The China United Company or Yin Feng's purpose for the development of Nanyang is very clear, which is to control and develop the vast areas of Nanyang. This is the first time that the Chinese have organized immigration and development of this area under the protection of armed forces.
The Chinese are no longer the scattered individuals who went to Nanyang as before, nor are they good-tempered Chinese businessmen who have endured humiliation and humiliation. Today, the Chinese Company is an emerging force that has defeated the old colonizers, the Spaniards.
The company's confidence is rising.
In response to the provocation of the small princely state, the Chinese Company was not polite and immediately dispatched 300 escort soldiers. With the assistance of friendly indigenous tribes, they traveled deep into the tropical jungle and joined forces with indigenous friendly forces from several nearby tribes to defeat the troublesome princely state in one fell swoop.
Destroy the country.
In early 1608, the Dyaks attacked a team of gold mine surveyors of the China Company, and a Dominican missionary who served as an engineer was killed. At this time, Mai Xiaoliu had returned to Nanyang from the Philippines and resumed his duties as chief of staff of the China Company.
The Nanyang Director of the Company's Military Intelligence Department; at the same time, he was also the Nanyang Regional Director of the Security Department of the China Company. After hearing the news, he immediately dispatched the escort team of Nanya Prefecture, with two outposts of 500 soldiers, and three small bronze cannons.
With the cooperation of more than a thousand indigenous auxiliary soldiers who arrived, an encirclement and suppression was launched in the primeval forest area where the Dyak people lived.
The Dyak headhunters, who did not know the power of firearms, gathered warriors from dozens of villages and challenged the Chinese and indigenous coalition forces head-on in a river valley. As can be imagined, the Dyak people suffered heavy losses, including several villages.
Almost all the men died.
Today, Nanya State in West Borneo (West Kalimantan) has become an important military stronghold of the Chinese United Company in Borneo. It has established three forts and a five-mile square civil structure fence wall on the coast. Here
It is also the trading center for Chinese settlements in West Borneo and the Malay kingdoms in the interior of Borneo. It is also the largest gold production center for Chinese companies.
The social and economic situation of Fujian with more people and less land makes it easy for Chinese companies to organize large numbers of immigrants to go overseas. Compared with other areas of the Malay Archipelago and Indonesian archipelago, the natural conditions in West Kalimantan are relatively harsh, but the Chinese are
The most industrious nation, in just two years, because of the Chinese company's strong financial, material and military support, about 20,000 Chinese immigrated to West Borneo in an organized manner. In addition, more than 10,000 voluntary immigrants
For the Chinese people in the coastal areas who came here, within two years, the gold here quickly became one of the important incomes of the China United Company. Most of the mining rights of the gold mines were owned by the China Company, but the China Company also took some areas
The gold mining rights are sold to other businesses in the form of licenses.
In other areas of Southeast Asia, because the Dutch and Portuguese arrived before the Chinese companies and occupied some key locations, the Chinese tended to cooperate with the Dutch in such places. In the Aceh area, the Dutch occupied it very early
The seaport stronghold in southeastern Aceh originally occupied by the Chinese Company's pirates was later recaptured by the indigenous people due to their weak strength. The Dutch could actually only control one port. After the Battle of Manila, the Chinese, who strengthened their armed forces, returned to the port.
Returned to Aceh and cooperated with a Dutch fleet to conquer the area around Aceh again; the Chinese company and the Dutch divided the land of Aceh; the port belonged to the Dutch and the surrounding land belonged to the Chinese.
When the Dutch came to Asia, they first captured Denadi in the Maluku Islands, Aceh in Sumatra, etc. In 1605, the Dutch East India Company expelled the Portuguese from Ambo Island and established fortresses and merchant houses. After that, the Dutch East India Company Indian companies are bent on conquering the island of Java, and Jakarta is their main target.
There were thousands of Chinese living in Jakarta earlier. After the Dutch signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese company, they used favorable conditions to attract Chinese businessmen to come to Aceh and Java to do business. The Chinese also had good relations with the indigenous people of the local state in Jakarta. After the Chinese Company's First Battle of Penghu, Yin Feng and the Dutch cooperated happily and entered a "honeymoon period." Since the Dutch treated the Chinese more favorably, the Chinese immigrants on Java took the initiative to help the Dutch attack Jakarta.
Among them, Zeng Erjiao, a Chinese pirate living in Jakarta, took the initiative to organize a Chinese auxiliary force, joined the Dutch army, and participated in the battle to attack the state of Jakarta. The Chinese company entered the Java area under the name of the year before last. Yin Feng called on Fujian After the coastal pirate gangs moved south, the Chinese Company established a commercial center here.
In June 1608, with the help of the local Chinese, the Dutch occupied Jakarta ten years earlier than another historical time and space, and renamed it Batavia as the official residence of the Governor-General.
A large part of the credit for the occupation of Jakarta belongs to the Chinese Auxiliary Army. Some of these troops were selected from the escort by the Chinese Company and joined the Dutch army as sentry units. Yin Feng did this to train his troops' overseas combat capabilities. It was also to familiarize his armed forces with Batavia's geographical environment.
At the formal opening ceremony of the Governor's Mansion, "Kapitan" Li Jin, the leader of the Chinese immigrants appointed by the Dutch, business representatives from the Chinese Company and others sat next to the Governor of Batavia, while thousands of Chinese immigrants cheered around. Dragon lantern dance, lion dance and other celebration activities were carried out lively, and countless indigenous people and Dutch immigrants were watching curiously.
Van Leyden, who had just returned from Taiwan, was already a major and served as the commander of the Batavia city defense. Da Yuge, who had been sent to Taiwan as an envoy, was now the governor of Batavia, and Admiral Metliffe was the commander of the Batavia city defense. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Viceroyalty of Davia.
Van Leyden stood on the newly built fort and looked at the happy crowd, with a very serious expression on his face.
Next to him, it was his boss, Admiral Metliffe, the commander of the East India Company's fleet. This big red-haired man was looking at the Chinese dragon dance team passing by with his lips curled up.
"What a strange people, Leiden, are their carnivals always so noisy,"
Van Leyden smiled bitterly: "Don't you see, this pagan dragon is their most sacred animal. I often saw scenes like this when I was on Formosa Island,"
Metliff shook his head: "I don't think the resolution of the company's board of directors is wise. You see, there are thousands of Chinese here, and we in the Netherlands only have more than 300 people. The local director of the Chinese company can still enter the parliament. This is simply allowing the Chinese to control everything. I don’t know whether the real masters of Batavia are us Dutch or these Chinese,”
Van Leyden sighed and said: "Now Zhonghua Company is our largest supplier and distributor in Asia. The company's board of directors will never fall out with Zhonghua Company over this,"
Metliff sneered: "Profit, yes, profit, why was the East India Company created? Isn't it just to make money? But, dear Colonel Leighton, do you think these Chinese will really not threaten the security of our colonies?" ,"
Leiden hesitated for a while and said hesitantly: "General, judging from the current situation, it should not be possible."
"What is the current situation? Major, look at these reveling Chinese people. This is Batavia that we have been attacking for six years, but what else here belongs to the Dutch? There are Chinese merchant ships outside the port. They have a monopoly. We raised the price of the goods and earned a large amount of hard currency from the East India Company. What did we get? Did we earn labor fees after sailing thousands of kilometers and transporting the goods to Europe and selling them?"
Van Leyden smiled bitterly: "That's not a lot. The company's profits have doubled in recent years."
Metliff continued to sneer: "Humph, I will propose a motion at the annual meeting of the East India Company. As a precaution, at least all Chinese should be moved outside the city to live."
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On a Malacca merchant ship at the port of Batavia City, Yuan Jin, Li Zhong, and Li Huayu were watching the people coming and going at the dock.
Yuan Jin said in a disdainful tone: "Look, half of the merchant ships here belong to the China Company. This guy Yin Feng can stretch his hands really long."
Li Huayu was completely dressed as a Malay, and his skin had been tanned under the tropical sun all year round. He smiled coldly and said, "Don't worry, Bage, Yin Feng's people don't have much influence here. The Tang people here are all According to Uncle Jin, only Uncle Jin can speak well in front of the Dutch people,"
"Uncle Jin, it's Uncle Li Jin. We heard about him when we were in Fujian, and we also know Brother Li. It's a pity that Brother Li doesn't want to come to Batavia with us..." Li Huayu sighed.
Yuan Jin patted the bow of the boat and sneered: "Brother, this is also for our sake..."
Li Zhong snorted with his nose and said: "How do you say this? The eldest brother left us behind and followed Yin Feng's boat to Europe. Why did he still think about us? Remember when we started our business with the eldest brother? "Although I have narrowly escaped death several times, I have never been so dependent on others. I can't figure out why Brother Li is unwilling to take us to Nanyang to conquer the world."
Li Huayu smiled bitterly and said: "It's not because of my sister Lihua...she..."
Yuan Jin interrupted Li Huayu impatiently: "Don't worry about this fake foreign woman. She has long forgotten who supported her. In my opinion, Brother Li doesn't want to come out to be our leader. It's really for our sake." Okay; he gave us all the money stored in Malacca, which is proof. He must have something to hide. I think Yin Feng’s men must be monitoring him. If he openly falls out with Yin Feng, the people from China Company They will definitely hunt us down,"
Yuan Jin slapped the bow of the boat hard and said through gritted teeth: "Now that we have reached the territory of the Dutch, Yin Feng can no longer cover the sky with one hand, so we will use the money left by our eldest brother, and you, brother Huayu With our financial resources, we have created a world in Batavia. One day, we will drive the blue flag of China Company out of Batavia."
Within a few days, in the Business Management Office of the Governor's Palace in Batavia, a new Chinese firm was established; Huatian Trading Company. The firm had four original Chinese shareholders, among whom Li Huayu was a Chinese from the Portuguese colony of Malacca. , was elected as the big boss, the shopkeepers are Yuan Ba and Li Jiu,