After coming out of the court, Zhao Xin sent Jiang Asheng away and asked him to go about his business. Then he took two guards for a walk in Bacheng, intending to take a good look at the city.
What is the area of Bacheng that has been talked about for so long? The Bacheng of the 18th century was actually the old city of Jakarta in another time and space, covering an area of 1.3 square kilometers, which is almost equal to the area of three Tiananmen Squares in later generations. According to the standards of later generations
Although it is not a big city, it was considered a first-tier city in Southeast Asia at the end of the 18th century.
VOC developed a fishing village called "Jakarta" into the beautiful city of Bach. The Chinese have made an indelible contribution to this. Even the Dutch themselves admit that without the Chinese, the city of Bach would not be possible.
After renovation, the tall houses on both sides of the canal were distributed by the Military Control Commission last year to immigrant families who joined the security forces and directly owned farms. Two to three families were accommodated in each house, and the conditions were much better than those in Chinatown outside the south gate.
.In addition, the Military Control Commission also helps its single employees find wives.
After wandering around the city, Zhao Xin bought some freshly baked bread and dry rice noodles when passing by the market inside the south gate. Originally, he wanted to chat with those who opened shops and stalls, but there was a problem.
I can't understand the southern Fujian dialect at all, and the locals can't understand the northern Mandarin. It's okay to just point and buy something. If I talk more, it's like a chicken talking to a duck.
“Mandarin education has a long way to go!”
After expressing his emotion, Zhao Xin carried his things and headed towards the Military Control Commission building. Beihai Town's Military Control Commission in Bacheng was actually the former VOC Governor's Mansion. It had two floors, with offices in the front and people living in the left and right wings and the back. In front of the main entrance of the building
It is a large lawn, and on the west side is the Great Dutch Church, which was converted into a hospital.
Speaking of this large dome church with Gothic style built in the 1830s, it is very famous throughout Southeast Asia and even Europe. When ships from far away arrive at Bacheng Port, they will use it as a direction sign. But because
The architect who originally designed the church was a baker by training, which led to structural problems. Historically, in 1808, the church was finally destroyed by an earthquake.
Zhao Xin did not know at this moment that Beihai Town had attracted the attention of the Holy See because of the behavior of expelling local missionaries when expelling the Dutch.
What? You mean France? Hey, during the September Massacre, priests and priests were all targeted.
When he reached the square in front of the Military Control Commission, Zhao Xin heard the rapid sound of horse hooves. He turned around and saw two speeding carriages coming from the port in the north. When the carriages stopped outside the hospital gate, they came from
More than a dozen people jumped out of the second flat carriage, and surrounded the four people who got off the first carriage into the hospital. Among them was a crying woman, although she was wearing a Han woman's cloak and coat skirt.
But because his skin color is very dark, he is very eye-catching.
It’s quite interesting to talk about. Although men from Fujian and Guangdong flocked to Nanyang, basically no one brought a wife, and few women were willing to come. In the entire Bacheng, there was only one person who brought a wife during the Kangxi era. The gender ratio of men to women
It is extremely unbalanced. The scarcity of women of this ethnic group, coupled with the conflict of faith among the Javanese people who believe in Islam, has led to many Chinese workers buying slave girls from Bali and then marrying them into the family. The descendants of these people are also called "Baba"
baba nyonya.
The biggest difference between Balinese women and Han women is that they are shorter and their skin color is darker than that of Han women.
However, due to the disparity in social status between men and women, coupled with the Chinese people's ethical concepts in this era, beating and scolding the wife has become a common thing, without any guilt. In addition, the two poor men started to marry concubines.
, leading to Bacheng men often insulting and beating their wives because of conflicts between their concubines and their first wives.
When Zhao Xin was waiting in court, the case decided in the second court was a divorce lawsuit because of this kind of thing. Huang Mianshe and the others usually tried to persuade people to make peace but not to divorce. If it didn't work, they would decide on divorce.
Zhao Xin found it very strange how these people were dressed. Some were dressed in silk and satin, and some were actually wearing the uniforms of the Green Camp of the Qing Army. He originally wanted Wen Dai, who was in charge of the guard, to come over and take a look, but then he thought
Come to think of it, this guy is also very good at Hokkien.
Coincidentally, at this time, two guys wearing security uniforms and armbands came over from the south. Zhao Xin immediately waved to them to come over. The two security patrol members were stunned at first, but they should pay attention
Behind Zhao Xin stood two tough Bei Haijun soldiers, who immediately trotted to Zhao Xin.
"Can you speak Mandarin?"
The older security guard first stood at attention and saluted, and then replied: "Yes."
"Where are you from?"
"Hu (Fu) built Xiapu."
"what is it call?"
"Reporting to the leader, my name is Cai Qian, and my name is Jinwuzai."
At this time, Zhao Xin's attention was all on the carriage a hundred meters away, and he didn't think much. He nodded and said casually: "Please go to the hospital and have a look. What are the people who went in just now? Why are they still wearing clean clothes?"
Military uniform? I'll wait for you here."
"Su (yes)!"
After the two figures disappeared from the hospital gate for a while, Zhao Xin finally reacted and said in shock: "Xiapu Cai Qian? Holy shit! Isn't this a big trip to the sea!"
On the other end, Jin Wuzi walked and whispered to Cai Qian: "Brother Qian, the officer just spoke like he was setting off firecrackers. Wow, I heard the word hospital clearly."
Cai Qian said: "People from the north speak like this. Chief Wang is also from the north. Didn't he do the same when he lectured us in the past?"
"Brother Qian, we should first ask what the officer does?"
"Your skull is broken! Didn't you see the armbands on the arms of the two soldiers behind him?"
"nothing?"
Cai Qian raised his hand and gave Jinwu Zai a slap on the back of his neck, and cursed: "You are such a fool! You have a tiger head! You can let people from the special operations battalion serve as guards, do you think he can be an ordinary person?!"
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It is said that Wang Yuanfang led 200 special operations battalions to sneak attack Batavia from the land, and captured Dingjia Fort with only 30 men. Later, after defeating the Württemberg Cape Corps and a thousand indigenous soldiers, following
The stories told by Jiang Asheng and other Chinese workers who were present at that time spread throughout Chinatown. Those soldiers of the special operations battalion wearing tiger head armbands and camouflage have become in the eyes of the Chinese in Bacheng, capable of killing people invisible, and even capable of killing people.
One can defeat hundreds of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals. For security teams like Cai Qian and others who are not yet formal soldiers, the people in the special operations battalion are existences that need to be looked up to.
Zhao Xin waited for less than ten minutes before Cai Qian and Jin Wuzai came out of the hospital.
"Sir, those people who came from Hundian are all from Sulanhuang Company."
"Dark shop? Lanhuang Company?" Zhao Xin tilted his head and thought for a while, but there was no memory at all. But at this moment, his interest had turned to Cai Qian.
"Where are you from?"
"Tong'an."
"How many people are in the family?"
"..."
After asking a few questions, Zhao Xin found out that both his parents were dead and he was thirty-one years old. Zhao Xin felt that he was inseparable. The security team member in front of him was most likely the sea pirate in history. He felt that the opportunities in life were really great.
It's interesting, I didn't expect that Beihai Town was recruiting people in Fujian, and they actually got this person.
Then he encouraged Cai Qian and Jin Wuzai to do their best, and then turned and entered the military control meeting. On the second floor, he came to Wang Yuanfang's office. When he saw that the other party was there, he told them what happened just now.
Wang Yuanfang laughed after hearing this, and then told an interesting story about the time when he was recruiting troops. After hearing this, Zhao Xin joked: "Do you think we have all the heroes in the world falling into the trap? There is White Lotus, Wang Cong'er, in the north, and there is Cai Qian, the big sea leader, in the south."
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Wang Yuanfang said curiously: "If you don't tell me, I really forgot. What is Wang Conger doing now?"
"I'm 15, and I entered Lao Yu's cadre school last year. Her mother kept talking about finding her a husband every day, but Teacher Fang disagreed, and the two of them had a lot of arguments about this. Last time I went to see Teacher Fang, within two minutes of sitting down, Wang Conger
Her mother asked me about Xu Funan, she probably fell in love with that boy."
"How old is Xu Funan?"
"17 now."
Wang Yuanfang sighed: "It's so fast, it's been nine years in a blink of an eye!"
"Yes! The little cubs are all going to be adults." Zhao Xin changed the topic and curiously asked Wang Yuanfang: "You are already forty, right? When do you plan to carry on the family line?"
Wang Yuanfang looked proud when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's been five months. You should hurry up and prepare red envelopes!"
"Have you thought about it? If you give birth to a son, your surname will be Wu?"
"Whatever your surname is, he is also my son. You have to call me daddy!"
Zhao Xin chuckled, stood up and prepared to leave, and said casually to Wang Yuanfang: "Hey? I have something to ask you, have you ever heard of Huandian and Lanhuang Company?"
"What?" Wang Yuanfang was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, who told you that?"
"Cai Qian, I asked him to inquire before I came up just now." Zhao Xin then talked about the people he saw.
Wang Yuanfang said: "Don't you know that Fujian people speak the same language as Hu Fu? Those are Pontianak and Lanfang companies!"
Zhao Xin said in surprise: "Is it them?"
"We have special medicine to treat malaria. Now people in Borneo come to see the doctor every month, usually for emergencies."
Having said this, Wang Yuanfang opened his notepad and said after a while: "I found it. On April 5th last year, Luo Fangbo sent a man named Jiang Wubo to come here and wanted to become our vassal state.
.On the 6th, Deng Fei and I sent a telegram to the staff."
Zhao Xin thought about it and had no memory at all. At that time, he was meeting with Liu Sheng and Fan Tong to plan the campaign in Outer Mongolia, and they held closed-door meetings for several days. Maybe he thought it was not important at the time, so he left it.
It's in the back of my head.
"A vassal?" Zhao Xin turned around and sat back across from Wang Yuanfang, narrowing his eyes and saying, "You really dare to show your teeth."
In countless false rumors from another time and space, Lanfang Company was simply praised to the sky. It was called the first republic in Asia, the first Chinese president, and it was rejected when it wanted to donate land to Daiqing. Qianlong was very proud.
Ao, braids are long but knowledge is short of wisdom...it's all bullshit!
You must know that the suzerain-vassal relationship in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was not a vassal state with official officials in the Han Dynasty, but similar to that of Korea, Ryukyu, and Annan in the central dynasty. It was just a title to pay tribute to the vassal!
Wang Yuanfang explained: "So Deng Fei and I met once, and then we asked the staff below to deal with it. Later, Uncle Luo Fang stopped sending people."
At this time, Zhao Xin recalled the previous scene again, and waved to Wang Yuanfang to say goodbye. After standing in the corridor for a moment, he called an officer on duty and gave a few instructions in a low voice. After hearing this, the officer saluted.
Went downstairs in a hurry.
In fact, before Zhao Xin decided to take over Batavia, he had already considered the Lanfang Company that had been established 15 years ago. The reason why he did not contact these people was because he instinctively did not believe that it was a so-called "republic"
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We must know that in the middle of Qianlong's reign, there were more than thirty Chinese companies in West Borneo and Lanfang Company, and there were more than a dozen Huiyang Hakka companies in the area north of Nanbawa and east of Salvage Deer. The largest among these companies
It's not Lanfang, but the Heshun Alliance headed by Dagang Company.
Of course, Zhao Xin believes that some people in later generations said that Lanfang Company was born out of the Tiandihui, which is pure nonsense! Referring to the records of the Beihai Town Public Security Police Department’s inquiries about the remnants of the Tiandihui who defected, Luo Fangbo found that in the 30th year of Qianlong’s reign, Luo Fangbo
When he left his hometown for Borneo in the seventh year, Tixi's son Zheng Ji was still making money by opening a night casino, and the Tiandihui had not spread to eastern Guangdong.
It is said that since the death of King Li of Zhou in 828 BC, the two public servants of Zhou and Zhao established Prince Jing as king, who was Queen Xuan of Zhou. In China's more than two thousand years of feudal history, there has never been a time when "two people have the final say".
The idea that "the emperor takes orders from heaven, and the world takes orders from the emperor" has been engraved in the bones of Chinese people in the feudal era. That is to say, one thing is the same!
Now suddenly a talented scholar from Guangdong appears who has failed many times and went to Borneo to pan for gold. After a lot of beatings and kicks, and a bloody battle with a bunch of illiterate people, this person suddenly became enlightened and said that I can speak alone.
It doesn't work. I want to decentralize power and let everyone sit down and discuss it together. Is it possible?
Not to mention Luo Fangbo couldn't do it, not even Zhao Xin could do it. Even though he knew very well that his abilities were limited, and often traveled between two time and space, and was infected by the modern atmosphere from time to time, his desire to "speak one word" could not be compared to anyone else's.
All heavy!
"Guanzi" says: "If the advantage comes from one hole, his country will be invincible; if he has two holes, his troops will not be able to defeat him; if he has three holes, he cannot raise his troops; if he has four holes, his country will be destroyed."
What I am talking about is the pros and cons of centralization and decentralization. Even in modern times, the boss of any company does not want to have someone who is an equal to him; his subordinates can make suggestions, but it is not up to me whether to use them or not.
Zhao Xin felt that Luo Fangbo had not gone from being brought to the throne to being canonized. If he had been, he would have made him a king, and then he would have summoned the legitimate son of the first wife from Guangdong and passed it down from generation to generation.
The reason why these countries in Southeast Asia are crying and shouting that they want to be vassalized by Qing Dynasty, and even like Ruan Guangping, who even went to celebrate Qianlong's birthday after winning the battle, is because they are just and destined.
However, the problem was that Luo Fangbo was not paid attention to by the leader. In addition, the Sultan of Pontianak was watching covetously inside and the Dutch were aggressive outside. It was impossible for Luo Fangbo to establish himself as king, so he could only make the general system to death.
Not long after Zhao Xin returned to his residence, the previous officer brought the person he was looking for. It was none other than Huang Zhongtong, He Xiwen's hard-core subordinate.
Zhao Xin pointed to the chair in front of him and said with a smile: "Here we go, sit down and talk."
Huang Zhongtong said hurriedly: "I don't dare to do this for a humble job! If you have anything to do, just give me your orders."
Although when he cooperated with the Northern Navy to attack the Hue Palace, Huang Zhongtong had met Zhao Xin and knew that he had no airs and was quite easy-going. However, in his limited understanding, Zhao Xin was going to be the emperor in the future, the real Dragon Emperor. .Who dares to sit down and reply in front of the Emperor?
Zhao Xin smiled and did not force himself, and continued: "I came to see you because I heard that you are very careful in your work. Now there is something important that I need to ask you to do."
"Yes." Huang Zhongtong was extremely excited, thinking that King Zhao personally gave him the task. This is a great opportunity!
"Take a few people to West Borneo and check out the details of Lan Fang Company and Uncle Luo Fang for me."
Huang Zhongtong saluted and said, "Yes! I will investigate this as soon as possible."
Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "I don't want you to be quick, but I want to investigate carefully, including the internal organization of their gold mine and the treatment of the workers."