Just as Zhao Xuening thought, after Cornley returned to Batavia because he failed to achieve his primary goal, he found Petrus with a belly full of anger, and completely poured out his anger and dissatisfaction on Petrus. .
"Because of your stupidity and negligence, the Republic and the company have lost huge benefits. These benefits were shamelessly stolen by a traitor, and you are completely his accomplice! You don't trust the Dutch, but trust a Chinese !This is the stupidest thing about you!”
"Now this bastard is getting stronger and more arrogant, while the Republic and the company are getting weaker and weaker, and cannot even protect the interests of the East Indies. As long as this traitor changes his mind a little, or is persuaded by the British, the Republic The interests in the East Indies would be completely destroyed!”
"It is impossible for the Republic to send troops! Once troops are sent, the British will definitely attack the mainland! By then, we will lose more! More! We will have nothing left! We are finished! The sea coachman will become a Joke! Joke!”
"And the root of all this is because of you! Petrus! Because you believed in a traitor!"
Cornley roared angrily at Petrus, who was recovering from a serious illness. Petrus's face turned pale as he scolded him, and he couldn't say a word.
After he almost finished venting his anger, he regained his composure.
"Your position has been abolished. Now the power of the entire Batavia is under my control. You will be sent back to the Netherlands for trial. What awaits you is prison and eternal punishment!"
When Petrus heard this, his face became even paler.
"I have been stationed in the East Indies for the company for more than ten years. Don't I have some merit?"
Cornley sneered.
"Your merits have been paid. Now, you need to pay the price for your mistakes. If you don't pay the price, can you compensate the Republic and the company for the huge losses caused by you?"
"This... this is not my fault alone! The company was already in the red before I took office!"
Petrus stood up and said sadly: "I appointed Zhao Xuening because he can really fight. Only he can fight. Only he can compete with the British and safeguard the interests of the company! During the years when I appointed him, Has the company’s finances improved?”
"I admit."
"So! This cannot be said to be a wrong choice! Without Zhao Xuening, the company's financial situation will continue to deteriorate!"
Petrus said loudly: "I did nothing wrong! It was not me who was wrong! It was those idiots who insisted on being enemies with Zhao Xuening!"
"Without your efforts to appoint Zhao Xuening, there wouldn't be so many people in the company who would have objections to him!"
Ke Enli said angrily: "You actually married your daughter to him. What on earth were you thinking? Yes, without Zhao Xuening, the company would not have gotten better in those years, but without Zhao Xuening, the company would not be what it is now. Lose two-thirds of the benefits! Do you know how much the Republic needs this money now?"
"Can one East India Company fill the financial deficit for so many years?"
Petrus looked at Cornley and said feebly: "Can this be changed by the East India Company? Those extravagant nobles, corrupt officials, and worms within the company, who are not eating away at the foundation of the republic? If time Going back a hundred years, could Zhao Xuening really make the sea coachman so powerless?"
Cornley took a deep breath.
"It's useless to say anything more. Just wait until you return to the Netherlands to face trial. If you have any questions, just tell the judge. He will decide where you will spend the rest of your life!"
After saying that, Cornley called several armed company officers and asked them to take Petrus to the prison and keep him under guard. At the same time, the house of Petrus and his wife and servants also needed to be guarded to prevent them from escaping. .
However, Cornley doesn't know Batavia very well yet. If he stays here for a little longer, he will know a fact.
At this moment, Batavia is in a state of one-way transparency to Zhao Xuening.
Batavia, which had been surrounded by Zhao Xuening for a long time and restricted transportation and supplies, no longer had the ability to resist Zhao Xuening.
Cornley has only been here three months, and has been ill for three months. He has not had time to understand Batavia at all, so he thinks he is still capable of sending the Petrus family back to the Netherlands to face the incompetent and furious The senior management gave an explanation.
However, the news that Petrus was arrested and thrown into prison was sent out of Batavia that night, and then handed over to Lanfang's intelligence system personnel.
Through the rapid response channel, at noon the next day, Zhao Xuening and the Director of Agriculture Zhu Xiangwen inspected the newly built farms around Seoul and received relevant news.
At that time, Zhao Xuening was eating simple farm meals with the indigenous farmers on the farm and asking about their living conditions. After learning the news, Zhao Xuening immediately asked Chen Liang to find Chen Qilong.
"Go tell Chen Qilong and ask him to send someone to ensure the safety of the Petrus family, and then transport the family out of Batavia and to me without disturbing Cornley."
Chen Liang wrote down what he wanted to do and nodded.
"As commanded."
Then he mounted his horse and galloped away.
Zhao Xuening was not too worried about this matter and continued to eat farm meals and chat with the indigenous farmers.
If Zhao Xuening is a person with little ambition, it would be wonderful to establish Lan Fang as the little overlord and then just enjoy a luxurious life and huge power, becoming the one who dominates millions of living beings.
However, Zhao Xuening is not a person without great ambitions.
Seeing that the tentacles of the European colonists have reached the borders of the big empire, the big empire is still drowsy under the pressure of the aging old man Shiquan, waiting for its fall in a few years.
He could not accept this ending no matter what, the ending of the original world sixty years later, and he had to reverse it no matter what.
Fortunately, he already has the initial ability to reverse this outcome and will launch a series of actions to this end.
The first step in this series of actions was to sacrifice the "mother body" on which he grew up - the Dutch East India Company.
It has to be said that the Dutch East India Company was once very glorious, or that the entire Netherlands was glorious.
In its heyday, the Netherlands had not only the East India Company, but also the West India Company, which together made huge profits for the Netherlands. The name of the sea coachman was extremely famous.
However, the Netherlands' own shortcomings have never been improved. There has been no industrial revolution and the population has not increased.
After all, a small country with a population of one million cannot support a huge global colonial empire. In comparison, the rising star British are obviously more powerful and more populous.
Population is always the foundation for a country and a nation to stand in the world, so Zhao Xuening is extremely concerned about the population issue.
On the premise that Lanfang lacked a Chinese population, fertility was strongly encouraged, and heavy investment was made to establish social welfare institutions to provide support for Lanfang's dual-income families.
To be honest, this expenditure was enough for him to organize an army of about 20,000 people or a navy of about 10,000 people. However, the two were not simply equated in his mind, and he still carefully chose the former. , instead of choosing the latter.
Even if he succeeds in counterattacking the Qing Empire in the future, he will never lose the East Indies. He will manage it as his homeland and create a future with maritime characteristics for the traditional empire.
So while Zhao Xuening sent people to rescue the Petrus family, he held a meeting to conduct tactical planning and task assignment for the upcoming operation to destroy the Netherlands East India Company.
Since the Dutch power in the entire East Indies was basically destroyed by him, leaving only one Batavia in the Netherlands, military operations in the East Indies can be completely left to the Army.
He believed that the army that controlled Batavia would only need a day or two to capture Batavia and resolve the internal resistance, so Lanfang's main force should be placed elsewhere.
According to previous discussions with the British, Zhao Xuening plans to launch an attack on the seven Dutch commercial military strongholds or small colonies east of Bangladesh in the first phase, to eliminate all Dutch military forces in these places, occupy and take over them , and then launch an attack on the Dutch military forces in Bangladesh and India.
In the Bengal and Indian regions, the Netherlands had three main colonies: the Malabar Coast, the Coromandel Coast, and the Island of Ceylon.
The small colonies or commercial strongholds in northern India were naturally left to the British. For these three important colonies in the south, the British needed Zhao Xuening's help.
Zhao Xuening is naturally no stranger to these three colonies.
When doing business and escorting, he traveled to and from these three large colonies many times. He knew this place well, and he also knew the staffing and distribution of armed forces of the Netherlands East India Company here. For Zhao Xuening, this was an open map. Hitting machine.
But no matter how weak the Netherlands is, there are still armed forces composed of thousands of soldiers and some regional servant forces in these areas. The total number of people is still considerable, and they also have some fighting power, otherwise the British will not ask Zhao Xuening to help them fight.
So Zhao Xuening still made appropriate military arrangements.
In terms of naval battles, the Lanfang Navy's First Fleet and Second Fleet were dispatched. The two fleets formed the main force to launch an attack on the Netherlands Navy in the Ceylon area, striving to destroy their navy in the shortest possible time, control the sea power, and cut off Maritime connections between these three colonies.
Then, the army troops divided into two groups, one landing on Ceylon Island and the other on the Coromandel Coast. As for the Malabar Coast, it was left to the British to deal with. Zhao Xuening had no intention of taking over everything here.
He can send troops, but it is still impossible to completely help the British in the war. The main reason why the troops are divided into two groups is because he knows that there is a lot of oil and water in these two colonies, and there are also some good factory equipment that can be dismantled and brought back for his own use. , then the British will be left with a piece of chicken feathers, which can be regarded as their own little fun.
It's easy to ask me to come, and it's not difficult to let me go, but there is a price to pay~
After the specific tactics are discussed, the tasks will be formally assigned.
"Li Chuang, lead the main force of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet to attack the Netherlands Navy and the sea, cut off the maritime connections between the three places, and prevent them from supporting each other. We can only succeed, not fail!"
"As you command!"
Li Chuang stood up straight and saluted Zhao Xuening.
Zhao Xuening nodded and looked at Chu Teng and Zhao Changan.
"Chu Teng, lead the First Corps of the Army to land on the Coromandel coast. You will be responsible for taking over this colony and destroying all Dutch armed forces!"
"As you command!"
"Zhao Chang'an, lead the Army's Second Corps to land on Ceylon Island and be responsible for taking over this colony. You can only succeed, not fail!"
"As you command!"
"Remember, after the battle is over, you must take away everything you can as quickly as possible. All Chinese must also be taken away. Don't leave anything to the British and let them suffer a dumb loss. Understand ?"
"clear!"
The three of them agreed in unison.
Zhao Xuening nodded with satisfaction.
