Regarding Conley's sudden appearance, Chen Qilong seemed a little helpless.
"Mr. Cornley, you..."
Cornley wanted to say something else, but the British obviously wouldn't let him be so proud.
"Mr. Cornley, I have heard your name. I heard that you came from Amsterdam?"
Before Chen Qilong could react, Marek, the representative of the British East India Company, stepped forward and looked at him sharply: "Since you are from Amsterdam, you should know that when we are talking, we should not squeeze in casually. Come up here and do something so rude, right?"
"Do British people know how to be polite?"
Cornley glanced at Marek with a disdainful look, then looked at Chen Qilong, and said with a smile: "I thought the British were all superficial people who only know about gold and spices and nothing else. .”
Marek took a deep breath and stepped forward to stare at Cornley.
"Sir, no matter what misunderstandings you have about the British, I think you should apologize to me for your behavior just now!"
Cornley retorted.
"Oh? Apologize? Does the word apology still exist in the British dictionary? Why don't I know? It seems that I don't know much about English. I can't help it. You can't blame me. No one in Amsterdam speaks English, and we don't know it here. Don’t speak English.”
People around him began to point and point, but Marek couldn't stand it anymore. His face turned red, he clenched his fists, and wanted to say something, but Chen Qilong spoke.
"Gentlemen, today is a good day. For my sake, please don't do anything that will overshadow this beautiful day, okay?"
Chen Qilong spoke, and Marek and Cohen had no intention of having an in-depth discussion or physical communication on this topic.
Otherwise, Marek really wanted his fist to come into close contact with Cornley's hateful face.
"Of course, today is a big day that will go down in history. We have sent the news of your country's founding to London. London newspapers will definitely publish editorials. The news of your country's founding will definitely become a hot topic in London."
Marek enthusiastically squeezed forward and held Chen Qilong's other hand.
This made Cornley very unhappy.
He's not as tall or strong as Marek.
"Sir, Lanfang is a republic, do you understand? A republic! It is not a kingdom, and there is no king. I think this fact will not make the royal family in London happy anyway, right?"
"This is not important. Although His Majesty the King of London is noble, he cannot ignore the existence of Parliament!"
Marek retorted: "And what's the difference between your so-called republican system? The top executive is also hereditary, and they are all members of those big families. Their power is not less than that of the king of London, but it is He’s just a different kind of king, I don’t know what you are so proud of!”
"you……"
"Okay, okay, gentlemen, please stop arguing."
Chen Qilong was tall and tall, even taller than Marek. He opened his arms and pulled Marek and Cornley away. He smiled and said: "Today is a beautiful day. Please put aside all conflicts and enjoy today." As for other things, can’t we talk about it tomorrow? The president often says to us, why should we let tomorrow’s troubles affect today’s happiness?”
Marek and Cornley couldn't refute Chen Qilong's face, so they could only look at each other hatefully and stop fighting.
After these two troublesome guests were dealt with, Chen Qilong continued to greet guests who came to Seoul from other places.
Today, in addition to the heads of major airlines and local administrative districts within the sphere of influence of the Lanfang Republic, representatives of local governments of all sizes outside the sphere of influence also came to Seoul to participate in the grand event and celebrate the official establishment of the Lanfang Republic. Founding of the country.
Having said that, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the existence of Lanfang Company was equivalent to the existence of the most powerful force in this area of the sea. The person in charge of Lanfang Company, Zhao Xuening, was the top talker in this area of the sea in the eyes of many people.
At the beginning of the new century, the national power of the Netherlands was in decline. In the second half of the eighteenth century, the deterioration of the Netherlands' national power had deeply affected the East India Company's operations in the East.
The company is full of slutty people who work only for their own interests, paying no attention to the interests of the company or the glory of the Republic.
Also because of the decline in national power, the company began to fall behind in the competition in the spice sea and the Qing sea. Facing the British who came from behind, it became increasingly unable to do what it did. Whenever a dispute with the British broke out, the Dutch were always unable to do so. If you respond well, you may even suffer a big loss and lose a lot of benefits.
And all this has undergone subtle changes since the rise of Zhao Xuening eight years ago.
Eight years ago, Zhao Xuening, who was only fifteen years old, suddenly rose to prominence and made great achievements in the confrontation with the British. He was promoted to the acting captain of an armed merchant ship by the Governor Petrus, who was fond of Chinese culture.
Subsequently, he gave full play to his abilities and led his ships to victory over the British many times in the past three years, constantly sinking the British's armed merchant ships and even warships.
With his success, Petrus continued to put more fleets under his command and ordered him to escort the company's merchant fleet and fight against the British.
He also lived up to Petrus's expectations and continued to win. Of course, in the face of sharp British warships, Zhao Xuening also suffered defeats and was beaten badly.
Despite this, because he has a strong sense of revenge and competition, once he loses, he will regain his position in the shortest possible time, either by attacking head-on or looking for opportunities to sneak attacks. He has a vicious and relentless temperament. He had to win, so much so that the British were very afraid of him.
Later, because they were afraid of Zhao Xuening's mad dog-like retaliation, the British, who could not bear the losses caused by Zhao Xuening's attacks from all sides, began to avoid him. Once they encountered his fleet, the British would most of the time choose to avoid instead of fighting him.
They were forced to sit down at the negotiating table with Zhao Xuening to see what conditions this maritime overlord had - as long as they didn't continue to bite our ships like a mad dog, we could negotiate.
As a result, Zhao Xuening has established a great reputation in this sea area. As long as people of all nationalities and countries eat this bowl of rice and participate in this voyage related to global trade activities, no one will know Zhao Xuening's name.
By three years ago, one year after Zhao Xuening married the youngest daughter of Governor Petrus, more than half of the company armed forces in the East Indies had a direct or indirect affiliation with Zhao Xuening.
Since that time, Batavia's voice has gradually become quieter, and people are more accustomed to accepting orders from Zhao Xuening, who directly protects and controls them, rather than accepting orders from Batavia.
Until the end of the sea battle two years ago, Batavia's voice could not even be heard, and everyone could only hear Zhao Xuening's voice.
So now that he has established a country, whether he is a king or a president, it is a matter of course in the eyes of many people.
However, this is always a symbol, a big jump in name. Zhao Xuening believed that the name of the company could no longer meet the needs of himself and the development of his power, so he decisively rejected all opinions and decided to found the country and appoint himself as president to do this in this area. The king of.
The Dutch, who had dominated this sea area for more than a hundred years, were forced to swallow this bitter fruit and had no choice but to accept the fact that they could no longer dominate the spice sea area. They chose to return under Zhao Xuening's intimidation. to the ecological niche of more than a hundred years ago.
The Dutch were frustrated, the British felt that the future was not good, and the Spanish, Portuguese and more local indigenous forces felt mixed emotions about this.
The Spaniards and Portuguese were once the rulers of this sea area, but there was the Netherlands before them and Britain later. They have long declined and have lost their former glory. If a new ruler comes up, they may have more. Lots of opportunities.
For the indigenous people, compared to the red-haired colonists who came from afar, Zhao Xuening's origins in the Celestial Kingdom and proper profit distribution rules made them more willing to trust, so they actively participated in Lanfang's founding ceremony— —
They were even willing to join the Lanfang Republic together, rely on Zhao Xuening, pay taxes to him, and accept his rule in exchange for his military protection.
Mainly European colonists have always been immoral in this regard. Zhao Xuening's eating style is a little more elegant and the food is not much, but it is enough to make these bitter colonized people feel a little warm, and they decisively recognize Zhao Xuening as a cook. Their loving father.
They thought that they had been wandering for half their lives without meeting a loving father. Now that they finally saw a loving father, they just wanted to fall into the arms of a loving father and enjoy the warmth of father's love. They could no longer endure under the iron heel of the colonists for a moment.
Therefore, they all expressed their willingness to join Zhao Xuening and become Lanfang citizens.
Since the news of Zhao Xuening's decision to reorganize Lanfang Company into Lanfang Republic spread out a year ago, the national borders that were originally limited to Borneo and Java have continued to expand over time, and the southern part of Sumatra and Celebes have been added. of the western region.
As of the founding of the People's Republic of China, four of the six main islands in the East Indies have land and citizens of the Lan Fong Republic.
In addition to the more than one million people in Borneo, there are hundreds of thousands of people on each of the other three islands who consider themselves citizens of the Lanfang Republic, are willing to accept Zhao Xuening's rule, and are willing to pay taxes to him. The number of citizens of the entire Lanfang Republic More than three million people.
Batavia has nothing to do about this, because they are already facing an embarrassing fact - outside of Batavia, no one will listen to their orders.
Zhao Xuening was far away on the island of Borneo, but he was able to remotely control Java Island across the sea. As a result, Batavia was not responsible for all administrative matters on Java Island, but was decided by the Chinese governor of Java, Mao Qiyong, dispatched by Zhao Xuening.
In the entire Java Island, except for the city of Batavia, no one still obeys the orders of the East India Company.
