“Huguang Chief Secretary Changsha Xiangyin County!”

"How many people are in the family?"

"Fifteen mouthfuls!"

"What are their names!"

"The eldest son Lin Zhufeng!"

"age?"

"Thirty-seven years old!"

"Marriage or not!"

"Married, wife is Chen, now thirty-five years old!"

…

"boom!"

As the big seal was put on, Lin Bufan held up his ID card and household registration book with a look of emotion on his face.

The ID card in Ning Haijun's system is similar in size to the physical ID card of later generations, except that it does not have a photo. It is made of copper plate stamping, which is easy to carry and not easy to damage.

"You can't do this. This is the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. You are violating the law!"

Xie Jinglin said with a faint irony: "You are so shameless. You picked up the butcher knife and slaughtered us Ming people without restraint. This is your so-called kindness. Why are you so thick-skinned? Oh, by the way, you should have no shame...

"

Sidney was very helpless and returned to the Dutch East India Governor's Mansion to report to the Governor the attitude of the Ming people.

Brewer also understands that Ning Haijun wants too much. Now he can only pray that the Dutch Navy can live up to its expectations...

For the Chinese prisoners released by the Dutch, Xie Jinglin asked Lin Bufan to start providing food to these Chinese. They had been detained for nearly two months and had some physical problems.

When food and water were distributed, choking sounds could be heard from the Chinese people. Most of them had accepted their fate. After all, the massacre of Chinese people was not happening once or twice.

Under the management of the Dutch colonial authorities, the Chinese were actually raised as pigs. In the process of accumulating wealth for the Chinese, the Dutch colonial authorities set no restrictions.

Once the wealth of the Chinese reaches their psychological expectations, they will raise the butcher's knife.

"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

"Thank God!"

When registering Chinese captives, Ning Haijun did not have enough manpower, so Xie Jinglin had to make use of these Chinese. Thanks to the material environment of Nanyang, the Chinese literacy rate was much higher than that of the Central Plains.

Among the more than 1,500 prisoners, more than 400 were actually literate. Except for the elderly, weak, women and children who were temporarily resettled, other Chinese were fully utilized.

Lin Bufan looked at Xie Jinglin and said, "Mr. Xie, what should we do next?"

"Clean up the garbage in the port and repair the ruined houses and warehouses. Our fleet is coming and we must be prepared!"

Lin Bufan asked in confusion: "Didn't you defeat the Dutch? Why did you still send troops?"

"The Dutch are not as weak as they thought. They will not give in. You must know that the Dutch East Indies have thirty-five strongholds. Excluding the senior officers, there are thirty-four more. They have armed hundreds of thousands of colonial troops. These troops,

They were just cannon fodder, and the Dutch will definitely come back again!"

Lin Bufan was very surprised that Ning Haijun actually fed the captive natives. The food provided was actually quite good. Note that there were vegetables. Not only vegetarian dishes, but also a fried fish with golden color on both sides for each person.

Soldier Ning Haijun was eating the food sent by the Chinese and watching the Chinese children coming over. As long as he said hello and spoke a word of Chinese, he would get a can of canned food.

Even if the Chinese in Nanyang are rich, they are actually relatively rich. There are also many Chinese who work as workers or servants and have little property. For them, canned food is still a luxury product.

Stimulated by Ning Haijun's whips and delicious food, the more than two thousand prisoners made good progress in their work. As more and more Chinese joined the repair process of the port, the appearance of the entire port changed dramatically.

First of all, the garbage piled up in a hill was cleared away, and after it was cleared, it was sprinkled with white ash. After the street was cleaned, the blue-gray slate underneath was exposed. All sanitation, including the garbage behind the corner house, and even the garbage on the roof were also removed.

After cleaning, a large area of ​​dilapidated and unsightly shanties around the pier were also demolished.

All kinds of rubbish accumulated on the water surface in the port that had been ignored for many years have also been cleared away. Fishing boats and merchant ships are neatly arranged on the side of the port in accordance with regulations. They can no longer park in the same disorderly manner as before. They were originally so crowded that they even affected the environment.

The problem of channel access was solved instantly. After seeing the brand-new port, not only Lin Bufan, but also Brewer was reflecting on what the port authority had done during the Dutch rule over the years.

After racking his brains, Brewer had to admit that the Port Authority had done nothing but collect taxes at the Port of Batavia over the years.

There is another problem that we have to face, that is, Ning Haijun has no intention of leaving. In the current Batavia West Port area, Ning Haijun formed a patrol team and began to patrol the surrounding areas and set up sentries.

At the same time, Batavia Westport was officially renamed Coconut City.

Several stonemasons carved a stone tablet overnight, with the words "Yecheng Port!" written in three characters.

Below is engraved with small characters in cursive script: In October of the seventh year of Chongzhen in the Weiming Dynasty, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Office, the General of the Conqueror, the Governor of Liaodong, the Commander-in-Chief of Liaodong commanded the prince-in-law, the Duke of Haiguo, and the news of Nanyang

, Tribulation of red sheep, disaster deep in Java, Western barbarians invaded, ravaged, tens of thousands of people, loyal eyes will never forget the help of the king, Nanyang is in trouble. I only fight for the eternal festival, the country's achievements, and serve in the army, sending orders to show bravery

General Li Weiluan, commander of the Tiaodang camp, made a surprise attack. The Western barbarians were unprepared, and the three armies fought hard. They killed more than ten thousand enemies and conquered Yecheng."

Batavia West Port was renamed Coconut City Port.

Like Luzon, a provisional executive committee was established. Xie Jinglin was the director of the provisional executive committee. Lin Bufan, Li Sixi, Guo Sijia, etc. became provisional members of the executive committee, and began to issue Ming Dynasty ID cards and household registrations to the Chinese people in Yecheng.

As the household registration statistics work began, Yecheng Port began larger-scale construction, and more and more Chinese came to register. As the Ning Navy occupied Batavia West Port, it began to expropriate local residents.

The aboriginals were not paid and were only responsible for food. The Chinese were paid for their work. According to the level in Liaodong, the daily salary was 50 yen, or one, two or five yen per month.

While the construction of the West Port of Batavia was in full swing, the Dutch East India Combined Fleet on the Java Sea was also going in circles with the main fleet of the Ning Navy.

Taking advantage of the more familiar terrain, they have never engaged the Ning Navy. Although the Ning Navy's warships have the advantage of speed, the problem is that they will lead the Ning Navy to waters with complex sea conditions and dense reefs, and then sneak away quietly.

Walk.

The naval officer Ning Haijun was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.

"Oh, these grandsons were running very fast, but they got away again!"

Li Zhixiang was very angry at this time.

Naval battles are actually similar to cavalry decisive battles on the grassland. They also have a lot of room for detours. It can even be said that naval battles are more complicated than cavalry battles.

If the opponent doesn't want to fight, they can just circle around on the sea.

Especially the sea is not always calm. If the visibility is too low, it is entirely possible to pass by. The key problem is that after the cavalry, as long as a large-scale cavalry passes by, it will definitely leave traces. Experienced cavalry will find it.

, you can also pursue it.

But after the battleship passes by, no trace will be left behind.

Cheng Shijie smiled very relaxedly and said: "Since they are playing hide and seek with us, then we will attack them and save them, and go directly to Batavia. I want to see how long they can hide!"

"The commander-in-chief means..."

Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly and said: "We have no time. Zheng Zhilong is only three or four days away from us. If Zheng Zhilong's fleet catches up, this battle will have to be fought! We will go straight to Batavia!"

Although Zheng Zhilong's fleet is large in number, Ning Haijun relies on its own equipment advantages, fast ships, and powerful naval guns. The problem is that the Dutch's armed merchant ships and warships are also large, unlike the five to six hundred ton Wuwei

The ship is not as good as a Junk ship of eight to nine hundred tons.

Ning Haijun's three-inch naval gun has no ability to hit the Dutch's thousand-ton armed merchant ship, and the four-inch gun can only hit the powder barrel on the Dutch warship with the blessing of luck. But the problem is, now

The Dutch and Zheng Zhilong have already learned this. They no longer put barrels of gunpowder on the deck, but put the gunpowder in the bottom cabin and had people carry it when needed.

Because Ning Haijun's blooming artillery shells came out ahead of schedule, it forced the Zheng fleet and the Dutch combined fleet to adopt the method of fixed gunpowder to avoid sinking a warship with one shot.

Just as the main battleships of the Ning Navy were sailing towards Batavia, densely packed sails appeared on the sea in Batavia. This was Zheng Zhilong's fleet.

In fact, traces of the Ning Navy's main battleships would have been discovered as early as when the Ning Navy turned around and headed south, because the Dutch discovered the Ning Navy's main fleet when crossing the Penghu Strait.

Zheng Zhilong immediately judged that Ning Haijun was definitely not afraid of Zheng's fleet, but turned around to deal with the Dutch first, and then turned back to deal with him.

Zheng Zhilong also knew the truth of the situation. Now the Spanish power no longer exists in Southeast Asia, and the Spanish warships that surrendered have been converted into armed merchant ships by Cheng Shijie.

Cheng Shijie looked down upon the Spanish warships because their warships could not keep up with the Shanghai Shark-class warships. Cooperating with the main warships of the Ning Navy would only slow down the overall speed of the Ning Navy.

Secondly, the Ning Navy is not short of ships now, but it is short of excellent sailors.

Cheng Shijie turned around to deal with the Dutch first and then deal with the Zheng fleet. He also had the intention of recruiting the Zheng sailors. When Zheng Zhilong went south, he moved forward at full speed.

Arrive at Batavia Port first.

Although Ning Haijun occupied the West Port area, the fort was blown up by Ning Haijun's reconnaissance team. Now they lack the means to attack the sea and can only watch the Zheng fleet slowly enter the port.

Zheng Zhilong has learned enough lessons and does not dare to be careless now. His fleet entering the port is only part of the fleet, and the other fleets are scattered on the sea to be on guard.

Putmans immediately reported a shocking news to Governor Brewer: "Your Excellency, Governor, something bad has happened. Our strength on Taiyuan Island has been wiped out by the Ming army!"

"How is this possible? Don't we have the City of Orange?"

Brewer said in disbelief: "We bought a large amount of cement from Mingren. Did they do anything in the cement? No, we tried it and smashed it with a hammer. Every time we hammered it, it was just a white dot. I couldn't help it.

I don’t admit it, the Ming army’s army is very strong, it’s not an exaggeration to call it the best in the world, but how did they capture Orange City?”

Putmans said with a wry smile: "Actually, I also want to know how on earth that bastard Metz lost Orange City!"

Brewer really couldn't figure it out. Even if they used 32-pound heavy artillery to bombard the cement castle, it had almost no effect. However, according to their intelligence, neither the navy nor the army of the Ning Navy was equipped with 32-pound heavy artillery.

.

"Can you ask Zheng's people to help us recapture Batavia Westport?"

"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty the Governor, Zheng's appetite is not small!"
Chapter completed!