It was almost the iced drink, and it was time to do the job. Not long after everyone went back and changed into flowery shorts and large vests, two khaki drones rose from the radius deck and flew towards Batavia at a height of 100 meters from the sea level.

The inside and outside of Bacheng Port is sunny. Even though the drone flies very high, it is backed by the clear sky. It soon attracted the attention of the Dutch defenders on the port and castle.

Speaking of which, the Dutch and Spanish were left in Southeast Asia who had never experienced the Northern Navy drones. Like other Europeans in this time and space, they discovered for the first time that something could fly in the sky like a bird. Dutch soldiers were panicking, constantly drawing crosses on their chests, and after getting up, they also looked at the church behind them to pray for the blessing of Christ.

At this time, the first industrial revolution had begun nearly forty years. Steam engines were popularized in Europe for mining, and hot air balloons were also on the rise. In other words, the era of replacing handicrafts with machinery has begun.

Although the Dutch East India Company is a group of bastards, the Dutch Leiden University is the top college in Europe nowadays. Its characteristics are that it adheres to freedom of religious belief, openness and tolerance in academic research. Therefore, some Dutch people who are obsessed with machinery in Bacheng do not believe that it is the Chinese who release the devil, but instead observe it with interest.

The noise on the wall of the castle interrupted the emergency meeting that was about to be held in the conference hall. After hearing the report of his subordinates, everyone from the "East India Pinyuan" led by Governor Altin came to the Governor's Office, building a shed with their hands, looking for two small dots in the sky.

After everyone looked at it for a while, they returned to their house with surprise and worry, Governor Altin first announced the beginning of the meeting, and then briefly introduced the past achievements of Beihai Town to everyone present. Then his secretary read out the Beihai Army's manifesto like a declaration of war, and the conference room exploded.

A MP roared: "They said they came for the things that happened fifty years ago, but what does that have to do with us?! This is blackmail! We must fight back firmly!"

Another MP stood up and said, "Everyone! We cannot be scared by the tricks in the sky! No matter how big the ship is, there is only one. Our fleet outside the port has twelve ships! Not to mention that there are more than a dozen Ahat ships!"

The fleet mentioned in this person is called "retourschip" in Dutch, also known as the return ship. Every February, more than a dozen return ships from the Dutch East India Company will gather in Batavia, and after forming a team, they transport porcelain, tea and other commodity treasures back to Amsterdam, so they are also called the "East India Treasure Fleet".

The length of the return ship is between 45 meters and 60 meters, the width is 10 meters, and the cargo capacity is more than 1,000 tons. This kind of ship is a semi-flat-bottomed ship, which is convenient for navigating shallow waterways. It can be used to transport cargo, and sometimes it will be replaced with heavy arms to participate in naval warfare.

In addition, there are more than a dozen three-masted Galen sailboats called "Yacht" parked outside the Batavia Port. The armed Yaht ship added an additional layer of gun deck, with a stronger structure, and artillery on both the bow and the side of the ship. Because of its good seaworthiness, fast speed and cheap construction, it became the main force of the Dutch naval forces.

As soon as this person said something, the other congressmen thought yes! No matter how powerful the white ship called "Thor", there is only one. Moreover, the previous battle examples were all about gunfire attacking land, so it is hard to say how the naval battle was.

By the way, the British East India Company officers' regiment, who had returned to Madras, passed by Batavia in early February and stayed for a few days, and was warmly entertained by the Dutch.

Because the communication between Europe and East Asia is conducted at a frequency of 2 to 3 years, neither the British East India Company nor the Dutch East India Company knew that the Fourth British-Dutch War had broken out in Europe.

With the British's urinary nature, it is the era of dominating the sea. They will definitely not tell the Dutch that the second-class sailing ships they sold to the Qing Dynasty could not defeat the Northern Navy, and they were under the command of their own people. They wished that other countries would not know about the embarrassing things about Changxing Island, and Macartney did not know that the Thor would go south.

In this way, the Dutch in Batavia was accidentally cheated by the British.

At this time, one of the oldest MPs slowly stood up and said, "Everyone, I suggest negotiating with the Seris first. It is best to resolve this matter peacefully, and we cannot destroy the city of Batavia in the war!"

Others said: "Mr. Hall, now the Chinese are here! Negotiation? Haha, just like what they did in Nagasaki, should we also pay 150,000 taels of gold like the Tokugawa shogunate? "

"no way!"

“It’s right!”

Artin stood up and said, "Dear Mr. Hall, I fully agree with your advice."

After saying that, he said to everyone here: "Gentlemen, even if we want to go to war with the Cialis, we must first understand the opponent's military equipment and military strength. Judging from the size of the ship, Colonel Berg estimated that it could be equipped with at least two thousand soldiers, but we still knew nothing about the number of artillery. Therefore, I suggest forming a delegation and actively contacting the Cialis, and it is best to take the opportunity to take the look at their ship."

Councillor Hall nodded and said, "I would like to make another suggestion, it is best to choose a few Tang people to accompany you."

"I don't agree!" A congressman stood up and said, "What if the Tang people outside the city colluded with them?"

Hall glanced at the congressman and said contemptuously: "Mr. Pete, you have only been in Batavia for ten years, and I have been here for almost forty years. I think I know these Tang people better than you. Don't forget that those Cialis are fighting against the Qing Empire, and the Tang people in Bacheng are all people of the Qing Kingdom. Compared with those rebels who claim to be Cialis, the Tang people respect the orthodox Qing Empire more and dare not have any connection with them. Besides, the Hongxi incident has been nearly fifty years ago, and the Tang people in Bacheng have only come after 1742."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The cunning MP Hall is right. When the Chinese merchants living outside the south gate of Bacheng heard about the Thor, almost no one was happy and worried. They were afraid that Beihai Town would anger the Dutch and take their anger on themselves.

There is a reason why Western colonists chose Chinese as the main target of exploitation and utilization. First of all, the religious concept is weak, so there is no need to explain this; secondly, the Chinese have high comprador and hardship. In the end, the Chinese will not think about fighting hard until the last moment, and it is very easy to deal with it.

After the Hongxi incident, the Dutch changed into a hypocritical mask in order to attract Chinese people. The public slogan was to treat the Chinese well so that Batavia could develop day by day.

When Wang Zhusheng, the "Karbidan" appointed by the Dutch, received a notice from the Governor Altin, he said to a room of sad Chinese merchants: "Everyone, the King of Ba has his life. I will do my best tomorrow to avoid the loss of life in Bacheng."

Since the 17th century, Fujian merchants who came to Southeast Asia have called the Dutch Batavia Governor "King of Sunda Karaba" and abbreviated as "King of Ba".

At this time, an old man in his sixties sighed, stood up and bowed to everyone. In the surprised eyes of everyone, he was trembling and was supported by his family and left the conference hall. Several businessmen waited for the other party's backs to disappear, and then they whispered.

"Why is Mr. Zhang leaving?"

"Don't you know? When the Dutch massacre the city, he survived the Zhang family."

"There is still this?"

"Oh, I heard from Mr. Zhang that when the Dutch massacre the city, more than 100 Chinese escaped."

"Don't mention state affairs. We are honest and dedicated to doing business. The cap tax that should be paid is not a penny, and the Dutch will not make it difficult for us."

"Brother Lin said this to the point. I heard that someone had launched a rebellion and led the rioters to attack the Dutch castle, which made people..." The man said, while gestured with his hands to behead him.

"No wonder, if you don't work hard, you actually want to attack the government, occupy the mountains and become kings, and a group of unruly people!"

"How many Chinese were there in the city back then?"

"I heard from Mr. Zhang that I'm afraid there are tens of thousands."

"Hiss~~~" Everyone gasped at first, and then felt absurd and unruly. At present, there were more than 6,000 Chinese in Batavia, which was already full of people. More than 10,000 people, if they were ten thousand pigs, they would not be killed in a few months. Don't joke!

"Then why did he stay and not return to Zhangzhou?"

"You guy is so crazy, aren't you? People like us who haven't returned home for a few years and have already registered in the government! If Mr. Zhang dares to go back, he will be forced to be exiled."

......

Just when Artin decided to send a formal messenger to communicate with Thor, two drones of the North Navy had been flying over Batavia for more than twenty minutes and turned around and returned. The whole picture of Batavia was basically shown in front of Deng Fei and the others.

The entire city is divided into two rectangles from north to south by the Gillion Canal, extending from north to south. Several stone bridges set up on the canal become channels connecting the east and west cities. The shallow water area outside the port is blocked by a row of wooden piles, and only small boats that can enter the port are those transporting goods. There are many fortresses on the walls on both sides of the east and west, and suspension bridges are provided on the entrances and exits on the east, west and south.

Compared with other Southeast Asian cities, Bacheng has a complete canal system; in addition to the main canal, there are several small canals leading to the inside and around the town. This is also the construction model of Dutch cities, connecting the entire city through the canal.

There are nearly ten meters wide roads on both sides of the Gillion River. The Dutch also dug several small canals leading to the surrounding areas and towns according to natural conditions, and finally formed a complex canal system. Along the canal are located in rows of brick houses of one to two floors, and the roads between each row are separated by three rows of trees. The wealthy Dutch immigrants live here. Among these stone buildings, the one that impressed Deng Fei and others the most was a two-story large round roof building with great European characteristics.

Hong Tao looked at the beautifully-looking townhouses in the picture and said, "Townhouse, it's not bad! Let's talk to Zhao Da Qianzhu tomorrow, we will also build a community on the Jinlan Peninsula..."

He was talking nonsense about nutrition, and neither Deng Fei nor Wang Yuanfang talked about it. What they cared more about was the defense system set up by the Dutch inside and outside the city.

Compared with those Hong Tao was concerned about, Batavia was a militarized city. The war between the Dutch East India Company and the Kingdom of Banten and Matalan continued until the late 17th century. In order to prevent the harassment of these kingdoms, a large number of city walls were built around Bacheng. Whether it was the castles on the east coast or the walls were equipped with a large number of artillery.

The four-pointed star castle is built on the beach with tight defense and is protected by multiple walls. Inside it is the East India Company's local institutions, such as the Governor's residence, churches, workshops, warehouses, guards, armories, prisons, conference halls of the East India Parliament and some mansions. On the west bank of the Gillion Canal, which is the location of the port, there is also a fortification, which echoes the fortress on the other side. If the Northern Navy wants to enter the castle directly, the canal estuary is the only passage.

In addition, two miles from the port, more than a dozen three-masted sailboats of the Dutch East India Company opened the gun doors and watched the Thor's every move. In addition, seven or eight large sailboats were unloading their previously loaded cargo outside the port and lifting their artillery.

From then until the next morning, Thor basically had no movement except firing a gun to warn the Dutch sailboat not to enter a mile distance. However, what the Dutch noticed was that the "strange birds" flying out of Thor basically had to go back every 30 minutes, and then fly out two more, and cycled like this until dark, and still heard a buzzing sound passing over the head.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! At 9 a.m. on March 7, 1791, the day after the Northern Navy arrived in Bacheng, a small Yahat ship with a white flag on the mast left the port of Bacheng, and one hour later slowly leaned towards the port side of the Thor.

On the deck of the bow, a Dutchman with high nose and blue eyes held a document with a blue ribbon in his hand and said loudly: "I am Gerard Hurst Jacob, who is commissioned by His Excellency Governor Artin and the Pinyuan of the East India Company to negotiate with the head of your side!"

Jacob first shouted in Dutch, and found that there was no response on the Thor, then shouted in Portuguese and French. Just as he was disappointed and was about to change to a few Chinese to shout, an Oriental man appeared from the side of the ship and spoke fluently in French: "How many people have you come?"

"Eight, I'll ask to board the ship for an interview." Jacob was overjoyed. He didn't expect that the other party was familiar with French.

At this time, several guys wearing melon-shaped hats and long gowns bowed and said in unison: "We are entrusted by the Tang people in Bacheng, and I beg you to meet all the lords of Beihai Town!"

At this time, someone on the deck spoke Cantonese: "Let the boat retreat! We are going to put the ladder."

Half an hour later, four Dutch and four Chinese from Batavia were curious and nervous to board the Thor. However, before they could see the facilities on the deck and the two cannons covered with camouflage nets, several North Navy soldiers hurriedly brought into the conference room of the stern building.

At this time, Deng Fei, Jiang Fan and Lin Daosheng were already waiting in the conference room. After a while of greetings between the two sides, Jacob conveyed the protests of the Zhengyuan and Governor Altin, opened the document and read them in French.

Simply put, the Dutch meant that we were very wronged. Fifty years ago had nothing to do with these people now. What's more, the governor who issued the massacre order had been sentenced to death by the board of directors of seventeen people. We also apologized to the Qing government, and Emperor Qianlong mercifully expressed his refusal to pursue the matter. In view of this, you Beihai Town said that you want to seek justice for the Chinese without reason and deemed blackmail, and the East India Company would never accept blackmail.

Unexpectedly, Deng Fei was furious after hearing this. After taking the Dutch statement, he held it in his hand and kneaded it into a ball. If he hadn't received a long telegram from Zhao Xin last night and read it twice, he might have really believed the Dutch's lies.
Chapter completed!