"Stop the ship for inspection!" Danny ordered.

"yes…"

"Reef the sails and lower the anchor..."

…

Because the ship had to be stopped for inspection, Alice and Kennedy on the deck returned to the cabin, while Jerry, as the boss, remained on the deck waiting for the arrival of the inspectors.

"Danny, look at what flag that ship is flying. When did the Dutch change their flag?" Suddenly, Jerry stretched out his finger and pointed at the inspection ship sailing not far away.

He asked Danny, who had just arrived beside him.

"I don't know about that! When we passed here last year, we didn't hear that the Dutch wanted to change their flag. Did they change it recently?" Danny also looked confused.

Of course, they subconsciously doubted whether this place had changed hands. However, their rational knowledge told them that it was impossible.

Today's oceans are still dominated by the Dutch. Even the British navy, which had defeated the Spanish "Invincible Fleet", the former maritime overlord, still seemed unable to challenge the Dutch navy with its "sea coachmen".

In their understanding, there should be no force in the world that could sail to the Strait of Malacca to defeat the Dutch. Therefore, they ignored the possibility of the place changing hands.

Under normal circumstances, if the Dutch want to dominate maritime trade, they will naturally curb the prosperity of maritime trade in other countries.

In fact, they did so, and three naval battles broke out between Britain and the Netherlands, but the British navy was defeated three times.

The reason why Britain can still obtain maritime trade lines today is mainly due to the contribution of the army. Although the Dutch navy is very powerful, the army is no match for the British and French coalition forces. Therefore, even if the Dutch navy is victorious, it must sign a defeat agreement.

Otherwise the Netherlands will not be protected.

But even so, many overseas colonies today still belong to the Netherlands and Spain. After all, strong naval strength is the standard for protecting colonies.

As for the British, they don't think anyone in the world would dare to touch the Dutch colonies except their Great British Empire.

"If I remember correctly, their flag should be a red, white and blue tricolor flag, but now it has been changed to all red. It seems that there are five stars on it, and there seems to be weird graphics painted on it." At this time,

Jerry actually took out his binoculars and carefully observed the flags hung by the patrol boats.

"Oh my god, boss, look at it. Are there all yellow people on it?" Danny shouted involuntarily as the ship approached.

Jerry looked again, and sure enough, the people standing on the deck were all yellow people, and the Dutch didn't notice any of them.

"It's strange. Could it be that the local natives beat the Dutch away?" Jerry put away his telescope and couldn't help but guess.

"It is true that they are all Huang Zhong people. Pay more attention to them later. If anything goes wrong, we must run away immediately."

"Okay, boss. But if possible, I would rather pay more than run away. After all, we don't have much fresh water or food. If we don't replenish supplies, it will be difficult to sail to the next stop." Dan

Ni reluctantly suggested.

"Well, I understand..." Jerry's face twitched unnaturally, as if he was heartbroken about the money.

Soon, the ships on both sides closed the distance. At this time, the patrol ship also lowered its landing craft to send the inspection personnel over.

There were not many people inspecting, only six. Five of them were yellow men with weapons, and one was white, but he was not wearing the uniform of the Dutch Navy.

Seeing the presence of Caucasian people, Jerry's nervous heart suddenly relaxed.

Even if the white man in front of him is the Dutchman he has always hated, he doesn't feel so hateful anymore in his heart. After all, compared to ignorant changes, predictable financial payments are more acceptable.

"Are you a British merchant ship?" A Dutch accent came from the mouth of the white man who boarded the ship.

"Yes." Captain Danny answered truthfully.

At this time, Jerry discovered that the Dutchman actually went back and spoke some Chinese that he did not understand to the other yellow people who boarded the ship.

Jerry couldn't help but feel a little strange. Even if the Dutchman in front of him was not wearing a Dutch navy uniform, why did he still have to report to these yellow people? However, he realized that the Dutchman in front of him was a Dutchman, and he thought that he might be giving instructions to those yellow people.

Just doing things.

However, what the Dutchman said next overturned Jerry's understanding.

"Now that you have entered the waters of the Chinese Great Yi Empire, in accordance with the laws of the Chinese Great Yi Empire, we will conduct an inventory of your ship's personnel, weapons, etc., and charge a certain navigation fee for your ship's passage here.

, do you accept it?"

"What, this is China?" Jerry shouted involuntarily.

"Who are you? You are so rude." The Dutchman did not dare to be careless and scolded him quickly.

After all, he didn't know whether the Chinese people behind him could understand the English communication. Many of them also had very high language talents in their studies. If they heard something wrong in his words, then his head might

Will not be guaranteed.

At this time, the Dutchman still clearly remembered the scene when the Yi Dynasty attacked the city of Malacca. Basically, the Dutchmen who resisted and those who were unable to help them were dragged to be beheaded.

The bloody scene is still fresh in my memory.

There was even news that the Dutch in Batavia, Java, were directly massacred in order to avenge the Chinese who died in the "Red Creek Massacre".

Earlier, news came from the Philippines that the Spaniards there were being massacred in revenge by the Annamites "sent" by the Yi Dynasty.

At that time, the Dutch also laughed at the Spanish for being useless and being defeated by the yellow people. They deserved it. Now all Spain has only its own land. Some Dutch who looked down on Spain even moved out of Spain and prepared to use 4,000 people to destroy China.

Laugh at them.

As for why the Spaniards were massacred, the Dutch naturally understood.

The Spaniards massacred more than 20,000 Chinese back then, but it is normal for them to be massacred now.

Of course, the Dutch also massacred the Chinese in Batavia, Java, but the Dutch were not afraid because the Netherlands also had many warships stationed in the Strait of Malacca. As long as the Chinese warships dared to come, the Dutch would have confidence.

Sink them all into the sea.

Unexpectedly, the Yi army did not land from the sea, but directly mobilized troops from Myanmar to enter Malaysia. Then, under the leadership of the local Champa people, they attacked the city of Malacca with overwhelming force.

As we all know, the Dutch army is not very strong. So the Dutch not only lost Malacca, but also captured a dozen warships staying in the Strait of Malacca by the Yijun army.

In this battle, the Dutch were completely defeated.

"Sir, this is the owner of our ship, Jerry." Danny replied immediately.

Hearing that it was the ship owner, the Dutchman's face improved a little. So he continued the questioning.

At this time, both Danny and Jerry agreed without any objection.

After all, merchant ships are not warships, so there is no secret. Furthermore, the sailing price quoted here is half cheaper than the price quoted by the Dutch before. Where else can we go if we don't pass here?

The inspection ended quickly, which was to take a rough look at the artillery and the number of people on board.

Then, the British merchant ship sailed into the familiar yet unfamiliar Malacca harbor.

Even after the war, Malacca's port was still prosperous, with ships of all sizes filling the entire port.

As Jerry's ship landed for supplies, they also discovered that in addition to merchant ships from Britain, France and other countries, they could even see merchant ships from the Netherlands and Spain. All this was somewhat confusing to Jerry and others.

At this time, the city of Malacca also showed unusual prosperity. In addition, the city area was even expanded.
Chapter completed!