Xinshun 1730

Chapter 746 Batavia New Deal ([-])

"Of course I support Jinghou. In this regard, Jinghou can believe it."

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Yan gave a very clear answer.

But I thought in my heart, you have been telling me these things from the very beginning. Although you are persuading me, but after thinking about it, it does make sense. You have pointed out the way, why don’t I support it?
Yu Gong, Li Yan felt that this was indeed beneficial to the Celestial Dynasty.

Personally, there are more things to consider.

Liu Yu has been saying that if there is no external expansion, then the fate of the navy is the fate of the treasure ships of the previous dynasty.

When the Nanyang issue is resolved and the outward expansion is no longer continued, the current size of the navy will exceed the standard.If you just want to defend Nanyang, you can still cut off two-thirds of the current navy.

The navy is a gold-swallowing beast, with 30 pounds and one hundred taels of silver for a ton, which is the lowest price.A casual battleship is enough to save a county from disaster.

If it is only for the defense of Nanyang, the navy can be abolished a lot, and it is also convenient for the court to save money.

This is of course not a good thing for Li Yan, the governor of the navy.

Anyone who is a prince, even if he can't be a prince, is still unable to inherit the throne due to factors such as previous religious convictions and physical defects, and he must also consider his own future.

Of course, the more power you have, the better.Especially with so many subordinates, they must be given the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune, and the navy should be reduced. Li Yan, the governor of the navy, has become an empty shell.

According to Li Yan's thinking, if it really fights with the British in India, and even sends the fleet to Amsterdam to help the Netherlands fight against the UK in the future, then of course the navy will have to continue to expand.

In today's world, there are only a few naval powers.If you don't fight these naval powers, how can you, the governor of the navy, have power and military exploits?
During the naval battle before, Liu Yu said that he really wanted to love soldiers, so he spent more money on building ships and improving weapons.

Li Yan thought to himself that it is difficult to love soldiers, but it is possible to love officers. What officers desire is not the three melons and two dates of military pay, but the rewards of war, meritorious service, victory, and the bounty for capturing warships.

If the navy has been lying down since Nanyang, half of it was abolished, and some were sealed up, in the eyes of naval officers... Li Yan thought, then I am a fart.

Thinking again, at this moment, Hou Hou will definitely hand over his gun after this battle.I will fight for military expenses and interests for the navy in the future, so what Jinghou said is a handover before leaving, right?

Thinking of this, Li Yan said again: "I really understand what Jinghou said. And I feel very correct in my heart."

"Any reason for trying to stop here should not be able to convince me. As for Whale Hou's strange plan, I will support it to the end no matter what. Even... I don't hesitate to speak out."

"If you think about your father being kind, generous, loving and wise, you should also know that I am acting out of a public heart, not a private one."

"If Whale Marquis's plan can be achieved, and the Netherlands and France break through Britain and Portugal, and break the British's "Navigation Regulations", I think at least a few million taels of silver can be exchanged every year. civil."

After knowing the plan, Li Yan really supported it.

Whether it's out of the fantasy of a romantic world of great controversy, or out of self-interest, it can be said that among the high-ranking officials in the court, he is most likely to stand firmly with Liu Yu, and he must be the one who ranks first.

From the initial construction of the navy, to worrying about Nanyang, and finally thinking about going out of Nanyang today, and even berthing in Amsterdam in the future to prepare to intervene in European politics by force. This kind of magnificent growth, Li Yan has experienced it personally, and he has also felt the romance in it. , it is difficult to give up.

Liu Yu thanked Li Yan for his support.

"In that case, I would like to thank Your Highness. I am looking forward to the completion of this matter. Even after this battle, I will no longer care about the details of military affairs, but even if it is for His Majesty's money, this matter must continue no matter what."

The whole strategy can be regarded as a drop in the horoscope.For the rest, it is really up to people to plan and accomplish things.

If Dashun can get things done internally, no matter whether he wins or loses, it will completely change the pattern of the world.

Losing, Amsterdam lost its status as a financial center, and financial capitalists ran to London to parasitize in the UK.Capital is parasitic and its magic power is boundless. Britain will usher in a wave of take-off.Taking advantage of Dashun's opportunity to attack the Netherlands, and fully take over the Dutch financial and transportation industries, as well as the market, no one will be able to control it.

After winning, the handicraft production capacity and steam engines of Western European financial capital subordinate to Dashun, and the tide of handicraft products completely overwhelmed the fledgling cotton textile industry in Europe, which still needed protection from high tariffs and administrative orders.

Whether it was fighting Rakshasa or attacking Japan before, compared to this matter, it was really a small fight.

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two months later.

Liu Yu and Li Yan are still living in Batavia Governor's Mansion, but Batavia is no longer called Batavia at this time.

This Asia and that Nia sound like the style of Roman place names.Batavia is the old name of the Netherlands in Roman times.

It is the Batavia of the "Republic of Batavia", which was fabricated by the Dutch elite in an attempt to shape the community, but the Orangemen disliked the legendary republican system of the community and threw out the children with the bathwater. batavinia.

After the Dashun occupation, the city's old name "Jakarta", the city of victory, was not restored.

Instead, it was changed to a rustic name, Coconut Grove City, or Coconut City.

The original Governor's Mansion was also renamed the Java Army Town Yamen.

Like the VOC flags that used to be seen everywhere, they disappeared without a trace within two months.Even though there are Dutch-style buildings everywhere, it already looks like a Dashun city in terms of name.

The plan to siege Malacca has not yet been implemented.Because there is plenty of time in Dashun, Liu Yu still has to treat guests in Yecheng, waiting for the chiefs and nobles from various states to arrive.

Siege of Malacca is a big dish.Now that the guests are still here, naturally there is no rush to start dinner.

In the past two months, the citizens of Batavia have gradually adapted to the various changes brought about by Dashun.

There are good ones and bad ones.

This is a prosperous city relying on transit and foreign trade. Once the transit and foreign trade are separated, the depression is visible to the naked eye.

In the city, it was still in the Chinese community. Unlike last time, this time it was the German Schwarz who invited his friend Sun Tao to dinner.

The cooking level of the Germans is mediocre, but the guests will not complain about the master's craftsmanship.

Schwartz invited Sun Tao to dinner today. One is that he has finally settled down and stabilized, and the fate of these Europeans has also been settled.Therefore, I would like to express my gratitude to my good friend Sun Tao for hanging a piece of silk cloth on the door of his house to protect his good deed during the chaos that day.

Secondly, even he, a carpenter, found a new job and decided to stay in Batavia to continue making a living.

Without the Hongxi tragedy in history, the hidden inner demons were finally not released. Two good friends sat together drinking wine and talked about the changes in Coconut City in the past two months.

Sun Tao picked up the wine first, touched Schwartz, and congratulated him on finding a new job.

"I have long said that if you have a decent craft, you will not be hungry anywhere. You are a good carpenter, and you can eat everywhere. When the Dutch are here, they need carpenters. The Celestial Dynasty also needs carpenters here. So I said Ah, I'm going to send my boy to you as an apprentice carpenter. Learn a decent trade and you won't die of starvation."

Schwartz was also very happy, and with the kindness of giving the red silk cloth before, he quickly agreed.

At first, he was uneasy about the Chinese riots, because with Protestant thinking, it is very likely that they, Europeans, would be massacred.

Catholicism sucks at this kind of thing, but it's not 01:30 better than Protestantism.In Catholic Latin America, there are a bunch of mixed races; in Protestant North America, Indians are basically extinct.

Schwartz thought that he might be killed, but he didn't expect that as Dashun gained a firm foothold in Yecheng, he did not issue a massacre order for two months.

On the contrary, because a large number of warships gathered, he found a new job in the ship repair yard with his carpentry skills, and his monthly salary was similar to before.

Moreover, the prices in Coconut City are still very stable even after the war.What puzzled many people at this time was that after the abolition of all kinds of weird tax packages, the price of fish, rice, shrimp and crab meat did not drop significantly, but remained at a price similar to before, with little fluctuation , There is no scene of a sharp drop in prices after the cancellation of tax packages as people imagined.

Dashun's policy basically treats everyone equally.There is no divide-and-conquer policy like before. Some people pay poll tax, while others don't.It's not that Dashun's side is so kind, but because of Dashun's huge potential immigrant base, there is no need to engage in this kind of governance technique of dividing and provoking conflicts.

Schwartz, a German, did not need to pay poll tax before, and he does not need to pay poll tax now.The money I earn is about the same as before, the price of goods is about the same as before, and my job is about the same as before.

In his eyes, except that Batavia changed his name, it seemed that there was no difference from before.

After agreeing to Sun Tao's request to let his son become a carpenter's apprentice, Sun Tao raised another wish, which seems to be different from before.

"I also have a friend who runs a hotel. He also hopes to let his son learn carpentry. Can you take it with you and ask him to come to apprentice in a few days."

This request made Schwartz feel very strange. Although they are all middle and lower classes in Coconut City, even the middle and lower classes are divided into ranks.

Those who run hotels are still a little higher than those who are carpenters.And when it was still called Batavia, there were a lot of businessmen coming and going, and the small days of running a hotel were very good.

"Being an apprentice carpenter is not a good thing. It's very tiring. If a good hotel is closed, why come to learn carpentry?"

Sun Tao shook his head and said: "People have no long-term considerations, and there must be near-term worries. The days of the hotel are actually good these days. The soldiers and sailors of the imperial court paid their salaries. You also know that the hotels in the city generally do that kind of flesh and blood business. , the sailors and soldiers have been silent for a long time, and they rang again, why not spend it? Now there are princes and marquises in the city, and the soldiers dare not refuse to give money."

"However, what do you say in the future? Who knows that there will be no businessmen coming here often in the future? Those who run hotels and restaurants are all worried about their future life now."

"You know that the city has counted a while ago. If there is no job for the time being, and the life is affected by the war, you can apply for relief rice. My friend doesn't need it for the time being, but if he keeps working in the hotel, I'm afraid he will have to rely on it in the future." I live on relief rice. Whether it will be paid or not in the future is still another matter."

"This is not the land of Jiapitan before. It is being auctioned. If there are Tang people in the city who are willing to farm, they can also buy land around the city. The principal and interest can be paid off in ten years. My friend saved some money before and wants to buy some. , but there were too many people who bought it. He bought one piece, and if he bought more, he would lose his turn. There are many children in the family. Although the land is not big, it is just on the edge of the city. That is to say, if there is too much, I am afraid that it will not be enough when the family is separated in the future."

"That's why he saw that you craftsmen have enough to eat, so he thought about letting his son learn a craft."

"Thinking of the increasing number of warships in the imperial court, the carpenter's skills in ship repairing will definitely be useful in the future."

(End of this chapter)