The adjutant accompanied Kuang Hong throughout the whole process. Upon seeing this, he immediately called in soldiers and forced the shipbuilders to leave with guns and ammunition.
Kuang Hong looked confused: "Are these Chinese all slaves? They are not allowed to return to the country?"
The adjutant replied: "They signed a contract with the shipyard. If they leave before the contract period expires, they will pay the shipyard a large amount of liquidated damages."
Kuang Hong was enlightened and said with a smile: "How much is the liquidated damages?"
The adjutant said: "Ten times a year's salary."
"That's no problem. I will pay all their liquidated damages!" This is what Kuang Hong was waiting for.
The adjutant finally became anxious and said: "Sir, wait a moment, I want to report this to the governor."
After the adjutant sent someone to the Governor's Mansion, Kuang Hong asked again: "Do the Han residents in the city also have liquidated damages?"
The adjutant shook his head: "No."
Kuang Hong said to the navy soldiers around him: "Go to the city, check door to door, and tell them when you see the Han people. When you return home, you can divide the land and settle down. Those with skills can also find a living in the city. The Datong Navy will pick them up with ships."
Let them go!”
"Sir, you can't do this!" The adjutant was frightened.
The number of Han Chinese and their families in Batavia, including mixed-race children, now exceeds 20,000. Successive governors were very worried, feeling that the proportion of Han Chinese in the city was too high, so they imposed heavy taxes to limit the increase of Han Chinese, and later even instigated the indigenous people
Kill the Han people.
But if there were really no Han people, the entire city and the port would have to stop functioning!
Vanderlin hurried back, pointed at Kuang Hong and angrily shouted: "You are an envoy from China. I abide by diplomatic etiquette and only allow you to move freely in Batavia. But for the espionage behavior you just committed, I must expel you immediately!"
Kuang Hong looked confused again: "What did I do? I just told the Han people here that if they want to return to the country, I can take them away. These are Chinese, not slaves you captured.
Shouldn’t they be able to come and go freely?”
"Leave Batavia immediately!" Vanderlin shouted.
Kuang Hong gritted his teeth and said, "You confine the Chinese and don't allow them to leave. Are you going to declare war on China?"
It is obvious that Kuang Hong is trying to make trouble in diplomacy, which is what Chinese envoys like to do most.
Including the middle and early Ming Dynasty, especially during the Han and Tang Dynasties, envoys went to foreign countries and committed suicide as much as they could. They didn't even want their own lives, just to anger the other party. If they died because of this, the Chinese court would
There is a reason to start a war.
Vanderlin shouted: "Raise your guns and take them to the sea!"
Kuang Hong was not afraid at all, and counterattacked with his head held high: "I will automatically regard your behavior as a war. As long as I leave the port and return to the ship,
will let the navy launch an attack! You can also kill me immediately. If my navy cannot receive the message within three hours, it will also launch an attack on Batavia Port. Even if this navy is defeated, China has more
Many fleets will come to attack here every year! During the downwind season, Chinese merchant ships will send warships to follow. Any merchant ship that comes to Batavia to trade will be considered an act of treason once discovered. I want Batavia to shoulder the burden of China
You can't buy any raw silk, you can't buy a piece of Chinese cotton cloth!"
"you…"
Vanderlin, who was furious, actually held back. It was the first time he had seen such a crazy diplomat.
Kuang Hong continued: "Except for Aceh, all the countries surrounding Malacca have become vassal states of China. Once a war breaks out, these countries will form a coalition to cooperate with Chinese soldiers to capture Malacca! How many Dutch defenders are there in Malacca? Two
One hundred? Four hundred? Or one thousand? There can't be two thousand, right?"
Vanderlin's back was chilled by these words. That was Malacca, with an important location and not many defenders. If China attacked Batavia while also collaborating with its tributaries to attack Malacca, these two port cities would fall sooner or later.
Vanderlin tried his best to speak in a calm tone: "What do you want to do?"
"According to His Majesty the Emperor's wishes, the Netherlands and China signed a contract!" Kuang Hong said with a smile.
Vanderlin said: "This is a big matter and I need time to think about it."
"Okay, I'll give you three days." Kuang Hong said.
Vanderlin's consideration was actually to hold a meeting.
A group of congressmen waffled for two days and narrowly passed the proposal, fully accepting the Chinese emperor's request. From now on, the Netherlands is not allowed to attack China's vassal states without any reason. If there is a reason, it must accept China's mediation, otherwise it will be regarded as attacking China.
Declared war. The Netherlands transferred Busuanga Island to China for 1 tael of silver.
Fandelin told the lawmakers: "After Busuanga Island was captured by the Chinese, we did not actually control it, and there was no loss in transferring it to China. As for China's vassal countries, the treaty only said that we could not attack without reason, and we could plan a coup.
They can disguise themselves as pirates and attack their ships. Therefore, this contract is symbolic and only satisfies the Chinese emperor's vanity. We will do whatever we want in the future."
Fandelin deliberately did not mention that as soon as this contract was signed, it gave China legitimate legal principles.
If there is a quarrel in the future, China will be able to come up with reasons for war at will. And no matter where the riot occurs, even if the Pope is asked to judge, Busuanga Island belongs to China.
The two sides signed the "Treaty of Batavia" at the Governor's Mansion. Just after signing and leaving the house, someone came to Vanderlin and muttered.
Fan Delin glared at Kuang Hong: "You don't mean what you say!"
Kuang Hong innocently said: "No.
At this moment, many Han Chinese in Batavia City rushed to the pier with their families. They lined up in a long line at the pier, registered as a family, and immediately boarded the ship to take them back home for free.
And as the news spread, more and more Han people came, and in a blink of an eye there were more than 2,000 Han people.
When Vanderlin learned of the situation and failed to gain favor from Kuang Hong, he immediately ordered: "No ships are allowed to leave the port, and all residents of Batavia must disembark!"
Kuang Hong asked: "What reason do you have for doing this?"
Vanderlin said; "I am the Governor, and my orders are the reasons!"
Kuang Hong said: "If this is the case, in return, we will detain every Dutchman who comes to China in the future, and no one will be allowed to leave China again! Can you really keep these Chinese people? The Chinese court only needs to say to the maritime merchants,
How much tax can be deducted by bringing back a Han? The Chinese here can definitely go back on merchant ships. Why do they want to leave? Because the tax here is too heavy! Not only is the tax higher than that of the Dutch, it is even much higher than that of the native Javanese!
"
Guang Kuanghong glared at Fan Delin: "This kind of behavior is an insult to His Majesty the Emperor! In your eyes, who are the Chinese? Are they inferior to the natives of Java? Why only impose heavy taxes on the Chinese?"
Of course, the Chinese people are hard-working and can survive heavy taxes.
Moreover, as long as you convert to Christianity, the Chinese can get some tax exemptions, which forces the Chinese to change their beliefs.
In order to pay less taxes, many Chinese were baptized into Christianity, but more Chinese would rather suffer poverty than convert.
Vanderlin said: "The tax amount issue is an internal matter of Batavia. Now it seems that there is something wrong. We will adjust it after we have a meeting to discuss it."
How to adjust?
Of course, we need to impose heavier taxes, step by step push the Han people to the limit, and force all Han people to become Christians. Those who refuse to convert are still thinking of China.
He instigated the natives to kill him. Since the Dutch did not do it themselves, everything could be blamed on the Javanese natives.
Kuang Hong said: "Either collect taxes equally, or let them go and stay. It's up to you."
Vanderlin snorted coldly.
Kuang Hong walked to the dock with the contract in hand and watched the Dutch deploy troops to escort the Han people back. He sighed with emotion: "Afraid of power but not moral. It seems that the pain has not been hurt, which is not enough to awe the barbarians."
Kuang Hong boarded the ship and left Batavia to join the fleet in the open sea. He said to Hong Xu: "Return to Banten Port immediately, unload the cargo on the ship, and attack all Dutch ships that can be seen on the sea!"
"Are we going to fight again? Great!" Hong Xu was overjoyed.
As a diplomat, Kuang Hong certainly cannot command the navy. This time, special arrangements were made to give Kuang Hong full authority to act, including a small fight with the Netherlands.
The fleet returned to Banten Port. When Sultan Ageng heard that he was going to cause trouble for the Netherlands, he quickly asked: "Your Excellency, envoy, do you need our help? Although my navy is not strong, I can summon soldiers to siege Jakarta (Badawi).
Asia)!
Batavia was originally the territory of the Banten Kingdom, and they never thought about taking it back.
Kuang Hong thought carefully, nodded and said: "Okay, you call the soldiers immediately, you attack from the land, we attack from the sea!"
Sultan Ageng vacated the warehouse and allowed the Datong Navy to unload and store the cargo.
After unloading, the navy ships traveled lightly and not only intercepted Dutch merchant ships, but also intercepted and requisitioned Chinese merchant ships.
In a word, Batavia will not be allowed to do business normally!
A few days later, the British came to the door and asked happily: "Is China going to go to war with the Netherlands? We in the UK can help. There are two armed merchant ships in the port now, which can join the Chinese fleet. If the war drags on to three
In a few months, Britain will still be able to mobilize armed merchant ships from India!"
The conflict between Britain and the Netherlands in Southeast Asia was particularly intense.
In order to compete for the share of spices, the Netherlands once engaged in massacre and killed all the British on an island. Even now, the Netherlands controls Malacca, and they often attack British merchant ships on sight.
"I really need your help." Kuang Hong certainly did not refuse his friend.
After the British joined, Hong sent people to notify the Sultan of Johor and asked him to send troops to pretend to attack Malacca. There is no need to actually fight, just scare him. At the same time, let Pahang, Dadi and other countries also send troops, anyway, leave
It's not far, and there's no need to cross the sea. Just treat it as an armed training.
A few days later, Vanderlin received a report: "Your Majesty the Governor, our fleet has been attacked. The main force of the opponent is the Chinese Navy, Banten's offshore rowing boats, and British armed merchant ships! Our merchant ship was attacked
One ship was sunk, and three were captured by the enemy! Also, the Chinese merchant ships coming to Batavia for trade are being lured to Banten by the Chinese navy."
"How dare he do this?"
Vanderlin couldn't help complaining that this diplomat was so weird, he was just a crazy maniac.
The treaty has been signed, but some Han civilians are playing such a big role.