The Strait of Malacca is a long strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It was originally under the control of the Sultanate of Malacca. However, more than a hundred years ago, the Indian Governor of Flangji led sailors and soldiers to capture the city of Malacca and turned it into a bridgehead and base camp of Flangji in the South China Sea.

Malacca guards the travel between the East and the West. If you want to bypass the Strait of Malacca, you will face more complicated situations such as complex waterways and pirates appearing. Therefore, the Florians' vision is very fierce. They see this as a good place early in the morning and occupy it early, so that other Western countries such as the Netherlands are coveting it.

Governor Folangji received a letter from Governor Cohen of the East India Company and immediately summoned some important senior officials in Malacca City.

"This is a letter from Cohen, the Governor of the East India Company. I believe you have read it. What do you think?" Governor of Folangji Masgalu looked around everyone.

A big businessman from Flangji said hesitantly: "Is this a trap set by the Netherlands to annex our Malacca? After all, they have been coveting our Malacca for a long time. If they want to take the opportunity of convening the Batavia Conference to capture all the people who compete with them in the Spice Islands?"

"Even if they didn't take the opportunity to frame us, they asked us to go to Batavia for a meeting, instead of in our Malacca, to admit their overlordship and truly think that they are the master of East India." Another Florian merchant knocked on the table, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with the Netherlands.

The reason why these Florian merchants were very dissatisfied with the Netherlands was also very simple, because during the rise of the Netherlands, they focused their main energy on the Spice Islands and snatched many colonies of the former overlord Florian, resulting in Florian being the few small colonies left in East India such as Malacca. During the colonial battle, the conflict between the two sides caused a large number of soldiers and merchants to die, and conflict broke out every few years, and many merchant ships were robbed.

"Even if the Netherlands had any holidays with us before, what they described in their letter this time was what was really happening - the Orientals were doing their best to expand their power. Do you still remember the colony we established in Macau? Six years ago, I was the Governor of Macau. I was surrounded by the fleet of the Orientals and forced to lead all the soldiers out of Macau. This was the greatest shame for our Far East in the decade of the Far East." Governor Masgalu said to everyone.

"The colony we set up in Macau was taken back by the Orientals a few years ago. It was originally their land. It was normal for them to take it back? They have always regarded other places as barbaric lands except their own land. It is still hard for me to believe that they would be interested in the Spice Islands. There is really no good thing here except spices, so they would like it here?" The Folangji merchant still expressed doubts about this.

"The ones who don't like to expand the Nanyang region are the former East, but now the East is a military group called the Jiuzhou Army that rule. They made their fortune with their army and had a strong desire to expand, which is not the same as before." Masgalu said, "Once they really want to enter the Nanyang, their geographical location near the East Asian continent will have an absolute advantage. If we continue to fight in the internal struggle, we will only let the Jiuzhou Army take advantage of the opportunity. Do you really want an Eastern Empire, which is a hundred times larger than the Netherlands, to rule the Spice Islands and completely monopolize the trade in the East?"

The Dutch merchants present looked at me and I looked at you and thought that if the new Eastern Empire really ruled the Spice Islands, what would their fate be like? It would be a future that would be uncertain.

"I will lead three warships to Batavia to discuss the alliance with the Netherlands. At that time, you guys will go with me, and the rest will stay in Malacca and look forward to our fortress. Does anyone have any objections?" Masgalu glanced at the senior executives of Folangji who were struggling in their hearts again.

They were struggling to form an alliance with their former mortal enemy, the Netherlands, to deal with the emerging Jiuzhou army, or to stand by and watch.

"What are you still thinking about? At least the Netherlands are of the same culture as us, and the East has their own culture. If we follow their trade rules in the future, it will be difficult for us to play." Masgalu hammered the table hard, feeling extremely dissatisfied with the people who had old grudges and ignored the increasingly powerful Eastern fleet.

The others seemed to feel the anger of the governor, so they raised their hands: "We agree to form an alliance with the Netherlands, but how to form an alliance will be seen when Batavia holds a conference."

The Fronji people in Malacca City reluctantly agreed to attend the Batavia Conference held by the Netherlands under the tough attitude of Governor Masgalu.

In Manila City, Luzon, the Spaniards also received letters from the Netherlands, who were also confused with the Flangji people.

The relationship between Ferron, the Netherlands and Spain in Europe is extremely complicated. Simply put, Spain and Ferron form the Iberian Alliance, and the Spanish are the boss on the surface. The Netherlands is theoretically the territory of Spain, but because of the development of the business and strength of the Netherlands, they want to break away from Spain's control.

This made the Governor of Manila, established by Spain, very entangled. Now Spain is fighting against the Netherlands in Europe and will not split the Netherlands Federation, but if the people of the two countries in the colony form an alliance...

"It's really time for Cohen to come. I have already decided to join forces with all countries to deal with the Jiuzhou army. But the king is still fighting with the Netherlands in Europe. If we join forces with the Netherlands on a big fanfare, I don't know what the domestic public opinion will be like." Manila Governor Akunya held the letter Cohen gave him in his hand and frowned.

"But if we no longer find ways to deal with the Jiuzhou army, I'm afraid they don't have to attack, and the Chinese businessmen under our Manila rule will rebel. They have long been dissatisfied with our tax revenue in Manila and dared not point fingers at us before, but they heard that the Ming Dynasty was replaced by the Jiuzhou army, and they also heard that our strongholds in the northeast of Yizhou and the western part of the Jiuzhou army were captured by the Jiuzhou army, and they became more arrogant. They thought that the Jiuzhou army was supporting them behind their backs and causing troubles more frequently now." The only difference from Malacca City is that Akunia's subordinates advocate joining forces with the Netherlands to weaken the influence of Chinese businessmen in Nanyang.
Chapter completed!