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  Chapter 702 699【A collection of strings】

   Kuang Hong took a bunch of gold seals with him when he went to sea this time.

   Sultan Ah Geng promised to respect China as the suzerain, and Kuang Hong immediately gave the document and the golden seal to Wandan Kingdom.

   Immediately, the fleet continued sailing to the Sultanate of Johor.

  The predecessor of Johor was actually Malacca. After the capital was captured by Portugal, the royal family could only flee and move the capital. For decades, the main enemy has been the Sultanate of Aceh.

  Aceh was at war with Portugal and almost captured Malacca. Inexplicably, he went to attack Johor again, destroyed the capital of Johor, and took away the Sultan of Johor. In order to deal with Aceh, after the prince of Johor succeeded to the throne, he once formed an alliance with his sworn enemy Portugal, but later turned his face due to trade issues, and was beaten by Portugal to move the capital again.

   Today, the territory of the Johor Sultanate includes southern Malaysia, Singapore and eastern Sumatra. The territory of the Aceh Sultanate is in the west and east of Sumatra Island, and the central part of the island is the State of Sumatra.

  When Kuang Hong brought the naval fleet over, Johor Sultan Abdul Jali Shah offered to become a vassal state of China again.

Abdul Zalisa said: "My lord Chinese envoy, Xiao Wang heard that China has defeated the Netherlands. This news is really exciting. The damned country of Aceh has been in alliance with the Netherlands for nine years. As long as China is willing to send troops, Johor can send troops." 30 ships and 2,000 soldiers, cooperate with Chinese soldiers to attack Aceh!"

   Kuang Hong said: "It is not the time to attack the Netherlands and Aceh."

   Abdul Zalisha was a little disappointed, but he still said: "The Sultan of Aceh is old and may die of illness at any time. When the Sultan of Aceh dies of illness, it is the best opportunity to send troops. Johor will always follow China's military lead."

  Kuang Hong said with a smile: "You can write a letter to the king of Aceh, saying that Johor has belonged to China, so that he is not allowed to covet the land of Johor."

   "With the backing of His Majesty the great Chinese Emperor, the Sultan of Aceh will definitely not dare to be arrogant again." Abdul Chalisa said flatteringly.

  The core territory of Johor is in Malaysia and Singapore, but it has an enclave in Indonesia bordering Aceh. If we really want to fight, Johor must suffer, and we have to cross the strait to send troops to support.

  To be honest, Johor is too weak.

  When it was still the country of Malacca, it was taken by Portugal with a hundred people. After the capital was moved, Aceh was beaten to move the capital first, and then Portugal was beaten to move the capital again.

  When Johor moved its capital for the last time, there were more than 10,000 defenders in the city, 150 artillery pieces, 1,500 firecrackers, and more than 2,000 ships (including merchant ships) at sea. Portugal only had more than 600 people, and with some servants, they beat the Sultan of Johor to break out of the siege sitting on an elephant.

  Because of being too weak, Johor is eager to embrace China's thigh.

   After some flickering and reassurance, the navy bought some local specialties, and Kuang Hong continued to take in his younger brother. The countries of Pahang, Dingjialu, and Da Ni are all within the territory of later generations of Malaysia, and a country only has one or two cities.

   It was not until Ayutthaya that it finally looked like it.

  Ayutthaya, also known as Siam, also known as Ayutthaya, is simply Thailand.

  This was also a vassal state of Ming Dynasty. Kuang Hong came with an envoy. The king of Thailand immediately warmly entertained him and became a vassal of China without even thinking about it.

  The most ridiculous thing is that the gift from the King of Thailand to Zhao Han included dozens of catties of opium. This is not the first time, decades ago, Thailand's tribute to Emperor Wanli contained a lot of opium.

   After walking around here, Kuang Hong finally returned and headed straight for Batavia.

   "Your Excellency, the Chinese fleet is here."

   "Go and try it out."

  The fleets of the two countries confronted each other in the waters near Jakarta. No one fired first, and then rowed a small boat to communicate, and Kuang Hong was allowed to enter the port with only one warship.

  Van der Lin's adjutant came to meet him at the pier in person.

  Seeing that the Chinese were unloading many boxes from the ship, the adjutant couldn’t help asking: “Are these goods?”

   Kuang Hong replied: "This is a gift from His Majesty the Emperor of China to the Governor of your country, and the Governor of your country must personally accept it."

  As soon as he heard that it was a gift, the adjutant became happy, and his attitude became much more enthusiastic, as if the two countries never went to war last year.

  When he came to the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Van der Lin came out in person and saluted very elegantly: "Welcome your envoy to Batavia, please extend my sincere greetings to the Emperor of China!"

   "It's easy to say," Kuang Hong cupped his hands, "His Majesty the Emperor has also prepared a gift for Your Excellency... Open the box!"

  The navy soldiers immediately opened the boxes, and Van der Lin stepped forward with a smile. After seeing the contents clearly, his smile immediately became stiff.

   All the heads of prisoners of war!

  Van der Lin asked with a cold expression: "What does this mean?"

Kuang Hong said: "Not only are these people building cities illegally in Taiwan, but they also exploit and slaughter Chinese people. They should be executed according to the law! I heard that there are many Chinese here in Batavia, and the amount of tax they need to pay is higher than that of native Javanese natives." Much. Your Excellency, please do it yourself!"

  Van der Lin said angrily: "China and the Netherlands were originally allies. We once fought against Spain together. China attacked Dutch castles without authorization and killed many Dutch people. The Netherlands should question China's betrayal!"

  Kuang Hong said: "If the Netherlands is an ally, why did the Chinese massacre in Taiwan?"

   "That's their riot, and the Netherlands is just punishing the rebellion!" Van der Lin quibbled.

  Kuang Hong asked again: "Why did the good ones riot?"

    Van der Lin said: "They want more power, people are always so greedy."

   "Unboxing!"

  The last box was opened, and Kuang Hong pointed to the documents in the box and said: "This is the confession of the Dutch prisoner of war, recorded in Chinese and Latin, Your Excellency Governor, please have a look."

  Van der Lin casually flipped through a copy and said, "These confessions are forged."

Kuang Hong didn't bother to talk anymore, and directly announced: "In view of the Dutch behavior of violating the alliance by abusing, exploiting, and massacring Chinese people, trade sanctions will be imposed on the Netherlands in the future. Chinese merchants are no longer allowed to sell special goods such as multicolored porcelain and brocade to Batavia. Once discovered, the Chinese businessman's license to go to sea will be revoked immediately!"

   "No, you can't do this!" Van der Lin finally panicked.

  He lost the battle, at most he returned to Holland to retire. If China's high-end products are no longer sold to the Netherlands in the future, those shareholders will tear him apart.

  Of course, it will never be banned, and Chinese maritime merchants will inevitably secretly entrain it. However, carrying prohibited goods is smuggling, and the Netherlands needs to pay a greater purchase cost when it is shipped to Batavia for sale.

   Kuang Hong continued: "Banten, Johor, Pahang, Dani, Siam, Dingjialu, Sumatra and other countries are all vassal states of China. The Netherlands must not attack these countries for no reason in the future, otherwise it will be tantamount to war with China!"

  Van der Lin wanted to faint when he heard that, if all these countries belonged to China, it would be equivalent to encircling the Dutch port of Malacca.

  Comparing people to people, it's maddening.

  The Netherlands finally took Malacca from Portugal, but the neighboring countries all regard the Netherlands as their enemies. That is why the Aceh State formed an alliance with the Netherlands, and that was because the Aceh State also made enemies everywhere to sow hatred.

  And this Chinese envoy took a boat to go around, and the countries immediately became small and all became China's vassals.

  Van der Lin can imagine that one day when China wants to attack Malacca and sends its navy out to make a noise, all countries will definitely send troops to help. Because these small countries originally wanted to overthrow the Netherlands, but they just lacked a big brother to take the lead.

  However, Fan der Lin really didn't dare to turn his back on him, and he didn't dare to arrest Kuang Hong and chop him up.

   Today's Dutch East India Company, the most important commodity is spices, and pepper is the first among spices.

  The goods shipped back to the Netherlands by the company are sold to domestic merchants in the form of auction, which is also due to the pepper business. At that time, the pepper purchased by Portugal and the United Kingdom fell to the bottom due to the war, and the European pepper market was facing a severe shortage.

  The Dutch East India Company, instead of taking the opportunity to ship in large quantities, reduced the supply of pepper. In this way, the price of pepper is artificially pushed to the peak.

   And also engaged in internal illegal transactions, selling pepper to merchants in Amsterdam at a low price. Businessmen from other provinces in the Netherlands, furious at this, jointly convened a parliament to abolish the contract. From then on, the goods shipped back from Asia must be publicly auctioned to Dutch merchants.

  In the past few years, the profits of spices have declined rapidly, and the proportion of spice transactions has also decreased. As for textiles from China, besides silk, there is also cotton cloth, which has leapt to the first place in purchase volume (the net profit is not as good as spices).

   Wars belong to wars, and business belongs to business.

  What the Dutch East India Company was most afraid of was that after the war, no matter whether they won or lost, they would lose their business.

   The Emperor of China cannot be completely angered, because Batavia is not the only port in Nanyang, and Banten next door has a free port. The prohibition of selling high-end goods to the Netherlands today is just a punishment, and there may be another ban in the future.

   "Your Excellency Governor, sign the contract." Kuang Hong said.

  Van der Lin asked: "What contract?"

   "The treaty of not arbitrarily attacking China's vassal states, and the treaty of transferring Busuanga Island to China." Kuang Hong said.

   Not to mention that Busuanga Island is okay, but it makes me angry when I say it. Last year, the Dutch fleet was ambushed there.

  Busuanga Island is quite large, and there are still indigenous people on the island, but after China occupied it, it did not continue to station troops, and now it does not belong to any country in essence.

   What Zhao Han meant was to first use the treaty to determine the right of ownership, and then to really rule when you have time in the future, and even send immigrants to the island.

  Van der Lin finally blew up: "Impossible! Busuanga Island was obtained by the Netherlands and Spain as a victorious country. It is impossible for me to hand over Busuanga Island to China."

   "But you were defeated. The Dutch castle on the island has also been destroyed by our army." Kuang Hong laughed.

  Van der Lin said: "I will not sign any treaty with you, farewell!"

   Kuang Hong didn't force it, and turned to the Dutchman's shipyard, but the adjutant didn't stop him.

  A navy soldier yelled at the shipyard: "If any Chinese want to go back to their hometown, they can leave on a navy ship. After returning to their hometown, they will immediately settle down and divide their land!"

  As soon as this remark came out, the shipyard fryer.

   Regardless of the obstruction of the Dutch managers, a large number of Han-made ship craftsmen rushed out, with infinite longing on their faces: "Can you really go back to China by ship, and you can settle down and divide the land when you return to your hometown?"

   Kuang Hong smiled and said: "You are all craftsmen, if you don't want to farm, you can also enter the shipyard run by the imperial court."

  (end of this chapter)