Chapter Twenty-Three, Twenty-Seven Moments of Chongzhen's Four Years (23)

The Twenty-Third Moment: The Faces of Beings in Batavia

6-1 A.D., West Java, Batavia (Jakarta), headquarters of the Dutch East India Company

Inside an office that is exceptionally bright in the tropical sun, the supreme ruler of the Batavian colony has been on the verge of collapse lately. Mr. Carpentier, in a trance, opened a letter soaked in seawater, and read it with a yawn.

-- This is a routine report sent by the company to the headquarters of the "Australians" in Lingao County, Hainan Island.

Dear Governor,

I've been in the Australian-occupied port of Lingao for some time, and I've learned a lot about the Australian polity, culture, and daily customs. But it's a pity that I have very little access to the technology of the Australians, they are too strict about it, and all the people who work in the state-run factories in Lingao are searched when they enter and exit the factory, and the most important factories are even closed.

The Australians' huge iron ships, the sorcery-powered steel vehicles, and the giant fortress cannons with incredible range have all been described in previous reports, so I will not repeat them here. Now I would like to focus on introducing to you what I have learned about the Australian political system.

The political system of the Australians is similar to that of our United Provincial Republic, but I am annoyed that the language used by these pagans conflates the Dutch Province with the United Republic of the Netherlands. They also had a parliament, the "Senate", as they call it, and the number of members was about 500 people, but their members were not elected by guò elections, but rather a bit like the board of directors of the East India Company.

Although their parliament is said to be very efficient in major matters, as far as I know, the Australian parliamentarians are very ungentlemanly in the room, often filled with all kinds of lowly foul language, and even do not hesitate to fight. In a tavern in Lingao, I had the privilege of hearing a soldier on duty in parliament describe a scene of a group fight at the venue: a heated quarrel between representatives of the Australian Navy and the 6th Army over the distribution of military funds. When their speaker tried to appease him, Yu Crisp was knocked over by a flying shoe. Then, the supporters of the Navy and the 6th Army immediately started a fight, most of the officers of the Navy 6th were trained in artillery fire, everything that could be thrown was used as shells, and finally even entered hand-to-hand combat...... No way, even if they look more like gentlemen than many Christians, they are still a pagan barbarian.

To get back to the point, the top circle of the regime is made up of nine members of the executive committee, who are in charge of the various branches of the government, coordinated by the chairman of the executive committee, and their newspapers preach that it is a great system, but since I heard about the parliamentary fight, I have been very skeptical of the superiority of this system. According to the Australians, their ancestors fled China after losing a battle with the Mongols, and now, for some reason, they have returned from Australia to their homeland to the capital of Qiongzhou in the Ming Kingdom. The script they use is indeed very similar to that used by the Chinese, and I heard a scholar who immigrated from the Ming Kingdom say that the Australian script is indeed the kind they use, but those characters are missing a lot of strokes. Their accent is from the Liaodong region of the Ming Kingdom (in China, you can almost discern their hometown by hearing their sounds).

In fact, from the name of this regime, we can see the relationship between Australians and China: "Great Song Australia" - "Song" is the name of the family dynasty that ruled China 400 years ago, just like the Yorkist and Lancastrian dynasties of the English.

There seem to be so-called "aristocrats" among Australians, but they are also very simple in their usual dress, and you will never be immediately recognizable in the crowd, but if you approach and observe them patiently, you will find out that they have something that distinguishes them from the rest - especially the kind of confidence that is almost absolutely confident, and a demeanor that is under control. Their knowledge is so rich that even the most knowledgeable scholars of the Old University 6 cannot match. I had the privilege of speaking with a "nobleman" who spoke of many things that I, a European, had never heard of, from the recent war in Europe to the fall of Constantinople, from the currents and monsoons to the direction of the stars, from the forging of swords to the civil wars of the English.

Recently, there is a popular book called "Robinson Crusoe" here in Lingao, which tells the story of a sailor named Robinson who fell into the water in a storm when he went to the Western Ocean with Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, and was blown to a desert island to survive alone for 27 years. It mentions the use of tobacco to treat malaria, maybe you can give it a try, remember that in Batavia people die of malaria every day. And the special drugs sold by Australians are too expensive, and they are often out of stock.

I've gathered all the information about this mysterious regime for the time being, and I hope it will be of benefit to you

A faithful servant of our master

Your most deferential servant

Junior Clerk Fan. Transtron

6-1 year B month 18 written in the company's Lingao Commercial Building

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If it had been a month ago, His Excellency Governor Trapontier, who had always been interested in the mysterious new force that had suddenly emerged as "Australians" and the company's number one customer in East Asia, would have read this report again and again.

But at this moment, the expression on his face was so careless, or rather uneasy.

Because, those "Australians" have already led a huge fleet, knocked on the door of the company, and at this time it is anchored outside the city of Batavia.

What's worse is that it wasn't just the "Australians" who came back to Batavia as a guest - the other two more powerful and ill-intentioned people also crossed the vast ocean halfway around the world and came here from the distant Americas.

And most of all, with the armed forces of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia, it was absolutely impossible to defeat any of them—a tragic fact that His Excellency the Governor of Carpentil could not help but cry.

Until this month, Governor Carpentier had prided himself on the armed forces at his disposal, which had been nearly thirty years since its official establishment in six years. During this period of epic adventure, the company went from a humble situation of only six ships to a meagre scale that now has a near-monopoly on the spice business in East Asia, with twenty ships plying between mainland Holland and Batavia each year. At its headquarters in Batavia alone, the Dutch East India Company has more than 20 large European-style ships stationed all year round, as well as an even larger number of Chinese junks, which are simply incomparable to the hardships and hardships at the beginning of the construction. On the seas of East Asia, neither the Portuguese and Spaniards, who came first, nor the French, British, and Danes, who arrived at the same time, were no match for the Dutch.

Through a series of wars of conquest and diplomatic mediation, the Dutch East India Company's territory has expanded many times over the past 40 years, from Batavia to Nagasaki in Japan, from Ceylon to the Malabar Coast, from Bago to Formosa (Taiwan), from Bandar Abbas to Muja, from Touler to Cape Town, the company has established dozens of trading posts on three continents, and has established deep personal relations with many countries.

After several decades of development, the Dutch East India Company was on the right track and emerged from the financial nightmare that lingered in the first two decades of its existence. In those days, the newcomers had to trade against Portuguese positions and ships in the Far East, build trading posts, garrison soldiers, and engage in frequent battles with the natives of the locals. As a result, the amount of money spent each year is astronomical, so much so that the promised dividends to shareholders have not been fulfilled for a long time.

For this reason, those investors in the Netherlands who had invested huge sums of money in the East India Company were quite dissatisfied, especially those shareholders in the Zeeland, Delft, and Rotterdam regions, who generally believed that the reason why the East India Company had not paid dividends was that the Amsterdam businessmen, who controlled the actual management of the company, had privately embezzled and embezzled the huge profits that should have been cashed to everyone, and wantonly infringed on the interests of the minority shareholders. However, the powerful Amsterdam businessmen eventually suppressed this wave of fierce doubts, and also obtained financial assistance from the Dutch government, and then continued to hold huge corporate bonds for many years, and did their best to support the East India Company's strategic layout in the Far East.

Next, the company defeated the native Javanese in 619 and occupied the important port of Batavia as the core of the company's domination in the East. Then, in 62, the British East India Company was defeated, and most of the spice trade in East Asia was monopolized. From then on, the hard work and great efforts of the Dutch East India Company finally paid off handsomely - the company's total profits continued to rise, and the shareholders began to pay generous dividends every year, and all kinds of accusations against the East India Company in the Netherlands disappeared without a trace overnight.

By the time Carpentier took over the reins of the organization from the legendary founder of the Dutch East India Company, His Excellency Jane Peterszohn (the historical prototype of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce in the Age of Discovery), he was already on the right track to a vigorous development.

And in the years that Carpentere was at the helm of the company, especially after the acquisition of a large number of Chinese specialties through the relations of the "Australians", the company's trade profits increased further, and the port of Batavia, which was the headquarters, was also built and developed more and more prosperously, and the number of permanent Europeans and their families exceeded 5,000, and if you count the European-Indian mixture and their descendants, I am afraid that there must be 10,000 or 20,000, and the nearby island of Entlas, the largest dock of Western colonists in Asia, such a prosperous and powerful colony, It has always been a feat, which has always made Governor Carpenterte quite proud.

Then, the influx of visitors this month shattered the pride of Governor Carpentil......

Thinking of this, His Excellency the Governor couldn't help but smile wryly and look out the window, the lush coconut groves of Java Island were gently swaying in the breeze, and the weather was as wet and hot as usual, even the tropical sun could not dry the moisture in the rainy season air. But the perennially wide and empty bay of Batavia was now full of dense forest-like masts—a huge fleet of blue and white cross flags, blue and white five-star flags, and red double-sword goshawk flags, as well as merchant ships from all over the world, which had followed them, and formed a huge group of more than three hundred ships, which had almost all the supplies that the port city could collect:

With such a large number of consumers from the city's population pouring into Batavia, the market in Batavia has become more prosperous in recent days, with the prices of fruits, vegetables and rice tripling in one fell swoop, and the value of prostitutes tripling and still in short supply. The whole city was sold out of livestock, chickens and ducks, and only coconut water was left for sale in the taverns—even the worst local wine.

At the same time, these fleets from all corners of the world brought countless exotic goods from Europe, Africa, the Americas, and China to Batavia, attracting not only hordes of indigenous Southeast Asian traders, but also different fleets trading with each other, thus forming an unprecedentedly large temporary bazaar. Although it is not as crowded as the port of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, it is an unprecedented wonder for the citizens of Batavia, who are on the edge of the civilized world.

But this prosperity and the wealth that came with it did not make the Governor of Carpontil the slightest delight, for these distant visitors, who had brought Batavia great wealth, could easily take away or destroy his port of Batavia in an instant

For a power-hungry person, this feeling of being completely out of control of the situation and resigned to fate is really terrible

Of course, before entering the port of Batavia, the fleet, whether it was the blue and white cross morning star flag, the blue and white five-star flag, or the red two-sword goshawk flag, or any other flag, all courteously expressed goodwill and even presented gifts to the current owner of the place, the Dutch East India Company. But the experienced governor of Carpontier was not very reassured by this: in the Age of Discovery, only the cannonball was the true axiom.

In the colonial years, the Dutch had shown their kindness and gifts to the indigenous chiefs countless times, and then after finding out the details of the other party, they suddenly turned their faces and warmly entertained their "good friends" with buckshot and sabers...... Even among the "civilized people" colonizers in European countries, this kind of thing has never been less common, and if anyone suffers a loss, most of them can only consider themselves unlucky.

However, in the face of absolute superiority in force, it is meaningless to be suspicious and wary -- because Batavia could not bear the wrath of more than 300 armed ships and tens of thousands of artillery pieces, no matter how much Governor Carpenterte was in his heart, he could only pray that God would bless the other party with no malice, and at the same time accompany the smiling face to the banquet and welcome the "great arrival" of the guests from afar in the most courteous way......

-- If you dare to turn the other party away when there is such a huge disparity in strength, then you will really be dead.

“…… The East Coast Republic, the American Republic, and the Australians...... How did these guys from different corners of the world suddenly get together? And they chose Batavia as their meeting place," muttered Governor Carpentil in confusion.

Although isolated on the other side of the world, in Southeast Asia, Governor Carpentere was not an unknown person who knew nothing about the new big 6, and in fact, he had always been careful to gather information on countries or forces that might threaten the Dutch East India Company. And the East Coast Republic and the Huamei Republic of the New Big 6, two countries that have fought and competed with the Dutch many times, he naturally spent a lot of effort to collect relevant information.

It's a pity that the Americas are too far away from Batavian Asia after all, and the rumors about these two pagan states that have risen like comets, are too mysterious, and there are only a few words that do not stand up to scrutiny, and many of the news are even contradictory, which makes the always strict governor of Carpontier at a loss. He only vaguely knew that the two emerging countries that had suddenly appeared in the Americas claimed to be descendants of the Chinese of the East, and both possessed many wonderful technologies that were coveted by Europeans...... Just like the "Australians" who suddenly appeared on Hainan Island more than three years ago.

In fact, when the "Gorgeouss", "East Coasters" and "Australians" appeared in Batavia at the same time, standing before the Dutch colonists, not only the experienced Governor Carpenter, but also the employees of the East India Company with a slight ability to think and associate, noticed the subtle similarities between these three groups: they all wore simple clothes that were very different from the Ming style and very different from the current European style; All of them are very different from the Ming people, the Japanese and the indigenous people of Southeast Asia; Both speak Chinese (Mandarin) with almost the same accent; All have a mysterious ship that emits black smoke and is windless automatic...... From this, it is likely that they came from the same place, or once belonged to the same country

This suddenly made Governor Carpentil even more worried, for with the Dutch East India Company's armed forces and fortifications currently deployed in Batavia, it seemed difficult to resist even any of the three fleets. If they were to join forces to plot the port, it seemed that Governor Carpontier would have begun to draw up his words for the surrender ceremony now...... What an unfortunate thing

As Governor Carpontier looked melancholy at the foreign fleet in the harbor, Admiral Anthony Van Dimen in his ceremonial dress walked into his office, a Dutch merchant who had been a miserable man in Europe and who had been a prominent figure in Batavia since the twenties, and who was now the supreme commander of all the Dutch armies in Batavia, a complete hard-liner and expansionist. In its original history, he would have succeeded Governor Carpentil five years later as the next Dutch governor of the Batavia colony.

“…… Oh, look what time it is, remember that this morning, when the sun was just rising, I had already sent for you to come and discuss something, and it was already afternoon, dear Mr. Admiral."

Looking at the late admiral, Governor Carpentier said with some displeasure, "...... Has my previous order to increase the vigilance of the entire garrison been carried out? Also, where exactly did you run this morning? The two messengers I sent couldn't find you anywhere."

“…… The order to heighten the alert has certainly been received, but I don't think it makes any sense. Excellency. ”

Admiral Anthony Van Dimen said disappreciatively, "...... Your Excellency the Governor, you should know better than I do that with three hundred armed ships, including at least fifty professional warships, this little defensive force in Batavia will not last long. Rather than huddle in a fragile fortress and tremble, it is better to take the initiative to find out their intentions and make countermeasures accordingly - this is what I am busy doing."

“…… Well, I admit that armed confrontation is really not a wise move. Did you find out anything? The Governor asked, rubbing his forehead.

“…… For the time being, I have only collected some sporadic information, and I don't know if it will be useful. One piece of news seemed to be noteworthy, however, - the largest of them was the one that arrived with the fleet of the Republic on the East Coast, and was said to have come from the 'Australians' homeland. ”

Admiral Anthony Van Dimen stretched out his hand to open the window, pointed to the 10,000-ton all-metal modern sailing ship COSCO Star in the harbor, and continued to Governor Carpentil, "...... Looking at this ship, you can see why the Australians have been able to achieve such success in China. ”

“…… Yes. It's as big as a mountain. Even if you add up all the ships of the company in Batavia, I am afraid that it cannot be compared with it. His Excellency Governor Carpentier sighed and said with a very complicated expression -- in this era when a thousand-ton sailing ship can be called a "battleship", a 10,000-ton giant ship unprecedented in history has brought a tremendous shock to the Western colonizers, which is really indescribable.

“…… Then, according to the inquiries of several Chinese servants I sent, there was indeed a very close connection between the Huamei, the East Coast, and the Australians entrenched in Lingao, in terms of language, culture, and faith. According to their description, and my personal understanding, it seems to resemble the states of the Holy Roman Empire, or the city-states of northern Italy, which are similar in all respects except for their political independence......"

The admiral continued, "... As for the owner of this great ship, it is equivalent to the emperor or the direct vassal of the church......"

“…… Roughly understood, about the same as I had expected. Governor Carpentil nodded, "...... What else? ”

“…… According to the information obtained from a German immigrant officer of the American fleet in China, they were actually very surprised by the multi-party gathering in Batavia, and they did not have any preparations in advance. Therefore, in the past few days, the high-ranking leaders of these expeditionary fleets have been holding secret meetings in the mansions of local Chinese merchants, and they have no intention of dispersing them to this day. ”

The admiral replied, "As for the more detailed content of the meeting...... Unfortunately, I did manage to buy off a few of the servants in the mansion, but these Chinese immigrants from Fujian and Guangdong, although they also spoke the same Chinese, had so many accents that it was difficult to understand their conversations, and I saw that their conference tables were piled up with texts and maps, and some people were constantly writing and drawing on the maps......"

“…… Oh, that's heart-wrenching news. Governor Carpentier sighed and drew a cross on his chest, "...... Hopefully, these heretics are not discussing how to divide the Spice Islands from the South China Sea - if their fleets can be united, no country or power from Malacca to Japan will be able to prevent them from dominating the seas of the East."

“…… What if they do have serious intentions for the company's Spice Islands? Your Excellency the Governor? The admiral asked tentatively.

“…… Then there is only prayer," replied Governor Carpenter, after a long silence.

“…… Prayer? Admiral Anthony Van Dimen blinked in surprise.

“…… Yes, pray to God sincerely, that God Almighty may protect us, that these infidels who have come to Batavia will not have evil thoughts in their hearts and pour out the cannon fire on our heads...... How else could it be? Governor Carpentier waved his hand in a dejected manner, then lifted the cross on the table and closed his eyes wearily, "...... Now, we have to hand over one qiē to God......"

-- In fact, if the overseas Chinese spies sent by the Dutch had been more conscientious, they might not have had to frighten themselves in this way, and make themselves almost have a nervous breakdown—the various Chinese travelers who had gathered by chance in Batavia at the moment did not gather together to divide the world according to latitude and longitude, as the Governor of Carpontier feared, but were arguing about some more entrenched subject......

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South of Batavia City, Qiongzhou Lingao "Australians" are resident in the commercial hall

It has been several months since he left Lingao to serve as a trade representative in Batavia, but the "patriarch" of Xue Ruowang has never found any opportunity to make a contribution -- as soon as he got off the ship in Batavia, he caught up with the arrival of the rainy season, and the rainy season climate of a tropical island is really not for people. During the long, musty rainy season, transportation was almost cut off, and all kinds of trade and expeditions could not be carried out.

And the city of Batavia itself is a boring little place, and the location of the fortress and the fortifications that need to be explored can be found out in just a few days. Although the local residents, whether Chinese or European, can get a good level of remuneration, but these precious metal currencies are difficult to find a place to consume in the local area, and even the supply of alcoholic beverages is very difficult, and they need to be imported from other places or even Europe, and they often can't buy things with gold coins. In the surrounding countryside of Batavia, there is no safe place except for dense rainforests and swamps, and there are thousands of strange beasts and poisonous insects. Leaving the city to explore the tropical scenery at will at this time of year is simply playing with your life.

So, in addition to eating and sleeping and rolling the sheets with his maid, Xue Ruowang spent almost all his days thinking about whether it was worth it to come to Batavia alone. Then, in the hot and humid rainy season, he soon lost his energy to roll the sheets.

Finally, when the rainy season ended, Xue Ruowang suddenly saw that his workload had suddenly skyrocketed, and he didn't even have time to roll the sheets with the maid - because a group of "real" Australians, and two groups of "Americans" from across the ocean, suddenly came to Batavia, and the Senate of Lingao also sent a fleet of ships south, and for a time a group of sails gathered, crowding Batavia, which had not been established for a long time.

In order to coordinate the relations between the various parties, raise fresh water and fresh fruits and vegetables for the fleet, set aside land to set up temporary trading markets, and arrange for sick sailors to go ashore for recuperation, and so on, Xue Ruowang was suddenly too busy to touch the ground, not to mention that he had to play dumb riddles with a group of old foxes, big foxes, and little foxes in the Dutch Governor's Palace, and he could not show weakness for no reason to damage the "national character," nor could he let the other side misunderstand and lead to armed conflict and cause unnecessary losses -- the deterrent power of 300 armed ships and tens of thousands of artillery pieces. For a small city like Batavia, that's enough to scare people crazy.

Fortunately, such days of torment and fear will soon come to an end...... Looking at the urgent secret letter he had just received, Xue Ruowang sighed and took off his loose and breathable linen robe, changed into a heavy and stuffy dress, and put on a kind of locally produced pulp slippers - these shoes are made of layers of pulp, which are breathable and comfortable in the humid and hot climate of the South Seas, but it is easy to break when it is muddy on rainy days or when walking to swamps and lakes, so only when the weather is fine, does anyone dare to wear such shoes to walk around-and then ready to stop and tell the servants to prepare to go out.

At this time, it was not early, and the heat of the afternoon gradually dissipated, and the temperature had become not too outrageous, at least it was still within the tolerable range of normal activities. Two Chinese servants carried a bamboo sliding pole and carried Lord Xue Ruowang through the market. On both sides of the sliding pole, there is a street scene of traditional Chinese architecture - in this era, Chinese immigrants were the largest local construction contractors in Batavia, and even the military facilities such as the Dutch fortress in Batavia were all built by Chinese, until the first Dutch building was completed in Batavia in 16du, the buildings and houses of the entire Batavia city were still in the southern Chinese style, even the Dutch merchant houses and mansions were all Chinese-style houses.

In short, except for the fortress guarding the port, the entire Batavia city is almost indistinguishable from a small county town in the south of the Ming Dynasty - at least in Xue Ruowang's eyes, the city does look very much like the old city of Lingao County, and most of the citizens are overseas Chinese.

It can also be seen from this that the relationship between the Dutch colonists and the Chinese is quite harmonious for the time being, at least the current colonial authorities in Batavia are very dependent on the Chinese, who are skilled and non-aggressive compared to the local Javanese and other natives, and are the most suitable candidates for the construction of Batavia. For this reason, the former governor of Batavia, before leaving office, specifically instructed his successor to bring more Chinese from the Chinese coast to Batavia for construction no matter what, no matter what method was used. In addition, the Dutch also selected many docile women among the captured indigenous slaves and gave them to single Chinese men, as a kind of welfare that attracted people's hearts...... In a sense, the local Chinese and Dutch in Batavia, at least for the time being, are still a loose political alliance: if Batavia at this time is compared to the South in the colonial era, the Dutch East India Company is compared to the British colonialists, the Chinese are compared to the white South Africans, and the Javanese natives are compared to the black South Africans, then everyone can understand the mystery of this.

Xue Ruowang will take the sliding pole to the place is the residence of the local overseas Chinese leader Su Minggang - this Su Minggang is a Fujianese, his hometown is in Tong'an, not far from Xiamen Island, he went to Nanyang with his family in his twenties to seek a living, more than 10 years ago at the recruitment of the Dutch, led his fellow villagers to move to Batavia City, because of his high morality among the local Chinese, as if he is the spokesman for the interests of the overseas Chinese in Batavia, and at the same time speaks Malay and Portuguese, and can communicate with the colonists, so he is deeply respected by the Dutch rulers of Batavia. He was appointed as the official administrator of the Chinese in Batavia City by the East India Company, and was in charge of all the affairs of the Chinese in Batavia City.

When Xue Ruowang first arrived in Batavia City, he visited and became acquainted with this prestigious old man Su. And Su Minggang also attaches great importance to friendship with Australians - although Chinese love peace in the traditional sense and do not fight with outsiders, but the tradition of ganging up is still very strong, for overseas Chinese in Nanyang, compared with European colonizers, "Australians" with the same face obviously have a natural sense of closeness. In addition, I heard that this Australian is a descendant of the Great Song Dynasty who is exiled overseas, and the local Chinese, who are also descendants of Chinese exile overseas, naturally have a feeling of sympathy for the same disease.

Over the past year, as the mystery of the "Australian" has been slowly revealed, the two sides have become more trusting of each other because of some incidents, especially after the beginning of spring this year, one of Su Minggang's sons accidentally contracted malaria because he helped the Dutch go to the mountains to harvest teak, and almost couldn't survive.

Looking at the shadows of the sails and thousands of elite soldiers that covered the sky and the sun, the Chinese in Batavia City were deeply shocked, but they could not help but feel quite proud and proud -- they would be happy to see that their compatriots possessed such a powerful force. Therefore, the local overseas Chinese have eaten pot pulp and welcomed Wang Shi, not to mention, Su Minggang, as an overseas Chinese leader, even gave up his mansion in Batavia City for guests from afar to stay and party, and his whole family moved to the suburbs of Zhuangzi to live.

Then, the Su family's mansion in Batavia City was planted with a blue and white cross star flag, a blue and white five-star flag, a red double-sword goshawk flag, and a five-star red flag that no one knew what it represented. At the same time, the mansion itself has become heavily guarded, almost three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and there are heavily armed soldiers standing everywhere. Even the old owner, the Su family, was not allowed to come and go at will, but Su Minggang felt that it was normal for this: since he was discussing military affairs, it must be kept strictly secret.

But if Su Minggang really knew what these foreign compatriots were talking about, he would probably roll his eyes on the spot......

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In the spacious lobby with carved beams and white walls and green tiles, the smell of various cigarettes, pipes, strong tea, black coffee and food is mixed together, forming a strange smell that can often be smelled in Internet cafes in later generations. Manuscripts, maps, books, and handmade graffiti of all kinds were thrown everywhere, unkempt traversers dozing in corners, arguing with each other with bloodshot eyes, and digging through books or scribbling on maps...... At first glance, it looks like a studio for creating fantasy novels or games.

In fact, these time-travelers, who are generally in high positions of power in their respective countries, are indeed doing much more work than writing novels - all parties work together and coordinate to try to compile a virtual history of the identities of the travelers in various places: this is not too difficult in itself, the difficulty is how to make all the forces satisfied, or at least acquiesce and accept......

Since no one wants to bear the stigma in the virtual history, the representatives of all parties quarreled fiercely over the "common history shaping project", but in the end a compromise was gradually reached - as soon as Xue Ruowang walked into the house, the veteran Pingqiusheng, who had stayed up all night and had red eyes, proudly took out the results of their recent work, a copy of the "Examination of the Origin of the Australian Song Dynasty" that had just been written:

“…… The husband of Australia, there is no strategy in the scriptures, and there is no history of it. Or it is said that it is located in the southwest sea, 20,000 miles to China. The land is vast, the mountains and rivers are belly, and the spirit of the south is condensed, and the water and soil are unique. People are of Song descent, just like the sea, the middle earth and Miao descendants are bare, and the remnants of the Song Dynasty cliff mountain.

It is rumored in the world that Zhang Shijie 6 Xiufu Fengshe Ji died on the cliff mountain, and it is not enough. Chen Yizhong respected the second emperor in the Southern Wilderness, and there were 50,000 righteous people in Fujian and Guangdong. First to Java, the reclamation is gathered. When the Yuan Lord heard this, he sent troops south to arrest and escape. Although it is not caught, there is still residual power. The Song people were like frightened birds, so they had to rejuvenate the south. 15,000 miles southwest to the Big Island of Australia. moved south far away, and the news did not communicate with China; The hearts of the people have been around for a long time, and the learning of the royal road has been neglected. Meng Yuan is tyrannical, and the state of parents does not exist; Broken as a memory, followed from generation to generation to vigilant. Therefore, the Cantonese people of Panyu call it "髡".

Chen Yizhong moved south to the second emperor, pioneered the wilderness, and was the right minister for generations. Emperor Song and Chen Yizhong swore that the government was governed by the Chen family, and the sacrifice was made by the Zhao family. The old country is gone, and the Zhao family is not pro-government. Prime Minister Wen died in Yanjing, and the Song people mourned. Emperor Song changed his surname to Wen with one son, and continued to be the prime minister of Miao.

Australia is located in a wild country, the soil is not fertile, the water is not abundant, the wilderness is vast and barren, and the lush forests are full of strange beasts. The livelihood of the people of the Song Dynasty is difficult, because they are intensively cultivated in agriculture, rational and observant in work, and honest and honest in business. Over the years, it seems that I have seen the mysteries of heaven and earth, and agriculture, industry and commerce have all been understood, and the national strength has gradually flourished.

Three hundred years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, to this day, the Chen family is still the Australian Song Dynasty, and it is quite like the king and the horse share the world. Chen Yizhong's ninth grandson, Chen Jinnan, is the right ruler of the dynasty, dictatorial and autocratic, and the documents he manages in one day are higher than eight feet, and he is known as the eight-foot prime minister, referred to as eight feet.

Emperor Song was afraid that the society would change hands, secretly supported the Wen clan to divide power, and gradually seized the positions of the front class of the palace, the sailor, the Ministry of Industry, and the degree branch.

Unexpectedly, Chen was eight feet difficult, and with the momentum of a tiger pounced on the rabbit, he raised troops into the palace, recaptured the palace ban, and seized the opportunity. Although he did not punish the minister, he was overbearing, and killed more than 5,000 officials and white bodies in one night, which is known as the "Night of the Long Knife".

Wen Dehei, a descendant of the Wen family, was the pacification envoy of Haibei Road at the time, and immediately made a decision, ordering Ma Qianzhuo and Xiao Zishan to lead the capital governor, deputy governor, capital governor, deputy governor, capital supervisor, deputy capital supervisor, capital inspection, inspection, control, and 500 people, including the same system, deputy commander, commander, deputy general, deputy general, and preparing general, to go north on the navy and iron ship to the Nanyang Islands to explore the news of the homeland and recruit loyal and brave talents. Later, he obtained the sea chart from the overseas Chinese, and knew that he had become a Yuan, so he swore to drive eight feet and rejuvenate the Song Dynasty. Then he returned to Qiongzhou, docked the ship at the height, and reclaimed the fortifications to wait for the time to ......"

Xue Ruowang frowned and flipped the manuscript again, and now the completed text ends here, leaving only a rough outline and some sporadic fragments, mainly describing before and after Chen Bachi's martyrdom and the cruelty of Zhongliang, due to the cruelty of the domestic government and the people's misery, so there are quite a lot of civil servants and military generals in Australia and the Song Dynasty who carry their clansmen and servants, who are not afraid of the dangers of stormy seas, and go into exile one after another, and rebuild their homes in foreign countries, including the establishment of the "China America" in New York and the "East Coast Country" in Uruguay...... And Huangshi Huang Dashuai, who is famous in Liaodong, is also one of the first people to leave.

Then, the mainland of Australia and Song suddenly suffered a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, and the entire country sank to the bottom of the sea in a short time, and only a very small number of people escaped on a large ship - that is, the "COSCO Star". And on the border desert of the old country, a settlement and refuge was re-established - the city of Central South in the northwest of Australia...... Well, when he saw this paragraph, Xue Ruowang didn't know what to say.

“…… This one...... How so? It looks like a mixture of the ancient Greeks' seafaring colonization and the legend of the sinking of the kingdom of Atlantis, and you have been arguing for so many days to come up with such a four-like thing? ”

After hastily flipping through this unfinished "alternate history", Xue Ruowang shook his head with a fixed expression and put the manuscript back on the table.

“…… But this is also the only historical route that is acceptable to all parties - in order to explain our similarities, a common mother country must be fabricated. And this home country must no longer exist at present, otherwise it will be exposed under the reconnaissance of European navigators......"

Ping Qiusheng shrugged helplessly, "...... Then, even though it is a virtual history, everyone still wants to save face, no matter who they are, they just want to put gold on their faces, and they refuse to smear themselves, and finally have to make up a dead man to come out and carry the black pot......"

“…… On the topic of joint creation of fictional alternate history, let's stop here," Xue Ruowang hurriedly gestured to stop, "...... I have come here this time in the hope that you can convey a few messages from the Lingao headquarters to the three groups of people who have come from North and South America and Australia: First, the giraffes, alpacas, and other tributes they have entrusted us to pay tribute to the Ming court, as well as the letters of state of the Huamei Republic and the East Coast Republic, have been transferred by our senate to the hands of the Guangdong government, and it is expected that before the end of the year, the relevant recitals will arrive at the imperial court in Beijing; Secondly, on the issue of helping them recruit displaced people, as well as opening up the market and military cooperation, the Senate hopes to conduct the next step of the interview in Lingao......"

“…… In other words, the Senate wants to get more than 200 ships to Lingao? Ping Qiusheng was surprised, "...... Why? ”

“…… Seeing so many armed ships and thousands of troops pouring in at once, the Dutch in Batavia have already tightened their nerves to the limit, and if one accidentally misses the gun, then it will be a big trouble - we are not yet inseparable from the global trade network of the Dutch East India Company."

Xue Ruowang sighed a little helplessly, and explained to Ping Qiusheng, the supreme leader of the Lingao "Australian" fleet, "Moreover, without preparation, adding so many mouths to eat at once has obviously exceeded the supply capacity of the city, and looking at the prices on the market in Batavia City today, we know that the city's accumulated materials are about to be eaten up - the logistics of this era are not as good as those of later generations."

What's even worse is that the explosive news that more than 300 large ships have gathered in Batavia has already caused a sensation throughout Southeast Asia, and the spies of various countries and forces are now haunting Batavia. If it's better to just collect intelligence, I'm afraid they still have the task of fanning the flames -- on the seas of East Asia, I don't know how many people wish that we would fight with the Dutch here and lose both, so according to the view of the Executive Committee of the Senate of Lingao, it is better to take advantage of the fact that there is no serious disaster to move the venue of this Global Traveler Summit to Lingao, at least that there is our home field, which is not only more secure in terms of security and logistics, but also conducive to the secrecy of the content of the meeting......"

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In fact, as Xue Ruowang said, Batavia at this time is already surging with undercurrents, and the characters of the three religions and nine streams are all active.

For example, the heroic "Captain Li Huamei" was standing on the deck of the "COSCO Asterisk" at this time, surrounded by a group of otaku admirers with shining eyes, visiting every corner of this 10,000-ton giant ship to the fullest, and when she encountered something she didn't understand, there would be a traverser who took the initiative to explain to her - because she had been staying in the isolated desert of northwest Australia, accompanied by kangaroos and koalas all day long, and lacked a sinister understanding of people's hearts, the vigilance of these "real-Australians" was obviously higher than that of Qiongzhou The "pseudo-Australians" who have endless fun fighting with others are much worse......

At the same time, the Portuguese from Malacca, the British adventurers from Banten, and the Dutch ruled the eastern half of the island of Java, when the Sultanate of Mataram ruled only Batavia on the island of Java, and the rest of the island was still entrenched by various indigenous states, and the Sultanate of Mataram was the most powerful of them - of course, the entire island of Java is about the same size as Anhui Province, and the strength of the so-called "strong country" on the island can be imagined, which can basically be compared to several famous princes of the Warring States period of Japan). They also sent intelligence officers, both overt and covert, to infiltrate Batavia through various means, spy on the huge fleets that appeared here, and then record what they saw and heard, and send them to their respective masters.

Among them, there is such a piece of information, which was passed through the hands of the Spaniards and the indigenous Filipinos, and finally sent to the city of Manila on the island of Luzon......

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