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- "Negotiation?"
"Yes, the other party wants to negotiate, and it is estimated that they want us to surrender."
"Then let's talk, it will be a day if it can be delayed."
No matter how clever Kuang Hong was, he would never have imagined that the gunpowder of the Dutch defenders was about to run out. The Dutch Army's coquettish operations caused the muskets to rust and the gunpowder to harden. This situation had occurred in Tainan, but it was encountered by the Han rebels, and the Datong Army had no knowledge of it.
At this moment, the Dutch defenders are still drying gunpowder.
"Son of a bitch!"
Commander Hendrick was inspecting the gunpowder situation. As soon as he arrived at the place, he couldn't help swearing and shouted a Dutch word klootzak.
He rushed over quickly, turned over the soldiers: "How many times have I told you that hardened gunpowder is not allowed to be knocked, but should be slowly ground into powder!"
These army soldiers all belong to the prenatal education industry. They have never fought a war after serving as soldiers, let alone suffered from gunpowder explosions.
To be honest, the Dutch were lucky enough that a large amount of gunpowder in the arsenal was damp, and it was possible to release heat and explode on its own. They have been next to the "giant bomb" all these years, and it is their ancestors who have not all ascended to heaven.
Generally speaking, gunpowder that is hardened and wet must be ground and then slowly dried. You have to use the sieve again to sieve out the fine powder and then configure it, so that it can be used normally.
However, the air in Malacca is too humid, and there is no time to wait for it to dry, so it is risky to bake.
When baking, if the temperature is slightly higher, the gunpowder may be ignited.
Hendrick looked at several bonfires, gunpowder placed randomly, and hammers for hammering, and suddenly had an urge to open the city and surrender.
"This second lieutenant, come here!" Hendrick pointed to a soldier.
The second lieutenant in the Netherlands is not a military rank at this time, but a grassroots cadre position, equivalent to the corporal leader of the Datong Army, with a little bit of education. The late Governor of Batavia, Van Diemen, started out as an Ensign.
A second lieutenant ran over, his name was Rial, and he could barely read some words.
Hendrick instructed: "Whoever dares to hit gunpowder with a hammer again will have his head twisted off and stuffed in shit!"
"Yes!" Rial held his head high.
Hendrik left immediately, and Rial instantly became dizzy, lying there very lazily, and said to the other soldiers: "Grind slowly, don't knock. The enemy is not attacking today, so everyone takes the opportunity to rest."
As soon as this remark came out, the hardened gunpowder was not dealt with, and the Dutch soldiers sat together and started chatting.
The Dutch Marine Corps will not be formed for more than 20 years. In the Dutch army at this time, the navy is the navy, and the army is the army. The navy looks down on the army, and the army hates the navy.
Anyway, the army doesn't want to fight tough battles, and only likes to bully the natives.
If it wasn't for the spread of the plague in Tainan, the Dutch army would not even be able to win against the natives of Taiwan. How could they be willing to go head-to-head with the Datong army?
"I heard that there will be negotiations today. It would be great if it succeeds. I plan to go to the city to drink and find a woman to sleep with yesterday's repaid salary.
"When I earn enough money, I will open brothels in urban areas and catch Malay women as prostitutes in the suburbs. Those brothels run by Klings (Hindus) and Nyonya (mixed-race Chinese) are really good at making money. I'm so jealous!"
"Haha, if you open a brothel, we will catch women for you. A Malay woman, how about selling you 50 dong?"
"50 dong is too expensive, 20 dong at most. There are Malay natives everywhere in the suburbs. As long as you bring a musket, you can easily catch them."
"Joan, that idiot, actually married his wife last year, and she was a Malay woman. Haha, after his wife got pregnant, he even quit drinking.
Still have to go to the city to work. "
"I persuaded him, why don't you enjoy the money? Isn't it bad to drink and go to brothels? This fool exhausts himself half to death every day."
"I'm afraid you are all envious in your hearts? After Joan got married, she can wear clean clothes every day, wash her hair and take a shower every day. She looks as clean as a nobleman. What about you? You are all homeless."
"Even if I want to get married, I will not look for a Malay woman, I will look for a Nyonya in the city!"
"Nyonya like you? They are all very rich."
"When the company sends more soldiers, we will gain a firm foothold in Malacca, and then we will impose heavy taxes on those Nyonya! Let me tell you, I was transferred from Batavia, and the Chinese there have to pay heavy taxes. .We Dutch soldiers have a lot of opportunities to blackmail the Chinese. It¡¯s not like here, we still smile at them when we see Nyonya.¡±
On the negotiating table.
Dai Hui, the deputy envoy sent by Honglu Temple, sat at the chair of the negotiation, with??Throw down the musket first, and slip away without a sound, without being noticed by others.
The two guys were naked and ran all the way down the mountain, but were caught by the sentry on the way.
"An enemy surrendered? Hahahaha!"
Kuang Hong was very happy to hear that, and said: "As promised, reward them with money!"
1 Dutch guilder, about 10 grams of silver, and a reward of 50 Dutch guilders, only more than ten taels of silver (sixteen taels a catty).
Hearing that the two defectors had no clothes on, Kuang Hong asked Chen Erxun to get silk, and asked them to wear them and negotiate with them tomorrow.
Jide and Jacques, happily dressed in silk clothes, set off with Dai Hui and Chen Erxun.
A group of people slowly climbed up the mountain and came outside the castle.
It was explained that they were here for negotiations, and bamboo baskets were soon hung on the city.
However, Chen Erxun angrily reprimanded: "It's fine once, the second negotiation, why don't you let us go through the door? Let's not talk!"
The Dutch officers and soldiers in the city were baffled by these words.
Chen Erxun turned around and left. Ji De and Jacques took off their hats and shouted to the city: "We won't talk anymore!"
After they left, the defenders on the city whispered:
"Those two people looked familiar just now."
"It's familiar, it's Jade and Jacques, they must have run away last night!"
"They seemed to be wearing silk."
"Can you wear silk if you surrender? That's something only nobles can wear."
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