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Massacre the Han people now, even if they win this battle, the future of Batavia will be bleak, and there will be food shortages for several years [-]%.

Because of a Nambawa gold mine, taking the risk of falling out with China and taking over that gold mine is enough to prove how short-sighted the Dutch colonial authorities are.When they think about it, even if China sends troops, it will not be so fast.By the time China sends troops, these high-level officials have already returned to China, and the mess will be a headache for the next governor.

Clapp said: "The first task now is to defend the castle, and we will talk about it later. The Chinese, especially the Chinese in the urban area, must be killed! Let the Javanese servants kill them, and all the Dutch soldiers stay in the castle to guard against China. Troops suddenly landed."

Rainiers thought over and over again, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, kill those Chinese, and steal their property and food! Then send people to the plantations in the outskirts to incite Javanese slaves to make trouble. Promise to those slaves, as long as they kill The Chinese master can divide the master's land, property and women!"

It has already entered summer at this time, and the journey from Batavia to Guangdong is smooth.

The Chinese merchant ships that stayed for a long time couldn't wait to return home with a full load of goods.In the port of Batavia, there are not many Chinese ships left, and they have to wait for the northeast monsoon to blow before heading south again.

This is the time for Liu Hanyi to dispatch troops after discussing with Su Minggang.The large army stayed in Guangzhou first, waiting for the monsoon and ocean currents to change, and rushed to Batavia against the wind and current, so as to minimize the loss of Chinese merchant ships.

As for the rainy season in Batavia, it is concentrated from November to February, as long as you avoid these three months.

It also took time for the Governor of the Netherlands to summon the Javanese servants.Coupled with the closure of the port by the Dutch warships, this series of operations quickly attracted the attention of the Han people.

The Chinese maritime merchants who had not had time to leave the port abandoned their ships and went ashore one after another, not even taking their goods, and took their men into the city to take refuge.

Liu Hanyi was afraid of leaking the military plan, so she didn't notify these Han merchants in advance!

However, an envoy was also secretly sent to contact Su Minggang's son on a Matalan merchant ship.

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A month ago, Wangkalai.

Wangkalai is Bekasi hundreds of years later, a full 30 miles away from Batavia City.

Thirty years ago, the Han people only cultivated land outside the city, but now they have cultivated land 30 miles away.It used to be full of woods and swamps, but under the patient transformation of the Han people, it became one piece after another of fertile fields.

In the beginning, they only grew food, but gradually there were native slaves, and they followed the example of Europeans to engage in plantation economy.Tobacco, sugar cane, fruit, oil palm... The economic strength of the Han landlords grew rapidly, forcing the Netherlands to vigorously support the Javanese landlords.The Dutch were ungrateful and levied heavy taxes on the Han landlords while helping the Javanese landlords capture serfs.

In this way, the Han landlords are still powerful, and the land area they own is more than ten times that of the Javanese landlords.

The Su family's mansion was built in Wangjialai, and the lantern at the door was written with four Chinese characters "Founding Father".

This country refers specifically to Batavia.

The Su family believed that Batavia was a country they helped the Dutch build, but they were just tools for the Dutch to gain a foothold.

Su Dingguo is over 40 years old. In recent years, his most proud achievement is the establishment of a free school in Wangjialai, where all Han children can come to study for free.The most depressing thing for him is that after his father Su Minggang left, the Su family could no longer obtain the position of "Jiabidan".

His father, who was too serious, kept asking for expediencies for the Han people, which caused the Dutch to become more and more dissatisfied with the Su family.

"Master, a businessman from the Han family came to visit and said that he brought a letter from the old man." The housekeeper came to report.

As soon as he heard the letter from his old father, Su Dingguo got up quickly and ran to the courtyard outside to greet him.

The visitor was a young man, about thirty years old.

Su Dingguo looked at it carefully, and asked doubtfully, "Your Excellency is a member of the Su family in Tong'an?"

The young man did not answer the question, but said, "Give me a bamboo or wooden stick, please."

Su Dingguo was confused and asked the housekeeper to find a bamboo stick.

The young man took out things from his bosom, which were strung together with ropes, knots of yak tail hair.These yak tails were soon tied to bamboo sticks, reflecting the setting sun and fluttering in the wind.

Su Minggang was educated back then, and he went to sea to make a living because of his family's decline. He was very concerned about the education of his children and grandchildren.

And Su Dingguo, who has studied the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, is also very familiar with the allusions of the Han family.

After being dazed for a moment, Su Dingguo guessed what it was.Thinking of the experience of the Su family being discriminated against in the past few years, the blood surged up in my heart, and I knelt down and prostrated, tearfully shouting: "Su Dingguo, an overseas abandoned citizen, pay homage to Lord Angel, long live the Holy Son of Heaven, long live, long live!"

The young man clasped his hands: "My humble Sun Jie, as a deputy envoy, was ordered to go to sea to be the king of Nanbawa. Here is a handwritten letter from Mr. Su, please read it first."

Su Dingguo did not dare to get up on his knees, holding his father's letter with both hands.

After reading the letter, Su Dingguo gritted his teeth and said: "Master Angel Rong Bing, that Dutch red-haired ghost, ungrateful, crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and treated us Han people more and more harshly. My father has made great contributions, but he left the tea cold. People from the Su family even Kapitan can’t do it anymore. There are also Chinese farms, the farther they are cultivated, they are often plundered by Javanese robbers, and the Netherlands will not send troops to help. If today’s army comes to kill, as a Han, I should try my best to serve the country. I dare not do anything else Guaranteed, the Su family will give as much food as they want, and will not accept a tael of silver! If the Han army besieges the city for a year, all the Su family's sugarcane gardens will be used to grow food until the army captures Bacheng!"

Sun Jie was greatly moved, and quickly helped Su Dingguo up: "Your Excellency has the heart to serve the country with fists and fists. When I return to Nanjing, I will definitely report to Your Majesty!"

Ten years ago, the Han landlords here would have hesitated and even helped the Dutch to fight the Datong army.But it is different now. The Netherlands has been defeated repeatedly, and the local Han people are more optimistic about the Chinese army.

Su Dingguo got up and told the butler: "Take off the lantern at the door!"

"No need for the time being, don't leak the news." Sun Jie stopped.

Su Dingguo said with a smile: "Angel, please don't worry, the area outside the city for dozens of miles is our territory of the Han people, and the Dutch will not leave the city. Even the taxes in the countryside outside the city are contracted to the Han gentry, but the tax amount is more than that. The higher and higher. The Dutch only go out of the city twice a year, not to go to the countryside to collect taxes, but to check whether the Han people have hidden military armor.”

"So that's how it is," said Sun Jie. "It is inevitable that there will be traitors and traitors who inform us, so it is better not to pick up the lanterns. Ambassador Liu has already made an appointment to dispatch troops. Mr. Su, don't connect with Han gentry for the time being. When the agreed time is approaching, we will go to connect half a month in advance." , so as to avoid exposing the military situation as much as possible.”

"The angel has a well-planned plan, and the grassroots must obey it." Su Dingguo said.

Then he said: "Although the red-haired ghost forbids the Han people to hold military armor, the gentry of various families have quietly bought some, and they can also raise hundreds of thousands of rebels."

For rural Han people, recruiting thousands of soldiers is already the limit.

Regardless of the tens of miles around, most of the land belongs to the Han people.But there are very few real farmers, and they mainly use slaves to cultivate. Those Javanese slaves are not of one mind with the Han landlords.

Chapter 820 [Prelude to Chaotic War]

Liu Hanyi agreed on a time for the start of the war, and asked the Han people in Bacheng to connect with each other half a month in advance. The purpose was to keep it as secret as possible and leave room for adjustment.

As it turns out, plans always change.

The Chinese naval fleet was discovered in advance, leading to an earlier attack time.

The secret agent lurking in the city found that the Dutch had blocked the port and prevented the remaining Chinese merchant ships from leaving the port, so he hurried to the countryside to report.

The action has to be advanced, otherwise the Dutch will do it first.

Su Dingguo summoned several sons and more than 30 fellow villagers.Only he himself has an arquebus, and the rest are all swords and spears, and they are all dressed in civilian clothes, not even a decent armor.

More than 400 Javanese slaves were also gathered together. Su Dingguo spoke in local language: "The emperor of China sent a hundred thousand troops. The Dutch are doomed this time. Don't try to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. Some people stay in the countryside. Protect our farm well, and the rest will be transported with the army to deliver food and grass! Let’s go, and destroy the Yang family first!”

Dozens of Han people held weapons, and more than 200 Javanese slaves accompanied the army to transport food.

On the way, I met Su Dingbang's younger brother Su Dingbang, who also brought a similar army.In this way, the troops continued to gather, and the direction was not Batavia, but the Yang family plantation, which also belonged to the Han people.

The current Jiapitan, surnamed Yang, is the son of Yang Kun, the contractor of the Batavia city wall and canal.

Yang Kun is also in his 60s, leaving his property to his son and living in a newly built mansion in the countryside.

"kill!"

Shocking shouts of killing came from a distance, and the rebel troops were completely incapable of fighting, so they began to shout and charge two miles away.Not only did he give the Yang family time to react, but he also made himself so tired that he was out of breath when he rushed to the wall of Yang's house.

Yang Kun was lying on the rocking chair listening to a little song, when he was suddenly startled by the shouts of killing, he stood up and hurriedly shouted: "But the bandits from Wandan are here? Quickly gather troops to guard the hospital wall, let them snatch the sugarcane in the field!"

"Old man, it's too bad, it's a Han Chinese from the village!" The housekeeper scrambled and rushed in.

Yang Kun hurriedly went out to check, took a ladder and leaned on the fence, only to see two or three hundred people killed from the east.He quickly shouted: "Flee to the city!"

This old guy no longer cared about his property, let a strong slave run away behind his back.Before he ran far, hundreds of people came from the north and blocked his way to Bacheng, scaring him almost out of his wits.

In order to save his life, the Javanese slave left Yang Kun and ran away, and the old man fell to the ground.

After finally getting up, the rebel army had already killed nearby. Yang Kun could only question loudly: "They are all Han Chinese who go to sea to beg for trouble. Why did you come to kill me?"

The leading Han landlord said: "You old man, when you contracted the city walls and canals, how much hard-earned money did you squeeze out of the folks? You took many folks out to sea, and you drove them to death! Now your son is doing He took Kapitan and became a dog for the Dutch, and today he avenged his revenge!"

Yang Kun hurriedly argued: "The Dutch are urging the construction period to build the city wall, and the Dutch are also raising taxes in the past two years. My Yang family can't help it either!"

"Kill this dog!"

Suddenly someone shouted, and the rest of the Han people rushed to kill them immediately, spreading their anger towards the Dutch on these bastards of the Yang family.

Yang Kun turned around and fled. Before he could take a few steps, he was knocked down by a shoulder pole, hit by a hoe, and smashed into a sieve by more than a dozen spears.His second son and grandchildren were also beaten, and even his old wife was beaten to death, and then the rebel army rushed into the house and looted it.

With this "great victory", the morale of the rebel army was instantly high, and they headed towards the city with their heads held high.

The city is in chaos.

Thousands of Javanese indigenous residents were incited, men, women and children, armed with sticks, crazily rushed towards the neighborhood where the Han people lived.There are also two thousand Javanese servants, armed with machetes and bows and arrows, charging as the vanguard.

Thousands of Han residents, also connected by secret workers and businessmen, took up arms one after another, and built fortifications at the intersections with furniture and door panels.

The Arabs and Indians in the nearby communities panicked while being confused, thinking that the Banten army was coming to attack the city again.

"Take up arms and come out to defend the city!" Indian and Arab leaders ordered one after another.

No matter what nationality they are, as long as they have settled in Batavia for a long time, they must have personally participated in the war.

Because in the past few decades, the Banten and Mata blue troops have often come to besiege Batavia.

The Dutch defenders were short of troops, and they fought defensive counterattacks every time.

The combat process is as follows: the Dutch army defends the castle, and the residents of various ethnic groups defend the city.The Dutch navy raided the enemy's ports and burned as many of the enemy's food stations as possible.When the enemy's army was short of food and morale fell into a slump, the Dutch defenders fought out to win.

One of the most thrilling times, Ma Dalan dispatched [-] troops to besiege the city. After a large amount of food and grass were burned, they did not retreat.

At that time, the walls of the residential area were breached in many places, and the people of all ethnic groups withdrew to the area near the castle.The Han and Indians were the bravest. They formed a coalition to help the Netherlands defend the city, and even fought bloody street battles.

Just when the Dutch castle was in danger, cholera suddenly broke out in the army.Due to the large number of casualties and the epidemic, the Sultan of Matalam could only choose to withdraw his troops. Batavia finally escaped, but the governor of the Netherlands also fell ill and died.

As long as they have been connected in advance and are not caught off guard, the Han residents will not be lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

It is said that Han people are forbidden to hold weapons, but at this moment, there are many Han people holding big knives and spears.Every street has a Han Chinese street leader. Under the leadership of the street leader, women and children go into battle with sticks.

The two sides fought back and forth between the barricades built with furniture. The Javanese servants with bows and arrows couldn't get in for a while.

Governor Rainiers, standing on the castle, observed the battle situation with binoculars, and complained helplessly: "These Javanese soldiers are really trash, even Chinese civilians can't beat them."

The army commander asked, "Do you want to help?"

"Fire some shots," Rainiers said.

In Batavia, Malacca, Manila, and Zeelandia, the main forts of these European colonial castles were not aimed at the sea, but invariably aimed at the Han Chinese settlements.

"Boom boom boom!"

More than 20 shells fell on the Han people's block, and many roofs collapsed. There were not many Han people killed or injured.However, local chaos was caused, and the timid Han people were running like headless chickens.

"Boom boom boom!"

Another cannon was fired, but a naval battle broke out a few miles away.

Rainiers said: "Leave 200 men to defend the castle, and the rest will attack the Chinese in the city."

Clapp asked: "Don't you stick to the castle?"

Rainiers said: "From Zeelandia to Malacca, as well as Manila lost by the Spaniards, they were all besieged by the Chinese army. We are more than a year away from the mainland. It only takes one month for China to send troops. It only takes ten days to come to Batavia with smooth sailing. The longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, and we will definitely be surrounded until we run out of ammunition and food. So, I want to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle!"

"Not waiting for the Navy to finish?" Clapp asked.

Rainiers asked, "You think the Navy can win?"

Clapp fell silent for a moment.

The Netherlands had only 60 warships in Asia at its peak, and that was 100 years later.At this time, the Dutch Asian Fleet had only more than 40 warships at its peak, and half of them were distributed in the Indian Ocean.If we really want to fight a big battle, we have to call up merchant ships temporarily.

With many battles with the Datong Navy, it is no longer the pinnacle of the Dutch Asian Fleet.

另外再说荷兰东印度公司的收支情况（整个亚洲），近十年的总支出约700万两白银（年均70万两）、总收入960万两（年均96万两）。也就是说，每年的亚洲净利润为26万两白银。

The annual income has not broken one million because corruption has become more and more serious. From the governor to senior staff, everyone is frantically making money.

However, the expenditure remains high. First, there are wars everywhere, and military expenditures are rising steadily; second, the structure is bloated, and the number of employees is increasing; third, the company’s debt ratio is high, and the interest that needs to be repaid is scary-the goods are sold, and the money is recorded. , Before the net profit is calculated, it must be distributed to major shareholders as dividends, and debt repayment is the next thing.

Historically, when the first Anglo-Dutch war broke out, and in the following years, due to the frantic construction of warships in the Netherlands after the defeat, the income and expenditure could almost offset each other. The total profit in ten years was only 59 taels of silver, and the average annual net profit was 5.9. Two (whole of Asia).

What's even more hilarious is that from 1689 to 1790, the Dutch East India Company lost money every year.

At its peak, the average annual loss was 260 million taels of silver.

In the last ten years of the company's bankruptcy, the average annual loss was 129 million taels of silver.

Why can a company continue to lose money for 100 years before closing down?

Because it is the company that loses money, and it is the major shareholders who make money.No matter how much the loss is, the major shareholders can pay dividends before the accounts are evened out, and the company's executives can also fill their pockets crazily!

Who will pay for the loss?

The common people of all nationalities in the colonies, as well as the countless small shareholders of the company, the Dutch who bought the company's bonds, and the bad guys who lent money to the company.In the end, the whole of the Netherlands came to take over because the company was "forced" to be nationalized.

This is the Netherlands ruled by merchants!

Under the concept of putting profit first, the speed of shipbuilding of the Dutch Asian Fleet, which has been defeated repeatedly, is frighteningly slow.Of the more than 20 Dutch warships currently fighting with the Datong Navy, half of them are refitted merchant ships, and they are instant ships, and the wood does not meet the standards of warships at all.

Just over ten minutes after the battle started, two Dutch warships were teetering.

Naval Commander Balthazar Burt decisively chose to break out, and he broke out in the direction of the Datong Navy (so it went smoothly).After sinking three warships, the Dutch Navy successfully broke out from the northwest, leaving two immobile warships waiting to be captured.

Balthazar Burt's intention was to break through to the Bay of Bengal first, join the Indian Ocean Fleet, and then fight back.Or, attack Chinese ports and destroy Chinese port grain storage stations.