The Dutch entered Indonesia from 1596. Their attitude towards overseas Chinese has undergone several changes. When they had just occupied Jakarta, or Batavia as the Dutch called it, they saw that "there were only a few Javanese in the city" and that the few Dutch residents who had settled there were "surprisingly lazy", but the overseas Chinese there, in the words of one Dutch official, "were honest merchants, skilled in calculations, and better adapted to harsh conditions than any other people." Therefore, the Dutch East India Company initially encouraged and vigorously recruited Chinese to enter the country, and instructed the Dutch fleet to "recruit a large number of Chinese, especially carpenters, lumberjacks, and fishermen, and ask the fishermen to bring their nets with them." ”

However, after the large increase in Chinese immigrants and the commercial conflict with Dutch immigrants, the Dutch began to impose restrictions on Chinese, banned the entry of pigtailed overseas Chinese after 1683, and greatly increased the poll tax of settled overseas Chinese. However, these prohibitions were not actually enforced, but instead allowed Dutch officials and local Chinese leaders to receive a lot of silver from the stowaways, and even the Chinese boats carrying the Chinese immigrants profited from the fact that "all overseas Chinese newcomers paid the fare when they sailed south"

The territory of the Republic of Lanfang is Borneo Island and its surrounding islands, totaling 730,000 square kilometers, and the country is divided into six states and four special regions, namely Sarawak, Sabah, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Male Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South China Sea Special Region namely Natuna Islands, Anambas Islands, Capital Special Region namely Lupa Andu County, Sarawak State, Labuan Special Region, Pacific Special Region namely Talau Islands, and Sangih Islands.

On this day, the peaceful Philippines suddenly ushered in a group of uninvited guests, and a huge fleet of more than 30 warships sailed on the sea, and all the warships hoisted the five-clawed golden dragon flag. Businessmen who are accustomed to running this route to Taiwan immediately realized that this is the flag of the Han Navy!

"Bell, bell!" A tight horn sounded in the harbor, and the crowd passed by curiously. Running around, most people think that this powerful navy has bad intentions.

The port manager is a native Spaniard. Captain Lester, who was standing at the top of the harbor at this time, looked at the huge fleet in front of him in a daze, secretly anxious, the Spanish only had two dilapidated sail warships deployed in the port, and they were no match for these ironclad ships at all.

"Hit the flag! Wave the flag and tell them to stop! Lester kept shouting, hoping that the opposite fleet would stop where it was.

"Mr. Captain, the Bannerman has fled!" The adjutant couldn't help but smile wryly as he looked at the empty lookout.

Restma sighed. Only personally ran to the lookout and waved the flag.

Great Spain has fallen! Looking at the captain waving the flag, the adjutant showed a gloomy look, Spain claimed to have an army of 200,000 in the Philippines, but in fact, less than 30,000 people could fight, and the rest were cowards who were old and sick and refused to go to the battlefield.

Zheng Xiaomao on the Nanjing frowned and looked at the flag soldiers on the opposite side and asked, "What is that foreigner doing?" ”

"Commander, he's playing the flag. Looks like we're telling us not to move on! ”

Zheng Xiaomao secretly scolded bad luck, these foreigners are really annoying, they just passed by here and added some fresh water.

"You're staring here. I'm going to report to Lord Tang! ”

After Zheng Xiaomao finished speaking, he turned around neatly and entered the cabin.

The Nanjing is the flagship. Vice Minister of the Navy Tang Zhengcai, Chief of Staff Wang Xin. Xiong Siyuan, commander of the First Fleet, Ding Ruchang, commander of the Second Fleet, and others closed their eyes and pretended to sleep, and it had been half a month since they set off from Shanghai. Having nothing to do on the ship all day, they have already learned how to pass the time.

Zheng Xiaomao saluted and said loudly: "Enlightened generals, we are already close to the Philippines, and the foreigners on the shore let us stop advancing and accept inspection!" ”

Tang Zhengcai opened his eyes and scolded: "Bastard, this Nanyang is the territory of our Han sooner or later, come here!" Inform down, the fleet continues to move forward, and if you dare to open fire on the shore, then give me a hard blow! ”

"Yes!" The guards were shocked and excitedly went down to give orders.

Restma lowered his flag dejectedly, the other party is not good, what is the use of relying on this little force? Leave it to fate!

Seeing that Restma was in low spirits, the adjutant immediately comforted: "Mr. Captain, you have done your best, and the Governor will not blame you!" ”

Restma straightened out his military uniform and ordered: "You go and get a dozen soldiers, and I will go and hand over to the other generals, even if they want to occupy the port, they must go through our Spanish permission." ”

"Yes, Mr. Captain!" The adjutant had long been aware of a group of officers and soldiers hiding in bunkers in the dock.

Zheng Xiaomao led the guard platoon to the shore in a small boat, and asked a dozen or so people on the shore, "Who is your commander?" Let him come out and answer! ”

Restma's spirit was shocked, it was Chinese! There were many Qing people under his rule, and he learned some Chinese as a result.

"Hello, honorable general, may I ask you for your visit?"

Zheng Xiaomao didn't care about the other party's half-baked Chinese, and immediately said loudly: "You go and prepare enough fresh water, we need to use it, and we also need some vegetables, we will pay!" ”

"You're not here to take the port!" Restema was overjoyed and couldn't help but say, "Thank you for your forgiveness!" I'm going to send someone to prepare. ”

Zheng Xiaomao smiled proudly, these foreigners are not very good, when they meet a powerful opponent, they will still grovel, hum! Wait until the Dutch are destroyed, and then I'll clean you up!"

"How far is it from the Republic of Lanfang!"

Restma nodded and replied: "There are still two days away, and you can reach the territory of Lanfang, but it has not been peaceful there recently, and there are often wars, where are you going?" ”

"Don't ask what you shouldn't!" Zheng Xiaomao took off his military hat and suddenly asked, "I heard that you foreigners often slaughter Chinese, haven't you?" ”

Restma hurriedly shook his head and quibbled: "No, we are all fair, the people who slaughtered the Chinese are all natives, we have stopped this inhumane behavior, it will never happen in the future!" ”

Indeed, since the Spanish envoy returned from Beijing, he immediately issued an order: no public massacres of Chinese and no looting of property.

Zheng Xiaomao didn't take it seriously, and replied: "I know it, you go and prepare, our fleet will set off early tomorrow morning, and prepare a dinner for 5,000 people today, damn it, eat dry food all day long, suffocate me!" ”

"Five thousand!" Restma gasped, it seems that the distant Han Kingdom is really about to exert its might, Napoleon is right, he is the sleeping lion, and now the lion has woken up.

Zheng Xiaomao returned to the ship and reported the intelligence, Tang Zhengcai analyzed: "The situation is a little bad now, a few days ago, there were many people in your army who were seasick, and it is more serious at present, even if you reach Lanfang, you will have to rest for half a month to recover your combat strength, so I plan to repair here for half a month." ”

Zheng Xiaomao frowned and said worriedly: "But the emperor ordered us to rush to Lanfang as soon as possible, the Dagang Company is in danger and may perish at any time, we are resting here for half a month, isn't it to delay the fighter?" The emperor blamed ......"

Tang Zhengcai waved his hand and said solemnly: "I know all this!" So I thought of a way to get the best of both worlds with the generals, Zheng Xiaomao listened to the order! ”

"The last general!"

"Order you to lead 3,000 men and horses as a pioneer, take a fast boat and go straight to the territory of the Republic of Lanfang, be sure to stop the Dutch offensive, and when the time comes, our army will arrive, and then the decisive battle will be held!"

Zheng Xiaomao's spirit was shocked. Immediately replied: "Humble and orderly!" ”

Xiong Siyuan added: "Half of these 3,000 people are marines, and there are normal soldiers mobilized from various regiments, so there is some inconvenience in command, you should not rush to war with the Dutch, you must train for a few days, familiarize yourself with the nearby terrain, and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible." ”

Zheng Xiaomao replied loudly: "The last general is ordered, please rest assured that the general has lost the battle, even if you cut off my head, the last general will never complain!" ”

Tang Zhengcai nodded and praised: "Commander Zheng is really worthy of being the emperor's favorite person, by the way, there are many people in the Republic of Lanfang who have their hearts in the Netherlands, you must be on guard, don't fall for other people's big fools, damn!" These traitors, let me see that I have to kill them! ”

These people Zheng Xiaomao also hated it, and immediately said: "You don't need the general to do it, the last general will find one to kill one, and find two to kill a pair!" ”

Tang Zhengcai was satisfied with the smile, he liked this tiger-headed young man very much, if it wasn't for Li Shixian's refusal to let go, he wanted to pull Zheng Xiaomao into the navy for training, this person was favored by the emperor, and he had the determination to dare to fight, and what was even more rare was that he was thoughtful, if he caught up with the emperor's righteous deeds in Guixian, maybe he would already be the commander of the group army.

"Then you go down and prepare, I'll give you five more machine guns, and you can bring as many grenades as you can."

Zheng Xiaomao saluted and said with a smile: "Thank you general, the last general will definitely live up to expectations!" ”

"Go ahead!" Tang Zhengcai patted Zheng Xiaomao on the shoulder.

Xiong Siyuan looked at Zheng Xiaomao's back and said with a smile: "This person and his bastard brother are really the same heaven and earth. ”

Everyone knows that Xiong Siyuan is talking about Zheng Damao, the chief of the Shanghai Police Department, who is good at dancing with long sleeves, talking about people when he meets people, talking nonsense when he meets ghosts, and there is no trace of corruption and bribery, even Zhao Laoqi can't catch his handle, but the upper-level people in Shanghai know his methods well, and they have been stationed in Shanghai for nearly a year before they came, and they have been somewhat idle by the police department.

Ding Ruchang didn't think that Zheng Damao was forced to be, and asked himself if he was in that position, he must be like Zheng Damao to keep a mistress and take bribes.

Tang Zhengcai was excited, waved his hand slightly, and said: "Okay, don't talk about people's faults, sit quietly and think about your own mistakes, let's summarize the experience of this march, and wait until the emperor sends a large army to march into Nanyang, so we can have a reference." ”

Several people hurriedly cheered up, and you summarized the gains and losses one by one. (To be continued......)