Xinshun 1730

Chapter 730
"When the bell rings, there's nothing good. It's either fighting a goddamn war or taking goddamn money."

After going out the door, the neighbors of the same class as Sun Tao let out an exclamation that Sun Tao deeply agreed with.

When the bell rings, it's basically those two things.

In my memory, the only thing that was different was that the previous governor contracted a tropical disease and called all the people in the city of Batavia to pray. It's about the same.

But this is the only different memory, and the impression left on these Chinese is worse than collecting money and fighting.After finishing the blessing, the previous governor was still done. As a result, some people said that it was because the Chinese worshiped gods and were ungodly, which led to the failure of the blessing, and the Chinese were targeted everywhere in the city.

In short, when the bell rings, nothing good will happen, that's for sure.

Like Sun Tao, the Chinese who had paid the poll tax and obtained the residence permit slowly gathered near the Chinese court, nervous about the sound of the bell.This is a place for Chinese internal trials, marriages, and funerals, and the Chinese are very familiar with it.

Sun Tao stood in a place according to the Lei Zhenlan he belonged to, stretched out his head and looked around the court, faintly feeling that the atmosphere was not right.

A dozen or so heavily armed Dutch soldiers stood by the courtroom, and among the crowd, Kapitan's orderlies were there to maintain order.

Beside the Dutch soldiers, all the Chinese in Batavia City, Kapitan and Lei Zhenlan, stood.Next to them, there were also some fierce and strong men, some were domestic servants, some were thugs in casinos and brothels, and some were debt collectors.

A dozen or so Dutch soldiers stood in front, and the leading officer was talking to Kapitan Lian Fuguang, and his attitude was considered very respectful.After all, Lian Fuguang is a Kapitan, and he is considered a captain. In terms of status, he is still higher than a Dutch officer who is in charge of more than a dozen people.

The bell continued to ring, making people's ears buzz.Seeing this posture, the Chinese people present thought that most of the time there was a war, and they didn't know how to do it well. What the hell was the fight?Have a good time, can't you?

The last time the slave labor uprising in the sugar factory outside the city made the Chinese in the city very worried for a few days.First the city was closed, and then they were not allowed to go out, and the weapons had to be confiscated. I don't know if this time will be the same as last time.

Sun Tao thought to himself, but it's also good.The Dutch don't allow us Tang people to serve as soldiers, so we don't have to worry about dying because of the war.

The neighbor standing next to him whispered: "Brother Sun, do you think the rebels from outside the city have attacked? It's a bit scary. The rebels captured Cirebon a few days ago. Can we really attack Batavia?"

Sun Tao said: "Let's have some fun. Fortunately, last time the Wushan Party was cleaned up and sent to Ceylon. Otherwise, these Wushan Party are in the city and cooperating with the rebels outside the city. ?”

The neighbor nodded, thinking it was true.I eat Dutch food, work as a skilled worker in a Dutch workshop, and those who can live in the city basically have a little technology, or contracted part of the land.I just felt that if those people from outside the city came, if the Dutch were driven away, wouldn't they have nothing to eat?

It is said that thieves are like a comb, and soldiers are like a grate, but from the perspective of the Chinese with residence permits in Batavia, the Dutch soldiers are pretty good, and they don't rob in the city.But those rebels outside the city are hard to say. Although I heard that they are a group of righteous bandits, their righteousness is regarded as righteousness to those who cannot pay the poll tax, and it does not have much influence on themselves.

Those Chinese U-shirts and pantsless men in the city before should be regarded as lumpen proletarians.Most of them are expelled slave labor due to the relative excess of sugar production. They have no land, and they have no land when they return to Fujian. move.

For example, grabbing a piece of bread, stealing a bag of rice, forming a group to beg for food, etc.

Although there is a Wuzhimi workhouse in the city, the Wuzhimi workhouse has long since changed, and it was indeed unable to support it at that time.

The Chinese black shirt party and the trouserless man did hang out like Jean Valjean for a while, and they were sentenced to hard labor by the Dutch until death for stealing a piece of bread... But according to the moral values ​​of the Chinese in the city, stealing is indeed guilty.

Therefore, the U-shirt Party, the trouser-less men, and the Boliangan Rebel Army who are now mixed with these people do not have a very good image among the Chinese in the city-neither can they guarantee a job, and they have stolen things. As for those programmatic documents , except for a poll tax, nothing else means much to the Chinese in the city.

First of all, people in the city can afford poll tax.

Secondly, the forced planting system has nothing to do with the urban Chinese.Most of the urban Chinese are small businessmen, peddlers, handicraftsmen, and skilled craftsmen.

After all, because the Hongxi tragedy did not happen, the Chinese in the city are still full of illusions about the Dutch.Their class attributes also determine their desire for stability.

However, all of this, along with Lian Fuguang's "lie", disappeared in smoke.

The Dutch soldiers were right beside Lian Fuguang, but Lian Fuguang didn't care about the presence of these Dutchmen because he knew that these Dutchmen didn't understand Chinese.

"People, something has happened!"

"The imperial court sent troops to Nanyang. The governor of Bacheng was ambushed in Cirebon and was beaten to death by the imperial court. The heavenly soldiers of the imperial court are about to arrive in Bacheng."

"The Dutch are afraid that we will serve as the court's internal response, and they will confiscate your kitchen knives and any other weapons. Let us send a message and order you to wait at home and not to go out, just like the last riot outside the city."

"But this time, it's different. You know, I even have many Dutch friends in Fuguang, and they quietly told me a big event."

"The Dutch want to trick you all into squatting at home. Once the imperial army comes, you will be killed first, so as not to be an internal response. This is called killing a thousand by mistake, not letting one go. After all, the internal response of the imperial court is as long as yours." It's the same, and the Dutch can't tell the difference."

"Besides, that Dutch friend told me that if I really can't keep it, I will kill all the Chinese in the city, rob them of their money, and return to the Netherlands by boat. I will burn Batavia and let the court do nothing. can't get it."

"To be honest, as Kapitan, I have money, people, and many friends. I can also go to the Netherlands with me on board."

"But to be honest, I can't watch the big guy get killed by the Dutch!"

"Simply, I discussed it with these Lei Zhenlans, and I just didn't do anything. The Dutch want to slaughter us, and we can't wait to die. We simply slaughter them first!"

The Dutch soldiers couldn't understand what Lian Fuguang was muttering, thinking that Lian Fuguang was telling the Chinese to stay at home and so on.

The people below didn't get into a mess, but it was difficult to accept the news for a while, and some couldn't believe it.

As soon as the words were finished, the thugs standing next to the Dutch soldiers suddenly took out daggers and short knives, and killed a dozen or so Dutch soldiers with a puff.

These Dutch soldiers didn't react at all. Before they died, they couldn't believe that Jiapitan and Lei Zhenlan, who had always been very loyal to the Batavia government, would suddenly attack.

When the blood spurted out, the Chinese people below also reacted.

They have seen a lot of life and death, how many people will die here unexpectedly?They were not shocked by such bloodshed, but only now realized that it was probably true.

What is Kapitan's identity?Even Kapitan rebelled against the Dutch, it must be that the Dutch are really ready to kill.

Those servants cut off the heads of these Dutchmen, and even Fu Guang raised one of his heads and shouted: "Everyone has a gun at home, take it out. If they want to kill us, we can't just sit and wait for death, we should kill them first." them!"

"The Dutch are nothing to be afraid of. The court killed the governor. Can't we kill the Dutch in the city?"

"In the treasury of the Governor's Mansion, there is a lot of silver. If I really want to strike it down, I don't want any of it. Everyone will share a share."

"Touch your crotch, if you have eggs, follow me! If you don't have eggs, just go home and wait. This is the case today, either our Tang people were killed by the Dutch, or we killed all the red-haired people in the city. Kill all the ghosts!"

After all, Lian Fuguang threw the head of the Dutchman in his hand towards the crowd.

But no one avoided it, and many people still didn't react to this change for a while.Turning his head in the air a few times, the Dutchman's braid made a good suffix. After turning over a few times, he managed to maintain his balance and landed directly at Sun Tao's feet.

A strong bloody smell rushed straight to his nose, and Sun Tao didn't feel that disgusting. The smell was even stronger than this when killing pigs during the Chinese New Year.

He looked down at the head of the Dutchman. He was alive one second, and he looked like this the next.The eyes were open, and the severed flesh was turned outwards, covered with dirt.

Sun Tao tilted his head and looked at it for a while, and finally touched the emotions in his heart. He thought that Mr. Jiapidan found out, if not, would his head be lifted and thrown to the ground like this Dutchman, stained with blood? Mud mixed with blood on the neck cut?
What touched him in the end was Lian Fuguang's last words.

It is really life and death, either the Chinese kill the Dutch, or the Dutch respond and kill the Chinese, there is no third way.

Even Kapitan and Lei Zhenlan killed the Dutchman, which shows how serious the matter has become.

Sun Tao is basically a good man, he does not kill, set fire, steal or rob, and eats by his skills.

But being a good person does not mean that he wants to be thrown to the ground with his head lifted like the Dutchman under his feet.

And the matter has come to this point, even if it is fake, it doesn't matter so much.Kapitan Lei Zhenlan rebelled collectively, and the Dutch will definitely retaliate against the Chinese. Even if it is fake, there is only one way to die.

Gritting his teeth, he looked away from the head of the Dutchman under his feet, thinking that he would no longer eat pork heads this Chinese New Year, which was a bit disgusting.

(End of this chapter)