Batavia, which is later known as Jakarta, is a very beautiful city, of course, it is also a city with a long history, located at the mouth of the Chirion River, this historic city was famous for exporting pepper and spices hundreds of years ago, our country had trade with this city during the Song Dynasty, the locals called this city Sunda Galaba, which means a place of dense coconut groves, and is also known as Coconut City. In 1637, the Dutch warship "Batavia" arrived in this city, defeated the local natives, established the first Dutch stronghold, and renamed the city after the ship "Batavia", and used the city as the seat of the Dutch Governor's Palace, and carried out cruel colonial rule over the whole of Indonesia and Malaysia.

According to the provisions of the Sino-Dutch Treaty of Beijing, the trade distribution center between the two countries is in Batavia, all the Qing merchant ships can only dock at this port, and Dutch merchants, local merchants trade, every year in April and May, this city is full of thousands of merchants, unlimited business opportunities, but this year is a little strange, it is already April 10, the Qing fleet that should have arrived a long time ago has never come, many merchants who rushed to this city are anxious, every day on the dock have gathered a large number of merchants from all over the world to trade, are waiting for the arrival of the Qing fleet.

"The fleet will come, will come, please rest assured, there is an agreement between us and the Qing Dynasty, I promise, they will come. "In the Dutch Governor's Palace, the Dutch Governor Van Struix, surrounded by a large crowd of merchants; Glinka explained sweatily, his fat face full of anxiety, in the past ten days, groups of anxious businessmen have tortured him enough, he has said the same thing I don't know how many times, although he himself is also annoyed to death, he wants to drag this group of mercenary businessmen out and shoot them, but he can only think about it in his mind. You must know that these merchants who dare to come to the East to do business are representatives of various big families, and it is not something that he can offend as a governor.

"Your Excellency the Governor, do you know how much we will lose for every day of delay? On behalf of the Hohendepu family, I would like to express my grave concern about this matter. The person who spoke was a tall and thin middle-aged man, and Van Struy recognized this person at a glance as the representative of the Hohendepp family, one of the four major aristocratic families in the Netherlands. The Qing fleet will definitely come, please rest assured. ”

"Your Excellency, you have been saying this for ten days, and we are tired of hearing it, and we only want to know when the Great Qing fleet will come, and whether it is because of the fact that we have provided anchorage for England that has caused the Great Qing fleet to break its contract, and if so, my Ketcht family will be skeptical about this matter. The matter will be questioned in Parliament. Before he could finish his sentence, a man in the prime of life with blond hair interrupted unceremoniously.

"This ......" Van Struy shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said, "There is no comment, this governor is also acting on orders, if the Cage family has doubts about this, they can personally plead their case to His Majesty the King." ”

"How. Do you think the Governor will not dare? ”

"It's too much!"

…… A group of merchants scolded him, but Van Struy didn't care, he had already heard the same scoldings, and he didn't have any good ideas at this time anyway. simply pretended to be deaf and dumb, and looked like you could scold as you liked.

"The ship is coming! The ship is coming! Ladies and gentlemen, the fleet of the Qing Dynasty has arrived. A panting young man rushed into the parlor of the Doge's Palace, shouting excitedly, and suddenly the many merchants who had been around Feinstroy rushed out, and no one looked back at Van Struix, who had been re-freed.

"A bunch of nasty vampires who know how to make money, make money. Do you know what politics is? ! Van Struy pulled out a white handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his head, and muttered in his mouth.

"Master, the black tea you want is ready. A middle-aged man dressed as a butler walked in and said respectfully.

"Oh, Lin, thank you, put it down. Van Struy glanced at the man. Suddenly, he laughed and said, "Lin." The fleet of your homeland is coming, and you don't want to buy something? ”

The butler, Lin, was a man in his early forties. It has been almost ten years since he entered the Governor's Palace, he has served three Governors, can speak English, Dutch, Portuguese, and Western Chinese, and is very proficient in various local languages and Chinese.

"Yes, sir, but I'll have to wait until I get off work. Lin turned the tray in his hand, bent down and carefully placed the brewed black tea and the small saucer with sugar cubes on the table of Van Struix, and said with a flat face.

Van Struy smiled and said, "Oh, Lin, you're always so faithful, okay, anyway, those nasty ghosts won't bother me anymore today, I'll allow you to take a half-day off, go, help me see what new things to do, just help me buy some back, oh, my daughter is clamoring for perfume, well, rose-scented one, if you have it, buy a bottle, I'll give you money when I get back." ”

"Yes, sir. Lin held the plate in his hand, bowed, and walked out of the reception room with light steps, not forgetting to close the door before leaving the door.

Well, what a caring housekeeper, a good housekeeper is hard to find these days, and it would be a pleasure to bring this person back to China when he leaves office. Van Struy took a sip of the steaming black tea with great satisfaction, and thought to himself.

The port of Batavia was large enough to accommodate thirty or forty large ships at the same time, but whenever the Qing fleet arrived, the port always seemed extremely small, and the huge fleet of Qing ships could only dock in batches, although all the loaded goods of the ships that had been ashore were quickly snapped up by the Dutch merchants who had been waiting for a long time, but it still took a lot of time to unload, so most of the Qing fleet could only be anchored outside the port, waiting for the ships in front of them to sell and purchase all the goods before entering the port. Not to mention that the Qing fleet was late this year, and there were many fewer ships than usual, and there were only more than 50 ships in the Qing fleet that came to Batavia. This was a great disappointment to the Dutch merchants who had been waiting for a long time, but the Dutch merchants who had learned that the follow-up fleet would arrive in more than ten days could finally find some comfort.

Busy, busy, the whole Batavia's port is full of people, and the hawkers who set up stalls are crowded everywhere, among which there are also sample stalls set up by the small merchants of the Qing Dynasty who came with the "Eight Banners Firm" of the Qing Dynasty, and the whole wharf is full of shouting and selling, and the business is booming. Lin, dressed in local clothes, walked along the pier with the crowd. A pair of eyes seemed to look around casually, but they never stopped in front of any stall, and finally turned into a small shop owned by a Chinese on the side of the road, and after a few words with the shopkeeper, he followed the owner into the back of the shop under the pretext of looking at the sample.

As soon as Lin walked into the back room, he saw a familiar and unfamiliar face looking at him with a smile, and he was stunned. Before he could speak, the man smiled first and said, "The night geese fly high." ”

Lin paused for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "Yunshen doesn't know where. Subordinate Shadow No. 1 See Lord He, Lord He, why did you come in person? ”

He Zhen, Head of Overseas Branch of "Honghu". At that time, it was He Zhen who sent a large number of Lin and other "Honghu" children to the Asian colonies of Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other countries. Appearing here at this time, how not to make Lin suspicious.

He Zhen took a step forward, helped Lin up, and said with a smile: "Brother He Ding, I haven't seen you for so many years, you still haven't seen the old, hehe, a certain saint personally summoned him before leaving." I entrusted a certain person to convey a sentence to my brother: hard work! The saint also said that as soon as this matter is over, the elder brother will immediately set off to return to China, whether he is willing to be an official or a businessman, and the saint will never lose such meritorious officials. ”

The tears in Lin Heding's eyes suddenly flowed, he knelt down facing north, kowtowed, and said: "The minister bows to thank the Holy Lord, and the minister will not dare to bear the trust of the Holy Land." Do your best for the court. Never give up! ”

He Zhen silently watched Lin Heding bow three times and bow nine times, and finally let out a sigh of relief and said, "Brother He Ding." Last year, you have received the deployment map of various places, and this time you came to know three things: First, has the defense map changed? Second, how many troops did the English fleet have in Shan Maxi? Third, can our people cooperate with the action of Shan Maxi and Malacca? How sure is it? ”

Lin Heding stabilized his mood for a while, arched his hand and said: "Lord Hui, the deployment of the Dutch has not changed in the past year, according to the news that his subordinates have just gotten in the past few days, England has arrived from Europa to reinforce the fleet, and the specific situation of the Dutch Governor's Office is not very clear, now the entire single Marek is the world of England, the Dutch can't manage there, the shadow is not much in single Maxi, I am afraid that it is difficult to have a big move, but Malacca is possible, the shadow is developing very quickly there, and can mobilize nearly a thousand people, It's just that the weapons side is a problem. ”

"Oh? The England ground fleet arrived, so quickly? He Zhen was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a while: "Don't worry about Malacca for the time being, if you need to move, you will notify Shadow Four, well, can you contact Shadow Three and let him find out the situation of the England fleet as soon as possible?" ”

"My lord, this place is far away from Shan Ma Xi, even if his subordinates order it immediately, it will be in mid-May to get the news on the third end, and it will be in mid-June at the earliest, I don't know if I can catch up with it?" Lin Heding thought for a while.

"Mid-June?" He Zhen shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I'm afraid I can't catch up in time, I'm going to return in a few days, and the Dutch Governor's Mansion won't even have any clues, right?" ”

Lin Heding gritted his teeth and said: "Your Excellency, there is indeed no news about this in the Dutch Governor's Palace, but my subordinates know a few businessmen who have just arrived from Europa, maybe they know something, and let my subordinates go down and try it." ”

"Hmm. He Zhen paced back and forth in the house a few times, looked at Lin Heding, and said a little unbearably: "Pay attention to safety, the imperial court has used the information that my brother brought, it is estimated that the news has reached the hands of the Dutch at this time, the Dutch should be suspicious, the brother is in danger, everything is careful, if there is something wrong, immediately withdraw from the governor's palace, as long as it is on my ship of the Qing Dynasty, forgive the Dutch and do not dare to go on the ship to search." ”

"The subordinates understand that it is not too early, and the subordinates retire. Lin Heding saluted respectfully and planned to leave the room.

"Brother He Ding, be careful in everything, and don't be strong. He Zhen looked at Lin Heding and hurriedly admonished, but Lin Heding didn't answer, just nodded silently and slowly exited the room......

On April 21, the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, near the waters of Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, more than 100 large and small warships were slowly moving on the vast ocean, and Wang Yunyu of Yongjun sat silently in the war room of the flagship "Weisheng", looking at the huge combat model in front of him, frowning, and after a long time, he raised his head, looked at He Zhen who was standing on the side, and said calmly: "Lord He, are you sure that England's fleet is only more than forty ships?" ”

"Yes, my lord. He Zhen said calmly: "According to the news sent by the Shadow No. 1 under his subordinates, the English reinforcement fleet arrived on March 21, this fleet has a total of eight first-class battleships, twenty-one second-class battleships, and the rest are third-class battleships, cruisers, and supply ships, and it is said that this is already the largest warship group that England can send. ”

"Well, plus the possibility of the Dutch sending out warships, at most sixty or seventy, not much. Yun Yu smiled and said: "If the situation is true, that shadow has made a great contribution, and this king will definitely play the Ming Holy Majesty and ask for credit for him!" ”

"Thank you for your kindness, it's just that Shadow One sent the information......" He Zhen's face darkened, and he couldn't say any more.

"Oh?" Yun Yu was stunned for a moment, was silent for a long time, and suddenly raised his voice and said: "Someone is coming, pass on the order of the king's general, and all the officers above the major general of the army will immediately gather at the flagship!" ”

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