Chapter 311: Batavia again

Yan Changwu returned to Kaohsiung in October of the lunar calendar, and the fleet berthed to show off his whaling gains: whale oil and whale meat, a good harvest!

Killed dozens of whales, and now the lights in the Warlord’s Mansion can be turned on as much as possible.

CEO Chen Zhongji smiled bitterly: "But our autumn harvest this year has all gone bad. The British came to the door and asked us to sell sugar to them according to the contract!"

"Then what do you sell to them?" Yan Changwu asked.

"I let them look at the contract, it says... In case of force majeure, you don't have to perform the contract..." Chen Zhongji said with a smile.

Force majeure is not stated in the contract, including natural disasters, wars, and pests and man-made disasters. Hong Maofan did not pay attention to the contract, and aggressively asked Chen Zhongji to act according to the contract and take advantage of the fire.

If the Southeast Government was unable to supply sugar, Chen Zhongji had to sell his shares, hand over the milk candy formula and activated carbon formula, and also required the shareholder Nanfu's foreign trade business with the Japanese country, etc., but Chen Zhongji was beaten by the contract, and he had no choice but to get grief. Ran away.

Afterwards, he said shamelessly that he deeply regretted the natural disasters of the Southeast Mansion. The reason why he wanted the formula and shares of the Southeast Mansion was just to help the Southeast Mansion overcome the difficulties as soon as possible.

"If you are not of my race, their hearts must be different!" Chen Zhongji said with deep feelings.

"So, will you still fight Batavia at the end of this year?" Chen Zhongji asked.

"Go ahead, why not do it!" Yan Changwu said categorically, "Anyway, the army costs money if it is left, go fight!"

Although the southeast government mainly lost this year's autumn harvest, the grain stocks are sufficient, and they are not afraid of food shortages.

As for the large amount of income from selling white sugar, there is a lot of other income from the Southeast Government. There are water drawn from ships in Guangdong Province, silver dollars sent by Luzon (the last 1 million silver dollars have not been used), and the Japanese government has sent ten dollars. Ten thousand silver dollars came, and a little bit more, Kapitan Su Minggang in Batavia and other Chinese in the area secretly donated five hundred thousand silver dollars!

"They asked us to guarantee their personal and property safety when we captured Batavia, and I promised them!" Chen Zhongji said.

"That's okay!" Yan Changwu agreed.

"Our position depends on playing!" Chen Zhongji said sincerely.

If there were no large fleets, the British would have come to pick up sugar instead of taking the contract. How could the Chinese under the rule of the powerful Dutch give money so generously!

Chen Zhongji has no objection to military expenditures. If it doesn't work, just sell Yan Dashao. As long as you say to the outside world that you want to hire a concubine, you will be able to send your sister papers to your door and a large amount of dowry!

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On October 10th, a senior military and political meeting of the Southeast government was held. Military commander Yan Chang, a Japanese Japanese Yashii Hiraizumi in a Han costume, introduced everyone. The ministers and workers of the Southeast government were not surprised.

There are all red hairpins in this system, what's so surprising about the oriental people!

Yan Changwu appointed the eighth generation Hiraizumi as assistant minister of the Ministry of Culture and Education (Ministry of Etiquette) and made him temporarily responsible for foreign relations and foreign labor affairs.

Then he had a meeting, and Gan Hui, the deputy chief of staff, first explained the whaling affairs.

“There are a lot of whales in the northern sea. We can catch them in large quantities to meet our needs for lamp oil and grease.” Gan Hui explained the requirements for obtaining the captain’s “Golden Whale Certificate” and said: “The army and civilians go to the North Sea to hunt whales. It can cultivate the spirit of martial arts, promote the development of offshore fisheries, and obtain economic benefits. It can also train more qualified sailors. Once required for combat, they can be used immediately when they are recruited. It depends on what'policy' is used to support the government!"

Everyone understands the wording of the policy. Chen Zhongji said: “Then the war ministry decides the charter of warships going to the North Sea for whaling, and the private whaling boats going to the North Sea can get low-interest loans to support them, and secondly, they can’t sell raw materials. Collect taxes, is it good for the Overseer?"

There is no tax on raw materials, but the processed finished products still have to be taxed. The southeast prefecture creates taxes and must collect taxes.

Yan Changwu agreed, and then Gan Hui said that the fleet returning from the north has entered the dock for maintenance. At present, the two major shipyards have started day and night. The fleet actually has 4 third-tier battleships in the South China Sea class (70 guns) and 4 Southeast class ships (50 ships). Cannons), 14 ships (38 guns) of the Tainan-class five-tier cruise ship and 44 ships (28 guns) of the Kaohsiung-class six-tier cruise ship.

"We are still building 4 Nanhai-class ships and 4 Tainan-class ships, and they will be completed next year. It is more certain to fight Batavia, but the warlord has decided to follow Batavia this year and will not slack off!"

Yan Changwu took it over and said: "Yes, if you fight Batavia, you may be able to fight, you may not be able to fight, you may suffer losses, but we must fight!"

"Development is the last word. In addition to our economic income, this development also has our power. War is a manifestation of development power!"

"The last war seemed to be tied, but the feedback came back that the Dutch lost 2,000 people, and we killed more than 300 people in the battle. We made a lot of money!"

"You must fight, never show mercy!" He said very firmly and authentically.

"Let me just say something!" Chen Zhongji said: "Our Southeast Mansion relies on economic development to stabilize the people's hearts~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Second, we need to expand abroad. As long as we continue to expand, the Southeast Mansion can grow. I firmly support the decision of the warlord! "

"Support the Overseer's decision!" everyone said together.

It was decided to use troops on Batavia again, and all the battleships were pulled up (8), plus 8 fifth-tier cruisers, 28 sixth-tier cruisers and 8 supply ships, as the first strike group, and then Bring thirty-five Chinese-style sailing ships, escorted by four six-tier cruise ships, and carry enough gunpowder and artillery shells to avoid the lack of gunpowder last time.

So the army began to mobilize up and down. Both the civilians and the military created public opinion and used the name of the Dutch to "perish my heart" as propaganda. Speaking of the previous three wars, the Dutch must be defeated. Everyone has a happy birthday. !

Repairing the ships, training the fleet, and supplying materials, after a month, in early November, riding the northwest wind, the large fleet set sail in Kaohsiung Port.

The military and civilians gathered in the military port to make a grand move for their large fleet!

Yan Changwu has brought Li Ying, Gan Hui, Yan Donglai, Hong Xiguan, Yan Zhang, Cheng Yu, Xiao Changrong, Zhao Tianjing, Shi Daxuan, Storm, Kostit, Siresma, etc., all the elite soldiers of the Southeast Fleet. Strong generals, the distribution of eight battleships is as follows: South China Sea class Southeast class 4 Yan Changwu, Li Ying, Siresma and Storm, and Southeast class 4 captains are Yan Donglai, Kostit, Yan Donglai Cheng Yu, as long as the other captains fought the first Batavia battle, the outstanding performances were all used by Tier 5 ships.

The military and political affairs of the Southeast Mansion are in charge of Chen Zhongji, and Li De is responsible for leading the fleet to protect the Southeast Mansion. The army must be dispatched by Chen Zhongji to be effective.

"Oh, manpower is still insufficient!" Yan Changwu said with deep emotion.