On December 8th, Liu Yiming sat in the office with a complicated face, listening to Chen Jiangtao's explanation.

"Those officials did not allow immigration, and said that once the immigration ship docked, it would be directly sunk. As a last resort, through the introduction of several middlemen, Shanghai Daotai's nephew gave him a way to sell piglets." Chen Jiangtao said with a look on his face.

It's complicated to say.

The reason why it is complicated is that Chen Jiangtao has always had unrealistic fantasies about being rich and wealthy on the mainland. He also has many industries on land in order to one day lead the whole family back to his homeland. If it hadn't been for the internal and external troubles and wars in recent years,

He has gone back.

Now it seems that there is no loss. In the past few years, countless refugees have died on the mainland. The court cannot control it. The disasters caused by the refugees have become Taiping, Nian Army, and civil unrest, large and small, countless.

Chen Jiangtao originally thought, you can't feed the refugees, and there is still a risk of unrest in your place. I just want people. It should be a win-win situation, but this corrupt official does not agree!

After asking around a lot, I found out that these victims were all given free money!

In the feudal dynasty, it was normal for natural and man-made disasters to occur and refugees to appear everywhere. Especially at this time, the court was already used to it.

If there are refugees in the local area, the local officials can report it and ask for disaster relief. The court will grant a small amount, and of course the money will go into the pockets of each official.

Then refugees spread everywhere, the public security was chaotic, and taxes could be increased. Mei promised to be a brave man in the countryside and ensure peace. The money was divided among the local gentlemen and gentry.

Finally, starting from the mid-19th century, things like piglets appeared. After the two parts of the money were divided, the young people among the refugees could still be sold. As for the mortality rate on slave ships? Is that something that gentlemen need to consider?

Not to mention that after losing the young and middle-aged, the survival of the old, weak, women and children is left. In order to survive, women and children sell themselves and their children, either as slaves or to brothels. It is already an industrial chain!

boom!

After Liu Yiming listened, he kicked the chair where Xiao Matsubara had been sitting. The solid wood chair was kicked over and made a squeaking sound.

"Buy it! There is no need for the elderly. We have agreed with them that we will wholesale at the same price. One or two taels for children, four taels for girls over 18, and eight taels for boys." Liu Yiming thought for a long time and finally made a decision.

With this decision, he also became the promoter of the evil piglet trade, but the price he gave was very low, hoping to reduce the impact. It is foreseeable that many children will be sent to Java in the future. As for adults, the price

On the low side, it won't be too much.

"Do a good job in publicity. The ship gangs and merchant gangs are very powerful. Cooperate with them and the news will spread. You are not a slave when you come to Java. You can be free after working for the government for five years."

"At this price, there shouldn't be many men here!" Chen Jiangtao said.

At this time, in the slave trade, the price of a strong man was between 20 and 30 yuan, which was equivalent to ten or twenty taels of silver. Liu Yiming's price was too low.

"That's it, no more money is allowed. There are no men. If there are no men's methods, I don't believe that a living person can be choked to death by peeing." Liu Yiming said aggrievedly.

At this time, he wished he could have millions of troops, march northward, capture those officials who were aloof and did not regard human beings as human beings, and send them to Siberia to grow potatoes, or to Texas to grow cotton!

It's okay if you don't add money, but once you add money, it becomes a commodity. When the time comes, you will no longer be a refugee, but will be turned into a refugee by the profit-driven officials, and then become a piglet.

After deciding on the general direction, Liu Yiming stopped caring. The top priority was to deal with the navy. Liu Yiming was going to draw a schematic diagram and send it to Charles to send to the UK. In addition, the first batch of 300 tons of No. 001 hardened armor was also sent to the UK.

carry out testing.

The whole process takes two months, one month for sailing, one month for testing, and it will be off next year.

The schematic diagram was difficult to draw, especially since Liu Yiming didn't know what warships looked like now, so he could only learn about it slowly with the information and books given by Charles.

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December 8th was a very special day. Wang Yang, Xie Hui, and Wang Xu successfully reunited after conquering all cities within a hundred kilometers of Batavia.

Jakata, a small town less than 20 kilometers east of Batavia, is now the distance from the city center to the suburbs. It has become the advanced base of the South China Army, with more than 4,000 people stationed here.

The telegraph line has been connected, and today is the day when the first telegram is sent from the front line to Surabaya. Wang Yang will sort out the recent situation and send it to Surabaya.

The biggest limitation of the telegraph is the efficiency of information dissemination. Whether it is a wired telegraph or a wireless telegraph, it takes half an hour for the telegraph operator to finish ticking what he wants to send.

"What should we do now? Fight or not?" Wang Xu has been thinking in his heart, wanting to fight, because the special detachment was established with the most dangerous mission in mind, but in the end he never fought a tough battle.

Forget it, but in fact he has also become a giant, a giant like Wang Yang, Xie Hui, and Yang Tao. He directly controls one-fifth of Surabaya's field force, but has no military exploits worth bragging about.

Wang Xu wasn't overjoyed, but he was prepared to sacrifice his life to achieve success, but his teammates shouldered the responsibility for him. In modern times, many people might have opened champagne to celebrate.

But every time in troubled times, the characteristics of Chinese culture always make people feel a sense of mission. Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world! But in the end, he did nothing and was in a high position. He was terrified. Now Wang Xu is terrified!

"What are you thinking about? The driver has given strict orders not to attack, just wait and see what happens!" Xie Hui said.

"The special envoy has been sent out. The commander wants to negotiate with the Dutch and let them surrender voluntarily. This will also reduce casualties and damage to the city." Wang Yang said.

The special envoy was a British businessman hired by Liu Yiming, who was asked by Charles to find him. He took a letter from former Governor Pinac and went to Batavia to negotiate with the Dutch.

It is worth mentioning that the Dutch did not appoint a fourth governor, but appointed Major General Barr in Batavia as the city's defender to defend Batavia. Liu Yiming already knew about this, and it was all published in Singapore newspapers.

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"Report! There's a situation!" the sentry's voice came from outside the room.

Wang Yang grabbed the telescope and climbed the wall to the observation tower to observe the situation.

"What's going on?" Wang Xu and Xie Hui's telescopes were not very good, and there were not many people on the watchtower. There were already sentries and Wang Yang on top, so they simply asked the sentry who reported.

"There is a large group of people running in our direction. It is very chaotic and they are too far away to see clearly!" the sentry replied briefly.

"Human?" Wang Xu and Xie Hui looked at each other. The Dutch still dare to go out of the city to fight???

When Wang Xu was excitedly preparing to assemble his troops, a telescope flew down from above his head.

Bump! Glass shards are everywhere.

Wang Xu took a closer look. This was Wang Yang's telescope. It was so precious every day. Why did it fall now?

Looking up, Wang Xu was climbing down the watchtower.

"What's wrong? My hand slipped?" Xie Hui asked, even a little gloating.

"Chinese, tens of thousands of Chinese, were driven here without anything!" Wang Yang said with trembling all over.

"What!" Xie Hui's eyes widened, and Wang Xu's hair almost stood on end.

Hundreds of South Chinese troops crossed the tunnel, channeled the huge group of refugees, maintained order, and guided them to the rear. Where there were houses, tents, shelter from wind and rain, hot soup and doctors.

"They are looking for death!" Wang Xu stood on a mound and said with red eyes when he saw many Chinese people covered with scars.

"Let the war begin!" Wang Xu turned to Wang Yang and said.

"Quiet!" Wang Yang said coldly, but the violent rise and fall of his chest showed that he was also very angry.

"Xie Hui, how are you?" Wang Yang looked at Xie Hui.

"The telegram has been sent. It should take more than half an hour to get a reply." Xie Hui replied.

"Wang Xu, you go to pacify the troops, and I'll go check on the victims. Xie Hui, keep an eye on the Dutch!" Wang Yang didn't say anything. He couldn't decide this matter, but he chose to let the radical among the radicals, Wang

Xu went to appease the troops.

"Old man, what happened?" As soon as Wang Yang arrived at the resettlement site, the guards brought an old man who was said to be very prestigious among the Chinese.

"Sir! You have to make the decision for us!" The old man was about to kneel down when he saw Wang Yang, but the guards held him up.

"Old man, tell me slowly, what did the Dutch do?" Wang Yang asked, supporting the old man.

"More than ten days ago, the Chinese people were all under control. We couldn't go out, and we had to deal with the Dutch or natives who came to check at any time. This went on for a few days, but we were still able to survive." The old man took a breath.

"Ten days ago, the Dutch suddenly sent soldiers, dragged all the Chinese out of their homes, and gathered them together. They only gave them a little food every day and endured the sun and rain for ten days! Countless people died of the disease, and they continued

Not even a straw hut! Old people and children, most of them died!" When talking about his sadness, the old man shed tears, and looked at Nanhua Army with eyes full of complaints.

"There are tens of thousands of Chinese people inside, please, save them! We all have properties in Batavia, and I still have hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash hidden under my family. I will give it to you, old man, please save them."

!" Thinking of his clansmen and family members in the city, the old man kowtowed again.

"We are thinking of ways to attack us rashly for fear that the Dutch will kill us, but we didn't expect them to be so frantic..." Wang Yang said sincerely, "The follow-up army will arrive soon, and we will make them afraid to do these things again!"

This sentence is full of harshness.

"Where is Commander Wang?" Xie Hui's voice came from outside.

"I'm here!" Wang Yang shouted loudly.

"The order came, the command ordered to bomb Tangerang indiscriminately, and then the Dutch were called to take over," Xie Hui said.

"Arrange for Wang Xu to go! There are more than a hundred white phosphorus bombs, bring them all." Wang Yang said without thinking.

"Also, let the political commissar and instructors appease the people, sort out the casualty figures, and send them to Surabaya."

"Phosgene can't be used, but Wang Yang gave you all the white phosphorus bombs to give you an idea. Go catch hundreds of natives. After burning them, send the natives in first and tell them that those who can't kill ten people will have to die.
Chapter completed!