"Major Barek, oh, no, Lieutenant Colonel Barek." The Dutch Governor in Batavia, Anthony van Demen, looked at Lieutenant Colonel Duckman Barek seriously, "Are you sure the Han Chinese

During the massacre in Cavite, all the Spanish shipwrights among them were also killed?"

Governor Anthony Van Dyman used thunderous means in Ambon to temporarily quell the native riots. Under the threat of death, the tribal chiefs quickly compromised with the Dutch and abandoned the native leader who led the local riots.

Lukabesi. But the Dutch were a step slower, allowing Turukabesi to lead some resolutely resisting natives to escape into the dense forest, escaping the pursuit of the Dutch.

After subduing the natives of Ambon, Governor Anthony Van Damn returned to Batavia in early March. Here, he received the remaining Dutch fleet and cooperated with the Hanzhou fleet to capture and destroy the Spanish Cavite shipyard.

He received the news and returned safely to Batavia with a large amount of seizures.

Governor Dyman highly praised the achievements of Major Duckman Barak, saying that he fully demonstrated the excellent qualities of a naval officer. When the fleet was facing life and death, he could still command calmly to attack the enemy's weakest and most vulnerable enemies.

The most critical place, and it can hit it with one blow and completely destroy Spain's largest shipbuilding yard in the Philippines.

His victory greatly improved the morale of the Dutch Navy. In the early stage, the passive situation presented by the annihilation of seven ships by Spain was reversed by him. For this reason, he was immediately promoted to lieutenant colonel by Governor Deman

Military rank, appointed deputy commander of the Batavia Fleet.

After a series of commendations and awards, Governor Daiman finally remembered the outstanding shipwrights and artists at the Cavite Shipbuilding Yard. These people, whether they were Han Chinese or Dutch, attached great importance to them and tried their best to get them.

However, our newly appointed deputy commander of the Batavia Fleet, Lieutenant Colonel Darkman Barek, regretfully told the Governor that a horrific massacre occurred in the Cavite Castle because during the attack on the Cavite Castle and

At the dock, the Hanzhou landing troops suffered heavy casualties. In order to vent their anger, they carried out a massacre of the Spaniards and natives in the city, and the shipwrights were not spared.

"Yes, Lord Governor, I saw with my own eyes the massacre carried out by Hanzhou soldiers, and the naval officers in the city were also witnesses of this incident." Lieutenant Colonel Duckman Barek blinked and said affirmatively.

Governor Daiman turned to look at Colonel Ayan Van Dijk, who nodded. Indeed, many naval officers witnessed Hanzhou massacre the Spaniards and natives in Cavite City.

"Why didn't you stop them?" Governor Dyman asked.

"My Lord Governor, those soldiers acted very crazy." Lieutenant Colonel Duckman Barek said innocently: "And our army went to intercept the Spanish reinforcements in the direction of Manila."

Governor Daiman paced back and forth in the room. He still didn't believe that Hanzhou wanted to build ships and wanted shipwrights.

Everyone was killed?

But the naval officers who returned in triumph were all Spaniards who had witnessed Hanzhou massacre the Cavite castle, including many shipwrights there. Perhaps it was their piracy habits that caused Hanzhou to make such a serious mistake.

.Governor Daiman thought so.

"What's going on over at Hanzhou recently?" Governor Daiman asked.

"Oh, they are hoarding war preparation supplies and it seems that they are shipping them to their stronghold on Timor Island in large quantities." Colonel Ajan Van Dijk said.

"Oh, really?" A smile appeared on Governor Daiman's lips, "Are they ready to attack the Portuguese?"

"Looking at the situation, it seems like this." Colonel Ajan Van Dijk said: "In addition to hoarding a large amount of war preparation materials, they also organized fleets to carry out large-scale concentrated immigration transportation. Most of them wanted to take advantage of the opportunity before the war started.

We can bring more people back."

"So how did the Portuguese react?"

"Malacca and Ceylon sent two armed merchant ships to Oecussi and Dili respectively. They should have loaded a large amount of materials and personnel on board." Colonel Ajan Van Dijk said: "They have prepared corresponding manpower and material resources.

It is to prevent us and Hanzhou from jointly attacking their strongholds on Timor Island."

"Your navy can help Hanzhou and put more pressure on the Portuguese." Governor Daiman said with a smile: "I'm worried that the Portuguese may look down on Hanzhou's military force."

"As you command, Lord Governor!"

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"Mr. Su, Sixth Brother! You all!" Hu Wenjin smiled and cupped his hands towards Su Minggang, Sixth Brother Lin and the seven or eight Chinese businessmen sitting here. "I'm here to bother you again this time. I have no choice but to do it!"

"Commander Hu, you're welcome!" Su Minggang, Lin Liuge and others did not dare to make excuses, so they quickly stood up to say hello.

"Commander Hu, if Hanzhou has any need, please tell us directly. We merchants will do our best to support you." When Su Minggang saw that Kong Jiliang, who was sent to Batavia by the Hanzhou military, also came here, he knew that Hu Wenjin was visiting.

They must be involved in Hanzhou affairs.

"Mr. Su, Sixth Brother. You also know that we in Hanzhou can currently build some small boats. However, the required ship materials are all purchased by Batavia, which is very inconvenient. Therefore, our commander-in-chief would like to entrust you with this task.

Can we get some craftsmen and ship material production techniques and come directly to our Hanzhou to build some ship equipment workshops?" Hu Wenjin said.

"This..." Su Minggang was not only hesitant. Hanzhou was far away from the Nanyang trade market. If some shipbuilding workshops were built, they would only be used by Hanzhou. It seemed that the profit would be limited. But if Hanzhou persisted, it would only be regarded as a tribute.

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"Everyone, are you worried that the built shipbuilding workshop will not be profitable enough due to demand?" Hu Wenjin asked.

"Commander Hu has misunderstood." Brother Lin Liu forced a smile, "We still haven't noticed the slight benefits. Isn't it just a shipbuilding workshop? In a few days, we will send people to Daming and his party to recruit what they need.

After becoming a craftsman, I will definitely build a workshop in Hanzhou."

"If I tell you that the number of ships our Hanzhou will need in the next twenty years will be around a thousand, do you still need to worry about insufficient profits from demand?" Hu Wenjin said with a smile.

"Thousands of ships?" The Chinese businessmen sitting here were surprised. If there is really such a big demand, then in the next twenty years, this will be a market of nearly one million taels of silver. Even if Hanzhou exaggerates, let's take a look.

Folded in half, the demand for those 500 ships would be enough to make the built shipbuilding workshop quite profitable.

"Everyone, Hanzhou is located in the south of Nanyang, and its population and supplies are all dependent on ship transportation. From now on, the maintenance of Hanzhou's production and trade cannot be separated from the power of ships. In addition, in more than ten years, ships have been replaced.

Thousands of ships, I'm afraid that's less." Hu Wenjin continued.

"If you still have doubts about establishing various shipbuilding workshops in Hanzhou, we, Hanzhou, can spend a large sum of money to jointly operate it with you. You only need to recruit craftsmen, and we, Hanzhou, can provide you with the construction and funding needed for the workshops.

Provision, operation, and production are all controlled by you, and Hanzhou only needs to pay dividends."

Su Minggang and many other Chinese businessmen were shocked when they heard this. The conditions proposed by Hanzhou were very generous, and they were not responsible for the funds or factories. Even if they split their shares and left in the future, there was no need to worry that they would not be able to get their investment back. It seems that Hanzhou will not be able to get back their investment.

Zhou invited Chinese businessmen to establish a shipbuilding workshop out of sincerity and was not trying to gain money from them.

In this way, setting up a shipbuilding workshop in Hanzhou is really a safe business and worth going to.

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"Do you need a lot of shipping equipment in Hanzhou?" Ma Huaiyu looked up at Hu Wenjin in surprise.

"Yes, in addition to women, you can also trade with us for some shipping equipment." Hu Wenjin said.

Ma Huaiyu nodded. In the past few months, he had exchanged more than 20 artillery pieces, more than 200 muskets, and more than a thousand swords and spears from Hu Wenjin. He was worried that the Kingdom of Johor and the Kingdom of Aceh did not know where to raise the funds.

A woman of human ancestry.

Now, Hanzhou has a new type of exchange goods, so everyone is naturally happy. As for the Sudan Kingdom, which obtained those weapons, they are full of praise for the goods. The quality of the artillery is no less than that obtained from the Dutch and Portuguese.

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Hanzhou followed the Dutch to fight the Spaniards in Luzon. He heard that the army's combat power was even better than that of the Dutch mercenaries. This made Ma Huaiyu take a high look at Hanzhou's strength.

What's particularly important is that Hanzhou completely ignored the Dutch's strict ban on the sale of firearms to the Sultanate Kingdoms such as Johor and Aceh. Artillery and muskets will be bought to you as long as you can come up with something in exchange. All of this is extremely important.

It facilitated Ma Huaiyu's business dealings in several Sudanese kingdoms in Southeast Asia. After all, coming from the Ottomans, the supply of goods was not necessarily guaranteed, and the distance was still quite far.

"Lao Ma, can you get some loyal guards?" Hu Wenjin asked casually.

"Why, do you need mercenaries in Hanzhou?" Ma Huaiyu asked with a smile.

"We in Hanzhou don't need it," Hu Wenjin said, "I'm thinking about getting a few loyal guards to protect my safety."

When Ma Huaiyu heard this, he looked at the deputy commander of Hanzhou with deep thoughts. He was powerful and even rich, but he didn't even need Hanzhou's own bodyguards.

Haha, interesting.

"How much do you need?" Ma Huaiyu asked.

"First find five or six for me to come over and take a look." Hu Wenjin felt that his thoughts were being seen through by Ma Huaiyu, and he seemed a little unnatural.

"No problem, I will find a few for you in a few days." Ma Huaiyu said: "Absolutely loyal, if you ask them to stab themselves with a knife, they will do it without blinking an eye!"

"I don't want any dead soldiers!" Hu Wenjin glared at Ma Huaiyu, "I just need better skills to protect my safety."

"Sometimes, fanatical beliefs and a fighting will that is not afraid of death are often better than those so-called highly skilled guards. Believe me, they will follow your instructions and complete whatever you want to do!"
Chapter completed!