Chapter 2908
Chapter 2908
Chapter 2908
"Something happened!"
Holding the "Haihan Times" that was just released today, a young man rushed into a quiet study room with a panicked expression, and shouted to the person sitting behind the desk: "Father, look quickly, something serious has happened!"
"Why panic, the sky is not falling! Didn't I tell you many times, you have to be prudent, don't be surprised and act like a child!" The middle-aged man with gray temples first reprimanded his son, Only then did he take the newspaper unhurriedly and check the contents on it.
However, after reading the front-page article in the newspaper, this seemingly calm man's expression was not as relaxed as it was at first, and he muttered to himself: "The South China Sea has been peaceful for so many years, and the good days are finally coming to an end It's gone!"
"Father, what should we do?" asked the youth.
The middle-aged man replied: "Go and arrange a fast boat back to the south. Wait for me to write a letter and send it back together with this newspaper. In addition, contact Victory Fort immediately to apply for a meeting with Tao Donglai for me."
The young man hurriedly responded, and hurried out to do some errands.
The middle-aged man took out the letter paper and spread it on the desk. After a long silence, he began to write the letter.But what he uses is not a common bamboo brush, but a beautiful feather.The tip of the feather is sharpened, and when it is stained with ink, it can be written lightly on the paper.
The middle-aged man who wrote the letter with a quill pen was not a Haihan citizen, but Su Keyi, Minister of the Dutch East India Company in Sanya.
The Dutch East India Company was far away in the city of Batavia on Java Island, but a considerable part of its trade activities was carried out in Northeast Asia, and Haihan and Daming were its main trading partners.Therefore, the comprador class of Chinese origin like Su Keyi has a place to use in this.
After the Dutch East India Company formally established diplomatic relations with Haihan, Su Keyi was sent to Haihan as a minister. It has been 20 years.During this period, although the East India Company also had the willingness to replace him, it has not been able to find a candidate with comparable ability, so it can only allow Su Keyi to continue his term of office.
Su Keyi would return to Batavia to report on his work every two years, but after a long time, there were still many inconveniences, so he later took his family to Sanya to settle down.The eldest son Su Yongshan, who brought in the newspaper just now, came to Sanya when he was six years old, and lived here with him.
Perhaps it was because Su Yongshan grew up here that Su Yongshan was also very sensitive to all kinds of news published in the official newspaper, so he was able to notice the unusualness of today's special issue at the first time.
And Su Keyi has dealt with Haihan officials for so many years, and he also knows the working style of the executive committee very well.He knew that the practice of guiding public opinion through newspaper blowouts before major actions was a usual method used by the Executive Committee.In the past few years, as long as Haihan initiated military operations on his own initiative, he would go through this process before taking action to arouse public sentiment and pave the way for the official final decision.
Su Keyi didn't need to think too much, and he could see the intention of the executive committee from the lines of this front page article - Haihan was no longer satisfied with the current control area in the South China Sea, and might use military means to occupy it in the South China Sea. more regions.
And this is by no means good news for the Dutch East India Company.
The Dutch East India Company had many armed conflicts with Haihan in the early years, but after suffering several losses, the Dutch also realized that it would be of no benefit to go head-to-head with Haihan, so they swallowed their anger and changed their attitude, and began to conclude trade relations with Haihan.Afterwards, the East India Company did not have the extra energy to continue to fight against Haihan because of the competition from its Western counterparts and the hostility of neighboring countries. Therefore, the relationship between the two parties has been relatively stable in the past 20 years.
But this does not mean that the two sides are harmonious. In the field of colonization and trade, the two sides have always had a competitive relationship.With the expansion of Haihan's sphere of influence, almost all trade routes of the East India Company in Northeast Asia were controlled by Haihan.In Southeast Asia, the Haihan garrison in Xingdao also frequently enters and exits the waters near Batavia, and has the potential to take the Sunda Strait, which was originally under the influence of the East India Company, for itself.
Although the trade environment in Batavia has not deteriorated significantly, thanks to Haihan, the sphere of influence of the East India Company is indeed shrinking year by year.As for such a trend, the company's board of directors could not come up with effective means of resistance. After all, with the negative example of Spain, the board of directors would not naively think that the city of Batavia would be much stronger than the Spanish city of Manila.
Fortunately, Haihan has focused its development on the north in recent years, and the colonial industries of the East India Company in Southeast Asia can still operate normally.And Su Keyi's work in Sanya is also very easy, as long as he maintains normal communication with the Haihan Executive Committee, collects various information, and submits reports to Batavia regularly.But as soon as this newspaper is published today, it may mean that the peace in the South China Sea that has lasted for many years is slowly coming to an end.
Although Su Keyi didn't know exactly which direction Haihan would use his troops, Haihan's actions would undoubtedly further reduce the living space of the East India Company.Fortunately, this kind of big action that needs to build momentum in advance to guide public opinion often has a relatively long preparation period, and it will not start immediately.Su Keyi still has plenty of time to collect information and send a warning to Batavia, so that they can prepare in advance for the upcoming storm.
Su Keyi was only halfway through writing the letter, and Su Yongshan came back to report.
He first went to Sanya Port and ordered a fast boat under the office to get ready for departure.Since Su Keyi took office, one or two such fast boats have been moored at the local port all year round, ready to be dispatched by the office at any time, in case of emergency.
Su Yongshan then went to Victory Fort and submitted an application for a meeting.A big man like Tao Donglai can't be seen at will, and such a meeting application usually won't get an immediate response, so he can only come back first and wait for news.
After Su Yongshan reported on his task execution, he couldn't help asking: "Father, if the situation is serious, do we have to go back to Batavia first?"
Su Keyi looked up at his son, shook his head slightly and said, "We don't need to go back. If war really breaks out, even if we go back, it won't change anything. Only by staying here can we play a role."
Su Yongshan said: "You also think Batavia is in danger?"
Su Keyi said: "Unless Haihan wants to wipe out the East India Company, there is little point in attacking Batavia. But as far as the current situation is concerned, I don't think Batavia will become Haihan's target. You Look, this special issue is to commemorate Haihan’s army’s defeat of the Spanish fleet that came to attack at Victory Port 21 years ago. This shows that the Spaniards are the opponents that Haihan cares about most. If nothing else, they will be the first to be unlucky this time Already!"
(End of this chapter)
"Something happened!"
Holding the "Haihan Times" that was just released today, a young man rushed into a quiet study room with a panicked expression, and shouted to the person sitting behind the desk: "Father, look quickly, something serious has happened!"
"Why panic, the sky is not falling! Didn't I tell you many times, you have to be prudent, don't be surprised and act like a child!" The middle-aged man with gray temples first reprimanded his son, Only then did he take the newspaper unhurriedly and check the contents on it.
However, after reading the front-page article in the newspaper, this seemingly calm man's expression was not as relaxed as it was at first, and he muttered to himself: "The South China Sea has been peaceful for so many years, and the good days are finally coming to an end It's gone!"
"Father, what should we do?" asked the youth.
The middle-aged man replied: "Go and arrange a fast boat back to the south. Wait for me to write a letter and send it back together with this newspaper. In addition, contact Victory Fort immediately to apply for a meeting with Tao Donglai for me."
The young man hurriedly responded, and hurried out to do some errands.
The middle-aged man took out the letter paper and spread it on the desk. After a long silence, he began to write the letter.But what he uses is not a common bamboo brush, but a beautiful feather.The tip of the feather is sharpened, and when it is stained with ink, it can be written lightly on the paper.
The middle-aged man who wrote the letter with a quill pen was not a Haihan citizen, but Su Keyi, Minister of the Dutch East India Company in Sanya.
The Dutch East India Company was far away in the city of Batavia on Java Island, but a considerable part of its trade activities was carried out in Northeast Asia, and Haihan and Daming were its main trading partners.Therefore, the comprador class of Chinese origin like Su Keyi has a place to use in this.
After the Dutch East India Company formally established diplomatic relations with Haihan, Su Keyi was sent to Haihan as a minister. It has been 20 years.During this period, although the East India Company also had the willingness to replace him, it has not been able to find a candidate with comparable ability, so it can only allow Su Keyi to continue his term of office.
Su Keyi would return to Batavia to report on his work every two years, but after a long time, there were still many inconveniences, so he later took his family to Sanya to settle down.The eldest son Su Yongshan, who brought in the newspaper just now, came to Sanya when he was six years old, and lived here with him.
Perhaps it was because Su Yongshan grew up here that Su Yongshan was also very sensitive to all kinds of news published in the official newspaper, so he was able to notice the unusualness of today's special issue at the first time.
And Su Keyi has dealt with Haihan officials for so many years, and he also knows the working style of the executive committee very well.He knew that the practice of guiding public opinion through newspaper blowouts before major actions was a usual method used by the Executive Committee.In the past few years, as long as Haihan initiated military operations on his own initiative, he would go through this process before taking action to arouse public sentiment and pave the way for the official final decision.
Su Keyi didn't need to think too much, and he could see the intention of the executive committee from the lines of this front page article - Haihan was no longer satisfied with the current control area in the South China Sea, and might use military means to occupy it in the South China Sea. more regions.
And this is by no means good news for the Dutch East India Company.
The Dutch East India Company had many armed conflicts with Haihan in the early years, but after suffering several losses, the Dutch also realized that it would be of no benefit to go head-to-head with Haihan, so they swallowed their anger and changed their attitude, and began to conclude trade relations with Haihan.Afterwards, the East India Company did not have the extra energy to continue to fight against Haihan because of the competition from its Western counterparts and the hostility of neighboring countries. Therefore, the relationship between the two parties has been relatively stable in the past 20 years.
But this does not mean that the two sides are harmonious. In the field of colonization and trade, the two sides have always had a competitive relationship.With the expansion of Haihan's sphere of influence, almost all trade routes of the East India Company in Northeast Asia were controlled by Haihan.In Southeast Asia, the Haihan garrison in Xingdao also frequently enters and exits the waters near Batavia, and has the potential to take the Sunda Strait, which was originally under the influence of the East India Company, for itself.
Although the trade environment in Batavia has not deteriorated significantly, thanks to Haihan, the sphere of influence of the East India Company is indeed shrinking year by year.As for such a trend, the company's board of directors could not come up with effective means of resistance. After all, with the negative example of Spain, the board of directors would not naively think that the city of Batavia would be much stronger than the Spanish city of Manila.
Fortunately, Haihan has focused its development on the north in recent years, and the colonial industries of the East India Company in Southeast Asia can still operate normally.And Su Keyi's work in Sanya is also very easy, as long as he maintains normal communication with the Haihan Executive Committee, collects various information, and submits reports to Batavia regularly.But as soon as this newspaper is published today, it may mean that the peace in the South China Sea that has lasted for many years is slowly coming to an end.
Although Su Keyi didn't know exactly which direction Haihan would use his troops, Haihan's actions would undoubtedly further reduce the living space of the East India Company.Fortunately, this kind of big action that needs to build momentum in advance to guide public opinion often has a relatively long preparation period, and it will not start immediately.Su Keyi still has plenty of time to collect information and send a warning to Batavia, so that they can prepare in advance for the upcoming storm.
Su Keyi was only halfway through writing the letter, and Su Yongshan came back to report.
He first went to Sanya Port and ordered a fast boat under the office to get ready for departure.Since Su Keyi took office, one or two such fast boats have been moored at the local port all year round, ready to be dispatched by the office at any time, in case of emergency.
Su Yongshan then went to Victory Fort and submitted an application for a meeting.A big man like Tao Donglai can't be seen at will, and such a meeting application usually won't get an immediate response, so he can only come back first and wait for news.
After Su Yongshan reported on his task execution, he couldn't help asking: "Father, if the situation is serious, do we have to go back to Batavia first?"
Su Keyi looked up at his son, shook his head slightly and said, "We don't need to go back. If war really breaks out, even if we go back, it won't change anything. Only by staying here can we play a role."
Su Yongshan said: "You also think Batavia is in danger?"
Su Keyi said: "Unless Haihan wants to wipe out the East India Company, there is little point in attacking Batavia. But as far as the current situation is concerned, I don't think Batavia will become Haihan's target. You Look, this special issue is to commemorate Haihan’s army’s defeat of the Spanish fleet that came to attack at Victory Port 21 years ago. This shows that the Spaniards are the opponents that Haihan cares about most. If nothing else, they will be the first to be unlucky this time Already!"
(End of this chapter)