Chapter 263: City of All Fragrance
Gan Hui tried to publicize Storm’s statement, and the fleet swept away its bad luck, and the fighting spirit became stronger!
With the blessing of Mazu, the command of the warlord, the good warships, and the results of the usual hard training, our army will win!
They actively repaired the damaged place, and then they puffed up their sails to kill Batavia in a murderous manner!
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Batavia in the early spring is a bright spring. Compared with the people on the northern continent who are still trapped in snow, it is very comfortable to wear single clothes here (the highest temperature is more than 30 degrees, the lowest temperature is more than 20 degrees).
The so-called Batavia is another parallel space in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was built in the 15th century AD. Its original name is "coconut" in Malay, so Jakarta is also called "Coconut City". The first Europeans who came here were Portuguese. They built the first fortress, and the fortress port is still known as Sunda. Sunda is translated as "Sunda", the strait between Java and Sumatra is the Sunda Strait, and the entire region of Malaya, Singapore, and Indonesia is also known as the Great Sunda Islands. The Sunda Strait is an important international shipping channel connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
At the beginning of the 16th century, Jakarta was conquered by Fatahira of the Hindu Bandon Kingdom and renamed it Jakarta, which means "City of Glory and Victory". June 22, 1527 was recorded as the official establishment day of Jakarta. In 1619, the Dutch East India Company conquered the area and named it Batavia, which became the capital of the Dutch East India.
The Dutch Eastern commercial colonial empire was based on the island of Java, centered on Batavia, as far west as Persia, India, and Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), extending east to the Maluku Spice Islands, and reaching China north. With Japan, the Netherlands became a huge colonial empire.
In 1619, the ambitious Jan Petersson Kun began to serve as the third governor of the Dutch East India Company. It was he who laid a solid foundation for the Dutch Eastern business colonial empire. Batavia City was the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company empire established after he attacked and drove the local Banten army. It is the political foundation of the Dutch rule of Java and the entire East Indies colony.
The permanent occupation and management of the city cost the Dutch a lot of money and energy. In the early days, the area was sparsely populated, lack of food supplies, and lack of timber to build ships and houses. The surrounding area was a desolate marshland. Villages were rarely populated. There were floods in the rainy season. Tigers, wild boars, and rhinos were often seen in the surrounding area. Facing hostility and threats from the local *** kingdom.
The Dutch transported huge stones from the stone yards on the Coromandel coast in India, chopped teak wood from Zabala in East Java, collected coral stones from the local area, and recruited a large number of reliable and hard-working Chinese workers from China to build on the ruins. The prototype of Bacheng. Most of the major construction projects in Bacheng, such as the excavation of canals and drainage channels, the construction of houses and harbors, the construction of city walls and protective fortresses, are mostly contracted by the Chinese. The Chinese workers are well versed in brick making and bricklaying techniques, which is praised by the Dutch.
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In fact, Dutch people entering Southeast Asia mainly conduct activities in the name of the Dutch East India Company. The company was established on March 20, 1602, with the flag V in series with O and C, and the A above is the abbreviation of Amsterdam.
After the establishment of the Dutch East India Company, the Republic of the Netherlands (States-) granted the company a 21-year monopoly on colonial activities in Asia. This is the world’s first multinational company and the first company to issue shares. It is also the world’s first super large company. The government holds shares, has the rights to support wars, sign treaties with foreign countries, forge currency, establish colonies and other rights. In the past 200 years, it has had an important influence in world trade. It pays 18% dividends to the government every year, and sends a large number of merchant ships and personnel overseas to open up trade and establish colonies.
Its profits are mainly derived from the occupied Spice Islands. The spices produced in the Islands and other places-pepper, cloves and nutmeg are shipped back to the Netherlands, and the profits are huge. For example, in 1610, the spices shipped by the Dutch East India Company back to the Netherlands were worth 8.8 million guilders. At that time, the price was about 220 guilders for a Dutch teacher. The spices alone could support 40 million guilders.
At that time, because the cold storage technology was not enough, in order to preserve the meat (the long and sturdy animals had to be slaughtered in autumn, but they could not be eaten at that time), Europeans had to use a lot of spices, but Europe did not produce spices, those who passed land Spices shipped to Europe are of high value, and only nobles can use them.
It was not until the beginning of the great nautical era that spices could be transported in large quantities from Asian origins to Europe by sea. Only in Europe could more people have meat to eat. To a certain extent, Europeans who grew up had to thank the meat preserved by spices. .
Then there are raw silk, textiles, porcelain, and tea (the export of tea was not strong, but as the southeast government promoted the sales of red hair fan, tea sales strengthened), mainly from the Ming country, when Batavia was founded, the Dutch colonists tried their best to lure Chinese merchant ships went to trade to obtain large quantities of Chinese silk, porcelain and tea. These goods are shipped to the European market for sale, which can be profitable. For example, in 1621, the Dutch East India Company trafficked Chinese raw silk to Europe, which had a "gross profit of 317%". When they enter and exit the Pakistan Customs, they can increase their customs taxes. Therefore, Kun did not hesitate to send ships to blockade the ports in Manila occupied by the Spaniards, Macau occupied by the Portuguese, and the Penghu Islands, and threatened and lured Chinese merchant ships to trade in Batavia.
Chinese merchants (that is, smuggling) transported silk, porcelain, tea, dried and fresh fruits, flower brocade, white cotton cloth and other items to Batavia, and they can also make huge profits. In the late Ming Dynasty, "Fuju" was only 5 cents per hundred catties in China, and it was worth 2 cents per 4 cents when shipped overseas. A businessman named Su He, because he could not buy valuables, only sold Fuju. Get a daughter".
OK, the background introduction ends here.
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Wow...
The rain was heavy, and Governor Jagos Speke (Jacques Specx, a veteran colonialist, in 1609 the Dutch Jacques Specx led two ships to Hirado, and obtained the seal of Tokugawa Ieyasu's permission to trade). The glass windows looked towards the port in the rain, silently.
The governor has short blond hair, a mustache, and his eyes are piercing and powerful.
The city of Batavia where he is located is located in the coastal area. It is a political, economic, and cultural fortress for Dutch colonists. After ten years of construction, he has built a port, a fortress, a city wall, a residential area and other large-scale and decent structures. Trade with the Netherlands is very frequent.
Every year around New Year's Day, Dutch merchant ships set sail from Amsterdam and can reach Batavia in August or September (it can be seen that the speed is very fast, and the Dutch sea carriage driver is not blowing), making Batavia become very lively. There ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the goods gathered from all over are packed, shipped on board, and then set sail back to Europe from October to December.
The Governor's Mansion is a two-storey building built in 1626. It is a small building of European style. Every time he sits on the second floor of the Governor's Mansion and works, he can see the port (the Governor's Mansion in Kaohsiung Military Port is also in a similar layout. , It seems that the heroes of the world have the same vision). Seeing the numerous merchant ships in the port, pride is spontaneous, and there is no fatigue.
are all my own achievements!
However, a series of information received recently disturbed his mind. First, some European shipowners who went to the local power under the mighty Oriental Ming Dynasty, the Southeastern Government traded through Batavia, said all of them. The Southeast Mansion keeps launching new warships (this cannot be concealed), and it is already clear what they want to do.
In the four Asian countries mainly active in Asia, the British fought fiercely with the Southeastern Province, and even the battleships were sold to the Southeastern Province. The Spanish and Portuguese have been in peace with the Southeastern Province, and the Dutch and the Southeastern Province have been in peace. Even the P two big games, it is inevitable that Southeast Mansion wants to play the Dutch.
Spike thought for a while, and asked the steward to invite "Mr. Basten".
Mr. Basten is the captain of the armed merchant ship "Dolphin", which is almost the largest ship owned by the East India Company. It has a double gun deck and 54 artillery. ), of which 26 are 24-pounders, which are very powerful.
Due to its heavy tonnage and slow speed, the "Dolphin" did not participate in the last expedition that violated the Southeastern Prefecture.
Without a few words to talk to Mr. Basten, Speke roared like thunder: "You **** fellow, you actually sold all the 24-pound guns to the Southeast Mansion!"
The Governor was so angry that the crowd scolded without a word.
