Iron Dynasty - Chapter 1051

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

Yue Yun’s gaze fell on the Manila natives coming and going, thoughtfully.

Li Kaiyuan followed Yue Yuns gaze, and he said with a smile; “There are more and more overseas colonies, and more and more manpower is needed. There is no way this can be done, but the emperor is not prepared to adopt Western slavery practices. .”

Now Yue Yun was taken aback, he asked, “Isn’t it possible to let these natives voluntarily go to the empire to become slaves without Western methods?”

Li Kaiyuan chuckled twice and said: “This is not true. The emperor requires strict screening of slaves who enter the empire. 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 for this is that the emperor is going to ban the black slave trade in the next step, so that black slaves cannot enter the empire, and without black slaves, the empire can only make up for it with slaves from Southeast Asia.”

“The black slave is physically strong and has a lot of strength to work. Why is this?” Yue Yun was really puzzled.

Li Kaiyuan mysteriously said: “This is the next household registration issue that involves the empire. According to the cabinet, the empire will soon implement a new household registration system that will spread across the country. In the future, the household registration of each empire will only have one family name. This is the Han Dynasty. In addition, the emperor wants to abolish the Golden Account, Tubo and other characters from the eastern part of the Guandong, and unify the imperial characters. In this way, it is equivalent to putting the Han people in the whole world, so that there will be fewer contradictions. And black slaves, Westerners and My appearance is so different that even if this method is implemented, it is of no use, but these Nanyang slaves are different. They only need to survive for a few generations in the empire and they will 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 I can figure out.”

He didn’t know that Xiao Ming did this to avoid following the old path of a certain contemporary power, so control should start early.

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

Now that Li Kaiyuan is here, Manila doesn’t need him to sit in. He has already gotten the five-nation coalition forces of the West to be assembled in India. I am afraid that an unprecedented war will happen soon.

But before that, he still has a colony to be solved. This is the last Dutch colony in Asia, Indonesia. The next stop, he is about to go 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 mighty.

In the Battle of Manila, they did not find Eric’s merchant ship. After learning about Manila’s dense water network, they finally gave up looking for it because it was just a waste of time.

But Yue Yun understood that these Dutch people must have gone to Jakarta, and this 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 just give up there so easily.

Jakarta Governor’s Mansion.

An unprecedented fierce quarrel is erupting 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 relieved of the position of Governor-General Geranzchen, and now he is just a prisoner.”

Simon said: “Don’t do that, Stephen, at least Eric is still a good commander. I believe he will do well in the next battle. If you want to try him, at least wait until he returns to the Netherlands. , Put him to the Congress for trial, not to mention that he knows the Chinese Empire better than any of us.”

“It is you **** who should be put in jail. If you weren’t going for it, we wouldn’t have suffered such a heavy loss. Now Jeranjah is gone, trade is gone, and Manila is gone.”

Eric said angrily.

“This is the decision of Congress!” Stephen screamed.

Eifel’s face was very ugly. He had lost his patience. At this time, he patted his table again and said, “Shut up, maybe now the Imperial fleet is coming to Jakarta. This is the most important thing now. What should we do?”

“Withdraw to India and wait for the outcome of the battle. After losing back to the Netherlands and winning, we can get everything back.” Eric persuaded: “We can’t fight the Chinese Empire with our strength. Believe me Eifel. “

Simon really saw the power of the Emperor team, and could not help but nodded.

Eifel was a little disappointed. He said: “Jakarta is the most valuable asset of the Netherlands. We have been operating here for more than 100 years. We can’t just give up to our enemies.”

“Yes, and the preparation of the coalition forces is not yet sufficient. We need to delay the speed of the imperial navy. This is the order we got 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 it, 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. It is our Dutch advantage to never give in.” Stephen shouted.

Eric just laughed sarcastically. He said: “You don’t need to be scared to pee your pants then~~Eifel heard what Eric meant, and he said happily: “You are willing Did you stay here? “

“Yes, this time I want to test the way to deal with the emperor team.” A dangerous light flashed in Eric’s eyes.

During this time, he has been studying how to organize the imperial team’s offense.

After a pause, he said: “The only way to delay the imperial team’s offense 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 offense and return to us. Come to the negotiating table instead of just using force to solve everything.”

“The fire hedgehog did work.” Simon testified for Eric.

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

Eric’s expression eased a little, “I hope we can tide over the difficulties this time and bring the Chinese Empire back to the negotiating table, but this hope is very slim.”