Mark Lin. Count Botto was the seventh governor since the dissolution of the Dutch East India Company and the return of Indonesia by the British, but he was very uneasy as a governor.

Because at this time, the sea coachman Holland was no longer in the glory of the past, and the national economic system was facing a complete collapse, but the Netherlands had lost the strength and courage to plunder or provoke the redistribution of colonies, so as the governor of an important colony of the empire, he could only make up his mind about the colonies.

Jean Macklin. Count Botto was so helpless about the laziness, greed, ignorance, ignorance of the natives, these damned natives possessed almost all the shortcomings of humanity, and he even wondered if God was asleep when He made these stupid fools?

Finally Macklin. Count Botto can only once again look at the Chinese in Batavia, these hard-working, timid Chinese are like cows, it's time to milk them!

In order to fill the colony's huge shortfall in tax revenues, Macklin. Count Botto didn't mind a "Red Creek incident" in the slightest!

The port of Batavia was getting closer and closer, and the ship slowly entered the port under the guidance of a clipper, but Lin Haijiang's brows became more and more wrinkled, because there was a large group of Chinese laborers on the dock who seemed to be looking at the Chinese sailors on the ship in a daze?

And not far away, a large group of natives are watching the Chinese? This extremely unfriendly atmosphere reminded Lin Haijiang of the recent anti-Chinese tragedy in which the Dutch political axe himself wielded a butcher's knife.

In the spring of 1740, due to the heavy taxation of the Dutch authorities, the sugar factories run by overseas Chinese in Bacheng went bankrupt one after another, and the number of unemployed people in Bacheng began to increase, and the urban and rural security fell into a vicious cycle.

The Dutch authorities decided to drive out some of the Chinese and force them to emigrate to Ceylon, but there were rumors among the Chinese diaspora that the exiles would be thrown into the sea on the way. At the beginning of October, the Dutch carried out a forced search of the homes of overseas Chinese in Bacheng, under the pretext of checking residence permits and confiscating weapons, and the situation quickly got out of control, and the shooting of Chinese by armed Dutch gunmen began to occur.

Enraged, the Chinese revolted in the countryside and then declared war on the Dutch colonial authorities in Bacheng, who soon signaled a massacre.

In history, the Dutch crew member who was present at the time, Ali. Huses wrote: "Suddenly we heard the cries of slaughter and fire, and the curtain was lifted on the most evil scenes of unbridled slaughter and looting, and the Chinese men, women, and children, died tragically by the sword, even pregnant women and their babies in their arms." No less than a hundred shackled captives had their throats cut like sheep to the slaughter. Some Dutch citizens, who had provided shelter to wealthy Chinese in the past, went so far as to poison them on this day in order to divide up their property. In short, on this day, almost all Chinese, both guilty and innocent, were killed. ”

In the end, the stream was dyed red, which was the famous "Red Creek Massacre" in later generations!

However, Lin Haijiang has always maintained a certain degree of sanity and restraint for these, because Lin Haijiang has also realized a very important thing, that is, he has always been taken care of as if he has been taken care of by the goddess of luck, everything is so smooth sailing, but it is not a good thing if it is too smooth!

At present, what he needs most is to establish a solid base for himself, form a fixed force and start to develop, during this period he needs to be extremely low-key, so Lin Haijiang needs to reduce unnecessary trouble, after all, he is under the nose of the British Far East Fleet.

In the Governor's Palace, Macklin is still having a headache for various details of the plan to kill people with a knife. Count Bertto received a report from his military adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Ventuk, that two large battleships without signs and two ironclads had entered the harbor, along with the armed forces on them.

Lieutenant Colonel Wintuk's report will be Mark Lin. Count Bertto broke out in a cold sweat, and in the whole of Southeast Asia, only the British Far East Fleet had large battleships, and there were not many of them, and his so-called colonial fleet had only three fast gunboats armed with twenty-two twelve-pounder curved guns and cannons.

The rest of the dozens of clippers were patrolling with a few or a dozen light guns, and it was okay to check them out to scare the natives on merchant ships, and the only twenty twenty-four-pounder guns were placed in the nearby Gorm and Werther batteries.

Mark Lin. The Earl of Botto was very much tempted to scold Lieutenant Colonel Wintuk for being a pig's head, but Macklin. Count Bertto hesitated, he thought it was better to save some face for his military lieutenant, so he rebuked solemnly: "How can you put a ship that is not clearly marked into the harbor?" What if they're pirates? ”

Lieutenant Colonel Wintuk blinked and said helplessly, "Do you want those movable batteries to be moored outside the harbor?" And we can't stop them from entering the port, and the kind of steel behemoth with black smoke coming out of the chimney that seems to be expensive is not even the British! ”

The implication of Lieutenant Colonel Ventuk is very simple, what can I do?

Mark Lin. Count Boto looked at Lieutenant Colonel Ventuk with some anger and said, "Then if we exchange fire with the other party, how can we ensure the safety of Batavia City?" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Wentuk was stunned for a moment and looked at Macklin. Count Boto was sure that the Count was not joking, and said in a low and helpless voice: "I can only promise to send you away from the south gate in a carriage!" ”

You! You! You!

Mark Lin. Count Botto, you haven't come for a long time, and the atmosphere slapped the table and said, "How can I, as the governor, abandon the colony?" Not to mention a few battleships, even if the Far Eastern Fleet of the British sailed over, I would not have the slightest fear! Fleeing in a carriage is definitely not my way of doing things, and now I order you to immediately take half of the Governor's Palace guards to the docks to find out the situation, be quick! ”

"Yes! Your Excellency the Governor! Lieutenant Colonel Wintuk saluted and turned around to leave. The Count of Botto stopped him again, and Macklin. Count Boto looked around and whispered in a low voice: "First send twenty people to help Madame pack her things and find five carriages, no!" Find seven wagons and prepare them at the back door of the Governor's Palace. ”

"Ahh Lieutenant Colonel Wintuk was slightly stunned and then hurriedly ran to arrange the most important order of His Excellency the Governor, it turned out that His Excellency the Governor was not unwilling to go, but that there were too few carriages to go......

Lin Haijiang, who didn't know that he had caused a major panic, chatted with a Chinese girl selling peaches in the small market on the dock with great interest! The little girl weakly relied on her courage to sell her peaches to Lin Haijiang, who was dressed extraordinarily, and the poor little girl made Lin Haijiang, who didn't want to buy peaches, suddenly overflow with love, wrapped all the peaches, and instructed Yang Tianhua behind him to send someone to transport them back, and each person ate one after a meal to supplement nutrition.

Yang Tianhua has a black line on his face and no language table!

Lin Haijiang handed over the matter of the direction of the dock to Lawrence, who had learned to talk to people with Lin Haijiang, and Lawrence, who was talking nonsense, took out the style of a senior commander of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, and made the Dutch dock officials who came to register the ship's name, stay time, and whether they trade in a cold sweat.

When the humble Lieutenant Commander Wentuk explained his intention to Commander Lawrence, Lawrence was also very understanding and told the actual commander of Lieutenant Colonel Wintuk's fleet to get off the ship and relax, and that this fleet belonging to the Empire was only a training ship passing through here, and it was only a short supply stop here.

Lawrence played a little trick with Lieutenant Commander Wintuck in language, and he misled the astute-looking Lieutenant Commander Wintuck into believing that he belonged to a small fleet of the Royal Navy on a 'secret mission', and that Lawrence had been a real Royal Navy officer himself.

In fact, Lieutenant Colonel Wintuck thought so too, and he was now completely sure that the British seemed to be doing something shady again, the British gentlemen who were doing shameless deeds to save face......

Lieutenant Commander Uttuk immediately stated that the fleet's maintenance and supply requirements could be met, and that the crew would be allowed to go ashore in batches to rest, etc.

When Lieutenant Colonel Wertuk reported the situation to Macklin. After the Count of Botto, Macklin. Count Botto frowned at first, and then said with great displeasure: "Annoying Englishman, go and tell Madame that they don't have to clean up!" ”

Lin Haijiang bought some seasonal fruits and prepared to return to the ship directly, and he really didn't feel anything about this small city that looked dirty and messy.

Nibbling on greasy lamb chops in front of long tables? Drinking unknown spirits? With those waitresses who smell a foreign scratch smell on their bodies and have rough skin? Lin Haijiang doesn't have that leisure and elegance, he really can't do it!

Lin Haijiang didn't take a few steps, there was a shout behind him, and with a woman's scream, Lin Haijiang turned around and looked, and suddenly became angry! The little girl he had just bought from the fruit stall had been overthrown to the ground, and the money he had just given was snatched away by a native, and a few dodges disappeared into the crowd.

The Chinese on the side all looked at the little girl with a kind of pity, as if they had all experienced this kind of encounter.

Lin Haijiang helped up the little girl who was crying bitterly, touched the holster on his waist uncontrollably, and finally Lin Haijiang took out a small handful of coins of about ten pounds from his pocket and reluctantly stuffed them into the little girl's hand, and used his handkerchief to put the broken handbag on the little girl, there seems to be only so much he can do!

On the return trip, Lin Haijiang walked very fast, so fast that Yang Tianhua and a few people had to trot to keep up, and when he returned to the ship, Lin Haijiang, who was stroking the main gun in front of the Zhenyuan ship, didn't know why he seemed to be pressed on a boulder? Perhaps for the sake of the future, he needs to endure now!

At dinner, Lin Haijiang did not participate, but locked himself in the room alone, and at this time everyone knew very well that Lin Haijiang did not want anyone to disturb him.

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