"No wonder the emperor is so concerned about Nanyang, so that's it."

Yue Yun's eyes fell on the indigenous Manila coming and going, thinking about something.

Li Kaiyuan followed Yue Yun's gaze and said with a smile, "There are more and more overseas colonies and more manpower required. This is also impossible, but the emperor is not going to adopt the old trick of selling slaves in the West."

Yue Yun was surprised and asked, "Can these indigenous people voluntarily go to the empire to be slaves without Western methods?"

Li Kaiyuan laughed twice and said, "This is not the case. The emperor requires strict screening of slaves entering the empire. Any 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 preparing to ban the trade of black slaves in the next step, so that black slaves cannot enter the empire. Without black slaves, the empire can only be compensated with slaves from Nanyang."

"The black slave is healthy and has the strength to work. Why is this?" Yue Yun was really puzzled.

Li Kaiyuan said mysteriously: "This involves the next household registration issue of the empire. According to the cabinet, the empire will soon implement a new household registration system that popularizes the whole country. In the future, each empire's people will only have one clan name on the household registration, which is Han. In addition, the emperor will cancel the financial account, the words of Tubo and other Guandong tribes, and unify the empire's writings. In this way, it will be equivalent to letting the people of Han all over the world be filled with Han people, so there will be fewer conflicts. Black slaves, Westerners, and us are too different in appearance. Even if we implement this method, it is useless. However, these slaves from Southeast Asia are different. They only need to survive in the empire for several generations and they will be completely assimilated."

Yue Yun's head was a little confused. He shook his head and sighed, "After all, the emperor's work is not something we can imagine."

He had no idea that Xiao Ming did this to avoid following the old path of a contemporary great country, so the control had to start from a long time ago.

The two of them chatted for a while, and Li Kaiyuan thrust his stomach and went to Manila City in one step, while Yue Yun ordered the fleet to enter the preparation stage.

Now that Li Kaiyuan is here, Manila doesn't need him to take charge. He has already been assembled by the five Western coalition forces in India. I'm afraid an unprecedented war will happen soon.

However, before that, he still had a colony to be resolved, which was the last Dutch colony in Asia, Indonesia, and the next stop, he was about to go to Jakarta.

The handover in Manila took two days to complete, and the fleet set out in a mighty manner early in the morning of the third day.

During the Battle of Manila, they did not find Eric's merchant ship. Later, they learned about Manila's dense water net and finally gave up on searching 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 give up there so easily.

Jakarta Governor's Office.

An unprecedented quarrel was breaking out here, with Stephen, Simon, Eric, and Jakarta Governor Ever sitting at a table like an angry lion.

"Simon, Eric shouldn't have appeared here. He has been removed from the position of Governor General Jelanzhachen, and now he is just a prisoner."

Simon said: "Don't do this, Stephen, at least Eric is an excellent commander. I believe that he will perform well in the next battle. If you want to judge him, at least you have to wait until he returns to Holland and hand him over to Congress for trial, not to mention that he knows the Chinese Empire more than any of us."

"The one who should be imprisoned the most is you bastard. If you hadn't been determined to do so, we wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses. Now the city of Jelanzha is gone, trade is gone, and Manila is gone."

Eric said angrily.

"This is the decision of Congress!" Stephen screamed.

Aifel's face looked very ugly. He had lost his patience. At this time, he patted his desk heavily and said, "Shut up, maybe the empire's fleet is coming to Jakarta now. This is the most important question now. What should we do?"

"Retreat to India, wait for the outcome of the battle, lose back to the Netherlands, win, we can get everything back." Eric advised: "We can't fight against the Chinese Empire at all with our strength, believe me, Ever."

Simon truly saw the power of the Imperial Army and couldn't help but nod.

Aifel was a little disappointed, saying: "Jakarta is the most precious wealth in the Netherlands. We have been operating here for more than a hundred years. We cannot just give it to our enemies."

"That's right, and the coalition's preparations are not sufficient now. We need to delay the speed of the Imperial Navy. This is the order I received before. Like Manila, we must prepare for war." Stephen said.

Eric looked desperate, and Simon lowered his head, saying, "All of you have seen their weapons of continuous shooting. When you see them, you will understand how stupid the decision you made today."

"You should feel ashamed that 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 he said, "Just don't be scared to pee your pants at that time."

Ever heard what Eric meant, and he said happily: "You are willing to stay, are you?"

"Yes, this time I want to test the way to deal with the Imperial army." A dangerous light flashed in Eric's eyes.

He has been studying how to organize the offensive of the Imperial Army throughout the journey.

After pausing, he said, "There is only one way to delay the attack of the Imperial Army, which 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 the negotiation table with us, rather than just using force to solve everything."

"The fire hedgehog does play a role." Simon testified for Eric.

Ever nodded. He and Eric had been on the battlefield together and trusted Eric. "I immediately organized the native slaves in Jakarta to dig trenches, and Eric, this time we will fight side by side, just like before."
Chapter completed!