1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Kruger, who was stationed at the mouth of the Kapuas River, personally took Tevez on the small steamer to Pontianak City after receiving the telegram.

Although it was still in wartime, the Umbrella Company had actually gained command of the sea after two naval battles.

Therefore, compared with Batavia, which is short of materials and depressed in all industries, Pontianak, where production, life and even trade have not been significantly affected, is more dynamic.

Merchant ships that have been inspected and approved travel between the Kapuas River and head to the port of Pontianak City.

Investors from southern China and California are flooding the area.

This largest city in West Borneo is even busier than before the war.

What impressed Tevez the most was Liang Yao's strong military strength.

Previously, Tevez could only know about Liang Yao's military strength through battle reports from the front, but in West Borneo, he could directly contact various soldiers and officers of the other side.

It was these men who defeated the Dutch-Indian army that he was so proud of.

In all fairness, the composition of Liang Yao's armed forces is relatively complicated. In addition to the relatively pure personnel composition of the California Infantry Regiment, the Western Brigade, the Arizona Infantry Regiment and the Oregon Infantry Regiment have a composition. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are ethnic museums.

Now that Liang Yao has won both sea and land, he has more and more chips in his hand, so he is of course entitled to get more.

Tevez sat down at the negotiating table, wanting to hear the terms of Liang Yao's peace talks.

Liang Yao is not a good character, and Britain and France are not good friends.

The composition of the local Chinese armed forces in West Borneo is relatively simple, but since Liang Yao intervened in the Dutch War, these Chinese armed forces are no longer the main force in fighting the Dutch and Indian troops, but have been reduced to a supporting role.

It's just that Britain and France are currently busy with the war in the Near East and have sent a large number of troops to the Black Sea region. It is hard to say that they will be willing to give the Netherlands a hand.

This is fundamentally different from the Dutch-Indian army, which does not even have basic citizenship rights, and the nationalities of the officers are varied.

Tevez was greatly annoyed by the execution of officers and soldiers of the Dutch Indian Army, Dutch and European, in broad daylight and in full view.

"I don't need to bother you about my appetite," Liang Yao said.

But Kruger didn't bother to explain this to Tevez.

Furthermore, it is easier to invite God than to send God away.

Liang Yao frowned and said: "The people who were sent to the gallows were not prisoners of war, they were all war criminals who committed numerous crimes against civilians, and they were war criminals identified by the local people and your Dutch-Indian army.

With the fighting power demonstrated by Liang Yao's armed forces in the Borneo region, the problem cannot be solved by dispatching a regiment of advance troops.

Moreover, the relationship between Liang Yao and Britain and France is not good, but it is not bad either. He also knows some people in the military and political circles of Britain and France.

As for the local indigenous soldiers who were mainly Java people among the prisoners of war, Liang Yao had thoughtfully solved this problem for Tevez.

As long as West Borneo, that was the old almanac before.

Although the officers and soldiers of his Oregon Infantry Regiment differ greatly in appearance, they are all American nationals, to be precise, they are all California officers and soldiers.

All officers and soldiers, including him Kruger himself recognized his Californian identity.

As for Umbrella's mercenary group, the composition is even more complicated.

As for abandoning the entire island of Borneo, this is not within Tevez's psychological expectations, nor is it within the psychological expectations of the Dutch and Indian authorities.

As for pinning hopes on the mediation of Britain and France to force Liang Yao to make concessions, Tevez has not failed to consider this issue.

"Your Excellency has written several times asking us to spend money to redeem prisoners of war, and we have also clearly expressed our willingness to spend money to redeem prisoners of war. Why do you want to torture and kill the prisoners of our Royal Dutch and Indian Army? Now I very much doubt the sincerity of your peace talks." !"

After arriving in Pontianak City, Tevez saw the gallows standing on the square when he passed the square, and several officers and soldiers of the Dutch Indian Army were being executed by chance.

Liang Yao's ransom for an ordinary prisoner of war was 300 US dollars per European soldier, and the officer's asking price would be much higher. Roughly speaking, if you want to redeem these prisoners of war, a few will spend about 50 US dollars.

"Your appetite is really big, the whole island of Borneo? Can you eat it and digest it?" Tevez sneered.

As for continuing to fight this war?This is even more impossible.

Tevez only needs to consider the redemption of more than 1000 European soldiers of the Dutch Indian Army. When dealing with the indigenous soldiers, both sides have tacitly kept silent.

As for my sincerity in the peace talks, if you think I am not sincere enough, please go back to Batavia, and we will continue to fight until you think we are sincere. "

"What? Isn't South Borneo part of Borneo Island?" Liang Yao asked back.

Tevez was speechless. If there is a standard for war crimes committed against civilians, few officers and soldiers of the Dutch-Indian Army may be clean.

But if there is an opportunity to drive the Dutch out of Borneo, Liang Yao will naturally not let this opportunity pass.

After seeing Liang Yao, Tevez questioned Liang Yao sharply.

Although considering the cost of governance, Liang Yao currently only wants to directly rule and manage the oil-producing areas of West Borneo and North Borneo, where the Chinese live in large numbers. East Borneo and South Borneo are not within the goal of direct rule and management. .

What's more, Kruger's soldiers are equipped with the most advanced light weapons in the world today, and they are paid generously and can be paid on time. It is reasonable for Kruger to have such a battle loss ratio with the Dutch and Indian troops. .

Even if Britain and France want to intervene, they must weigh the cost of intervening in this war.

The officers and soldiers of these infantry regiments include not only Americans, Chinese, English, Scots, French, Germans, Dutch, but also Indians and Japanese.

Right now, timely stop loss is the only option for the Dutch and Indian authorities.

From Tevez's point of view, Liang Yao's conditions are more acceptable to him, except that all trade transactions in the end will remain as usual.

The morale of freedmen fighting for their own interests and slaves fighting for the interests of slave owners is naturally not the same.

The rest of the conditions are very harsh, making it difficult for him to accept.

"Colonel Kruger, I'm curious, how do you command a group of subordinates of different ethnicities?"

"All the Dutch and Indian troops withdrew from Borneo Island. The Batavia side compensated us with 800 million US dollars for military expenses. The prisoners of war of the Dutch and Indian troops allowed you to redeem them at our preferential price. All trade transactions after the war will continue as usual.

After all, if Liang Yao asked him to redeem the aboriginal soldiers in the Dutch Indian Army, if he, the governor, did not redeem them, it would be difficult to explain to the vast number of aboriginal soldiers in the Dutch Indian Army.

On the way to Pontianak, Tevez couldn't help asking.

It may be difficult for Britain and France to reach a consensus on whether to intervene in the East Indies within a short period of time.

Tevez did not dare to bet on this point. Once he lost the bet, it would not be a matter of losing Borneo, but of Sumatra and Java.

"The US$800 million in military compensation is too much, and we cannot afford it."

After all, curbing Tsarist Russia's westward expansion is now the top priority of Britain and France. Compared with Tsarist Russia, the messy things of the Netherlands and the United States in the East Indies seem to be less important.

In the current war situation, unless the Dutch government ends the battle in person, the Dutch-Indian colonial government alone cannot win this war.

After all, if the Dutch were driven away, he would lose a powerful competitor in Borneo. In the future, he would slowly infiltrate into South Borneo and East Borneo, and then effectively manage these enemies.

But the Dutch government's personal exit will involve another issue, that is, whether the American government behind Liang Yao will personally end.

Tevez read the documents provided by Liang Yao. Liang Yao had no plan to release the prisoners of the Dutch Indian Army for free after the war ended, that is to say, except for those Dutch Indian Army prisoners who were identified as war criminals and executed and those who were voluntarily employed by Liang Yao Apart from the crew, the Dutch and Indian authorities still had to pay Liang Yao to redeem the rest of the prisoners of war before releasing them.

Tevez really couldn't understand how Liang Yao managed an army with such a complicated composition.

Liang Yao needed plantation slaves to cultivate rubber plantations, and Tevez was happy to save money and trouble.

"Different ethnicity? Your Excellency Governor, you have misunderstood. My subordinates are all Americans." Kruger smiled lightly.

In addition, we need to have a piece of land not less than 3 acres in the city of Batavia to set up the office of Umbrella Company, so as to facilitate our future communication and dialogue.Within this land, our staff are not subject to your laws.This is all the conditions of my peace talks. "Liang Yao said after taking his seat.

West Borneo is definitely not coming back. Tevez was ready to give up West Borneo when he set off from Batavia.

"The entire island of Borneo, including South Borneo?" Tevez asked carefully.

In addition to the full withdrawal of the forces of the Dutch and Indian authorities from Borneo, Tevez found it difficult to accept the $800 million in military compensation.

Well now, Liang Yao just kept silent about these native captives. Even if the native soldiers in the Dutch Indian Army had emotions in their hearts, they couldn't vent their emotions on him. Tevez can also have an explanation to the Dutch Indian Army: It's not us Not to redeem people, but those damn Yankees to hold people.

"You know, excluding the pensions for the dead and the injured, our expenses in the past eight months have reached a huge amount of 1000 million U.S. dollars, and the compensation is set at 800 million U.S. dollars, which is already our release to you. The greatest goodwill." Liang Yao's attitude was very firm.

Liang Yao's military expenditure of 1000 million US dollars is indeed exaggerated. In fact, Liang Yao's expenditure this time is just over 600 million US dollars, even if Tevez is not ready to sign an agreement.

Of the 1000 million US dollars previously prepared for this war, Liang Yao still has more than 300 million US dollars left. Even if he does not raise military expenses from California, he can easily spend the first half of the year with the Dutch and Indian authorities.

After the command of the sea is obtained and the battle situation is settled, subsequent military expenditures will be much less.