After the Kunming ship left Qingdao, the East China government was not idle, but continued to organize the mixed fleet. The other work was diplomatic. Just when the Kunming ship left Qingdao, the Beijing office of the East China government submitted a letter of negotiation with the Dutch Minister to the Qing court, Crobe (m. f. m. knobel), accusing the Dutch Batavian colonial authorities of indulging the local indigenous people in Java and launching anti-Chinese actions, causing a large number of casualties and property losses to the Chinese in Java. They also asked the Dutch government to interfere immediately, ordering the Batavian colonial authorities to take effective measures immediately to restore the stable situation in Java, safeguard the interests of local Chinese, recover the lost property, and severely punish the perpetrators and murderers, and at the same time ensure that similar incidents will not occur in the future. Otherwise, the East China government will take effective means to protect the interests of the Chinese in Java.

Due to the weak national strength of the Netherlands, it had already withdrawn from the game of fighting for hegemony at this time. Although the Dutch Embassy in the Qing court and the expatriates suffered some impact during the Boxer Rebellion, they did not participate in the Eight-Nation Alliance. However, in the old time and space, the Netherlands participated in the Qing court's negotiations and became one of the signatory countries on the [Xin Chou Treaty], and also received a compensation of 782,100 taels of silver.

However, in this era, the Netherlands obviously did not have such good luck. Not only was it not qualified to participate in the Shanghai negotiations, but no penny of compensation was obtained. However, Dutch Minister Krobb paid attention to the major reversal of the situation in China throughout the process, and had a clear understanding of the strength of overseas Chinese, and knew that they were not as easy as the Qing court. Therefore, after receiving the letter of negotiations from the East China government, he did not dare to be careless. He first assured the Beijing office that he would convey the opinions and attitudes of the East China government back to China as soon as possible. When there was news in the country, he would immediately notify the Beijing office.

In the afternoon of the same day, after just attending the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Group and the local industrial and commercial community, Zhang Zhenxun also received a notice from the East China Government. When he knew the attitude of the Dutch Embassy in the Qing court, he felt a little relieved. He only hoped that the negotiations of the East China Government could play a role and would have a warning effect on the Dutch Batavian colonial authorities and restrain the local indigenous people.

In the following two days, Zhang Zhenxun visited several private enterprises in Qingdao with the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Group and visited Qingdao Industrial Park. This is a large industrial park planned by the East China government along the Jiaoji Railway Line. It is for merchants who invested in Qingdao to build factories. The total area is more than 60 square kilometers. It has opened the construction of two horizontal and two vertical and four 4-lane roads, dividing this area into 9 large blocks, and also reserved wires, tap water pipes, and sewage pipes. Of course, if someone invests in some special industries, such as ports, docks, shipbuilding, or establishing super-large factories, you can choose other locations.

In the past few days, Zhang Jian brought some businessmen's investment commitments, and the stock capital had exceeded 1.5 million silver. Zhang Jian was very confident in raising the stock capital of 2 million silver in the end, so he initially decided to make a share contract with the merchants who had decided to invest, and only after returning to Shanghai to sign a contract to invest, and make up for the remaining part.

With this straw-making share agreement, Zhang Jian expressed his plan to invest in a textile factory in Qingdao to the East China government. The East China government naturally raised his hands to support Zhang Jian's move. 2 million investment is by no means a small amount. Moreover, there is no formal textile factory in Qingdao. Now all textiles are supplied by Tianjin, so Zhang Jian's textile factory can fill a gap. So on behalf of the East China government, Ye Yanfu said that he could ask Zhang Jian to choose the address for the construction of the factory, and Zhang Jian proposed to establish a cotton production base in Qingdao. Ye Yanfu also expressed his support, but asked Zhang Jian to determine the plan, funds and shareholding agreement for the establishment of the textile factory as soon as possible, so as to negotiate with the East China government.

After learning about it, Sheng Xuanhuai immediately expressed that he would not hesitate. He could first recruit merchants who had determined their investment and formally signed a simple shareholding agreement. He could immediately send 200,000 taels of silver to the textile factory as the start-up capital of the textile factory. He suggested that Zhang Jian stay in Qingdao and negotiate details with the East China government first, and raise funds and collect shares, and the shareholding agreement could be handled by him back to Shanghai.

Although Zhang Jian was a little strange and did not expect Sheng Xuanhuai to be so active, it showed that Sheng Xuanhuai was indeed planning to invest in this textile factory. This is of course a good thing. With Sheng Xuanhuai joining, of course he was not afraid of not being able to get the money. So Zhang Jian also generated electricity from the Dasheng Spinning Mill in Nantong, asking Dasheng Spinning Mill to send him 200,000 taels of silver, so that it would be enough to start the funds.

In fact, Sheng Xuanhuai's behavior was still related to Li Hongzhang's attitude. It turned out that Sheng Xuan issued a power to Li Hongzhang, which showed that Zhang Jian wanted to set up a textile factory in Qingdao and suggested that Li Hongzhang invest in the textile factory. However, Li Hongzhang called back and insisted on investing alone, not investing in Zhang Jian's textile factory. And if the funds were not enough, Li Hongzhang could add another 200,000 yuan, but also said that if Sheng Xuanhuai was interested, he could join the shares together.

After receiving Li Hongzhang's call back, Sheng Xuanhuai was also quite shocked because the attitudes of the positions expressed by the investment and direct investment were completely different. This also means that Li Hongzhang is absolutely optimistic about overseas Chinese rather than betting on both sides. Although Sheng Xuanhuai does not intend to invest directly, he also feels that he should be more active in the textile factory and strive to promote the establishment of the textile factory. Then, depending on the situation of the textile factory, he can decide whether to join the shares with Li Hongzhang and open another factory.

In addition to Zhang Jian, several businessmen expressed their strong interest in investing in and building factories in Qingdao. Of course, some businessmen planned to go to Jinan or Tianjin to see if there were better investment locations. On the one hand, after several days of investigation, most of the businessmen recognized that the investment environment of the East China government was indeed good; on the other hand, the news that the East China government decided to send warships to Java to protect overseas Chinese has also spread in Qingdao. This news also brought considerable shock to the businessmen. Although many businessmen were worried about whether the reckless behavior of overseas Chinese would cause trouble to the Qing court, they had to admit that overseas Chinese are indeed more responsible than the court and dare to act.

Just two days after the Kunming ship left Qingdao, it arrived in the Guangdong waters and met with Zhang Zhenxun's nephew Zhang Zizhang on the sea, then continued to head south and into the South China Sea. In Qingdao, the establishment of the mixed fleet of overseas Chinese protection was completed. The Military Commission decided that the four warships of the battleship detachment were from the battleship detachment: the Yuanyang, the Ouyang, the Kaihai and the Tuohai, which were also the main force of this overseas Chinese protection operation; and 2 warships were drawn from the cruiser detachment: Haisha and the Haita; 4 warships were drawn from the First Destroyer detachment: Haishi, the Jiangli, the Jiangchao and the Jiangyi; a total of 10 warships, and the crossing warships were dispatched to the Yueyang ship. Because the captain of the Yueyang ship, Wang Hailong, the commander of the battleship detachment.

In addition, seven transport ships were dispatched to load army soldiers, coal, water, food, ammunition and supplies. In addition, the Kunming ships that arrived in Java in advance, the Qingzhou and Yizhou ships that returned from Germany invested a total of 21 ships of various ships, with a total of more than 10,000 troops. After confirming the dispatched warships, the officers and soldiers of each ship immediately started to mobilize and accelerated the transport of materials to the warships.

After receiving the notice from the East China government, Zhang Zhenxun felt mixed feelings and thanked the East China government repeatedly. In the past few days, Zhang Zhenxun's son Zhang Zhijun sent telegrams from Batavia every day to inform the situation in Java. This anti-Chinese movement has been considered a large scale in the past hundred years, and it has occurred in Batavia, Malan, Semarang, Sishui and other places, but Batavia is the most serious. More than 10 overseas Chinese residential areas around Batavia have been robbed by local indigenous people, and the robbed overseas Chinese families have been robbed by local indigenous people. There are thousands of shops, one of which was burned by the indigenous peoples' residential areas. Although there was no large-scale massacre, there were many overseas Chinese who died during the robbery and riots. It is estimated that more than 500 overseas Chinese died in the surrounding areas of Batavia alone. The details of the rest are unknown. In addition, the Zhang family's industries have also suffered some impacts. The worst of them are two cultivation estates and one mineral that were looted by the indigenous people, and 4 or 5 shops have been looted, more than 20 workers died, and as many as 100 injured.

Zhang Zhijun has also reported to the Batavian colonial authorities several times that the anti-Chinese movement took place in Java, but the colonial authorities' attitude was very negative, saying that this was a conflict between overseas Chinese and local indigenous peoples, and the colonial authorities were not convenient to intervene. At the same time, he also warned Zhang Zhijun that it would be best not to leave Batavia City in the near future, otherwise once he arrived outside the city, the colonial authorities would not be able to ensure his safety.

Zhang Zhijun also learned through some other relationships between the Zhang family in Java that this anti-Chinese movement was instigated by a group of Dutch merchants behind the scenes. Because in the past 10 years, the number of Chinese in Java has grown rapidly, and now it has exceeded 100,000. More than 30,000 Chinese have settled in the surrounding areas of Batavia alone. Some have reclaimed land and reclaimed, some have operated maritime trade, and some have invested in and built factories. Not only did they make a fortune soon, but the business of Dutch merchants has suffered a huge impact. Many local indigenous people are jealous of the wealth obtained by the Chinese. It was under the instigation of a group of Dutch merchants that several indigenous tribes launched this anti-Chinese operation. The Batavian colonial authorities also adopted a default attitude towards this and did not have extreme control. Therefore, the anti-Chinese operation quickly affected other regions, and more and more indigenous tribes involved in anti-Chinese. It is estimated that at least more than 10 tribes have participated. However, Zhang Zhijun also prepared a large amount of food, medicinal materials, tents and daily necessities in Batavia according to Zhang Zhenxun's request. He could immediately resettle overseas Chinese as soon as the fleet arrived.

After reading the telegram sent by Zhang Zhijun, Zhang Zhenxun could only sigh. It seemed that the diplomatic negotiations between the East China government and the Netherlands did not play any role. He could only rely on the army of the East China government to protect the overseas Chinese in Java.
Chapter completed!