Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 377 Revenge and Bloodbath

Upon hearing this, several natives couldn't help but clench their fists.

There was anger boiling in every pair of eyes.

Songchai couldn't help but ask back.

"You mean, our people were beaten to death, and it's fine if we don't get any compensation, but we have to pay money?"

In fact, Lin Guangfa lost money.

The Tang Concession Police Station did not embezzle the ten silver dollars of money to save the life.

When doing things, Chinese people always pay attention to leaving a way out for others, so as not to go to extremes and force others to death.

But after the money was handed over to the Dutch by the Tang Concession Police Station, it disappeared out of thin air.

Even compensation became a requirement for these indigenous people to compensate the Tang people.

This is naturally the work of the Dutch.

Dessen shrugged and said as if it was a matter of course.

"Of course."

"Who told you to attack those Tang people first?"

"Didn't you go to the other party's restaurant to provoke them first?"

"Don't you need to pay compensation for breaking things?"

Songchai clenched his fists and said with an unwilling look on his face.

"But, but they eat pork!"

"And our people were beaten to death!"

Dessen said with an impatient look on his face.

"Cut the nonsense!"

"I don't want to hear your nonsense."

"You have one month to pay the fine and compensation to the police station, otherwise, you will bear the consequences."

"As for now, get out of here!"

As he spoke, Dessen waved his hand and drove the natives out of the prison.

Several natives stood on the street outside the prison, looking at each other in confusion.

Songchai took several deep breaths and then spoke.

"Let's go back to the tribe."

As soon as Songchai said this, a younger brother beside him asked.

"Brother Songchai, did Gu Ma die in vain?"

Upon hearing this, Songchai couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"What else? What else do you want?"

The native gritted his teeth.

"Brother Songchai, I'm going to avenge Gu Ma."

"Gu Ma is a friend who grew up with us. We hunted together, caught fish together, and fought with other tribes for hunting grounds together..."

"He can't just die in vain!"

Songchai gritted his teeth and said.

"Let go of your hatred!"

"We can't afford to offend those Tang people."

"Gu Ma is dead, but we have to continue living..."

After Songchai said this, the natives were speechless.

But at this moment, another native couldn't help but speak.

"Brother Songchai, those Tang people are eating pork."

"They are blaspheming our gods. This is absolutely unacceptable!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several natives became indignant, and they gritted their teeth and said that they would purify this dirty world for the sake of the gods.

Songchai couldn't help but clench his fist.

A burst of gnashing teeth!
In order to live, he can endure hatred.

But for the sake of the gods, he can also give up his life!

Songchai gritted his teeth for a while, then spoke.

"go!"

"Let's get revenge!"

"For Gu Ma, but also for God!"

"I will make these damned Tang people pay the price for blaspheming our God."

"..."

……

In the early morning, the sun shines on the earth!
Master Dong, the chef of Guangweilou, got up early, got himself ready, and went out to the restaurant.

He is an old immigrant of several generations. He has his own house in Batavia and his own wife and children.

Therefore, after work every day, I would go home and stay until the next day to rush to the restaurant to work.

Well, restaurants usually don’t open until noon anyway.

He can rush to work every morning without missing anything!
The same thing happened last night.

After preparing a welcoming banquet for his boss and his colleague who had just been released from prison, he returned home.

Passing by a breakfast shop, Master Dong ordered a bowl of soy milk and two fried dough sticks.

After finishing his breakfast in no time, Master Dong strode towards the restaurant.

As early as the end of the Song Dynasty, in order to avoid the war, some Chinese chose to go to Southeast Asia to make a living.

Over the years, there are actually quite a few Chinese people in Batavia.

Restaurants selling Chinese food can be found everywhere in the streets and alleys of Batavia.

Well, where there is demand, there will be business.

When he arrived outside the restaurant, Master Dong sniffed and smelled a distinct smell of blood.

But he didn't feel surprised!
Because their own restaurant has to slaughter pigs and sheep every day and prepare fresh ingredients, so some bloody smell is normal.

Master Dong walked up the steps, reached out and pushed open the door of the restaurant, and walked in.

Suddenly, the expression on Master Dong’s face froze.

My foot froze in place halfway through taking a step and I couldn't move forward.

At this moment, Master Dong's pupils suddenly contracted and a look of obvious fear and shock appeared on his face.

Suddenly, Master Dong's legs and feet went limp, and he fell to the ground with a thud, shouting in a trembling voice.

"Oh my god, someone's dead!"

"Someone's dead!" I followed his gaze and looked inside the restaurant.

In the restaurant lobby, there were several headless bodies lying on the ground, with blood all over the floor.

It has dried up long ago!

Several human heads were neatly placed on a table.

The expressions of these heads are extremely hideous, showing obvious pain and fear.

If Master Dong is not seeing things.

The owners of these heads were his boss Lin Guangfa and several waiters in the restaurant.

Master Dong's shout attracted a lot of attention.

A group of people involuntarily gathered towards the restaurant.

Immediately, there was a burst of exclamations one after another.

Obviously, these onlookers were also shocked by the horrifying scene before them.

Those with children hurriedly covered their children's eyes, fearing that their children would be frightened by the horrific scene before them.

……

Amid the chaos, Dutch patrol officers arrived at the scene first.

And cordoned off the scene.

But soon, personnel from the Datang Police Station in the concession also rushed to the scene and took over the situation from the Dutch.

A young man in uniform, with an upright figure and a tough temperament, stood in the restaurant, looking at the corpses in front of him with a very unhappy expression.

"Captain, the victim has been identified."

"They are Lin Guangfa, Liu Shun, Chen Quan, Zhu Rui, Jin Dajiang and the other five."

"Among them, Lin Guangfa is 42 years old and is from Chaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province. He is the owner of this restaurant."

"Liu Shun, 22 years old, from Zhaoqing Prefecture, Guangdong Province..."

"Chen Quan..."

"Since these are all waiters in the restaurant."

After listening to his subordinates' report, Fu Chang couldn't help but frown.

"Any clues about the murderer?"

Fu Chang was born into a military family and once served as a company commander.

Later, his troops were arranged to be converted into police forces as a whole and were sent to Batavia to be responsible for the security of the Batavia Tang Concession.

As a military man, he is not very good at handling cases.

Therefore, I can only rely on my subordinates to handle it.

Upon seeing this, the subordinate began to report.

"Three days ago, a conflict broke out in Guangwei Building."

"Several natives came to the restaurant to cause trouble and clashed with the waiters. In the chaos, one native was accidentally beaten to death."

"Both parties involved in the fight were taken away and detained, including the victims."

Fu Chang's face turned cold and he spoke.

"So what happened today was done by those natives?"

The subordinate nodded.

“There is such a possibility!”

“According to our investigation, the indigenous people who participated in the fight were also released yesterday.”

"Also, when we were exploring the site, we found a dog-leg knife commonly used by the indigenous people."

Fu Chang snorted coldly.

"There's a motive, there's physical evidence, but there's no alibi yet."

"There's nothing more to say, get ready to arrest people!"

Fu Chang is very decisive. What if he catches the wrong person?
Fu Chang doesn't care!

They are just a group of natives. So what if they were caught by mistake?
Upon hearing this, I immediately clasped my fists in agreement.

However, just as the subordinate was about to pass on the order, Fu Chang called out to him.

"Wait a moment!"

"We'll talk about arresting people later."

"First, report this to the higher-ups and ask the captain to negotiate with the Dutch and request the Dutch police to send someone to help us arrest the man."

The reason for this arrangement was not that Fu Chang was aware of the Dutch conspiracy.

It was because he was worried that the indigenous tribes would resist when he captured them.

That's why we asked the Dutch to send people to help.

Well, although the current national strength of the Tang Dynasty is far greater than that of the Netherlands.

However, because the Dutch had accumulated power in Batavia for a long time, the natives were more afraid of the Dutch than the Tang Dynasty.

At a time like this, it would never be wrong to ask the Dutch to send people to help.

Soon, Fu Chang's report was handed over to their captain, the former regiment commander Wang Hui.

After reading Fu Chang's request, Wang Hui immediately approved it.

He also wrote a document in his own handwriting and asked Fu Chang to take it to ask the Dutch to cooperate with them in arresting people.

After Fu Chang received the official document, he immediately went to the Batavia Police Station to negotiate with the Dutch.

The Dutch agreed very readily, and the police chief Oliver even came out personally and sent people to assist Fu Chang and others in arresting the man.

The reason for this cooperation is very simple.

If the Tang Dynasty does not arrest people, how can the conflict between the Tang Dynasty and the natives escalate?

How can the Netherlands kill someone with a borrowed knife without exacerbating the conflict?
It can even be said that even if the Tang Dynasty was prepared to settle the matter peacefully and not pursue the killing of the Tang people.

Oliver's store would ask the Batavia Police Department to arrest the murderer and hand him over to the Tang Dynasty for disposal.

Fu Chang led his men out of the Batavia city and headed towards the suburbs.

The several natives who killed the Tang people this time came from a tribe called Kanaka.

This tribe is not far from Batavia!
It is a familiar character that has a close relationship with the Dutch.

Otherwise, the natives would not be allowed to enter the city of Batavia to work.

Soon, the group arrived outside the Karnaca tribe in a mighty procession.

Looking at the tribe with its closed gate in front of him, Fu Chang's face turned cold.

If he originally only suspected that the murder of Lin Guangfa and others was related to several indigenous people including Songchai.

Now see this scene again.

Then he would be 100% sure that the murder of Lin Guangfa and others was done by those natives of Songchai.

Otherwise, why would the Kanaka tribe close its doors and act as if they were welcoming visitors?

Isn't this just a case of trying to cover up one's own mistake?
(End of this chapter)