New Shun 1730

"Keep someone here?"

The mine owner was puzzled and felt a little uneasy, so he had to say: "What do you mean, sir? As you said, this is no longer the Jiugang Xuanwei Division. Now it belongs to Lanwuli Country. This... It seems inappropriate for you to send officials here? This seems to show that the Celestial Empire intends to invade the south, which will shock other countries, which is not appropriate. This matter is not something we can decide. We need to ask the Lord of Lanwuli Country."

Liu Yu said: "I believe in gods and Buddhas the most. I just want to do more good deeds and accumulate merits in my life. I am not a member of the court. I just want to leave two people here to spread medical treatment and medicine, do more good deeds, I just want to accumulate merits for me."

"You can do whatever you want, I don't care, everything will remain the same, after all, you have your own difficulties, how can I just listen to one side? I am just doing good deeds, you know, I go out to sea all day, this is not doing good deeds. Doing good deeds and accumulating merits will not make me feel at ease."

Hearing Liu Yu say that this is not an official person, and "whatever you want to do", the mine owners quickly agreed: "If so, sir, please do as you please. We have some power here, and we can ensure that your servants are safe here."

As long as it is not the official who wants to manage this place, as long as the system of the mine is not changed, there is nothing wrong with doing some good deeds.

And it sounds like a real thing, it is indeed normal to go out to sea all day to do some good deeds and accumulate some merits for yourself.

Liu Yu casually took out a jade plaque and threw it over, saying, "My people don't live here either, they just walk around the island. But you should keep your eyes open. If anything happens, when you see this plaque, you will see me."

"Don't worry, sir. We will definitely take care of you."

"That's good. You can leave."

Waving his hand to ask the mine owners to leave, Liu Yu called the orphans he adopted back then who had been with him all these years. Now they are nearly twenty young men.

Some of the orphans who graduated from Weihai Charity School stayed in various workshops to learn to be technicians, some of the best students were to be the future seeds of the Academy of Sciences, and some were thrown into the old revolutionary base of Paris early on. The rest were all confidants who followed Liu Yu to learn some messy knowledge over the years.

They may not be the smartest, but they must be the marginal people of this era who are most incompatible with the outside world. They did not learn things like arithmetic and geometry, but some methodologies, world views, and organizational skills summed up over the years as officials.

These people cannot become officials in the imperial court, and Liu Yu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, cannot set up his own government and have his own subordinates. These orphans are now gradually growing up, and it is time for them to gain some experience.

"As the saying goes, what you learn from books is shallow, and you must practice to know it. Now you are all grown up, and you have been studying with me for so long. Let's consider today as an exam."

"You have all learned about the same. We will draw lots later. Whoever draws the right one will stay in Banga for a few years."

"I will give you some money. You can live here for a few years and make friends with the miners and the people. Or you can hire a doctor to follow you into the mining area and practice medicine for free; or you can be a good person and help anyone who is in urgent need of money... I don't need to say more about these, I think you understand."

The orphans were not in a hurry to draw lots, and asked: "Sir, since it is an assessment, what does it mean to be qualified?"

"One is civil and the other is military. The civil one, when I come back in a few years, I want to see a detailed investigation report. Including how tin mines are produced, the lives of miners, which month of the year the ships come, the proportion of Christians, Muslims and Buddhists, the attitude of the people towards the Celestial Empire, the demands of miners, what other businesses the local gentry do besides selling mines, etc... …”

“Warriors, when I come back, I will ask you to raise your arms and see how many people you can gather and trust you to follow you.”

After that, he took out a bunch of sticks, and the orphans each drew one. The shortest one showed the stick and smiled to the others: “Brothers, it seems that I am the first to take the test.”

Then he bowed to Liu Yu and said: “Don’t worry, sir, I will do my best.”

Liu Yu stretched out his hand and shook hands with the orphan as if he were an adult, saying: “I will leave a capable fighter to follow you. Remember, you still have to follow the style of the rivers and lakes in the Water Margin story and be a trustworthy brother who is eager to help others.”

“Don’t worry, sir, I will save it.” He stretched out his hands to take the jade card representing his identity. This is a life-saving thing at the bottom of the box, and it is also a way to rely on the power of the court to prevent some local gentry from being blind. Anyway, Liu Yu took the fleet around like this, and the local gentry could not afford to offend people with court identities.

Liu Yu hoped that these people would exercise first, or take root here according to the old times' Jianghu routine.

Dashun lacked liberal arts students, and these people took root here, which could be regarded as the first-hand investigation data of Nanyang, and it was an investigation report with the same three views and methods as Liu Yu.

Although it may be young and naive, and not detailed, it is definitely more meaningful than the officials of Dashun in this era, and it can better grasp the main contradictions between mine owners, miners, and purely commercial trade areas, and a clearer context.

Dashun officials are not stupid at all, they are very smart, but what they lack is this perspective to observe the world.

After a few more instructions, he called a trusted guard and asked a big and strong guard from the military to follow this orphan and protect his safety.

After thinking about it, I felt funny, but it was hard for others to understand this smile. I thought if you shaved your head like a monk, and this guard changed his Japanese name to Ninagawa Shinuemon, it would be interesting.

"There are many Muslims here, especially in Jiugang. You can name yourself Afanti. The guard only said that his name was Tumark. But remember, when I come back from Europe and go to Southeast Asia again, if you have the ability, you can become a bearded guest."

"Afanti" knew what it meant to become a bearded guest, and said with a smile: "I know, sir. When you go to Southeast Asia again, the things here don't need a hero like a bearded guest. Even Song Gongming can accomplish things."

Having said so, he knew in his heart that this matter could not be rushed. If he was really forced to use the jade card, the results of this exam would not be ideal. With the jade card, no matter whether this place is Jiugang Xuanweisi or not, who dares to touch the official?

Dare to kill the token of the imperial envoy of the Celestial Empire, it is a much greater crime than hiding armor and raising dead soldiers.

Originally, since the Jiugang Xuanweisi was abolished, the face of the Celestial Empire has been useless. But now the fleet of Dashun Nanyang escorted Liu Yu all the way to show off his power, and it was as if he was going to revive the eunuch Sanbao's voyage to the West. The face of the Celestial Empire has risen again.

He received five pounds of gold, some Mexican silver coins, and a few pistols from Liu Yu, which were easy to carry, and then left.

…………

Outside Bangka Island, the Dutch formed a fleet of warships that could be put together and were heading towards Bangka.

In name, they were escorting the imperial envoy of the Celestial Empire and the Nanyang envoy after receiving the news.

In fact, they were worried that Liu Yu would repeat some old things and directly seize Java.

Especially after hearing that Liu Yu also brought a battleship, Batavia was quite nervous. Now there are only two battleships in the whole of Southeast Asia.

A British 60-gun battleship Centurion, after resting in the Kowloon military port for repairs, sailed into the vicinity of Luzon.

One of them was the Tianyuan 74-gun battleship that Dashun escorted Liu Yu to Nanyang. As the flagship of the Nanyang Fleet, it had to follow the imperial envoy to comfort the Chinese in Nanyang all the way until it was sent to Ceylon for farewell.

Although the Dutch were extremely confident and believed that they had rich experience in naval warfare.

However, no matter how rich their naval warfare experience was, no captain dared to stand up and say that he was sure that he could rely on a 30-gun cruiser-level heavy armed merchant ship to fight a 74-gun battleship alone.

Valkner really couldn't figure out Liu Yu, and he always suspected that Liu Yu beat the Dutch sailors in order to use the blood of the Chinese in Batavia to exchange for the war between China and the Netherlands to keep the enemy and protect himself.

Therefore, this time he really spent a lot of money, and put together all the warships that the company could put together in Southeast Asia, worried that Liu Yu would "go alone".

After the warship flying the VOC flag approached Banga, Liu Yu issued an order that absolutely violated the naval regulations, requiring all ships to lower their sails and stop at ports without the cover of their own artillery.

The Dutch fleet commander looked at the Dashun fleet that had lowered its sails and docked at the port, and felt even more uneasy.

The ship that had returned to Batavia to report the news had brought back news that the Dashun Navy and the British expeditionary fleet were playing the game of "Eagle Catching Chicken" in the Lingdingyang, and the evaluation given was "well-trained, and as terrible as their army."

Now this well-trained fleet has lowered its sails against the norm, and no one knows what it means.

The abnormal behavior forced the fleet commander to be cautious and sent someone to the port of Banga with the most formal etiquette to submit an invitation.

"Your Excellency the Marquis, the Governor of Batavia is ready to welcome you. Our fleet will escort you all the way to Batavia, where a banquet and fine wine have been prepared."

"Your country's scientific expedition fleet is also resting in Batavia. The sailors drank too much and smashed things on the shore. It is inconvenient for us to deal with it. Please hand it over to you for disposal."

Full of sincerity, but also full of caution, for fear that Liu Yu would find fault.

One third of the face here is for the Dashun naval fleet, one third is for the tea, silk and porcelain made by thousands of Dashun craftsmen, and the last third is for the Chinese rebels in Batavia.

As for the emperor's crown, it is not very prestigious in the eyes of the Dutch, far less prestigious than the Fujian tea farmers.

The Dutch envoy handed over the document respectfully, and after Liu Yu read it, he handed over a few packets of medicine powder.

"This is quinine. Considering that the Marquis' fleet is coming to hot Southeast Asia for the first time, the sailors may be threatened by malaria. The Governor-General has specially ordered me to deliver medicine to the Marquis."

Waving his hand to ask someone to take the quinine, Liu Yu slowly stood up and asked: "Do the barbarians in Batavia know about this?"

"Yes, Marquis, we have informed them. They will welcome the imperial envoy according to the etiquette of the Celestial Empire. In addition, Kapitan Lian's garden mansion has also made some rest. You can rest there when you arrive in Batavia. It is more in line with the It fits the aesthetics and style of China. "

The envoy said this and added: "Originally, the Governor-General considered that you came from the north and the climate here is hot, so you might not be used to it. He wanted to arrange for you to escape the summer heat in Burangan, where the climate is cool, but recently some bandits have been entrenched nearby... Of course, you should know that they are a group of lawless bandits. Last time, they robbed the horses and guns of your envoys who came to persuade you to surrender, and spoke rudely to your emperor. "

Under the threat of the battleship, the Dutch were particularly well-behaved. It was hard to imagine that they were the Dutch who had looted Zhoushan and Penghu.

Even though they were so well-behaved, they were still picked on by Liu Yu.

"The last time our official ship went to Gothenburg to hand over Swedish captives from the Junggar tribe, it was mistaken for a pirate in Batavia and detained for a long time. This time, did you see our flag clearly? Did you recognize it?"

Hearing that Liu Yu was looking for trouble again, the envoy was not angry, but replied with a smile: "My Lord Marquis, it was definitely a misunderstanding last time. You must know that Southeast Asia is a place where pirates breed. In order to ensure order in Southeast Asia and eliminate pirates in Southeast Asia, the Netherlands has to patrol carefully. There are often ships pretending to be official ships of various countries, so it is reasonable for us to be more careful. This is also beneficial to your country's trade exports."

Liu Yu then snorted in a pretentious manner, indicating that he was boarding the ship and preparing to set sail for Batavia. When the fleet was formed into a fleet and sailed into the open sea, the Dutch fleet lined up to salute and salute, and the Dashun side also returned the salute. The two sides were separated by a distance and sailed to Batavia.

At the same time, after confirming that the Dutch fleet had escorted Liu Yu away, a small boat immediately set sail for Bengkulu, preparing to transport the British arms in Bengkulu to the Chinese rebels in Java as soon as possible.