Xinshun 1730

Chapter 539 The hero with the spell
It was getting late, and a group of people who had never seen a volcano slowly descended from the volcano.

In the camp at the foot of the mountain, a large scarlet flag fluttered in the wind.

The four big characters of Xingdao for the sky are faintly visible.

Even if you are uneducated, you know that the big flag in the Water Margin is apricot yellow.

However, the composition of the rebel army is too complicated, and most of the core personnel are "undercover agents" of the imperial court, and no one dares to use apricot yellow.

On the contrary, Huang Ban and others, in their eyes, the imperial court is almost equivalent to the officials and gentry in their hometown Fujian who colluded to frame their family, and they don't want the emperor at all.

But those "undercover agents" of the imperial court, or people like Lian Huaiguan who were determined to recruit peace, still didn't hang the apricot flag in the end.

People in the system, especially military officers, more or less know about Di Qing's story.When the fire broke out in Kaifeng, Di Qing was wearing green clothes to direct people to fight the fire, but because the green color faded and turned yellow, it was considered that he wanted to "add a yellow robe to his body".

Don't look at the officers like Niu Er who are full of pride on the top of the mountain, ambushing the Dutch pursuers, pointing out the country, and criticizing people, it is because this is where the king is transformed, and the spring wind transforms the dragon naturally.

But once the imperial court is involved, everyone will immediately act like a dog.

In Java, you can call the wind and call the rain, and think that you can make soldiers by throwing beans.But if it's in the middle of the court, what a fart?The staff officers of the Privy Council are all small officials of the sixth, seventh, fifth and sixth ranks, just sesame and mung beans.Besides, the Navy and the Privy Council have been too popular in the past few years, so many pairs of eyes are staring at them.

The scarlet flag that stands for the sky is still flying, and simple fortifications have been built outside the flag, and more than 400 selected Chinese, Bugis slaves, or Javanese slave labor are using sticks there. training queue.

Those officers in Little Java who didn't climb the volcano, drilled the group here all day.

I ambushed Xiaosheng before, but it was just Xiaosheng.In that situation, many of these unorganized and untrained people still died under the bayonets of the Dutch.

Those who originally thought that they were all carrying their heads on their shoulders, and that the Dutch only had a few more guns, and they could take down Batavia with all their strength, have become honest after this battle, and understand that they have nothing to do with the regular army. What a gap.

When Huang Ban and the others saw Niu Er and his group coming down the mountain, they rushed over to meet them, but their doubts grew even greater.

This group of people... If they are capable, they really are.

But if they are said to be reckless heroes, then they are really not.

I dare not hang the apricot-yellow banner; I dare not take a name such as 36 Tiangang.

It seems that each of them is full of pride, but I always feel that each of them is like Monkey King under a curse, with thousands of spells and abilities, but they dare not make trouble in the heavens anymore, which is indescribably awkward.

After the successful ambush this time, Huang Ban once again mentioned his previous idea of ​​moving to the northeast, near the north coast, and areas with more Chinese.

There is no magic spell on Huang Ban's head, he is a real man.

Non-me races who emphasize loyalty, affection, and simplicity must have different hearts.

He still hopes to save more Chinese brothers, that is, to send troops to attack Cirebon, Semarang and other places, to rescue those Chinese brothers who are doing slave labor in spice plantation hills and sugar factories, instead of squatting in this rare Chinese place.

But judging from the actions of Niu Er and the others, this is not going to leave at all, but to stay here for a long time, to build high walls and slowly become king, and they have begun to get involved in rural laws and regulations. Control the surrounding villages in your hands.

The two sides are in one mind to fight against the Netherlands, but how to fight back and where to fight in the future are not one mind.

In addition, although the ambush battle was won, the casualties on his side were not small. From the beginning, Huang Ban was ambitious and thought that it would not be a problem to take Batavia, or at least Bekasi; It's big, it's too close to Batavia, if you use a large army to suppress it, it may be difficult to support it.

After welcoming them, he whispered under the banner of "Walking for the Heavens": "Brother Niu, I actually want to say that we can't stay here for long. We still have to go north and east. Go to Danmu, Surabaya, Cirebon, Semarang and other places. There are also many brothers there, and many of them are bloody men. As long as we go, they will definitely follow us."

"If we can draw with the Dutch, we will stand there on our own. If we really can't beat the Dutch, there is also a way out."

"If it really doesn't work, find someone to find connections, find Bugis pirates, give them money, and let them send our brothers to Borneo."

"In the story, Li Jun, a river dragon, also became king overseas in Borneo. How can we not? In Borneo, there are also many Han brothers who dig gold and mine there, and that is not the territory of the Dutch. Well, the brothers under Brother Niu are capable, and we will carry out a great cause together in the future."

At this time, the Lanfang Company had not yet been established, but the Chinese already had some influence in Borneo.

Some are transformed pirates, robbing and farming; some are digging gold there, and relying on good relations with local chiefs, they have built a place similar to a "lease land"; Indian companies have already started smuggling opium on a small scale, and there is even a special tax in Batavia.

Historically, in the seventh year of Yongzheng, Yongzheng issued the "Regulations on Promoting the Sale of Opium and the Opening of Smoke Dens" and the "Decree on Prohibition of Selling Opium and Opening of Smoke Dens".

The decree said: "Promoting the sale of opium and cigarettes, according to the purchase of prohibited items, the shackles will be issued for one month, and the frontier guards will be sent to the army."If anyone who opens an opium den privately and seduces the children of a good family will be imprisoned according to the law of deceiving the public of the cult, he will be flown three thousand miles with a hundred sticks.Funato, Dibao, Neighbors, etc. all have one hundred sticks, and two years of apprenticeship...

At that time, the United Kingdom was still unable to get involved in China. After all, India had not yet gained a firm foothold, but it still deliberately warned within the company that it was forbidden to carry this thing on Chinese merchant ships.

Once the industrial revolution was completed and India gained a firm footing, the UK immediately not only abolished all kinds of lock-down orders in its own country, but also ignored the opium ban at all.

The Dutch don't care about this, anyway, they have established a firm foothold in Southeast Asia, and they can smuggle through Chinese sea merchants as middlemen.

The earliest bulk opium transaction receipt in history was used by the Dutch East India Company to offset the accounts, and it was more than ten years ago at this time.

At this time, opioids were still a special drug.The vast majority of poor people look down on medical treatment, and most of those who can afford it are quack doctors, and opium is indeed a miracle medicine at this time.Stomach pain, toothache, and joint pain caused by labor can be "healed" after eating a little.Although it only suppresses the pain and doesn't cure the disease at all, it quickly became popular in this era when the average life expectancy of infants and infant deaths is 35.

Some people in Borneo also started their careers in this way, including Lanfang, which was later called the Lanfang Republic, which also planted a large amount of opium and sold it to Guangdong. Half of the opium production was enough to pay the poll tax of tens of thousands of Chinese to the Netherlands.People under the eaves have to bow their heads. The Dutch sultan collects pagan taxes, and if he doesn’t pay them, he really can’t do it.

Of course, their main business is mining gold, and a group of miners can be considered quite capable in the surrounding area.Miners, it’s a gold mine again, if they can’t be mined, they will be snatched away by others.

In the original history, 30 or [-] years later, Tiandihui would plant rice and sugarcane in Borneo, monopolize the rice and sell it at a high price to the mines, and as a result, all the mines joined forces and beat Tiandihui violently.

Practice has proved that on the basis of natural organizational strength, those who farm the land are really inferior to the miners who go down the mine.

It is easy to say that Niu Er and others have "seen" the gold mines in Wendeng, Qixia and other places, and they know the level of miners in the gold mining areas.

Niu Er also understood Huang Ban's meaning.

It is too close to Batavia, and it is a remote place, and there are few Chinese.

But if they move to Borneo, how can they not grab all the local gold mines with their abilities and means?

Moreover, miners can fight, and they are well-known in Nanyang. Who doesn't know the gangsters on the road and the people in the grass?Without nine points of courage, who would dare to dig for gold?
Whoever digs gold does not bring it out for private use, and dies if he catches it. The boss knows it, and the miners know it too. Steal the gold.

Among the rebels were a few "leaders" with nicknames, and that's how they got their first pot of gold.Huang Ban was more familiar with them, so he always felt that he had to turn to the northeast.

If you win and gain a firm foothold, if you lose, you can ask the pirates to help you cross the strait and move to Borneo.The Bugis pirates are quite trustworthy, and the Dutch on the sea here also need to be courteous to them, and the pirates also take money to do things.

Huang Ban didn't know the news that the imperial court would definitely send troops, so his strategy was actually correct.

Especially after a real fight with the Dutch, I was a little afraid of the fighting power of the Dutch, or the fighting power of the regular army.

To the north, there are more Chinese there, and many Chinese live a much harder life than the people in the village here, and their foundation is better.If you can stop the Dutch, you can separate in the northeast.If not, cross the sea to Borneo, away from the Dutch.

In the stories of the West a long time ago, there are also slave rebellions and volcano revolts.And if the pirates kept their promise and sent those people to Sicily, they might not be able to establish a country overseas and become a king of their own.

It's just that the dream of Niu Er and others is not to establish a country overseas and become a king of their own.

It's not because they are so loyal to the emperor, but because they know the level of Dashun's military strength, and even witnessed the establishment of Dashun's new army and navy from scratch, and they are full of awe and respect for Liu Yu. fear.

It is very clear that self-reliance will not end well, especially when the court is sure that it will go to Nanyang.

More than [-] people are from the imperial court, how can they be single-minded?
Niu Er is well aware of all kinds of contradictions in himself.

He has long felt that leaving the huge imperial system and starting from scratch, they are just a brick in the original imperial system. It is too difficult to leave the old imperial system.

Without the support of the imperial court, it would be difficult to gain a firm foothold here; without the imperial court sending guns and cannons in the future, it would be impossible to achieve anything.How can it be possible to really become king on your own?Is that impatient?
Even if he had the intention, he would still go to America, not within the reach of the Weihai Navy's gunboats.Liu Yu didn't nod, who would dare to stand on his own if he was born in the navy?

Niu Erxin said, if he proclaims himself king, wouldn't that be eye drops for Ying Subo?

Even in order to prove his loyalty to the emperor, prove that the navy is controllable, and prove that the navy should continue to develop instead of giving up food because of choking, Eagle Sobo must personally lead the army to destroy the "traitors" of the navy. Although I, Niu Er, think I have some skills, I also know that I How dare you fight against it?

If Ying Suo Bo is no longer here in the future, and someone else is replaced, I can consider it...

Or, the imperial court really doesn't want to go to Nanyang, and treats us as abandoned sons, and it won't be too late to think about becoming king on our own.

Thinking of this, he still tried his best to persuade Huang Ban: "Brother Huang, I think I still have some fighting skills. In any case, the northeast is a dead end. Without the navy, the Dutch can easily play multi-points, go hand in hand, Landing to fight more and fight less, stick to wait for reinforcements, etc. to play tricks."

"In your eyes, the Chinese there suffer more and more, which is an advantage. But in my eyes, it is a disadvantage because it is close to the sea, the Dutch have been operating for many years, and it is convenient to transport troops."

"Didn't we agree? Let's stay here for a few years. In the future, the Dutch army will come to encircle and suppress them. If I can let them come a few ways, I will only fight all the way. If I break the road, we will have no worries; if not, sink their army." Encirclement and suppression, let's jump outside, it won't be too late to go to the northeast by then. Brother Huang, can you trust our brother's ability?"

Huang Ban is absolutely convinced of this point, and knows that if others are willing to say something, they will say it, and those who don't want to say it will not say it if asked, so now they don't even ask them what these people do.

If you only talk about your ability, you are convinced, so you nodded.

"Who is not convinced?"

"That's it. I'll train my own troops when I have the ability. There are many volcanoes here, and most of them are mountainous. It's not so easy for the Dutch to attack. Let's not discuss this matter in a short time. I think it's still time to First train your troops, stockpile food, and do righteousness, then it is the right thing to do."

Huang Ban knew that he had to rely on this group of people to fight the war now, so he had no choice but to comply: "Okay. Brother, I have no other intentions. I just think about the future of the brothers."

After all, looking at the more than 400 people who have been selected, they are practicing the queue with sticks, and I think that this place is so close to Batavia, how long can the banner of doing justice for the sky last?

They don't even have four hundred guns. Can they really beat the well-trained Dutch who will be surrounded by thousands of troops?
The people on Niu Er's side looked at these people holding sticks to practice in the queue, but felt inexplicably kind, as if they had returned to Weihai ten years ago.

At that time, when I didn’t buy French guns, I practiced formation with wooden sticks. Didn’t I fight the Altai Mountains and drink horses in Issyk-Kul Lake in the same way?

Moreover, although there are not many core personnel, although the sparrow is small and well-equipped, many of them are military students, each with their own skills and means.

Although they are all the third-, fourth-, and fifth-rate characters that Liu Yu said, they can't be regarded as the village chief or the head of the village community here, and they are not easy to catch.Even Governor Valknir, in their eyes, is just a third-rate figure, if he doesn't have a company with hundreds of millions of capital behind him, and he started from nothing, what a fart he is?
Many people also participated in Wendeng Prefecture's permanent tenants, land surveys, statistics and other activities. Although the internal affairs side is not well trained, it is still no problem to kill the village chiefs and govern the villages.

Looking up at the big banner of "Walking for the Heavens", I thought that there is a lot to do here.As long as... the imperial court sends another batch of guns.

They were used to the battles suppressed by artillery, and without artillery, they really didn't know what to do.

(End of this chapter)