699 [One Harvest and One String]

Kuang Hong went to sea this time and brought a bunch of gold seals.

Sultan Ageng promised to obey China as his suzerain, and Kuang Hong immediately gave the document and gave the gold seal to the kingdom of Banten.

Immediately, the fleet continued its voyage to the Sultanate of Johor.

The predecessor of Johor was actually Malacca, and after the capital was captured by Portugal, the royal family had to flee and move the capital. The main enemy for these decades was the Sultanate of Aceh.

Aceh was at war with Portugal and almost captured Malacca. Inexplicably, he went to fight Johor, destroyed the capital of Johor, and kidnapped the Sultan of Johor. In order to deal with Aceh, after the Prince of Johor succeeded to the throne, he once formed an alliance with his sworn enemy Portugal, and later turned his face due to trade issues and was beaten by Portugal to move the capital again.

Today, the territory of the Sultanate of Johor includes southern Malaysia, Singapore and eastern Sumatra. The territory of the Sultanate of Aceh is in the west and east of Sumatra, and the central part of the island is the State of Sumatra.

When Kwong Hung came with the naval fleet, the Sultan of Johor, Abdul Charisha, took the initiative to ask to become a vassal state of China again.

Abdul Charisa said: "Your Excellency the Chinese Envoy, Xiao Wang has heard that China has defeated the Netherlands, and this news is really exciting. That damn Aceh has been allied with the Netherlands for nine years, as long as China is willing to send troops, Johor can send 30 ships and 2,000 soldiers to attack Aceh with Chinese soldiers! ”

Kwong Hung said: "It is not time to attack the Netherlands and Aceh. ”

Abdul Charisa was a little disappointed, but still said, "The Sultan of Aceh is old and may die of illness at any time. When the Sultan of Aceh died of illness, it was the best opportunity to send troops, and Johor would always follow the Chinese army. ”

Kwong Hung smiled and said, "You can write to the King of Aceh that Johor has belonged to China and that he is no longer allowed to covet the land of Johor." ”

"With the backing of His Majesty the Great Emperor of China, the Sultan of Aceh will definitely not dare to be arrogant anymore." Abdul Charisa patted his ass.

The core territory of Johor is in Malaysia and Singapore, but it has an enclave in Indonesia that borders Aceh. If there is really a war, Johor will definitely suffer, and it will have to cross the strait to transport troops to support.

To be honest, Johor is too weak.

When it was still Malacca, it was taken by 100 Portuguese people. After moving the capital, it was first beaten by Aceh and then moved by Portugal.

When the capital was last moved, there were more than 10,000 defenders, 150 artillery pieces, 1,500 guns, and more than 2,000 ships (including merchant ships) at sea. And the Portuguese only had more than 600 people, with some servant troops, and beat the Sultan of Johor to the point of breaking through with an elephant.

Because he is too weak, Johor can't wait to hug China's thigh.

After some flickering and appeasement, the navy bought some local souvenirs, and Kuang Hong continued to collect his younger brother in front. What Pahang, Dingjialu, and Da Ni are all in the territory of Malaysia in later generations, and there are only one or two cities in a country.

It wasn't until Ayutthaya that it finally looked like a little bit.

Ayutthaya, also known as Siam, also known as Ayuthaya, is Thailand to put it bluntly.

This was also a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, Kuang Hong arrived with an envoy group, and the king of Thailand immediately gave him a warm welcome, and he became a vassal of China without thinking about it.

The most nonsense thing is that the gift from the king of Thailand to Zhao Han actually has dozens of catties of opium. This is not the first time, decades ago, Thailand's tribute to the Wanli Emperor contained a lot of opium.

After walking around here, Kwong Hung finally returned and headed straight for Batavia.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Chinese fleet is here."

"Let's go and test it."

The fleets of the two countries faced off in the waters near Jakarta. No one was the first to fire, and then rowed a small boat to communicate, and Kwong Hung was allowed to enter the port on only one warship.

Vanderling's adjutant personally came to the dock to greet him.

Seeing that the Chinese moved off the ship with many boxes, the adjutant couldn't help but ask: "Are these things cargo?" ”

Kuang Hong replied: "This is a gift from His Majesty the Emperor of China to the Governor of your country, and it must be received by the Governor of your country himself. ”

As soon as he heard that it was a gift, the adjutant became happy and his attitude became much more enthusiastic, as if the two countries had never gone to war last year.

Coming to the gate of the Governor's Palace, Van der Lin personally came out and saluted very elegantly: "Welcome to Batavia, please extend my sincere greetings to the Emperor of China on my behalf!" ”

"Well," Kuang Hong arched his hand, "Your Majesty the Emperor has also prepared a gift for Your Excellency...... Unboxing! ”

The Navy Sergeant immediately opened the boxes, and Vanderlin stepped forward with a smile, and when he saw the contents, his smile immediately stiffened.

It's all the heads of prisoners of war!

Van der Lin asked with a cold expression, "What does this mean?" ”

Kwong Hong said: "Not to mention that these people illegally built cities in Taiwan, they also exploited and slaughtered Chinese, and they should be beheaded according to the law!" I heard that there are also many Chinese here in Batavia, and the amount of taxes that need to be paid is more than that of the native Javanese natives. Your Excellency, Governor, you are doing it yourself! ”

Van der Lin said angrily: "China and the Netherlands were originally allies, and we fought against Spain together. China attacked Dutch castles without authorization, and killed many Dutch, and the Netherlands should question China's betrayal! ”

Kwong Hung said: "If the Netherlands is an ally, why did it massacre Chinese in Taiwan? ”

"That's their riot, the Netherlands is just punishing the rebellion!" Vanderlin quibbled.

Kwong Hong asked again: "Why do the good ones riot?" ”

Van der Ring said: "They want to have more power, and people are always so greedy and insufficient. ”

"Unboxing!"

The last box was opened, and Kwong Hung pointed to the documents in the box and said: "This is the confession of the Dutch prisoners of war, recorded in Chinese and Latin, Your Excellency the Governor should take a look at it for yourself." ”

Van der Lin flipped through a copy and said, "These confessions are forged. ”

Kuang Hong was too lazy to pull it again, and directly announced: "In view of the Netherlands' abuse, exploitation, and massacre of Chinese, trade sanctions will be imposed on the Netherlands in the future." Chinese merchants were no longer allowed to sell special goods such as multicolored porcelain and cloud brocade to Batavia. Once discovered, the Chinese businessman's overseas license will be revoked immediately! ”

"No, you can't!" Van der Lin finally panicked.

He suffered a defeat and at most returned to the Netherlands to retire. If it is a high-end goods in China, it will not be sold to the Netherlands in the future, and those shareholders will tear him up.

Of course, it will definitely not be banned, and Chinese maritime merchants will inevitably quietly entrain. However, the entrainment of prohibited goods is smuggling, and when it is shipped to Batavia for sale, the Netherlands has to pay a greater purchase cost.

Kwong continued: "Banten, Johor, Pahang, Da Ni, Siam, Ting Jia Lu, Sumatra and other countries are all vassal states of China. The Netherlands must not attack these countries for no reason in the future, otherwise it will be equivalent to a war with China! ”

Van der Lin wanted to faint when he heard this, if all these countries belonged to China, it would be equivalent to encircling the Dutch port of Malacca.

People are more angry than people.

The Netherlands finally seized Malacca from Portugal, but the neighboring countries all regarded the Netherlands as an enemy. It is also the alliance between the Aceh country and the Netherlands, and that is because the Aceh country is also making enemies and pulling hatred everywhere.

And this Chinese envoy walked around by boat, and all the countries immediately bowed down and became smaller, and all of them became vassals of China.

Van der Lin can imagine that when China wants to fight Malacca and send its navy out to roar, other countries will definitely send troops to help. Because these small countries originally wanted to overthrow the Netherlands, but they lacked a leading big brother.

However, Van der Lin really didn't dare to turn his face, nor did he dare to arrest Kuang Hong and cut him down.

Today, the Dutch East India Company's most important commodity is spices, and pepper is the first of the spices.

The goods that the company shipped back to the Netherlands and sold them to local merchants at auction also started because of the pepper business. At that time, the pepper purchased by Portugal and the United Kingdom had fallen to the bottom due to the war, and the European pepper market was facing a serious shortage of stocks.

The Dutch East India Company, instead of taking advantage of the opportunity to ship in large quantities, reduced its supply of pepper. In this way, the price of pepper is artificially pushed to the peak.

He also engaged in illegal internal trading, selling pepper to merchants in Amsterdam at low prices. Furious at this, merchants from other Dutch provinces joined forces to convene a parliament to annul the contract. From then on, goods shipped back from Asia had to be auctioned off to Dutch merchants.

In recent years, spice profits have declined rapidly, and the proportion of spice transactions has also decreased. And textiles from China, in addition to silk, but also cotton cloth, have jumped to the first place in terms of purchase volume (the net profit is not as good as spices).

War is war, business is business.

The Dutch East India Company's greatest fear was that after the war, it would lose its business, whether it won or lost.

The Chinese emperor could not be completely angered, because there was not only one port in Batavia in the South Seas, but also a free port in Banten next door. Today, it is not allowed to sell high-end goods to the Netherlands, but it is just a punishment, and there may be some kind of ban in the future.

"Your Excellency, sign the contract." Kwong Hung said.

Van der Rin asked, "What contract?" ”

"The treaty on the transfer of the island of Busuanga to China without authorization shall not be attacked without authorization." Kwong Hung said.

Not to mention that Busuanga Island is fine, it is angry when you talk about it, it was there that the Dutch fleet was ambushed last year.

Busuanga Island is quite large, and there are still indigenous people on the island, but after the Chinese occupation, it did not continue to garrison troops, and now it does not belong to any country.

Zhao Han meant that the right to belong should be determined by treaty first, and then he would really rule when he was free in the future, and he could even send immigrants to the island.

Van der Lin finally blew up: "Impossible! The island of Busuanga was acquired by the Netherlands as a victorious country in the war against Spain, and it is impossible for me to hand over the island of Busuanga to China. ”

"But you have been defeated, and the Dutch castle on the island has been destroyed by our army." Kwong Hong said with a smile.

Van der Lin said: "I will not sign any treaty with you, farewell!" ”

Kwong Hung did not force it, and went to the Dutch shipyard instead, but the adjutant did not stop him.

A naval soldier shouted at the shipyard: "If any Chinese want to return to their hometown, they can leave by naval ship and settle down in the field immediately after returning to their hometown!" ”

As soon as this statement came out, the shipyard fryer.

Ignoring the obstruction of the Dutch administrators, a large number of Han shipbuilders rushed out, with infinite longing on their faces: "Can you really take a ship back to China, and you can settle down and divide the fields when you return to your hometown?" ”

Kuang Hong smiled: "You are all craftsmen, if you don't want to farm, you can also enter the shipyard opened by the imperial court." ”

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