Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 465
Batavia, later known as Jakarta, is a beautiful city, and of course, a city with a long history. Located at the mouth of the Chiriwong River, this historic city was famous for exporting pepper and spices hundreds of years ago. Famous, our country had trade relations with this city during the Song Dynasty. The locals called this city Sunda Galaba, which means a place densely covered with coconut groves, and it is also known as Coconut City. In 1637, the Dutch battleship "Batavia" arrived at the city, defeated the local aborigines, established the first Dutch stronghold, and renamed the city after the ship "Batavia". And use this city as the seat of the Dutch Governor's Palace to carry out cruel colonial rule over the whole of Indonesia and Malaysia.

According to the "Sino-Dutch Treaty of Beijing", the trade distribution center between the two countries is in Batavia, and all Qing merchant ships can only call at this port to trade with Dutch and local merchants. Every April and May, This city is full of thousands of merchants, with unlimited business opportunities, but this year is a bit strange. It is already April [-]th, and the Qing fleet that should have arrived a long time ago has never arrived. Many merchants who rushed to this city are extremely anxious. Every day, a large number of businessmen from all over the world gathered on the wharf, waiting eagerly for the arrival of the Qing fleet.

"The fleet will come, it will definitely come, please rest assured, there is an agreement between us and the Qing Dynasty, I promise, they will definitely come." In the Dutch Governor's Palace, the Netherlands surrounded by a large number of businessmen Governor Van Struij Glinka explained with sweat on his head, and his fat face was full of anxiety. In the past ten days, groups of anxious businessmen have tortured him enough. He has said the same thing I don’t know how many times, even though he himself is annoyed to death, wishing to drag out all these profit-seeking businessmen and shoot them, but he can only think about it in his mind, knowing that those who dare to come to the east to do business Merchants are representatives of various big families, and he is not something that a governor can offend.

"Dear Governor, do you know how much we will lose if we are delayed every day? On behalf of the Hohendup family, I would like to express our serious concern about this matter." The man who spoke was a tall, thin middle-aged man, Van Struij At a glance, he recognized this person as the representative of the Hohendup family, one of the four great noble families in the Netherlands. Although he was angry, he didn't have the guts to attack him. He could only shrug his shoulders and say, "I said, the Qing ship The team will definitely come, please rest assured."

"Your Excellency, you have been saying this for ten days, and we are tired of hearing it. We just want to know when the Qing fleet will come. Is it because we provided an anchorage for England that caused the Qing If this is the case, the Kechit family will express doubts about the matter, and will ask the parliament about it." Before Van Struij finished speaking, a blond man with a full head of hair said nothing. interrupted bluntly.

"This..." Van Struiy shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said, "I have nothing to say. The governor is also following orders. If the Cage family has any doubts about this, they can make a personal statement to His Majesty the King."

"Why, does the Governor think we dare not?"

"unacceptable!"

... The businessman started scolding all the time, but Van Struiy didn't care. He had heard the same scolding for a long time. Anyway, he didn't have any good ideas at the moment, so he simply pretended to be deaf. Dumb, as if you can scold me as you like.

"The ship is coming! The ship is coming! Everyone, the fleet of the Qing Dynasty has arrived." A young man who was out of breath rushed into the reception room of the Governor's Mansion and shouted excitedly. Many businessmen, who were scolded by Van Struij, rushed out immediately, and no one looked back at Van Struij, who seemed to have been released.

"Damn it, a bunch of annoying vampires know how to make money and make money. Do you know what politics is? Nonsense!" Van Struij took out a white handkerchief, wiped the sweat off his face, and murmured .

"Master, the black tea you want is ready." A middle-aged man dressed as a butler walked in and said respectfully.

"Oh, Lin, thank you very much, put it down." Van Struiy glanced at the man, and said with a sudden smile: "Lin, the fleet from your motherland is here, don't you want to buy something? "

The housekeeper named Lin is a man in his early forties. He has been in the Governor's Mansion for almost ten years and has served three Governors. They are very proficient, they can be regarded as the veterans in the governor's mansion, and they are honest and honest. Every governor regards him as a confidant.

"Yes, sir, but I have to wait until I get off work." Lin turned the tray in his hand, bent down, and carefully placed the brewed black tea and the small saucer with sugar cubes on Van Struij's table On, with a flat face, he said something.

Van Struiy said with a smile: "Oh, Lin, you always do your duty like this, well, anyway, those annoying ghosts will not bother me again today, I will grant you half a day off, go and help me See if there is something new, just buy some for me and come back, oh, my daughter is clamoring for perfume, um, rose fragrance, if you have it, just buy a bottle, and I will give you the money later .”

"Yes, master." Lin held the plate in his hand, bowed, and exited the reception room with light steps, not forgetting to close the door before leaving.

Well, what a caring housekeeper. It's very hard to find a good housekeeper these days. It would be a pleasure to bring this person back to the country when he leaves office.Van Struiy took a sip of the still steaming black tea with satisfaction, thinking secretly in his heart.

The port of Batavia is very large, enough to accommodate thirty or forty large ships at the same time. However, whenever the Qing fleet arrives, the port always looks extremely small, and the huge Qing fleet can only Docking in batches, although all the goods loaded in the ships that landed were quickly snapped up by the Dutch merchants who had been waiting for a long time, it still took a lot of time to unload the goods. Therefore, most of the Qing fleet could only berth Outside the port, wait for the previous ship to sell and purchase all the goods before entering the port.Not to mention that the Qing fleet is late this year, and there are fewer ships than usual. The Qing fleet that came to Batavia has only about [-] ships in total. In the past, the sea was covered with white sails. But it was gone, which inevitably disappointed the Dutch businessmen who had been waiting for a long time, but the Dutch businessmen who learned that the follow-up fleet would arrive in more than ten days could finally get a sliver of comfort.

Busy, very busy, the entire port of Batavia is full of people, vendors with stalls are crowded everywhere, and there are also samples from the small merchants of the Qing Dynasty who followed the "Eight Banners Firm" of the Qing Dynasty. The stalls, the whole pier is full of shouts, and the business is booming.Changed into local costumes, Lin walked along the pier with the crowd, looking around casually, but he never stopped in front of any stalls, and finally turned into a small shop opened by a Chinese on the side of the road. After chatting with the shop owner for a few words, he followed the boss into the back room of the small shop on the pretext of looking at samples.

As soon as Lin walked into the back room, he saw a familiar yet unfamiliar face looking at him with a smile. He was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, the man smiled and said, "Ye Hei Yan Fei Gao."

Lin paused for a moment, then hurriedly replied: "Yun Shen doesn't know where. My subordinate, Shadow One, sees Mr. He, Mr. He, why are you here in person?"

He Zhen, the director of the "Honghu" overseas branch, was the one who sent a large number of "Honghu" children including Lin to the Asian colonies of Britain, Holland, Spain, Portugal and other countries. This person has never been prominent in "Honghu". The mountain does not show water, never interferes in domestic affairs, and is deeply trusted by the present. How can it not make Lin extremely suspicious to appear here at this time.

He Zhen took a step forward, helped Lin up, and said with a smile, "Brother He Ding, I haven't seen you for so many years, you still haven't seen the old man, hehe, the Holy Majesty summoned a certain person before leaving, and entrusted a certain person to convey a word to my brother: hard work Yes! The Holy Majesty also said that as soon as this matter is over, my brother will set off to return to the country immediately, no matter whether he is willing to be an official or a businessman.

The hot tears in Lin Heding's eyes immediately flowed down, he knelt down facing north, kowtowed his head and said: "I thank the sage for his kindness, I will not dare to live up to the great trust of the sage, I will do my best for the court, and I will never hesitate to die!"

He Zhen watched silently as Lin He Ding kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, and finally heaved a sigh of relief: "Brother He Ding, I have received the defense map of various places that you handed over last year. This time I came here to learn about three things. Questions: First, has there been any change in the deployment plan? Second, how many troops does the English fleet have in Danmasek? Third, can our people in Danmasek and Malacca cooperate with each other? How certain are they?

Lin Heding stabilized his mood, and clasped his hands and said, "My lord, the defense of the Dutch has not changed this year. According to the news just received by my subordinates in the past few days, England's reinforcement fleet from Europe has arrived. The specific situation The Dutch Governor’s Office is not too clear. Now the whole Danmasek is under the control of England, and the Dutch can’t control it. There are not many people in the shadow of Danmasek. It may be difficult to make a big move, but Malacca It’s possible, the shadows are developing very quickly there, and they can mobilize nearly a thousand people, but there is only a problem with weapons.”

"Oh? England's fleet is here, so fast?" He Zhen froze for a moment, frowned and thought for a while, "Don't worry about the Malacca side for the time being, if there is a need to move, someone will notify Shadow Four, um, can you Contact Shadow Three and let him find out the situation of the England fleet as soon as possible?"

"Reporting to my lord, this place is very far away from Shanmaxi. Even if the subordinate orders immediately, the news on the [-]rd side will have to be in mid-May, and the earliest reliable news will be in mid-June. I don't know if the time is right. Can you make it in time?" Lin He Ding thought for a while.

"Mid-June?" He Zhen shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I'm afraid I'm running out of time, and I'm going back in a few days. The Dutch Governor's Palace doesn't even have any clues, right?"

Lin Heding gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, there is indeed no news about this from the Dutch Governor's Palace, but I know a few businessmen who just came from Europe, maybe they know something, and let me try it."

"Hmm." He Zhen paced back and forth in the room for a few times, looked at Lin Heding, and said with some embarrassment: "Be careful, the imperial court has already used the information that my brother got, and it is estimated that the news has reached the Dutch at this moment." In his hands, the Dutch should become suspicious. My brother is in a dangerous situation. Be careful in everything. If something goes wrong, immediately withdraw from the Governor’s Mansion. As long as you are on my Qing’s ship, forgive the Dutch for not daring to board the ship. Search."

"This subordinate understands that it's getting late, so I will take my leave." Lin He Ding saluted respectfully and planned to leave the room.

"Brother He Ding, be careful in everything, and don't try to be brave." He Zhen looked at Lin He Ding, and hurriedly said something. Lin He Ding didn't answer, but nodded silently, and slowly exited the room...

On April 21st of the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, more than a hundred warships of various sizes were sailing slowly on the vast ocean near the waters of Huangyan Island in the South China Sea. Wang Yunzhen of Yongjun sat silently in the war room of the flagship "Weisheng", watching Looking at the huge combat model in front of him, he frowned. After a long time, he raised his head, looked at He Zhen who was standing aside, and said in a calm voice, "Master He, are you sure that England's fleet only has more than forty ships?"

"Yes, my lord." He Zhen said calmly: "According to the news sent by my subordinate Shadow One desperately, the English reinforcement fleet arrived on March 21. This fleet has eight first-class battleships. There are 21 second-tier battleships, and the rest are third-tier battleships, cruisers, and supply ships. It is said that this is already the largest battleship group that England can send."

"Well, plus the warships that may be dispatched by the Dutch side, there are at most sixty or seventy ships, which is not too many." Yunyu smiled and said: "If the situation is true, that shadow has made a great contribution, my lord. Definitely play Ming Shengshang and ask for credit for him!"

"Thank you, my lord, for your kindness. It's just that Shadow One sent the information..." He Zhen's expression darkened, and he couldn't continue speaking.

"Oh?" Yunyu was stunned for a moment, and after a long silence, he suddenly raised his voice and said, "Come here, pass on the order of the general, and all the officers above the major generals of the army must gather at the flagship immediately!"

(End of this chapter)