Java Island, Port of Batavia.

This is the Dutch East India Company, its base camp in Nanyang.

Since the Dutch occupied this place in 1619, it has been operating for more than thirty years.

In recent years, Batavia has gradually been developed from a barren seaport and accumulated little by little, becoming one of the few big towns in the Southeast Asian region.

Today, Batavia has developed into a city with a population of 40,000 or 50,000, with hundreds of sea ships moored in the harbor.

At this time, in the bastion where Batavia East India Company is located, Governor Fair Fort stood in front of the window of the office on the top of the fortress, overlooking the entire port.

From here, it is a magnificent scene, where you can see the market outside the castle and sailing boats in the harbor.

Fairburg likes to stand at the highest point of the entire castle, overlooking the town, looking at this city built in the distant east, full of European colors, and looking at the town built by the Dutch, he has a sense of superiority as an European.

At this time, behind him, several Dutch people were reporting to him, and one of them said: "Governor General, there are more than a thousand Chinese people who have landed in New Holland, and they should be the fleet sent by Zhao to India."

Fairborg's face showed a look of surprise, "These Chinese people actually fled to New Holland?"

It is difficult for others to know what to say about it in the vast sea. Fairberg sent a fleet to Malacca to block the return Chinese merchant ships, preparing to destroy the fleet on the way back of the fleet of China Merchants Shipping Company, teach Zhao Ming a lesson, and make Donghai Town suffer a loss.

But I didn't expect that the Chinese were very vigilant. When they saw the Dutch fleet, they turned around and ran away. The Dutch fleet chased after them for several days, and finally lost the Chinese.

"Your Excellency, the despicable Chinese, attacked us and occupied the gold mine we found. The company must return it with color." The Dutch officer said angrily.

Fairborg pondered for a moment and said coldly: "It seems that the war between the company and Zhao will be inevitable!"

Fairborg looked outside the castle and received news that Zhao Ming suffered a tragic defeat in the war with the Tatars. He seemed to have no intention of fighting with the Tatars, but instead intends to expand south.

Previously, the Netherlands had serious conflicts and conflicts with Zhao Ming, but Zhao Ming had more important things to do, so he left the Netherlands aside. Now that the Ming and Qing Dynasties are in peace, Zhao Ming has just suffered a great defeat and has no strength to challenge the Qing Dynasty alone, so he focused on the Dutch.

News from Taiwanese officials showed that Donghai Town recently sent some troops to Taiwan Island, and Zhao Ming reorganized a caravan to want to conduct ocean-going trade again.

All of this threatened the interests of the Dutch East India Company. Judging from Zhao Ming's actions, the senior executives of the Fairborg and the East India Company believed that Donghai Town might be about to attack the Netherlands.

Yabko, the commander of the Dutch fleet, said in a deep voice: "The Chinese are pressing forward step by step. Judging from their increasing troops to Taiwan and constantly sending fleets to the ocean, perhaps they have begun to plan a war against us. And I'd like to say for granted that Zhao's strength is obvious to all, no worse than Zheng Yiguan back then. If he was prepared, the company would be unable to defeat Zhao."

Previously, Zhao Ming and Donghai Town were mainly focused on dealing with Man Qing. Now, they turned their attention overseas, and the Dutch immediately felt a huge threat.

Fairborg said in a deep voice: "What's your idea?"

Yabuko said coldly: "Governor General should know that not long ago, Zhao's army was defeated by Tatars and suffered heavy losses. Although Zhao wants to take action against the company, it still needs time to prepare. I think the company's senior management should abandon the mentality of luck and prepare for war immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to resist Zhao's army."

Fairborg asked: "Your Excellency, how should the company prepare for the war?"

Yabko said: "First, while the Chinese who landed in New Holland lost contact with Zhao, they all annihilated, regained the gold mines, strengthened the company's financial resources, and at the same time, the Chinese in New Holland were lifted to face Batavia's threat from the south. Secondly, Batavia and various strongholds in South China should be cleaned up to avoid collusion with Zhao."

Fairbor's face sank and said in a deep voice: "What is your meaning, is the Chinese who massacred Batavia and the officials?"

The Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and other Western barbarians were able to develop and prosper in the colonies of the South China Sea, which was attributed to the Chinese businessmen and Chinese immigrants who came to Southeast Asia to make a living.

There were few Western barbarians and the South Asian natives were very lazy. The neighborhoods outside the Dutch castles were almost built by Chinese people who came here to trade and make a living.

Because the Chinese were hardworking and smart, they soon accumulated a certain amount of financial resources and power in the colony, posing a threat to the rule of the colonial government.

If the Dutch were usually able to suppress the Chinese in the colony, but if there was external forces supporting it, the situation would not be certain.

Once the Chinese in the colony collude with Zhao Ming, it will pose a great threat to the colony.

Fairborg understood this threat, but the prosperity of the colonies was inseparable from the colonial Chinese, but it made him unable to make up his mind for a while.

At that time, Manila was the center of the Southeast Asian trade, but because of concern, the Spaniards would send troops to collect Manila, slaughtering the Chinese in Manila twice, killing more than 20,000 people, eliminating internal hidden dangers, but at the same time it also caused the decline of the Port of Manila, and its status is now far behind that of the Grand Secretary and Batavia.

Seeing that Felburg was hesitant, Yabuko continued: "Governor General, in the past six months, Huaxing Company has rarely sold goods to the company. They are determined to open up their own routes. Even if the Governor General shows goodwill to Zhao, the company will find it difficult to obtain goods from Huaxing Company. In Batavia and the Chinese pigs, which are of great power, are useless. They should take advantage of them before they transfer their property to clean them to make up for the company's losses, and also solve hidden dangers!"

Maritime trade has a lot of benefits. Although the Dutch took away the big head, Chinese merchants still accumulated a lot of wealth through hard work.

Now it seems that the war between the East India Company and Zhao Ming is only a matter of time sooner or later, and merchants are usually keen to smell. When there is any disturbance, they will definitely transfer their property. The fattening sheep will be cheaper to others.
Chapter completed!