Liu Yiming walked aimlessly on the street, looking at the bustling crowd. On the street, several children wearing crotchless pants were playing, crying and laughing mixed together. Inexplicably, Liu Yiming was a little irritable.

Passing by the school, this is a school run by the Chinese. There are many schools in Surabaya. They are all free schools. They teach traditional culture. The difference is that girls can also go to school.

It was also thanks to the port that there was more exchanges and exchanges. The people of Surabaya had a certain understanding of the outside world, but they only had a partial understanding and the information they knew was half true and half false. It was precisely because of this that they became more and more afraid to resist the colonists.

Liu Yiming looked at the children playing and playing in the school for a long time.

While walking, Liu Yiming came to the pier. There were military camps on both sides of the pier, but not many people could be seen. Generally speaking, there would be two warships here, but the Netherlands has indeed declined, and Surabaya is not the home port of the Dutch colonial fleet.

, the only warships did not even have iron armor or even steam engines, but two wooden sailboats.

The two wooden ships also looked shabby due to their age and maintenance problems, but the dozens of forward-mounted guns were still very intimidating.

The small one is about 400 tons, and the large one is only 500 tons.

The most advanced are three coastal gunboats, with a displacement of 200 tons. They carry two 150-meter Armstrong cannons and four 37mm small guns. They were launched not long ago.

It stands to reason that this thing may be the most combat-effective warship of the colonial fleet. It should stay in Batavia, the home port of the colonial fleet. I don’t know why, but it came to Surabaya.

Liu Yiming observed it for a while, and was basically convinced that the colonists were driving this sudden change in the native population.

After watching for a while, Liu Yiming, who was about to leave, suddenly noticed that the colonial barracks began to move. Three mosquito ships began to set sail, and the soldiers also ran towards the fort on the mountain.

So I decided to stay and take a look.

The colonists' side

"Major, I found a warship heading towards the port. It's too far away. I don't know which country's warship it is. It may be more than 5,000 tons!" the messenger said nervously.

"What? You haven't received any news about foreign warships visiting recently, have you?" The young master was confused and asked the messenger instead.

It’s no wonder that the major was confused. The few ships in the port combined are not as big as others. The 5,000-ton wooden sailing battleship cannot be. In other words, this ship has the ability to destroy all the navies in Surabaya Port! The premise is that the navy sets sail.

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"Order the lighthouse to hang up a signal, tell the navy not to be impulsive, and send out a liaison ship to ask them why they are here." The major who came back to his senses quickly said.

A small ship set sail under sail, but the navy remained stationary in the port.

The strange ship slowly approached, and when it was about three kilometers away, it was obvious that the ship's hull was tilting unnaturally. The English Navy flag was also seen hanging on it.

The major breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the English ship was not responsible for the attack.

"Get ready, it looks like our English friends are in some trouble."

This British warship did encounter some trouble. The sailing warship encountered a storm not far from Surabaya Port and accidentally ran aground while taking shelter from the wind. Fortunately, it was not serious, but the storm made damage control more difficult, and it struggled for a long time.

Damage control still failed to repair the damage, and now it must be repaired in port.

"It seems that our arrival scared the Dutch." The first mate on the English warship chuckled at the captain.

"You can't blame them, after all, their local capital ships are not as good as the ship at our feet." The captain curled his lips and smiled.

"Send a signal, we don't mean any harm, dock." The captain ordered.

After getting closer, Liu Yiming recognized it at a glance. This was the battleship used by England to suppress the East at this time, a Barbarian-class ship with a displacement of 8,500 tons.

At the same time, I also noticed that the Barbarian was slightly tilted.

"Are you here for repairs?" Liu Yiming decided to wait a little longer and had a new idea in mind, but he had to consider the success rate.

The Barbarian docked at the port, and the captain took the people off.

"I am the supreme commander of Surabaya, Henry Bruno." The colonel major said to the commander of the Insolent.

"I am White Johnson, Captain of the HMS Insolent, Royal Navy's Far East Fleet. This is my first mate, Johnny Albert."

"Your Excellency, Commander, we came here with no ill intentions. As you saw, my ship was scratched by a rock. We need to repair and supply supplies at this port. Don't worry, we will pay according to the market price." The first mate added.

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After chatting for a while, Henry invited the people into the city and stayed at his mansion.

Before Captain White left, he ordered the people on the ship to take turns disembarking. The living environment of sailors in this era was harsh, so the management in ports was generally looser.

Seeing every British sailor or officer disembarking from the ship and starting to have fun, Liu Yiming knew that the success rate of his plan had increased to 50%.

"To be on the safe side, it's better to wait." Liu Yiming murmured.

After that, Liu Yiming lost interest in shopping, and instead ran home and searched in the data machine to learn more about the Barbaric Level.

On the other side, the colonists' prominent figures in Surabaya held a banquet for the arrival of Captain White and other British officers.

I didn't find much useful information, but I accidentally saw the parameters of a 450mm front-loaded Armstrong gun. The gun was already lagging behind, but seeing its price of less than 5,000 pounds, Liu Yiming was once again shocked by his wealth.

In order to be able to run away at any time, Liu Yiming still had the two million pounds with him. But after knowing the price, Liu Yiming knew that he had no chance to run away. Not to mention whether the colonists would let them go, even if they arrived in England, this amount

The money is enough for him to die countless times.

"Huh~" Late at night, Liu Yiming breathed out.

"Shunde, find a few people who understand English to watch the British warships coming today to see what they want to do. If they want to buy anything, discuss it with the people around them. As long as it is not provided by the Dutch, we will try to get it from the Dutch.

We provide, and the sailors who come to play, try to build a good relationship with them. Sailors like to play, take them to drink, and find Japanese dwarf women." Liu Yiming ordered.

"Don't be afraid to spend money and build relationships with them." Liu Yiming added.

Immediately, Liu Yiming reported the matter and his thoughts to Liu Wanhua!
Chapter completed!