Early the next morning, Zhang Zhijun received a call back from Zhang Zhenxun, asking Zhang Zhijun not to have any scruples and fully cooperate with the actions of the People's Army.

In fact, Zhang Zhenxun knew the situation of the People's Army on the first day of the battle in Java as soon as he was in Qingdao, because the East China government would notify Zhang Zhenxun of the situation in Java in a timely manner. To be honest, when he first learned about the battle situation, Zhang Zhenxun was also taken aback, which was indeed a big surprise to Zhang Zhenxun. According to Zhang Zhenxun's idea, after the People's Army arrived in Java, it should use a strong force to force the Dutch colonial authorities to take measures to stop the anti-Chinese behavior, and it was better for the two sides not to go to war.

But Zhang Zhenxun didn't expect the People's Army to really dare to do it, and as soon as it came up, it sank 5 Dutch warships, this beam can not be light, and on land, it defeated three tribes in one fell swoop, killing more than 700 prisoners, which will of course affect the Zhang family. Although Zhang Zhenxun doubted in his heart whether the overseas Chinese were doing this, they intended to cut off their own back roads and let themselves be completely tied to the chariot of the East China government.

It's just that this is just a thought, Zhang Zhenxun knows that he doesn't have sufficient evidence, and the People's Army defeated the three tribes and saved his farm, what else can he say? Zhang Zhenxun is a decisive person after all, and he knows that he is indeed tied up with the East China Government now, and if the East China Government's action to protect overseas Chinese fails this time, he will lose his foothold in Java; on the other hand, if the protection of overseas Chinese succeeds and forces the Dutch colonial authorities to make concessions, and even makes a promise that there will be no more anti-Chinese incidents, then he can rely on the support of the East China Government, and not only can he continue to gain a foothold in Java, but also the living environment is much stronger than before, and he can straighten his waist in front of the Dutch, and he will not have to tolerate the natives。 Therefore, now the Zhang family has only one way to go, that is, to do their best, and even to help the East China government succeed at any cost.

It can be said that the father and son have the same ideas, so Zhang Zhijun immediately arranged for his family to inquire about the movements of the Governor's Palace, the Zhang family is also a wealthy family in Batavia, there are many people in the family, and there are also a lot of eyes and ears in the Governor's Palace, so what is the movement in Batavia, basically I can't look forward to the eyes and ears of the Zhang family. At this moment, another family member came to report, and it turned out that several businessmen had come to visit Zhang Zhijun.

As soon as Zhang Zhijun heard it, he knew that these people were probably here to probe his tone, so he immediately asked his family to invite them in. A total of 5 people visited Zhang Zhijun, including 2 Chinese, 2 Dutch businessmen and one Javanese merchant. Of course, they are all famous merchants in Batavia.

After everyone was seated, a Chinese businessman, Huang Yansheng, said: "Young proprietor, let's visit together this time, we don't need to say, presumably the young proprietor also knows what it is for." ”

Zhang Zhijun smiled: "But it's for the sake of overseas Chinese?"

Huang Yansheng nodded and said, "That's just for this." ”

Another Chinese businessman, Ding Zhaozhong, said: "I have heard some about the origin of this overseas Chinese, but I don't know the details, can the young proprietor tell us in detail." ”

So Zhang Zhijun told in detail the origin of the overseas Chinese he knew, as well as the achievements he had made in the past. In fact, he only knows 6 or 7 points about the situation of the East China government, but he can really be regarded as an expert in front of these people, of course, some things, mainly for the battle, are inevitably a little more fueling, but in general, the situation is clear.

After Zhang Zhijun finished speaking, several Chinese businessmen were quite relieved, while the two Dutch businessmen showed disdain, obviously thinking that Zhang Zhijun was exaggerating. Huang Yansheng said again: "So what are overseas Chinese doing in Java?"

Zhang Zhijun said: "Of course, it is to protect the overseas Chinese, to protect the Chinese here from harm, they have set up a station and a rescue camp on my family's farm, as long as the Chinese who are attacked and injured by the locals, they can flee there to escape, and it is absolutely safe there." ”

Huang Yansheng listened, nodded his head, and said: "That's good, that's good, it's rare that someone still thinks of us Chinese who are lonely overseas, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, no one cares about us Nanyang Chinese." ”

Zhang Zhijun said: "Overseas Chinese are different from the Qing Dynasty, in fact, they were the same as us in the past, so they can understand the mood of us overseas Chinese." ”

When the others heard this, they all nodded their heads again and again, and a few people were still soothing.

At this time, a businessman named Martinez was not interested in hearing this, and said: "Mr. Zhang, according to what you said, legally speaking, the overseas Chinese are just a local official of the Qing State, and the so-called East China Government is just a puppet regime established by them on their own, which is not recognized by other countries, so they are not qualified to represent the Qing State to protect the Chinese here." ”

Zhang Zhijun said: "Mr. Martinez, we are just businessmen, we don't understand these military affairs, whether the East China government is illegal or not, whether we are qualified to protect overseas Chinese, we don't count, in fact, I have already suggested that the governor lodge a protest to the Qing State yesterday." ”

And several Chinese businessmen were sneering, obviously thinking that Martinez's words were too stupid, regardless of whether the East China government is a real regime or a puppet regime, and the warship has already sailed to the doorstep of Batavia, is there any point in discussing this now?

Ron, another Dutch businessman, said: "Mr. Zhang, let's not discuss whether the East China government is legal, is it really just to protect the Chinese here that they came to Java this time? Are there any other attempts, such as taking the opportunity to occupy Java?" ”

Zhang Zhijun shook his head again and again, and said: "There is absolutely no such thing, the overseas Chinese came to Java only to protect the Javanese Chinese, and once the chaos is over, they will leave immediately, and they will not take the opportunity to occupy Java." ”

In fact, Zhang Zhijun didn't know what the real purpose of the overseas Chinese was, but he knew very well that Martinez and Ron must have been sent by the governor to find out, so it could not be said that the overseas Chinese had the idea of occupying Java anyway.

Martinez added: "If it is only to protect the Chinese, then why would the overseas Chinese attack the Dutch fleet?

Zhang Zhijun said: " I think that if the Dutch fleet did not intercept the warships of the overseas Chinese, they would not attack the Dutch fleet, and the overseas Chinese only dispatched two warships in that war, and sank five warships of the Dutch fleet, which was far more powerful than the Dutch navy, but after they won the naval battle, they did not attack the port of Batavia, which shows that they are not enemies of the Batavian authorities, as long as the authorities do not interfere with their actions to protect the overseas Chinese, there is no need to worry。 But if the authorities do have to intervene, the consequences are unpredictable. ”

Although Zhang Zhijun could not admit that the overseas Chinese had the idea of leading Java, his attitude towards the Batavian authorities was tougher, because he could use the power of the overseas Chinese to suppress the Dutch and protect himself.

Sure enough, after Zhang Zhijun finished speaking, Martinez and Ron's faces were a little unpleasant, but at this time, the Javanese businessman Shasonggu, who had not spoken, was a little unable to sit still, because just now Zhang Zhijun repeatedly explained that the overseas Chinese are here to protect the Chinese, not against the Dutch, so the implication is that it is aimed at the indigenous people of Java.

Shasonggu is a new generation of Javanese who grew up under Dutch colonial rule, and since he was a child, he received the Europeanized education promoted by the Batavian authorities, which is regarded as a modern education, and he went to Europe to study for three years when he was young. Java was a barbaric and backward society, so it was perfectly justified for the Dutch to rule Java, and Java could only develop into a civilized society under Dutch rule and by learning from Europe.

In fact, in terms of assets and financial resources, the Shasongu family is far from being comparable with the Zhang family, Huang Yansheng, and Ding Zhaozhong, but among the Javanese people, they are still top businessmen, and the Batavia colonial authorities in order to support local businessmen and contain Chinese businessmen, so they are very supportive of local business families like the Shasonggu family, and they are in terms of political power, giving them some power, such as letting them serve in the colonial authorities. This also gave birth to a group of new Javanese generation like Shasonggu, who felt that although they could not hold their heads up in front of Europeans, they were superior to the Chinese.

In terms of the attitude of Chinese exclusion, this group of Javanese new generation is also the most positive, because Chinese businessmen are hardworking, intelligent, and have a long time of capital accumulation, and most of the Chinese businessmen have some contact with China, relying on this big resource, so that Chinese businessmen are much stronger than local Javanese businessmen in business competition, so the mentality of Javanese businessmen towards Chinese businessmen is basically envy, jealousy and hatred, so every time they exclude Chinese, they are very active, and with the help of the Chinese exclusion incident, they embezzle the property and assets of Chinese businessmen.

This attack on Zhang's farm was promoted by Sha Songgu and two European businessmen behind the scenes, of course, it was mainly Sha Songgu who came out to recruit the local tribes of Lalong, the purpose was to occupy the farm, but it was disturbed by the People's Army, and the three tribes that attacked the farm suffered heavy casualties, so that Sha Songgu was also disgraced, so he also held back his belly, and now Zhang Zhijun keeps saying that the overseas Chinese are here to protect the Chinese, not against the Dutch, and it is clear that they are only dealing with the Javanese, so Sha Songgu said: " I think that this time the overseas Chinese came to Java, it was an invasion of Java, and your Zhang family helped the overseas Chinese to invade Java, which is a serious betrayal. ”

Zhang Zhijun smiled faintly and said, "If you want to discuss this issue, Mr. Sha Songgu can go and report it to the Governor, and His Excellency the Governor will deal with it." Because at this time, Zhang Zhijun knew in his heart that the Dutch colonial authorities would not move themselves for the time being, so they were not afraid of these threatening words of Sha Songgu.

Martinez and Ron glanced at each other and pulled Sasonggu to leave.

After they left, Huang Yansheng hurriedly said worriedly: "Young proprietor, do you think this overseas Chinese can do it?" From his heart, of course, he hoped that the East China government would succeed in protecting overseas Chinese, so that the Javanese Chinese would be better off in the future, but he didn't know what the strength of the East China government was.

Zhang Zhijun said: "Don't worry, if you don't have gold and steel diamonds, you don't do porcelain work, and if overseas Chinese don't have some means, they won't send warships to protect overseas Chinese." ”