Xinshun 1730

Chapter 520

After laughing, Lian Huaiguan hurriedly said: "The reason why I count on the imperial court is because the imperial court is different from before. Didn't you also see the official ship that went to the Blue Flag country a few years ago? Now the imperial court Even blue flag countries can go.”

"And didn't we fight the Japanese last year and beat the Japanese? Didn't the reason also be that the Ryukyu Kingdom was bullied? The Ryukyu Kingdom is just a tributary country. Although we are far away from our homeland, we are still two or eight hundred people from the Celestial Dynasty. If we can fight for Ryukyu, why can't we fight for us?"

"You also know that the Dutch have sent people to the capital now. I think the court will resolve this matter."

Lian Huaiguan received the "recruitment" because he wanted to follow the imperial court's thinking.

At this moment, facing the situation in Nanyang, several forces have their own considerations.

From the perspective of the Dashun court, the court does not want the Chinese to riot now, the time has not yet come.Once there is a riot, the imperial court has just finished fighting Japan, and the expansionist mood of the DPRK and China is pervasive. They will definitely not tolerate it, and they will go to war directly.

But starting a war at this time will surely draw the energy of the Dutch in Nanyang.Will the situation in Europe continue to develop to the point where the Netherlands declares war on France and the General Assembly?
The two Dashuns had just finished negotiating cooperation smuggling with Sweden, and had just tried to get out of Malacca. At this time, they were going to war with the Netherlands. Let’s put it this way, even a Dashun ship could not pass the Cape of Good Hope, and Cape Town is now a Dutch colony.

Dashun is not afraid that there will be no export trade. If the business of the Dutch is cut off, the British, French, Swiss and Danpu can make up for it.

The problem is that it is also an export, earning only hard money, and earning it together with the price difference of the second-hand traffickers, that is completely different.

Especially in the expansion plan formulated by Liu Yu, it is necessary to explore the way in Europe first, and then to seize the opportunity period of the subsequent European war.

Historically, the War of Austrian Succession enriched the Swedish East India Company, and the ship that sank, the Gothenburg, set sail for trade during the War of Austrian Succession; the Netherlands was neutral in the Seven Years War, and the Dutch East India Company continued its life for a few more years.

Once such a good opportunity is missed, it will be very difficult to directly control direct trade with Europe and the United States in the future.

To fight the Netherlands, or not to fight, compromise with each other in order to acquiesce in the smuggling trade;

The three abnormal plantation economy in Batavia, Dashun also has no ability to solve the problem of sales.

The domestic market and the Japanese market can be satisfied with sugar from Fujian, Guangxi, and Taiwan. It is impossible for Dashun to use official means to collect sugar from Batavia at a high price, and then sell it at a low price after subsidizing it, which will hit its own domestic sugar industry.Batavia is stable, but the sugar farmers in Fujian and Guangxi are about to turn against it first.

In foreign markets, Dashun has no Sutera, nor Persia, nor does it have a European market. The scale of Batavia's sugar industry is based on the scale of India, Persia, Japan, and the European market. market, the problem will be more serious.

Four... From the perspective of the Dashun court, it is also convenient for the Dutch to immigrate the Chinese here to various parts of Nanyang, which will also facilitate their future rule after going to Nanyang.

From the perspective of the Netherlands, the Dutch do not want the Chinese to revolt at this time, nor do they dare to raise the butcher knife to slaughter, and it is even more impossible to use money to subsidize those slave labor who cannot make a living.

The Dutch still hoped to negotiate with Dashun, and with Dashun’s acquiescence and Dashun’s official consolation, these slave laborers would be obedient and migrate to Ceylon and other places.

The Chinese are the best builders, and the Dutch knew this when Batavia was first built.From city building, to building houses, to commerce, to small businesses, to tax packages... It can be said that they are all masters.

Even the Chinese soldiers are excellent soldiers, as long as they are paid enough, they can fight very well, but the Dutch dare not let the Chinese touch their guns.

The anti-Dutch uprising is currently breaking out in Ceylon. The new governor is transferred from Ceylon, hoping to send a large number of Chinese to Ceylon. According to the story of Batavia, Ceylon will be built into a city comparable to Batavia. Cities, strengthen your dominion there.

The Sinhalese in Ceylon can’t work; the Indonesian slaves can do some unskilled work, but they can’t do technical drainage, water conservancy, construction, etc.; Thousands of Chinese, soon Ceylon will have a nice city fortress.

The second key is to kill and dare not kill, to transport to Fujian Dashun and not to accept, the Japanese trade is over, Persia has a strong man who kicks the Mughals and punches Ottomans all day long. Sugar consumption is also sluggish, India has to look The faces of Britain and France, Europeans eat sugar from the Caribbean, and the sugar industry will be regulated by the "invisible hand" in a short period of time, resulting in serious relative overproduction.

It's just that the thinking of the imperial court is not consistent with the thinking of the Nanyang Chinese.

It can even be said that the interests in the short term are inconsistent. In the short term, the policies of the Dashun court do not represent the interests of the Nanyang Chinese, and even harm the interests of the Nanyang Chinese.

And long term...

The imperial court can consider long-term goals.

But many Chinese in Nanyang need to consider whether they will have food tomorrow, whether they will be caught and thrown into the sea the day after tomorrow, and whether they will die of exhaustion in hard labor the day after tomorrow.

There are many things in it that Lian Huaiguan doesn't know.

However, those people from the imperial court around him, or from the Privy Council, and some of Liu Yu's confidantes may not know the situation very clearly, but they know that since the imperial court sent them here, they even contracted several sugar factories to let them go. They are dormant here, and they must be taken care of.

It's just that how to manage it is a problem.

According to the imperial court, now is definitely not a good time to start an incident.It's just that the people from the imperial court have not come for a long time, and the flames here can no longer be suppressed.

Not to mention the employees of these sugar factories, but those who have official status and are dormant here. After hearing too much about the experiences of the Chinese in Nanyang, they are also furious, and they can't wait to have a fight.

Batavia's little guard force, the Privy Council or the people sent by the navy before, didn't care at all.Although when they were in Weihai, they heard Liu Yu talk all day long about how strong the Dutch navy is and how much tonnage it has, but if they don’t consider the navy, but only consider the city of Batavia, get a thousand guns, a few cannons, A team of engineers will be able to attack.

But the people sent by the navy have learned strategic thinking and know that war must have a purpose. Since the imperial court and the Privy Council think that it cannot be fought for the time being, even if they can't figure it out, they can only try their best to maintain the situation.

They can still trust the imperial court and the Privy Council where Liu Yu is the deputy envoy.Even if you don't understand, even if you can't figure it out, you can only follow the order.

Fortunately, the imperial court has finally done a few things in the past few years, such as attacking Japan and sending ships to the blue flag country.Without these two things, even Huai Guan's words of looking forward to the court would not be convincing at all.

When mentioning these two things at this time, Huang Ban hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "What Brother Huaiguan said is quite reasonable, the court has changed a lot in recent years."

Lian Huaiguan hastily added: "Nowadays, there is no need to pay poll tax in my hometown. The court feels that it is difficult for ordinary people to survive, and everyone pays the same poll tax. This is nothing but a drop in the bucket for the rich, but a drop in the bucket for the poor. Haha, it's Mount Tai. I think there are still people who do practical things in the court."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he quickly praised the imperial court. After all, there are people from the imperial court nearby, and it will be convenient for him to pass it back in the future.

Every year, people from Dashun come to Batavia, and some reforms of the imperial court will also be brought here along with these floating population.

Huang Ban knew that what Lian Huaiguan said was true, nodded and said: "I have indeed heard it. But I haven't been back for a few years, so it's just hearsay, so it's hard to say. What if the court doesn't care about it? "

"If you want me to say, let's pull people up first. It would be best if the court takes care of it. But if the court doesn't care, then we can only have sex with the Dutch."

"Now the brothers have finished their work and beat the red-haired ghost who came to arrest people. How can the Dutch give up? At that time, we will wait for the court with hope for the stars and the moon, but the court will not even fart; If we want to arrest our brothers, but we don't pull up the pole, isn't that just letting others slaughter us?"

The people sent by the Privy Council and the imperial court saw that this man named Huang Ban was full of words of no king and no father, and he was swearing at the emperor, but he had to admit that this man was a character.

Thinking about it differently, if I was in this position, I should also pull the team up.

There is a saying that is good, murder and arson will be recruited.If you don't pull up the team and pose a threat to the Dutch, then you are a lamb at the mercy of others.

Pull up the team and talk as soon as possible.

If you can't reach an agreement, just fight.

It's better than doing nothing.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Privy Council, through the relationship of Lian Huaiguan, bought several sugar factories when the sugar factories were not making money, as a foothold.

The time to buy is exactly when many people want to sell.Besides, the residence permit can be obtained with money, and if you send seven or eight silver coins over, you will have all kinds of identities.

Now there are more than a dozen people in the sugar factory, all of whom are capable officers and have been trained.

If you really pull up a team and get a batch of guns, at least you can negotiate with the Dutch with a straight back.If the imperial court let them go, they would not send them; if they wanted to control them, they would definitely not allow massacres.

Lian Huaiguan hesitated for a moment, and when he was about to listen to the opinions of the people from the court, he heard someone from the court say: "Bang Ge's method is a good one. Pull up the team first, and when the time comes, should we talk or fight?" We are not afraid. If the team is not pulled together, and the red-haired ghost really retaliates, our beating brothers will never be handed over."

"I have a few guns here, and some trustworthy brothers. Although it's the first time we meet today, I've heard of Brother Ban in the past few years. He values ​​loyalty and affection. I see, let's do it like this! "

"If the red-haired ghost really dares to send people to arrest people, let's fight with them. They will only listen to what they say after they are done. If you don't do it, you will talk like fart. If you think you are a bully, who will talk to a wimp about business? Do you still need to discuss about grabbing useless things?"

Although Huang Ban didn't know the identity of the person who spoke, he knew that this person was a friend of Lian Huaiguan who had just come to Bacheng to buy a sugar factory in the past few years.Since Lian Huaiguan is trustworthy, today he is going to send out men and guns, which shows that he is a hero. He said with a smile: "This brother's words are in line with my temper. We brothers should work together and take a step back."

"If the imperial court is in charge, we will trust the imperial court and talk to the Dutch. We will always have the imperial court as a guarantee."

"If the court doesn't care about it, we'll fight it out. After all, the brothers who beat people must not be handed over. And those red-haired ghosts who went out of the city to check their residence permits will be beaten one by one. The guns will be taken away, the clothes will be stripped, and they will be thrown back into the city. .”

The person sent by the Privy Council added: "If the red-haired ghosts really send troops, but the people from the court haven't come yet, let's take a step back, lure them out of the city, and ambush them. Then we go to attack Bacheng. As the saying goes, if people don't The city cannot be defended.”

"I see that there is a section of mountainous area south of Bacheng on the road leading to Maobu, where an ambush is possible. If the Dutch come to fight, we will burn down the sugar factory and retreat to the south. The Dutch think we are timid and must come after us. .And I'm afraid that we will take advantage of the chaos to disturb Bacheng, so we won't send all our troops to chase after him, but only a small group of people. When the time comes, give him a vote!"

"Something is done. If there are fewer Dutch soldiers in the future, they will not dare to go out to encircle the city. If there are too many, I am afraid that Bacheng will not be able to hold it, so we can only hold it in the city. In this way, we can take the initiative to talk to the Dutch."

As soon as the professional background spoke, these reckless people were shocked.

Although it is just a rebellion tactic that is as simple as the entry-level level of the Weihai Military Academy.The anti-encirclement and suppression first destroys part of it, so that if it attacks, it will have to send out a large army, if there are insufficient troops, it will have to stick to the city, and wait for the reinforcements to arrive to replenish the troops before leaving the city. Huang Ban nodded and praised it again and again. Said: "This brother is a good method! Yes! Just do it!"

(End of this chapter)