Chapter 100: 1780 (Part 2) About Batavia
Seeing Deng Hengxue's seemingly impatient appearance, Qitade looked at Toure.
Toure understood and smiled and said, "Don't be anxious, it's like that. Originally, the Australian strategy of the Nanyang Islands was prepared for Chile's saltpeter mine, but now there is a new situation."
Seeing Deng Hengxue's puzzled appearance, he continued: "In the past, after our country took over West Bengal, we discovered several saltpeter mines near the Ganges River. This is also the key reason why the British tried their best to drive away the French and occupy this place alone."
"We only learned about this afterwards, because these saltpeter mines are in the hands of toasts everywhere. When the British were driven away, they hid themselves, and we only learned about it a year later."
"There are three places in total, which have been mined by the French and British. We will naturally not be polite after we know it and nationalize them all, but the output of the three places is not large, so there is a Chilean strategy"
"But not long ago, senior engineers from the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry of my country became interested in this place. They thought why there are natural saltpeter mines in places like Bangladesh? So they conducted detailed exploration and investigation of these three mine sites."
"We have no investigation results before we come. We just received a telegram yesterday. Since it was the birthday of the father, we did not talk about this. We can say it now."
"It turns out that these three mines are not far from the Ganges River, and they are all low-lying places. After half a year of investigation, some discoveries were finally discovered"
"It turns out that this is the old path of the Ganges River. It is estimated that the manure of people or livestock here has accumulated in large quantities here, and in the end it accumulates more and more. Later, the water of the Ganges River brought a large amount of mud and sand to cover it up. Finally, the Ganges River suddenly changed its route, and the last batch of mud and sand covered all the manure."
"Over time, saltpeter ore was secretly formed. This situation is similar to that in Chile. According to our investigation, Chile was used to be a place where seabirds gathered in large quantities, and a large amount of feces naturally produced. Later, it was covered by the desert, and a large amount of saltpeter ore naturally formed."
"The saltpeter mines on the old road of the Ganges River are obviously not as high as those in Chile, but they are enough for my country to support them for a while. They have investigated and the old road is about 300 miles. If there are minerals in all places, we will be rich."
"In the end, they also found this conclusion in the archives left by the British in Kolkata. At that time, because there were too many archives and they were all in English, we did not pay attention to them. We thought they were all about religion, race, population, cotton, jute, and coal."
"Thanks to these engineers, they re-examined the files and finally found their conclusions like us"
When Deng Hengxue heard this, he felt a little depressed.
"So you're not that anxious to say that Chile's strategy?"
"That's not," Qitad took over the conversation. "The use rate of firearms in my country is much higher than that in other countries. Naturally, the more saltpeter mines, the better. Even if the saltpeter mine in Bangladesh is enough for my country to mine for a period of time, the strategy for Sulawesi, Australia and its nearby islands and Pacific islands still needs to be done."
"The conditions of Chile's saltpeter mine are much better than those of Bangladesh, because there is dry climate, good preservation and high quality. We will eventually go there for future generations"
"Okay, if you want to take Sulawesi, you will have to attack the Dutch, and if you attack the Dutch, you will inevitably have a chain reaction in the whole of Europe, Deng Ce..."
Deng Ce said: "That's for sure. According to the secret news from our country, Britain, the Netherlands and Prussia have formed an alliance. Once our country takes action against the Dutch, they will join in according to the alliance."
"Prussia and our country are still separated from Poland, and they may not necessarily fulfill their contracts, but the British hate our country the most and will definitely participate."
"At present, the British rebuilt the Indian Army and Navy in Mumbai and Chennai, and took advantage of the conflicts between the Maratha states to successfully win over the Turkish King of Pune. With the assistance of the British, Turkish King of Pune has a tendency to unify the entire southern Indian continent"
"Although I dare not take the initiative to provoke our country, it's not far away"
"At present, they have an army force in Mumbai and Chennai, each with a white division, two native divisions, and two fleets, including sailing warships and steam warships, and each fleet has more than ten large ships. It is obviously not as good as us, but as time goes by, their strength is gradually increasing"
"In addition, after losing the Bangladesh they most hoped to get, they set their sights on Myanmar and Borneo Islands and achieved success. Since our country once defeated Myanmar, the Burmese King accepted the conditions of the British without any hesitation"
"The British in Borneo completely expelled the local sultanates and turned the island into a place like the east coast of North America"
"When it comes to the East Coast of America, their war with local independent forces continues. Due to the intervention of the French, the local independent forces are not far from success"
Qitad had known this section for a long time. Unlike history, the French had stronger intervention and completely gained the rule of Canada.
However, after the French took Canada, their enterprising spirit was greatly reduced, and their support for the Americans was also greatly reduced. Coupled with the resistance of the Canadian British, they did not have more energy to support the Americans.
"The British also have a fleet on Borneo Island, the power of a division, and have built a large number of castles along the island's coast. It seems that they will firmly occupy the island"
"If they did not have the Dutch's default, they would not be able to do this"
"Let's talk about the Netherlands, they only have three battalions in Sulawesi, each stationed in three main ports on the island, but with their assistance, a new Sultanate was established on the island with the main Bugisians"
"They obviously knew that the Bugis people were extremely hating for our country, so they chose a tribe of the Bugis leader Parani, who had been rampant on the Malay Peninsula, to be the king, and Parani died at our hands."
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"The two main tribes in Sulawesi, one is the Bugis and the other is the Makassar. The largest city on the island, Makassar, was originally in the hands of the Makassar people, but now it is occupied by the Bugis."
"The Bugis man was named Najib, and he was the nephew of Parani, and the leader of the Makassar people, the Dutch did not give up. Since the main place of Sulawesi is the south and the north is narrow and cramped, the Dutch put the defeated Makassar leader, a man named Sura, in the northern city of Manado"
"And let his son Hammer occupy the central city of Palu to balance the Bugis"
"The Bugis army in Makassar has about 10,000 people, Manado and Palu are fewer, but there are also two or three thousand"
"In addition, the Maluku Islands in the eastern part of Sulawesi have always been a Dutch colony because it is the main source of spices, and they can mobilize tens of thousands of natives there"
"The Dutch had a squadron in Makassar, with more than ten large and small ships, all sailing warships, and all armed merchant ships"
"In addition, the Sulu Islands between the Philippine Islands and Sulawesi and Borneo Islands originally had a kingdom, but now they are occupied by pirates. The leader is a Dutch sailor named Holvelon, who appears to have been exiled by the Dutch East India Governor"
"Now it seems that the Dutch were deliberately putting it in the Sulu Islands. Holvelon gathered a group of pirate gangs including white Europeans, Bugis, Japanese samurai, Chinese, and hundreds of ships to firmly control the Sulu Islands."
"There are thousands of pirates, and they are stationed in various islands. We originally thought they were just pirates, but in the end we found out that they mainly attacked us, Chinese merchant ships, but they rarely attacked Europeans and Bugis merchant ships, and even if they attacked, they would secretly put the hostages back."
"After investigation, I know that it is all the Dutch people who make trouble, but there is obviously support from the British."
"In addition, the Dutch had established a solid rule on Java, where they had an army power, and the whites had about one division"
"There are three main tribes on Java Island, the Javanese, the Sundanese, and the Madula people. The Dutch recruited Sundanese, and the Madula people joined the army to control the Javanese with the largest number of people"
"One of the other two teachers is mainly Sunda people and the other is mainly Madula people"
"The white divisions are naturally placed in Batavia, the Suntan divisions are in Sishui, and the Madura divisions are in Semarang in the central part, and they have strong city walls and ports that are easy to defend and difficult to attack"
"There is at least five million people on Java Island. The Dutch have been operating there for a long time. In addition to three regular divisions, there are dozens of local kings of all sizes controlled by them. If their power is used, they can increase the military strength of at least 50,000 people."
"The Dutch originally mainly operated spices, wood and rice here. Later, because spice seedlings leaked, they have now been planted in various parts of the Nanyang Islands, resulting in a sharp reduction in their profits. Later, they joined the British in their eyes on the Qing Dynasty"
"The Qing Dynasty also intended to approach these two countries due to our country, allowing them to occupy a large share of the Guangzhou trade. At the same time, they also had good friends with Japan and could obtain a large amount of silver from Japan"
"So the Dutch traded heavily between the Qing Dynasty, Europe and Japan. In fact, they only spent labor costs and ships, and used Batavia as a base"
"In addition, although the Dutch had conflicts with our country, there was no major conflict on the front. Once there was a major conflict with it, it meant that our country and major European countries, by the way, except France, all had a stumble, and this had to be considered at all."
"Also, the Nanyang Islands were originally dominated by the Portuguese. After the Dutch intervened, the Portuguese retreated again and again, and finally retreated to Timor Island. Unfortunately, in the last war, they lost a large amount of the Far East population. If we weren't there, they would probably not be able to defend Timor Island."
"But the Portuguese have been operating the Nanyang Islands for a long time, and they are far more familiar with this place than us. If they ask them for advice, they will probably gain a lot."
Chapter completed!