July 14, 1642

The Dutch, who negotiated the ownership of Malacca's overseas territory for nearly two months, finally chose to give in, and as the party that won the negotiations, they said that the price to be paid was to sell no less than 5,000 rifles and other related items to the Netherlands every year.

In any case, in the end of this negotiation, there is no winner or loser, but in Australia's own view, it is a victory, and Australia has reached into the waters of Malacca to take the first step in controlling this water artery in the future.

But in the eyes of the Dutch, this is just a deal with the Australians, the Netherlands except for the loss of a small piece of land, there is nothing actually missing, but thus gain a larger share of Australian goods and arms goods, perhaps in the eyes of the Dutch, the Australian old man seems to have made a big mistake.

The official handover ceremony was attended by the Australian Minister of Foreign Trade Zhao Shijie and General Wang Tiehammer, who was in Batavia to negotiate the formation of a joint fleet.

"Minister Zhao, have you seen the castle by the sea, it is Malacca, because of the territory of the Portuguese in the past, there are many unique buildings of them, of course, there are some unique buildings from the East, I believe you will be very kind to see it."

As a senior official in the Viceroyalty of Batavia, Brown knew even more about the colonies than Van Diemen, and because it was one of his jobs, he could easily introduce the history of Malacca.

However, in the face of Zhao Shijie, a traverser, the little historical knowledge he knows is a bit of a big deal, Zhao Shijie, who is familiar with historical materials, knows more in his mind than him, but in order to respect the other party, he still maintains a curious attitude and asks, "Is it?" ”

"Of course, but you know that. The lazy Portuguese were too incompetent to manage the land, and were often bullied by some of the local indigenous kingdoms, so we took over the land smoothly. ”

Brown said the righteousness. They did not regard themselves at all as robbers who robbed other people's property, and of course they did not think so, because this land did not belong to the Portuguese in the first place, and the current Kingdom of Portugal no longer exists.

When the huge figure of the Sea Blue appeared off the coast of Malacca, both the Dutch coast guards at the dock and the ships that were working stopped their work. Quietly watched as the huge ship drove into the dock.

A Chinese young man who was doing the portering work by the dock stood for more than ten seconds, and then dropped the goods he was carrying, and ran towards a certain house in the city.

"Zheng Qiang, you can see clearly, the Australian ship is coming." Zheng Shuming sat on the chair of the Taishi with Chinese characteristics, and suddenly stood up excitedly and asked.

"Clearly, clearly, patriarch, the Australian warship is huge. All white, smoking, sailless, this must be the legendary ship, so I immediately came to report to you. "Zheng Qiang is a son of the Zheng family, and since he heard that the Australians were going to take over Malacca, Zheng Shuming asked him to pay attention to the news he heard at the docks.

The Lao Zheng family is also a well-known local Chinese family in Malacca, and was the local Chinese leader more than 100 years ago. There are many children of the leafy clan, and the prestige of the patriarch is still quite useful, Zheng Shuming is the head of the Zheng family of this generation, and he has always planned to revitalize the Zheng family in his heart.

The decline of the old Zheng family is inseparable from the arrival of the Portuguese and the Dutch. In the final analysis, it is the power of the Chinese who is too weak, so they will become the target of exploitation.

Zhao Shijie and others went ashore, and under the leadership of the supreme governor of Malacca, they entered the office where the colonial government of Malacca was located, and the two sides officially handed over the process, in accordance with the regulations. The Dutch and the merchants were free to stay or leave, and the soldiers were to leave the country within ten days.

In order to alleviate the shortage of troops, the government specifically authorized and agreed to hire 200 soldiers from the Blackwater Security Company to maintain law and order throughout the city of Malacca.

One of the biggest outfits of the Blackwater mercenaries is that they wear black combat uniforms from head to toe, including their shoes and hats, which are largely different from the combat uniforms of the Australian Army and the National Guard.

At the same time as the handover was completed, two hundred Blackwater mercenaries dressed in black combat uniforms lined up neatly, and under the leadership of Tang Wei and Jiang Junbo, they entered the city of Malacca.

This drastic change made most of the people in the city feel uneasy, especially the Portuguese and local Dutch ordinary people, and a small number of Chinese, who did not know what was happening, which had only happened if it had been occupied by someone else.

But there was no war or even a single gunshot, is it really as rumored that this place was sold like goods to the old Australians, oh, damn, the greedy old Australians will not drive us away, this is the concern of a Dutch owner who opened a restaurant in Malacca not long ago.

But compared to the worries of others, Zheng Shuming may be the outlier of all, and he seems to be very happy with everything.

Blackwater's soldiers have taken over all defenses in the city, and a team of five heavily armed Blackwater soldiers are patrolling the streets of the city to prevent the outlaws from causing chaos.

Tang Wei and Jiang Junbo were also wearing black military uniforms, carrying a wheel around their waists, walking on the street.

"Old Tang, I believe that history will definitely make a strong mark on us, because our Blackwater soldiers are the first to set foot on this land, no matter where this place belongs in the future, our names will be remembered." Jiang Junbo had a smug smile on his face, he had changed a lot in the past two years in Blackwater, he was the only one who liked to stay overseas and didn't want to return to his homeland.

"Come on, Lao Jiang, I don't know if I remember it, but I am sure that the beginning of the historical record will definitely be, the Australian Minister of Foreign Trade Zhao Shijie and Rear Admiral Wang Tiehammer attended the handover ceremony together, as for us, maybe there will be a lot of records in the wild history, you still ask for more blessings, maybe those guys who write wild history will give you a spring and autumn penmanship, saying that Jiang Junbo, the big boss of the black water, because he fell in love with the daughter of a certain family in Malacca, failed to propose marriage, so he sent troops to Malacca." (To be continued.) )