"Mr. Distinguished Ambassador of China, I am Sanders, a member of the Councillor and Senior Staff of the Dutch East India Company. The army you led is very valiant, I am willing to surrender to you on behalf of the company, please ensure the safety of all the employees of the company..."

Sanders walked out of the bastion with his men, bowed very gentlemanly, and then rambled a lot.

Kwong Hung expressed his attitude: "The Dutch officials and soldiers in Malacca did not harm Chinese civilians, so you are innocent. However, the two countries are at war, and casualties are inevitable. My soldiers have suffered a lot of losses, all of which are caused by you, and now you are prisoners of war. Until the Governor of Batavia comes up with a plan to settle the conflict between the two countries once and for all, you will all be imprisoned. “

All the Dutch, including Saunders, breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of the Chinese and other coalition forces of the Seven Nations, because of the hundreds of casualties before and after the siege, the casualties of the Malay natives were close to 1,000. Fearing that this would anger Kwong, they ordered all the surviving Dutchmen to be killed.

The arsenal of the central castle was quickly emptied. Whether it was hardened gunpowder or dried gunpowder, it was thrown into the sea and destroyed.

These things are too unstable and can explode if you are not careful, and they must be dealt with as soon as possible to be reassuring.

After the arsenal was emptied, Saunders and other Dutch prisoners of war were locked up in the arsenal.

Immediately, Kuang Hong ordered: "Count the goods in the castle and reward the soldiers of all countries for merit!" ”

Malacca is an exclusive port of the Netherlands, and ships from other countries are not allowed to enter the port. Of course, it is also possible to enter the port, but it is necessary to charge a very high port entry tax, so merchant ships from various countries generally choose to replenish in the ports of Johor or Aceh.

Dutch merchant ships come twice a year to take away the goods stored in Malacca.

There are also some merchant ships that will bring some of the goods to be stored in Malacca. For example, all goods purchased from Thailand are transferred to Malacca, mainly sumac, ash and fur.

"My lord, there are a lot of goods in the warehouse, and it will take time to calculate how much silver is worth. In addition, there were dozens of black slaves in the castle, what to do with these slaves? “

"Black slaves? Did they go to war? “

"They didn't have weapons, but they helped carry things when they were fighting. It has already been interrogated that these black slaves were either slaves of Dutch officials or porters of castle warehouses. “

"It's not good to be released directly, these black slaves are estimated to not be able to make a living. His Majesty also forbade the army to trade slaves, let them work as coolies first, and auction off the seized materials, just in need of someone to carry the goods. Pick a few clever black slaves and let them take charge of managing the other black slaves. “

The seized Dutch goods seem to be a lot, but they are not worth much in silver, after all, they are all Southeast Asian specialties that have to be shipped to Europe to make a real fortune.

Just like coal, how much can you make selling in Shanxi?

Several small countries helped to send troops, and since they defeated Malacca, they also gave them some money, so they couldn't let their families do it in vain.

Kuang Hung called all the generals from various countries and announced: "I will give you half of the materials captured in Malacca." The Siamese army should be rewarded for its bravery in battle, and Siam alone took 20% of this half of the supplies, and the rest was apportioned according to the number of troops sent by each country. “

"Thank you, Lord Angel!" Prince Nalai was overjoyed. Getting more of the spoils is still secondary, mainly because it has won the favor of Chinese officials,

Kuang Hong continued: "You have made meritorious contributions to the war, and you can follow me to Nanjing to meet His Majesty the Emperor. If you send your own boat, you can bring as many people as you want, and you will be responsible for the cost of the exchange. If you take a Chinese ship to Nanjing, you can bring no more than 1 entourage, and all travel expenses will be borne by China. ”

Small countries such as Da Ni and Ding Jialu only have small coastal hills, and they do not have the ability to go to China on their own. As soon as this remark came out, they were overjoyed, and they all wanted to go to China with the ship to have a look, anyway, China promised to solve the travel expenses.

Big countries like Johor and Siam want to take advantage of the opportunity to engage in trade. They are easy to be plundered when they go to sea independently, and if they go with the Chinese navy, they can avoid the risk of piracy.

After appeasing these small nobles, Chen Ersun, a local Chinese leader, actually took the initiative to come to offer advice.

"My lord, since the Heavenly Soldiers have occupied Malacca, they can send troops to take Ambon Island again." Chen Erxun said.

Kwong Hung was puzzled: "Where is Ambon Island?" “

Chen Erxun: "According to this, the sea route is thousands of miles, and I heard that it is in the southern sea area of Sulu State. “

Kuang Hong smiled and said, "You even know about things that are so far away?" ”

"The small people have settled in Malacca for generations, and Ambon Island is the starting point of the spice trade. There are countless spice ships every year,

It was shipped from Ambon Island, passing through Malacca to the west. For as long as I can remember, I have heard of the great name of Ambon Island. “

Chen Erxun was afraid that the Dutch would come back, so he blamed him for giving advice to the Datong army, and simply offered a plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle and instigate the Chinese army to occupy the Spice Islands.

Lose the Spice Islands, and the Dutch East India Company will be half scrapped!

"You, I'll listen, the more detailed the better." Kwong Hung really didn't know about this.

"Malacca was Portuguese before, and the Spice Islands were also Portuguese. There are more than a dozen islands there, where a wide variety of spices are grown. Control of the Spice Islands, and then control of Malacca, is equivalent to control of the spice trade between the East and the West. Portugal did this, and so did the Netherlands. Now that the Celestial Empire occupies Malacca, why don't they occupy the Spice Islands? “

The Spice Islands in the broad sense include the entire South Seas, including Borneo, Java, New Guinea, and Sumatra.

In a narrow sense, the Banda Islands and the Bazhan Islands are sometimes referred to as the Spice Islands, and they are the main production areas of cloves.

Initially, Portugal controlled the islands. But Portugal was too wasteful, and was often taught to behave by the natives in turn, most notably the "Ternate War".

The island of Ternate covers an area of only 106 square kilometers and has an indigenous sultanate.

Where the fart is bigger, the resistance is very strong. At the beginning of the attack on the Portuguese villages, the Portuguese managed to negotiate a compromise and barely maintain the peace.

The Portuguese then built castles, but they were captured by the islanders and all the Portuguese colonists were killed.

It was not until Portugal was annexed to Spain that Spain and Portugal joined forces to retake the island of Ternat. Within a few years, the island's natives revolted again, packing up the Portuguese and Spaniards and driving them away.

The natives of a small island are so strong, and the army of these colonists is really weak.

Then, the Dutch came.

The Dutch, having learned the lessons of their predecessors, began to play the trick of slaughter. On the islands, there is a deliberate long-term massacre, which is carried out during the harvest season, killing the natives, stealing the grain, and burning down the houses. This continued for more than ten years, resulting in the continuous decline of the indigenous population of these islands, and they were almost beaten back to primitive society.

It was only when the number of natives fell sharply that the Dutch began to colonize in earnest, using the island of Ternate as a base of rule. Until the capture of Batavia,

The Dutch East India Company's Governor's Palace, which was relocated from the island of Ternate to Batavia.

In order to monopolize the clove trade, the Dutch even killed all the British on Ambon Island. Then all the lilac trees on the other islands were destroyed, and only lilacs were allowed to be planted in Ambon Island, so that the supply of cloves was successfully controlled.

There are several islands that are the starting point of the Netherlands in the South Seas!

Kuang Hong returned to the warship and asked Hong Xu for a map of the South Seas, and soon found the islands.

Hong Xu pointed to the map: "The location of these islands is on the east side of Kalimantan Island and on the south side of the Philippine Islands in Spain. If we want to control there, the best springboard is Zamboanga. Zamboanga is now in the hands of the Sulu State, which in turn is a subject country of our Datong. But

Spain occupies most of Mindanao, with only a small part of Zamboanga, still in the hands of the State of Sulu, and must be beware of Spain. “

Kuang Hong said: "When I return to Beijing, I will make a suggestion to Your Majesty, asking for further expansion in the future."

Hong Xu said with a smile: "Once the maritime merchants know, they will definitely support it." Because our spices, especially cloves, also have to be bought from there. After being controlled by the Dutch, the price of spices has risen a lot. As long as the Dutch are driven out, our maritime merchants will be able to make greater profits. “

"We can't let all the merchants make profits," Kwong said, "and we can set up overseas yamen on the islands by the Dutch." There are not many officials in each yamen, a few people are enough, and dozens of troops are stationed in each place to defend the city. In this way, officials and soldiers were not paid much, but they were able to collect spices from the natives. Even, spices do not have to be collected by the government, w.; Just let the merchant buy it. The government only needs to control the port, and if the merchants want to transport the spices, they must pay taxes to the government! “

Of course, Hong Xu supports this plan, so many islands must be fought down one by one, which means that the navy will always have a war to fight, and it can continue to gain military achievements.

Hong Xu looked at the map carefully: "The matter of the Spice Islands is not in a hurry for the time being. We now occupy Malacca, and it is impossible to throw it away. If you want to govern Melaka for a long time, you have to have a foothold halfway. Bin Tong Long (Champong) is a supply point, and you have to choose another one, otherwise it is not very safe. “

"How's it going here?" Kwong pointed to Singapore's location.

At this time, Singapore was called Temasek and Longyamen, and a few decades ago, the capital of Johor was not far from the other side of the Singapore Strait. The last time Johor moved its capital was when the capital was burned down by Portugal, and since then, even Singapore has not been taken seriously, and now only a group of Malay natives live there.

It is estimated that a few thousand taels of silver can buy the whole of Singapore from the hands of the Johor country, because that place is really worthless, and even farming land cannot grow a few grains of grain.

Hong Xu pointed casually: "It's better to occupy all this piece." “

The piece that Hong Xu pointed to is the archipelago south of Singapore, including Batam, Linga, Sinji, etc., all of which belong to the territory of Johor at this time.

Kwong Hung shook his head and said: "There are too many, all of them are barren islands, and I don't have the energy to operate them after occupying them, as long as Temasek (Singapore) is a choke point." ”

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