1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 74 The Batavia Storm ([-])

The city wall of Batavia is tall and thick, with four gates. There are 22 gun towers on the wall, ranging from the powerful [-]-pound bronze cannon to the small four-pound cannon fired at close range. Far and near crossfire coverage.

Several canals divide the whole city, and the streets and alleys intersect vertically like a chessboard.Businessmen from all over the world gather here like they go to the valley.

Outside the city walls are Javanese and Ambonese settlements, as well as a number of country houses, but mainly rice fields, sugar cane gardens and canals.

Along a regulated river, there are many water mills.Grinding wheat, sawing wood, making paper, making gunpowder or sugar, as well as brick factories, tile pits and so on.

The city looked tidy and clean, and everything was in order: markets, shops, warehouses, hotels, butcher shops, fish shops, guard posts, and spinning mills, with complete living service facilities.

After entering the city, everyone found a larger inn, tidied up a bit, and then all couldn't wait to come to a lively restaurant, ready to feast.

"Oh, I finally ate fresh vegetables!" Everyone quickly swept away the few plates of vegetables that had just been served.

This is a typical Ming-style restaurant. The shopkeeper and the waiter are all Ming people, and most of the customers are also Ming merchants.

The waiters are no strangers to Cao Xiong's eating like this. Generally, the merchants who have just disembarked love to eat fresh vegetables.After all, sailing at sea can take ten days and a half months, or even several months.Of course, the food on the boat is salty and dry meat, salted fish, dry food, and smelly fresh water.

Therefore, when the people who run the boat arrive on land, they will basically rush to eat fresh vegetables.And of course... wine.

"Come on, for our successful arrival in Batavia this time, I would like to offer a toast to all brothers! ... Oh, and shopkeeper Zhou, you have worked hard all the way!" Cao Xiong held up a large bowl of rice wine, and raised his wrists to everyone sitting , and gulp it down.

Everyone sitting there shouted "Done", and drank the rice wine in the bowl in one gulp.

"This wine is not bad, let the store prepare a few more barrels for my second brother to drink on the boat!" Qi Dalu poured himself another bowl, and poured it with his neck up.

"Yes, yes, yes!...Old Hu, get some more drinks for the brothers who stay on the boat later!" Cao Xiong ordered.

"I'll arrange it in a while!" Hu Wenjin put down the wine bowl, picked up the chopsticks, and started to attack the new plate of vegetables.

"Damn it, make us look like a bunch of beggars!" Cao Xiong scolded with a smile when he saw the crowd eating.

"A beggar? Where can we find a beggar with a net worth of hundreds of thousands like us!" Qi Dalu joked with a smile.

"Shut up!" Cao Xiong glared at Qi Dalu, then looked around.The diners in the store were all eating and drinking on their own, and no one seemed to be interested in their two tables.

However, in this kind of public place, if you blatantly say that you are worth hundreds of thousands, you will attract villains.Although they have some force, but this is Batavia, the territory of the Dutch, it is better to be cautious.

"Master Cao!" Zhou Yingping said, "The purchase of supplies is huge. Tomorrow we can find a few more people to carry out separately. What do you think?" After getting along for more than two months, he also called Cao Xiong Master Cao along with everyone.

"Business manager Zhou is in charge of everything. Old Hu, please help me." Cao Xiong said.Before coming here, Qi Tian once said that Zhou Yingping was the main purchaser of supplies, after all, he was from a family of merchants.

Although, it was unavoidable for him to take advantage of him.But it's better than being cheated without any pants when a group of people with knives go shopping.

Zhou Yingping smiled, and sent an old pirate to follow me, is it to spy on me?
"...these Westerners are really ruthless!...the natives on the island were killed until blood flowed like rivers...the Sulu people scattered in the mountains..."

A few tables apart, four sea merchants were talking about the anecdotes of the Nanyang area. At this time, they talked about the battle between the Spaniards and the Sulu Kingdom.

After listening to a few words, Cao Xiong signaled Hu Wenjin to invite those four people to talk about Su Lu.

"Oh, everyone, fortunately I left Sulu more than a month ago. Otherwise..." It is also common for maritime merchants to exchange information.The four people at the table were not polite, as soon as Hu Wenjin invited them, they graciously moved their seats over.

"Then what is the specific situation of Sulu?" Hu Wenjin thought that after all, he had some friendship with the princes of Sulu Kingdom, so he wanted to know what the current situation of Sulu Kingdom was.

"...One month ago, the Fulang robot occupying Luzon dispatched more than [-] large and small warships, nearly [-] soldiers, and invaded the largest island of the Sulu Kingdom. The Sulu Kingdom first defended the city and killed many barbarians and subordinates. Soldiers."

"But the Fulang robot brought the artillery ashore, and within half a day, they blasted the city wall. The Yi people hated the Sulu country for killing hundreds of people on their side, so they allowed the local soldiers to plunder and slaughter all the towns and villages of the Sulu country on the island."

"The tyrannical massacre lasted for half a month. Nuo Da is an island full of dead people and ruins. Alas, these barbarians are barbaric. They have turned a large island full of people and animals into a no-man's land!"

"Falang Jiren slaughtered that big island, but he is not reconciled. I heard that more than ten days ago, soldiers were assembled to go to the king city of Sulu Island. It is undeniable that it was another tragic massacre!"

When Cao Xiong heard this, he couldn't help feeling puzzled.I remember that the Eastern King of the Sulu Kingdom once asked Qi Tian how to deal with the two-sided attack of the Lusong Frangji people and the Boni Kingdom.At that time, Xiaotian said that Frangji, men, boats and guns are strong, and they are invincible. They should strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and rely on the mountains, wilds and forests to retreat from the enemy, in order to have a chance of victory.

What's the matter, the Sulu Kingdom actually had a confrontation with the Fulang robot on Palawan Island, and killed a lot of people.

Cao Xiong shook his head, probably the Eastern King defeated Boni King's capital, his self-confidence swelled, and he felt that he could compete with that Fulang Jiren.As a result, he was slapped in the face by the cruel reality.

"What's more worrying is that in order to retaliate against the Sulu Kingdom, Boni Kingdom in Borneo broke down its Brunei City. It also sent hundreds of small boats and five or six thousand soldiers to sweep up the many islands of the Sulu Kingdom....This small Sulu Kingdom, I see, it will be destroyed by someone!"

After hearing this, everyone sighed.Whether it is a small country or a small power, you can win countless times, but if you fail once, you may fall into a catastrophe.No wonder, Qi Tian kept emphasizing that when he was still weaker, he had to hold a thigh, and this thigh had to be thick.

So, in Nanyang, who has the thickest thighs?It goes without saying!Cao Xiong secretly sighed, it seems that in the next few days, when he goes to discuss cooperation with the Dutchman, he needs to lower his attitude a bit.

"Actually, no matter whether it was the Frenchman who attacked Sulu or the Boni who attacked Sulu, it was the Dutchman who won in the end." The short-bearded black-faced sea merchant smiled and shook his head.

"how do I say this?"

"The Dutch took advantage of the time when the Boni soldiers were exhausted, dispatched three large ships, occupied several towns along the southern coast of Borneo, and defeated several native tribes. Look at it, the southern coast of Borneo will let the Netherlands It's almost over!"

Hey, this Dutchman, it's not easy!Not only is he powerful, but he also has the ability to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of it.Look, isn't this the praying mantis catching the cicada, with the oriole behind?
In this regard, Cao Xiong has mixed feelings. The good news is that the Dutch's influence in Nanyang has further expanded, and their "thighs" have become stronger; According to the principle of his own interests, he discards it at will or... eats it in one bite!
Cao Xiong regretted it a little, maybe bringing Qi Tian here might have some countermeasures.

Forget it, the Dutch are so strong, bow your head when it's time to bow your head.When we develop, we can straighten our backs.A man can bend and stretch, let alone be a hero of one party's power.

According to what Qi Tian said, Gou Jian, the king of Yue who had learned a lot from the Spring and Autumn Period, endured the humiliation and finally achieved some hegemony.

My old Cao can do it too!

(End of this chapter)