Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2432 Zong Yilun

On July 1701, 7, a merchant ship with a huge "VOC" logo on its sails was sailing.Its destination is the port of Malacca under the control of the company, which will be only a few nautical miles away from the destination, and it can enter the port and drop anchor in about two hours.

And at this moment, a ship with a huge tonnage flew over from their right side.A well-informed employee of the Dutch East India Company pointed out that it was an 1100-ton large clipper three-masted schooner built by people on the east coast many years ago.This kind of ship sails extremely fast when the wind is down, and can adjust the yards in time when the wind is unfavorable to move forward at a certain speed.

Most of these ships were built 30 years ago, when they were very popular on the east coast.The famous "Sprint Champion" class immigrant transport ship was born out of this model and was modified. At one time, it dominated the sea with its speed, which was the envy of countless ocean-going traders.Later, the Dutch took the lead in learning this hull design from the people on the east coast, and then the English, French, Germans, and Spaniards followed suit and created their own style of clipper schooners, which greatly improved the efficiency of maritime trade.

However, this flying clipper ship also has its own shortcomings.One is that the center of gravity of the ship is unstable, and the personnel suffer more, and it is easy to cause unnecessary losses when transporting valuables; the second is that there is a lot of water in the cabin, which is easy to wet the goods, and you need to take strict moisture-proof measures; The third point is that the hull structure is more easily damaged than ordinary merchant ships. The life of the ship is short and the maintenance cost is high, which makes many people love and hate it.

So these Dutch East India Company sailors are really curious now that this very worn-out clipper ship should have been knocked out from the East Coast itself - they have this tradition, they have always had - before that It must have been used for many years, and the maintenance cost has entered a stage of high expenditure. Its Far East colonies are still in use.

The draft of the big clipper cargo ship is so deep that the bow of the ship is not lifted up by the waves as usual.If I didn't guess wrong, this ship should be loaded with a large number of metal products. What is it?Don't be a weapon, right?

Considering that there are more and more people from the east coast of Malacca City in recent years, and the total number has even exceeded [-], the employees of the East India Company cannot calm down.These damned east coast people must have bribed the sultan of the Johor Kingdom, although this damned puppet is useless, but the east coast people have found an opportunity-well, according to their words, "take a chicken feather as an arrow" - Started to build farmland and markets a little far away from Malacca City, and officially started a settled life.

These people seem loyal, and they pay taxes to the Dutch East India Company from time to time, but they also have a bottom line, that is, if anyone wants to expel them, they will immediately turn their faces and use tough measures.The town council of Malacca established by the Dutch East India Company had learned this a long time ago. They wanted to "persuade" these people from the east coast not to settle here. As a result, the people from the east coast directly took out the title deeds issued by the Sultan of Johor, pointing out that these lands were already theirs too.Later, they came up with an agreement double-endorsed by the United Provincial Government and the Dutch East India Company, pointing out that they allowed people from the east coast to carry out "operational activities" in Malacca.You see, the procedures are completely reasonable and legal, what else can I say?

To be honest, the Dutch don't really like "reasoning" or "telling the law" in the East Indies.When they face intolerable things, they often directly send warships to block the door. For example, they assembled 12 warships to block the port of Surat; Malacca city.But unfortunately, neither of these two tricks can be used when facing people from the east coast, otherwise the consequences will be very serious.Therefore, their "persuasion" is really persuasion, but the people on the east coast are not moved at all, and insist on not leaving, what can you do?

Ever since, under such delays, there were hundreds of merchants and their employees from the east coast in the city of Malacca, and there were thousands of farmers and craftsmen outside the city.Let them continue to develop, and the numerical advantage will be entirely on their side. If you count the Johor natives who are always thinking about taking back Malacca, this matter will become even more difficult.

Today they were "fortunate" to see an east coast merchant ship sailing to Malacca, and the ship was fully loaded with cargo - if there were no accidents, these ships must also carry at least hundreds of immigrants from the east coast colonies - it was predictable, The influence of East Coast people in Malacca will reach a new level.

"Malacca was born for trade, it is the best trading port in the world. The two monsoons meet here, and the business begins. The merchant ships from China, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu go south in winter (if they are not equipped with steam power), and return in summer. Merchant ships from the Arabian Peninsula, India, Persia and other places set off in summer and arrive in winter. The seasonality of this voyage has spawned a prosperous transit trade, where merchants buy and sell, and bulk goods come in and out repeatedly. There are a lot of people in the port, bustling, shoulder to shoulder, the market is very lively, and various celebrations are colorful.” At this moment, Zongyi Lun from Tsushima Island was reading carefully in the cargo ship on the east coast pointed by the Dutch. A report written by an East Coaster.

Zong Yilun was brought out of prison by people from the East Coast.Because they surrendered to North Korea in the Battle of Tsushima Island, their family's fiefdom in Hizen was confiscated by the furious shogunate, and one of his sons who stayed in Edo was also ordered to cut seppuku.What is even more chilling is that even if he surrendered, the new ruler of Tsushima Island still used his killing and wounding of many North Korean soldiers in the previous battles as an excuse to imprison their family and powerful factions in the domain, and their property was also destroyed. All were confiscated.

At the critical moment, the people on the east bank extended a helping hand, took them from the North Koreans, and promised that they would never return to Tsushima to add chaos to the North Koreans.Zong Yilun didn't have any good choices, so he agreed to the conditions of the people on the east coast, and took hundreds of family members, close officials and warriors to the sea to the port of Malacca.

Where is Malacca? Those who have been doing trade all the year round have a vague understanding of the Ma Zong family, and know that it is a big trading hub in Nanyang.He is not very repulsive about going to this place - anyway, they are all prisoners of the Koreans, and they may be executed at any time. Can there be anything worse than this?

They set off from Jeju Island, and along the way Zong Yilun was eagerly reading the descriptions of the port of Malacca by people on the east coast.Moreover, the two intelligence officers on board also chatted with them, letting him know the purpose of his trip, which is to act as a local guard for the merchants on the east coast to prevent Xiaoxiao from coveting their lives or property—the Dutchman Ming If you don't dare to use the tricks, it is still possible to use the hidden tricks of the third and the third, so you have to guard against them.

Zong Yilun has no objection to this.He could see that the people on the east coast wanted to directly rule the port city, although according to the report, it was still under the rule of the Dutch East India Company.Moreover, the intelligence agents have already made it clear to him that in the future, Brunei will send more than ten officers over to help them train and make him follow the orders of the officer in the territory (it is said that he is still a Japanese), which is even more clear. everything.

Zong Yilun didn't know the current situation in Brunei before, but after reading a document, he knew it too well!It is simply shocking!The people on the east coast have actually abolished the local sultan and established an organization called the "Malayan Management Committee" to fully manage all the affairs of the two major colonies of Brunei and Dili.Of course, this is not the most frightening thing. The most creepy thing is that the people on the east coast are trying to change the local population composition!This point is not written in the document, but Zong Yilun is not a fool. It can be seen between the lines that Brunei people either died of exhaustion on various construction sites, or boarded a ship to Africa, and were compiled into a group called "Island Eight Banners". organization.Those who stayed there were naturally immigrants from Shandong, Zhejiang and other places.What is it called?Call to vacate the cage to change the bird!Belongs to the most vicious way of colonization!

How about Dili?Zong Yilun did not read it, but it is similar to the situation in Brunei, and the future will be dominated by people from the east coast.What about Malacca?It has not been won yet, but once it is won, the local Malays, Dutch, Germans, etc. will probably leave?This is another paradise that only belongs to the East Coast people!

Control Malacca, and then control Brunei, and the two largest trading port cities in the Land Below the Wind will all be in the bag.If other people want to do business, they have to pay taxes to the management committee of the people on the east coast, and the people on the east coast will know all kinds of goods.They can even decide which goods can go where, which ships cannot pass through the strait, etc. This power is really going to heaven!

If it continues to develop smoothly for decades, when Brunei, Malacca, and Dili Island each have hundreds of thousands of residents living, the people on the east coast will have stronger control over the sea passages in the East Indies. ?No, it is impossible for them to do nothing in these decades, and they will definitely accelerate their expansion and try to control more land.What did the intelligence officer say just now?right!He said that it is very likely that another team of tens of thousands of people will be assigned. This team is said to have fought wars, has rich experience, and is strong enough. It should be able to help them control more land and cities, right?This is almost inevitable!In this area, Zong Yilun still can't think of anyone who can gather a stronger force than the people on the east coast, even the Dutch can't do it!

This vote really earned it!Zong Yilun thought, maybe following the people from the east bank, Zong's family might break out into a bigger world!North Koreans, wait for me!The shogunate - alas, it's all fate!In the future, I am afraid that we will be enemies and not friends!

(End of this chapter)