The historic city of Batavia was founded in 1619 when the ambitious Jean Peterlsson Kun became the third governor of the Dutch East India Company, the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company's empire after he led the raid to drive out the Banten army, and was the political basis for Dutch rule over the colonies of Java and the entire East Indies.

If this was 1640, the current governor of Batavia would have been Anthony van Diemen, the expansionist colonist of the Dutch Eastern Empire, second only to Jean Peterlsson Kun. During his tenure, Dutch canals, castles, town halls, Christ churches, Latin schools and market districts appeared.

Day 17 after the crossing.

Zhao De and his crew were finally about to set sail and leave, and the departure was only temporary, because he had already promised Hu Xijing to go to Batavia City to purchase first, and as for the payment used by the traversers, it was naturally the small mirrors contributed by the girls.

In order to let Zhao De rest assured that he could go shopping, Hu Xijing also deliberately gave Zhao De a small piece of palm-sized mirror as a deposit to pay, and in order to reassure him, he also deliberately took him to a toilet on the Hailan to look at a large mirror that was more than one person high, which meant that the traversal had the ability to pay for his goods.

He was accompanied by Zhao Shijie and Liu Yun, both of whom were sent out to understand the situation in this time and space with the authorization of the Executive Committee, and also had the intention of understanding the social situation in Batavia City, and accumulating information for future trade.

The two people who took a wooden sailboat for the first time looked a little worried at the moment they got on the boat: "Is it true that this small body of the vast sea will not be blown over by the wind and waves?" ”

However, compared with them, the expressions of Zhao De and the other Ming Dynasty crew members were much more indifferent, and Zhao De kindly comforted the two: "Mr. Zhao, Mr. Liu, you two can rest assured, although this ship is not as big as your big iron ship, it is absolutely safe." ”

Nine days later, Zhao De's ship finally arrived in Batavia, and Zhao Shijie had to sigh that the sailboat and the modern ship are really incomparable, and this time I must let the industrial team step up to get a steamship, at least that one is much faster than the sail.

After going ashore, he agreed with Zhao De on a time to leave in three days, and the two couldn't wait to ask what year it was, but thankfully, it was 1640 in the 17th century, at least this was an era when they knew the course of history.

After inquiring clearly, Zhao Shijie and Liu Yun began their tour of Batavia in the 17th century, walking on the street wide of three carriages, watching the various races walking back and forth.

"Is this a metropolis in the 17th century, and its scale is not comparable to a certain township in China in later generations." Liu Yun said with a smile and some disdain.

"Don't look down on Batavia today, in the 17th century it was definitely an international metropolis in Southeast Asia, see no, there are not Dutch, Chinese, Spanish and other European adventurists here." Zhao Shijie pointed to the races wearing different colors and said.

"Okay, what's next, should we find a Chinese restaurant for a meal?"

"That's a good idea, that's it."

The two of them walked towards a restaurant called Judelou, which had a distinctly oriental look and name. Xiao Er respectfully welcomed the two in, and introduced the special dishes of the store to the two of them on the side.

"Two guest officers, what do you want to eat, we have it in this store, as long as you say it, there is nothing that our chef can't do."

"Well, in this way, take the one in your store, fry, cook, fry, and boil, one of each of the four specialties. Here is a pot of Shaoxing daughter red, you should have this. Liu Yun asked Xiao Er with a smile.

"Yes, yes, the two guest officers will wait for a while, and the wine and food will be served immediately."

"Look, you find nothing." Liu Yun glanced at the diners around him and asked Zhao Shijie beside him.

"There are a lot of Chinese here, and most of them come from coastal provinces, Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese, and they should be mixed up from the perspective of dress."

Zhao Shijie took a sip of tea and continued: "This fully shows the business and prosperity of Batavia City, which also indirectly shows that it is correct in the history books that the Chinese in Bacheng during this period have a certain economic strength and right to speak, and are not excluded by the Dutch, on the contrary, they also like the Chinese, so the future is very beneficial to us." ”

"Two guest officers, this is the dish you want." The second general interrupted the conversation between the two, and after the dishes were served, he did not leave in a hurry, but chatted with the two of them enthusiastically. "The two guest officers don't look like the Ming people, so they take the liberty to ask the two guest officers who they are."

The shopkeeper finally asked the question that the two of them wanted to ask as soon as they entered the door, and it was very strange to see the two of them dressed, but it was indeed Cantonese, so they asked like this after the food.

"Yes, we are indeed not Ming people, but the remnants of the former Song Dynasty, where we live thousands of miles away from here, not beyond the reach of giant boats, we have been away from Middle Earth for a hundred years, and our clothing and customs have changed, even the language has changed."

"The two guest officials are relics of the former Song Dynasty, no wonder this is the case." Xiao Er replied with a surprised face, and then began to inquire about the purpose of the two of them coming to Batavia.

"The two guest officers came to Bacheng this time to buy or sell goods, if you want to buy Nanyang native products, I can help you introduce one or two."

"We want to buy and sell the goods, and when we got off the ship, I heard that the Governor of the Red-haired People has a glass mirror that can clearly see people's faces, I don't know which shop here sells them, we want to buy a few and go back."

Hearing Zhao Shijie's words, the shopkeeper's dark cheeks first had an incredible expression, and then he seemed to have figured out something, and his expression became normal. "Presumably, the two guest officers must have been away from Middle-earth for a long time and don't know that this mirror is hard to find, listen to my shopkeeper said, the origin of this mirror is in that Venice, which is the country of the Hongmaoyi people, and the output is extremely low, it is often difficult to find a palm-sized mirror for ten thousand taels of silver."

"It's so valuable," Liu Yun muttered in a low voice, and said in his heart, no wonder this Zhao De even gave up his original plan to return to Guangzhou.

After the shopkeeper left, Liu Yun sighed and lost money: "Hu Xijing actually gave Zhao De half a mirror worth 10,000 gold, how much food is this." ”

"Hehe, don't sigh, Hu Xijing must have her reason for doing this, as far as that girl's shrewdness, do you think she can trade at a loss, and if Zhao De doesn't get some benefits, will he transport supplies to Australia?"