When more than 300 sailing ships of various sizes that covered the sky rushed towards the enemy ships, and when he saw dozens of fireships igniting raging fires at the same time, You Wenhui felt that his hair stood on end, and he truly felt the influence of history.
The curtain is opening.
These ships fought bravely against enemies from overseas. They were not imperial officers and soldiers, but a force brought together by merchants, hawkers, craftsmen, fishermen, farmers and others from the coast. The China United Company was beginning to take shape.
Organizing them together showed a unique and powerful force for the first time. Of course, all of this is inseparable from Yin Feng, the founder of the company.
The Orange anchored near the Fenggui stern on the southern line of Magong Port. A Jesuit missionary was brought in by the Chinese Company's boat, saying that he was here to convey the negotiating opinions of the president of the Chinese United Company. The Feilong brought a large group of fire starters.
The ship watched the Dutch vigilantly from the perimeter.
The Dutch failed completely. More than 60 people in the landing battle were killed, and the remaining 140 people were all captured. During the naval battle, two Dutch Junk ships, the Chinese-style sailing ship, were sunk, and the Orange was hit in total.
More than 20 times, more than 30 sailors died in the battle, and the Chinese rescued more than 60 others from the sea.
The whole battle was completely initiated by the Dutch, so the Dutch had no conditions to offer and acted completely according to Yin Feng's opinions: Wei Malang personally came to negotiate, and Li Jin followed behind as the general manager.
More than 200 captured Dutchmen were trapped in the landing camp, with two teams of armed escorts monitoring them. The prisoners were disarming themselves and stacking all their weapons on the beach, with secretaries from the Chinese Company counting them.
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Wei Malang landed ashore and was greeted by 10 black-clad guards who were specially selected by Yin Feng. They were full of energy and high spirits. An officer wearing a Spanish-style helmet and Western-style plate armor stopped him.
He picked up Wei Malang and Li Jin and said, "Who are you?"
Li Jin secretly scolded the other party for being pretentious, but on the surface he did not dare to disobey. He hurriedly said: "This is His Excellency Wei Malang, the admiral of the Netherlands Navy, and I am General Officer Li Jin, from Haicheng."
The person who came was Lin Xiao. He looked at Li Jin angrily and blurted out: "Traitor!"
Li Jin almost fainted from anger. He was a very strong person by nature, but now he was in an awkward position. He tried not to get angry and asked forcefully: "Who are you? General Wei Malang is here to negotiate."
, you can only negotiate with your leader."
Lin Xiao looked Li Jin up and down. Unexpectedly, this traitor still wanted to save face and was very tough at heart. He couldn't help but smile and didn't intend to quarrel with him: "Okay, in that case, follow me."
Wei Malang observed the situation on the beach and found that the personnel of the Chinese United Company were handling prisoners, collecting seized items, treating the wounded, and preparing weapons. Everything was going on in an orderly manner. When passing by the landing site camp, he found a few Portuguese mercenaries mixed in.
Among the Chinese soldiers, it can be seen that the main personnel of this orderly army are Chinese, and several junior officers who are giving orders are also Chinese. This dispelled Wei Malang's last doubts; before landing, he also
He believed that there must be a large number of Western military technicians on the Chinese side, so this force would be completely different from the Chinese army he knew. Now, he understood that this force was indeed composed of Chinese.
"General, Your Excellency General!" someone among the captured Dutch soldiers called him. Wei Malang was startled and recognized the voice of his adjutant, Captain Bont, and ran to the beach landing camp to escort the
The Chinese soldier swung his gun and pointed the muzzle at him to block the way. Li Jin quickly stepped forward and said: "The person who shouted is the adjutant of General Wei Malang. Please let them meet!"
The soldier blocking the road had no expression on his face and did not move at all. Lin Xiao spoke: "Forget it, let him pass. The captain has an order to treat the prisoners preferentially, do you understand?"
The soldier shouted: "Yes!" He put away his gun and stood aside. When Wei Malang passed by, he followed him closely.
Wei Malang had no choice but to see the seriously injured Captain Bont under surveillance. A Chinese doctor was bandaging his wound and applying an unknown Chinese ointment.
Lin Xiao followed Wei Malang and said loudly: "Our captain has an order; all injured red hairs must be treated. Haha, you are lucky!"
Li Jin translated his words to Wei Malang. Of course, he automatically ignored Lin Xiao's last words. Wei Malang nodded and said, "Indeed, I see that the wounded here are all well treated, Uncle Jin,
They are civilized people, thank them for me."
Along the way, Wei Malang saw the corpses of Dutch soldiers being neatly stacked on one side, and someone was covering them with cloth. On the other side, hundreds of Chinese armed personnel were forming a team, and all the soldiers moved in a uniform manner amidst the sound of the command.
He was a regular military officer of the Dutch Republic. The further he walked, the more frightened he became; this is a well-disciplined army. I wonder how the leaders of this army will treat us prisoners of war?
"Uncle Jin, do you think they won't massacre our prisoners of war like the natives of Nanyang?" Wei Malang asked involuntarily. Li Jin stopped, looked at him strangely, and replied: "I don't think so.
We Chinese will not kill people in the name of infidels like the Portuguese. You should rest assured of this!"
In front of the Mazu Palace camp, there are two rows of black-clad soldiers with live ammunition. The Chinese United Company's Chinese flag on a blue background is flying high. Four 3-pound cannons are placed at the entrance of the camp. Three of them are Barada captured from the Dutch.
Brother Si had been waiting at the door. At this time, he stepped forward to greet Wei Malang. While making the sign of the cross, he smiled and said to him in Spanish: "General, your subordinates are all treated well. These Chinese are more civilized than the Spanish."
Alright."
Wei Malang was very wary of this Portuguese Jesuit missionary, because they and the Spanish were both "Spanish". Moreover, when the Dutch attacked Macau a few years ago, the Portuguese wantonly massacred 10 Dutch prisoners of war.
Wei Malang originally wanted to bring the chaplain to participate in the negotiations, but Baradas sternly refused when he conveyed Yin Feng's order. In fact, Yin Feng did not say that the Dutch chaplain was not allowed to participate in the negotiations. It was Baradas who advocated that only Wei Malang
Lang personally participated. In Father Baradas's eyes, the Dutch were always pagans.
Baradas was about to lead Wei Malang into the camp, but was blocked by a strong and strong young man who had just appeared. Yan Siqi said in a rough voice: "The big boss has an order, and the red-haired barbarian negotiators are waiting at the door first.
The big boss is still receiving other people."
Yin Feng is indeed receiving other important people.
These inconspicuous businessmen in front of me represent the seven major merchant families of Zhangzhou Haicheng and Quanzhou Anhai, including Zheng, Huang, Li, Zhang, Lu, and Shi. They arrived in Taiwan last night and were in a hurry today.
The purpose of rushing to Penghu was to persuade the China United Company led by Yin Feng, Huaxing Alliance, not to conflict with the Dutch. Han Ping was also accompanied by Han Ping. Within China Company, Han Ping was not the only one who opposed
The major shareholder who went to war with the Dutch, but everyone else knew Yin Feng's tough attitude on foreign affairs and did not say anything even if they knew it; moreover, they also blindly believed in Yin Feng when it came to dealing with foreign barbarians, thinking that he would always find a way.
Deal with the problem of red hair.
Now, these businessmen who tried to persuade them to make peace arrived too late. By the time they arrived at Penghu, the Dutch had already surrendered.
This makes their mission very embarrassing. These people are all executives in their family businesses, and some are leaders in their family businesses, such as Huang Cheng, a big businessman in Nan'an, Quanzhou, who does business in Macau and has been to Manila.
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When Yin Feng heard Huang Cheng's name for the first time, he always thought that he had heard of this person somewhere, and he couldn't remember it for a long time.
"...Captain Yin, big boss, we are all businessmen. When doing business, making money is the first priority. Wearing Dutch red hair is just for business. It is a great advantage for us and other merchants to go to sea. We are now
I’m afraid it’s not good to treat them like this, right?”
The one who spoke was Huang Cheng, who seemed to have become the spokesperson among these businessmen. Han Ping, who accompanied them, hid his fat body in the corner and remained silent.
This is the Mazu Palace camp of the escort team. Yin Feng sat behind a simple table, looked at the representatives of the seven major merchants in front of him, and said with a cold smile: "So, what should we do now? I have defeated the red-haired barbarians, and their general will soon
What should I do if you come here and surrender to me?"
"Let them go, compensate them some money, and they will probably do business with us. If the red-haired barbarians refuse to give up, it will be inconvenient for us to do business in Nanyang. It will be too troublesome!"
Huang Cheng's main business is in Macau, but he doesn't want to let go of business in Nanyang.
"That's right, Dadong Yin's family, if these red-haired barbarians cause trouble, the imperial government will be unable to do anything about them. Then there will be a sea ban, and it will be our merchants who suffer the most!" The Zheng family, a big businessman in Anhai, Quanzhou, spoke.
"It's really strange. Why can't we do anything against them? Look at it now, but we have won and the red-haired barbarians have been defeated." Yin Feng is not surprised that these businessmen spontaneously came to speak for the Dutch. Indeed, the Dutch can give
These businessmen bring more money. Businessmen have no motherland, and people all over the world in this era do not have any modern concept of country. Yin Feng understands this very well: he accuses these businessmen of having no concept of country and trying to please foreign invaders.
These are all playing the lute to a cow, and they have no relevant concepts at all.
Huang Cheng stood up, swayed his thin body, and said excitedly: "Captain Yin, you are a hero with great righteousness, but you don't know how to keep a low profile. You fought a vigorous battle with the red-haired barbarians. Although you won, you still can't.
What will the government think of you? If the Hongmao Yi stop doing business with our Ming merchants, not only our seven merchants will suffer losses, but too many people will be involved in the entire southern Fujian coast and Guangdong. When the time comes, they will
Let’s unite with the government to deal with you!”
Yin Feng smiled, not caring at all about this level of threat: "Mr. Huang, have you also invested in our China Company?"
Huang Cheng's face turned red, and it took him a long time to speak: "Yes, I have 5,000 taels of shares. I was encouraged to buy them by a distant cousin of mine."
Yin Feng stood up, came to Huang Cheng, and saluted. Huang Cheng was confused and quickly returned the salute: "Yin Dongjia, what does this mean?"
Yin Feng said solemnly: "You are a shareholder of my company, so naturally you are part of my family. What you said today is for the long-term interests of the company and is well-intentioned. I understand."
He was thinking in his mind: I guessed it, it turned out to be true! Of course, it is understandable that Huang Cheng is worried about his 5,000 taels of silver.
He paused, pointed in the direction of the sea and asked, "Which of you has ever dealt with the red-haired barbarians?"
Everyone shook their heads together and looked at each other.
Yin Feng sneered and said: "I grew up in the West. You must have heard of this, right? I have known since I was a child that whether it is a red-haired person, a French person, or a Luzon-related person,