In April, Batavia.

The warm breeze was blowing in the harbor, and a group of armed merchant ships more than 20 meters long sailed all the way away from the harbor with the monsoon, the tall sails whirring in the wind, and the slightly undulating waves seemed to be responding to something, only the ships were crushing the waves when they were chopping the waves.

At this time, in front of the port of Batavia, there was a group of people standing densely, they looked at the merchant ships that gradually disappeared into the sky, and made waves from time to time, but when the fleet completely turned into a small black spot in front of them, everyone couldn't help but reluctantly turn around, with a little confusion in their eyes.

In fact, the people standing in front of the dock were not ordinary people, but the high-ranking people of the Dutch East India Company in the South Seas, who could be called the real explorers of this era, in order to seek wealth, they did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles away from their homeland to this different climate in the South Seas, and acted recklessly.

However, these are the old calendars of the past, because for the Dutch people who now stand in front of the port, their good days are basically about to be gone, because the Chinese have now become more and more assertive in the South Seas, not only demanding that the Dutch apologize for the previous trade disputes, but even demanding that the Dutch East India Company gradually withdraw from the South Seas and give up all the current colonies.

In order to achieve this goal, the Great Chu Navy also began to increase its activities in the South Seas, especially with the gradual growth of their naval strength, all this has produced huge psychological pressure on the Dutch people, although they do not know much about Ning Chu's naval strength, but they know that in this land, time is on Ning Chu's side, they can continue to develop, but the Dutch East India Company cannot.

Whether it is the growing Fu Han army and navy, or the Chinese forces that are beginning to move, they are telling the Dutch one thing, that is, they are the masters here, and they, outsiders, will always be just outsiders.

Therefore, since the Fu Han navy began to move to Guangzhou last year, the atmosphere in Southeast Asia has become very delicate, and the Dutch in Southeast Asia have begun to speed up the delivery of goods back to Europe, and hope that the European countries can provide more support and reinforcements - this "Laurel" is carrying a lot of wealth amassed by the Batavia-Rihol? And some of the family members of the Dutch East India Company? Begin the journey back to their home country in Europe.

This is a very clear signal that illustrates a point? That is the Dutch in the process of fighting for the South Seas with Ningchu? Don't have the determination to win, and are already preparing for defeat? That's why so many Dutch people chose to leave the South Seas.

And just after the departure of the "Laurel", the people on the dock gradually dispersed? Except for a handful of people still standing in front of the docks? But the place has returned to its former calm.

However, the calm did not last long, and after about half an hour, from a distance, an old man and a young man walked over quickly, they were haggard? With endless exhaustion on your face? The sallow face was even more pale, and it was obvious that the two had suffered a lot.

If the officials of the Qing Dynasty in the past saw it, I am afraid they would not believe their eyes, because this old and young man are Zhang Tingyu and Hongli, and they are also the top powerful figures in the entire Qing Dynasty? At that time, even if it was just a glance, it was an endless blessing? But at this moment, it is no different from the overseas Chinese on the streets of Batavia, and it is even more miserable.

"Huh? These foreign devils are not a good thing, they can't eat it right now and want to run? But did they occupy Taiwan back then? Speaking of which, it is also the generation of such chickens and dogs! ”

Emperor Qianlong, alias Jin Si, squinted at the barely visible fleet? But he sighed softly: "It's just that now we are a little bleaker than them, which is really heartbreaking." ”

Zhang Tingyu on the side hurriedly looked left and right, and then said in a low voice: "Fourth Master Jin, don't you dare to talk nonsense, we finally ran to Batavia, but don't let people know through the identity, otherwise the hard work ahead will be wasted!" ”

When Hongli heard this, he couldn't help but think back to the journey of the past few months, and suddenly couldn't help but shudder, because the past few months have been worse than death for this little emperor!

It turned out that since Hongli and Zhang Tingyu secretly fled all the way from Yunchun, they were in a state of frightened birds almost all the time along the way, and a group of people pretended to be business travelers day and night, lest they be caught up by the cavalry of the Fu Han Army or the Russians, so they could only hide and hurry in a low-key manner.

Fortunately, Zhang Tingyu arranged a ship early, so he was able to take a boat all the way to North Korea, and then took a boat to Taiwan after resting in North Korea.

By this time, Hongli and Zhang Tingyu were in good shape, but the real problem was that from Taiwan to Batavia, because Taiwan and the Dutch East India Company were hostile opponents, Hongli and others could not rush directly from Taiwan to Batavia, and could only go to Batavia with the help of tossing and turning from Guangnan and other places.

And the problem came, when they were tossing and turning on this road, Hongli and Zhang Tingyu gradually depleted even though they carried a lot of wealth with them, and even encountered bribes from officials of Guangnan State, until Batavia disembarked, the two had not much money left, only enough to buy a Chinese official who claimed to work in the Governor's Palace, Jia Busi, to let them go to Europe.

Of course, even if they come to this point, the two are not really exhausted, as long as Hongli chooses to reveal his identity, then the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia will definitely be treated well, and it will not be a problem to go to Europe-

But Zhang Tingyu thinks a lot, he has experienced so many things, and he also knows some things in the West, and he feels that Qianlong is a treasure in his heart, and he can't throw out the hole cards too early, at least after getting Europe, and then he can live in strange goods, so as to maximize benefits.

And Hongli, who is bent on the dream of recovering the country, obviously thinks so, and after all, Nanyang is not as good as Europe, if the news leaks, it is not possible that there are really local Chinese who take their heads to receive the reward - after all, Nanyang was also the hiding place of the anti-Qing fighters back then, and many people were eager to promote the Qing court, so the two did not consider announcing their identities at all.

However, it was precisely because their true identities were not revealed that the two had to find Jabusi, a local snake in Batavia, and seek to go to Europe.

But the problem is that although Jia Busi is an official of the Governor's Mansion on the surface, he is doing some human trafficking behind his back, and when he sees this old and young man mysterious, he expects that these two Chinese have escaped from the north, but he does not make a noise, but brazenly says that everything is arranged on him, fooling Hongli and Zhang Tingyu to hand over the money and property on his body, and also sign a labor contract written in Dutch.

Looking at Hongli and Zhang Tingyu, who looked worried, Jia Busi was not polite, and scolded as soon as she came up: "What's the matter with you two? Why didn't you come to the port until now, do you know, just now the ship has already left! ”

"Ah, that's right...... Let's follow yesterday's agreement, the day and the middle of the day..... That is, come to the port at 12 noon, you can do it......"

Zhang Tingyu was dumbfounded, he took out a beautiful pocket watch in his arms, looked at it carefully, the time on it showed exactly half past eleven in the morning, which was half an hour earlier than the time they had agreed, and his face was a little unswerving, and he glared at Jia Busi angrily, waiting for the other party to explain.

Najabusi had been in Batavia for many years, and had long been trained in hob meat, so how could he be afraid of this old and young, so he snorted coldly: "You have not heard it wrong, I asked you to come to the port at eleven o'clock this morning yesterday, but you are already half an hour late, and the ship has already left, so you can't complain about me." ”

When they said this, Hongli and Zhang Tingyu immediately understood, they had met a scoundrel, and it was obvious that this Jia Busi did not have the ability to send them to Europe, so he deliberately deceived each other, but unfortunately they failed to see through each other's lies because of anxiety in their hearts.

"I ........ Do you really think you can take the money and do nothing? If it is prevaricated with us, we are not vegetarians! ”

When has Hongli been bullied like this, he was furious at the moment, so he wanted to take out the handcuff in his arms and shoot the scoundrel in front of him, but he was stopped by Zhang Tingyu with his hand, and then he snorted coldly and walked to the side.

Zhang Tingyu took a deep look at Jia Busi, and said coldly: "This matter is inseparable from you, since the money has been given to you, we can't come up with anything else, if you don't do anything, then we have to use handcuffs to offset the money." "The threat is beyond words.

Jia Busi was already prepared, and a smile immediately changed on her face, and she said softly: "Don't worry, who said that if you miss these ships, you won't be able to go to Europe?" There are still ways to do it, it depends on whether you want it or not. ”

"What's the method?"

"Well, in addition to returning to Europe by ship from Batavia, it is also possible to go to Europe through the British...... Although they have no power in Batavia, there is a British ship that has just docked in Batavia in the past two days, and it is said that it will go to Europe......."

"How much more do you want?"

"No money, no money, just sign another contract...... By the way, that Fourth Brother Jin, you can't bring your handcuffs to the ship, you have to hand them over to me! ”

"Okay, just hand it over!"

"In the future, we will always be back!"

Hongli's voice was a little childish, and Zhang Tingyu on the side was a little worried while being happy, and I am afraid that I can only take one step at a time in the future......

......

As the time gradually entered May, Hongli and Zhang Tingyu finally left Batavia with an unknown British merchant ship, but their nightmare was temporarily over, and the waves in Batavia were just rising.

First of all, the relationship between Ning Chu and the authorities of the Dutch East India Company was completely broken, not only was the commercial and trade relations completely severed, but also the Great Chu Navy in Guangzhou began to make frequent sorties, patrolling the Malacca area in the name of escort, which was naturally very common, and the Dutch East India Company could only frequently dispatch the navy to carry out countermeasures.

However, the external troubles have not subsided, and the internal troubles have returned. At the critical time when the two navies were confronting each other, the rule of the Dutch East India Company in Java also had certain problems, and many indigenous forces in Java were secretly colluding, suspected of plotting against the Dutch East India Company, and this was not hidden from the Dutch East India Company at this time.

The reason why there has been no major reaction until now is actually because of a very important reason, that is, getting used to it....... Since the Dutch entered the South Seas and founded a city in Batavia, there has been a great deal of conflict with the local indigenous Javanese, and the two sides have fought many wars in succession, and in the twenty-seven years since the beginning of the eighteenth century, it has been a full eight years.

Although the two Javanese wars ended with the victory of the Dutch East India Company, for the Javanese, they were not willing to be ruled by the Dutch all the time, so now when the Dutch East India Company had a strong enemy, they were naturally not willing to let go of this opportunity and began to carry out secret activities.

However, under the double threat of internal and external troubles, the governor of Batavia, Vizos, at this critical time, set off a search for the Chinese, who believed that the Chinese at this time would only threaten the rule of the Dutch in Batavia, and decided to strengthen the management of the Chinese, so that the Chinese must go to the governor's palace every month for interrogation.

I have to say that this strange way of thinking even the Chinese Kapitan everywhere can't understand it, so they can only go to the Governor's Palace of Batavia to ask the Governor together, but at this time, the Governor of Batavia, Vizos, ordered all the Kapitan to be detained, but did not give any explanation.

After the Chinese Capitan were detained, there was no longer a buffer between the Dutch and the Chinese, and soon there were contradictions between the two sides, and a large number of Chinese began to question the Dutch Governor's Palace, and the smell of gunpowder between the two sides became stronger and stronger, and the Dutch authorities began to continuously send troops stationed in Nanyang into Batavia.

Obviously, the situation changed quickly, and soon exceeded everyone's expectations, and in this environment, the news was quickly transmitted to Nanjing, and at this time, Ning Yu was still slowly arranging the relevant steps for the Nanyang war, but after receiving this news, he was very rare and angry.

"What a Dutch East India Company, when it comes to this critical point, they still dare to take the fire, I don't think they want to live!"