Chapter 437: Savage Landing in New Amsterdam
After the first 10,000-ton ship of Huaxia arrived in Britain, it began the second leg of its voyage to the Americas.
The Legion of America, which had already arrived on Long Island, reported the urgently needed supplies to Gao Junshan by telegram after arriving at its destination, and the 10,000-ton ship was carrying all the materials that Ma Jin and his people urgently needed to wait.
When the fleet led by Makin arrived on Manhattan Island, he saw the presence of Dutch, and Makin resolutely carried out the policy of clearing the island in the high mountains, and killed all these Dutchmen without a single remnant.
When these Dutchmen first discovered the huge fleet of China, they also proudly swore sovereignty, and the battleships replied to the Dutch with cannons.
The difference is that the Dutch territory did not have a scene of fire and collapse of houses, and the marines who landed on the island shot the Dutch on the island one by one with Minnie guns, and their living facilities were preserved intact.
Since there is no large wharf on Manhattan Island, all the ships of the Chinese Kingdom are anchored in the sea, and the personnel and materials are transferred ashore by small boats.
As soon as Ma Jin set foot on the land of America, he ordered the newspaper operator Xu Tingjian to report the good news to the emperor, and Gao Junshan ordered them to change the name of the peninsula they occupied to Long Island, and the new Amsterdam of the Dutch to Chang'an.
Chang'an is the New York of later generations, but it is now called Chang'an, and will always be called Chang'an.
Hui Yan is the commander of the Marine Division, he landed on the island before Ma Jin, when Ma Jin got on the dock from the steam engine speedboat, Hui Yan, who was greeting him at the pier, asked: "Commander Ma, all the eight hundred and thirteen men and women on the island have turned into corpses, how to deal with these corpses please ask Commander Ma for instructions." ”
Ma Jin said: "The emperor has already instructed that all the people on the island must be killed, and the best way to destroy the corpses is to throw them into the sea to feed the fish." ”
Hui Yan saluted and said, "My subordinates understand." ”
Ma Jin was not at ease, and said: "Move these corpses far away and throw them into the deep sea, and no one will know about their existence in the future." ”
"Obey!"
Hyeyeon turned around and went to carry out the order.
After Hui Yan left, Ma Jin said to Lin Zhenggang, the deputy chief of staff beside him: "You go and make arrangements, except for the marines, no one else is allowed to go ashore, and let them stay on the ship for another two days." ”
"Obey!"
Lin Zhenggang returned to the speedboat.
Ma Jin said to Captain Zhao Zhengnan again: "Captain Zhao, you are responsible for directing the operations at sea back to the battleship, and we will keep in touch through telegrams. ”
"Obey!"
Zhao Zhengnan saluted, turned around and walked towards the dock.
Ma Jin said to Gongsun Hao beside him: "We will stay in the city tonight." ”
Gongsun Hao said: "Okay, I'll go into the city to make arrangements." ”
At this time, seven or eight engineers also went up to the dock, and when they saw Makin, they surrounded them.
Ma Jin asked them with a smile: "Hard work! Good work! You've suffered a lot along the way, haven't you? ”
One of the engineers replied, "It doesn't matter if it's hard work, but it's harder than hard work if we don't have to work." ”
Then everyone talked a lot and put forward their own opinions.
"Yes, we need to work now."
"We're here to find mines, and now you're keeping us on board, how are we going to do our work?"
"We're here to make steel, and we have to build the factory without a single day of delay."
"I'm an electrical engineer, and I'm here to provide electricity for the new city, and now that the generators are on board, I hope Commander Ma can organize manpower to move the ship's machinery to the shore first."
Ma Jin said: "I accept all your opinions, and if you have any opinions, you will put them forward one by one." But only if your lives are safe, I will be able to accept your opinion, and now you must listen to me, return to the ship, and wait for my orders! ”
The mechanical and electrical engineer said: "If you want to make the city vibrant, you must put electricity first, Commander Ma, you better let us put into work first!" ”
A geological engineer was not far behind, and said: "Commander Ma, we are engaged in geology, and the purpose of coming here is to find coal and minerals. ”
Ma Jin said: "What you say is very reasonable, but ensuring your safety is the task given to me by the emperor, and it is also the order that the emperor gives you, don't you even listen to the emperor's order?" ”
Ma Jin brought out the emperor's imperial decree, and the engineers were all disciples of Chongwen, they were all children of Gao Junshan, and they obeyed Gao Junshan's orders 100%.
After finally persuading these engineers to leave, Gongsun Hao rode a horse back, he dismounted and came to Ma Jin's and said: "Commander, the city is well equipped with living facilities, and there is a lot of grain stored, and a large warehouse has been found, which is full of beaver furs, which is a big gain, and the city can accommodate 2,000 people. ”
Ma Jin praised Gongsun Hao for his ability to do things, and told him that the Dutch people in the city had been operating here for more than twenty years, and it was not surprising that the living facilities were excellent.
"We're going into town now?" Gongsun Hao asked.
Ma Jin joked: "Do you want to hold any other ceremony?" ”
Gongsun Hao disturbed his head and said: "The city is empty, who will hold the ceremony to?" ”
"Do you know what the name of this city is?" ”
"I don't know."
Ma Jin said proudly: "Her name is New Amsterdam, however, she is not called that now, she is now called Chang'an." Go, all of them have it, the goal is Chang'an! ”
When I came to Chang'an, there was silence here, because all the Westerners were shot by the marines, and even the corpses were not left, dragged to the sea, loaded onto ships and transported away.
When Ma Jin saw the Westerners' signs on the building, he ordered them to be removed and replaced with Chinese characters.
Under the guidance of Gongsun Hao, Ma Jin came to New Amsterdam - no, the city hall of Chang'an.
The town hall is very well equipped, Ma Jin walked into the mayor's office, there was an unfinished letter on the countertop of the office, the original owner was still working here before he died, and he was shot before he finished writing the letter.
Makin came to his desk, he didn't know Dutch, but it was an unfinished letter, and it was obvious at a glance.
On this expedition, Gao Junshan specially sent several Dutch translators to the Americas with Ma Jin, although Ma Jin couldn't understand it, he invited a translator and asked him to translate the letter.
The translators also acted with the headquarters, unlike those engineers, who were protected on the ship, so Gongsun Hao quickly called a translator, and after reading the letter, the translator told Ma Jin that this was the report of the Dutch governor to the board of directors of the West India Company for the first half of the year, and the letter was indeed not finished.
Makin sat down in the seat of the Dutch governor, picked up the report, and said to Gongsun Hao: "You are responsible for keeping all the documents here, which may be useful to us in the future." ”
At this moment, Ma Jin's guard officer walked in, and he whispered in Ma Jin's ear, "Commander, do you want to ask the engineers to test the water source here to see if it is contaminated?" ”
Ma Jin heard what the guard meant, he was worried that the water here had been poisoned by the Dutch, he shook his head and said to the guard officer: "There is no need for this, if you are really not at ease, you can catch some small animals and give them a try." ”
The guard officer was inspired, saluted and turned away.
Ma Jin sat in the governor's chair, kept tapping his fingers on the table, and said to Gongsun Hao with a sigh: "We will spend tonight in the dark night without electric lights!" ”()
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