The wind blows from the South Sea

Chapter 81: The Situation of Dingding Surabaya City

Not surprisingly, the white men hiding in the church surrendered, and their weapons were confiscated. 262 white men were transferred to the old camp and detained, and more than old, weak, women, and children remained in the church.

It's just that soldiers are sent to guard it, so you can't move around at will.

Dozens of carts of mules and horses were arranged to carry the corpses to the beach for burning. After the tide came in, the remaining bones were carried into the sea and disappeared.

until night comes

The obvious smell of blood still remains in the streets that have been repeatedly washed by river water. It gradually thins out in the cool sea breeze and becomes inaudible.

The only thing in Surabaya that suffered severe artillery fire damage was the Parliament Building. In the evening, the rubble had been cleared away, leaving only the broken main body of the building still telling the story of the bloody battle damage suffered during the day.

Soldiers who were injured in the war received good care and were properly placed in various medical hospitals.

Before night falls, Surabaya City seems to be no different except that it is cooler than usual.

However, everyone knows that things have changed in Surabaya City.

At this point, it was too late to realize that a disaster was coming...

Heavily armed patrol teams and armed vigilante groups armed with swords patrol the streets and alleys of the city continuously, severely suppressing gang members and thugs who take advantage of the situation.

"Brother Feng...Master Feng...it's no harm to the family, so please show mercy. Don't forget that we drank tea together before, and we were somewhat of a compatriot." At this moment, Qiao Yunnan looked miserable and shouted loudly. .

Nanyang Company began to recruit Zhuangyong in the afternoon and opened several recruitment points in the city. In one day, it recruited more than a thousand people.

not long after

The door of Qiao's house opened, and Qiao Yunnan, who looked ten years older, led several housekeepers of Qiao's house out of the house, and knelt down at the door one by one in dejection.

Surabaya City is the capital of the entire East Java region, with a population of more than 12 people. It is the third largest city in the entire Java Island, second only to Batavia and Bandung. It is now firmly in the hands of the Nanyang Company.

When Hu Huhu saw this, he waved his hand, and the wolf-like soldiers rushed into the Qiao family courtyard and escorted out all the family members, maids, and guards.

Such iron-blooded methods caused some signs of chaos in Surabaya City, but they were soon forcibly extinguished.

Dozens and hundreds of torches were burning brightly, and heavily armed soldiers lined up in front of the Qiao family's mansion. The black muzzles of the guns reached the door, and could emit earth-shaking roars at any time.

There is even a trace of luck in my heart

After nightfall

The white forces had just finished the liquidation and before they could take a breath, they immediately attacked the Qiao family without waiting even for a moment.

Without the towering white man behind him, Qiao Yunnan had a businessman's heart and lacked the bloody spirit to fight to the end, so he had to surrender.

Once discovered, his body was immediately executed and left on the street.

It is said that as many as two to three thousand people were recruited this time, and all of them will be thrown into the Landa Mountain Mine for closed training.

Never thought that Feng Guohui would be so ruthless.

I thought that by shutting the door and doing nothing, the worst possible thing was to reduce some industries or benefits, and at least we could get through this difficulty.

In front of Qiao's mansion

Feng Guohui stood behind the military formation in full armor, staring coldly at the gate of Qiao's house.

Until the white forces in Surabaya City were completely cleared, Feng Guohui did not order an operation on the Qiao family until nightfall.

The Qiao family had many opportunities to plead guilty before, but unfortunately they spent a lot of time arguing behind closed doors.

At this moment, Feng Guohui didn't even bother with Qiao Yunnan's nonsense. His eyes flashed with a ruthless look, and he turned around and whispered to Mai Laowen;

"All the men of the Qiao family, young and old, have been working hard in the Landoshan Iron Mine. Take care of them. I don't want to hear about them again."

He gave a "you know" look. This kind of family with a deep foundation must be uprooted. There can't be any little ones left to seek revenge in the future. That would be endless.

It's not that I'm afraid of anyone, but there's no need for me to ask for trouble.

This kind of violent force was used to seize the magpie's nest and directly cut off the roots of a Chinese family that had existed for hundreds of years. The blood feud was as high as the mountains and the sea.

As long as there are descendants of the Qiao family, this obstacle will be difficult to overcome.

The main task of Mai Laowei's third battalion is to station in the Landa Mountain Mine. Now it is also responsible for training thousands of new recruits and supervising the construction of the mountain pass fortress.

It would be perfect to leave this matter to him.

Mai Laowen immediately understood, nodded and replied in a muffled voice, "Don't worry, Sir, we will definitely do it neatly."

Qiao Zhongxing, who had been detained before, was not far from where Feng Guohui was. He saw Feng Guohui whispering a few instructions with murderous eyes, and his eyes occasionally turned to the Qiao family members who were kneeling on the ground.

Being familiar with Feng Guohui's ruthless methods, he was immediately frightened to death. However, he knelt on the ground for a few steps and shouted loudly, "Brother Feng, I have something to say." Feng Guohui turned his head, frowned and waved his hand. , asked the blocking soldiers to let go of Qiao Zhongxing, and asked: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to talk more, what else do you have to say?"

"I know that Brother Feng has been trying to recruit me before. As long as you can treat the Qiao family well, I, Qiao Zhongxing, will sell you my talents and knowledge. I am willing to work hard to assist Brother Feng. I can swear to the ancestors of the Qiao family, I will never fail Brother Feng in this life, otherwise I will not be buried in the ancestral graves after death, and will bear countless infamy."

"Hehehe...it's too late."

"What?" Qiao Zhongxing's face was full of surprise.

Feng Guohui said;

“This moment, that moment.

At the beginning, Feng did have the intention to recruit Brother Mo Zhai, but unfortunately, Brother Mo Zhai had lofty ambitions and was not a thing in the pool. Naturally, Feng would not force others to do anything.

The Qiao family and our Nanyang Company are gradually drifting apart, and they are willing to be driven by ghosts at the expense of infamy. Their behavior is shameful.

How can sugar cane be sweet at both ends?

Our Nanyang Company still recruits talented people with lofty ideals, but does not accept rags.

Brother Mo Zhai and the Qiao family should go to the mine and reform themselves!

Your white masters are among them. Go there and think about it carefully. Are you going to be a humble dog or a human being with your head held high? "

"Brother Feng, Brother Feng, the Qiao family's sins are not worthy of death. Please give me a chance to reform..." Qiao Zhongxing shouted in panic.

Isn't an iron ore factory a good place?

The more than 160 men in the Qiao family are all unable to lift with their hands or carry on their shoulders. They are rich children who are used to being pampered and have no way to adapt to the harsh labor life in the mines.

Even if you do hard labor normally, how much will you have left after one or two months?

At this time, Feng Guohui no longer had the patience to waste any more words. He waved his hand with a look of disgust, and the wolf-like soldiers around him had already taken Qiao Zhongxing away.

They were all detained in the old camp tonight and set off early tomorrow morning. Under the escort of the third battalion, they accompanied the white prisoners to Landa Mountain Square.

At this point, the turbulent upheaval in Surabaya City has come to an end for the time being.

the next few days

Nearly 3000 newly recruited soldiers went to the Landoshan Mine for training one after another. While Feng Guohui further strengthened his control over Surabaya City, he also pulled, beat and suppressed the local Chinese forces.

With the lessons learned from the uprooting of the Qiao family, other Chinese forces have moved closer, and they will never dare to be half-hearted again. The situation is stronger than others.

The Hu family and the Lin family completely took sides and sent many of their family members to join the Nanyang Company. Hu Huashan was the captain of the newly established artillery team and was highly used.

In addition, Feng Guohui used the large number of white people's mansions and estates that he seized to reward those who had made meritorious services in military operations. A total of 77 key personnel were assigned their own mansions.

These are basically battalion-level, deputy battalion-level, company-level, and deputy company-level officers, including cavalry captains, squad leaders, regimental company officers responsible for Feng Guohui's safety, and Nanyang Company headed by Zheng Xiucai and Ma Ganqiang. The relevant logistics backbone, the big shopkeeper, etc. were all overjoyed.

Rewards for soldiers have also come down, and those with outstanding performance have been promoted one after another. They can serve in lower-level positions such as squad leaders and squad leaders, and receive rewards ranging from 60 to 100 silver coins.

Ordinary soldiers earned 12 to 15 silver coins per capita, and the Hu family and Chaoshan children who fought together also received rewards, which further condensed the morale of the army.

There were more than 600 white women captured, both young and old. Feng Guohui simply gave them to the officers and soldiers with a wave of his hand. The Hu family and the Lin family each also got a lot.

To do so is to tie these two families tightly to their own chariot.

Anyway, these red ghost guys have killed those who deserve to be killed, and those who deserve to be punished have been punished. If you think about it from your perspective, if the white Dutch come and kill you, will they spare you?

There is no other way except following the Nanyang Company all the way to the dark side.

It’s May in a blink of an eye

Feng Guohui arranged for his men to go to Bazavia and pay the taxes of Surabaya City and Yanwang City in the first quarter of 1859, totaling 1 silver coins.

He was heartbroken to pay this money, but in order to allow Nanyang Company to develop and grow for a while and not arouse Batavia's vigilance, these two tax collectors' money had to be paid.

At the very least, I can fool around for two or three more months.

Fortunately, the Qiao family and hundreds of white colonist families in Surabaya City had been confiscated before, and the Nanyang Company was greatly enriched. The cash in hand alone was as high as more than one million.

After excluding these two huge sums of money from the tax collectors and the rewards, more than half is left.

Feng Guohui was not willing to let a large amount of silver sit at home and eat dust, so he immediately placed a large order with Mr. Luis Enrique of the British Macquarie Firm, and the effect was very significant.

The British MacGeeley & Co. was worthy of being a large company operating throughout Southeast Asia. It quickly transported a large amount of goods from the East Indian Colony of Bangalore, Bombay, Chennai, and Straits Settlements to Singapore, and arrived at the Port of Surabaya one after another.

more than a month

By early June, the machinery and equipment arriving at the Surabaya Port included 6 steam engines of different models, oil pressing plants, sugar mills, various rolling equipment, screening equipment, thousands of tons of cement and hundreds of thousands of feet of foreign cloth, a large amount of industrial products.

The most important thing is some weapons and equipment, including more than 44 Republican Type 9 muskets, 12 700-pound and 370-pound Napoleon cannons in stock, more than barrels of black powder and a large number of individual equipment, including more than tents, etc.

The most exciting thing is that on June 6, a complete set of British blast furnace steel plant equipment purchased by Spanish businessmen arrived at Surabaya Port. This shipment included 14 British-made steam engines and some mining equipment.

With these good things, the take-off of Surabaya City is just around the corner.

(Talking about the update situation, starting from today, two chapters will be updated steadily every day, one chapter in the morning and one chapter in the afternoon. The update time will only be advanced, not postponed. If the monthly ticket support increases, there will be more updates.)

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