Lu Ming

Chapter 222 The Dutch are at the top
There is a saying that goes like this: "The ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny."

Poor Hans Putmans, his ideal lasted only half a day at the door of the Grand Priest.

Under the eyes of everyone, the Cookken was blown to pieces like a lantern thrown into firecrackers, and the scene of a huge explosion and a series of fireballs came into the eyes of everyone in the fleet.

In fact, most of the crew believed it was a form of magic.Because no one has ever seen a cannonball that can fly 1 league and hit the ship accurately. In addition, the red dots that flash in the air, including the explosion after hitting the target, are beyond people's understanding: they are more like wizards. Magic, fireball?
Only a few people on the flagship know the truth.

But they also only know part of the truth.At that time, everyone around Tang Xiaoqiao heard his order to fire, but no one knew how the opponent's gunner received the order.
A war with a huge gap in technology and technology ended in this way, and the whole process took less than 1 minute.The battle was short, but effective: as the Cookken sank, Dutch ambitions were simultaneously sent to the bottom of the sea.

So half an hour after the Cookken sank, the superficial brothers reconciled with astonishing speed.Everyone talked happily about the rum and the dancers, as if nothing had happened-except for the embarrassment of Comrade Putmans who was acting too much just now, everything else was fine.

As for the poor Cookken, the crew probably scuttled the ship themselves, God bless them.

When everything was settled, it was already evening.At this moment, the sky was dark and the rainstorm was coming as expected, so Tang Xiaoqiao left in a hurry.As for the Dutch fleet, it can only anchor and spend the night outside Dayuan Harbor today.

Early the next morning, after the rain, the Dutch fleet began to enter the Dayuan Channel.

The Middelburg, which was originally thought to be anchored only in the open sea, easily entered the channel this time.The Dazhuan channel, which was separated by sandbars in the early years, has now been cleared of obstacles, and the width of the main channel is now 30 meters, so the 550-ton Middelburg has not been hindered in any way.

What followed was a series of exclamations: Haidilao, who was still digging deep into the waterway, taught the outsiders the first lesson with his unchanging movements and tremendous strength.

The second lesson is the pilot boat.

The small pilot boat is full of wooden blocks, with a canopy on the stern.Beneath the crude canopy are cylindrical carburetors and gas engines, and cast-iron propeller systems.After seeing these strange ships that can move without sails, the Dutch once again confirmed the rumors that there are oriental magicians here.

After crossing the Dayuan Channel and arriving at the entrance of the Taijiang River, the Dutch fleet all lowered their sails.Next was the performance of the pilot boat: the roaring boat easily towed the Middelburg to the Beixianwei Island Wharf on the north side of Dayuan Island.

It has been a while since the start of large-scale construction on Ojima on the Northern Line.This year is different from last year. This year's Dayuan Port has already shown its name in the rivers and lakes, so with the coming of the summer southerly season, there will definitely be European ships coming to Dayuan Island one after another.

In order to receive these Europeans who were carrying goods, gold and silver, as well as various infectious diseases, the crossing people took good care of the Northern Line Oshima.

Before this, Beixianwei Island was very desolate. Because the terrain was too low, part of it was often submerged by seawater during high tide.

Later, with the birth of Haidilao, some low-lying areas on the island were successively filled with sea sand; and later, with the continuous extension of the sand embankment in the north, there was an arc above the head, and the northern end of the island, which is very close to the main island, Now the sea sand that has been completely dredged out by dredgers has become a sand embankment.

With sand embankments, there is water.

A stream closest to the sand embankment on this island flows into the sea, and a water station was built soon, and the cast iron water pipes produced by the kiln area came in handy.The water pipeline connected along the sand embankment injects fresh water into the underground storage tank in the northern part of the island, and the daily water problem of foreign sailors on the island is solved in this way.

With this water supply system, the planned physical isolation of a large number of outsiders is feasible.These outsiders include sailors and slaves from all over the world, and they will spend most of their waiting time on Beixianwei Island in the future.

From this aspect, it can be seen that the people of the time travel are afraid of various infectious diseases.You know, even the daily water on Dayuan Island is still being transported by water boats every day, and the leaders have not enjoyed the high configuration of sand embankment water pipes.

With water, there must be buildings.

The first building built on the island is naturally the pier.The pier on Beixianwei Island is separated from the pier on Dayuan Island by a waterway. It is also equipped with heavy machine guns, soldiers, and barbed wire.

The next step is to prepare a gold sales town.Sailors in this era are scumbags who don't know if they will die tomorrow, so they have a strong spending power. People who travel through time will not despise the money in their pockets just because these scumbags have no cultivation.

As a result, a wooden town with 3 bars and 5 hotels has sprung up.The planned capacity of the town is 2000 people, with all supporting facilities including boiler room and bathhouse.In addition, the Dayuan Police Headquarters has also set up a police sub-station here, with a large number of manpower and equipment, ready to be used to deal with drunk sailors.

The above-mentioned buildings are mainly concentrated on the east side of Ojima on the northern line.This side is adjacent to the Taijiang River, with beautiful scenery, and you can also enjoy the beautiful night view of the other side after dark.

As for the west side of the island is a slave camp and a hospital that looks more like a prison.

Anyone whose body temperature is detected to be elevated will be taken to the hospital immediately, whether they are sailors or slaves.In the hospital, these people will receive simple maintenance and isolation observation.

Patients with the common cold are discharged from the hospital if they survive.As for those patients who were diagnosed with infectious diseases—no matter what kind of infectious disease it was, these people would be thrown out to sea.

As for medicines, what Traveler can provide right now is some simple topical hydrogen peroxide, medical alcohol, and cotton gauze.As for the extremely rare laboratory-produced aspirin and sulfonamides, the sailors and slaves on the northern end of the island were not eligible to use them.

The Dutch fleet entered Taijiang under this situation.After being towed into place by the pilot ship, the Middelburg first unloaded most of the sailors and slaves in the bilge at the Northern Line Oshima Wharf.It will then be towed to the Chikan Wharf on the opposite bank, where the rest of the cargo will be unloaded.

The short, naked Javanese slave got off the boat, and soon staggered into the slave camp under the command of a large number of guards holding sticks and whips.

In order to prevent these hungry slaves from being stuffed to death, a large pot of mixed vegetable porridge has been prepared in the slave camp.After these people finished drinking the bowl of congee, they would be driven to the lime-sprinkled pool for disinfection, and then it would be their turn to distribute clothes, allocate dormitories, and check the body.

Since it was the first transaction, the doubtful Dutch only brought in a total of 800 slaves this time.Of course, in order to ensure the survival rate of the slaves, the Dutch originally shipped 1200 people.

After the "unloading" of several slave ships, both buyers and sellers were very pleased: after more than a month of sea voyage, the number of slaves who could finally disembark was 1.This number has greatly exceeded the expectations of the traffickers, which proves that the slave trade route proposed by the crossing crowd is feasible.

After hearing the news, Xia Xianze was in a good mood. At noon that day, he met Hans Putmans, the official representative of the Dutch East India Company, and received the trade agreement, the letter from Governor Cohen, and gifts from the latter.

After this, Putmans soon received a heaven and earth voucher amounting to 26 taels—a special fund for the slave trade.

Later that day, Comrade Cai Feiming, an old friend of the Dutch people, also made an appearance.Cai Feiming and his group first came to the garden-style Dutch business house that had already been built, and had dinner with Putmans and his group.

Next, Tang Xiaoqiao fulfilled his promise: in the largest pirate bar in Weidao on the northern line, the guests tasted the high-end rum brewed with the techniques of later generations.Afterwards, the Dutch, including Comrade Putmans, were all drunk, and then they were carried into a small boat and transported back to the business house—the bumpkins really drank too much.

The high-ranking people of the Dutch fleet were well received in the main staff, and the Dutch sailors also lived well.

When the cargo was unloaded that day, most people had already disembarked in the small town: there were gas cranes at the Chikan Wharf, so there was no need for so many sailors.The sailors who came to the town were immediately driven into the bathhouse by the local police: those who had not taken a bath could not register for beds in the hotel.

When the swearing sailors entered the bathhouse, they were quickly stunned by the plume of warm water pouring from the cast iron pipes above their heads.After these people took a bath under the command of the "bathroom security guards" who were carrying batons and wearing big underpants, they were surprised to find that the bathhouse actually gave them a new set of clothes, and then they were told that the old clothes had been taken to be cleaned disinfect.

New clothes were distributed by force, and the cheapest linen was used.As for the style of the new clothes, those who have gone to the sauna in future generations will know, yes, it is the loose shape with a belt and a pair of big pants.

Note that all the above services are paid items.

Ever since, when the scumbags registered their beds in the hotel and walked out of the street, a funny scene happened: the streets of the whole town were full of scumbags from all over the world wearing slippers and brown sauna suits.

Of course, there are not only Dutch people in the town.A large number of Japanese sailors with short stature, long hair, who are very accustomed to sauna suits and straw slippers, are looking at the red hairs coldly on the other side of the street.In addition, there are some Chinese sailors who came here from Fujian and Hangzhou.

Ever since, there were many gang fights that night as expected.

The newly established Oshima Police Station on the Northern Line was exhausted that night, arresting a large number of drunks in bright bars and streets illuminated by gas street lamps, and then escorted them all back to the police station
(End of this chapter)