This is probably the case with the legendary Yelang Arrogance. Since John Clunis Ross led his family to settle in the Cocos Islands in 1827, it is estimated that the Clunis Ross family has not left the Cocos Islands for a long time, so John
Only in three lifetimes would he say such stupid things.
Tang En didn't know where John III got his confidence. The reason why the geographical location of the Adane Islands is important is because the Adane Islands are about the same distance from the surrounding areas and are located in the center of the Indian Ocean, so the Adane Islands have strategic value.
The Cocos Islands are relatively close to the Strait of Malacca, but this "relatively close" means that the distance is more than 800 kilometers, so Tang En really doesn't know where John III got the confidence to offer such a price.
"If that's the case, can you give me an uninhabited island next to the main island and the west island? I can rent it to you, but the lease term must be more than 99 years." Tang En also has a backup plan.
If you can’t buy one in the Cocos Islands, then look for an island that you can use in the Cocos Islands.
"No, I know what you want to do, either buy the entire Cocos Islands for 142,000, or you get nothing." John III was not stupid and directly rejected Tang En's backup plan.
"Are you sure?" Tang En is not in a hurry. Adan Company has more powerful energy than John III imagined.
"Of course I am sure! There is no room for negotiation at all. If you want to get the Cocos Islands, you must do what I say." John III was confident and did not think that Tang En's warning was very powerful.
"Very good -" Tang En didn't waste any time and left the Cocos Islands that night.
Then the next day John III was in trouble.
Copra from the Cocos Islands is mainly sold to a company in East India for profit.
Coincidentally, the East India Company was affiliated with the South African Company.
So the next day, John III received a notice from the East India Company requesting to terminate the contract for purchasing copra signed at the beginning of the year.
The East India Company's purchase contract with the Cocos Islands was signed once a year, and the Clunis Ross family's main income came from the sale of copra.
John III did not expect that the East India company would tear up the contract, and immediately took the initiative to go to Batavia, East India, to find a solution.
The general manager of the East India company is Huang Renshi, who is said to be a distant relative of Huang Zhonghan. After East India became independent from Dutch colonial rule, the Huang family became the most prominent family in East India, monopolizing more than 80% of East India's foreign trade.
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What John III did not expect was that when he came to Batavia, he would not get the chance to meet Huang Renshi at all.
In the Cocos Islands, John III was the mighty king, but in East India, known as the "Country of a Thousand Islands," John III was nothing.
There are 17,508 islands in East India——
Ah, no, after accepting Germany's islands in the Pacific, the number of islands in East India has exceeded 18,000.
Therefore, the Cocos Islands are really nothing to East India. Huang Renshi will disappear if he can't see John III. Members of the Huang family will not care what John III thinks.
"That's it. Mr. Huang has been very busy recently, so he doesn't have time to see you. You don't have to waste your time -" Huang Renshi's company is called Huanyu Trading. The person who received John III was a trainee manager. He looked at John III with displeasure.
He concealed his contempt and didn't care what John III thought.
"Sir, please help me. I only need ten minutes, even five minutes." John III begged, and quietly handed over a twenty rand note while shaking hands.
Twenty rand!
Well, twenty rand is actually quite a lot.
The trainee manager looked around and found that no one had any ideas, so he put the money into his trouser pocket without realizing it, and then reluctantly agreed: "Okay, I will try to fight for you again, but don't have too much hope, Mr. Huang."
I’m very unhappy today.”
"Thank you, thank you very much -" John III felt vaguely that something was not normal.
As a result, the wait lasted three hours.
Three hours later, the trainee manager finally showed up and asked John III to see Huang Renshi.
Huang Renshi must not be more than thirty years old this year. His office is larger than the living room of John III's home, and the decoration is extremely splendid. A female secretary in uniform invites John III to see Huang Renshi. John III looks at him intently all the way.
, not even daring to look around.
"John, what do you want me to say? Purchase copra from the Cocos Islands again? No, no, no, you don't even know what you did wrong. Our agreement has been invalidated and there is no possibility of reinstatement." Huang Renshi said.
He was as ruthless as Huang Shiren, leaving no room for anything like John III.
"Huang, we have always maintained good cooperation. The copra from our Cocos Islands is of the best quality in the entire Indian Ocean -" John III tried to persuade Huang Renshi.
"No one denies the quality of copra in the Cocos Islands. I have just said that you don't even know what you have done wrong. Let me tell you this, Mr. Tang En, if he comes to the East Indies, then my uncle
I will go to Banda Aceh to greet him." Huang Renshi's uncle is Huang Zhonghan, the current Speaker of the East India Congress.
John III said nothing and swallowed hard.
John III knew that the Adan Company was very powerful, but he did not know that it was so powerful.
This is also understandable. John III never left the Cocos Islands after he came of age. When he was attending university in London, the Boer War had not yet broken out.
"Do you understand now? I, my uncle, and even the entire East India, Mr. Tang En, as the spokesman of Lord Nyasaland, has supreme authority and can do whatever he wants - I heard that Mr. Tang En wants to buy you
But you offered a price of 142,000 pounds for the Cocos Islands. John Clunis Ross III, are you crazy?" Huang Renshi said bluntly and didn't care what John III thought.
The Umbrella Company was indispensable for the East Indies' independence from the Dutch colonial government.
After the establishment of the East India, the Southern African dignitaries and the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company purchased properties in East India. Today, nearly 40% of the land in East India belongs to the Southern African dignitaries and the mercenaries of the East India Company.
The East India Company under Gram's name bought almost the entire island of Sulawesi, while the South African company under Stoudemire's name owned the entire Kingdom of Aceh, just because Stoudemire liked the coffee from the Kingdom of Aceh.
Therefore, Huang Renshi can hardly evaluate John III's overestimation of his capabilities. It is normal to seek more benefits for himself, but to charge sky-high prices to hoard goods is to seek death.
"I'm not crazy, I just want to get more benefits, Mr. Huang, you know, the Clunis Ross family has nothing except the Cocos Islands -" John III now realized that Clunis Ross
The situation faced by the Ross family is really a mantis trying to overestimate its capabilities.
"Go back and think about it carefully. Enough is enough. Give us a price that is acceptable to all of us. Lord Nyasaland has just established an Australian company. If you don't want money, you can ask for a property in Western Australia that is larger than the Cocos Islands.
A farm, I believe Mr. Tang En will definitely meet your requirements." Huang Renshi gave the most feasible plan, which is also the most beneficial to the Clunis Ross family.
"Then the contract between us -" John III still wanted to make a final struggle.
"Abandon your illusions, Mr. John Clunis Ross. Regardless of whether you agree with this plan or not, the contract between us cannot continue to be performed. Of course, you can also continue to look for alternatives to see if anyone else is willing to buy the Cocos Islands."
"Dried coconut kernels." Huang Renshi didn't leave John III a way to survive, so what was he thinking? John III was never a chess player, not even a chess piece.
Although Huang Renshi made it clear enough, John III still made some attempts to see if anyone was willing to buy copra from the Cocos Islands.
To John III's dismay, none of the dozens of trading companies in Batavia were willing to buy copra from the Cocos Islands, as if the copra from the Cocos Islands had become poison overnight.
It cannot be said that even if it is poison, some people are willing to buy it. It is more appropriate to describe it as "junk".
On May 3rd, John III came to Pas and took the initiative to find Tang En, hoping that Tang En could buy the Cocos Islands.
John III was unwilling to give up the Cocos Islands if there was even a chance.
But the reality is always cruel. John III tried every means, even trading companies in the Lion City, John III had tried, but no one was willing to buy copra from the Cocos Islands.
Just a week ago, a southern African destroyer appeared in the northwest waters of the Cocos Islands, causing panic among the entire Clunis Ross family.
The Cocos Islands were not peaceful. During the World War, the Australian cruiser Sydney sank the German cruiser Emden off the coast of North Keeling Island.
The appearance of destroyers in southern Africa prompted John III to make the right decision. Now John III no longer insists on the price of 142,000 pounds, but actively lowers the price to 1,420 pounds.
However, John III asked the Australian company not to pay cash, but to find a new farm for the Clunis Ross family in Western Australia at a price of 1,420 pounds.
Of course, Tang En welcomed such a request with both hands.
In order to repay John III's kindness, Don prepared a 3,500-acre farm for the Clunis Ross family on the outskirts of Pas.
What needs to be emphasized is that 3,500 acres, converted to about 14 square kilometers, no more, no less.
Of course, considering that the farm is located on the outskirts of Pas, its value must be far greater than that of Cocos Islands.
ps: Sorry guys, I was wrong, this is the real chapter 1023——
