In just one day, the wharf, which was once full of tattered sewage and garbage, was completely renewed.

At the end of the afternoon's work, Benson Tauhti had a suspicion that the ground near the docks might be cleaner than his desk.

Under the strict supervision of the mercenaries, the local residents who volunteered or did not participate in the labor carried out a thorough cleaning of the wharf, the stenching garbage heap that had existed for many years was cleaned up and sprinkled with white ash, the streets were swept clean to reveal the blue-gray stone slabs below, the so-called sanitary dead corners not only included the corners of the houses, but also the garbage on the roofs, the mercenaries even cut down two large trees that had been dead for many years, and a large area of tattered and unsightly shantytowns around the wharf was also demolishedIt is said that a terminal management office will be built there in the future.

All kinds of garbage accumulated on the water surface in the port for many years have also been cleaned up, and the fishing boats are neatly arranged on the side of the port in accordance with the regulations, and can no longer be parked in a disorderly manner as before, the original congestion, and even the problem of affecting the passage of the channel has been solved in an instant, when seeing the new port, not only the local residents, but even Benson Taugherty are reflecting on what the port authority has done during the Dutch government in recent years.

After racking his brains, Benson Tauhti had to admit that the Port Authority had done nothing in the Port of Medan over the years except to collect taxes.

In the afternoon, more mercenaries arrived at the port of Medan, and when the third transport ship arrived at the port in the afternoon, Benson Tawherty estimated that the number of mercenaries in the port of Medan had exceeded 2,000.

This reality frightened Benson Tauhti.

These mercenaries seemed to be permanently stationed in the port of Medan, and they brought a lot of heavy weapons and equipment, Benson Tauhti could recognize heavy machine guns and rapid-fire guns, as well as mountains of various supplies, and a large open space was cleared next to the servant camp, which was said to be a warehouse, and I don't know how many things the mercenaries were going to transport, anyway, the area of the open space was a bit large.

At dinner, Benson Tauhti heard another heartbreaking news, namely the fall of Medan after the port of Medan.

Ten years ago, Medan was just a village, but later due to the rise of nearby plantations, the population gradually increased, and now it has become a small town.

The fall of Medan will not have a fatal impact on the East Indies, what really worries Benson Tauhti is that the mercenaries have shown with practical actions that their ambitions are not limited to the port of Medan, or even Medan, so in the future-

Benson Tauhty couldn't even think about it.

After a day and a night, at two o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Benson Tauhti arrived at the pier with the rest of the residents.

These mercenaries were actually creating a register of the residents of the port of Medan.

Two mercenaries who appeared to be Chinese recorded the names, ages, and birthplaces of each person, and Benson Tawherty noticed that in the field of origin, only the Chinese were separately noted, and the other fields, including Javanese, Sundanese, Madura, and Malays, were blank.

"Name?"

"Benson Tauhti."

"Age?"

"35 years old."

"Where is your family?"

"Batavia."

"Good next."

Benson Tawherty watched as the mercenary marked "white" after his name, and was called to a nearby hotel by one of the mercenaries.

This is also the only hotel in the port of Medan, and the owner is a Chinese who came to the port of Medan in the last century.

"Mr. Benson Tauhti, I noticed that ten days ago you were just an ordinary tax officer in the Port of Medan, and now you have become the chief executive of the Port of Medan, can you tell me why?" An officer, who was also wearing a mercenary uniform, but did not wear any military rank, asked coldly.

"Why else? Because of the selfish desires of a certain official, the Ark was seized, and then I was appointed as the supreme administrator of the port of Medan, and if you want to take revenge, then now you can begin. Benson Tauhti is helpless, people are swords, I am fish and meat, whether to die or live is the words of the official in front of him.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is David, the general manager of the Far East branch of the umbrella company, you have a chance to leave, why do you want to stay?" David was very interested, and after the mercenaries occupied the port of Medan, the few white families in the port of Medan fled overnight, except Benson Tawheti.

"I have nowhere to go, and if I return to Batavia, then I will be executed as a deserter and stay in the port of Medan, at least my family will survive." Benson Tawherty admits that the Dutch in this era did not pay much attention to human rights, and Benson Tawherty was originally left in the port of Medan as a scapegoat, even if he fled back to Batavia.

"Very good, you can stay, and even if you cooperate with our work, then you can also become the manager of the Port of Medan, if you choose this one, then you have to abide by our various rules and regulations, if you violate it, then the consequences will be serious, if you don't want to work for us, then you have to move out of the official residence before sunset today, and now the official residence where you live belongs to the property of the umbrella company." If Benson Tawherty is willing to cooperate, then David doesn't mind letting Benson Tauhti remain the supreme administrator of the Port of Medan.

"That's our Dutch property!" Benson Tauhti argues.

"Not anymore." David is calm, and facts speak louder than words.

"You are an illegal occupation, an illegal attack, and you will be counterattacked by Batavia, and then you will all die without a place to bury," Benson Tawherty said without hesitation, and only then did he realize what he had said.

"Regardless of whether Batavia can do this or not, even if it does, it will be a matter for the future, now tell me your choice." David crossed his hands on the table in front of him, showing great confidence.

"I-I-" Benson Tawherty was distraught.

David is not in a hurry, there is time to wait slowly.

"Okay, I'm willing to cooperate, but you have to keep my family safe." Benson Tauhti finally succumbed, and the strength of the Umbrella Company was no longer something that the East Indian servants could defeat.

While Batavia has the support of the Netherlands itself, there is also the support of Southern Africa behind the umbrella.

And the support of the Netherlands itself is uncertain, but the support from southern Africa will be endless, and it will not even need to be brought forward by southern Africa, and an umbrella company alone is enough for the Netherlands to have a headache.

"Yes, what is your family's address?" David handed Benson Tawherty a piece of paper and a pen.

After Benson Tauhti finished writing, David raised his hand and called a mercenary: "Give this to Joe and let him deal with it as soon as possible." ”

Turning around, David motioned for Benson Tauhetti to take a seat, and then offered Benson Tauhti a cup of coffee: "Now let's introduce Batavia, I want to know more about Batavia." ”

"Where?" Benson Tauhti has finally determined that Umbrella's ambitions are indeed not limited to the Port of Medan.

"All!" David entered the working state, and his expression was instantly serious.

From this day on, Benson Tawherty became a member of the Umbrella Company, and then Benson Tausherty finally recognized the strength of the Umbrella Company.

The current umbrella company has 21,000 regular employees, including nearly 15,000 combatants.

The newly established Far East branch of the Umbrella Company has 3,500 combatants and nearly 600 non-combatants, and these people will arrive in batches in the next few days, and the Port of Medan will also become the first military base of the Umbrella Company in Southeast Asia.

"Your task is to ensure the stability of the Port of Medan, cooperate with Christian Construction Company, and build the Port of Medan into a modern port suitable for the use of umbrella companies, if there is not enough manpower, you go to Joe, and he will give you enough workers." David assigned Benson Tauhty a job, and to be honest, it wasn't a hassle.

"May I ask how far the East Indies must go so that we can be satisfied?" Benson Tauhti has not yet stepped into the role.

"It's not your job, do what you have to do." David doesn't talk too much to Benson Taugherty, of course there are goals, but David is afraid that Benson Tauhti will be scared.

In the afternoon of the same day, more than a thousand workers were sent to the port of Medan.

"These workers are all laborers in the plantations around Medan, and they are now under your management, and I don't care what way you use, I want them to be honest and obedient, work for us, and if anyone is disobedient, just hand them over to Billy." Qiao said succinctly, and in the next large-scale construction of the Port of Medan, workers are indispensable.

In the East Indies, it was easy to get workers, indentured laborers from the Qing Dynasty, indigenous workers from the East Indies, and even prisoners of war were all qualified sources of workers.

The Umbrella Company's method of obtaining workers was simple and crude, and after the occupation of Medan, the workers of the plantations around Medan were sent to the port of Medan by mercenaries, and these workers did not even need a salary, just to take care of the food.

Unbeknownst to Benson Tauhti, the Umbrella Company's occupation of the Port of Medan has caused an uproar in the outside world.

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged several protests with the British Foreign Office in recent days, opposing the military action taken by the Umbrella Company in the East Indies, demanding that the East India Company immediately withdraw from the port of Medan and compensate the East India Company for all losses.

The British Foreign Office's reply was simple: I'm sorry, we are not in the mood to deal with your things during this time, and you will solve the troubles you have caused yourself.

England was in no mood to deal with the Dutch, and King Edward VII died suddenly on May 6, compared to which the Dutch were nothing to worry about.