New Shun 1730

Let Lian Huaiguan rent several sugar mills and sugarcane plantations, conduct some secret basic training there, and gather some of the most rebellious backbones in Batavia.

Organization is the most important thing. Civilians who are not organized together are a mess, but an army that assembles civilians together is enough to fight ten with the same number of people.

In Nanyang, the court can only deal with it itself, and it is not possible to rely on the sea merchants of Dashun.

The capital gap alone is eight streets away from the Dutch East India Company. How can it play? And judging from the current situation, after going there, the richest people are more willing to choose to be tax farmers for the Dutch, and they are good at squeezing their compatriots.

Organize a group of people, and the rest cannot be seen, so you can only think of other ways.

If the Dutch really take action in advance, as long as they don’t massacre, these people in Lian Huaiguan Sugar Factory will have to endure it, even if the rest will be sent to Ceylon.

"After I bought the sugar factory, if the Dutch really want to check the head tax, I will pay it. Of course, I can't be honest. I only need to pay the head tax of three people out of ten. Otherwise, if you pay too much, the Dutch will think that the Chinese can be exploited. Your few sugar factories have paid so much money. If the remaining sugar factory employees all pay, won't you get rich?"

"I'm not familiar with Batavia, and I don't know the bribery and gift-giving channels here. I think you know it."

Lian Huaiguan nodded hurriedly. He knew the bribery and gift-giving channels in Batavia very well. As long as there is money, he knows who to give the money to.

Moreover, under the governor system, there is no governor who is not greedy for money. Power has a time limit and expires. Who doesn't want to make a lot of money back to the Netherlands?

He doesn't have to pay the money. He is just a middleman, so he understands his position in it.

His position is not irreplaceable. Many people can replace what he can do.

Liu Yu displayed the guard of honor to intimidate, took him to see the military camp to feel at ease, and took him to the capital to give him honor. In order to truly maintain the interests of the cooperation, he decided to give Lian Huaiguan some Songjiang stocks. It doesn't need to be too much, but it is enough to make this guy who has not made as much assets as Lei Zhenlan in Batavia seriously devote himself to this great cause: for his own interests.

There is no rush for this matter, and we will talk about it after returning from the capital.

Asking someone to take Lian Huaiguan to rest first, Liu Yu summarized the situation in Batavia described by Lian Huaiguan. He did not pay too much attention to too many details, but sorted out the current situation in Batavia at a macro level.

It was basically the same as he expected. The national strength and commercial capitalist policies of the Netherlands made the Dutch rule in Batavia precarious.

And he had previously judged that "the East India Company had cash flow problems through the changes in the East India Company's policy towards Batavia", which can basically be seen together.

It can be said that the Amsterdam Stock Exchange made it successful and failed.

The small Netherlands is too deeply tied to securities stocks and commercial shipping. As long as the Malacca Strait is cut off and Southeast Asian trade is hit, it will inevitably set off a huge wave that will shake the entire Netherlands in Amsterdam on the other side of the earth.

The cost of relying on violence to maintain a monopoly is too high, and the high labor costs brought by the Netherlands' fragile handicrafts and finance make it impossible to adopt a dumping model.

The Dutch are doomed this time.

But in order to defeat the enemy in one blow, it is necessary to wait until the Austrian War of Succession begins and France and the Netherlands declare war before taking action. Only in this way can the Dutch colonial system be completely disintegrated, and it can also be regarded as a contribution to the French "allies" who bear the heavy responsibility of bleeding Britain.

This time, Lian Huaiguan followed him into Beijing, mainly to give the emperor a shot of reassurance, telling the emperor that the Dutch are really fragile.

Maybe the emperor could not understand the essential logic of this, and Lian Huaiguan's subjective impression of Batavia was exactly the confidence the emperor needed.

This time he returned to the capital, not because he took the initiative to go back, but because there were many major events in the capital this year, and the emperor ordered him to go back.

The Duke of Qi's envoys returned via Luosha. The express message received a few days ago said that it had caused a great uproar in the capital.

This year is the first time that the grain from Songjiang and Suzhou is transported by sea, which is related to the court's choice of sea and river transportation in the future.

In addition, some workshops in Songjiang have started production, and emerging industries such as glass are subject to additional consumption taxes. While this is a large amount of income, it also involves a very serious "salt tax" problem: salt has always been a daily necessity before, but now the alkali production method in the middle link of the glass industry requires a large amount of salt, and how to calculate the tax on these salts has become a problem that must be solved.

There are also leased territories in North Korea; Russia is going to send a higher-level duke envoy to negotiate the western border issue; the customs in Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong and other places have too many silver coins and suggested minting silver dollars... All these good or bad news, each one is telling that the Dashun Dynasty is slowly opening the Kyushu barrier and beginning to integrate into the outside world.

This time Liu Yu wants to go back, and he wants to go back in style, and there are still many things to do. Lian Huaiguan's matter was just a supplement to help the emperor make the final decision.

If he wanted to be more confident when discussing court policies, there couldn't be any problems with the sea transportation this time.

Soon, Liu Yu called Chen Qinghai and Du Feng and assigned new tasks to each of them.

This time, the rice was transported by sea. Although the route of taking the Heishui Ocean was quite mature and there were no pirates along the way, Liu Yu decided to send warships to escort the first sea transport just in case.

In addition, under his suggestion, Songjiang's new tax money will also be transported by warships and docked directly at Dagu Port.

He wanted to ensure that nothing went wrong. Even if he was fully prepared and even had a marine insurance company organized by the royal family, if something happened halfway, there would still be a big problem.

In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Songjiang has also made sufficient preparations.

A large amount of Nanyang rice has been hoarded. Anyway, Japan will ban the smuggled rice trade this year. A large amount of Nanyang rice is hoarded in Songjiang to prevent losses in shipping and become an excuse for the canalists to oppose shipping.

Anyone who has invested in shipping rice knows that water flows slowly, so the company has made a decision: This year, it will spend a certain amount of money to transport a few percent more rice to offset possible shipping risks and ensure 100 percent rice. Transported to the capital.

If not for anything else, just for the benefit of being able to carry one-tenth of the duty-free goods in this rice shipment.

If the canal canal can really be abolished and replaced by the sea, the profits of millions of canal work will be transferred to the coast of Jiangsu. For such long-term benefits, it is worthwhile to invest more this year.

When Chen Qinghai and Du Feng heard that Liu Yu was talking about such a mission, they all had relaxed looks on their faces.

They have traveled this route many times. Everyone loves their warships deeply and are not afraid of possible pirates.

Moreover, I have never seen pirates in these years. Their warships are all built with money. How can pirates have so much money?

"This time we go to Songjiang. The entire fleet will be dispatched together. Qinghai will be the forehand, and Du Feng will be the deputy. One is to train troops, and the other is to let some thoughtful people know what they are doing and not to use wrong ideas."

"These thoughtful people may be domestic or foreign. Maybe Westerners know that we are training our navy, but the French, including the French, don't know what the level of our navy is."

"So this time you all have to go to Songjiang together. It just so happens that now is the season when Western ships come to Songjiang for trade. Let them see it."

After telling the purpose of this voyage, Chen Qinghai wondered: "Hasn't your Excellency been secretly developing the navy? If this is known to potential enemies, I'm afraid they will be on guard. If our battleship is completed and launched, then It’s not too late to show off like this.”

These outstanding naval officers listened to Liu Yu's explanation of the situation and world trade in the Age of Discovery all day long. Although Liu Yu never publicly said that the imperial court would take action against Japan and Southeast Asia, these few who were close to Liu Yu I know it all in my heart.

The navy is so expensive. If we are not fighting, it is not worth maintaining such a navy.

Besides, how can one accomplish meritorious deeds without fighting? How can you be promoted without meritorious service?

Faced with Chen Qinghai's doubts, Liu Yu laughed heartily and relaxedly.

It is no longer time to hide everything when you first came to Weihai a few years ago. Now the overall situation has been decided and nothing can be changed.

He had previously kneeled down to Japan for trade, in order to build up the navy's airs and education before the court invested money, and to gather a group that would be beneficial to Japan's war.

The navy is a technical branch that requires investment many years in advance. By the time the court decided to invest money, it was already the last step: building a ship so that the captains who were squatting on land studying mathematics could have a real warship.

Now even if Japan suddenly wakes up, even if it has money, shade-dried oak, teak, and cypress cannot be created with bare hands; captains and officers who are good at bombardment and navigation cannot be grown overnight.

As for the Netherlands...not to mention whether they can sense that this navy is directed at them, nor to mention the financial and operational difficulties currently faced by the East India Company.

Even if their divine revelation lets them know everything, with the current level of communication, this year's news will not reach Amsterdam until next year, and then be sent back to Batavia in the third year. It is estimated that Weihai's first 74-gun ship will be launched by then. Battleships were built.

The Dutch are very good in Europe and have a strong fleet, but they can't come to Nanyang, so no matter how many they have, they are useless.

Now that Liu Yu was emboldened, he took advantage of this incident to intervene in the situation reflected by Lian Huaiguan: the possible anti-Chinese issue in Batavia.

To start a war with the Netherlands, there is no need to wait for a tragic reality to seek justice, and there is no need to wait until the Dutch start killing people.

The initiative is in your own hands. You can fight whenever you want.

Full of confidence.

"I have always said that a navy cannot be built in a day. What does it mean to build a navy? Tell me, is our navy built now?"

Such a question was suddenly raised to two confidants. The two were stunned for a while, and Liu Yu said: "A navy is not just a fleet."

"Rather, the Jinghai Palace Official School recruits students every year, and more and more people apply for it, and new graduates begin to come in a steady stream. There are more reserve sailors working on the new soft-sailed sailing ships."

"There are a large number of craftsmen who can build ships. If the ships are damaged, they can be repaired as long as they return to port. There are complete logging, sawing and dry materials workshops. Now it seems that Dashun's navy is completed, but the inventory is worse. The inventory problem , isn’t it just money? When the situation is really urgent, the court will dig out the money.”

"So I am bold now, and I don't have to hide it. Because I can say that Dashun finally has a navy."

This is different from what Du Feng and Chen Qinghai understand as a "real navy". According to them, a real navy should be a fleet that covers the sky and the sun.

But Liu Yu thought from the beginning that such a navy was a one-off, and it could not be considered a navy, but only a fleet.

Just like France, with 40,000 tons of warships, one-tenth of the current British and Dutch fleets, it can become the world's second navy in a few years if it really fights.

France's world's second navy is not on the sea or in the port, but in the military academy, the Academy of Sciences, Canadian timber, and the sailor registration and service system.

Weihai now has a foundation, which is the initial formation of the navy in Liu Yu's eyes.

"This time when we arrived in Songjiang, Qinghai led the team back on the return voyage. Du Feng also has to go to Guangdong to escort some people. His Majesty allocated a sum of money and approved my memorial to build a naval port near Guangzhou. It must be able to repair ships and build some artillery. This is not your business, you just need to send people there."

"When you arrive in Songjiang, go to the trade company and ask them to borrow a few ships. Go to Guangdong and Fujian to recruit a group of sailors and marines. Recruit fewer people from Guangdong and more from Fujian. I have also written down the specific number of people, just do it."

Hearing this, both of them became excited. It couldn't be more obvious that they were going to take action against Nanyang, so they had to recruit a large number of people from Guangdong and Fujian to serve as soldiers.

The climate in the south is too hot, and the existing navy and marines in Weihai can't adapt to the local climate at all. Moreover, most of the Chinese in Nanyang are from Fujian and Guangdong, and language barriers are also a huge problem.

The emperor approved Liu Yu's memorial to build a military port in a seaport near Guangzhou, which shows that he was interested in Nanyang. If a fight really breaks out, we can't just sail the ship back to Weihai for repairs. We must find a port nearby where we can repair the ship.

The two looked at each other and saw excitement in each other's eyes. Finally, the fight is about to start.

The naval officers don't fight. They practice sailing all day and learn mathematics. They are extremely idle and have made many bets in private.

There are the eastward faction and the southward faction. The two sides bet on each other. Will the navy's first battle be to the eastward Japan, or to the southward West Ocean, or both?

Du Feng and Chen Qinghai both bet a lot of money on the bet of "fighting Japan first and then going to Southeast Asia". Now it seems that they have made the right bet.

If the goal is not in Southeast Asia, this port should be built in Taiwan, not Guangzhou. If it is not to fight Japan, it is impossible to build a city in Ezo early and refuse to leave, and hoard food.

Although the navy bets on whether to go east or south, everyone in their hearts is looking forward to going to Southeast Asia. After all, the army still played the leading role in the war against Japan, but in Southeast Asia, the navy could finally play the leading role. The land forces in Southeast Asia could be dealt with by the marines in Weihaiwei, but the Japanese army could not be defeated by the marines.