Chapter 231: It's time for the flying Dutchman to land
At the confluence of the Klang River and the Gommark River, outside a small town called Kepong, several flat-bottomed river boats are quietly docked at the bay of the river, and huge white tents are erected by the river.
Outside the tent, Dutch East India Company soldiers in blue uniforms and Renaissance Company soldiers in white uniforms were patrolling around.
A slightly Mediterranean, wearing a European-style tuxedo, with an angry Dutch nose looking at Ye Kai viciously, with a French accent in a low accent, was shooting like a machine gun.
"Mr. Zinedin, neither the United Company nor the Dutch Republic will accept such a request, your army, although valiant, is definitely no match for the Dutch Army, and your Abyssal Shark is by no means an opponent of the Prince William and the Governor Anthony, you have no authority to make such conditions to the Batavian authorities of the United Company!"
The three are definitely not loud, Governor Edlin is so angry that his scalp is numb, when will it be the turn of others to make conditions for the Europeans to apologize for reparations?
Crazy? This is the era that belongs to the Europa, ridiculous Orientals!
Ye Kai leaned back a little, this disgusting big nose was about to spray saliva on his face, he didn't immediately refute the words of this big nose, but observed this small town called Jiadong, where there were only a thousand people.
Speaking of Kepong, many people have never heard of it, but its other name, that is, the famous name, this place is the future capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur!
Yes, Kuala Lumpur belongs to Selangor, and in a few decades, it will become the capital of the four states of British Malaysia and Selangor.
But now the four British states will not exist, because they are all under Ye Kai, and he turned his head to look at Jiang Wubo and Gu Lihuan, who came with him.
"Brother Jiang, second brother, what do you think of this place?"
"The confluence of the two rivers, the back of the mountain and the river, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the water source is sufficient, and there are a large number of fertile flat land on the east and west sides that can be reclaimed as fertile land, and there is a big road leading directly to Kuala Selangoran and Delongdong, which is enough to become the foundation of the king!"
Jiang Wubo touched his beard and praised him, this person is good at everything, not conservative, understands the general trend, that is, no matter what, he can pull to the king and hegemony, if he is born in the republic of the next generation, he is definitely a good hand at opening up the territory on the map and conquering the world with a keyboard.
Ye Kai complained a little, but Gu Lihuan clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Wu Bo's eyes are like torches, this place is good!" Chief, do you want to build a city here? ”
"That's right!" Ye Kai nodded, "I decided to move my capital from Kuala and Selangoran to Kuala Lumpur, I want to make it the second Pettani!" ”
After speaking, Ye Kai looked at Gu Lihuan with deep meaning, "Second brother, you will preside over the construction of the city in Kuala Lumpur!"
The indigenous chiefs and elders of Pahang and Selangor should try their best to move over, and I am still not very relieved about Abdullah in Delongdon, you must run this place well, to the extent that if anything happens in Delongdon, Kuala Lumpur can respond within three days! ”
Gu Lihuan's face was rarely red, of course he knew what Ye Kai was worried about, Ye Kai handed over the power of the Ye family to him before he went to Europe, but Gu Lihuan messed up!
But if it can be said that he is an outsider at that time, and he can't compete with the elders of the Ye family, then Kuala Lumpur, which makes him let go, is not good, then it is his problem with Gu Lihuan!
"Rest assured! Gu Lihuan got the kindness of the chief executive, you also called me the second brother, this Kuala Lumpur, I will definitely operate it into the first important town of Fuxing Company in Nanyang! ”
"Not bad! On the auspicious land, the family business is prosperous, and the name of the chief is good! Gu Lihuan expressed his determination, Jiang Wubo admired the name Kuala Lumpur, and no one paid attention to the embarrassed Governor of Batavia, William. Arnold. Edlin!
Finally, Governor Edlin, who had been sitting for another half a minute, couldn't help himself, and he stood up angrily.
"Is Mr. Zinedin trying to humiliate me, to humiliate the governor of a joint company? You did it, but your terms, the United Company will never agree! ”
After saying that, Governor Edlin turned around and was about to leave, and several Dutch Army officers were also full of anger.
If they had turned back thirty or fifty years, even before the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, they would have to look good on this hateful fellow today.
"Your Excellency the Governor, is this unbearable?" Ye Kai also stood up, and he put on an even more angry look.
"How have you treated my people for more than 100 years? We built Batavia City for the United Company, we planted sugar cane, boiled sugar, picked pepper, planted rice, processed deer skins and camphor from Taiwan, paid taxes, and created great wealth for the United Company. ”
As he spoke, Ye Kai walked over to Governor Edlin, who looked like he was about to leave, "But what did you do?" Exploitation, enslavement, and even slaughter!
I would like to ask the Governor, is all this reasonable? When the Spaniards oppressed you, the people of the Lowlands knew to rise up and resist, but do you think the Chinese don't know?
Do you think the Netherlands is still the world's number one coachman at sea?
Governor Edlin, you may go, but I tell you, the opportunity to discuss with me face to face is only this once, and if you miss this opportunity, I will call on the Chinese of all Nanyang to leave all the territory of the United Company!
Not only Batavia, but also the old port and Semarang, when the time comes, without the Tang people, you will not be able to receive a deerskin, you will not be able to buy a pound of sugar, I will trap you Dutch people on the island of Java, I will make the territory of the United Company a ghost town, so that he will not have a trace of life! ”
Governor Edlin's face trembled palely, and he replied weakly with difficulty.
"You can't do this, it's not good for you, and all the Tang people, and the United Company won't allow such a thing to happen, if that time comes, I can't guarantee that the company won't retaliate against your revival company!"
"Good! Your Excellency the Governor, then I will lend the United Company money to the Dutch government to fight the war, and then poke out the news of the loss of money and stab it into the financial markets of Amsterdam!
I'm going to tell all the Dutch people who bought shares in the United Company that they've all been deceived, they're already poor!
I think this explosion will definitely destroy Amsterdam's proud financial industry, and what will happen to the angry people who have lost everything?
I do not know!
But you, Governor Edlin, and the big guys of the United Corporation, can spend your life in prison, and that's the best outcome!
Don't think of me as an Oriental who doesn't know anything, I know Europe better than you, this Europa who has been in the South Seas for a long time! ”
"You...., you, no! The citizens of Amsterdam won't believe you, they won't believe an Oriental! ”
Governor Edlin tried to keep his tone in control so that the hateful Oriental could hear that he was afraid.
"Won't? How can it be?
I think the reason why the joint company can still cover it up now must be because you still have some liquidity, which can make the illusion that the company is profitable.
I guess I only need to make Batavia and the whole of Java a ghost town for a month, and your money chain will break, and then the citizens of Amsterdam will believe it, because the reality is already in front of them! ”
"Poof!" Governor Edlin sat down weakly on a chair, if such a thing happened, no one else knew about it, he would definitely be finished, or he would go to the gallows!
Even if he doesn't go to the gallows, but the shares of the joint company in his hand haven't been thrown away, become a poor bastard, or go to the gallows, or both, there are only three options!
What's even more terrifying is that there are still bigger bigwigs in the Netherlands whose stocks have not yet been sold, and people blame them, and it is estimated that even their own families will suffer!
Now the Netherlands is like a sinking galleon, and the big men on deck are thinking about how to get off the ship safely, rather than saving it.
In fact, there is no way to save it, if the Netherlands does not have a strong navy, then there will be no stable trade, and without stable trade, the Netherlands will be finished with commerce!
"We can't agree to the compensation, because the United Company doesn't have even a single Batavian kronor to use, except for this, everything else can be negotiated!"
The pale-faced Governor Edlin slumped in his chair and spoke in a voice that could barely be heard by himself.
In the distance, the yellowish glow of the setting sun shone on the governor's face.
The flying Dutchman will one day land!