There is a saying that goes like this: "The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny." ”

Poor Hans Putmans, whose ideals lasted only half a day at the gate of the Grand Guard.

In full view, the Cooken was blown apart like a lantern thrown into a firecracker, and the sight of a huge explosion and a series of fireballs bursting into the eyes of everyone in the fleet.

In fact, most of the crew thought it was magic. Because no one has ever seen a cannonball that can fly 1 mile and still accurately hit a ship, and in addition, the red dots that flash in the air, including the explosion after hitting the target, are beyond people's understanding: they are more like wizards' magic, fireball magic?

Only a few people on the flagship understand the truth.

But they also only understand part of the truth. The people around Tang Xiaoqiao at that time heard him give the order to open fire, but no one knew how the other party's gunners received the order......

This is the end of a war with a huge generation gap in technology, and the whole process takes less than a minute. The battle was short-lived, but it worked well: as the Cookken sank, the Dutch's ambitions were sent to the bottom of the sea.

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So half an hour after the sinking of the Cookken, the surface brothers reconciled with a staggering speed. Everyone talked happily about rum and dancers as if nothing had happened—and everything was fine except for the embarrassment of Comrade Putmans, who had just pretended to be too pushy.

As for the poor Cookken...... Presumably the crew scuttled the ship themselves, may God bless them.

When everything was settled, it was already evening. At this moment, it was dark, and the rainstorm was coming as scheduled, so Tang Xiaoqiao hurriedly said goodbye. As for the Dutch fleet, today it can only anchor and spend the night outside the port of Dayuan.

Early the next morning, after the rain, the Dutch fleet began to enter the Great Channel.

The Middleburg, which was thought to be anchored only in the open sea, easily entered the channel this time. The Dayuan channel, which was divided by a sandbar in the early years, has now been cleared of obstacles, and the width of the main channel is now 30 meters, so the 550-ton Middelburg is not hindered in any way.

Then there was a series of exclamations: Haidilao, which was still digging deep into the channel, taught the outsiders the first lesson with its eternal movements and great power.

The second lesson is the pilot ship.

The small pilot ship was filled with wooden blocks and had a canopy at the end. Beneath the rudimentary canopy are cylindrical vaporizers and gas engines, as well as a cast-iron propeller system. And after seeing these strange ships that could move without sails, the Dutch once again confirmed the rumors that there were oriental magicians here.

After crossing the Dayuan Channel to the entrance of the Taijiang River, the Dutch fleet disembarked as a whole. Next up was the pilot ship's show: the roaring boat easily towed the Middelburg to the North Line Oshima Wharf on the north side of Oyuan Island.

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Large-scale construction of the northern line Ojima has been going on for some time. This year is not the same as last year, this year's Dayuan Port has been shown on the rivers and lakes, so with the advent of the summer south wind season, there will definitely be European ships coming to Dayuan Island one after another.

In order to receive these Europeans, who were carrying goods, gold and silver, as well as various infectious diseases, they took good care of the northern line of Oshima.

Prior to this, Ojima Island on the northern route was very desolate, and due to its low terrain, some of it was often submerged by the sea at high tide.

Later, with the birth of Haidilao, some low-lying areas on the island were successively filled in by sea sand; Later, with the extension of the sand bank on the north side, the northern end of the island, which was originally close to the main island with a curve overhead, is now completely connected into a sand bank by the sea sand dug out by the dredger.

With a sand berm, there is water.

The island's closest stream to the sand bank flows into the estuary, and a water station was soon built, and then the cast iron water pipes produced in the kiln area came in handy. Fresh water is poured into the underground reservoir in the northern part of the island through an aqueduct connected to the sand bank, thus solving the problem of daily water use for foreign sailors on the island.

With this water supply system, the planned physical isolation of large numbers of outsiders is operational. These outsiders included sailors and slaves from all over the world, and they would henceforth spend most of their time waiting for ships on the island of Tail of the Northern Line.

From this aspect, we can see the fear of various infectious diseases. You must know that even the daily water on Dayuan Island is still relying on daily water boat transportation, and the leaders have not enjoyed the tall configuration of sand bank water pipes.

With water, there must be buildings.

The first buildings to be built on the island were of course piers. The pier on the tail island of the northern line is separated from the pier on Dayuan Island by a channel, which is also equipped with heavy machine guns, soldiers, and barbed wire.

The next step is to prepare a gold town. The sailors of this era are scum who don't know if they will die tomorrow, so they have a lot of spending power...... The traversal crowd will not have a contempt for the money in their pockets just because these scumbags are not cultivated.

As a result, a wooden town with 3 bars and 5 inns sprung up. The planned capacity of the town is 2,000 people, and there are all kinds of supporting facilities including boiler rooms and bathhouses. In addition, the Dayuan Police Headquarters has also set up a police station here, equipped with a large number of personnel and equipment, ready to clean up the drunken troublesome sailors.

These buildings are mainly concentrated on the east side of Ojima Island on the northern line. This side is adjacent to the Taijiang River, the scenery is beautiful, and you can also enjoy the beautiful night view on the opposite bank after dark.

As for the western side of the island...... It's slave camps and hospitals that look more like prisons.

All those who are detected to have an elevated body temperature are taken to the hospital as soon as possible, whether they are sailors or slaves. In hospitals, these people are simply cared for and quarantined for observation.

A common cold patient will be discharged if he or she survives. As for those who are diagnosed with an infectious disease – whatever it is, these people are dumped out to sea.

As for medicines, what can be provided by the public at the moment is some simple external hydrogen peroxide, medical alcohol, and cotton yarn. As for the extremely scarce aspirin and sulfonamides produced in the laboratory, the sailors and slaves on the northern line tail island were not eligible to use them.

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It was in this situation that the Dutch fleet entered the Taijiang River. After being towed into place by the pilot ship, the Middleburgh first unloaded most of the sailors and bilge slaves at the North Line Tail Island Pier. It will then be towed to the Chehkan Pier on the other side, where the rest of the cargo will be unloaded.

The small, naked Javanese slaves disembarked from the ship and soon staggered into the slave camp under the command of a large number of guards armed with clubs and leather whips.

In order to prevent these starving slaves from being strutted to death, a large pot of gruel with mixed vegetables was prepared in the slave camp. When these people have drunk the bowl of porridge, they are rushed to a lime-sprinkled sink to disinfect it, and then it is their turn to distribute clothes, assign dormitories, and check their bodies.

Since it was the first transaction, the doubtful Dutch only brought in a total of 800 slaves. Of course, in order to ensure the survival rate of slaves, the Dutch originally loaded ships in the number of 1,200 men.

After the "unloading" of several slave ships, both buyers and sellers were very pleased that after more than a month of sailing at sea, the number of slaves who could finally disembark was 1,050. This amount has greatly exceeded the expectations of the traders, and proves that it is feasible to cross the proposed slave trade route.

After learning the news, Xia Xianze was in a very good mood, and at noon on the same day, he met with Hans Putmans, the official representative of the Dutch East India Company, and received the trade agreement and the letter of Governor Cohen submitted by the latter, as well as gifts.

After this, Putmans soon received a sum of 260,000 taels of heaven and earth vouchers - special funds for the slave trade.

Later that day, Comrade Cai Feiming, an old friend of the Dutch people, also appeared. Cai Feiming and his entourage first came to the garden-style Dutch Merchant House, which had already been built, and had dinner with Putmans and his party.

Tang Xiaoqiao then made good on his promise: at one of the largest pirate bars on the island of the North Line, guests tasted high-end rum brewed with the craftsmanship of later generations. Afterwards, all the Dutch, including Comrade Putmans, got drunk, and were carried back to the merchant house in a dinghy - the buns had drunk too much.

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The high-ranking members of the Dutch fleet were well received at the Grand Guard, and the Dutch sailors were also doing well.

By the time the cargo was unloaded that day, most of the people had already disembarked in the town: there were gas cranes at the Chihkan Wharf, so there was no need for so many sailors. And the sailors who came to the town were immediately driven into the bathhouse by the local police: people who had not bathed could not register their beds in the hotel.

When the swearing sailors entered the bathhouse, they were quickly stunned by the jets of warm water that flowed from the cast-iron pipes overhead. When the goods finished taking a shower under the command of the "bathhouse guards" who carried batons and wore large trousers, they were surprised to find that the bathhouse had actually issued them a new set of clothes, and then they were told that the old clothes had been washed and disinfected.

New clothes were issued compulsorily, and the cheapest linen cloth was used. As for the style of the new clothes...... Anyone who has been to the sauna in later generations knows that, yes, it's the loose shape with a belt and a pair of big pants.

Please note that all of the above services are chargeable.

So, when the scum checked for a bed in the hotel and walked out of the street, a funny scene occurred: the streets of the whole town were full of scum from all over the world wearing slippers and brown sauna suits.

Of course, there won't be just the Dutch in the town. A large number of Japanese sailors, who were short in stature, with a moon head and were very accustomed to sauna clothes and straw slippers, were looking coldly at the red-haired people on the other side of the street. In addition, there are some Chinese sailors who came here from Fujian and Hangzhou.

As a result, there were a number of group beatings that night.

The newly established North Line Ojima Police Station was exhausted that night, arresting a large number of drunks in brightly lit bars and gas-lit streets, and then escorting them all back to the police station......