1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 254: Another Ultimatum! (one)

"You Hanzhou only have three days to reply, agree, or refuse."

Qi Dajiang nodded expressionlessly, stood up, turned around and walked outside the negotiation room.The officers and soldiers of the navy behind them also stared hard at the Dutchman on the opposite side, and followed them out of the room.

"Gentlemen, the Hanzhou people seem to feel hurt." Senard Karamet, the senior commercial counselor of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia, said with a smile.

"Of course, after talking with us for more than a month, all their requests were rejected by us. I think they must be very depressed." A Dutch naval officer said.

"They won't make irrational decisions, will they?" A Dutch naval officer who once joined forces with Hanzhou to attack the Philippines asked, "After all, they still have certain strength."

"Hehe..., for those ships in Hanzhou, we only need one battle to finish them off," another naval officer said.

"So, even if Hanzhou is dissatisfied, they have to give up Dili City on our terms."

"It's a pity that the wealth accumulated by the Portuguese in Dili City may have been transported away by the Hanzhou people."

"Yes, in the past few days, three ships have come to Dili City in a row, and they are probably carrying supplies back to their Hanzhou. What a pity, it seems that we have obtained a Dili City that is about to be evacuated."

"Lieutenant Florent, you have been in contact with Hanzhou for the longest time. Do you think they will turn against us after they hand over Dili City?" Senard Karamet asked.

This is the second time Lieutenant Andrew Florent has participated in the negotiations with Hanzhou. The last time, or last year, they negotiated with Hanzhou to attack the Philippines together.This time, they were negotiating on the ownership of Dili City, and the Batavia colonial government put him in the negotiating team. It was supposed to rely on his familiarity with Hanzhou to provide corresponding reference opinions.

However, during the entire negotiation process, the company's business personnel headed by Senard Karamet firmly grasped the dominance of the negotiations, and they would not ask them naval officers at all.Only when threatening Han Zhou did he inadvertently push them to the foreground.

"Mr. Karamet, I think our East India Company may usher in a war." Lieutenant Andrew Florent said with a serious face: "Hanzhou will not give in easily, their commander Cao Xiong He is a leader who is unwilling to be humiliated. Perhaps, they have already begun to prepare for war."

"No, they don't dare." Senad Karamet said: "Aren't they afraid that we will blockade their Hanzhou and let them be trapped to death on that big island? There are also a few of their strongholds far away from the mainland, so they don't worry about being attacked." We break through?"

"Regarding our blockade, although the Hanzhou mainland cannot obtain some industrial products, they can produce the food they need, and our short-term blockade cannot make them yield. As for their strongholds far away from the mainland, they have all built A strong fortress. Only if we pay a very heavy price can it be captured. I don’t know how much our East India Company will pay to blockade Hanzhou. They will definitely fight back, and they will fight back very fiercely.” Andrew Lieutenant Florent said.

"Then we will keep blocking Hanzhou until they surrender!" Senad Karamet was a little annoyed, but also a little inconceivable. The strength of Hanzhou is so weak, could it be that he would really start a war with us beyond his capacity?Even if Hanzhou's army is very effective, but we block you on that "big island", how can you threaten us? ——
"Brother Luo, why are there so many firearms and swords brought in this time?" Hu Pingjiang couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the military supplies on board the ship were being unloaded one after another, "Do we need to buy so much for Zheng Zhilong at once? "

Luo Rucheng arrived on Xinsheng Island on October 1638, 10. A group of four immigrant transport ships, almost half of which were loaded with military supplies such as artillery, muskets, gunpowder, swords, plate armor, and even five horses. , as a means of transportation between the two strongholds on Xinsheng Island.

"We may be going to war with the Dutch, and I'm afraid it will take a year or two to bring you military supplies." Luo Rucheng said, "I'll bring you more at once while there's still time left. No way, The Dutch will come and call your Newborn Island attention!"

"Heh..." Hu Pingjiang sneered, "If the Dutchman dares to come, I can let them meet here and die!"

"I know you have a strong army here, but you still have to be more careful." Luo Rucheng said: "Last year, we had a conflict with the Annan people nearby, and the other party has been holding back their energy to retaliate. So, you have to be careful, Holland People may collude with Annan people to come and beat you. Annan, there are many soldiers!"

"Annan?" Hu Pingjiang was taken aback, "Annan dares to come here, and let them bleed dry on Xinsheng Island!"

"You have a large population here, so you still need to make more preparations." Luo Rucheng reminded again: "This time we will bring back some immigrants who are stranded here, and they will not come here again for at least a year and a half. You also give Zheng Zhilong that While saying, don’t drag people to your place. There are too many people, and food is also a problem.”

"Then I have to go to the opposite Kingdom of Cambodia a few times recently to buy more food and stockpile it. At least I have to prepare food for the previous year."
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Hanzhou, Heishan City, Marine Corps Barracks.

"Have the first and second marines assembled?" Niu Hu asked.

"All have been assembled and are on standby at the barracks." Li Fade replied.

"This time we will move with the attack fleet to Beikoubao (now the small town of Newlandby in northern Australia) to prepare for the future attack on the Dutch stronghold in Southeast Asia. It will take at least a year before we can return. Let officers at all levels pay attention to and appease the psychology of the soldiers below."

"I can save it." Li Fade nodded and promised, "Will the Dutch send warships to block our Jianye City?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Niu Hu said, "Jianye City, Xinxiang Castle, and even the recently conquered Dili City may be blocked by the Dutch. After all, they have a huge number of warships. If they are willing to pay, they can even take More than ten times more warships than our Hanzhou came to block our door."

"Damn it, let them come to land and fight us!" Li Fade cursed depressingly.

"Of course the Dutch don't want to fight us on land." Niu Hu smiled, "It's just like we don't want to fight them at sea.... At that time, follow the attack fleet and destroy a few more strongholds of them. Give them bloodletting, let those bastards know that Hanzhou is not easy to mess with!"
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Jianye City, the civil government building.

"In terms of farming, most of the grain in stock in Jianye Mansion has recently been shipped to places such as Weiyuan Island, Beikoubao, and Weihaibao, so that the above-mentioned areas can have enough grain reserves after facing interruptions in material transportation. Therefore, next season For agricultural production, the planting area of ​​sugarcane will be appropriately reduced, and the planting area of ​​various grain and oil crops will be increased instead.” Qi Tian convened all the civil affairs officials to make civil work arrangements for the upcoming Sino-Dutch war.

"In terms of fortifications, in addition to the normal production and daily necessities, the production of cloisonne, alcohol, and export agricultural tools and tools should be appropriately reduced. Steel, construction materials, military weapons, gunpowder, boats, quilts, fur processing, and other military supplies related to military supplies must be gradually reduced. Increase production."

"In terms of the development of inland settlements, Kaiyuan Fort (now the city of Humpty Doo in northern Australia), Yongxing Fort (now the small town of Adelaide River in northern Australia), and Song Castle (now the city of Catherine in northern Australia) were destroyed by the State of Song built Tucheng), and began to increase development efforts to build more settlements and reclaim more farmland.”

"In terms of the development of the eastern settlements, the immigrants arriving this month will be transferred to Weihaibao and Daxingbao (now Townsville, Australia) to transfer 1000 immigrants. It is necessary to ensure that the food self-sufficiency rate of the two places will reach more than half next year."

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Timor Island, Dili City.

Qi Dajiang solemnly patted Qi Dalu on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Before the deadline set by the Dutch, I left Dili with the fleet. You are here, and you must be careful in everything. In terms of business arrangements, you must You must obey Captain Xu's arrangements, and you must not rely on your uncle to act on your own."

"I can save it." Qi Dalu said.

"The Dutch will definitely become angry if they can't ask for the city of Dili. They may send troops to take it. Although more than 200 township soldiers have been added to the city, the defense is still a little weak. At that time, all the immigrants who migrated here can be organized. Get up, and you can handle emergencies."

"Because the Dutch are in the city, those immigrants have never been trained to defend the city, and I don't know if it can be used." Qi Dalu shook his head and said.

"Don't worry, you have time to prepare." Qi Dajiang said: "We have to prepare for the war, and the Dutch also need time to prepare for the war. I estimate that if we really want to fight, it will be mid-November or December."

"That's naturally the best." Qi Dalu breathed a sigh of relief, "If we can really last until the war in December, we will be able to train the more than 400 immigrants in the city to look like urban and rural soldiers."

"Damn Dutch, I have to teach them a lesson this time!"
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"Since you have not given a definite reply within the time limit specified by us. As the representative of the governor of Batavia, I now issue an ultimatum to you Hanzhou. You must withdraw from the city of Dili before October [-]th. The company’s aforementioned conditions are all valid. If Hanzhou rejects our conditions, after the deadline is reached, all the consequences will be borne by your Hanzhou.” When Senad Kalamet heard that Hanzhou still When it took time to wait for the results of the local discussions, he was a little annoyed, so he directly issued an ultimatum.

Qi Dajiang listened, sat down for a while, looked at the Dutch representative opposite, then stood up silently, and left the negotiation room with a group of Hanzhou navy officers.

Senard Kalamet was stunned. I just announced an ultimatum, why didn't you respond.He couldn't help turning his head to look at the members of the Dutch delegation beside him. Could it be that I didn't understand what I said.

Several Dutch representatives also looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling a bad premonition in their hearts.

"Hanzhou chose war in the end." Lieutenant Andrew Florent murmured.

(End of this chapter)