1850 American Gold Baron

Chapter 405 The army presses the territory

"Your identity must be valuable to the Dutch so that they will not neglect you. Foreigners have always been snobbish. If you are useful to them, they will look down upon you. If you are of no use to them, they will discard you like worn out shoes."

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Liu Shoushan said leisurely.

"What do you mean, dad?" Ye Tingfan asked.

"The reason why the Dutch rely on our father and son is that we control Lanfang Company. As long as you become the president of Lanfang Company, you will be valuable to the Dutch and become a bargaining chip that the Dutch are unwilling to lose."

Liu Shoushan narrowed his eyes and said.

"You are the chief executive of the company. My son-in-law must not dare to have such intentions. The position of chief executive must be elected by all the respected elders in order to be effective. How can it be such a child's play?" Ye Tingfan swallowed and declined duplicitously.

It is impossible to say that he has no idea about Lanfang Company's overall structure.

It was only by becoming Liu Shoushan's son-in-law that Ye Tingfan achieved his current position in Lanfang Company.

Without Liu Shoushan, Ye Tingfan is nothing. He can only maintain his current status by obeying Liu Shoushan's orders honestly.

Ye Tingfan didn't know whether Liu Shoushan really wanted him to be the chief executive of Lanfang Company or was testing his loyalty, so Ye Tingfan answered very cautiously.

“Submit authority when urgent matters arise, and do extraordinary things at extraordinary times.”

Liu Shoushan got off the bed, asked someone to get the seal of the president of Lanfang Company, and explained to Ye Tingfan in a sincere and sincere manner.

"When you get to Batavia, take good care of my daughter."

Ye Tingfan's hand that sealed the letter was shaking, and Ye Tingfan asked with a choked voice.

"What about you, dad?"

Liu Shoushan looked upright and said eloquently: "Dad is the president of the company, and he must live and die with the company."

"Father is righteous!" Ye Tingfan kowtowed to Liu Shoushan solemnly a few times, and then bid farewell to Liu Shoushan with tears in his eyes.

While Dongwanlu was still surrounded by the coalition forces, Ye Tingfan secretly left Dongwanlu via a small road and took a boat that had been prepared for Batavia.

Of course Liu Shoushan would not choose to live or die with Lanfang Company.

Of course, Lanfang Company may not die. At most, it will be annexed by other Chinese companies, and Liu Shoushan will die once he falls into the hands of the coalition forces.

Liu Shoushan is quite self-aware of this.

However, Liu Shoushan believed that it was not safe to go to Batavia. As long as the Dutch and Liang Yao entered into peace negotiations, he would inevitably be exchanged to Liang Yao as a bargaining chip for peace negotiations between the two parties.

In the end, it was Liang Yao who had the final say on his life and death. In order to appease the sentiments of the Chinese people who resisted the company, Liang Yao was bound to execute him.

It is unrealistic to go back to Guangdong. It is impossible for Liu Shoushan to think of things that Ye Tingfan can think of.

Liu Shoushan had already thought of a way out for himself, but his way out was Hong Kong, not Batavia.

As long as he reached the territory of the British, even if Liang Yao had three heads and six arms, he would not dare to do anything to him.

Moreover, the British have also coveted Borneo for a long time, and it is also valuable to the British.

Liu Shoushan believed that the British did not want the Dutch to occupy the entire island of Borneo, and naturally they did not want Liang Yao to occupy the entire island of Borneo.

Furthermore, it is much safer to go north to Hong Kong than to go south to Batavia.

It just so happened that Ye Tingfan was able to deceive others, so there was no harm in handing over Lanfang Company's chief executive to Ye Tingfan at this time. This once prestigious position was now a hot potato.

As soon as Ye Tingfan left, Liu Shoushan had people spread the news in Dongwanlu that he was terminally ill and that Ye Tingfan would take over the general management position of the company.

He himself packed up the gold overnight, escorted himself and his children and grandchildren to Sarawak with his confidants, and boarded a British merchant ship in Sarawak to Hong Kong.

Wait until three days later, when Elvis's troops arrive at Dongwanlu City.

The huge Dongwanlu City has been leaderless for a long time. At this time, the people in the city are unsettled. They also heard that the coalition forces have a generous policy and do not abuse prisoners and kill innocent people indiscriminately.

In addition, many miners are not of the same mind as the senior management of Lanfang Company, so there is no fighting spirit.

Elvis only sent people to persuade them to surrender, and Dongwanlu City raised the white flag and surrendered.

The success of the Dongwanlu war even exceeded Elvis's expectations before the war.

However, when entering the city, the coalition forces encountered sporadic attacks by some die-hard elements, in fact, Liu Shoushan's personal soldiers.

However, because they were well prepared, these sporadic sneak attacks did not cause them much loss.

Elvis led his troops to the headquarters of Lanfang Company, lowered the flag of Lanfang Company hanging in the main hall, and replaced it with the umbrella flag of Umbrella Company.

Dongwanlu had been captured. Elvis not only quickly sent people to report to Liang Yao, but also searched the city for the management of Lanfang Company and Liu Shoushan's personal soldiers.

These people must be liquidated.

At the same time, although the war in Dongwanlu had just come to an end, Pontianak fell into the haze of war again.

Andersen's re-entering Pontianak so quickly was beyond Liang Yao's expectations.

When he first learned the news, Liang Yao even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears and he heard wrongly?

It wasn't long before the news was confirmed.

Andersen led more than 4,500 soldiers of the Royal Dutch and Indian Army, including 1,300 European soldiers, and the rest were local soldiers of various ethnic groups, who came in full force and vowed to regain Pontianak.

"The enemy's momentum is very strong. Should we transfer some of the troops stationed on the coast to Pontianak City? To strengthen the strength of Pontianak City?" Deng Wenkang suggested.

According to the information they have, 4,500 people are already the entire force that the Royal Dutch-Indian Army can mobilize on the island of Borneo.

Liang Yao even boldly judged that quite a few of the local soldiers might be the young men that Anderson had just recruited.

The combat effectiveness of such an army is certainly not that high.

At present, there is sufficient ammunition in Pontianak City. With the regular army of more than a thousand people in Pontianak, it is more than enough to defend Pontianak City.

What Liang Yao was most worried about at this time was not Andersen's land military force.

Liang Yao was more worried about the Dutch maritime power.

At present, most of Liang Yao's battleships are not in very good condition, and it will take some time for the maritime forces mobilized from California to reach Pontianak.

What Liang Yao fears most now is that the Dutch will use their superior maritime power to block the maritime traffic in Pontianak. Materials from outside cannot come in and people inside cannot get out. This is the most uncomfortable thing.

After all, no matter how abundant the supplies are, they will eventually be exhausted.

Pontianak's industrial base is almost zero and it is unable to produce any industrial products.

The combat effectiveness of the Western Brigade is precisely based on sufficient material supply.

Although he barely won the naval battle in the Java Sea, Liang Yao did not get carried away.

He knew very well that the maritime power of the Dutch and Indian authorities still existed, and they had only temporarily gained partial control of the sea.

(End of chapter)