Yan Siqi didn't understand the deep meaning of Yin Feng's words, but he could tell that Yin Feng was thinking about himself. Indeed, over the years, Yan Siqi's vision has gradually broadened with age, experience and knowledge, and he has a new view of Yin Feng's career. He has recently begun to study seriously at the Chinese Military Academy, and especially likes the world geography classes taught by Western missionaries.
He repeatedly thought about the rise of China United Corporation, and always felt that Yin Feng seemed to be getting more and more unclear.
At first, he felt that such a person who was sometimes soft-hearted, sometimes impulsive, and had no political experience should have such a powerful force at all. Gradually, after extensively understanding the general trend of the world, especially after the return of the European fleet, Ye Hua said that he would bring What he saw and heard made Yan Siqi understand: Yin Feng was seizing the opportunity, an era that was about to undergo major changes.
Now, Yan Siqi understands what he wants to do: he must put aside all unrealistic ideas. The world in front of him needs young people like him to create it.
Two days later, Yan Siqi had already selected the manpower for the expedition to Nanyang from his old troops: 600 capable and tough men, who were going to expedition to Nanyang. The Chinese Company's armed forces would be dominated by the navy fleet, and they would try to solve the problem within two months. For the Dutch fleet, Yan Siqi will lead his men to land on Java Island to open up the situation with extremely limited manpower. In the first two months, he can also get the support of 3,000 sailor musketeers; and when the navy fleet returns to Manila Later, he will independently support the overall situation.
Yan Siqi's advance troops for the expedition to Java had just boarded the clipper ship Starfish. There was a commotion at the Manila Port dock: Yin Feng appeared at the dock and seemed to be about to board the ship. Surrounded by Zeng Jingshan, Mai De and others were persuading something. Yan Siqi said Puzzled, he was about to get off the boat to find out what was going on, when he saw dozens of soldiers from the special battalion boarding his boat, along with An Xiaosi, the Luzon director of the Military Intelligence Department.
"Fourth brother, what's going on? Is the ship owner going to Nanyang too? What are the people from the special battalion doing on the ship?"
An Xiaosi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Something happened to Miss Li. The captain of the ship is clamoring to rescue people personally. These 20 catchers from the special battalion are under your command..."
"What's going on?" Yan Siqi didn't have much affection for Miss Li, who believed in foreign religions, but he had been Yin Feng's personal guard and knew Li Lihua's position in Yin Feng's mind.
"Miss Li accepted the invitation from the Lin family in Surabaya, Java, and went to Surabaya, saying she was going to mediate the grievances between Huatian Company and our Zhonghua family."
Yan Siqi jumped on his feet and said: "People from Huatian Company may not hurt the eldest lady, but the same cannot be said for the Dutch. Damn it, who are the Lin family in Surabaya?"
An Xiaosi smiled bitterly and said: "The Lin family from Surabaya came to make friends with our company a few years ago. It is said that they are the descendants of Captain Lin Feng."
"Lin Feng!" Yan Siqi almost screamed. On the coast of Fujian and Guangdong, Lin Feng, who once attacked Manila, is a well-known pirate senior figure.
"Yes, after Lin Feng was defeated by the Qianlu people in Manila, he returned to Chaozhou and haunted Tuolin, Jinghai, and Jieshi. Later, due to Lin Feng's subordinates, Ma Zhishan, the leader of the second island, and Li Cheng, the owner of the seventh island, Missing his hometown and unwilling to settle in a foreign country, under the deception of Jin Jian who participated in politics in Fujian, his subordinates Cai De, Chen Zhi, and Li Ruiqi went to Chaoyang to be cared for. Although Lin Feng was old, he still refused to surrender to the court, so he left for Xifan without knowing it. In the end, it is said that the Lin family in Surabaya is the direct descendant of Lin Feng. They are quite prestigious in the local area and have contacts with our company and Huatian Company, so they want to make peace between our two families... The ship owner is here, "
A guard in black ran over and said, "You two, the captain invites you to come over."
Yan Siqi and An Xiaosi quickly ran towards the bow, only to see Yin Feng standing on the bow with his hands behind his back, looking at the sea to the south in trance.
Yan Siqi scratched his scalp and sighed: "Ship owner, don't worry, Miss Li has a close relationship with Yuan Jin, Li Zhong and the others, so everything will be fine..."
An Xiaosi also said: "The Lin family in Surabaya will never let anything happen to the eldest lady. This is related to the fact that the Latins are about to invade our Luzon Island. You can't..."
Yin Feng suddenly said: "I won't go to Nanyang anymore."
After all, Yin Feng is no longer the impulsive young man he was ten years ago, so he feels a little ashamed of Cai Cai's lack of calmness and avoids talking about it: "Zhenquan, fourth brother An is going with you on this trip. He has been in contact with the Tang people in Nanyang for many years. Being familiar with local connections can help you, as for..."
After hesitating for a moment, Yin Feng still didn't finish his words. He patted Yan Siqi on the shoulder, nodded and said, "It's up to you. Have a safe trip..."
"Ship owner," Yan Siqi sighed. Yin Feng didn't mention a word about Li Lihua. In Yan Siqi's view, it was a kind of trust in him that did not need to be expressed in words. In fact, it put more pressure on Yan Siqi.
At the same time as the Nanyang advance team set off, the Nanyang expedition fleet commanded by Ye Hua also set out.
Yin Feng watched the fleet heading southeast from the fort of Fort Santiago, and said calmly to Lin Xiao, who had just arrived: "In the future, please hand over the information about the Dutch directly to me."
What Yin Feng didn't expect was that the situation on Java Island had already taken a turn for the worse before the arrival of Yan Siqi's advance team.
In fact, even the Dutch and the people from Huatian Company did not expect the sudden change in the situation.
It all started with the incident at the Chinese Merchant House by the Red River in Batavia.
Li Lihua did not have direct dealings with Huatian Company in Malacca, because with the help of the Portuguese, Huatian Company's branch in Malacca was sealed by the Portuguese colonial authorities on the pretext of "participating in piracy."
The Lin family in Surabaya is serious about mediating the conflict between the two major Chinese companies, Huatian and Zhonghua, while Li Lihua really wants to do more for Yin Feng, and she also holds out a glimmer of hope for reconciliation with her childhood friends Li Zhong and Yuan Jin.
After she came to Surabaya, even though she knew that the relationship between the Dutch and the Chinese company was tense, she still secretly went to the Batavia Chinese Merchant House.
Yuan Jin and Li Zhong also had to give the Lin family some face, so they did not make any announcement about it. Yuan Jin did not want to see Li Lihua, so Li Zhong had to negotiate with Li Lihua alone.
The negotiation location was the Chinese Company's commercial building by the Red River outside Batavia.
The Dutch issued an order the year before last that all Chinese must move out of the city walls of Batavia. This order reminded people of the Spanish in Manila when they drove the Chinese out of the city. The Chinese Company negotiated with the Dutch for this, but Hua Tian However, the company took the initiative to move out of the city. The disunity among the Chinese communities gave the Dutch every opportunity to break through. The other Chinese who settled here eventually moved out of the city. In the end, the Chinese company also had to leave the city and set up shop by the Red River. This business building was built as a half fortress and half warehouse.
Li Zhong led dozens of guards from Huatian Company into the Chinese Commercial Building. More than 100 Dutch soldiers rushed out of Batavia and blocked the door of the commercial building.
The shopkeeper of the Chinese company in Batavia was a Chinese businessman who had lived here for a long time. He hurried to the door to ask, and when he returned to the meeting hall, he nervously said to everyone: "The red-haired official said that there are illegal immigrants in our store. ,requesting to come in and search,”
Everyone looked at Li Lihua, and then looked at Li Zhong.
Li Zhong took a few steps back, raised his hands and said, "This matter has nothing to do with me. I have not disclosed any information about Miss Li to Hongmao Yi."
The black guard captain Magaro pulled out the Japanese sword with a "choking" sound and ordered loudly: "Protect the eldest lady, don't let a Dutchman in,"
Li Zhong retreated behind his bodyguard and said repeatedly: "Miss, I did not do this."
Li Lihua said coldly: "Can you guarantee that all your men will not betray me? Don't you and the Dutch wear the same pants?"
Li Zhong was speechless, just looking around nervously, planning to rush out the door.
At this time, the red-haired soldiers outside had already taken action. This group of red-haired soldiers had just been transferred from Europe and had only been in Batavia for more than ten days on the ship of Vice Admiral Viterte's fleet. They were used to it. Although they were domineering in front of the colonial natives, they didn't think there was anything special about the Chinese company, so they smashed the door impatiently.
The door of the Chinese Company's Batavia Commercial Building was knocked down several times, but what greeted the Dutch were the volleys of gunfire from the black guards. The guards organized in the commercial building also rushed out and dispersed the Dutch in one fell swoop. The pursuit reached the gates of Batavia, where Li Zhong took advantage of the chaos and escaped from the Chinese Merchant Building.
The next day, the Dutch mobilized 300 sailors and 100 indigenous auxiliary soldiers to besiege the Chinese trading house. Li Lihua had already left for Surabaya overnight. The Dutch soldiers immediately fought with the people of the Chinese Company. The Chinese manor near the business building immediately organized the villagers to come to rescue their own people and confronted the local princely state troops who supported the Dutch. However, the Dutch mobilized They hired the Huatian Company's manpower to besiege the business building, and also mobilized the Japanese in Nihonmachi. In the evening, the Dutch used cannons to blast open the door of the business building, killing more than 120 Chinese and more than ten indigenous people in the business building. .
The incident at the Chinese Commercial House in Batavia aroused the indignation of overseas Chinese across Java. Within a month, overseas Chinese in Zapara, Patty, Namwang, Tammu and other places took up arms and concentrated on the estates belonging to the Chinese Commercial House. During the war, they frequently attacked the local Dutch colonists. Officials of Madalan, an indigenous Javanese country in the northern coastal area, supported the overseas Chinese in their anti-Dutch struggle. At this time, Madalan and Madura, another state on the island of Java, were at war. As a result, the Dutch Declaring support for the Madalan people, King Pakubwono I of Madalan, in order to maintain his throne, publicly supported the Dutch colonists on the one hand, and attempted to use the overseas Chinese riot teams to fight against the Dutch army on the other. He promised to the Chinese armed forces that if The Chinese armed forces were able to drive away the Dutch, and they would cede the coastal areas to the jurisdiction of the overseas Chinese. Therefore, the 20,000-strong Mataram army sent to Semarang to support the Dutch army on the orders of the Dutch East India Company secretly joined the overseas Chinese team Shen In the siege of Semarang, in July, the Javanese army in Kartasura, the capital of Mataram, and the Chinese rebels jointly attacked the Dutch garrison, killing all the Dutch officers and forcing the Dutch soldiers to convert to Islam. Cirebon and Residents and indigenous officials in the Briangan region also participated in the anti-Dutch war.
At the same time, the Madura army launched an all-out attack on Madalan, and the Dutch also participated in the attack. The war quickly burned through Java within ten days.