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The parliamentary vote was inconclusive, with the Governor and Director-General at odds.

In anger, the governor ordered the arrest of the director-general, and all the congressmen, and planned to send them back to the Netherlands after being imprisoned.At this moment, the situation was reversed, the Dutch headquarters sent a new appointment, the director-general was promoted to governor, and the governor was ordered to step down as soon as possible.

"What are you doing? Are you going to rebel against Independence?" Putmans yelled as he grabbed the door frame as he was dragged out.

Rainiers said contemptuously, "What do you civilians know?"

Putmans fell silent for a moment. Being a commoner, he really didn't understand why the disputes between noble factions ignored the interests of the company.

It's not bad now, but in a few decades, the factional struggle of the Dutch East India Company has reached the level of black and white party struggle.Once the governor and the director general come from the same faction, they will join forces to benefit their own group, and even harm the interests of the entire company.

Rainiers cannot surrender. Once he surrenders, he will take full responsibility, and the faction behind him will also be impeached, and then lose the right to speak for a long time.He must stick to the castle, even if he dies, until the last moment.

The story of the promotion from a small employee to a governor has long since disappeared. That kind of situation only appeared during the pioneering period.

Today's Governor of Batavia is all Dutch nobles, all of whom were parachuted from the Netherlands.All their actions are based on their own family and faction.

"All soldiers, double the salary, double the food! All the staff and civilians must take up arms, even women must fight!" Rainiers is not afraid of death, he must die for the family, and even the people in the castle Also pulled to die.

The writer Neuhof wrote in his diary: "The governor is crazy, and the director-general is also crazy. They arrested the members and representatives of the members. They joined forces to implement dictatorship in Batavia. This violated the company's regulations and is absolutely not allowed. Allowed. The civil servants are already panicked, and they don’t know what to do. When the governor took office, he brought cronies from the Netherlands, including a small team of soldiers. These lunatics only listen to the governor’s words and want to bring everyone together Go to hell. We, it seems, should do something, the Chinese are very kind to those who surrender, and I didn’t suffer abuse when I surrendered in Malacca..."

Dutch soldiers, sent to defend four bastions.

Civilian staff to assist with logistical work.

Dutch commoners, assigned to sections of the castle walls.

The governor also executed a sleeping sentry, which made everyone shudder, for fear that he would also die inexplicably.

The Dutch cheered up and defended the city, and the defense seemed to be tighter.

But privately, there are many discussions. One is that he does not want to die here, and the other is that he is afraid of the governor's dictatorship.

"Do you want to die?" Neuhoff approached a clerk.

The staff shook his head: "Of course not."

Neuhof said: "We are all civilians, and we go to sea to make a living. Now that the nobles are going to take us to die, are you willing to resist?"

The clerk asked, "How do you resist?"

Neuhoff said: "Tell me who you trust most, this person must not want to die."

Chapter 827 [Siege Ball]

The writer Johann Neuhoff was by no means born in the bottom of the poor, because he was good at reading, writing and painting.

And, initially as a reserve officer, he went to Brazil, a colony of the Dutch West India Company.

But to say how rich his family is is pure nonsense.This guy has also been a sailor, which belongs to the most difficult, tiring and dangerous profession, and he doesn't know how to clean the deck with a little background.

"Sir, Mrs. Witherson, I invite you to the ball tonight." A servant came to hand the invitation.

prom?

The castle was surrounded, and there were still people holding a ball.

Neuhoff held the invitation in both hands: "Please tell Madam, I will attend on time."

Neuhoff must have scoffed at other people's balls.

But Mrs. Witsen's ball, Neuhof had to attend.Because his benefactor's surname is Wetson, if he hadn't been supported by his benefactor, he would still be fooling around in America now.

The husband of Mrs. Witson is the nephew of Mrs. Engong, and one of the captured MPs!

As night fell, many soldiers and civilians were still on duty to guard against Chinese sneak attacks.

In a certain hall of the castle, more than 200 candles were lit.Some candles are placed in wall sconces, some are placed in chandeliers, and some are placed on tabletops.

The interior is brightly lit, and food and wine are constantly being served.

Mrs. Wittsen, who was wearing heavy makeup, was walking around the audience holding a glass of wine, and soon came to Neuhoff: "I'm glad you can come, Mr. Neuhoff."

"It's an honor to be invited by Madam!" Neuhoff bent down and kissed the back of the lady's hand.

Guests came one after another, all of them were high-level company employees and city officials, as well as their wives and daughters (all mistresses, illegitimate daughters) and sons-in-law.

The women at the ball, young and old, were all mixed race.

That Mrs. Witson is also of mixed race, and her father was the previous governor.Her mother was from Japan (Portuguese-Japanese mixed race), was arrested as a Catholic, and was sold to the Dutch and sent to Batavia, where she became one of the governor's mistresses and maids.

In early Batavia, women were scarce.

Han people can only marry Javanese natives, and gradually there are Han women.As long as they are Han women, even if they look crooked, they will be snapped up by Han men.

To what extent are Han women scarce?

According to Batavia's official records, Han women would turn against their husbands at every turn.Sometimes they just got divorced after a few quarrels, and they don't have to worry about whether they can remarry after divorce. The better the family background, the more this is the case.

The main reason for the divorce is that the wife found out that the husband was keeping a concubine. This kind of extramarital affair is completely intolerable.The second is that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not harmonious, and the Han woman is angry with her mother-in-law and wants to break up with her husband.

There are even parents of Han girls who force their daughters to divorce and remarry because they can't get used to their son-in-law's uselessness.

In order to curb this phenomenon, the Dutch and the Han people jointly promulgated relevant laws and regulations: first, Han people need to pay marriage tax when they get married; Permit; Fourth, once you marry illegally, you must be deported.

The Dutch also lack women.

At first, women were transported from Europe, but there were two problems. One was that the cost of long-distance transportation was too high, and the other was that most of the women transported were prostitutes.Many of these European prostitutes suffered from venereal disease, and were disgusted by the Dutch, who even nicknamed the prostitutes "rotten pears".

Coincidentally, the Japanese shogunate fell out with Portugal and arrested and killed Japanese Catholics.

The Dutch took the opportunity to buy, and those Japanese-Portuguese mixed-race women became sought-after items for the company's top management.Ordinary Japanese women are assigned to middle and low-level company employees.

The illegitimate offspring of company executives, the boys were sent back to study in Holland, and the girls stayed in Batavia.These girls will marry new company employees, and the father-in-law will train his son-in-law as a confidant, and cultivate cronies through marriage. After decades, they will be intertwined.

The Mrs. Witson in front of her is one of the best.

Although her former governor's father has returned to China, her husband is the chairman of the Batavia City Council and a member of the company's East India Council.Moreover, her husband listened to her very much, because her father was based in the Netherlands, and she herself had a business in Batavia, and she earned far more money than her husband.

"Bang!"

The door was slammed open.

Governor Rainiers led his troops in and ordered: "According to the wartime decree, candles, food, alcohol... are war supplies, and they are all temporarily confiscated!"

"stop!"

Mrs. Witherson also roared: "I brought these into the castle, and these are my private property!"

Rainiers looked angry: "Mrs. Witson, for your father's sake, I allowed you to take the servants to the castle to take refuge. Now the castle is under siege, and the soldiers are still guarding the city. You actually hold a ball, you What exactly do you want to do?"

"Release my husband immediately!" said Mrs. Witherson.

Rainiers said: "When the war is over, I will release him. However, I will send a ship to send him back to the Netherlands, and your husband and wife relationship will also be over by then. I remind Madam, change your husband as soon as possible."

At this time, the Dutch basically left their wives and daughters behind once they left office and returned home.Their wives will become rich "widows" and hook up with young and promising new employees.And young new employees are also willing to "marry" widows, which can save 20 years of struggle in an instant.

It was not uncommon for a wealthy biracial woman to have several husbands.

The company's top executives are reluctant to leave home, and they don't want to return to China after retirement. It will take decades for that to happen.

Mrs. Witson turned to look at the guests: "The governor is crazy, he can't surrender because of the family. But what does it have to do with us? The food in the castle can last for more than a year. Will everyone starve to death together? Batavia is also under siege. Whether it is the Banten army or the Mata blue army, they will withdraw after a few months of siege. But now it is the Chinese army. The Chinese surround Manila, Zeelandia, and Malacca. When will they withdraw? Over the army? The Chinese are the richest, they have endless food, as long as they are willing, the Chinese army can besiege the city for ten years..."

"Grab it!"

Rainiers didn't want to listen any more, and immediately ordered the soldiers to act, and took Mrs. Whitson away in minutes.

The next step is to unplug the banquet candles and collect the banquet wine and food.The wine and food were also rewarded to the soldiers defending the city, which slightly boosted the morale of the army.

Those invited guests remained silent throughout the whole process, for fear that they would be arrested too.

The next day, Rainiers summoned the army to give a lecture and threatened the soldiers: "Do you know what will happen to the surrender? The Dutch soldiers in Zeelandia were all killed after surrendering. The Chinese like to behead their heads. If we surrender, all our heads will be killed." Cut it off!"

This statement is half true and half false. All the Dutchmen in Zeelandia were indeed beheaded.That's because they resisted to the end, causing the Datong army to besiege the city for more than nine months, wasting too much food and grass, and many soldiers fell ill.

As for the Dutch soldiers here, a few came from Malacca, and they knew that they could save their lives if they surrendered.

"The Chinese army will not kill prisoners. If we keep defending the city and do not surrender, our heads will be cut off."

"I am from Malacca. I have surrendered before. The Chinese army really can't kill people."

"The governor is too bad, he wants to drag us to die together."

"..."

Rainiers gave both favors and threats, thinking that he had taken control of the army, but he didn't know what the soldiers were talking about in private.

The company's high-level and middle-level employees are also quietly connecting together.

Especially after Mrs. Witherson was arrested, this kind of tandem became more frequent.The company is not your own, why sacrifice your life?Isn't it good to surrender early?

"Your Excellency, the civil servants are willing to surrender," Neuhof approached Batavia City Judge Siddens. "I also contacted some soldiers, all of whom came from Malacca. They believed that surrender would save their lives."

Siddens said: "Appoint a time and let's riot together. The governor violated the company's regulations and arrested members of the council without authorization. It is reasonable for us to expel the governor. Even if there is a meeting of 17 people, we will not be wrong."

……

Governor's Mansion, Office.

Director-General Jonas asked: "Do you think the Chinese will withdraw their troops?"

Rainiers said: "I can only try it out. China sent troops this time too fast. It is probably the same as the last time they attacked Malacca. They didn't get the Chinese emperor's instruction at all. Their food should not be much, and they all rely on local Chinese planting. Provided by the owner. The rainy season is coming soon, and if there is a hurricane, those plantations will fail to harvest. Or there will be other disasters next year, which will force the Chinese to withdraw their troops. I will not give up until the last moment.”

"Yes, until the last moment, we must not give up." Jonas said with emotion.

Rainiers was able to be the airborne governor, and he spent money in private.He spent money to get the governor's seat, and secretly fished for it for several years. All the embezzled money is here, and he will take it away with him when he leaves office and returns to China.

Once you surrender now, there is nothing left.

Don't talk about it for the benefit of the family, he is more for himself, even if he is desperate to keep the greedy money.

Jonas was even more interesting. His wife and children, who stayed in Holland, wrote to say they had bought war bonds.All the savings in the family were bought in British bonds, hoping that the British would win the war.

You heard me right, before the war between Britain and the Netherlands broke out, the Netherlands not only sold warships to the UK, but the UK could also get war loans from the Netherlands.Not to mention these things, during the war between the two countries, Britain directly issued war bonds in the Netherlands, and there were not a few Dutch people who bought British war bonds.

Jonas was stunned when he received a letter from his family.

He firmly believes that Britain will fail, and the bonds bought by his wife and children will definitely be in vain!

Therefore, he cannot surrender. He has to last until China withdraws its troops, and then bring the embezzled money back to the country, otherwise he will not even have the money to return to the country for retirement.

"Bang bang bang!"

There were sporadic gunshots outside, and soon the gunfire became more and more intensive.

Rainiers stood up in surprise: "It was shot outside the Governor's Mansion, someone turned traitor!"

Chapter 828 [Geometry Problem]

Batavia City, the former Dutch municipal building.

Zhang Xianzhong has made meritorious service in continuous battles, and now he has become awe-inspiring. He slapped the table and said, "Angel Liu, these Indian prisoners can no longer be used. They can't work one by one, and they eat like rice buckets. Why don't they just use them all as cannon fodder in the siege!"

"Just give me a bowl of gruel every day." Liu Hanyi said.

Zhang Xianzhong said: "I definitely won't let them eat more, but they only eat a bowl of gruel, and they don't want to work at all. They can't move a few times when they are whipped. If the supervisor doesn't watch, they will lie on the ground to dry." The sun. I also ordered that if you do a good job, you can eat more. This trick is useful for Taiwanese headhunters, but it doesn’t work for those Indian captives.”

Deputy envoy Sun Jie said: "I asked rich Indian businessmen, and these captives are all untouchables. They can only do things like dig out excrement and move corpses. They are not allowed to believe in religion, and they are not allowed to reincarnate. They will be like that in this life, no matter you They won't believe any promises you make. You said you can eat more if you do a good job, have you ever rewarded anyone?"

"Return the reward? The work given can't be finished. I don't kill them." Zhang Xianzhong said angrily.

Sun Jie said with a smile: "Only when the Shang monarch migrates to the woods and establishes the faith can he reform the law in Qin. Village head Zhang can also reward the rice and establish the faith, regardless of whether the Indian captives have completed their work or not. Every day, choose the three who do the most work, in front of the rest. For the captives’ noodles, give them an extra bowl of porridge. Those who are willing to work more will be rewarded to four people every day. Keep going up, ten or twenty will be rewarded every day. Then divide the Indian prisoners into groups, which group will work the best Well, give everyone an extra bowl of porridge. The team leader will punish those who don’t want to work in order to eat more. But remember, even after receiving rewards, they can’t really make them full. Only hungry people, Only then did I realize that eating more is very precious.”

"This will work?" Zhang Xianzhong questioned.

"Give it a try, Village Chief Zhang is still reluctant to give a few more bowls of porridge a day?" Liu Hanyi laughed.

Zhang Xianzhong said depressedly: "Then try it."

The insensitivity of the Indian untouchables is such that they see no hope at all.

Sun Jie said: "These hundreds of Indian captives can actually be used for good. First reward Lixin, change their ideas, and make them feel that they are also useful. Then let them be tenants in Luzon. They are real tenants, not what Serfs. As long as they are willing to work, as long as they learn how to farm, no matter how lazy they are, they will be enough. In the future, the Datong army will kill India, and if these hundreds of Indian untouchables are captured, they will be able to recruit and educate more untouchables."

Liu Hanyi said: "We'll talk about the Indian affairs later. Should we step up our offensive? In a few days, the rainy season will come. I heard that the rainy season will last for three months."

Sun Kewang said: "It's not easy to fight. The Dutch castle has four bastions. The walls are short and thick, and the artillery can't break them down. No matter which side you attack from, you will be hit by the enemy in the bastions. arrive."

Zhang Xianzhong said: "The usual method of digging ditches is not easy to use here. There are moats on all sides of the castle, and all the moats must be filled first. One side of the moat is also connected to the sea. The other two sides of the moat are connected to the Tiger Canal. Connected. It can’t be directly filled there, but a canal must be dug first to divert the water from the Tiger Canal to another place to flow into the sea.”

Everyone was speechless.

If you want to fill the moat of the Dutch castle, the amount of work is not so large. You have to dig a canal to drain the water first, otherwise the city where the Datong army is stationed will be flooded.

"Can it be flooded..." Sun Jie said halfway, but he felt amused, "Well, pretend I didn't say it."