New Shun 1730

After laughing, Lian Huaiguan hurriedly said: "The reason why I count on the court is that the court is different now. Didn't you see the official ship that went to the Blue Flag Country a few years ago? Now the court can even go to the Blue Flag Country."

"And didn't we go to war with the Japanese last year? Wasn't it because the Ryukyu Kingdom was bullied? The Ryukyu Kingdom is just a tributary country. Although we are far away from our homeland, we are also Chinese. Since they can fight for the Ryukyu, why can't they fight for us?"

"You also know that the Dutch have sent people to the capital now. I think the court will come forward to solve this matter."

Lian Huaiguan accepted the "amnesty" in accordance with the court's thinking.

At this moment, facing the situation in Nanyang, the forces of various parties have their own considerations.

From the perspective of the Dashun court, the court does not want the Chinese to riot now, the time is not right. Once a riot occurs, the court has just finished fighting Japan, and the expansionist sentiment is pervasive in the court. It will definitely not be forbearing and will go to war directly.

If the war started at this time, the Dutch would be drawn to Southeast Asia. First, would the situation in Europe continue to develop to the point where the Netherlands declared war on France and Prussia?

Second, Dashun had just finished discussing cooperation with Sweden on smuggling and had just tried to get out of Malacca. If it went to war with the Netherlands at this time, no ship of Dashun could pass the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town is now a Dutch colony.

Dashun was not afraid of losing export trade. If the Dutch business was cut off, Britain, France, Sweden, and Prussia could make up for it.

The problem is that it is completely different to make only hard-earned money from exports and to make money from the difference between the middlemen.

Especially in the expansion plan formulated by Liu Yu, it is necessary to explore the way in Europe first, and then seize the opportunity period of the subsequent European war.

In history, the War of Austrian Succession enriched the Swedish East India Company. The Gothenburg that sank was the one that set sail for trade during the War of Austrian Succession; the neutrality of the Netherlands in the Seven Years' War extended the life of the Dutch East India Company for a few more years.

Once such a good opportunity is missed, it will be difficult to directly control direct trade with Europe and the United States in the future.

To fight the Netherlands, either don't fight, compromise with each other in order to acquiesce to the smuggling trade; if you want to fight, you have to fight them forever. The East India Company was directly dissolved and had no ability to rob Dashun's smuggling ships in the Atlantic.

Third, Dashun had no ability to solve the problem of sales for Batavia's deformed plantation economy.

The domestic market and the Japanese market can be satisfied by the sugar from Fujian, Guangxi and Taiwan. Dashun could not use official means to buy Batavia's sugar at a high price, subsidize it and then sell it at a low price to hit its own domestic sugar industry. Batavia was stable, but the sugar-growing people in Fujian and Guangxi would rebel first.

As for the foreign market, Dashun had no Sutra, no Persia, and no European market. The scale of Batavia's sugar industry was based on the scale of India, Persia, Japan and Europe. The problem would be more serious if the three markets were lame.

Fourth... From the perspective of the Dashun court, letting the Dutch immigrate the Chinese here to various places in Southeast Asia would also facilitate future rule after going to Southeast Asia.

From the perspective of the Netherlands, the Dutch did not want the Chinese to revolt at this time, nor did they dare to raise the butcher knife to slaughter, let alone give money to subsidize the slaves who had no means of living.

The Dutch still hoped to negotiate with Dashun, and with the tacit consent of Dashun and the official consolation of Dashun, let these slaves be obedient and migrate to Ceylon and other places.

For one thing, the Chinese are the best builders, which the Dutch knew when Batavia was first built. From building cities, to building houses, to business, to small businesses, to tax farming... they are proficient in everything.

Even Chinese soldiers are excellent soldiers. As long as they are paid enough, they will fight very well, but the Dutch dare not let the Chinese touch guns.

Ceylon is now erupting in an anti-Dutch uprising. The new governor was transferred from Ceylon. He hopes to send a large number of Chinese to Ceylon, and build a city comparable to Batavia in Ceylon according to the story of Batavia, and strengthen the rule there.

The Sinhalese in Ceylon are not good at work; Indonesian slaves can do some unskilled work, but they are not good at drainage, water conservancy, construction, etc. with technical content; Indians are even worse... If there are three to five thousand Chinese, Ceylon will soon have a good city fortress.

The second key is that they dare not kill them, and the Dashun will not accept the sugar shipped to Fujian. The trade with Japan is over. Persia has a strong man who kicks the Mughals and punches the Ottomans all day long. Sugar consumption is also sluggish. India has to look at the faces of Britain and France. Europeans eat sugar from the Caribbean. The sugar industry will be regulated by the "invisible hand" in a short period of time, and there will be a serious relative overproduction.

However, the court's ideas are not consistent with those of the Nanyang Chinese.

It can even be said that the interests in the short term are not consistent. In the short term, the policies of the Dashun court do not represent the interests of the Nanyang Chinese, and even harm the interests of the Nanyang Chinese.

In the long term...

The court can consider long-term goals.

But many Chinese in Southeast Asia need to consider whether they will have food to eat tomorrow, whether they will be caught and thrown into the sea the day after tomorrow, and whether they will die of hard labor the day after tomorrow.

Lian Huaiguan didn't know many of these things.

But the people in the court around him, or the people in the Privy Council, and some of Liu Yu's confidants, may not know the situation too clearly, but they know that since the court sent them here and even contracted several sugar factories for them to stay here, they must be managed.

However, how to manage is a problem.

According to the imperial court, now is definitely not a good time to start an uprising. It's just that the people from the court haven't come yet, and the flames here can no longer be suppressed.

Not to mention the employees of these sugar factories, they are the ones with official status who are dormant here. After hearing too much about the experiences of the Chinese in Nanyang, they are also very angry and want to have a good fight.

Batavia's little guard strength, the people sent by the Privy Council or the navy before, didn't care at all. Although when they were in Weihai, they listened to Liu Yu talking about how powerful the Dutch navy was and how much tonnage they had. However, they did not consider the navy, but only considered the city of Batavia. They would get a thousand guns, a few cannons, and a city of Batavia. With a team of engineers, we can attack it.

But the people sent by the Navy have all learned strategic thinking and know that war must have a purpose. Since the court and the Privy Council believe that the war cannot be fought for the time being, even if they can't figure it out, they can only try to maintain the situation first.

They still trusted the imperial court and the Privy Council where Liu Yu was the deputy envoy. Even if you don't understand, even if you can't figure it out, you can only follow the order.

Fortunately, the imperial court finally did a few things in the past few years, including attacking Japan and sending ships to the Blue Flag Country. Without these two things, even Huai Guan's statement of looking forward to the imperial court would be completely unconvincing.

Citing these two incidents at this time, Huang Ban hesitated and nodded: "What Brother Huaiguan said makes sense. The court has been different in recent years."

Lian Huaiguan hurriedly added: "Now there is no need to pay a poll tax in my hometown. The imperial court feels that it is difficult for ordinary people to make a living. Everyone pays the same poll tax. This is just a drop in the bucket for the rich, but for the poor, it is just a drop in the bucket. Haha, it’s overwhelming. I think there are still people in the court who do practical things.”

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he hurriedly praised the imperial court. After all, there were people from the imperial court nearby. It would also be convenient for him to pass it back in the future.

Every year, people from Dashun come to Batavia, and some reforms of the imperial court will also be brought here along with these floating populations.

Huang Ban knew that what Lian Huaiguan said was indeed true, so he nodded and said, "I've indeed heard people say it. But I haven't gone back in the past few years, so it's hard to say what's going on. It's just hearsay. What if the court doesn't care?" "

"If you ask me, let's pull the people up first. If the court takes care of it, that's the best. But if the court doesn't take care of it, then we can only fight with the Dutch."

"Now the brothers have finished their work and beat up the red-haired ghost who came to arrest people. How can the Dutch just let it go? Then we will wait for the court with hope for the stars and the moon, but in the end the court will not even fart; the red-haired ghost will not let go. They wanted to arrest our brothers, but we didn’t pull up the pole, so we weren’t letting others take advantage of us?”

The people sent by the Privy Council and the imperial court, although they saw that this man named Huang Ban was full of words about being without a king and a father, and he was also swearing at the emperor, they had to admit that this man was a person.

Thinking about it from another perspective, if he were in this position, he should be pulling the team together.

There is a saying that goes well: murder and arson are punishable by punishment. If you don't pull up the team and pose a threat to the Dutch, you will be a lamb to the slaughter.

Get the team together and talk if you can agree.

If we can't reach an agreement, we fight.

It's better than doing nothing.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Privy Council, through the relationship with Lian Huaiguan, bought several sugar mills as a foothold when the sugar mills were not making money.

The time to buy is when many people want to sell. Besides, the residence permit thing can be obtained by paying money. If you send seven or eight silver coins, you can have any identity.

Nowadays, there are more than a dozen people in the sugar factory, all of whom are good officers and have been truly trained.

If we really pull together a team and get a batch of guns, we can at least straighten our backs and negotiate with the Dutch. If the imperial court had left it alone, it would not have sent them; if it wanted to take care of it, it would certainly not have allowed the massacre to occur.

Lian Huaiguan hesitated for a moment, and when he was about to listen to the opinions of people from the court, he heard someone from the court say: "Brother Ban's method is a good one. Get the team together first, and then decide whether to talk or fight. We are not afraid. If we don’t pull up the team, the red-haired ghost really takes revenge, and we can’t hand over those brothers who beat people.”

"I have a few guns here, and some trustworthy brothers. Although this is the first time we meet today, I have heard of Brother Bang in the past few years, and he is very loyal and affectionate. I think this is what we will do! "

"If the red-haired ghost really dares to send people to arrest people, we will fight with them. They will only listen to what you say after you have done it. If you don't do it, you will talk like farts. I think you are easy to bully. Who would talk about business with a wimp? Do you still need to discuss it when you grab something from a loser?"

Although Huang Ban didn't know the identity of the person speaking, he knew that this person was a friend of Lian Huaiguan. He had just come to Bacheng to buy a sugar factory in the past few years. Since Lian Huai Guan can be trusted, he has to use someone to shoot a gun today, which shows that he is a good man. He smiled and said: "What this brother said is in line with my temper. We brothers should work together and take a step back."

"If the imperial court is in charge, we will trust the imperial court and go to talk to the Dutch. We will eventually have to have the imperial court as a guarantee."

"If the court doesn't care, we will risk our lives. After all, the brothers who beat people must not be handed over. There are also those red-haired ghosts who go out of the city to check for residence permits. We will beat one by one when we see them. We will take away the guns, take off the clothes, and throw them back into the city. ”

The person sent by the Privy Council added: "If the red-haired ghosts really send troops and the people from the court haven't come, we will take a step back, lure them out of the city, and ambush them. Then we will go to attack Bacheng. As the saying goes, if there are no people, If it fails, the city cannot be defended."

"I see there is a mountainous area on the road to Maw, south of Bacheng, which is a good place for an ambush. If the Dutch really come to attack, we will burn the sugar factory and retreat to the south. The Dutch will think we are afraid of fighting and will chase us. They are also afraid that we will take advantage of the chaos to harass Bacheng, so they will not send all their troops to chase us, but can only send a small group of people to fight. Then, we will kill them!"

"If it works, if there are fewer Dutch soldiers in the future, they will not dare to go out of the city to encircle and suppress. If there are more, they are afraid that Bacheng will not be able to be defended, so they can only defend in the city. In this way, we can take the initiative to talk to the Dutch."

The words of a professional suddenly shocked these grassroots characters.

Although it was just a simple rebellion tactic at the entry level of Weihai Military Academy. The entry-level tactics of counter-encirclement and suppression first destroyed part of them, so that if they attack, they will have to send out a large army, and if they are insufficient, they will have to defend the city and wait for reinforcements to arrive to replenish the troops before leaving the city, but it also made Huang Ban nod his head repeatedly and praised: "This brother has a good method! Yes! Let's do it!"