1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 80

As for the difficulties Cao Xiong encountered, in Ludwild's eyes, it was not a problem at all.He called his assistant and asked him to invite Colonel Aryan Van Dijk, commander of the Batavia fleet.

Colonel Aryan van Dijk soon came to Ludwild's office.

"Oh, you are the hero praised by Mr. Ludwig, Mr. Chao!" Ayan Van Dijk looked at Cao Xiong with a smile, um, it was much more pleasing to the eye than that Liu (Xiang).

"Colonel Van Dijk, our Mr. Cao has encountered some small troubles." Ludwild briefly said that several of Cao Xiong's subordinates were arrested by the army in charge of law and order for fighting in the street.

"Oh, what a group of energetic young men!" Colonel Aryan Van Dijk shook his head.Then, he turned and whispered a few words to his adjutant, Captain Ruben Knab.

"Lord Lu, since I can help get the person out, I won't bother you." Seeing that the captain Ruben Knab was about to turn around and go out to handle the matter, Cao Xiong bid farewell to Ludwig.

"Colonel Van Dijk, what do you think of this person? Can you seriously implement the company's various operational instructions?... Oh, don't affect your objective judgment just because he is my savior." Ludwild looked at the already Cao Xiong, who walked out of the city hall, suddenly asked.

"Mr. Ludwild, no one can accurately judge a person's inner thoughts based on his appearance." Colonel Aryan Van Dijk pondered for a moment, and said: "I think we should ensure that they can implement the company's Policy, do some institutional and behavioral constraints and prevention."

"Well, for example..."

"For example, send them a liaison officer?"

"Huh? ... Very good, I will consider this suggestion."

In this era, the colonies of various countries did not have prisons or the like to hold prisoners.As long as you are convicted by the colonial security officials, you will basically serve hard labor, or add a little fine.

The location of hard labor is usually a mine or a plantation.With better luck, those with a shorter period of hard labor may finish the period of hard labor alive.

If the period of hard labor is very long, ten years or more, they will generally die in the place of hard labor.Because, in colonial mines and plantations, the overseers there usually don't treat you as a human being.Perhaps, like the livestock or tools inside, they are just consumables.

Cao Xiong and the others arrived just in time, the Batavia magistrate hadn't dealt with this group of Ming people who gathered to fight.

Captain Ruben Knab, Colonel Arjan van Dijk's adjutant, approached the sheriff and briefly explained his purpose.

Cao Xiong thought that the Western officer came here only to rescue his subordinates.Unexpectedly, this Captain Ruben Knab also fished out Liu Xiang's remnant Lai Si and his party.

"Are you Lai Si?" Cao Xiong saw that Qi Dajiang, Hu Wenjin and others came out, and saw that everyone was fine, so he stared at Lai Si and others on the other side.

Lai Si and his party consisted of more than ten people, with yellow and thin faces, but their expressions looked fierce.

They were besieged by Zheng Zhilong on both sides in Tianweiyang, and they fought fiercely for more than two hours. In the end, Liu Xiang and other backbones were wiped out, and most of the rest surrendered.But still another part took advantage of the gap and escaped.

Lai Si and others escorted more than 20 people in two small boats and fled all the way to Batavia.I stayed in the city for more than [-] days, relying on blowing autumn wind to local merchants from time to time, lingering on hunger and food.

Until one day, they were found by the Dutch, and they promised to recruit and arm them and work for the Dutch.In this regard, Lai Si agreed without thinking about it.To beg for a living at sea, to whom to sacrifice one's life is not to sell one's life!Does it matter what the Dutch want them to do?The key is to feed the men and spend money.

As a result, Lai Si's small maritime armed force was completely included in the Batavia Fleet by the Dutch East India Company and became its peripheral armed force.

However, Cao Xiong and others, who are slightly stronger, have instead become the peripheral force of the Batavia fleet in the form of partners.

Lai Si looked at Cao Xiong, still a little afraid in his heart, not to mention that he and his former boss Kang Yongzu belonged to the rank of big boss, but Cao Xiong's aura of not being angry and arrogant also made him half shorter a body.

"Master Cao, I didn't expect that your old man escaped too! This... this is really... congratulations!" Lai Si said to Cao Xiong with a smile on his face.

"I'm alive, it's all thanks to your Xiang guy!" Cao Xiong said sadly.

"...Xiang Lao, the old man, was killed by Zheng Zhilong." Lai Si was a little guilty. Although it was Liu Xiang's order to abandon Cao Xiong's troops when he encountered the enemy, he, at that time, did not Have you ever gloated?
"Then why didn't you accompany your Xiang guy to die?"

"Uh,...Master Cao..." Lai Si's expression changed, I used to be out of your control, but now that the Dutch are covering us, I won't let you down!What's more, when you were in Zhangpu, your people even beat me up.

"Cao, if it's okay, the man still has to have fun, so I won't talk nonsense with you!" Lai Sihun said generously.

"Dajiang, what did this dog thief tell you, you want to beat him?"

"This dog thief said...he said that my elder brother watched it early in the morning,...he is short-lived!"

When Cao Xiong heard this, he was furious.When Qi Dahai was intercepted by Zheng Zhilong, the ship was sunk, and his life and death were uncertain. This was a faint pain in his heart, and he always felt sorry for the other three nephews.

Now, some people dare to provoke this matter.

"Lai Si, don't let me meet you outside the city, or at sea!... At that time, it will be very difficult for you to die!" Cao Xiong stared at Lai Si, and said fiercely.

When the group returned to the inn, they were all silent.Unexpectedly, the Dutch even included such things as Lai Si.It seems that they were severely suppressed by Zheng Zhilong on the coast of the mainland, and they couldn't wait to gather all the sea forces and try to break Zheng Zhilong's monopoly again.

"Old Hu, where do Lai Si and those people live?" After a while, Cao Xiong asked in a deep voice.

"Like a Dutch barracks."

"Huh? Why are they in the Dutch barracks?"

"In the near future, they will go to Borneo with the Dutch to help transport some people and supplies....Master Cao, you think..." Hu Wenjin looked at Cao Xiong hesitantly.

"Yes, I want to kill him!" Cao Xiong said flatly, "It's too eye-catching!"

"We'll be leaving in two days. Maybe we won't have a chance."

"Then let him live a few more days. Damn it!" Cao Xiong was a little annoyed.

"By the way, I've thought about it." Cao Xiong suddenly said to Hu Wenjin again: "This Batavia, we want to keep a few people. Either buy, or rent, get some houses and warehouses. On weekdays, stock up some for us For the needed materials, you can also buy some Nanyang products and sell them to Daming or other places."

"But..., who among us knows how to do business?" Hu Wenjin said in embarrassment.

"Go to shopkeeper Zhou." Cao Xiong said, "Let him arrange a knowledgeable guy, and let's find someone to keep an eye on him."

"We don't understand anything, will we be tricked by them?"

"Xiaotian said that maritime trade is a huge profit of three to five times. Even if we are cheated a little by others, we can still have a huge profit of two or three times. I don't believe it. After our people have suffered so much, we have always learned Won't?"

"That's right." Hu Wenjin nodded, "Then who will be left?"

"Batavia is a bustling city, and it is the main place for us to purchase supplies in the future. Therefore, those who stay are very important." Cao Xiong paced back and forth, stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and then said: "Old Hu, why don't you stay here?"

When Hu Wenjin heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, but then his heart was quite moved.The sea is stormy, and it is hard to go back and forth.And staying in Batavia, you only need to buy some necessary materials and Nanyang products with a knowledgeable guy, the work is obviously much easier, it seems to be a good choice.

(End of this chapter)