been dismissed from the position of Governor Geranzachen, and now he is just a prisoner.

Simon said: Come on, Stephen, at least Eric is still a good commander. I believe he will do well in the next battle. If you want to judge him, at least wait until he returns to Holland. , hand him over to Congress for trial, not to mention that he knows the Chinese Empire better than any of us.

The one who should be put in jail the most is you bastard. If you hadn't acted on your own will, we wouldn't have suffered such a heavy loss. Now that the city of Geranja is gone, the trade is gone, and Manila is gone.

Eric said angrily.

It's Congress' decision! Stephen screamed.

Eiffel's face was very ugly, and he had lost patience. At this time, he patted his table heavily and said, Shut up, maybe now the imperial fleet is coming to Jakarta, this is the most important thing now. question, what should we do?

Withdraw to India, wait for the outcome of the battle, lose back to Holland, win, we can get everything back. Eric advised: We can't fight the Chinese Empire with our strength, trust me Eiffel.

Simon really saw the power of the imperial army, and he couldn't help but nodded.

Eiffel was a little disappointed. He said: Jakarta is the most precious wealth of the Netherlands. We have been operating here for more than 100 years. We can't just hand it over to our enemies.

Yes, and the preparations of the coalition forces are not sufficient now. We need to delay the speed of the Imperial Navy. This is the order we received before we came. Like Manila, we must prepare for war. Stephen said.

Eric looked desperate, and Simon lowered his head. He said, All of you have seen their continuous shooting weapons. When you see them, you will understand what a stupid decision was made today.

You should feel ashamed. Although the Netherlands has declined, the spirit of the Dutch has not declined. It is the virtue of our Dutch to never yield. Stephen shouted.

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

Eiffel heard what Eric meant, and he said happily: Are you willing to stay?

Yes, this time I'm going to test how to deal with the imperial army. Eric's eyes flashed a dangerous light.

Along the way he has been studying how to organize the attack 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. In this way, they will consider the cost of the attack and return to us. to the negotiating table, not just using force to resolve everything.

The Fire Hedgehog did work, Simon testified for Eric.

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

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