The residents of the Port of Medan were the first to feel the difference between the Adan Company and the Dutch colonial government.

Under the Dutch colonial government, the port of Medan was a dispensable port, with very few ships calling at the port of Medan, and most ships passed through the port of Medan to go directly to the Lion City or further afield to Batavia.

Under the management of Adan Company, the face of the Port of Medan has undergone earth-shaking changes, the port has become cleaner and tidy is only one aspect, with more and more ships docking at the Port of Medan, the income of the residents is also increasing, and the living conditions are getting better and better, most of the residents of the Port of Medan used to live by fishing, and there are no other jobs to choose from, but now it is different, there are more and more jobs, and there are more and more opportunities.

Before Adan occupied the port of Medan, the total number of people in the port was less than 2,000.

It has been less than a month since Adan occupied the port of Medan, and the permanent residents of the port have exceeded 5,000, and in addition to the original residents, the new employees of Adan have been added.

Although the Adan Company was subject to taxes like the Dutch colonial government, there was a big difference in the types of taxes.

In the past, when the residents of Medan Port went out to sea to fish, fishing boats had to be taxed when they entered and left Medan Port, they had to be taxed on the fish they caught and brought back to Medan Port, and they were also taxed when they brought fish to the market for sale.

In the port of Medan under the management of Adan Company, fishermen do not need to pay taxes when they go out to sea to fish, and the tax they have to pay to sell fish in the market does not exceed 10 percent of the total price.

There are many advantages to being a worker, although the working hours of workers are not so free and the work is harder than that of fishermen, but the danger of working is not great, compared to going out to sea to fish, and the salary paid by the port authority is relatively high, and there is still a small surplus to maintain the life of the family, which is simply a dream for the residents of Medan Port.

Adan is already very experienced in managing the port, because the original residents of the port of Medan are not large, so Adan easily uses the replacement method to replace the residents who originally lived around the port to a new residential area further away.

There are supporting schools and hospitals in residential areas, the current schools and hospitals have not yet been built, and the future schools will use Chinese to teach, whether they are Chinese or Javanese, they can send their children to school, and the school only charges basic book fees, which is the common welfare provided by Adan Company for all residents.

There has also been some controversy within Adan and Umbrella about the origin of the students, with many suggesting that the admission qualifications of indigenous students should be limited and education should only be provided for whites and Chinese, as in the local area.

Andy finally overruled the public opinion, the situation in the East Indies is different from that of Southern Africa, some Chinese have come to settle in the East Indies for hundreds of years, and several generations of more than ten generations have long been integrated with the natives of the East Indies and become Baba Nyonya, these Baba Nyonya through intermarriage with the East Indian natives, and now there is not much difference between the East Indian natives and the East Indian natives, the Chinese once accounted for half of the East Indian population, and now it is less than one-fifth of the East Indian population, and how many Baba Nyonya are there in the other four-fifths?

No one can tell.

Therefore, the school in the port of Medan pays attention to "education without class", not only the children of overseas Chinese students and newcomers have the right to introduce education, but also the children of Baba Nyonya have the right to education, bloodline is important, cultural identity is more important, during this time in East India, Andy knows more and more about the East Indies, in British Malaya, the most ruthless bullying of Chinese is some Chinese plantation owners, in East India, the most supportive of the Dutch colonial government are also those overseas Chinese students, they are actually Chinese, Andy didn't give up on them completely, and as long as it could be saved, Andy wouldn't turn them away.

If the Qing State is now the most powerful country in the world, then whether it is a Chinese plantation owner in British Malaya or an overseas Chinese student in Batavia, they will be proud to be Chinese, how can there be so many things.

The redesigned Port of Medan is being used more rationally than before, with a new port office building under construction, the former barracks converted into warehouses, and a new fort outside the port.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't know how weak the Dutch's armaments were, and there were still front-loading guns in the batteries outside the port, so it is no wonder that when the Umbrella Company attacked the port of Medan, the defenders of the batteries scattered in a hurry without firing a single shot.

Now all the heavy guns installed on the batteries are produced by the Nyasaland Military Industrial Group, and the largest guns have a caliber of ten inches, which is converted to 254 mm, and the reason why the British system is still used is because the machines are ordered from the British, and these heavy guns are also an important reason why the Dutch have not dared to take action so far.

The Dutch probably did not know that the torpedo bombers were the weapons that Roque was preparing to deal with the Far Eastern Fleet, and the batteries were mainly auxiliary, and it was estimated that the Far Eastern Fleet would not have a chance to reach the port of Medan at all.

However, as long as there is such a possibility, the port of Medan must take corresponding precautions, although the torpedo bomber is advanced, but most people do not understand the torpedo bomber at all, and even have no concept of the role of the aircraft, the psychological comfort given by the fort to the people is unparalleled, the greater the investment of the Adan company in the port of Medan, the more confidence the local people of Medan will have in the Adan company, otherwise Li Wan and Ling Zhi would not dare to completely join the Adan company.

After the renovation of the Medan Port, the total length of the wharf is more than 2 kilometers, which is four times that of the previous one, and now the wharf is still under construction, although it has not yet been put into use, but the scale has begun to take shape.

The working area with the port work building as the core is located in the center of the wharf, with the commercial area on the left and the storage area on the right, the branches of the umbrella company and Adan company are under construction, and the RAND Bank is also eager to settle in, and bought a prime land with an area of 50 acres next to the port work building to build a fourth branch in Medan.

Previously, RAND Bank has set up three branches in Batavia, Surabaya and Palembang, Surabaya is Surabaya, and Tanjung Perak next to it is also the second largest port in East India after Batavia.

The conflict that broke out between the Umbrella Company and the Dutch colonial government did not affect the business of the RAND Bank in the East Indies, the RAND Bank was the RAND Bank, the umbrella was the umbrella, and the business was independent, and in Batavia, the Umbrella Company even took over the security business of the RAND Bank, and it was not affected in any way.

It may sound incredible, but in southern Africa, the assets of the RAND Bank and the Umbrella Company are estimated to have been confiscated.

But Britain is so strong in this era, the conflict between the Umbrella Company and the Dutch colonial government has not yet risen into a war between the Southern African and Dutch colonial governments, when the Umbrella Company captured Medan, the British government sent a note to the Dutch colonial government, the attack of the Umbrella Company is a commercial act, and it has nothing to do with other British enterprises in the East Indies, if the Dutch colonial government dares to take action against other British enterprises in the East Indies, then the British government will also take action, Effectively protect the interests of British business in the East Indies.

That's right, there are so many benefits to hugging the British thigh in this era, Southern Africa is now only self-governing and not an independent country, just as East Indians are in principle Dutch nationality, and at the same time British enterprises, are protected by the Royal Navy of the British Empire.

The Dutch response was indeed slow, since the suppression of the Java Thibault Nicorough uprising in 1830, the Netherlands has not had a foreign war for nearly 80 years, and the former sea coachmen now have less than 10,000 native troops, relying on colonial blood transfusions all year round to survive, so the Dutch colonial government also needs time to organize a counteroffensive against the port of Medan.

Compared with the inefficient Dutch colonial government, the efficiency of the Umbrella Company and the Adan Company is first-class, and the Umbrella Company has 3,000 mercenaries in the port of Medan, compared with the East Indian Servants, who are outdated in armaments, the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company can be called elite soldiers; Although Adan Company does not have a single soldier in name, Li Wan and Ling Zhi's troops have grown to more than 10,000 people in a short period of time, and they are still growing at a rate similar to that of a snowball, and it is estimated that the Dutch do not know what kind of monster they will face in the future.

On 20 May, a force of about 1,000 men under Li Wan's command encountered Bandar and the 2nd East India Division east of Lake Toba, and as a result, Li Wan's troops suffered heavy losses, at least 300 of them were killed on the spot, the rest scattered in a hurry, and then more than 400 people were captured by the 2nd Division and all of them were shot.

"This unit is a Javanese force, it was originally cannon fodder, and it was not equipped with Lee Enfield at all, and many people in the team still use broadswords and spears, so it is not surprising that they lost, although the weapons of the Dutch are not advanced, and the second division is also a standing army formed by the East Indies, and its combat effectiveness is still a little." David knew the situation, and he didn't think much of the 2nd East India Division.

"Isn't the 2nd East India Division in Batavia?" Andy didn't know enough about the situation, and his main focus was on building the port of Medan, and David was in charge of the military side.

"The 2nd Division had left Batavia 10 days earlier, but I did not know that the 2nd Division had been sent to Bandar." David's intelligence work was not good enough, and throughout the East Indies, David knew more about the big cities of Batavia and Palembang.

"It's okay, it's good to let Li Wan suffer a little loss, he is a little greedy during this time." Andy was not satisfied with Li Wan's work during this time, which was normal, Li Wan was a businessman before, and it was impossible for him to become a qualified leader all at once.