Ever since the former Naval Division of Fuyang expelled the pirates in the Batavia Seas, he has escorted the merchant fleet back to Laoag all the way.

This trip to Batavia was also very fruitful for the Far Sea Chamber of Commerce.

Not only did it open the shipping route from Luzon to Batavia, but it also obtained the approval of the governor of Batavia to establish a branch of the Chamber of Commerce and a merchant house in Batavia.

"This time, all the silver we earned from our Far Sea Chamber of Commerce going to Batavia was spent on the plantation and on the upper and lower points." An offshore merchant ship owner stepped forward to look at the Fuyang fleet escorting not far away, and said with a wry smile.

"In any case, we have been recognized by the Governor of Batavia, and the permission to trade is also a good thing for the Ming court." Zhao Tianming, the director of Yuanhai, said with a smile.

"I don't understand why Mr. Zhao spent so much silver taels to buy so much land in Batavia." Wang Zhu, a merchant shipowner, said.

"The cost of buying land on the outskirts of Batavia, building plantations, and subsequently buying slaves is an astronomical amount." Wang Zhu shook his head and said.

"Now that the Ming court has sent troops to Annam, Nanyang is bound to change greatly because of the Ming court's troops, Batavia is not the land of our Ming people after all, even if the governor of Batavia has a good impression of us, but it is just his verbal promise, don't forget, the original governor of Manila, Juan, can also promise us Chinese businessmen." Wang Zhu was already over half a hundred years old, and he was a senior merchant ship owner in the open-sea caravan.

Wang Zhu is naturally right, in these days in Batavia, the merchants from the far sea have also seen the life of the Chinese merchants in Batavia.

The Chinese merchants in the city far surpassed the Chinese merchants in Manila in terms of status and treatment, which shocked the merchants of the far seas, and also gave them a good impression and respect for the Dutch people in Batavia.

But the veteran Wang Zhu saw the essence of Batavia City at a glance.

Although the Chinese merchants in the city had their own urban districts, they were only a small plot of land on the southern outskirts of the city, far from the aristocratic quarters of Batavia, and they were not even allowed to enter the neighborhoods where the Batavian Dutch nobles lived without permission.

This is different from the original Manila ruler set aside a piece of land outside Manila for Chinese merchants to live in, and the Dutch people could take the land where Chinese merchants lived at any time, just as Manila allowed Chinese merchants in Luzon to establish towns outside Manila, and finally destroyed Chinese towns with artillery and massacred.

Today's Chinese merchant neighborhood in Batavia is similar to the original Manila ruler who set aside a piece of land for Chinese merchants to settle outside the city of Manila.

The veteran Wang Zhu naturally saw the inequality and hostility in the city.

"You can't help but worry too much, you know that the Chinese businessmen can still elect leaders to Batavian officialdom?" Zhao Tianming didn't care.

"Su Langqing is the head of the Ming Sea and an official of the Ming court, what is the difference between the governor of Batavia giving the position of the head of the Chinese merchants, Kapitan, to manage the Chinese merchants." Zhao Tianming said with a smile.

"The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and the Ming Court are in the same boat, both glory and loss, so the Ming Court needs the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, so Su Langqing is also a celebrity around Liu Yu, but Batavia is different, the Dutch are just red-haired ghosts after all, and the Spaniards in Luzon are no different, Zhao Ship Owner, do you remember why Manila slaughtered Chinese merchants in the first place?" Wang Zhu asked.

"There are many reasons, but in the final analysis, it is just because of the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Ming people traveled to Manila City, the number of Chinese merchants on Luzon Island, more than the Spanish expected, fear that the Ming people are becoming more and more large Manila rulers ordered the slaughter of the city, just one day to massacre Chinese merchants in Luzon several times." Zhao Tianming gritted his teeth and said. valley

"Yes, the Manila authorities use butcher knives against Chinese businessmen every ten years, do you know that the rancher shears sheep?" Wang Zhu asked.

"Every year, the sheep in the pen grow wool, and when the sheep grow to a certain extent, the rancher will shear the wool and sell it, and year after year, the farmer will get a lot of income every year with the flock of sheep in captivity." Wang Zhu said.

"Just like the Spaniards in Manila, every time they were slaughtered, the rich Spanish merchants would divide up the property of the Chinese merchants." Zhao Tianming was cold.

"What about Batavia?" Wang Zhu said softly.

"The Chinese merchants in Batavia are all under the management of Kapitan, and Kapitan is responsible to the Dutch governor of Batavia, so to speak, the power of the Chinese in Batavia is all in the governor's thoughts, just the so-called Huayi is not separated, the Franky are like this, the Dutch people are even more so, so why should the Dutch governor of Batavia be so friendly to the Chinese in the city." Wang Zhu asked.

"I see what you mean, you mean that the Chinese merchants in Batavia are like cattle and sheep raised by ranchers, who eat and drink well every day, but only because their wool has not yet grown." Zhao Tianming looked at Wang Zhu with a solemn face.

"It's impossible, the governor of Batavia has already promised to let Sihai establish a merchant house in Batavia." Zhao Tianming shook his head.

"The reason why the Governor of Batavia asked the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce to establish a merchant house in Batavia is precisely because the Dutch people hope that the Chinese merchant ships in the South Seas can go to Batavia to do business and trade, so as to make Batavia more prosperous, what is the difference between this and Manila thirty or forty years ago?" Wang Zhu smiled bitterly.

"My lord, think about it, now that we have bought a large amount of land on the outskirts of Batavia to build a new plantation, and we have built a merchant house in Batavia, there will be a large number of Chinese merchants to settle in Batavia, just like a sudden influx of wild sheep in the sheepfold, and there are more sheep in this sheep, and there are more natural wool, so what should the rancher do?" Wang Zhu said.

"Zeng Qilu is not this kind of person, if he knew, he would definitely not let me wait to establish a merchant house in Batavia." Zhao Tianming shook his head.

"He is Jiabidan, and he is no longer the righteous man who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, how do you know what he is thinking now?" Wang Zhu sneered.

"Then what should I do, now the four seas have invested 200,000 silver yuan in Batavia, and dozens of merchants from the far seas have settled in Batavia." Zhao Tianming's anxious face Wang Zhu asked.

"At the beginning, Zeng Qilu wrote to me, hoping that I would lead the merchant fleet south to Batavia to do business, and now you tell me that the Dutch people in Batavia are no different from the Spaniards in Manila, and the silver taels invested in the four seas are not all lost?" Zhao Tianming was so anxious for a while that he didn't know what to do.

"No, Zeng Qilu invited me to Batavia because he took a fancy to the power of the Ming court in Luzon, and the Ming army will inevitably protect us and other Chinese businessmen." Zhao Tianming seemed to grasp a life-saving straw and pointed to the Fuyang Town Naval Division warship not far away.

"Don't forget, the Governor of the Netherlands only asked the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce to build a merchant hall in Batavia, and did not allow Ming court officials and generals to go to Batavia."

"Batavia is a month or two away from Luzon, if the Governor of the Netherlands really uses a knife against the Chinese in the city, the Ming court of Luzon learns the news, and then sends troops to Batavia, it will take at least a year and a half, and the Ming court is going to expedition to the Qing Dynasty, will the Ming court really care about the life and death of the Chinese in Batavia?" Wang Zhu sighed.