1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 222 Ultimatum
"Why did those Annan people come to our place to provoke?" Cao Xiong boarded the pier of Xinshengbao, and after seeing Hu Pingjiang, the first thing Cao Xiong said was to ask about Annan's ship.

Several warships of the Hanhe Fleet drove away more than a dozen naval ships of the Annan Ruan family like ducks, and chased them for a while, or sank, or sank eight or nine ships, and the remaining ships hurried to the south The sea area fled.

"Commander, we didn't provoke those Annan people. It was the Champas who attracted them." Hu Pingjiang said, pointing to a few Champas not far behind.

After hearing Hu Pingjiang's narration, Cao Xiong frowned and looked at the Champa envoy He Liba who came over.Damn, you actually want to use us Hanzhou people to deal with Annan.He waved his hands, ignored He Liba with a cold face, and walked straight to Xinsheng Castle with the people.

The fleet rested on Xinsheng Island for five days, then set sail and headed for Batavia.

After more than ten days, they arrived at the sea off Batavia.Although in Cavite, Hanzhou covered up the fact that the shipyard craftsmen and entertainers were robbed by a massacre to vent their anger.However, there is no guarantee that if the news leaks, the Dutch in Batavia will be kept in trouble. The three armed merchant ships including Cao Xiong did not dare to stay here, and went directly south, passing Batavia.

"Commander, we should ask the Dutch for one or two more captured merchant ships," Cao Xiaoshuan said.

In this attack on Luzon, the Han and Dutch fleet captured four Spanish merchant ships and captured three ships at the Cavite shipyard, while Hanzhou only had two of the slightly larger merchant ships.

"With these hundreds of shipwrights, we will have many big ships in the future." Cao Xiong said with a smile.

"We are so satisfied with the two merchant ships we have been allocated. As long as those Dutch people think about it a little bit later, they will know that Hanzhou must have obtained something worth much more than the two merchant ships." Cao Xiaoshuan said softly.

Cao Xiong was taken aback when he heard the words, and then came to his senses, "Hey, it's because I didn't think properly."

Last year, they attacked Aceh with the Dutch, but only captured two Persian boats at the port, and Hanzhou was going to fight for it.Now in Luzon, the two families have captured a total of seven medium-sized merchant ships, but Hanzhou politely only needs two.After the incident, the Dutch will definitely wonder what Han Zhou got.Just relying on Major Dachman Barek's cover-up, I'm afraid some things may not be hidden.
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"In view of your Hanzhou's unprovoked invasion of the colonial territory of the Kingdom of Portugal, as the kingdom's fully appointed governor on the island, I hereby inform you and others. The Hanzhou personnel and armed forces must withdraw from this place within a period of time, and deal with the previously caused Portuguese Kingdom. The loss of the colonial possessions shall be compensated..."

On January 1638, 1, a Portuguese armed merchant ship came from Xinxiang Castle on Timor Island. They put down a small boat, carrying five or six sailors and colonial officials from Dili, and rowed along the river toward Xinxiang Castle.

Seeing that the people on board were not carrying any weapons, Chen Dalang ordered people to put them on the wooden pier near Xinxiang Castle.

The Portuguese were surprised when they saw the tall and complete walls of Xinxiang Castle, as well as the numerous artillery. It seemed that it was different from what they expected when they came here!

After entering the city, several Portuguese people became more and more surprised. There were at least nearly a thousand people in the city, and there were more than 200 musketeers.The defense capability of this fortress is probably no less than that of Oecussi and Port of Dili!

However, after seeing Chen Dalang, the representative of the Portuguese governor in Dili still pretended to be tough and read the governor's ultimatum aloud.

A Ming interpreter from Haojing (now Macau) was a little nervous and curious. He stammered and repeated the ultimatum read by the Portuguese, and then hid behind the Portuguese.

After listening to the translator's translation, Chen Dalang felt that he had heard it wrong.The Portuguese in the dog days sank the immigration ship in Hanzhou outside our Xinxiang Fort, killing more than 50 people.We haven't settled with you yet, but you still come to us, warn us, let us quit Xinxiang Castle, and pay you damn compensation!
"Is there any more?" Chen Dalang asked coldly.

Seeing all the Hanzhou officials and soldiers glaring at them, the Portuguese felt a little flustered.These orientals, don't act like barbarians and kill them all in a fit of anger.

"And... release the Portuguese who we came here to communicate with each other last time." The representative of the governor hesitated and said loudly again.

"Communication?" Chen Dalang felt absurd, and co-authored, the last time you held guns and swords, did you come to our Xinxiang Castle to communicate?

"If we don't want to leave Timor Island, what do you think?" Chen Dalang sneered and asked in a deep voice.

The Portuguese on the opposite side exchanged a few words in a low voice and were about to speak.

"The sailors who invaded our Xinxiang Castle last time did hard labor in our city to atone for their sins, so you want someone? Why!?" Chen Dalang said.

"If you, Hanzhou, reject the ultimatum of our lord governor, you will face punishment from the Kingdom of Portugal, or even war!" said the representative of the governor of Dili.

"Since you sank our Hanzhou immigrant ship and killed more than 50 people, our two sides have started a war." Chen Dalang said solemnly: "You wait in the north, we will come to find you."

"Can I take your words as a declaration of war against the colonial government of the Kingdom of Portugal in Oecussi?"

"What do you think?" Chen Dalang said, "You guys are the ones who did it first!"

The representative of the Portuguese Governor shrugged, "In this case, I will return to Oecussi and reply to our Governor." Then, he looked up at several officials in Hanzhou Xinxiangbao, "Unfortunately, gentlemen, we Now in a state of war. Good luck!"

Watching the Portuguese go out of the city gate and return to the pier to take a boat.

"You idiot, I'm afraid you won't dare to come!" Chen Dalang spat towards the city.

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"Still unable to catch that native named Tolukabesi?" Anthony Van Daiman, Governor of the Netherlands in Batavia, frowned and asked.

"Your Excellency, this native named Turukabesi is very cunning. It is believed that he may have fled to the interior of the island. He gathered hundreds of mobs and relied on the dense jungle to attack our trading posts and Company staff." Tex Winter, the governor of the Dutch East India Company in Ambon Island, said: "Our strength on the island is obviously insufficient, and we can only station a limited number of commercial strongholds."

"What's the attitude of those tribal chiefs on the island? Are they secretly cooperating with those rioting natives?" Governor Daiman asked.

"They may not dare to support them on the surface." Tex Winter said: "But..., but they are somewhat dissatisfied and complain about the company's policies. Some tribal chiefs are secretly supporting those rioting natives, for sure There is."

Governor Daiman paced slowly in the room, thinking about how to deal with this situation.

The cause of the native riots on Ambon Island is very simple, that is, the Dutch East India Company's strict trade blockade policy and the monopoly purchase price policy of reducing production and increasing prices.

After the Dutch drove off the Portuguese and the British successively, they completely controlled the entire Spice Islands (Maluku Islands). They prohibited the tribal natives on each island from selling spices to merchants in other countries and regions, and only allowed Dutch business stations be acquired.The prices given by the Dutch East India Company were extremely low, and they often defaulted.

The monopoly policy of production reduction is to increase the terminal price and artificially reduce production. The Dutch forced the tribes of the archipelago to cut down a large number of spice crops.At the same time, in order to control the economic lifeline of each island, the cultivation of spice crops on each island was forced to be monotonized.

On Ambon Island, the Dutch stipulated that the local tribesmen could only grow cloves, and other spice crops such as cardamom had to be eradicated.

The tribes of the Spice Islands, not to mention the natives at the bottom, but most of the tribal chiefs were extremely dissatisfied with the Dutch trade blockade and monopoly policy.In 1636, some natives could not bear the oppression of Dutch colonial officials and rose up to resist.

They attacked Dutch trading posts and personnel, and smuggled the backlog of spices on the island to other islands and regions.Local Dutch colonial officials initially tried to appease the rioting natives to stop the attacks.

However, they simply ignored the free trade policy proposed by the natives.As a result, the riots among the natives in the Spice Islands intensified, and finally some could not be dealt with, so they had to ask for help from Batavia.

At this time, Colonel Aryan Van Dijk, commander of the Batavia fleet, walked in with a solemn expression.He went to Governor Daiman and whispered a few words.

Governor Daiman's face suddenly became very ugly, and he stared at Colonel Aryan Van Dijk fiercely, "This failure of your navy will make the entire company and even the Inter-Provincial Republic a shame!"

Governor Daiman walked back and forth a few steps irritably, then stopped, and then asked: "Then can our remaining two warships and the army retreat safely to Batavia?"

Colonel Aryan Van Dijk was sweating a little. Seven armed merchant ships were annihilated by the Spaniards. The life and death of the commander was unknown. It was indeed a shameful defeat.

"They...should be able to withdraw safely." Colonel Aryan Van Dijk said bravely.

"It's best!" Governor Daiman said seriously: "If we fail again, then I will think that all the officers of the Batavia Fleet are dereliction of duty, or even incompetent."

Colonel Aryan Van Dijk's face was pale. He understood the subtext in the governor's words. If news of the failure of the expeditionary fleet came again, all their officers might be dismissed and sent to the Netherlands.

"Winter, issue an ultimatum to all the tribes and natives of Ambon Island. Anyone who secretly supports the riots of the natives will be hanged; if the riots of the natives fail to subside automatically within three days, they will all be wiped out; Trade control policy, once discovered, will be hanged." Governor Daiman said decisively.

(End of this chapter)