A city with a gate facing inland is usually called a city gate. It is the only channel for land transportation. Both gates are heavily guarded and equipped with shore artillery for defense.

The Dutch dug two canals in the castle, and also dug two inner harbors that could berth more than ten warships. The inner harbors led to the canals, allowing access to and from the sea.

In order to control the spices in Batavia, Van Diemen not only kept an eye on the Portuguese, but also often attacked the Spanish in Luzon, almost monopolizing the spices and sugar market.

Van Diemen was a powerful governor. If Asian countries wanted to do business with the Netherlands, they had to go through the Batavia authorities or obtain the consent of the Batavia authorities.

Foreigners cannot transport goods to Europe privately, otherwise Batavia's powerful ships and cannons will be waiting for them.

The powerful Portuguese and Spanish were suppressed by them, not to mention other small countries.

Of course, there are exceptions, and that is the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty closed the ports for trade with Batavia, did not allow the people of the Ming Dynasty to trade with the Netherlands, and prohibited the vassal state from trading with Batavia.

But not all vassal states were obedient. Small countries such as Annan and Burma still continued to trade with Batavia.

After Zheng He's voyages to the West, the Ming Dynasty's navy shrank greatly and was not considered strong at sea.

As long as Westerners do not invade the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Navy will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, which also causes some small countries to ignore the Ming Dynasty.

After Van Diemen took office as governor of Batavia, he recruited a large number of Chinese workers to build the city of Batavia.

As more and more Chinese enter Batavia, they use their hard-working hands to not only make great contributions to the development of Batavia.

This small town controlled by the Netherlands has gradually become an Asian freight center, and his own life has become richer.

Gradually, Van Diemen discovered that most of Batavia's economy was almost in the hands of the Ming people, such as spice production and processing, sugar cane cultivation and sugar production and processing, which were almost monopolized by the Ming people.

Almost all the sugar and spices demanded by Europe came from Batavia. Later, the Ming Dynasty added mining and other industries, making Batavia more prosperous.

Of course, no matter what they do, they are still working for the Netherlands, and most of the profits are looted by the Netherlands.

Despite this, Akito is still much richer than the local indigenous people and people from other countries, causing many people to begin to hate Akito.

Now not only the lazy natives Qiu Fu, but also the Japanese and some Westerners living in Batavia have begun to have thoughts about the Ming people.

Even Van Diemen, the governor of Batavia himself, began to worry that Batavia would be controlled by Ming people...

After the Ming Dynasty issued a boycott and sanctions against the Dutch, Van Diemen felt that the Dutch business had dropped significantly compared to before, and was less than half of what it was before.

At this time, they began to discuss how to harvest the leeks of the Ming people in Batavia, and finally decided to incite the indigenous people and wandering foreigners to launch a purge of the wealthy Ming people.

During this period, a small number of Akito shops and factories were robbed, and some Akito were killed by them, but the number was not very large.

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No matter how secretive the Ming fleet's actions were, the fleet was too large after all. The fleet was still about a day away from Batavia, and Batavia began to get information.

Van Diemen wore a black top hat and a black collared uniform, looking very clean and capable.

Although the traces of time have climbed onto his forehead, his tall nose and slightly thin face still look handsome.
Chapter completed!