But such a painless statement did not stop the local Chinese who were willing to leave. In just one month, more than half of the Chinese left Batavia. The remaining people were either unwilling to give up the family business they had accumulated in the local area, or were too involved with the Dutch.

Those who left were either rich, boats, boatmen, or wealthy businessmen, each with their own strengths and basically had certain family property. After arriving in Nanlu County, they built houses in the local area, opened merchants and restaurants, and used their money to join the newly built Nanyang Chamber of Commerce.

In a very short period of time, Nanlu County became the most vibrant place in Southern Saha.

As the population increased, Qi Guoyong set up a county yard in the local area and formulated laws to give all Chinese in Brunei, Sulu and Manila the status of a wise man in the name of the government. He also actively recruited soldiers and trained yamen runners in the local area so that the troops he could mobilize reached 5,000.

When these people felt a sense of identity, they actively participated in local construction. The Nanlu City and the fortress, which were originally expected to be built within half a year, were built in a very short time.

At this time, the Dutch could not stand it anymore. Not only because of the rapid expansion of Ming Dynasty's strength in this sea area, but also because of his maritime trade.

In the disgust of the Dutch, few Ming merchants went to Batavia again. They risked the interception of Dutch warships to go to Manila and trade with the Spanish. Even if some were willing to trade with the Dutch, the price was raised as high as that of Spain, which was something that the Dutch could not bear.

What they wanted was greater benefits and earn more silver, but as emerging maritime countries, they were not as wealthy as the old maritime empire Spain. They defeated Portugal and seized Malacca. They defeated Horses and Blue Sultanate, occupied Batavia, expelled Spain, and occupied Taiwan.

They established military strongholds in these places and traded with the countries of the South China Sea. But now the Spanish relied on the only stronghold in Manila, South China Sea, to occupy more than 80% of the trade with the Ming Dynasty, which was unacceptable to the Dutch.

The Netherlands is the current maritime overlord, but they are unwilling to go to war with the Ming Dynasty at this time. Not only because the Ming Dynasty, Brunei and Sulu are allied, and they have a lot of troops and are difficult to win in a short period of time. It is also because once the war begins, all maritime trade will probably be cut off, which is something that the senior executives of the East India Company cannot tolerate.

The Netherlands is like a company, and everyone makes profits from overseas expansion. But if the profit share decreases on one day, problems will occur within it.

Kuiyi had a long-term vision. He strongly supported the alliance with Japan and the Qing Dynasty. Once he won, he could occupy the vast market of the Ming Dynasty. However, the company had different opinions. Most of them believed that the Qing Dynasty did not have the strength to annex the Ming Dynasty. The Governor of Batavia finally decided to remain the original plan and first turned his attention to Manila, which had only five or six hundred Spanish troops.

His idea was that as long as he occupied Manila, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty would have to trade with them. Moreover, starting from Manila, whether it was attacking the Ming army in the Southern Saha River, or supporting Japan and the Qing Dynasty, the journey would be much closer.

But just as Cohen was about to send troops, the Malacca was in chaos. He could only temporarily give up his plan to attack Manila and draw a fleet to reinforce Malacca City.

The news that the Portuguese were willing to spend 600,000 taels of silver to buy the Strait of Malacca was spread to the local area, and at least two countries' policies had undergone direct changes.

One is the Johor Kingdom on the Malay Peninsula. They were originally allies of the Dutch. They had previously attacked Malacca City and drove the Portuguese away. The agreement at that time was that the Johor Kingdom would hand over the Strait of Malacca to the Dutch. But seeing that they had lost 600,000 taels of silver, they couldn't help but regret it. The Johor King proposed to the Dutch, hoping that the latter could take out some silver.

But the Dutch directly rejected the Johor King's suggestion based on the agreement. The Johor King felt insulted and, in furious, directly withdrew all the Johor soldiers in Malacca and declared that the alliance with the Dutch failed.

The other is the Sultanate of Yachi on Sumatra. Unlike other indigenous kingdoms in the South China Sea, its capital, Banda Aceh, was an important port for trade in the South China Sea in the 15th century. It has a vast territory, a large population, and a prosperous economy. In the mid-to-late 16th century, the Ottoman Empire implemented the strategy of moving eastward into the Indian Ocean, and Yachi became the agent of the South China Sea that he focused on supporting.

The Turks brought Europe's advanced gun and cannon technology and shipbuilding technology here, and there were hundreds of Turkish military advisers stationed in the local area. The Yachi country not only had advanced weapons such as muskets and artillery, but also had navigation technology that was not inferior to the Portuguese at that time. Yachi Sultan Iskanda was ambitious. He relied on these troops to fight everywhere and conquered many indigenous kingdoms, including the Sultanate of Johor, and established the Malay Empire that crossed the Strait of Malacca.

In order to capture the Strait of Malacca and realize his dream of establishing the Malay Empire, in 1629, Iskanda sent his subordinate general Lankaman to lead a huge fleet of 20,000 soldiers and 236 ships to march to the city of Malacca, known in history as the Battle of Du Yonghe.

In this battle, Yachi's army was defeated. Portugal was able to continue to occupy Malacca for more than 20 years before being taken away by the Dutch. Yachi's country was in a slump. After Iskanda's death, his successor lost interest in Malacca.

When the Dutch were interested in seizing Malacca, they sent people to contact Yaqi's country to seek cooperation, but the Sultan of Yaqi directly refused. Instead, Yaqi's enemy Johor actively cooperated with the Dutch, reclaimed part of the territory and burned the war on Yaqi's country.

Starting from 1641, the female Sultan Munina began to take charge of Yachi, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from many conservative forces in the country. Although Sultan Munina tried her best to eliminate the contradictions, the effect was not obvious.

The news that the Ming Dynasty was willing to buy the Strait of Malacca for 600,000 taels of silver gave her the opportunity to solve her own difficulties.

On the one hand, she sent envoys to the Zhoushan Islands to determine the matter and seek support from the Ming army. On the other hand, she issued an order to accuse the Dutch of occupying Malacca and helping the Johors occupy their own territory. She sent troops to recover the territory south of Malacca, actively prepared for war, and used foreign wars to eliminate internal conflicts.
Chapter completed!