Cutting 1719

Chapter 595
April, Batavia.

A warm breeze was blowing in the port, and a group of armed merchant ships more than 20 meters long left the port along with the monsoon. Some boats shattered some waves and wiped them out when they cut through the waves.

At this time, in front of the port of Batavia, there was a group of people standing densely. They watched the merchant ships disappearing into the sky and waved from time to time. But when the fleet completely changed from before them to small At the time of the black spot, everyone couldn't help turning their heads reluctantly, with a little confusion in their eyes.

In fact, the people standing in front of the pier are not ordinary people, but high-level people of the Dutch East India Company in Southeast Asia. They can be called real explorers in this era. The Nanyang region with a very different climate is domineering and reckless.

However, these are the old calendars of the past, because for the Dutch people standing in front of the port today, their good days are basically gone forever, because the Chinese people's stance in Nanyang has become more and more serious. The tougher it is, not only requires the Dutch to apologize for the previous trade disputes, but even requires the Dutch East India Company to gradually withdraw from Nanyang and abandon all its current colonies.

In order to achieve this goal, the Great Chu Navy has also begun to intensify its activities in Nanyang, especially with the gradual growth of their naval strength, all of which have put enormous psychological pressure on the Dutch people. I don't know much about it, but I know that in this land, time is on Ningchu's side. They can continue to develop, but the Dutch East India Company can't.

Whether it is the ever-growing Fuhan Army Navy or the Chinese forces that are beginning to move around, they are telling the Dutch one thing, that is, they are the masters of this place, and outsiders like them will always be just outsiders.

Therefore, since the Fuhan Army Navy began to move to Guangzhou last year, the atmosphere in Southeast Asia has become very delicate. The Dutch in Southeast Asia have begun to speed up the delivery of property back to Europe, and hope that their own countries in Europe can provide more support and reinforcements— ——This ship "Laurel Flower" brought a lot of wealth accumulated by the Batavian Riho people, as well as some family members of the Dutch East India Company, and began to set off to return to Europe.

This is a very clear signal, which illustrates one point, that is, in the process of competing for Nanyang with Ningchu, the Dutch have no determination to win, and have already begun to prepare for defeat, so there are so many Dutch I chose to leave Nanyang.

And just after the "Yellow Osmanthus" left, the people on the pier gradually dispersed. Except for a few people who were still standing in front of the pier, the peace of the past had been restored here.

However, the calm did not last long. After more than half an hour, two people, an old man and a young man, walked over quickly from a distance. His face was even paler, it was obvious that the two had suffered a lot.

If the officials of the Qing Dynasty saw it, they would probably not believe their own eyes, because the old and the young were Zhang Tingyu and Hongli, and they were also the top dignitaries in the entire Qing Dynasty. At first glance, it is an endless blessing, but at this moment, it is no different from the overseas Chinese on the streets of Batavia, and it is even more miserable.

"Hmph, these foreign devils are not good things. They can't bear it anymore and want to run away, but they tried to occupy Taiwan back then. They are the same kind of thieves!"

Emperor Qianlong, aliased as Jin Si, squinted his eyes at the almost invisible fleet, but sighed softly: "It's just that now we are a little bit worse than them, which is really heartbreaking."

Zhang Tingyu looked around quickly and said in a low voice: "Fourth Master Jin, don't dare to talk nonsense, we finally ran to Batavia, but don't let others know our identity, otherwise the hard work ahead will be terrible. It's all in vain!"

When Hongli heard this, he couldn't help recalling the journey of the past few months, and couldn't help but shudder, because the past few months, for this little emperor, life was worse than death!

It turned out that ever since Hongli and Zhang Tingyu escaped secretly from Yunchun, they were in a state of panic almost all the time along the way. A group of people pretended to be a business traveler and went out at night, lest they would be overtaken by the cavalry of the Fuhan army. Or if they are caught up by the Russians, they can only hide in a low-key way.

Fortunately, Zhang Tingyu arranged the boat early, so he was able to take the boat all the way to North Korea, and then took a boat to Taiwan after resting in North Korea. Fortunately, although Taiwan was under the control of Taiwan's rebel army Zhu Yigui at this time, it was in order. , and the business is flourishing, so they pretended to be merchants from North Korea, but the journey was safe and sound.

By this time, both Hongli and Zhang Tingyu were in good condition, but the real problem was the journey from Taiwan to Batavia. Since Taiwan and the Dutch East India Company belonged to the enemy, Hongli and others could not go directly from Taiwan to Batavia. Davia can only go to Batavia by going back and forth from Guangnan and other places.

But here comes the problem. During the journey, even though Hongli and Zhang Tingyu carried a lot of wealth with them, they were gradually exhausted. They even encountered bribes from Guangnan officials until Batavia disembarked. At that time, the two of them had little money left, only enough to buy Jia Busi, a small Chinese official who claimed to be working in the Governor's Mansion, and let them go to Europe.

Of course, even at this point, the two of them are not really at the end of their ropes. As long as Hongli chooses to expose his identity, then the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia will definitely treat him well, and going to Europe will not be a big deal. question--

But Zhang Tingyu thinks a lot. He has experienced so many things, and he has a better understanding of some things in the West. He thinks that Qianlong is a treasure in his heart. , so as to maximize the benefits.

And Hongli, who is full of dreams of restoring the country, obviously thinks so. Besides, Nanyang is no better than Europe after all. Where the anti-Qing patriots were hiding, many people wanted to praise the Qing court from top to bottom, so the two never considered publishing their identities at all.

However, it was precisely because their real identities were not disclosed that the two had to find Jia Busi, a local snake in Batavia, seeking to go to Europe.

But the problem is that although Jia Busi is an official of the Governor's Mansion on the surface, he is secretly engaged in human trafficking. Seeing the mysterious behavior of the old and the young, he guessed that these two Chinese They all escaped from the north, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he said that everything was arranged on him. He tricked Hongli and Zhang Tingyu into handing over their money, and signed a contract written in Dutch. labor contract.

Looking at the anxious Hongli and Zhang Tingyu, Jia Busi was not polite, and scolded as soon as she came up: "What's the matter with you two? Why didn't you come to the port until now? Do you know that just now the boat It's gone!"

"Ah, that's right. Let's come to the port at 12 o'clock in the middle of the day according to the agreement yesterday. That's fine."

Zhang Tingyu was dumbfounded. He took out a beautiful pocket watch in his arms and looked carefully. The time on it showed that it was exactly 11:30 in the morning, which was half an hour earlier than the time they agreed on. Immediately, his face was a little unswerving, and he glared at Jia Busi, waiting for the other party to explain.

That Jia Busi has been in Batavia for many years, and she has already practiced hob meat, so she is afraid of the old and the young, so she snorted coldly: "Could you have heard it wrong, I let you today You came to the port at eleven o'clock in the morning, but you are already half an hour late, and the ship has already left, so you can't blame me."

When the words came to this point, both Hongli and Zhang Tingyu immediately understood that they had encountered a rascal, and it was obvious that Jia Busi did not have the ability to send them to Europe, and she was just deliberately bullying each other. Unfortunately, because of the anxiety in their hearts, they failed to see through each other's lies.

"I really think you can get away with things with money? If you prevaricate us, we are not vegetarians!"

When had Hongli been bullied like this before? He was so angry that he wanted to take out the pistol in his arms and kill the rascal in front of him with one shot, but Zhang Tingyu stretched out his hand to stop him, and then he snorted coldly and walked aside go.

Zhang Tingyu took a deep look at Jia Busi, and said coldly: "This matter is inseparable from you. Since we have already given you all the money, we can't give anything else. If you If you don’t do anything, you’ll have to pay for the money with pistols.” The threat was palpable.

Jia Busi was already prepared, and her face immediately changed into a smile, and said softly: "Don't worry, who said that if you miss these boats, you can't go to Europe? There are still ways, it depends on whether you are willing or not." willing."

"What way?"

"It's like this. In addition to returning to Europe by boat from Batavia, you can also go to Europe through the British. Although they have no influence in Batavia, there happened to be a British ship docking in Batavia these two days. It is said that he will go to Europe”

"How much do you want?"

"No money, no money, just sign another contract, that's right, Brother Jin, you can't bring your pistols to the boat, you have to give them to me!"

"Okay, hand it over!"

"In the future, we will always come back!"

There was a little childishness in Hongli's voice, while Zhang Tingyu on the side was overjoyed, but also a little worried. From now on, I'm afraid I can only take one step at a time
As time gradually entered May, Hongli and Zhang Tingyu finally left Batavia with an unknown British merchant ship, but their nightmare was over for the time being, and the waves here in Batavia have just appeared.

First of all, the relationship between Ningchu and the authorities of the Dutch East India Company was completely broken. Not only was the commercial relationship completely severed, but the Dachu Navy in Guangzhou began to attack frequently, and went to Malacca in the name of escort. The taste was naturally very unusual, and the Netherlands The East India Company can only frequently dispatch the navy to countermeasures.

However, the external troubles are not over, but the internal troubles have resumed.At the critical time when the navies of the two sides were confronting each other, certain problems also appeared in the rule of the Dutch East India Company in Java. Many Javanese indigenous forces were secretly colluding, and it was suspected that they wanted to plot against the Dutch East India Company. It was not hidden from the Dutch East India Company at this time.

The reason why there has been no big reaction until now is actually because of a very important reason, that is, since the Dutch entered Nanyang and built a city in Batavia, the conflicts with the local native Javanese It is very large, and the two sides have broken out many wars for this reason. In the 27 years since the eighteenth century alone, they have fought for eight years.

Although the two Java Wars ended with the victory of the Dutch East India Company, for the Javanese, they were not reconciled to being ruled by the Dutch all the time, so now when the Dutch East India Company has a strong enemy, they are naturally unwilling Yu missed this opportunity and started a secret activity.

However, under the dual threats of internal and external troubles, Batavia Governor Vizos launched a search against overseas Chinese at this critical moment. He believed that the Chinese would only threaten the Dutch in Batavia at this time. Rule, decided to strengthen the management of the Chinese, so that the Chinese must go to the Governor's Palace for interrogation every month.

It has to be said that even the Chinese Kapitans from all over the world can't understand this kind of weird thinking, so they can only go to the Batavia Governor's Mansion to ask the Governor together. However, at this time, the Batavia Governor Vizos Ordered to detain all Kapitan, but did not give any explanation.

After the Chinese Kapitans were all detained, there was no buffer between the Dutch and the Chinese. The two sides soon had conflicts. A large number of Chinese began to question the Dutch Governor's Palace. The smell of gunpowder is getting stronger and stronger, and the Dutch authorities have also begun to continuously dispatch troops stationed in Nanyang into Batavia.

It is obvious that the situation is changing so fast that it soon exceeded everyone's expectations. In this environment, the news was also quickly transmitted to Nanjing. At this time, Ningyu is still gradually arranging the steps related to the Nanyang War. After receiving the news, he became very angry very rarely.

"What a Dutch East India Company, they dared to take advantage of the fire at this critical point. I think they don't want to live!"

(End of this chapter)