1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 231 Bo Yun is treacherous ([-])

"In a few days, I will go to Daming, and then return to Hanzhou, and report all the investigations here." He Qing looked at Cheng Guangyin, "Are you... sure you want to do it?"

Cheng Guangyin said with a smile: "He Tou, I've made up my mind. I think that might be an opportunity, and maybe I can give the Spaniard a big surprise!"

"However, you may die, too."

"Looking for wealth and wealth!" Cheng Guangyin shook his head indifferently, "I think, as long as I don't starve to death, I'm not afraid of the others, no matter how they die."

"Maybe, you might starve to death!"

"He Tou, we have lived and died together for more than half a year, so we shouldn't curse me like that!" Cheng Guangyin said with a bitter face.

"There are three of us here, and Qu Shaorong's life and death are unknown. Now, you have to hurry to die. It makes me feel ashamed to go back alive!" He Qing said with a smile.

"No, He Tou, you must go back." Cheng Guangyin said: "You have to go back and tell the Commander the details of the Spaniards in Luzon. In the future, if we in Hanzhou want to attack Luzon again, we must have a Spaniard Clear understanding."

"What if Hanzhou doesn't attack Luzon in the future? Isn't everything you're doing now in vain?"

"He Tou, any man with a little bit of blood will not be able to resist the evil things that the Spaniards did to us Ming people. The commander of our Hanzhou is not just a little bit bloody!" Cheng Guangyin said.

"Okay. Tomorrow, I will leave Manila by boat, and you, go to Calamba to die!" He Qing lowered his head and began to organize his luggage and belongings for tomorrow's departure.

"He Tou, I will live and wait for you to pick me up." Cheng Guangyin said leisurely.

"It is estimated that Han Zhou may send other black-clothed guards to Manila later." He Qing stopped his movements, "They are here, how to contact you. Or, if you have any actions, how to notify them."

"How about I give myself a nickname." Cheng Guangyin thought for a while, and then said: "The environment in Kalamba is harsh, and many wise people died, like Shura Hell. From now on, I will be called Shura. The new black Yiwei came to Luzon, let them call me Shura. If there is a real trouble, it must be Shura's coming!"

"Sura?!" He Qing read it again, "Train yourself into a Shura, and don't let me collect your corpse!"

"Don't worry, Shura will only take the lives of others." Cheng Guangyin said proudly.

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"Old Ma, do you have anything to do with the Portuguese?" Hu Wenjin was not polite at all when he saw Ma Huaiyu. He just sat down and went straight to the topic.

"Portuguese?" Ma Huaiyu pondered for a moment, wondering what Hu Wenjin's intention was, "Brother Hu, you want to negotiate peace with the Portuguese?"

"Hey!" Hu Wenjin sneered, "How can we negotiate peace with them? Unless, they pay 52 lives!"

"Then why did Brother Hu find the Portuguese?"

"I'm not looking for them." Hu Wenjin said, "However, we can sell you some news about the Portuguese, which is very important. You can ask the Portuguese for a big price!"

"What news?" Ma Huaiyu couldn't help but feel a strong curiosity.

"The Dutch are going to fight the Portuguese!"

"Brother Hu, everyone in Nanyang knows that the Dutch will beat the Portuguese." Ma Huaiyu couldn't help laughing when he heard that, the news was too cheap.

"If I could tell you when the Dutch will attack, how many ships and people they will dispatch, and where they will attack. Tell me, is this news worth anything?"

"Oh?" Ma Huaiyu suddenly became interested, "Brother Hu, tell me, when the time comes, when I sell the news to the Portuguese, I will definitely benefit from you!"

Hu Wenjin bowed his head, and quietly told the news about the upcoming landing of the Netherlands to attack Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) informed by Colonel Ayan Van Dijk, commander of the Batavia fleet.

Sure enough, the number of ships dispatched by the Netherlands, the number of troops, and the time of attack are all clear.

"You don't have enmity with the Portuguese, why did you sell this news to them?" Ma Huaiyu asked with some doubts after recording the news that Hu Wenjin told.

"The Dutch made us unhappy in Hanzhou, and we also want to make them unhappy." Hu Wenjin said: "Damn it, they actually blocked and banned the purchase of our ship materials and equipment. Didn't they advocate some kind of free trade? Restrict certain trade goods in our Hanzhou."

Hanzhou's massive purchase of shipbuilding timber and ship tools still aroused the vigilance of the Dutch.There was some suspicion that Han Zhou might have secretly robbed a large number of Spanish shipwrights from the Cavite shipyard in the Philippines.Now it seems that it has become a de facto existence.

According to the shipbuilding timber and some shipbuilding equipment purchased by Hanzhou, it can be inferred that Hanzhou is building a large ship of more than [-] tons.The Dutch were very worried that instead of building some transport merchant ships, Hanzhou would build professional warships instead.Well, this is bound to form a potential threat to Batavia.

However, in view of the Dutch East India Company's plan to launch a military seizure of the Portuguese Ceylon colony in the near future, it is necessary for Hanzhou to carry out the necessary containment on Timor Island.And, on the other hand, out of fear of Hanzhou's force.The Dutch did not take the most extreme measures to block the Hanzhou trade channel.

Instead, it adopted a relatively moderate strategy of banning the sale of ship materials, ship tools and Hanzhou needed for ship construction in Batavia.Not only can it delay and hinder the time for Hanzhou to build large ships, but it can also avoid any possible military confrontation with Hanzhou.

"You Hanzhou don't think that the Dutch and the Portuguese will lose both sides, so you can take advantage of it!" Ma Huaiyu said with a smile.

"Well, we in Hanzhou have this in mind." Hu Wenjin said bluntly: "Anyway, this news was given to the Portuguese. How to choose depends on whether they think Ceylon or Timor Island is important."

"Portugal will probably go to Bao Ceylon!" Ma Huaiyu said: "You Hanzhou want to seize Timor Island?... The Dutch may not be able to accept it!"

"We Hanzhou will not seize Timor Island, but we will help the Wahali Kingdom to drive away the Portuguese!" Hu Wenjin said.

Hearing this, Ma Huaiyu looked at Hu Wenjin in astonishment.
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Anthony van Daiman, the governor of the Netherlands in Batavia, stood quietly in front of the window of the governor's mansion, watching the city officials coming and going outside, thinking about the upcoming Ceylon strategy plan.

In March of this year (1638), Castro, the Portuguese governor of Ceylon, led 900 Portuguese soldiers to attack the Kingdom of Kandy on the island.In order to assemble such a large-scale army, he not only ordered the various colonial strongholds to contribute manpower, but also dispatched a large number of garrison troops from as far away as Malacca.Considering the logistical supply and the undisputed gap in scale, Castro recruited another 5000 mercenary troops composed of Indians, Malays, and local aborigines as his direct servant guards.

As a result, the Battle of Mount Gannoluwa broke out between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy. Surprisingly, the Portuguese were defeated. Except for 33 Portuguese and some servants who were captured, including Castro All 4000 soldiers inside were killed.

In order to prevent the Portuguese from launching another retaliatory attack, in May 1638, Rajsingh II (Rajasingh II) of the Kingdom of Kandy invited the Dutch fleet to station on the east coast and signed a treaty with them to cooperate in expulsion of the Portuguese. .

At this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Governor Daiman immediately asked the Batavian colonial government to formulate a corresponding troop plan, planning to dispatch eight armed merchant ships and a landing force of 300 people, including [-] mercenary musketeers, to the east of Ceylon Island. A small fishing village called Portoville by the locals landed and established a stronghold.

It stands to reason that the timing of this landing on Ceylon was perfect. Portugal had been defeated recently, and some supplies and personnel were attracted to Timor Island. Coupled with the invitation from the Kingdom of Kandy on the island, so many favorable conditions There is no reason for the Dutch to fail their landing.But Governor Daiman always felt that something seemed to be missing. On Ceylon Island, it seemed that there was an invisible demon watching the Dutch's upcoming landing.

Eliminating his evil thoughts, Governor Dayman couldn't help but consider a proposal made by the East India Company Committee to start a temporary truce negotiation with the Spaniards in the Philippines and exchange the prisoners in each other's hands.

In this regard, Governor Dayman is very disapproving.Although the Spaniards annihilated the seven armed merchant ships of the Dutch, they were not without losses. Not to mention the capture and destruction of several Spanish colonial strongholds, the complete destruction of the Cavite shipyard would make the Spaniards No supplements will be available in the short term.

Although the fleet of treasure ships from South America has arrived in the Philippines, will they stay in Manila?Their colonial officials and businessmen in Mexico and South America are still looking forward to their return as soon as possible, bringing back a large amount of precious goods from the Far East.

The Dutch East India Company should take advantage of the weakness of the Spaniards and continue to attack and block them until they are driven out of the Far East, so that the Dutch can monopolize and monopolize the trade of the entire Far East.

However, the constant crying and pleading of the families of the captured officers and soldiers forced Governor Daiman to consider temporarily discussing the exchange of prisoners with the Spaniards.

Speaking of the navy, Governor Daiman suddenly thought of Hanzhou.They seem to be purchasing all kinds of shipbuilding timber and ship tools on a large scale, obviously preparing to build their own ships.

The Dutch used to know that there was a small shipyard in Hanzhou, but they didn't care about their construction of some small boats under one or two hundred tons.Those small boats can at best be used as short- and medium-distance transport ships, and they are not enough to pose a threat to the Dutch.

But now, things don't seem right.The quantity of shipbuilding lumber and gear they procured was a clear harbinger of large-scale shipbuilding.Governor Daiman became more and more suspicious that the Hanzhou people might have acquired some craftsmen from the Cavite shipyard.They are going to build big ships and have become a potential threat to the Dutch in the Far East.

(End of this chapter)