Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1057

[Chapter 1048 Jakarta]

“No wonder the emperor is so concerned about Nanyang, that’s why.”

Yue Yun’s eyes fell on the indigenous residents of Manila coming and going, 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. There is no way around it, but the emperor is not prepared to adopt the old Western slave trade method.” “

Yue Yun was surprised and asked, “Can these natives be allowed to voluntarily go to the empire as slaves without using Western methods?”

Li Kaiyuan chuckled and said, “This is not what the emperor requested. Slaves entering the empire must be strictly screened. All slaves who are physically weak, have low IQ, or have abnormal mental state 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 planning 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 Southeast Asia.”

“The black slaves are strong and strong at work. , why is this?” Yue Yun is really puzzled.

Li Kaiyuan said mysteriously: “This is related to the next household registration issue in the empire. According to the cabinet, the empire will soon implement a new household registration system that will be popularized across the country. In the future, each empire citizen will only have one clan name on their household registration. This is the Han Dynasty. In addition, the emperor wants to cancel the writings of the Golden Horde, Tubo and other Guandong tribes, and unify the writings of the empire. This will mean that all people in the world will be Han people. This will reduce some contradictions, and black slaves, Westerners and Our looks are too different, even if we implement this method, it will be useless, but these slaves from Nanyang are different. They only need to survive in the empire for a few generations before they will be completely assimilated. “

Yue Yun’s head was a little confused, and he shook his head. He

shook his head and sighed, “After all, the emperor’s actions are beyond our ability to figure out.”

He had no idea that Xiao Ming did this to avoid following the old path of a certain contemporary big country, so control had to start early.

The two chatted for a while. Li Kaiyuan walked to Manila City with a bulging belly, while Yue Yun ordered the fleet to enter the preparation stage.

Now that Li Kaiyuan is here, there is no need for him to be in charge of Manila. He has already got the five Western countries’ coalition forces gathering in India. I am afraid that an unprecedented war will happen soon.

But before that, he still had a colony to deal with. This was the last colony of the Dutch in Asia, Indonesia. Next stop, he was about to go to Jakarta.

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

During the Battle of Manila, they ultimately failed to find Eric’s merchant ship. Later, after learning about Manila’s dense water network, they finally gave up the search because it was just a waste of time.

But Yue Yun understood that these Dutch people must have gone to Jakarta, which was 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.

Government House, Jakarta.

An unprecedented fierce quarrel was breaking out here, with Stephen, Simon, Eric, and the Governor of Jakarta, Eifel, sitting at a table like angry lions.

“Simon, Eric shouldn’t be here. He has been dismissed from his position as Governor of Geranzechen. Now he is just a prisoner.”

Simon said: “Don’t be like this, Stephen, at least Eric is still an outstanding person .”

Commander, I believe he will perform well in the next battle. If you want to try him, at least wait until he returns to the Netherlands and hand him over to Congress for trial. Besides, he knows China better than any of us. Empire.”

“You bastard is the one who should be put in jail. If you hadn’t insisted on your own behavior, we wouldn’t have suffered such heavy losses. Now the city of Jelanja is gone, so is the trade, and so is Manila.”

Eli .

K said angrily.

“This is Congress’s decision!” screamed Stephen.

Eifel’s face was very ugly. He had lost his patience. At this time, he slammed his table and said, “Shut up. Maybe the empire’s fleet is coming to Jakarta now. This is the most important thing now.” “The question is, what should we do?”

“Retreat to India and wait for the outcome of the battle. If we lose, we can return to the Netherlands. If we win, we can get everything back.” Eric advised: “We can’t fight with our strength. The Chinese Empire, believe me, Eifel.”

Simon couldn’t help but nodded as he truly saw the power of the imperial army.

Eifel was a little disappointed. He said: “Jakarta is the most precious asset of the Netherlands. We have been operating here for more than a hundred years. We cannot just hand it over to our enemies.”

“Yes, and now The coalition forces are not fully prepared and we need to delay the Imperial Navy. This is the order we received before coming. Like Manila, we must prepare for war,” Stephen said.

Eric looked desperate, and Simon also lowered his head. He said, “Each of you has seen their continuous-shooting weapons. Once you see them, you will understand what a stupid decision you made today.”

” You should feel ashamed. Although the Netherlands has declined, the spirit of the Dutch has not declined. Never surrender is the advantage of us Dutch people,” Stephen shouted.

Eric just laughed sarcastically and said, “Just don’t be so scared that you wet your pants.”

Ivor heard what Eric meant, and he said happily: “You are willing to stay, right? “

Yes, this time I want to test the method of dealing with the imperial army.” A dangerous light flashed in Eric’s eyes.

Along the way, he had been studying how to organize the imperial army’s attack.

After a pause, he said: “There is only one way to delay the imperial army’s attack, and that is to dig deep trenches and use fire hedgehogs to cause them a lot of casualties. In this way, they will consider the cost of the attack and return to us. Come to the negotiating table instead of just using force to solve everything.”

“The fire hedgehog did help,” Simon testified for Eric.

Eifel nodded. He and Eric had been on the battlefield together and trusted Eric, “I immediately organized the indigenous slaves in Jakarta to dig trenches, and Eric, let us fight side by side this time. Like before.”

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

(End of this chapter)